I want to live to be 100. I don’t eat processed foods. I take cod liver oil daily. I exercise. But one factor that’s working against me reaching triple digits is that I reside in Austin, Texas rather than a blue zone. A blue zone is a “demographic and/or geographic area of the world where [...]
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Updated Income Data (ACS 2007-2011) in the Cubit application
[UPDATE 2: We've updated the Others Report! 2012-02-4 by Anthony Morales] [UPDATE: We've updated the Housing & Transportation report too! 2012-01-30 by Anthony Morales] We’ve been working on adding the most current American Community Survey data for small geographic areas (think: blocks & block groups) to the Cubit web application. The Census Bureau recently released the American [...]
How to get Census Age Breakdown Data in One Year Increments
I’m a bit embarrassed by this tip. I recently told a custom data request customer that “the Census Bureau sources that I use don’t provide 1 year incremented age breakdown data.” But while doing some research for another client, I stumbled across a report that provides age breakdown data in one year increments. So let [...]
How to Get US School District Population Data
Occasionally, I pull school district population data for clients as a custom data request. Here are 2 tools & 1 technique for pulling demographic data for school districts. Background While the US Census Bureau does help collect school district population data, I can’t find school district data on the Census Bureau’s website. For example while [...]
Data Tip: US Inflation Calculation Tool
While doing research for a recent custom data request, I needed to do a buying power calculation using the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. I’ve never done this calculation before, so I set aside a few hours to research & understand the correct formula to use and a few more minutes to identify the [...]
Searching the Web for Demographic Data Sucks!
Howdy! I'm Kristen.
Over the past 4 years, I've pulled population demographics, business demographics and real estate data for thousands of small businesses and researchers.
You can get:
- a custom data pull starting at $199,
- a report with standard demographic data points for cities & counties for $19 or
- access to a web app for pulling lots of data starting at $20 a month.
Contact me if you have any questions about how I can help you get the demographic data you need. I do love a good question that can be answered with data!
