The places in metro Atlanta with the highest percentages of people who were born in Georgia are primarily in the suburbs, with an additional pocket in central Fulton County. In the blue areas highlighted on this map, 60%-100% of residents were born in Georgia. Most of Carroll, Spalding, and Walton counties have relatively high concentrations of [...]
People often say that cost of living is low in Atlanta. And they are right, relative to many other metros, as our snapshot this month showed (How Expensive Is It to Live in Metro Atlanta?). But, when considering minimum wage and the needs of various family types, can working adults earn the minimum income [...]
As a regional employment center, Emory has a big impact on transportation due to the travel patterns of their employees. Here, we estimate the number of employees working in the Emory area and analyze where the workers are coming from (their home locations) using the U.S. Census Bureau's OnTheMap Application. The tool uses 2014 Longitudinal-Employer Household [...]
This map, from our special feature So What Exactly Happens After High School?, uses data from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) (mapped using Neighborhood Nexus) shows, by school, the percentage of 2009 high school graduates (for most high schools in the five core counties) who had earned a bachelor’s degree within five years. We can see a familiar [...]
We recently featured the new ARC-approved Walk. Bike. Thrive! regional bicycle-pedestrian plan. To develop a regional, data-driven framework, the plan includes strategies for prioritizing projects and guiding investments for walking and biking. To evaluate projects in a way that reflects ARC's policy goals, the prioritization tool identifies "regional focus areas" based on desired safety, mobility, economic development, and [...]
To start off this week, we wanted to take a look at the newly released School Climate Ratings- a rating system derived from surveys distributed to all schools in Georgia. The ratings aim to assess the perceived “culture”, character, and quality of school life. Data from the surveys are used to score each school from [...]
Henry County residents have local pride and strong community engagement, but have regional transportation challenges. Highlights of the responses from the 400 Henry County residents surveyed in the 2015 edition of Metro Atlanta Speaks are shown below. Featured questions: How would you rate metro Atlanta as a place to live? How would you rate support services for elderly citizens? Of the [...]
Now we can relive the worst traffic jams of May 2016! The top 10 bottlenecks for the month are shown here, with details about duration, length, and number of occurrences. For the second month in a row, the #1 bottleneck was I-75 N @ Chastain Rd/exit 271. The average maximum length of this bottleneck was 11.82 miles [...]
Taken from this month's Regional Snapshot, this map explores cost-of-living across the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Red and green dots mark the cities with a lower cost- of-living index while blues indicate the highest. As you might have guessed, New York has the highest Cost of Living Index of 227.4- more than double than the [...]
Ever wonder how expensive Atlanta is compared to other cities? We have an answer for you! This month's Regional Snapshot looks at how expensive it is to live in different metropolitan areas by exploring data related to cost-of-living. Here are the key findings, but you can access the full report here: Metro Atlanta’s overall cost-of-living is [...]
