August 2007

United States “Cost of Home Ownership as % of Income” Map

by Catherine Mulbrandon

Here I have mapped the cost of owning a home as % of household income (taken from the 2000 Census). This is calculated by dividing the median cost of owning a home by the household income for a given area. If you would like to see a more detailed version go to Social Explorer and choose “Housing” from the second drop down then “Median Owner Costs: % of Income” and select the magnifying glass to zoom in on a specific county.

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[tags]income distribution, income map, housing market, housing cost[/tags]

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Visualizing Economics goes down, again

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Other

Technical difficulties due to a glitch at my ISP meant my blog was not available for the last 3 days. Hopefully, your access to tasty income data visualizations will not be interrupted again
FYI, in case you missed Saturday’s post take a look at the United States Poverty Map

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United States Poverty Map

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Maps, Other

Another income map, this time plotting the % of people living in poverty based on the 2000 Census. If you would like to see a more detailed version go to Social Explorer and choose “Poverty” from the second drop down, then select the magnifying glass to zoom in on a specific county.

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Addendum:
8/19/2007 I added Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to the map.
[tags]income distribution, US income distribution, inequality, income inequality, income map, poverty[/tags]

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United States Household Income Map

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Maps, Other

Based on some comments on the United States Income Inequality Map, I am posting another United States Income Map, this time showing the Median Household income in the US by Census tract. I created it using a very cool tool: Social Explorer.

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Addendum:
8/8/2007 Increased the size of the map legend.
8/19/2007 I added Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to the map.
[tags]income distribution, US income distribution, inequality, income inequality[/tags]

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