SEATTLE, Dec. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans
would most like to be neighbors with the Obamas in 2017, according
to the 10th annual Zillow® Celebrity Neighbor Survey[i].
Popstar Justin Bieber was selected as the least desirable neighbor,
earning the most "worst neighbor" votes in survey history, breaking
his own record from 2014.
The annual Zillow survey asks U.S. adults which celebrities they
would most like to have as a neighbor, and with whom they wouldn't
want to share a fence.
Most Desirable Neighbors in 2017
The Obama family is
the top choice for a celebrity neighbor in 2017, earning 14 percent
of surveyed adults' votes. The family received a lot of attention
for their decision to remain in Washington, D.C. post-White House, which
likely contributed to their high ranking on the list. The family
garnered strong votes among both male and female voters, and across
generations.
Actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson was a close second with 13
percent of the votes. Johnson is known for his collection of mega
mansions, and has sold at least 10 homes in Florida alone over the past decade.
Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV®'s
television show "Fixer Upper" came in third with 8 percent,
followed by Ellen DeGeneres and
Portia de Rossi (7 percent).
Twenty-eight percent of surveyed adults said they would not want
to live next to any of the celebrities listed in the poll.
Worst Neighbors from 2016
Justin Bieber topped the list of worst neighbors
for the second time, earning the highest percentage of votes in
survey history. One in three (36 percent) found Bieber to be the
most undesirable neighbor of 2016, a two percentage point increase
from his previous win in 2014. Bieber was especially disliked among
male voters (39 percent).
Reality TV stars Rob Kardashian
and Blac Chyna came in second place with 23 percent of the votes.
The on-and-off-again couple ranked higher by large margins over
competitors Tom Cruise (7 percent),
Taylor Swift (4 percent) and
Tom Brady (3 percent).
"There was a lot of excitement around the fact that the Obamas
chose to stay in D.C. after living in the White House – a first for
a former president since Woodrow
Wilson," said Jeremy
Wacksman, Zillow chief marketing officer. "Maybe it's the
additional neighborhood security or the possibility of running into
other influential and famous people, but it's clear people are
intrigued by the idea of living next to the First Family. On the
other hand, Justin Bieber continues
to stir up trouble everywhere he goes and would likely be an
unpredictable neighbor."
Most Desirable
Neighbors for 2017
|
Worst Neighbors of
2016
|
Name
|
Percent
|
Name
|
Percent
|
The Obamas
|
14%
|
Justin
Bieber
|
36%
|
Dwayne Johnson (The
Rock)
|
13%
|
Rob Kardashian and
Blac Chyna
|
23%
|
Chip and Joanna
Gaines
|
8%
|
Tom Cruise
|
7%
|
Ellen DeGeneres and
Portia de Rossi
|
7%
|
Taylor
Swift
|
4%
|
Adele
|
6%
|
Tom Brady
|
3%
|
Taylor
Swift
|
6%
|
Ryan
Lochte
|
3%
|
Kristen Bell and Dax
Shepard
|
5%
|
Billy Bush
|
3%
|
Ivanka Trump and
Jared Kushner
|
5%
|
Alex
Rodriguez
|
2%
|
None of the
above
|
28%
|
None of the
above
|
19%
|
For more celebrity real estate news, visit Zillow's blog,
Porchlight.
For historical survey results[ii] or more information contact
press@zillow.com.
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[i] These are findings from an Ipsos® poll conducted
December 8-9, 2016 on behalf of
Zillow. For the survey, a sample of 1,000 adults age 18+ from the
continental U.S., Alaska and
Hawaii was interviewed online in
English. The poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.5
percentage points for all respondents and a credibility interval
adjusted for design effect of the following (n=1,000, DEFF=1.5,
adjusted Confidence Interval=5.0). Post-hoc weights were made to
the population characteristics on gender, age, region,
race/ethnicity and income. For more information about Ipsos online
polling methodology, please go here http://goo.gl/yJBkuf. The views
expressed in these survey results are those of the individual
survey participants and not of Zillow Group, Inc.
[ii] Harris Interactive® fielded the Zillow Celebrity Neighbor
study on behalf of Zillow in December
2007, December 2008, and
December 2009 interviewing a
nationwide sample of more than 2,000 U.S. adults aged 18 years and
older via its QuickQuerySM online omnibus service. Historical
results are available upon request.
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