Author Archives: Kristen Carney

Photo by NASA on Unsplash Zoom around on this map to explore the 100 fastest growing counties in the US from 2013 to 2014. The data are from the US Census Bureau’s 2014 Population Estimates that were released on March 26, 2015. The top 20 fastest growing US counties from 2013 to 2014 are listed in the […]

I was working on a custom data request for a new business owner who was considering a particular location for a new venture. This owner wanted California traffic count data for the highway near the potential location. Here’s how I got traffic count data for this California state highway. What’s a Postmile(& Why Should You […]

How to pull Building Construction Permit data for Counties from the US Census Bureau For a recent custom data request, I pulled building construction permit data for US counties and places (aka cities). Many people don’t realize that the US Census Bureau collects data on building permits by county and place, and makes it publicly available. […]

Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash Updated: August 2020. Recently for a custom data request project, I needed to find historic home sales data by zip code for the entire United States. While the US Census Bureau has median home value data for ZCTAs, you can’t get count of sales or sale prices for individual […]

Recently, I did a little research for a custom data request about zip code income data for the entire US. I was looking for both historic & current income data. I found 2 different data sources that both provide current & historic US zip code income data: the US Census Bureau and the Statistics of […]