by Elyse Menger | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
We are excited to announce that the release of new Canada data in collaboration with Exceed Analysis is coming soon. All of the Canadian databases have received an update, including CrimeRisk Canada. Keep reading for more details about the databases and to see sample...
by Elyse Menger | Aug 29, 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 August 2024. ICSC In a new...
by Elyse Menger | Aug 22, 2024 | Maps
The summer months can be a lonely time in many towns. Just over twenty-one million people are enrolled, either part time or full time, at colleges and universities across the country, just over 6% of the population. Many large universities are in small towns, where...
by Elyse Menger | Aug 22, 2024 | Maps
As the average family size has declined over the past few decades, many school districts have been dealing with long term declines in enrollment. In the suburban developments of the 1960’s and 1970’s, many elementary schools have been closed or repurposed. Even in...
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...
by Elyse Menger | Aug 1, 2024 | Finance
Ask 100 users of demographics to name the 5 must-have variables they use in their analyses and income will almost always be listed. Ask those same users to define the term, and you will hear a stunning range of answers. In fairness, if you ask 100 economists to define...
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