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ZipCheckup Press Kit

About ZipCheckup

ZipCheckup is a free home-safety data platform organized by U.S. ZIP code. It translates public records into source-linked pages covering drinking water, radon, air quality, flood, wildfire, infrastructure, recalls, rebates, and other home-safety topics. The site is not limited to water. Its 17-vertical registry describes the current product surface, contextual verticals, and candidates for future score inclusion.

Home Safety Score

The current Home Safety Score is model 4.0.0. It requires four inputs: drinking-water compliance from SDWIS and ECHO, with PFAS kept inside the drinking-water domain; radon; and annual AQI. The four inputs form three equally weighted domains. A ZIP is unscored when any required input is unavailable. Grades use A at 85, B at 70, C at 55, D at 40, and F below 40. The site's 17-vertical registry describes broader context and future candidates; it is not a set of 17 weighted score components.

No national average, state ranking, or count from the retired score series is approved for current use. Use the score shown on a current ZIP page only with its model version, data status, and as-of context.

Data practices

  • Absence is not zero. An unmatched or unavailable record stays unknown.
  • “ND” is a qualifier tied to a reporting limit, not the numeric value zero.
  • When official sources disagree, ZipCheckup preserves the disagreement and dates instead of silently choosing one.
  • Refresh cadence is source-specific. ZipCheckup does not claim a universal weekly CCR or ECHO refresh.
  • Local packages and external mirrors have separate publication states. A local version is not represented as externally published until verified.

Founder

Artem Akulov is the solo founder of ZipCheckup. He built the project to make fragmented home-safety records easier to inspect while keeping source boundaries and unknown states visible.

Media email: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0000-1125-3060
Headshot: artem-akulov-headshot.jpeg

Approved short bio

Artem Akulov is the founder of ZipCheckup, a free platform that organizes source-linked U.S. home-safety records by ZIP code. ZipCheckup covers 17 product verticals while its current Home Safety Score uses four required inputs across three equally weighted domains.

Data use

Attribute ZipCheckup analysis to the exact page or package version used. Attribute underlying government facts to the named source. Do not reuse withdrawn national totals, retired rankings, or old CCR coverage figures. For methodology, corrections, interviews, or a reproducible data cut, email [email protected].

Updated: August 6, 2026.