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1 | Greenlink Equity Map - Current Equity Indicators (Last Updated - July 2024) | |||||
2 | Category | Indicator | Details | Source | Availability | Update |
3 | Demographics | Racial Composition | Median percentage of Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander, and other racial groups. | ACS* | 2019 | Annually |
4 | Health | Asthma (data available for select cities) | Median percentage of adults (populations age 18 or older) with asthma. | CDC 500 Cities* | 2019 | Annually |
5 | Health | Health Insurance Stress (data available for select cities) | Median percentage of adults without health insurance. | CDC 500 Cities* | 2019 | Annually |
6 | Housing | Eviction Rates | Median percentage of evictions (the number of evictions per 100 renting households, does not include eviction filings, which considers eviction requests not held up in court). | Princeton University’s Eviction Lab* | 2017 | Not available |
7 | Housing | Households with High Living Costs | The number of households that pay more than 30% of their income on mortgage or rent. A household that pays more than 30% of their income on mortgage or rent is considered to have a high living cost burden. | ACS* | 2019 | Annually |
8 | Housing | Household Living Cost Burden | The percent of median yearly income that households pay for rent or mortgage costs. A household that pays more than 30% of their income on mortgage or rent is considered to have a high living cost burden. | ACS* | 2019 | Annually |
9 | Housing | Renter or Owner | Median percentage of owner occupied households compared to renter-occupied households. | ACS* | 2019 | Annually |
10 | Housing | Housing Type | Single or Multi (i.e. single family attached, single family detached, multifamily 2 units, multifamily 3-9 units, up to 50 units or more). | ACS* | 2019 | Annually |
11 | Technology | Lack of Internet Access | Median percentage of homes that do not have internet subscription. | ACS* | 2019 | TBD |
12 | Income | Income Stress | Median household incomes. | ACS, IPUMS USA* | 2013-2019 | Annually |
13 | Environmental | Urban Tree Canopy | Shows the percentage of a census tract that is covered by trees. Data available for all metro areas. | NASA's Landsat database (30x30m), National Land Cover Database (NLCD) | 2019 | Annually |
14 | Social | Historic Redlining | Shows the historic redlining percentages established by the homeowners loan corporation (HOLC). The original dataset was created between 1935 and 1940. (data available for select cities) | University of Richmond, Mapping Inequality | Historic (1935 - 1940) | Not available |
15 | Social | Native lands | Describes ancestral and contemporary connections of indigenous peoples to a geographic area. | Native Land Digital (NLD), Census TIGER/Line | Historic | Not available |
16 | Social | Disadvantaged Communities | Shows communities classified as disadvantaged by the federal government | Federal Climate & Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) | 2022 | Not available |
17 | Utility Burden | Neighborhood Average | The percent of median yearly income that households pay for utility bills (electricity, gas, and/or water). | ACS & IPUMS USA* | 2019 | Annually |
18 | Utility Burden | Electricity Burden | The percent of median yearly income that households pay for electricity bills | Greenlink, ACS & IPUMS USA* | 2019 | Annually |
19 | Utility Burden | Gas Burden | The percent of median yearly income that households pay for natural gas bills. | Greenlink, ACS & IPUMS USA* | 2019 | Annually |
20 | Utility Burden | Water Burden | The percent of median yearly income that households pay for water bills. | Greenlink, ACS & IPUMS USA* | 2019 | Annually |
21 | Utility Burden | Households with Above Average, High, or Severe Energy Burden | Energy Burden is the percent of median yearly income that households pay for electricity and gas bills. Households nationally on average pay about 3% of their income on energy bills. A household that pays more than 6% of their income on energy bills is considered to have high energy burden, while a household that pays | Greenlink, ACS & IPUMS USA* | 2019 | Annually |
22 | Climate | Urban Heat Index | Locates the month with the highest temperature differential and converts it to a heat intensity score using a percentile system | NASA's MODIS database (10pm) | 2019 | Annually |
23 | Transportation | Transportation burden | Shows the percentage of median income a census tract spends on transportation costs. | Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) - cnt.org | 2019 | TBD |
24 | Housing | Rooftop Solar Potential | The percentage of residential buildings whose rooftops have the greatest potential to optimize annual energy production through solar installations. * Data only available for select cities | Greenlink, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). | 2020 | TBD |