The Emory Libraries Electronic Data Center has put a new interactive map entitled “Snapshot of Atlanta” on its website that lets you look at Atlanta at a neighborhood level based on a variety of demographic factors.  Anything from median age to median income to population change (2000-2009) to average household size.

Above is a snapshot of the median income map for Decatur, Avondale and Druid Hills.  Looks like Winnona Park and Northwest Decatur are still the wealthiest areas in the COD.

Personally, I found the median age, population change and household size maps particularly interesting.  Check it out!

Huge thanks to Clairmont Heights Civic Association for pointing this out.

Highways, the GI bill, cheap gas, and inner-city racial tensions contributed to that sociological storm that made “white flight” the rhymey-rage 50 years ago.  At least that’s what the history books tell me. According to those hard-backed tomes, a predominant number of Caucasians packed up their families and headed from the inner cities out into the promised tranquility of the suburbs, where car and manicured lawn were king.

Life was deafeningly tranquil, interspersed with moments of maddening gridlock.  What more could middle-class America possibly want?  Something completely different apparently.

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TeeRuss points us to this fascinating interactive map on the New York Times website, showing Netflix rental patterns for 100 movies in a dozen U.S. cities.

Lucky for us, one of those metros is none other than the city where “every day is an opening day!”  Umm..yeah, Atlanta.

TeeRuss notes that Wall-E, the Tyler Perry movies, and Mad Men provide a revealing look at Atlanta.  I would add Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Milk, Religulous, and Slumdog to that list.  (I can’t link to the individual maps, so you gotta go find ‘em.)

Of the movies I just mentioned, can you guess which map is shown above?