Culdesac
Property Management · Property Development
2hiring now · open roles
4backers · Y Combinator, Floodgate
14team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -33% in a year
19stories in the press
Overview
Culdesac is a developer and property manager of car-free neighbourhoods, whose first project is a mixed-use neighbourhood in Tempe that opened in 2023. The neighbourhood has open space, shared courtyards and more than 20 retailers, and the company hires for leasing, maintenance and landscaping roles. The company is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, United States.
Funding and backers
Team
14
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -33% in a year
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
4
Y Combinator, Floodgate
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
2025
Team shrank to 14 was 21 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Aug 10, 2021
On the Hacker News front page Culdesac Tempe: The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US · 597 points
Nov 19, 2019
On the Hacker News front page Culdesac: Car-free neighborhood built from scratch in Tempe · 122 points
Jun 2018
Went through Y Combinator
2018
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.4%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
6
best: 597 points
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$47k
Typical range
$42k – $52k
Open positions
2
2
Jobs
Junior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $47k | $42k – $52k |
Highest paying role
Maintenance Technician
$52k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
47/100
Stable
Open positions
2
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
30 days
faster than 45% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
100% ▼
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Culdesac over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
85/100
Cloud & platforms
OpenAI
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News
Arizona neighborhood bans cars for all residents - but offers a thought-provoking deal in return
The development, called Culdesac Tempe, appears to be chugging along, with the first batch of apartments close to being finished.
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Culdesac, Arizona
I returned to Culdesac last week to see how it's grown since my visit 2.5 years ago, right when the first residential building opened.
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I toured Culdesac, a Tempe, Arizona neighborhood that banned cars, and found a walkable oasis in the Phoenix suburb
Culdesac Tempe is carless community in Arizona. BI's reporter toured the walkable community and met with CEO and cofounder Ryan Johnson.
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Want to Build a Perfect 21st Century Town? Ban Cars.
Culdesac, Arizona, was designed for pedestrians and bikes, not cars. Residents love it.
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Culdesac Tempe Promised Car-Free Living, But Can It Actually Pull It Off?
Despite many people's insistence that no one wants to live in a shoebox surrounded by other people, odds are, many of the most expensive apartments in your city are located in the most walkable areas. Walkable communities don't have to be pricey inherentl
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25-year-old pays $1,472/month for a live-work space in the 'first car-free neighborhood in the U.S.'-take a look inside
At Culdesac in Tempe, Arizona, Jada Stratman was able to find a one-bedroom apartment and retail space to house her candle business.
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Why Lectric is the Toyota of the ebike indsutry, and why their new bike is their Lexus
A momentous bike launched at Culdesac today shows the evolution of the ebike space, and how it works to power walkable, bikeable neighborhoods
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Tempe
Tempe
United States
HQ
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $47k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Field & Service