Employment – Employment Change

This indicator reports the net rate of change in employment within the report area. Rates are calculated by dividing the net change in employment due to business births, deaths, expansions, and contractions by the total number of employees in the previous year. Source US Census Bureau, US Census Business Dynamics Statistics, 2023. Source Description The…

Commuter Travel Patterns – Overview

Source US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019-23. Source Description The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social, economic, housing, and demographic data every year. The ACS has an annual sample size of about 3.5 million addresses, with survey information collected nearly every day of…

Commuter Travel Patterns – Public Transportation

This indicator reports the percentage of population using public transportation as their primary means of commuting to work. Public transportation includes buses or trolley buses, streetcars or trolley cars, subway or elevated rails, and ferryboats. Source US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019-23. Source Description The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed…

Business Environment – Nonemployer Establishments

This indicator reports the total number and the average receipts for U.S. businesses with no paid employees or payroll. Data for this indicator from the US Census Bureau Nonenmployer Statistics (NES) dataset. These data originate from statistical information obtained through business income tax records that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides to the Census Bureau….

Veteran Population

This indicator reports the percentage of the population age 18 and older that served (even for a short time), but is not currently serving, on active duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard, or that served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II. Source US Census…