Re: [CTPP] Income Data - Block Groups / Tracts

Adam- agreed. The ACS quite honestly fall short for the needs of even a big MPO. It's the way of the future. Put your thinking cap on. Nancy Nancy Reger, AICP Deputy Director, Transportation MORPC 111 Liberty St. Ste. 100 Columbus, Ohio 43215 nreger(a)morpc.org 614-233-4154 From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Patricia Becker Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:27 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: Re: [CTPP] Income Data - Block Groups / Tracts Adam, I just checked, and I see what you mean. You need to know, however, that the MOEs (margins of error, or sampling error) on individual income level summaries -- e.g. $50,000 to $64,999 -- would be so high for individual tracts that the data are really unusable. I recommend that you use median income levels instead. Patty Becker On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Adam Aull <aaull@cityofdanville.org<mailto:aaull@cityofdanville.org>> wrote: Good morning everyone. I need your help for a project our MPO has recently started. We are updating the HSTP and wanted to include income levels in our plan. We are a small MPO and so far have found that nearly all of the income data has been suppressed for our region. This includes both block groups and tracts in the American Community Survey 2006 -2010. I have found that numerous datasets have been suppressed. It's frustrating that MPOs are required to use Census data, but in smaller MPO regions the data is suppressed. Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions? Thanks. Adam Aull GIS Manager / DATS Director City of Danville 17 W. Main St. Danville, IL 61832 P: 217-431-2325<tel:217-431-2325> F: 217-431-2237<tel:217-431-2237> E: aaull@cityofdanville.org<mailto:aaull@cityofdanville.org> _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news@ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:ctpp-news@ryoko.chrispy.net> http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news -- Patricia C. (Patty) Becker APB Associates/Southeast Michigan Census Council (SEMCC) 28300 Franklin Rd, Southfield, MI 48034 office: 248-354-6520 home:248-355-2428 pbecker@umich.edu<mailto:pbecker@umich.edu>