Category Archives: Planning Data

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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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Photo by Brandon Griggs on Unsplash So you need apartment statistics. I often get requests for apartment data from folks who are: 1. researching where to locate a business that provides services to apartment dwellers like a washateria or car wash; or 2. researching where to buy or build a new apartment facility (and the …

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Photo by Justin Eisner on Unsplash 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 …

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