by Elyse Menger | Nov 7, 2024 | Finance
We are often asked for a price adjusted income estimate, which sounds simple but is in fact extremely complex. There are, of course, many web sites which let you convert an income level in one city to its equivalent in another city – so if I live in Des Moines, Iowa,...
by Elyse Menger | Nov 7, 2024 | Finance
Financial institutions—whether banks, credit unions, or investment firms—rely heavily on accurate data to inform key decisions. From opening new branches and assessing risk to analyzing markets, comprehensive demographic and geographic data is critical for success....
by Elyse Menger | Oct 31, 2024 | Holiday
The AGS team likes to have some fun during the holidays, and this year for Halloween, we took the viral Spirit Halloween meme trend and made memes for Panorama segments. We hope that you enjoy these costumes, and if you want to learn more about Panorama, our...
by Elyse Menger | Oct 31, 2024 | 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 October 2024. Kalibrate With the...
by Elyse Menger | Oct 24, 2024 | Census, Parcel Data
The decennial census of the United States is a constitutionally mandated function of the federal government, the main purpose of which is the apportionment of representatives. Over time, the scope of the census questionnaire was generally expanded, and in 1940, the...
by Elyse Menger | Oct 24, 2024 | CrimeRisk
Just a few weeks ago, the moderator in a presidential debate ‘fact checked’ one candidate’s assertion that crime rates were going up in the United States, citing the 2022 Uniform Crime Report (UCR) which said the opposite. The news recently hit that upon the release...
by Elyse Menger | Oct 17, 2024 | Site Selection
7-Eleven, Walgreens, TGI Fridays, Big Lots, True Value. These are all American mainstays in the retail and restaurant worlds. Yet, all have recently announced massive store closures in the last few weeks. While it is sad that the stores are closing, it also presents...
by Elyse Menger | Oct 17, 2024 | Consumer Expenditures
For many years, one of the primary complaints that we have heard about small area consumer spending models, from any of the major data vendors, is a lack of variance. Look at the percent of total expenditures at the block group spent on any category, and there is much...
by Elyse Menger | Oct 10, 2024 | Climate Data, Menger's Musings
With Helene still visible in the rear-view mirror and communities from Florida to Virginia still without power, water and connectivity, this week’s Milton delivered more misery and damage to the southeast. Two in the space of a couple of weeks must be unprecedented,...
by Elyse Menger | Oct 10, 2024 | Maps, Parcel Data
If the purpose of a site report is to convey an understanding of trade area demographics, it only makes sense that maps were soon included. Even cut-and-paste topographic maps, with hand drawn radii, brought the numbers on the page to life. The early attempts at...
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