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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.
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.
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.
The official monthly unemployment rates for every county, estimated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from household surveys and payroll records.
A near-complete census of employer payrolls showing how many jobs exist in each industry in every county, sourced directly from unemployment insurance tax records.
Annual wage surveys by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that show what the most common occupations pay — from median to top earners — in each metro area.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly employer payroll survey that tracks how job counts in each industry are growing or shrinking in major metro areas.
A rich federal dataset that maps where people work and live, showing what industries and wage levels dominate a tract and how workers commute across neighborhoods.
A government index that measures how far a dollar actually goes in each metro area — whether everyday goods and services cost more or less than the national average.
Annual tax-return data tracking how many people and households moved into or out of each county, along with their combined incomes — a precise signal of who a place is attracting.
An annual count of how many businesses — and what kinds — operate in each county, from retailers and restaurants to nonprofits and civic organizations.
The official registries of every FDIC-insured bank branch and NCUA credit-union branch in the country, used to measure financial-service access near a neighborhood.
A community-maintained world map with detailed points of interest, roads, bike lanes, parks, trails, and local businesses — the Wikipedia of maps.