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Access: PolicyMap houses thousand of indicators related to demographics, real estate markets, crime, vacancy, income, education, unemployment, health, mass transit and public investments. Public data is available to the public for free; subscribers can access proprietary data. See our
Data Directory.
"In my experience, it is the most comprehensive and accessible source of information I have seen for practitioners to really understand the underlying demographics, trends and realities in their communities."
Jeannine Jacokes, Chief Executive Officer, Partners for the Common Good
Create Reports: On-the-fly market reports for cities, counties, zip codes, political districts, areas you draw or build on the map, or a radius around an address. Standard reports include:
- Community Profile: Get up-to-date information on population, racial composition, age, income and workforce. See a sample profile for a radius around an address.
- Rental Housing Report: Get rents by bedroom size, income and affordability data. See a sample rental report for a custom region.
- Internal Revenue Service Tax Report: Learn more about the types of deductions people are making on their income tax return. Find out, for example, how many tax filers are making contributions to an IRA, contributing to charities or claiming the EITC. See a sample IRS report for a zip code.
- HMDA Report: Get a summary of the number, typical amount, and types of home mortgages originated, including high-cost lending activity and high-interest loans by race. See a sample HMDA report for a county.
- Home Sale Report: Get a summary of the number of sales, median sale amount, aggregate sale amount, and Loan-to-Value ratio for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and for all quarters of 2007, 2008, 2009 as well as early 2010, along with housing market trends between 2000 and 2009. See a sample housing market report for a city.
Custom Reports: Need a report with information that you don't see here? Just call us for a quote on building a custom report for your work.