In metro Atlanta, the average family size is 3.41 (a "family" consists of at least two people living in the same household who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption). This map shows the neighborhoods in metro Atlanta that have the largest average family size, higher than the metro average of 3.41. Gwinnett County and Clayton County [...]
Using The Center for Neighborhood Technology’s Housing +Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index mapping tools, the images below show greenhouse gas emissions throughout metro Atlanta. The data use transportation and household factors to model annual greenhouse gas emissions per acre (left) and per household (right). The emissions per acre map shows higher concentrations in the urban core and along [...]
We recently looked at housing affordability in metro areas across the U.S. and in neighborhoods in metro Atlanta. This map shows the cities in Georgia where 52 percent or more of housing units are occupied by renters, and where 48 to 85 percent of renters pay more than 30 percent of their household income towards housing costs [...]
As a whole, metro Atlanta is becoming increasingly diverse—but what about racial and ethnic diversity for millennials/young professionals, age 20-34? Text highlights are below, but scroll down to view trends and county-specific data in our 2010-2015 Population Change by Race: Total Population and Age 20-34 tool. Let’s take a look at overall trends from 2010-2015 [...]
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) recently adopted an update to the Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan that features short-term and long-term strategies to enhance the movement of freight in metro Atlanta. The plan includes $1.8 billion in targeted road and highway improvements scheduled to begin construction in the next 5 years, as well as recommendations [...]
Many parts of the state, especially in metro Atlanta, have experienced growth in the Hispanic population. This map takes a look at this population change from 2000-2010 in Georgia State House districts (U.S. Census Bureau data via Neighborhood Nexus). Throughout the state, metro Atlanta has seen some of the greatest increases in Hispanic population (dark purple [...]
In Fall 2015, there were around 737,000 students attending schools in the fourteen school districts in metro Atlanta. This interactive tool looks at student enrollment by school district, grade, and individual schools. Click through the tabs and use the filtering and highlighting tools to explore the numbers for your school district (hover over points on [...]
We recently shared a map that shows location affordability (based on housing and transportation costs) for a Type 1 Family (a family of four, including two working commuters, with a median annual household income of $57,740). This new map shows both the Type 1 Family data and affordability for a Type 7 Family: a moderate income [...]
Georgia Milestones is an assessment used by the Georgia Department of Education that replaced the CRCT (Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests) in the spring of 2015. The Milestones test includes various subjects- this map looks at 8th grade math, a key middle school benchmark. Milestones has four levels of performance: Beginning Learner (which is considered “failing”), Developing Learner, Proficient Learner [...]
For 50 years, or so, ARC has been developing population estimates for the Atlanta region. While growth is still not as strong as the late 1990s or the early 2000s, the region did experience the largest single-year population increase since the Great Recession. Here are the highlights of ARC’s 2016 population estimates: The 10-county Atlanta [...]
