How Much is Enough? Exploring the Cost of Living in Metro Atlanta
This post highlights the Family Budget Calculator, an interactive tool showing income and expenses for a "modest yet adequate standard of living" in metro Atlanta.
Degrees of Difference: Education and the Earnings Gap in Atlanta
Marking Equal Pay Day by exploring educational attainment and the wage gap in metro Atlanta.
Mind the Gap: A Deeper Dive into Male vs. Female Labor Force Participation Rates
A look at the gap between labor force participation rates for males vs. females.
The Boom Continues: Metro Atlanta’s Black-Owned Businesses Thriving
New data from the Census Annual Business Survey shows that Metro Atlanta continues to be a hub for Black-owned employer businesses.
Atlanta’s Property Crime Plunge: Insights from 2009 to 2024
What are the spatial trends in property crime incidence within the City of Atlanta?
Commuting (to Work)–Comparing Counties: 2021 and 2023
Work commutes! How? How long? And to where? ARC County comparisons!
Time Trends in Workplace and Work Access: Atlanta MSA
How far, to where, and how v.v. work? Twists and turns in Atlanta MSA commuting trends over the last decade-plus
The Rent is (Way) Too High: Metro-Level Measures (#3 of 3)
Concluding our look at housing cost burdens...considering metro-level owner AND renter burdens.
The Rent is (Way) Too High: #2 (For Owners, Too)
Continuing to unravel housing cost burdens...for owners, this time
Your Middle Class Neighbor’s Thoughts on the Economy: Metro Atlanta Speaks (2024)
There appears to be a surprising and interesting disconnect between economic struggles and quality-of-life expectations.