by Elyse Menger | Apr 30, 2020 | Maps
Access to fresh, healthy and affordable food is a problem for many low-income Americans. In some neighborhoods, the closest supermarket could be miles away. Those that don’t have transportation, or are low-income, may only have a local store to shop at, where prices...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 23, 2020 | Covid-19 and Data
We started wondering this week about some of the potential impacts if the now substantial unemployment persists after the stay at home orders are lifted. One possible effect is on mortgage defaults, and we created a crude index of risk based on a simple multiplication...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 23, 2020 | Database Overview
A comprehensive site analysis should go beyond residential demographics to include the demographics of the businesses in the area, since for many retailers and most restaurants the employees at local businesses contribute significantly to locational success. For...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 16, 2020 | Maps
No matter where you live, there is some kind of weather related natural disaster that can affect you and your home. For some of the country, there may actually be more than one weather risk. April typically means spring has arrived, though tell that to those that are...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 16, 2020 | Covid-19 and Data
During these uncertain times, data people do, well, what data people do: look for more data. We gather, collect, and analyze all the data that we can find. It comforts us, and it helps us ask the tough questions. We have been sharing what we can, specifically sharing...
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