Why city-level targeting matters
Content, pricing, inventory and ads often differ between cities in the same state. A delivery app shows different stores in Dallas and Houston; a search for a local service ranks different businesses in Seattle and Phoenix; an ad campaign may be set to run in one metro area only. A country-level US IP cannot show you any of that.
City targeting gives you that precision. It is useful for:
- Local SEO and SERP tracking: check map packs and local rankings city by city
- Ad verification: confirm a geo-targeted campaign appears in the intended metro area
- Price and availability monitoring: compare local prices, delivery options and stock
- Regional market research and QA of localized sites from the visitor's location
See the guides to SEO monitoring and ad verification for worked examples.
How US city targeting works
Targeting lives in the proxy username, so you can switch cities in code without going back to the dashboard. Connect to gw.nefo.net:9000 and add the tokens you need:
- Country only:
USERNAME-country-us - State:
USERNAME-country-us-state-california - City:
USERNAME-country-us-city-losangeles - City plus ISP: add
-asn-<number>to stay on one internet provider
# A residential IP in Los Angeles
curl -x http://gw.nefo.net:9000 \
-U "USERNAME-country-us-city-losangeles:PASSWORD" \
https://api.ipify.orgThe proxy generator in the dashboard lists the states and cities available and builds the username for you. Availability varies by city with the residential network; if a city is not listed, state-level targeting still keeps you in the right region. Worldwide, the catalogue covers 22,417 cities and 14,252 ISPs.
Popular US cities
These metro areas have their own pages with setup details:
All US city pages are listed under US city residential proxies.
Sticky sessions and protocols
Combine city targeting with a sticky session to keep one local IP across a multi-step task, from 1 minute up to 24 hours. Without a session ID, every request rotates to a new IP in the same city. Choose HTTP(S) or SOCKS5 to match your tool; both use the same balance and targeting.
US city proxy pricing
City targeting does not change the price. You pay per gigabyte of residential traffic: $4.50 for 5 GB, $73 for 100 GB, and down to $0.53/GB at 10 TB. Bandwidth never expires, and concurrency is unlimited. See the full list on the pricing page.
If you need one home IP in a city for a whole day with unlimited bandwidth, a 24-hour residential IP lets you pick it by city or ISP for $0.09.
Frequently asked questions
You can target US states and cities from the proxy generator, including major metros such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Miami. Available cities depend on the residential network; state-level targeting is the fallback.
No. Targeting granularity does not change pricing on residential proxies; you are billed for bandwidth used, from $4.50 for 5 GB. See pricing.
Yes. Add a session ID and lifetime to the username to hold one IP in that city for 1 minute up to 24 hours. Read how sticky sessions work.
Select the state instead. You will still get an IP from the correct region even when a specific city is not listed.
Yes. Add the ASN token to a city-targeted username to stay on one internet provider in that city, where that combination is available.
Send a request through the proxy to an IP lookup service, or use the IP lookup tool, to see the location that websites read for that address.