{"id":437,"date":"2019-09-18T15:57:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-scenicamerica.pantheonsite.io\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:05:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:05:41","slug":"new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new study shows that billboards negatively affect the values of neighboring properties.\u00a0 It also found that cities with strict billboard controls are experiencing greater economic prosperity than those with controls that are less strict.<\/p>\n<p>The report, \u201cBeyond Aesthetics: How Billboards Affect Economic Prosperity,\u201d by urban planner Jonathan Snyder, is believed to be the first study on the economic impacts of billboards on nearby real estate value.\u00a0 <strong><a title=\"Beyond Aesthetics link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beyond_Aesthetics1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to download the study<\/a><\/strong> (PDF).<br title=\"Beyond Aesthetics link\" \/><a title=\"A fast food billboard stands next to a house in Pittsburgh\" href=\"\/storage\/Beyond_Aesthetics_inside_photo_1big.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px 6px; float: right; border: 1px solid #3300ff;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beyond_Aesthetics_inside_photo_1big1.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beyond_Aesthetics_inside_photo_1big1.jpg\" width=\"278\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a>Snyder found that in Philadelphia there is a correlation between a home\u2019s value and its proximity to billboards.\u00a0 He found that homes within 500 feet of a billboard are worth $30,826 less on average at the time of sale than those properties further away from billboards.\u00a0 The study also found that each additional billboard within a census tract resulted in a decrease in home values of nearly $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Snyder performed a survey of billboard controls and economic prosperity in 20 cities across the United States.\u00a0 His report found that cities with stricter billboard controls have greater median incomes, lower poverty rates and lower home vacancy rates than city with less strict billboard controls.<\/p>\n<p>Snyder is an urban planner from Philadelphia\u00a0with a Master in City Planning degree and a concentration in Community and Economic Development from the University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0 His research was generously support by a grant from the <a href=\"http:\/\/samfels.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samuel S. Fels Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study shows that billboards negatively affect the values of neighboring properties.\u00a0 It also found that cities with strict billboard controls are experiencing greater economic prosperity than those with controls that are less strict. The report, \u201cBeyond Aesthetics: How Billboards Affect Economic Prosperity,\u201d by urban planner Jonathan Snyder, is believed to be the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-billboards","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values | Scenic America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values | Scenic America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new study shows that billboards negatively affect the values of neighboring properties.\u00a0 It also found that cities with strict billboard controls are experiencing greater economic prosperity than those with controls that are less strict. The report, \u201cBeyond Aesthetics: How Billboards Affect Economic Prosperity,\u201d by urban planner Jonathan Snyder, is believed to be the first [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scenic America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScenicAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-18T15:57:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-08T19:05:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"scenicamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ScenicAmerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ScenicAmerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"scenicamerica\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"scenicamerica\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ffb30604c5da2d3fdf8236cb3c0cdd9\"},\"headline\":\"Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-18T15:57:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-08T19:05:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":233,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Billboards\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/\",\"name\":\"Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values | Scenic America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-18T15:57:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-08T19:05:41+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/18\\\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1703,\"caption\":\"Philadelphia Skyline and Schuylkill river\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Scenic America\",\"description\":\"Scenic America is the only national nonprofit that helps citizens safeguard the scenic qualities of America\u2019s roadways, countryside, towns, and cities.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Scenic America\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/scenic-america-logo-color.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/scenic-america-logo-color.svg\",\"width\":672,\"height\":262,\"caption\":\"Scenic America\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ScenicAmerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ScenicAmerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/scenicamericaofficial\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC9V_nJuboM2Rkgt6VAIqAJQ\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/scenicamerica\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ffb30604c5da2d3fdf8236cb3c0cdd9\",\"name\":\"scenicamerica\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"scenicamerica\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scenic.org\\\/author\\\/scenicamerica\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values | Scenic America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values | Scenic America","og_description":"A new study shows that billboards negatively affect the values of neighboring properties.\u00a0 It also found that cities with strict billboard controls are experiencing greater economic prosperity than those with controls that are less strict. The report, \u201cBeyond Aesthetics: How Billboards Affect Economic Prosperity,\u201d by urban planner Jonathan Snyder, is believed to be the first [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/","og_site_name":"Scenic America","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScenicAmerica","article_published_time":"2019-09-18T15:57:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-08T19:05:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1703,"url":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"scenicamerica","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ScenicAmerica","twitter_site":"@ScenicAmerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"scenicamerica","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/"},"author":{"name":"scenicamerica","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3ffb30604c5da2d3fdf8236cb3c0cdd9"},"headline":"Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values","datePublished":"2019-09-18T15:57:44+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-08T19:05:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/"},"wordCount":233,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg","articleSection":["Billboards"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/","url":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/","name":"Study shows billboards hurt nearby property values | Scenic America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg","datePublished":"2019-09-18T15:57:44+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-08T19:05:41+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.scenic.org\/2019\/09\/18\/new-study-shows-billboards-hurt-nearby-property-values\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Philadelphia-Skyline-and-Schuylkill-river-119650843_4256x2832-scaled.jpeg","width":2560,"height":1703,"caption":"Philadelphia Skyline and Schuylkill river"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/","name":"Scenic America","description":"Scenic America is the only national nonprofit that helps citizens safeguard the scenic qualities of America\u2019s roadways, countryside, towns, and cities.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#organization","name":"Scenic America","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/scenic-america-logo-color.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/scenic-america-logo-color.svg","width":672,"height":262,"caption":"Scenic America"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScenicAmerica","https:\/\/x.com\/ScenicAmerica","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/scenicamericaofficial\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC9V_nJuboM2Rkgt6VAIqAJQ","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/scenicamerica\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/#\/schema\/person\/3ffb30604c5da2d3fdf8236cb3c0cdd9","name":"scenicamerica","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"scenicamerica"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/author\/scenicamerica\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32901,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/32901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scenic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}