Monday Mapday: Esri’s 2015 Tapestry Segmentation

By |2016-12-08T15:25:27-05:00December 17th, 2015|Monday Mapday, Other Demographics|

Esri's Tapestry Segmentation classifies neighborhoods into 67 market segments based on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. These segments are summarized in 14 LifeMode groups based on similar traits. This map shows LifeMode Summary groups in zip codes throughout metro Atlanta. A link to more information about the LifeMode groups can be found in [...]

Regional Snapshot: What is the Biggest Problem Facing Metro Atlanta?

By |2016-12-08T15:25:27-05:00December 14th, 2015|Economy, Education, Metro Atlanta Speaks, Regional Snapshot, Transportation|

It’s that time of the year again! For this month’s snapshot, we wanted to take a closer look at the newly released metro Atlanta Speaks Survey results. For this annual survey, more than 5,000 individuals across 13 counties were asked their perceptions on a variety of topics about life in the  Atlanta [...]

There’s a New Milestone in GA Testing! It’s Called… Georgia Milestones!

By |2016-12-08T15:25:28-05:00December 14th, 2015|Education, Special Features|

The Georgia Department of Education (GADOE) just released the results of a new assessment called Georgia Milestones (”Milestones”). Given in spring of 2015, Georgia Milestones replaces the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) that students had been taking for more than a decade. The new Milestones test is considerably more rigorous, as the old CRCT “set some [...]

Monday Mapday: Middle-Income Households

By |2016-12-08T15:25:28-05:00December 14th, 2015|Economy, Monday Mapday, Other Demographics|

The median household income in metro Atlanta is $56,166. The green areas show census tracts with higher rates of middle-income households - those households with an income of $46,166 - $66,166. A clear pattern is that middle-income households are concentrated in the outskirts of the region.

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