What to expect when looking at life expectancy? First, you'll see wide variation by area, sometimes eve when those areas are not that far apart. Next, anticipate tight correlations (in opposite directions) with lack of health insurance and high poverty rates.
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.
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
A deeper dive into City of Atlanta crime rates explores how historical trends vary by Neighborhood Planning Unit.
The Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates give us a view into how poverty has changed across Georgia counties.
Crime is a top concern across the metro. Here, we compare perceptions and reality through an examination of crime rates for the city of Atlanta since 2009. The data reveal that crime rates are near historical lows in most categories.
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?
Our Black population is significantly less likely to own a home than the population as a whole. While this gap has stayed present since 1980, it has narrowed, particularly in the 1990-2010 period.
We're kicking off Black History Month with an updated look at the state's Black population at the Census tract level, as well as examining change since 2010.
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.
