September 24, 2009

Top 10: Zip Codes with Highest Home Sale Prices in Qtr 1 2009

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We just posted median home sale stats for the 1st quarter of 2009. Our data comes from Boxwood Means, Inc. and can give you actual home sale statistics at a block group, census tract and zip code level every quarter. So, which zip codes had the highest median home sale prices in the first quarter of this year?

Zip Codes with Highest Median Sale Prices in Qtr 1 2009

El Centro,CA Zip Code, State Median sale price of a residential home, January through March 2009
08738, NJ $2,225,000
92067, CA $2,114,500
81611, CO $2,050,000
94022, CA $2,012,500
06830, CT $2,000,000
90402, CA $1,812,000
93108, CA $1,800,000
94920, CA $1,750,000
11976, NY $1,700,000
90265, CA $1,638,000

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September 23, 2009

Updated Home Sale Data, Enhanced Printing, and more on PolicyMap

Posted under: Monthly Updates — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , by Phil V. @ 5:22 pm

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PolicyMap is a CNET Webware Winner! | Late September 2009
In this update

  • Enhanced Printing
  • State Map Boundaries
  • 1st Quarter 2009 Home Sale Data
  • Homeowner Affordability for 2009
  • ARRA Transportation Stimulus Investments
  • EPA Brownfields
  • Updated Jobs by Industry Concentration
  • Monthly Unemployment from BLS
  • DHS Green Card Recipients
  • Homelessness Data

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New Features

You asked – we listened.


Enhanced Printing Options: As a Registered User or Subscriber, you can now print a map of a single geography, rather than having to include surrounding areas in your printout. Set your map location in the search bar across the top, add a data layer, and select “Print”. You can choose between shading the entire map or only shading your selected geography!

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State Map Boundaries: Now available in the Map Options at the bottom of the map is the ability to add state map boundaries to all of your maps.
Updated Housing Data

Home Sale Data: Home sale stats for the first quarter of 2009 are now available for subscribers. Check out how the number of home sales and median sales prices have changed in your target neighborhoods since the end of 2008. PolicyMap licenses this data from Boxwood Means, Inc. and displays it at the block group or census tract level.

Homeowner Affordability: Check out the number and percent of homes affordable to 4-person families in 2009, based on HUD’s designated Area Median Income. Users can access this data for free in the Owners & Renters tab in the Add Data Layer menu.
New Add Sites Data

Federal Transportation Stimulus Investment: PolicyMap now shows transportation projects made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for 11 of the 50 states: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

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Users can access this data for free in the Add Sites menu on the bottom left and selecting Federal Transportation Stimulus Investments.

US EPA Brownfield sites: We’ve added the EPA’s directory of brownfields. These are locations for which the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of the site may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

This data is available for free and can be found in the Add Sites menu on the bottom left and selecting Environment.
Updated Data

Census County Business Patterns: PolicyMap now has the latest 2007 Industry Concentrations data. You can explore industry concentration now by metro area as well at the county, zip code, and state-level.

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All users can find this free job concentration data in the Jobs & Economy tab in the Add Data Layer menu.

Monthly Unemployment from BLS: Check out the latest June and preliminary July 2009 employment, unemployment, and labor force data for states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence. This monthly and annual data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is available for free in PolicyMap. Visit our blog to see which cities have the highest unemployment rates.

Find this data for places you care about in the Jobs & Economy tab in the Add Data Layer menu.

Department of Homeland Security Green Card Recipients: We’ve added data for FY2008 for non-nationals receiving Legal Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the US.

Users can find this data for free in the Immigration section under the Demographics tab in the Add Data Layer menu.
New Data on PolicyMap

Homelessness Data from HUD: All users can now access 2006 through 2008 estimates of homeless population rates, counts of unsheltered vs. sheltered homeless populations, and 2008 bed inventories for homelessness services by state.

This data is available for free and can be found in the Demographics tab in the Add Data Layer menu.
As you can see, new datasets continue to come in from a wide variety of sources. What else do you need? Let us know. Send your responses to info@policymap.com.

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September 22, 2009

Top 10: Cities with Highest Unemployment Rate

Posted under: Top 10 — Tags: , , by Elizabeth Nash @ 9:10 am

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Each month we release the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary and final unemployment rates. Unlike the national figures, the preliminary data on PolicyMap lags by about a month because BLS releases the city, county metro area and state level data one month behind the national numbers. The final figures lag by about two months. This data is free on PolicyMap and can be viewed in maps, tables, and trend charts. Unemployment Rate You can find unemployment data in the Jobs & Economy tabs.

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September 11, 2009

Top 10: Census Tracts with the Highest Residential Vacancy

Posted under: Top 10 — Tags: , , , by Maggie M. @ 5:12 pm

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Earlier this month, we released the Postal Service’s most recent data on vacancies. This data, released quarterly, tracks the number and percentage of properties that have not picked up their mail for more than 90 days within a census tract. This public data is free on PolicyMap and can be viewed in both maps and tables.

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So, which census tracts have the highest percentage of vacant residential properties this quarter? Check it out.

Census Tract City Residential Vacancy Rate (2nd Qtr 2009)
005000 Philadelphia, PA 100%
809903 Monmouth, NJ 85.60%
161402 Bexar, TX 82.01%
301500 Harford, MD 81.40%
417300 Hartford, CT 68.18%
008230 Franklin, OH 65.93%
000900 Hamilton, OH 63.25%
727002 Ocean, NJ 63.13%
600100 Camden, NJ 62.82%
000700 Macon, IL 60.15%
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September 2, 2009

Our September Release is Out

Posted under: PolicyMap Messages — Tags: , , by Maggie M. @ 10:43 am

PolicyMap users now have access to a LOT of additional data.   If you have any questions or want to learn more, please remember:

  • We are available by email and phone at info@policymap.com or 866-923-MAPS (8277)
  • You can sign up for any of our online demos.  Our updated calendar is below or available here.
  • We offer 7-day free trials so you can go in and kick the tires for yourself. Send us an email if you are interested in a 7 day trial.

As always, let us know what additional data or functionality you need to do your work.  We are here!

The PolicyMap Team

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September 1, 2009

September Updates

Posted under: Monthly Updates — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , by Phil V. @ 3:51 pm

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PolicyMap is a CNET Webware Winner! | September 2009
In this update

  • 2009/2014 Claritas
  • Updated GreatSchools location and test scores
  • Public schools ratings
  • Proximity to high performing public schools
  • BLS monthly unemployment
  • 2nd Qtr 2009 vacancy from USPS
  • CDC obesity data
  • RCEZEC
  • Quick Analytics
  • Student pricing and Library license

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New this month on PolicyMap! We encourage you to check out many new and updated data sets as well as Sample Quick Analytics this month.

UPDATED! 2009/2014 Claritas Data: PolicyMap now contains current 2009 demographic information and 5 year projections from Claritas, Inc. Data from Claritas is available nationwide for block groups, census tracts, counties, zip codes, MSAs and more.

Subscribers can access this data by selecting from among the many layers available in the Add Data Layer menu. Subscribers will also find this updated data in the reports available on PolicyMap.
GreatSchools UpdateUPDATED! School Locations and Test Scores: Test scores for schools around the nation are now available from 2004 through 2009 from GreatSchools. Layer these school locations onto any map to see how schools are performing in your neighborhood.This data is available to subscribers only and can be found in the Add Sites menu by clicking on Schools with Performance Data.

NEW! Public School Ratings from GreatSchools: We’ve enhanced our school locations and test scores offerings by adding public school ratings from GreatSchools!  The GreatSchools rating system is based on a score ranging from 1 to 10. If a given public school’s rating is high (closer to 10), that means that its overall test scores are better than the test scores of most other schools in the state. To see the GreatSchools ratings, add schools to your map and then click on one to see its rating. This proprietary data is available to subscribers only.Subscribers can find these ratings by clicking on Schools with Performance Data in the Add Sites menu. Subscribers can also choose to only display schools with certain ratings (i.e. those with ratings of 9 or higher only), by using the filter button in the Add Sites menu.

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NEW! TRF Proximity to High Performing Public Schools Calculation: TRF calculated the shortest distance to a public school with a GreatSchools Overall School Rating of 9 or 10 for the centroid of each Census Tract in the nation to give users a sense of how close areas around the country are to a high performing school. Users should note that this is a representation only and is limited by the fact that a rating is not assigned by GreatSchools to every public school in the nation and the calculation does not take into account political boundaries or catchment areas that may make a public school inaccessible.

Subscribers can find this map under the Education tab in the Add Data Layer menu.
NEW! Monthly Unemployment from the BLS: PolicyMap now contains monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence. This data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is available for free in PolicyMap on both an annual and monthly basis starting in 2000.Users can find this data for free under the Jobs & Economy tab in the Add Data Layer menu.
UPDATED! 2nd Qtr 2009 Vacancy Stats from the Postal Service: The most recent vacancy data from the Postal Service is available for free to all PolicyMap users. PolicyMap contains the number and percent of units considered vacant by the Postal Service (residential and business) on a quarterly basis starting in the first quarter of 2008.This data can be found for free under the Neighborhood Conditions data in the Add Data Layer menu.UPDATED! Obesity Data from the CDC: New CDC data on the percent of the population that is obese or overweight is now available on PolicyMap for states from 2000 through 2008. For the first time, metropolitan area data is available from 2002 through 2007.

Users can find this data for free under the Health tab in the Add Data Layer menu.
NEW! Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities: Find out whether an area qualifies as one of these federally designated communities as of 2009.Users can find these communities by clicking on one of the Federal Incentive Designations in the Jobs & Economy tab under the Add Data Layer menu.
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NEW! Sample Quick Analytics: Subscribers can check out a few sample analytics that we’ve pre-built in the application. See where, for example, low to moderate income families are living in stable, yet older communities.Quick Analytics.jpgGo to Analytics, scroll to the bottom and select from among the sample analytics to see how this tool can help you identify and target neighborhoods meeting up to 3 conditions. To learn more about this new tool, watch our online tutorial here.
Library Institutional Licensing: PolicyMap site licenses will be available for libraries by December 2009! Want to learn more and stay abreast of this new development? Click here.

PolicyMap goes BACK TO SCHOOL: Students get access to PolicyMap for a full semester for only $35! Find data, analyze it and generate maps and tables that you can pull right into your own work! Just enter promotion code STUDENT when subscribing. Learn more.

Let us know how the Sample Quick Analytics work for you and whether there are others you’d think handy for subscribers. Send your feedback to info@policymap.com.

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