The uptick in construction activity since the great recession has generated many new residential building projects in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). While some of the new housing in these projects has been designated affordable, it appears that these newer constructed buildings are demanding higher rents than their older counterparts. The first chart below [...]
When viewed at the zip code level, average home sale listing prices between 2012 and 2017 have increased everywhere across the 20-county Atlanta Metro Region*. The magnitude of increase, however, exhibits significant variation based on where within the region a home was sold, with the largest increases being shown in blue and the smallest [...]
Last month, Pew Research Center released an article highlighting national growth in manufacturing output (as measured by GDP) despite a decline in manufacturing employment ("Most Americans unaware that as U.S. manufacturing jobs have disappeared, output has grown," July 25, 2017). Do these trends hold true for metro Atlanta? The state of Georgia? This week's [...]
It’s that time of year again! Today ARC releases its 2017 Population Estimates. How has the region changed over the last year? How does our recent growth compare with years (and decades) past? Where are we experiencing the greatest growth in the region? Read on for the answers to these questions, and more… Highlights [...]
ESRI's diversity index provides an estimate of how likely two people, selected at random from the same geographic area, will belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Available down to the block group level, an index value of 0 means an area exhibits "no diversity" and 100 means that there is "complete diversity." The [...]
The Georgia Department of Education (GA DOE) recently released the Georgia Milestones results for the 2016-17 school year1. Overall, students across the state showed progress in math and language arts, albeit with a slight downward turn in science scores (when all grade levels are considered)2. For this Friday Factday, we will compare 3rd grade [...]
Overall, Atlanta is an affordable place... or is it? Housing affordability is a concern, not just in the metro Atlanta region, but in communities throughout the nation. The July 2017 Regional Snapshot explores the region's housing affordability, identifying those factors that are challenges to maintaining affordability, and comparing the metro Atlanta region to our [...]
This map shows average health care costs, by county, in the Atlanta metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Average health care costs include both health insurance and medical care costs. Areas shaded in dark blue (including Cherokee, Cobb, Fayette, Forsyth, and Fulton counties) represent average higher health care costs, ranging from nearly $6,000 to just under [...]
July 26, 2017 celebrates the 27th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. The ADA prohibits discrimination, and guarantees that people with disabilities have equal opportunity to employment, transportation, telecommunications, commercial facilities, state and local government services, and public services and accommodations. This [...]
In keeping with the housing affordability theme, today's Monday Mapday explores metro Atlanta's rental market. Though rents are on the rise throughout the metro area, rental increases are greatest in the suburbs (as shown in the map below). Areas shaded in dark blue in North Fulton County show the highest percentage change in average [...]
