Update (06/09/2021): PolicyMap now has home sale data from Moody’s Analytics. Read more here.
PolicyMap is a CNET Webware Winner! | Late September 2009
You asked – we listened.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.