Data Diversion: COVID-19 Impacts on Expenditures of Low-Income Georgians
This post looks at pandemic impacts on the spending of lower-income metro residents.
Monday Mapday: Update to Social Distancing Data
An update to our social distancing dashboard, using data from the month of May.
COVID-19 Weekly Report: June 5, 2020
The latest information in new cases and economic impacts in ARC's 10-county area.
Data Diversion: Update to Mobility by County
Travel within the region had a marked decline (for good reason) during the statewide shelter-in-place order. This post explores what's happened to local travel since Georgia's reopening.
COVID-19 weekly reader: May 29, 2020
A look at data describing the effects of COVID-19 on Metro Atlanta.
Data Diversion: Lower-Income Workers and People of Color Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 Impact
The pandemic has already led to job loss in the most vulnerable occupations (and has even spread to other job sectors). Following job loss through a household's budget leads to more bad economic and social outcomes for those families. Decreased affordability of housing is an example. This Data Diversion provides an initial look at data that frame potential housing impacts of COVID-associated job loss.
Monday Mapday: Reminder of Ready Resources–COVID-19
Months now into the time of the coronavirus, this week's Monday Mapday is a timely reminder of existing ARC-built webpages tracking data and resources associated with this pandemic
Data Diversion: COVID-19 Weekly Mobility Pattern by Industry
So we've posted recently about mobility during COVID-19--how we have traveled less and when those declines happened. This week, we use the same data source (Safegraph) to look at how and when our pandemic-period mobility changes vary by industry sector.
Friday Factday: Social Distancing– Directions and Distinctions
Many of us have been home a lot lately--not necessarily home alone, but home--with the obvious goal of slowing the spread of COVID-19. How much have our movement patterns changed, and where and when did those patterns change the most? Check out a multi-featured dashboard for some custom insights.
Monday Mapday: Internet Access in the Time of Coronavirus
COVID-19 has led to dramatic shifts in our professional and ecucational lives. Far more workers telecommute in this "Corona World", and almost all students have to attend classes remotely. But this "remote world" is not as readily available to all of us. The maps in this post show shares of households wiith internet access (and conversely, those without), along with the shares of resident workers employed in office jobs to which they could likely telecommute.