Quick Look at Labor Demand
This labor market is hard to figure out...looking at shifts in what employers are looking for helps us understand things better.
Yes, Housing Has Become Unaffordable. Here’s One Reason Why.
What are the wages of relatively slow wage growth mixed with soaring home prices in our area? Diminished housing affordability
Comparing the Data LINKs via Dashboard: Atlanta and Austin
The ARC LINK trip to Austin, TX is this week (May 2-6, 2022). And we just updated our 100 Metros Dashboard. Let's compare Atlanta to Austin!
Inflation: The Most Regressive “Tax” in Atlanta
Inflationary impacts have hit all of us in the pocket over the last year, but research shows that they hit some of us a lot harder than others.
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
Mapping Poverty Over Time, 2005 to 2020
The Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates give us a view into how poverty has changed across Georgia counties.
Income Inequality and Black Wealth: Opinions from Metro Atlanta Speaks
How do Atlanta residents rate the importance of enhanced income equality to our economy, and, following on, what seems to be their current knowledge base about the size of the highly related racial wealth gap?
Just How Hot is Atlanta’s Housing Market?
The housing crisis is hardly unique to our area, but that doesn't make it any easier to address. We analyze new data from MarketNsight to pull out some interesting details about the price distribution and spatial patterns of new development in our region.
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?
Regional Snapshot: The Economy-An Overview for the New Year
There is a LOT going on in our economy. Wages and inflation are up, and so are housing prices and rents. While we have a lot of job openings, we also have a low unemployment rate. Our January Regional Snapshot takes a look at a confusing and changing economic landscape, at almost two full years into the pandemic.