geomarkers

Common Area-level Geomarkers

The census Block Group DeGAUSS container can be used to obtain census geography identifiers in order to merge in any of the data below or other extant data indexed by census geography identifiers.

Other DeGAUSS images are available that leverage exact location, rather than census-based geography identifiers to assess geomarkers.

Geomarkers Space Time Source
Population, socioeconomic indicators, etc Census tract or block Yearly US Census American Community Survey (ACS)
Neighborhood Deprivation Index (poverty, education, housing, and health care coverage) Census tract or zip code 2015, 2018 Material Deprivation Index
Child Opportunity Index (education, health & environment, social & economic neighborhood characteristics) Census tract 2010, 2015 Child Opportunity Index 2.0
Racial Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE) Census tract or zip code Yearly Racial ICE
Relative crime risk by crime subtype Census block group Average (2010 - 2017) AGS Crime Risk
Fraction of food retailers that are “healthy” Census tract 2011 Modified Retail Food Environment Index (mRFEI)
Social Vulnerability Index County / Census tract 2000, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Community Resilience Estimates County / Census tract Current US Census
Social Deprivation Index (Area level deprivation based on ACS data) County, census tract, ZCTA and PCSA 2015 Robert Graham Center