Best US Proxies: 7 Providers Compared on State, City and ZIP Targeting

The best US proxy provider for state and city work, as of October 2026, is Decodo. In a 2026 US test by Proxyway, a proxy review site, Decodo's residential pool returned 961,218 distinct US IPs, the most of any seller. Its state, city and ZIP targeting costs nothing extra. Oxylabs comes close on pool size, and ProxyEmpire includes every US filter for $2.22 per GB with its coupon. SOAX topped US infrastructure success (requests reaching a test page) in Proxyway's market research but excludes Texas, while Byteful did best on Amazon, Google and Instagram. DataImpulse Premium includes every filter, and Evomi's smaller pools are the fastest of the seven.

With a US residential proxy, each request is meant to leave from a household's American ISP address, so the site sees a home connection in your chosen state or city. If you are new to the idea, our guide to where proxies sit in a network covers the basics. For local search checks, ad verification and US price monitoring, the questions that matter are how deep the US pool is and how precisely each seller can target a place.

This guide ranks seven USA proxy providers on published US test data and compares their state, city, ZIP and ASN (network number) targeting. It also shows how to check the city and network of the IPs you get. It is written for legitimate local data work, not for streaming or for running accounts against a site's rules. Every pick is editorial: no seller paid for a spot, and this page carries no affiliate links.

Author: Christopher Vance Web Infrastructure Specialist

I am a network engineer based in Chicago with over 10 years in web access systems and IP routing. My earlier work was on the other side: systems that let websites detect, flag and block users by IP address. Those systems ignore the seller's "Dallas" label. They place the IP with their own geolocation database, check which network announces it, and can still flag a home IP as a proxy.

I did not buy or test any of the plans below. Vendor prices, targeting options and terms come from each seller's own pages, read on October 13, 2026. The ranking's test figures are Proxyway's, from its 2026 research, and Proxyway discloses that it earns from affiliate links and paid reviews. When a vendor's own pages disagree, as Oxylabs and Decodo do on refunds and Evomi does on filters, I show both versions. The checks near the end let you confirm any seller's exits yourself.

How Did We Pick the Best US Proxies?

The candidate list combines every residential pool in Proxyway's 2026 research with the sellers that ranked in US searches for "best US proxies" on October 13, 2026. For each seller, we read its US location page, residential product and pricing pages, targeting docs, restricted-site list and terms. We recorded five things:

• → Published US test results: distinct US IPs, success rate and response time in Proxyway's 2026 US test.
• → US geo-targeting depth: state, city, ZIP code and ASN or ISP filters, on which plans, and at what extra cost.
• → The vendor's own US claim: the US pool size each seller prints, set beside what the test observed.
• → US price: the cost per GB for 100 GB of state- or city-targeted US traffic, before VAT.
• → Limits on US work: blocked site categories, search-engine rules, ID checks and refund terms.

All test numbers in the ranking are Proxyway's: its 2026 proxy market research report, released May 28, 2026 and based mostly on March and April data, plus its per-provider reviews. For the US, Proxyway sent 1.2 million requests per pool over 14 days to a small page on a CDN. Passing that test proves the network carried the request, not that a guarded site let it through, which is why we label it infrastructure success. On Amazon, Google and Instagram, the same research put median residential success from US proxies at 74.43%. Proxyway wrote that Byteful, Evomi, Decodo and Oxylabs "all hovered around 80%."

Ranking rule: to qualify, the pool you would buy had to reach at least 99% infrastructure success in Proxyway's 2026 US test, with self-serve state and city targeting. Qualifying sellers are ranked by the distinct US IPs Proxyway saw in 1.2 million requests, because that pool shrinks fast once you narrow it to one state or city. Seven sellers qualified.

US Residential Proxies Compared by Pool Depth, Targeting and Price

The first table shows what Proxyway measured in April 2026 for its market research, next to the US pool size each vendor advertised on October 13, 2026. Read the two together: a big claim is not a big pool. Evomi Core's figures come from a separate July 2026 test, outside the market research in which SOAX posted the top infrastructure success. Proxyway timed responses from a server in Ashburn, Virginia, so your own times will depend on where your tools run.

The second table covers what you can target and what 100 GB of state- or city-targeted US traffic costs, as of October 2026, before VAT:

How to read these prices, as of October 2026: Decodo's $2.75 is its 100 GB monthly plan, and Byteful's is its 100 GB pack, which never expires. Oxylabs has no 100 GB plan, so 100 GB means paying $500 for its 125 GB plan, or $5 per GB used, because those credits expire after a month. ProxyEmpire's figure is its 135 GB plan at the coupon price, and its traffic stays on the account until it is spent. SOAX's is its $200 Builder plan rate of $3 per GB of US traffic, so 100 GB costs $300 with top-up credits.

As of October 2026, DataImpulse bills state, city, ZIP and ASN traffic on its standard pool at twice its $1 rate, so city-targeted traffic costs $2 per GB. Evomi Core's $0.49 is its 100 GB monthly plan, and Premium has no printed 100 GB plan, so it uses the $3.98 pay-as-you-go rate. For Oxylabs, a second pricing page prints code OXYLABS50 beside halved monthly prices but shows no plan sizes, so we use the main one.

The 7 Best US Proxy Providers, Reviewed

Ranked by distinct US IPs in Proxyway's 2026 test, these US residential proxies passed the 99% bar: Decodo, Oxylabs, ProxyEmpire, SOAX, Byteful, DataImpulse and Evomi. All prices and terms in the reviews are as of October 2026, and every test number comes from Proxyway.

1. Decodo: Deepest US Pool With Free ZIP Targeting

Decodo, called Smartproxy until April 2025, charges the same per-GB rate for US traffic as for any country. It runs state endpoints for all 50 states and city endpoints for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Miami; other cities and ZIP codes work through the username. ZIP targeting is "only applicable for targeting the USA location", and its docs also offer geohash targeting, which picks a map grid cell instead of a named city. One limit matters for network checks: "You must choose between city targeting and asn targeting, as they can't be used simultaneously."

Pricing as of October 2026 (before VAT): $11.25 for 3 GB, $35 for 10 GB, $81.25 for 25 GB, $150 for 50 GB and $275 for 100 GB each month. Pay-as-you-go traffic is $4 per GB, sold in 1 GB steps. Above 100 GB, Enterprise pricing starts at $2.50 per GB for 250 GB and reaches $2 per GB at 1 TB.

Verdict: the strongest all-round choice for state, city and ZIP work across the US. Look elsewhere if your checks need a city and an ASN in the same request.

2. Oxylabs: Coordinate Targeting and a Named Geo Database

Oxylabs says it uses "the MaxMind GeoIP2 database" to assign each exit its country, state and city, and warns that "Some other public IP databases may show different locations." It targets US states with a us_ prefix, cities by name, "5-digit US ZIP codes only" and map coordinates with a 10-mile minimum radius, all at no extra cost. ASN targeting has a catch: if you add a country, the country wins and the ASN is ignored. As of October 2026, its US location page lists 46 states and leaves out Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska and South Dakota, so confirm those four before you buy.

Pricing as of October 2026, "VAT may apply": 5 GB for $30, 20 GB for $100 and 125 GB for $500 a month, or $6 down to $4 per GB. Enterprise plans start at $2,500 a month through a sales offer, at $2.50 per GB from 1,000 GB. Oxylabs' main pricing page lists nothing between the 20 GB and 125 GB plans, so a 100 GB month costs $5 per GB.

Verdict: the pick when you need coordinate targeting and want to know which database labels the city. Skip it for ad verification on Google's ad domains unless Oxylabs clears them for your account.

3. ProxyEmpire: Every US Filter Included

ProxyEmpire's US page claims "All 50 + DC" states, "6,900+" cities and towns and "850+" local ISPs, and says its API "lists 6,966 distinct place names". It also says "State, city, ZIP, ISP, ASN and OS fingerprint targeting cost nothing extra." Among the home ISPs it names are Comcast, Charter Spectrum, Verizon Fios, Cox and Frontier. Unused traffic stays on the account until it is spent.

Pricing as of October 2026 with code EMPIRE50, before VAT: $3.50 per GB pay-as-you-go, 7 GB for $20, 28 GB for $75, 60 GB for $150, 135 GB for $300, 315 GB for $625, 500 GB for $875 and 1,000 GB for $1,500. List prices are double. A $1.97 trial includes 150 MB of residential and mobile traffic.

Verdict: a low-cost way to get ZIP, ISP and ASN filters on US traffic, all included in the price. Skip it if you want a refund window or need fast responses for high-volume checks.

4. SOAX: City-Plus-ISP Filters, but No Texas IPs

SOAX prices by region, and "the United States is in tier 1". Its docs allow stacked filters, for example a Los Angeles exit on Comcast: "You can combine multiple filters." It also warns that "The more specific your targeting, the smaller the eligible pool." The catch is geographic: its US page excludes Texas from residential and mobile proxies, and its datacenter page does the same. Its help center lists "United States (excluding the State of Texas)".

Pricing as of October 2026, US tier, before VAT: $5 per GB on the no-fee Sandbox, $3 on the $200 Builder plan, $2.20 on the $500 Team plan, $1.50 on the $1,500 Scale plan, and from $0.85 on the $3,000 Enterprise plan. Residential and mobile share one rate.

Verdict: the highest US infrastructure success in Proxyway's market research, with useful city-plus-ISP filters. Rule it out if Texas is anywhere on your list.

5. Byteful: Combined City and ASN Filters, Traffic That Never Expires

Byteful, which traded as Ping Proxies until April 2026, documents filters you can combine, such as a Charlotte exit on AT&T's AS7018. It added state and ZIP targeting in July 2025 and says it is "free of charge". Its docs warn that ZIP codes "represent a very specific, limited population area", and a lookup endpoint counts the proxy nodes that match a filter before you send traffic.

Pricing as of October 2026: 10 GB for $32.50, 25 GB for $75 and 100 GB for $275 ($2.75 per GB), plus a "Custom quantity" option with no listed price. Its pricing pages say nothing about VAT, but its terms say payments are "exclusive of taxes".

Verdict: the best fit when a job needs a specific US city on a specific home network, with traffic you can use at your own pace. Skip it if you want more than 24 hours to ask for a refund.

6. DataImpulse: Two Pools, Two Very Different Prices

DataImpulse sells a standard pool at $1 per GB and a Premium pool at $5 per GB. On the standard pool, state, city, ZIP and ASN traffic "is billed at double the standard rate", and a country is mandatory. Premium includes all of them: "$0 targeting". Traffic in both never expires, and its docs say: "We cannot guarantee the availability of proxies from a specific city at any given time."

Pricing as of October 2026: standard pool 5 GB for $5 for new users, 50 GB for $50 and 1 TB for $800. Premium costs $5 per GB, with a 1 GB intro for new users, then from 10 GB for $50, and $4 per GB from 1,000 GB. The minimum top-up after the intro pack is $50, and both of its US pages say it adds no VAT.

Verdict: Premium is a fast US pool with every filter included and far fewer server exits; the standard pool suits tight budgets that can tolerate some server exits. Skip the standard pool if your targets block hosting networks.

7. Evomi: Fastest US Responses, Smallest Pools

Evomi's Core pool is the cheapest here, and its two pools had the fastest US responses of the seven. It also lets you choose which geolocation database decides your filters. By default it resolves them against ip-api, and you can switch to MaxMind, because "providers disagree about where a given IP sits and which network owns it". Country, region and city filters are free. Its docs say ZIP and ISP filters work on Core only and use extra bandwidth, though its pricing page lists ISP targeting "at no extra cost".

Pricing as of October 2026, VAT not included: Core 100 GB for $49 a month, or $0.99 per GB pay-as-you-go from 15 GB. Premium costs $3.98 per GB pay-as-you-go, or 8 GB for $30, 25 GB for $90 and 50 GB for $170 a month.

Verdict: Core suits city checks on a small budget: the monthly plan for steady use, pay-as-you-go for light use. Premium suits latency-sensitive jobs that need a bigger pool than Core. Skip both if you need many fresh IPs in one state at volume.

US Proxy Sellers That Missed the List

Some well-known USA proxy sellers missed the 99% bar, have no 2026 Proxyway US test, or are excluded. The US results below are Proxyway's infrastructure figures; prices are as of October 2026:

Pool depth means little if the exits land in the wrong city, so the next question is how accurate city labels are.

How Accurate Is US State and City Targeting?

A city filter does not find people in a city. It picks IPs that a geolocation database places there, and those databases are often wrong at city level. As of October 2026, MaxMind's accuracy comparison tool shows its paid GeoIP City data placing 60% of US IPs within 50 km of their true location. Another 33% get a city outside that radius, and 7% get no city at all; the free GeoLite data places 55% within 50 km. MaxMind's support article gives about 80% accuracy for US states and 66% for cities within 50 km.

Other vendors measure on different radii. IP2Location lists 76.32% of US IPs within 50 miles (about 80 km) and says accuracy "will degrade by about 1%-5% for each month" a database goes out of date. On mobile networks it is worse, as a 2021 GPS-based study of New York, Chicago and Philadelphia found. In the New York region, MaxMind's free database placed only 18% of T-Mobile devices within 10 km of their true location.

The seller and the site may also read different databases. Oxylabs labels its exits with MaxMind, while Evomi resolves filters against ip-api unless you switch it. A site that uses a third database can see a "Dallas" exit somewhere else, with no fault on anyone's part. Before a job depends on a city, check a sample of exits in the database your target is most likely to use, or in at least two.

Smaller areas also mean thinner pools. A test published on April 25, 2026 by the blog Datawookie shows the effect. It checked 1,000 responses per filter from Massive against ip-api. Of the Chicago-targeted responses, 95.9% landed in Chicago, but only 71.6% of ZIP 60657 responses landed in that ZIP, and the ZIP test used just 10 distinct IPs.

How much that matters depends on the job, which is where the sellers' own rules come in.

Which US Proxy Fits Local Search, Ad and Price Checks?

Short answer: Decodo and SOAX (outside Texas) suit local search checks, SOAX also suits ad checks, and most price checks need only a state filter. The seller rules below explain why.

Local search checks. Google says IP addresses "are roughly based on geography" and describes a general area as "larger than 3 sq km". It also uses device location, saved Home and Work addresses and past searches, and keeps a device location it used in a cookie for six hours. So run local SEO checks in a clean browser profile with no Google sign-in, or the result reflects you, not the proxy. If a check runs several related searches or pages, hold one sticky session so each request leaves from the same exit. Rotate per request only when each page stands alone.

Seller rules matter here, as of October 2026:

• → Decodo allows Google targets on its 3 GB to 100 GB residential plans and pay-as-you-go; the rule does not name Enterprise plans, so ask before buying one for Google work. SOAX pitches its US proxies to "scrape Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo."
• → Bright Data sends search-engine requests through its own servers instead of the residential peer, and its datacenter and ISP proxies answer "403 Search engine host is not allowed."
• → Byteful requires prior approval for large-scale Google Search scraping on its datacenter and ISP proxies; its policy does not name residential bandwidth.
• → Oxylabs lists "Some Google domains" among restricted targets on its residential pricing page, so confirm your queries with it first.

Ad checks. Oxylabs restricts Google Tag Manager and DoubleClick on residential IPs, so ad checks that load those domains may fail unless Oxylabs clears them. Detection is the wider issue. Proxyway ran 10,000 US checks per provider against IPinfo's database. For the ranked sellers it covered, IPinfo flagged between 42.89% (Oxylabs) and 52.85% (Evomi Premium) of US IPs as residential proxies. Lower is better here, and SOAX came close to Oxylabs at 42.96%. An ad check through a flagged IP may be filtered like any proxy visit. SOAX lists ad verification as a use case and names no ad domains in its restrictions, so it suits ad checks.

Price and stock checks. State-level targeting is usually enough for US retail prices, and all seven sellers offer it, though SOAX skips Texas and Oxylabs' US page lists 46 states. ZIP targeting earns its cost only when a retailer prices or stocks by delivery area, which makes Decodo, ProxyEmpire, Byteful, Oxylabs and DataImpulse Premium the practical options. On guarded sites, Byteful, Evomi, Decodo and Oxylabs scored about 80% in Proxyway's Amazon, Google and Instagram test, above the 74.43% median. Check each seller's blocked categories first: Decodo restricts banking, government and ticketing sites, and DataImpulse blocks government websites.

Localization and QA checks. To confirm what a US site shows visitors in one state, such as shipping options or sales tax, a state filter and one sticky session per run are enough. Any of the seven can do this in the states it covers, so choose on price and on whether unused traffic expires between test cycles.

Which Type of US Proxy Should You Buy?

This guide covers rotating residential pools, because they carry the deepest state and city targeting. Three other types serve different US jobs:

• → Static ISP proxies: one fixed US IP registered to a home or business ISP but hosted in a data center. It suits jobs where a target must see the same address for weeks. Oxylabs lists 338k US ISP IPs, and Decodo names AT&T and Verizon. Our guide to static US ISP proxies compares them.
• → Datacenter proxies: the cheapest kind of US proxy server, for targets that accept hosting networks. City choice is limited: Bright Data has deprecated city targeting on datacenter and ISP proxies, and Rayobyte lists 18 US datacenter cities. See how US datacenter proxy options compare.
• → Mobile proxies: IPs from T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T, for mobile-only content. Expect weak city accuracy, as the study above shows.

Private US proxies, often sold as dedicated US proxies, are ISP or datacenter IPs assigned to you alone. Rotating residential pools are shared by design, so if you need an address no one else uses, buy a dedicated ISP or datacenter plan instead. A US VPN is a different tool: it usually routes the whole device through one server, while a proxy sets the exit per app or per request.

Which US Networks Should a Residential Proxy IP Come From?

Most US home connections run on a handful of networks. In second-quarter 2026 results, Comcast reported about 28.5 million residential broadband customers and Charter about 27.4 million residential internet customers, while Verizon reported about 17.1 million fiber and fixed-wireless connections. A US residential exit should usually trace back to networks like these. The main ASNs, as registered with ARIN, the North American address registry, on October 13, 2026:

A big ISP's name on an ASN is not proof of a real home line. Proxyway's 2026 research found that IPRoyal's pool "included over 900k US IPs associated with little-known ASNs belonging to Comcast". IPRoyal missed the 99% bar, but the lesson holds for every seller: check the ASN, the prefix and the IP type together.

Networks matter on the other side too. Sites can block a whole hosting provider by its ASN, and our guide on how sites block networks by ASN explains which networks are safe to block. An exit on a home ISP avoids that whole class of blocks.

How Can You Check a US Proxy's City and Network Yourself?

Before you buy US proxies at volume, start with a trial or the smallest plan and run a short real job. As of October 2026, Decodo gives new users 100 MB for 3 days. The chosen plan then starts unless you cancel, and taking the trial voids the 14-day refund. Oxylabs gives $5 of welcome credits, and ProxyEmpire sells 150 MB of trial traffic for $1.97.

Also as of October 2026, SOAX's pricing page offers no free trial, but its US page sells 400 MB for 3 days at $1.99. Evomi's free Core trial rolls into the $49 monthly plan unless you cancel in time. Byteful's residential page offers a free 1 GB trial, though its pricing FAQ says it has none, and its KYC policy requires checks for trial requests. DataImpulse sells new users 5 GB for $5.

Record the exit IP behind each request, and read each seller's rules on IP-checker sites first. Oxylabs restricts third-party IP-checking websites on residential IPs but points users to its own ip.oxylabs.io. Evomi's terms ban requests to IP checkers made to collect your assigned IPs, so ask Evomi which check it allows. Paste the recorded IPs into these tools from your normal connection.

Then load one real target page through each location you bought and confirm it shows that place, such as local results near the chosen city. A page that loads can still be a block or CAPTCHA page, so read it. If most of a sample passes these checks, the pool is doing what you paid for. If not, you will usually see it in the mistakes below.

Which Mistakes Cost US Proxy Buyers Money?

Most mistakes with USA proxies come from trusting labels instead of checking them. Each mistake below traces back to a seller's own page or a source cited earlier, all read in October 2026:

1. Trusting the advertised US pool. Oxylabs prints 10,353,360 US residential IPs on its product page, while its US page shows 19,380,480 IPs at the top and 11,074,560 in its FAQ. Evomi shows one "9,567,890+" figure on three products. Proxyway's distinct-IP counts are the only figures measured the same way for every seller.
2. Paying for ZIP when a state will do. SOAX sells ZIP targeting only from its $1,500 plan, and ZIP filters draw on far fewer IPs than a city filter.
3. Forgetting targeting surcharges. DataImpulse's standard pool bills state and city traffic at double rate, and Evomi's docs say its ZIP and ISP filters use extra bandwidth.
4. Buying a pool that skips your state. SOAX excludes Texas from its residential, mobile and datacenter proxies.
5. Checking local results while signed in. Google can use your saved Home and Work addresses and past searches, so a signed-in browser can show your location, not the proxy's.
6. Routing checker sites through the proxy. Oxylabs restricts third-party checkers and Evomi's terms ban the practice; check recorded IPs from your own connection.
7. Paying home-IP prices where server IPs work. If a site accepts hosting IPs, a US datacenter plan usually costs less.

The Short Version

For most US state and city work, Decodo is the best US proxy as of October 2026. It has the deepest US pool in Proxyway's 2026 test, free state, city and ZIP targeting, and Google access on its standard plans. Oxylabs adds radius targeting around map coordinates and names its geolocation database, if you can accept its KYC and ad-domain limits. Of the sellers that include every filter free, ProxyEmpire is the cheapest, at $2.22 per GB with its coupon. SOAX had the top US infrastructure success in Proxyway's market research and filters city and ISP together, but it has no Texas IPs.

Byteful suits city-plus-ASN jobs, did best on Amazon, Google and Instagram in Proxyway's US test, and its traffic never expires. DataImpulse Premium is a mid-sized, mostly residential pool with all filters included. Evomi trades pool size for speed and a low price. If cost at your exact volume decides it, compare residential prices plan by plan. For carrier IPs, see how US mobile carrier proxies compare.

Whatever you pick, treat city labels as likely, not certain. Prices and terms here were last checked on October 13, 2026, and sellers revise them without notice. Buy the smallest plan first, then run a sample of exits through the IP and ASN lookups above before you scale.