Commuting: Yeah, It’s Still Kind of a Big Deal
Our updated Commuting Dashboard gives an immediate snapshot of the commuting landscape, and enables custom analysis of patterns by census tracts of job locations and worker residences
Got a Raise? You Still Might be Making Less (Than You Were)
Wages are going up. But so is inflation. What does it mean for real trends in Atlanta wages and how do the findings differ by metro area?
Health Assessment: the 11-County’s Health Rankings in 2021
With the holiday indulgence season here, we're offering a look at how our counties measure up on healthy behaviors year-round.
2021 MAS Regional Survey Updates are Out! Find out more here!
Results for the 2021 Metro Atlanta Speaks survey were released yesterday as part of the State of the Region Breakfast. This post compiles all the places you can go to learn more about the attitudes and perceptions about life in the 11-county area, from high-level overviews to data exploration dashboards.
LODES of Commuting Data: Inflows and Outflows from LEHD
New (2019) data on work locations for residents (by area) show that, for the most part, we are leaving our home county more to go to work than we were in 2010.
Atlanta’s population growth, 1990-2020
An animation showing population growth at the Census tract level over the past 30 years illustrates where and how we've grown since 1990.
World Series (of Data): Atlanta vs. Houston
The World Series of Data...er, Baseball...starts tonight. Here's your ARC GameDay stats preview!
Tale of the Tape: Atlanta vs. LA
With the Braves heading to L.A., now is a good time to take a look at how the two cities compare in non-sports stats.
Hispanic Heritage 2021: Growth on the Horizon
A look at coming population growth in the metro area's Hispanic community.
COVID-19: Hospitalization and ER visits in 2020
Comparisons for hospitalizations and ER visits for the flu, heart disease and COVID-19 are less dramatically uneven than what we saw in our examination of COVID death data. But we still see that COVID-19 comes out on top when it comes to things that sent us to the hospital in 2020.