GIS Mapping and Data for Public Libraries

Plan strategically for your library services using up-to-date and relevant community data.

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Ensure the future direction of your library is consistent with the needs of your community.

Access tens of thousands of data points to create maps, reports and analyses designed to provide you with a deeper understanding of your changing community and help you plan successfully for the future of your library.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

We want to maximize successful outcomes for our community, and yet we know we only have limited resources. This is exactly the kind of information we need to help guide our decision making.

-Holly McCullough, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Office of Programs and Partnerships

Read the July 2015 issue of Strategic Library to learn how Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and two other libraries use PolicyMap

Get instant access to the web’s largest place-based data library

Explore maps and create custom reports of data related to demographics, transit access, occupations, family composition, education and more. Available data is continuously updated.

Focus on interpreting data, not on time-intensive data collection

With tens of thousands of data points available for mapping and reporting, you can start analyzing your community from the moment you sign up.

Upload your own patron data or program information

Visualize where your patrons live on a map and identify demographic shifts in those neighborhoods.

Data for Public Libraries

PolicyMap contains a wide array of community-level data ranging from age characteristics, to education levels, to transit access, to school performance, to occupations, and family composition.

Race & Ethnicity

Age & Sex

People with Disabilities

Foreign born populations

Educational attainment

Family types

Sources of income

Workforce characteristics

School performance (Great Schools)

Our sources

All sources are authoritative public sources or proprietary vendors.

View a full list of our data

Selected list of sources

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
American Community Survey (ACS)
Boxwood Means, Inc.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI Fund)
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
Consumer Expenditure Survey
Convenient Care Association
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
DHS Immigration Yearbook
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

FBI Uniform Crime Reports
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Glenmary Research Center and Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB)
GreatSchools
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) National Credit Union Administration
National Nursing Center Consortium
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
(NOAA)
New America Foundation
Non-Employer Statistics (NES)
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)
OpenFlights.org

Social Security Administration
The Brookings Institution
Reinvestment Fund Analytics and LSAs
Trade Dimensions
U.S. Election Atlas
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Urban Mapping
US Census
US Election Atlas
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Geological Survey (USGS)
Valassis Lists
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)
HUD Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
IRS Statistics of Income
Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD)

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Features

Change in Hispanic Population in Los Angeles

Make maps. Fast.

Visualize the latest demographics from Census as well as unique third-party data.

Spreadsheet of real estate investments in Philadelphia

Upload your own address-level data.

Use our unlimited self-service data loader to overlay your data on top of PolicyMap's.

Download data.

Download our data for use in your own research, mapping and presentation tools.

Easily create market reports.

Run reports for predefined areas like counties and school districts, or create a custom area.

Find areas that meet up-to-three criteria.

Use our unique 3-Layer Maps tool for site selection, to find hot spots or target specific areas.

Public Library Solutions

Subscriptions

Get login access to PolicyMap’s complete data warehouse as well as its full analytical and display capabilities. Create compelling maps, download data, compare data across locations, generate on-the-fly reports, run analytics and upload your own data.