by Elyse Menger | May 18, 2023 | Demographics, Maps
When you think about Boston stereotypes, you likely think about Boston as being home to many Catholic people. This isn’t without merit—Boston is in the top 50 of all metropolitan areas for Catholic residents – 4th for metro areas with more than 1M residents – and is...
by Gary Menger | May 11, 2023 | Demographics, Geography
For many years, the standard detail geography which AGS has provided to users has been the census block group. Only those who read through our methodology statements knew that you could order your In-n-Out double-double ‘animal style’, since it certainly wasn’t posted...
by Gary Menger | May 11, 2023 | Menger's Musings
In the traditional realm of parametric statistics, we were taught that the correct approach to building a statistical model of any sort was to follow the scientific method. You know, formulate a set of hypotheses about what independent factors might contribute to the...
by Elyse Menger | May 4, 2023 | Partner Posts
If you are a broker/agent that has been frustrated by your mapping software, then there is a new solution on the market that might be for you. Designed by commercial real estate professionals for commercial real estate professionals, REBLIE makes map generation...
by Elyse Menger | May 4, 2023 | Demographics
The ‘business demographics’ of an area are important to location analysts because they can be used to enhance sales estimates and because they can be used to assess the competitive landscape. Twenty years ago, the demographics of businesses were well behind...
by Gary Menger | Apr 27, 2023 | Demographics, Menger's Musings
One of the great economists of the last century, John Kenneth Galbraith, once quipped that “the only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” The same can be said for pretty much anything that we foolishly insist on forecasting –...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 27, 2023 | Monthly Round-Ups
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 April 2023. Sites USA While you...
by Gary Menger | Apr 20, 2023 | Geography, Maps
Between the county and block group levels – one too general, the other often too detailed. For many analytical tasks, an in-between layer is just what the doctor ordered. So, is there a goldilocks solution? There are four primary choices of standard geographies...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 20, 2023 | CrimeRisk, Use Cases
Occasionally, we get an odd request via the contact us form on our website. Most of the time, nothing comes of it; people find what they need elsewhere, or we don’t have what they are looking for. So, when we got a request for a research project that needed CrimeRisk...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 13, 2023 | Demographics, Site Selection
With mortgage rates on the rise, and the younger generations not purchasing single-family housing, multi-family housing continues to be a good investment for developers. According to the National Association of Realtors, the United States is building about 50% more...
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