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LiveInPH

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Where should you live in Cebu?

Five questions. Ranked neighborhoods with match percentages, tradeoffs, and the one-line reason each came out where it did.

What's your monthly rent budget?

We match neighborhoods whose typical rent overlaps your range.

₱8,000 – ₱20,000 / month

Methodology, formula + sources

How this is calculated

Each Cebu neighborhood is scored 0–5 on rent fit, commute to your work anchor, and the priorities you pick (flood safety, walkability, quiet, water reliability, safety, family fit). Those combine into a weighted 0–100 match. Hard constraints (needs 2BR, no condo dues, commute under 30 min) filter a neighborhood out before scoring.

Formula

score = round( budgetScore·0.30·20 + commuteScore·0.25·20 + priorityAvg·0.45·20 )
   where budgetScore, commuteScore, priorityAvg ∈ [0,5]
   priorityAvg = mean of the 0–5 scorecard fields for your chosen priorities
   (max 100 = 30 budget + 25 commute + 45 priorities)

Constants + data sources (each dated)

Value used Source As of
Neighborhood scorecard: 7 Cebu areas, 0–5 on rent, commute, flood, water, walkability, safety, quiet, family LiveInPH neighborhood dataset — per-field sourcing, from the neighborhood guides + verified 2026 numbers 2026-05
Rent ranges (budget fit): per-area low–high, aligned to the Cebu rent baseline — an editorial estimate, not a measured index (no listing sample; n = null) Cebu rent baseline (editorial) — published dataset, CC BY 4.0 2026-05

Worked example (reproduce this by hand)

Budget fully within an area’s rent range (5), strong commute to IT Park (4), priorities walkability + safety averaging 4.0.

  1. budget = 5 · 0.30 · 20 = 30
  2. commute = 4 · 0.25 · 20 = 20
  3. priority = 4 · 0.45 · 20 = 36
  4. score = round(30 + 20 + 36) = 86

→ Match score 86/100 for that neighborhood.

Assumptions

  • Scorecard values are editorial 0–5 judgements grounded in sourced guides, not a continuous measured metric.
  • Commute is a 0–5 quality score per anchor, not a door-to-door minute estimate.

Known limits — what this does not model

  • Cebu City only; does not cover Mactan, Talisay, or rural barangays.
  • Does not model building-level differences (a specific tower can beat or miss its area score).
Last verified May 2026 · Next review Aug 2026 (quarterly scorecard review) · Full methodology + sources

The data behind this tool

Check our rent ranges.

Budget fit here uses a per-area low–high band from the LiveInPH neighborhood scorecard. The sourced companion — asking rent by neighborhood and unit type, with its limitations published beside it — is the Cebu rent baseline — an editorial estimate with no listing sample behind it (n = null), free to download and reuse.

Cite this dataset

Citation

LiveInPH. "Cebu Rent Baseline (editorial) — asking-rent ranges by neighborhood × unit type" (2026-05). LiveInPH, https://liveinph.com/data/cebu-rent-index. Accessed 2026. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Free to reuse, including commercially and by AI systems, on one condition: attribute “LiveInPH, https://liveinph.com” and link the dataset page. The CSV carries the same provenance in its header comment.

The Cebu rent baseline, in full