Median Household Income by High School Attendance Zone, 2014 (Source: ESRI) It’s back-to-school time in the Atlanta region! And while this is hardly ground-breaking research, we thought it would be a good time to remind everyone what one of the best indicators of educational success is - income! We actually tweeted [...]
Percent of Filers Receiving Earned Income Tax Credit, 2013 (By Zip Code) Source: IRS, through Brookings The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a federal tax credit program created in 1975 to shield lower-income workers from rising payroll taxes. (See Alan Berube, here) Taxpayers are eligible for EITC if they are working and have low-to-moderate income. [...]
Where Potential Facebook Users Are in the Atlanta Region, 2015Blues are highest potential Facebook usage; Reds are lowest.(Source: ESRI)We know that you have been clamoring for this information, and we try to be responsive to such outsize demands. So here it is - Where are the areas in the region where residents are most likely [...]
Infographic: Employment Trends in Metro Atlanta View entire infographic Metro Atlanta has accelerated on the road to recovery from the Great Recession. After a couple of years of sluggish growth in the immediate aftermath of the national economic downturn, metro Atlanta has more recently become one of the national leaders in [...]
The Census Bureau recently released a new analysis showing that not only do Millennials now outnumber Baby Boomers, they are far more diverse than the Boomers. While this isn’t exactly new news, we thought it would be interesting to look at the numbers locally, using the new-ish 2014 population estimates from the Census. As the chart [...]
Old Economy Meets New Economy View entire infographic With the labor market returning to normal in metro Atlanta, (and even thriving - see the latest economic news here) it is a good time to see just what skills and occupations employers are hiring for. In this month’s Regional Snapshot, we explore some [...]
The Atlanta Regional Commission's, "The Quarter", looks at some of the leading indicators of overall economic health from a non-economist's view. It compares Atlanta to other metropolitan areas and looks at the counites within the region where the data allow. While this is not a comprehensive look at the local economy, it is a gauge [...]
School System Composition: Enrollment By Race/Ethnicity, 2014 (How to read this chart: The bars are color coded to a specific race or ethnicity. The longer the bar, the greater the SHARE of that race or ethnicity’s enrollment. For example, in 2014, about 15 percent of Atlanta Public School’s total enrollment was White, as indicated by the blue [...]
Map 1: Years of Potential Life Lost Before the Age of 75 (YPLL75) 2011-2013 (YPLL75 is a commonly used measure of premature death. We’ll talk more about YPLL75 later on the post.) Blues represent the “unhealthiest” counties, while yellows represent the “healthiest” counties. For May’s Regional Snapshot, we looked at the state of public health [...]
Neighborhood Nexus (which ARC is a core partner in) recently put up some interesting new data - the distribution of small business loans. The map, as you can see, shows the uneven distribution of commercial lending to small businesses. But this is actually a familiar story. Before we tell you why this familiar, first a little [...]
