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Household EconomicsEssex County, MA
Project work Volunteered for Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF), Danvers, MA
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Milan BudhathokiGPH903 Class Project
Introduction to GIS
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Maps
Methodology
Data availability Estimation
Flow Chart
Objective Process
Background
Why Essex ? Demography
Outline
Background • Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF)
•Non-profit organization working in Essex County- 34 towns
• Raise fund/partner with donor
• Grants to other non-profit organization in the region
• Build Collaboration
•Household Economics at Glance
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U.S. Decennial Census 2000
Essex County County's-Town Highest
County's-Town Lowest
Total population 0.7 million 98,050 3,267
Median Household Income
$51,576 $113,212 $27,983
Median Home Value $220,000 $418,800 $116,400
Household Income Below Poverty Level
12,233 24 % 2%
Background
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27,983
51,576
113,212
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20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
County's Town Lowest
County Median County's Town Highest
Medain Household Income
116,400
220,000
418,800
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
County's Town Lowest
County Median County's Town Highest
Median Home value
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County's Town Lowest County Median County's Town Highest
Household Income below poverty level
3267
21277
98050
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40000
60000
80000
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County's Town Lowest
County Median County's Town Highest
Total population
“Wide Gap Between the Financial Well being of People”
Conceptual Design
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Methodology• No Town wise data since Census 2000 (small geography)
• How to generalize the data for years after 2000 ?•American Community Survey (ACS) ..??
•Publish estimated data every year
• Geography question (exclude pop<65,000)
•Essex County ( Lynn, Lawrence)
•ACS 3 years Estimates (2005-07,2006-08)•Good news ; data for more towns ( 11 towns)
•23 towns …???
• County level data ( best of the worst)• All most every year
•Calculate percentage change of interested variable
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Median Household Income ,Essex County ( American Community Survey.2000-2009)
Years 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Median Household Income in $ 51,821 53,011 58,400 53,296 57,280 57,164 59,575 61,461 65,562 62,986% Change
0.192817 0.137173 0.176116 0.005152 0.055695 0.019618 -0.01001 -0.02954 -0.03418
Methodology
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Reliability…???
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Estimate data “ Good Fit"
Maps…...!
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Standings
Essex$62
U.S$50
MA $64
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Standings
$360Essex
MA$338
US $185
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Bottom Line
“Great Needs” as well as “Great Opportunities”
Essex County is a region of extremes-home to some of the poorest cities in Massachusetts as well as some the wealthiest.
References
•Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Michal,Johanna K.P. Greeson, Yeong H. Yeo ,Susanna S. Birdsong, Mathieu R. Despard and Roberto G. Quercia. 2009. The impact of low- and moderate-wealth homeownership on parental attitudes and behavior: Evidence from the community advantage panel. Children and youth Service Review 31:23-31.
•U.S. Bureau of Census. Change in Median Household Income 1969 to1996. Prepared by John McNeil in cooperation with Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration. 1998
•U.S. Decennial Census 2000http://www.factfinder.census.gov•American Community Survey(2001-2009)http://www.factfinder.census.gov
• Census Definition of Median Household Income
http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MetadataBrowserServlet?type=subject&id=INCOMESF3&dsspName=DEC_2000_SF3&back=update&_lang=en
• Census Definition of Median Home valuehttp://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MetadataBrowserServlet?type=subject&id=VALUESF3&dsspName=DEC_2000_SF3&back=update&_lang=en• Census Definition of Poverty Levelhttp://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MetadataBrowserServlet?type=subject&id=POVERTYSF3&dsspName=DEC_2000_SF3&back=update&_lang=en
•Census Definition of Place of Workhttp://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MetadataBrowserServlet?type=subject&id=JOURNEYWORKSF3&dsspName=DEC_2000_SF3&back=update&_lang=en
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Thank You