Researching aspects of a market

[Elaina Burkhart]

My husband and I are new to investing outside of our hometown (we just have one duplex in central Indiana) and we're interested in researching markets outside of our area (ok with out-of-state as well). I am unsure of how one researches important investing aspects of a market, like ones that are linear, have ongoing population growth, economic diversity, and so on. Do you simply google these questions or is there a better way of researching these statistics? I just want to save myself the time and rabbit holes if there is a more "to-the-point" strategy and/ or website with this info? 

Thanks, from the Hoosier State