You know its almost trivial to buy millions of people's full names, addresses, estimated income, etc., from legit data brokers right? It's how credit card start-ups know who to send direct mail to and it's 100% legal.
Say you go post on Infowars anonymously (but not through Tor/VPN/Proxy). They can now know where you live.
Of course the address is public. The relation between your IP address and your actual address isn't...