One simple answer.
Evidence underneath.
Censum uses public-record signals to answer the homeowner's first question fast: should I appeal? The model is decision support, not a guarantee: county officials decide every appeal.
Start with the free yes/maybe/no check, then see the evidence underneath.
Bands explain how strong the first answer is. They are not outcome promises. The strongest paid path appears only after scoring, suppression, and eligibility checks.
What Censum checks
Detects assessment increases significantly above the township median.
Compares assessment growth to actual market sale-price trajectory in the surrounding area.
Cross-references assessment increases with public building permit records.
Measures inequity in assessment-to-sale-ratio across the township.
Weights the property's historical pattern of successful or denied appeals.
Surfaces similar nearby sales assessed at materially lower ratios.
Compares against assessor-defined sister parcels for uniformity violations.
Encodes the success rate of recent BOR appeals within a 0.25-mile radius.
Filters for cases where the dollar magnitude of expected savings justifies effort.
How result bands are assigned
| Customer path | Meaning | Odds band | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strong yes | Highest-confidence standard appeal package | 90%+ | $99 |
| Strong case | Meaningfully stronger appeal signal | 70-90% | $99 |
| Worth checking | Clears the review floor | 50-70% | $99 |
The conviction score is a secondary explanatory score used to show why a case was flagged. It does not override the modeled win-probability band after eligibility, data-quality, and suppression checks.
Official records first.
The methodology is built around public assessment records, public sales records, permit context, comparable-property analysis, and historical appeal outcomes.
Censum does not present the score as a county decision. It presents a structured evidence read so homeowners can decide whether the filing effort makes sense.
Built on hard data
Our analytics combine public assessment, sales, and appeal records with proprietary signal weighting and a calibrated machine learning layer trained on years of historical Board of Review outcomes.
Scoring starts with public assessment, sales, permit, appeal, and county-process records. Censum does not buy personal profiles from data brokers for the scoring layer. If you buy a packet, upload evidence, join alerts, or contact support, Censum collects the workflow information described in the Privacy Policy.
The specific blend of signals, weightings, training methodology, and refresh cadence is proprietary to Censum.
Built for review, not hype.
Censum keeps public claims tied to live product behavior, public data sources, and sample packet evidence.
- Modeled tier and recommended pricing path
- Comparable properties and assessment history
- Top drivers behind the packet recommendation
- No guaranteed reductions or refunds
- No county or government affiliation
- No legal or tax advice
Censum is an independent property-tax analytics service. Public sample pages are illustrative and privacy-safe. Actual packet contents depend on property type, township, available public records, appeal window, and model eligibility checks.