Food Deserts and Retail Gap
Access to fresh, healthy and affordable food is a problem for many low-income Americans. In some neighborhoods, the closest supermarket could be miles away. Those that don’t have transportation, or are low-income, may only have a local store to shop at, where prices...
COVID-19: Mortgage Risk and More Data Resources
We started wondering this week about some of the potential impacts if the now substantial unemployment persists after the stay at home orders are lifted. One possible effect is on mortgage defaults, and we created a crude index of risk based on a simple multiplication...
Business Demographics: Data Sources and Methodology Matter
A comprehensive site analysis should go beyond residential demographics to include the demographics of the businesses in the area, since for many retailers and most restaurants the employees at local businesses contribute significantly to locational success. For...
Hybrid Weather Risk
No matter where you live, there is some kind of weather related natural disaster that can affect you and your home. For some of the country, there may actually be more than one weather risk. April typically means spring has arrived, though tell that to those that are...
COVID-19 Resources
During these uncertain times, data people do, well, what data people do: look for more data. We gather, collect, and analyze all the data that we can find. It comforts us, and it helps us ask the tough questions. We have been sharing what we can, specifically sharing...
Panorama: Because location still matters.
Building on over three decades of experience in the creation and use of geodemographic segmentation systems in both Canada and the United States, Applied Geographic Solutions created a truly location-centric segmentation system, Panorama. Building on and integrating...
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