Our quarterly economic publication, The Quarter, is ready! How did our economy do in 2015 Quarter 3? How does it compare to past quarters? Below are some of the highlights or go to the full site to learn more! All Sectors Employment Change: Construction is the only sector to have decreased in year-over-year change between August [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Will you be using your computer to make online purchases this Cyber Monday? This map shows the percentage of population with a computer for the biggest 100 metro areas in the U.S.
With the holidays approaching, many households will spend more money on retail goods. This map shows the average amount spend on retail goods per household (2015 estimate). The highest expenditures (in orange) are in north Fulton.
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 [...]
