Homeless Children & Youth (ED)

This indicator reports the number of children and youth experiencing homelessness enrolled in the public school system during the 2021-2022 school year. This data source reports the number of students experiencing homelessness, defined as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This includes those who are sharing the housing of others, living…

Households with No Motor Vehicle

This indicator reports the number and percentage of households with no motor vehicle based on the latest 5-year American Community Survey estimates. 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…

Incarceration Rate

The Opportunity Atlas estimates the percentage of individuals born in each census tract who were incarcerated at the time of the 2010 Census. This indicator reports incarceration rates for the total population in the report area, compared to state and national averages. Source Opportunity Insights, 2018. Source Description Based at Harvard University, Opportunity Insights mission…

Area Deprivation Index

This indicator reports the average (population weighted) Area Deprivation Index (ADI) for the selected area. The Area Deprivation Index ranks neighborhoods and communities relative to all neighborhoods across the nation (National Percentile) or relative to other neighborhoods within just one state (State Percentile). The ADI is calculated based on 17 measures related to four primary…

Utility Services Threat

This indicator reports the percentage of adults age 18 and older who report having utility services threat in the past 12 months. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2022.Accessed via the PLACES Data Portal. Source Description The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of the…

Vacancy (HUD)

The U.S. Postal Service provided information quarterly to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on addresses identified as vacant in the previous quarter. Residential and business vacancy rates for the report area in the fourth quarter of 2024 are reported. For this reporting period, a total of sum(1) residential addresses were identified as…

Historic Redlining

This indicator reports the percentage of the population living in neighborhoods identified as “hazardous” by the federal government in a practice referred to as “redlining.” Individuals living in these redlined neighborhoods were unable to access low interest/low down payment mortgages underwritten by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A…

Evictions

This indicator shows the estimated eviction filing rate as calculated by the Eviction Lab. This rate is the number of evictions filed in an area divided by the number of renter-occupied homes in that area. An eviction filing counts all eviction cases filed in an area, including multiple cases filed against the same address. Eviction…

Housing Insecurity

This indicator reports the percentage of adults age 18 and older who report having housing insecurity in the past 12 months. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2022.Accessed via the PLACES Data Portal. Source Description The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of the Centers…

Tenure – Owner-Occupied Housing

Tenure provides a measurement of home ownership, which has served as an indicator of the nation’s economy for decades. This data covers all occupied housing units, which are classified as either owner occupied or renter occupied. These data are used to aid in the distribution of funds for programs such as those involving mortgage insurance,…