Data Tips + Occasional Cubit Stuff
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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Photo by Blake Wheeler on Unsplash Occasionally we get asked for ZIP Code-based Census data. We have to say that we don’t have ZIP Code data and neither does the Census. What!? That’s right! But don’t worry, we got your back – the Census publishes ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA, pronounced ‘ziktah’). To quote the …
Photo by Beatriz Pérez Moya on Unsplash So this blog post probably won’t be among the most captivating posts I’ve ever written. But it might help someone who is googling around for “how to cite Census data.” UPDATE: this post was revised on May 8, 2013. The citations below are in Modern Language Association format — …
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Photo by Alex Bertha on Unsplash I recently got a question from a Cubit user about where to get parcel data. I’ve shared our conversation in hopes that it might answer other peoples’ questions about where to find parcel and real estate data. The Question: Where Do I Find Parcel Data? “I’m working on my …
[UPDATE: WE NO LONGER OFFER FREE TRIALS FOR THE WEB APP] You have 2 options for figuring out which Census tracts are in your city. Important Note: What you and me and other normal people would call cities or towns, the Census Bureau calls places. Option 1. Census Tracts by City for Complex Cities (i.e. New …
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