Released in early May, the indicator map brings together a range of data including Population, Demographics, Immigration, Educational Attainment, Work, Commuting Patterns, and Income & Poverty all accessible with only a few clicks of the mouse. Each of the subject areas include a range of indicators that are displayed using graduated symbols grouping the data by both percent and numeric value, depending on the setting. The data is also readily available as a table and downloadable as a .csv file.
The metro areas map includes the indicators for the 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the nation, including six in Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Houston-Sugarland-Baytown, San Antonio, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, El Paso, and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission. There is also a map setting to examine the data for selected cities, suburbs, and states. Here is an example of the map interface.
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA is ranked 1st of the 100 largest metro regions in the percentage of workers that work at home (6.2%). This probably is not a surprise to many who have examined Austin's Creative and Entrepreneurial Culture.
I took a few minutes to play with this tool to see how the Austin metro region stands in a few other interesting indicators. All of these data come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2008 estimates and benchmarked against the 100 metro regions in the Brookings report.
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks
- Third for highest percentage of the total population that has moved within the last year at 22.3%. This includes migration into the region and those relocating within the region.
- Third highest percentage of the total population that is of working age (defined as 18-64) at 66.3%.
- Eighth highest in percentage of the White population with a high school diploma (95.3%), but only fifty-first for percent of the Hispanic population with a high school diploma (64.2%).
- Eighth highest percentage of the total population with a bachelor's degree at 38.2%.
- Tenth in wage-equality by gender with a male to female ratio of 1.12.
- Ranks near the bottom (84th) in median hourly wage earnings for people with less than a High School degree at $10.18.
- Sixth highest in percentage of total jobs in professional, scientific, and management industries at 14.6%.
- Highest median household income of the six metro regions in Texas that are profiled in the tool. Twenty-Eighth highest in U.S. at $59,400.
And,
- Ninth highest in percentage of workers carpooling to work at 13.2%.
Chris Ramser
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