Commission unveils place-based data visualizations to identify low-income census tracts
The commission's research director said the agency has shifted to a place-based analytic approach and will publish monthly visualizations using American Community Survey and HUD metrics to flag census tracts meeting federal low-income criteria.
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Robert Fenton, director of research and planning, described the agency's move from ethnicity-based to place-based research and previewed monthly data visualizations intended to identify communities with pressing socioeconomic need. He said the analytics use sources such as the American Community Survey and HUD area median-income calculations and are intended to make complex data more accessible for local leaders.
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