Published February 12, 2024
Survey finds that Travis Kelce (and Taylor Swift) are most desirable neighbors
We're going to file this under the "we never really thought about it but okay" category.
According to a new survey from Zillow, the football player Americans most want to be next-door neighbors with is Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who is as famous for dating Taylor Swift as he is for his football prowess. Kelce (12%) topped the list of professional football players, beating out his teammate Patrick Mahomes (11%) and Odell Beckham Jr. (7%), wide receiver for the Chiefs' AFC Championship Game opponent, the Baltimore Ravens.
Kelce was the overwhelming favorite among 18- to 34-year-old women, 26% of whom selected the tight end as their preferred next-door neighbor, compared to 8% of men in that age range. Could his big win be attributed more to Swifties wishing they could catch a glimpse of his celebrity girlfriend than to the man himself? We're thinking maybe.
Of course, real-life neighbors can make or break big-game festivities. Zillow's survey finds 60% of Americans could be friends with a neighbor who actively supports a rival football team, but fewer than half — 46% — would invite a neighbor who roots against their team to their big-game watch party. Only 12% of Americans admit to snooping on their big-game party host's home value online.
Many Americans (44%) would throw a penalty flag on a neighbor who made a party foul during the big game, like firing up their noisy leaf blower or snow blower during the big game, showing up empty-handed to a watch party, or double-dipping into the guacamole.
If there was a trophy for "most valuable neighbor," more than 2 in 5 Americans (44%) would award it to the neighbor who makes the best big-game food, and 16% to the biggest football fan.
