This map, from our latest Regional Snapshot: Reading Matters and Math Counts, shows the 50 schools with the highest reading proficiency (in blue) and the 50 schools with the lowest reading proficiency (in gray) in metro Atlanta. With the exception of schools in Fayette County and a couple of schools in northern DeKalb, Gainesville City, and Cobb, there [...]
An estimated 500,000 people visited Atlanta on Labor Day weekend to attend various holiday events. To see what kind of impact the influx of visitors had on traffic, the maps below compare travel speeds on the Saturday of Labor Day (September 3) to the following Saturday (September 10). The maps, using INRIX data, show non-interstate roads [...]
With a new school year starting, education is on a lot of minds...including ours! So, for this month's Regional Snapshot, we are taking a glimpse into education in metro Atlanta and exploring the various factors that impact a student's educational success. Check out the highlights below, but we encourage you to read the full report here. Overall, only [...]
The blue areas in this map highlight neighborhoods in metro Atlanta that have a high percentage of residents age 65 and older living in poverty. While the urban core appears to have high concentrations of seniors living poverty, there are pockets of poverty spread throughout the region. Data source: 2010-2014 American Community Survey via Neighborhood Nexus [...]
Midtown Transportation is a Transportation Management Association (TMA) that works with employers in midtown Atlanta to address local transportation issues and provide incentives to encourage the use of alternative commute methods like carpooling and public transit. Using the U.S. Census Bureau's OnTheMap tool, TMAs like Midtown Transportation can better understand commute patterns. The data below uses [...]
This map shows the top twenty metros that had the greatest increase in building permits submitted in 2015 (through September) compared to the same time period in 2010. The metros in darker circles had the greatest increase in permits compared to 2010; Atlanta ranks 5th.
Where were the worst traffic jams during August? This map shows the top 10 bottlenecks along metro Atlanta highways for the month of August (click image to enlarge). A bottleneck is a segment of roadway where the traffic speed has dropped below 60% of the historical referenced speed for at least 5 minutes. INRIX ranks [...]
More Douglas County residents think Transportation is the biggest problem in metro Atlanta compared to other issues. Seventy-two percent think public transit is Very Important to the region. As we prepare to gauge the perspectives of residents in the new 2016 Metro Atlanta Speaks Survey (results will be shared later this year), let's revisit what Douglas County residents [...]
This map shows neighborhoods in metro Atlanta where the mean travel time to work is between 30 - 45 minutes, and where 85% or more of commuters drive alone to work. Driving alone on a long commute is considered a health factor by County Health Rankings. "A 2012 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found [...]
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 [...]
