Monday Mapday
Maps showing themes and trends, published on Mondays
Monday Mapday: Veterans in Metro Atlanta
In anticipation of Veterans Day this coming Saturday, November 11th, we provide a map of where veterans live in the Atlanta Metro region. According to estimates from the American Community Survey (2011-15, 5-year average), [...]
Monday Mapday: Hoards of Trick-or-Treaters in the Metro Region
Tomorrow is Halloween, and to get you in the spirit, we've created a map showing the highest concentrations of potential trick-or-treaters. With the exception of a few neighborhoods in the central cities of Atlanta [...]
Monday Mapday: Childhood Poverty in Decline?
According to a recent article in the Atlantic, childhood poverty in the United States is at a record low, down to 15.7% as of 2016. This is well below the post-recession high of 18.1% [...]
Monday Mapday: Generation X in Metro Atlanta
Classifying age groups into "generations" is by no means a perfect science. Nonetheless, it's almost always helpful when assessing economic, political, and cultural trends to group people based on the year they were born. [...]
Monday Mapday: Metro Housing Affordability Challenges
If you live in a household in the Atlanta Metro region which makes less than $50k a year, chances are that 30% or more of your household income is going to pay either your [...]
Monday Mapday: Student Loan Interest Deductions
Ah, fall is in the air. The mornings are becoming increasingly crisp and cool, the stores are unpacking all of their Halloween merchandise, football season is in full swing, and metro Atlanta students returned [...]