Many Georgia schools are taking the 2016 Georgia Milestones Assessments this week, so we decided to take a look at last year's assessments for 3rd grade English Language Arts (ELA). This map shows public schools in metro Atlanta symbolized by the percent of 3rd graders who were designated "Proficient Learner" and above for the end-of-grade ELA [...]
This map shows census tracts in metro Atlanta with high job-to-worker ratios (ratios of 1.9 to 40) using 2014 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This ratio helps to understand the job/worker balance in an area by dividing the number of jobs in a census tract by the number of workers in the same [...]
This interactive map shows the projects included in the Regional Transportation Plan, key components of The Atlanta Region's Plan that was adopted in February by the ARC Board. Red = Transit Projects Purple = Roadway Projects Green = Last Mile Connectivity Projects Orange = Other Projects Zoom into the map and click on individual projects to [...]
This Monday we wanted to highlight a few findings from our last post about the 2016 County Health Rankings. Looking at health behaviors by county, specifically percent of adults who smoke and percent of adults who are inactive, we can see there is a pattern between maps. The metro Atlanta counties have the lowest rates [...]
How long does it take you to get to work? This map uses 2010-2014 American Community Survey census tract data to highlight the areas that have the longest average commute, ranging from 34-45 minutes. Most of the concentrations occur outside of the urban core in counties such as Henry, Gwinnett, and Paulding (nearly all of Paulding [...]
The new 2016 County Health Rankings (https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/) rank each county based on health outcomes (length of life and quality of life) and health factors (health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment). The maps below show the Georgia rankings for health outcomes (left) and factors (right). The majority of the 20 counties [...]
