New York State Thruway And North Portage
Foundations
Everyday Life
Environment
Cost & Opportunity
Scores run 0–10 and center on the state median
Fair Housing. Race, ethnicity, language, national origin, income, disability, household makeup, commute and vehicle access, home tenure, and similar characteristics shown anywhere in this report are descriptive context only — never used to rate, score, or rank a place. Using protected-class characteristics to evaluate a neighborhood may violate the Fair Housing Act.
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Fair Housing. Race, ethnicity, language, national origin, income, disability, household makeup, commute and vehicle access, home tenure, and similar characteristics shown anywhere in this report are descriptive context only — never used to rate, score, or rank a place. Using protected-class characteristics to evaluate a neighborhood may violate the Fair Housing Act.
Population Health
Wellbeing1 of 6 at or better than NY average
CDC PLACES · tract estimates. Each bar runs 0 to 100% of adults; the tick marks the NY average; lower is better.
Chronic Conditions0 of 9 at or better than NY average
CDC PLACES · tract estimates. Each bar runs 0 to 100% of adults; the tick marks the NY average; lower is better.
Lifestyle1 of 3 at or better than NY average
CDC PLACES · tract estimates. Each bar runs 0 to 100% of adults; the tick marks the NY average; lower is better.
Prevention1 of 5 at or better than HP2030 goal
CDC PLACES · tract estimates. Each bar runs 0 to 100% of adults; the tick marks the national Healthy People 2030 goal; higher is better.
Air
Pollen
Water
Industrial
Access
Neighborhood-level estimates of how common chronic conditions like diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and depression are — modeled from a large national health survey.
The CDC's large telephone health survey that asks Americans about their habits and health conditions, feeding into the neighborhood-level estimates shown here.
Ground-station readings of soot and ozone that show how clean or smoggy the air typically is near a place.
Satellite-derived fine particle pollution estimates calibrated against ground monitors, filling in air-quality data for the many areas that lack a monitoring station nearby.
Federal drinking water records showing measured levels of contaminants like lead, arsenic, and nitrate, and whether local water systems have violated health-based standards.
A federal inventory of how many pounds of toxic chemicals industrial facilities release into the air, water, and land each year, reported by the facilities themselves.
The EPA's national screening tool that ranks neighborhoods by their exposure to air pollution, toxic releases, and proximity to hazardous sites, relative to the rest of the country.
Phenology network data and allergy research combined into a 52-week pollen calendar showing which trees, grasses, and weeds bloom in a neighborhood and how intense each season tends to be.
A scientific map dividing North America into ecological zones that share similar landscapes, climates, and plant communities — used here to provide regional ecological context.
The CDC's disease surveillance network tracking reported cases of mosquito- and tick-borne illnesses — Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and others — by county.
A CDC index scoring how vulnerable each neighborhood is to extreme heat, combining factors like green space, air conditioning access, and the health of residents.
Satellite measurements of artificial light at night, used to indicate how dark the sky is and assign each neighborhood a Bortle dark-sky rating.
FAA airport data paired with federal noise models showing the day-night average sound level around commercial airports and how far their noise footprint extends.
USDA research identifying neighborhoods where low-income households live far from a full-service grocery store, the federal definition of a food desert.
A community-maintained world map with detailed points of interest, roads, bike lanes, parks, trails, and local businesses — the Wikipedia of maps.
A huge ongoing government survey that tells you who lives in a neighborhood — how old people are, what they earn, what languages they speak, and how households are made up.