Comments on: The GREATEST Online Atlanta Demographic Maps EVER!

By: Andisheh Nouraee

Andisheh Nouraee — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:25:56 +0000

Have they updated my block since I got a full-time job?

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:48:16 +0000

Cool, but less interesting than it initially seemed. I think the most interesting stories would be found within the income bracket above $75k (there’s a LOT of territory between 75k and 400k); and home value categories based on means (in addition to medians). Depending on exactly where its boundaries fall, a census tract can change spectacularly over a decade or so without its median home value shifting that much. It would also be interesting to see age categorized by mean. Changes in population size are the least interesting to me; I want to see how home values,income levels and ages have been shifting around. Those are the variables that have the most impact on the character of a neighborhood.

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:59:00 +0000

Certainly reaffirms what I think many people intuitively figure about the area; it would be helpful, though, if there were more breakpoints for households earning more than $75,000 – there’s a lot of variation in that range and, according to some, anything less than $250,000 is still middle class…

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:21:22 +0000

Got it, thanks. Wait! I’m the oldest and poorest person in my neighborhood? Bummer.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:54:59 +0000

On the Emory page, there’s a drop down menu in the upper right hand corner, which gives around eight different demographics views.

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:52:41 +0000

Hi DM, I’m a clicker, not a poster on this interesting map. I can’t figure out how to make it work for me. I’ve got the household income part but haven’t figured out how to get the other demographic data.
One observation about the income data–there’s a wide world of difference between $75,000 a year and $400,000 a year.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:44:50 +0000

There sure are a lot of clicks, but not a lot of comments on this post.

So I’ll attempt to get a ball rolling with some random observations:

North Decatur is noticeably older than South Decatur, and not surprisingly then, households are also noticeably smaller in the North than the South.

Also, the only noticeable population growth area in the city is downtown.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:36:00 +0000

Take a look a Social Explorer (free version) for some very interesting recent and historic demographic maps. You can easily drill down to Decatur.

http://www.socialexplorer.com