by Elyse Menger | Aug 15, 2024 | Parcel Data
While our main purpose in building a national parcel database is to enhance our core demographics by tracking change at the address level, along the way we have discovered that we can add to our detail tables with many new data tables. In addition, some of the...
by Elyse Menger | Aug 15, 2024 | Finance
In the first two parts of this series on income, we considered the various definitions of income commonly used and how exclusions of capital gains and non-cash payments can affect small area estimates in different ways. Here we consider measures of income that may...
by Elyse Menger | Aug 8, 2024 | Parcel Data
The first of two inflationary periods of the 1970’s began early in the decade and was particularly hard felt in the hot real estate markets of urban California. Property taxes were completely tied to the annual market valuation conducted by the county assessor. During...
by Elyse Menger | Aug 8, 2024 | Finance
Last week we talked about the complexity of the concept of income. We continue here by focusing on the Census Bureau definition, and how that definition introduces spatial biases that could substantially impact your location decisions. So how does the Census define...
by Elyse Menger | Aug 1, 2024 | Current Events
Just in time to cure the summer slump, the Olympics are here, entertaining us daily for a few weeks with inspiring performances and the chance to bring home some medals. This year, Team USA’s 594 athletes hail from 46 states, so nearly everyone has someone to cheer...
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