Austin

The Austin of today is nearly unrecognizable from it’s past. In 1970, Austin had a population total of less than 400,000 people, making it the 78th largest metropolitan area in the United States. Today, there are 2.3 million people living in the Austin area, making it...
Crime Data and Coming Improvements

Crime Data and Coming Improvements

Turn on the news these days, and you are shown startling statistics about crime. Just this week, the FBI released startling data that homicides in the Unites States in 2020 rose by nearly 30% over the previous year, the largest increase since the Bureau began keeping...

September Round-up

At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from September 2021. Safegraph Want...

Washington D.C. Traffic Explained

When you think Washington, D.C., you think about government. You might also think about traffic. Washington, D.C. is consistently ranked as one of the worst cities for commuting traffic in the United States. Heading into the capital are thousands and thousands of...
Boom and Bust Towns

Boom and Bust Towns

In many areas, one of the big tourism items is the exploration of ghost towns. The official web site for tourism in Nevada proudly touts the state as being number one in the country for ghost towns – and with over six hundred, they more than outnumber the now existing...