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Pockets of Rural Poverty:Seeing Beyond the
Census DataJosh King, Land of Sky Regional
CouncilKaryl Fuller, Isothermal Planning &
Development Commission
IntroductionO Isothermal Planning & Development
Commission (IPDC)O Council of Government representing four counties
in North CarolinaO They are Cleveland, McDowell, Polk and
Rutherford. All but Cleveland are within ARCO IPDC provides a variety of services to their
counties including:O Workforce DevelopmentO Area Agency on AgingO Grant ServicesO Planning Services including staffing Isothermal RPO
Introduction, Cont.O Disproportionate development patterns
leaving extreme income disparityO Fast and furious second home growth in
the 2000’sO Declining manufacturing employment
O Better ways to display and track locally available knowledge for future planners
O Environmental Justice Compliance tool
Environmental Justice Guides
O IncomeO Areas where the Median Household
Income Less than 50% of County’s HUD Average
O MinorityO Areas where %Minority is 10 points
higher than County Average or Greater than 50%
Map
ProblemO Data Available
O Largely CensusO Economic Data is No Longer Collected during the
Regular CensusO Rather, American Community Survey
O Advantages O ”New “ Data Available Every Year
O DisadvantagesO Depending on Geography, Only Data Available is 5-
Year AveragesO Sample Size is not 1 in 6 household like the long
form. Each year, ACS attempts to sample 1 in 35-40 households. Even over 5 years, sample 1-12.5 households
ProblemO Size of Geography has
expandedO In 2000—Block Groups
represented 600 peopleO Since 2010— Block
Groups represented 1,500 people. Census Tracts represented average of 4,000.
O Because of ACS sampling, the data is not reliable at BG level
O Census Tracts provide a more reliable sample
Problem, Cont.O Census Tracts are
largerO The smallest tract in
4-county region is ~1000 acres in McDowell County. The largest is ~100,000 acres in Rutherford County
O Variation is hidden with the larger area and population size. Fewer Census Tract meet the threshold
Kingstown ExampleO Town Facts
O 89.1% BlackO 2010 Median
Household Income: $31,111
O Total Population: 681O Census Tract Facts
O 16.9% BlackO 2010 MHHI: $45,250O Total Population:
6,855
Available DataO IPDC provides Grant Services to all four
counties including Housing, Urgent Repair, Infrastructure and Economic Development. We also provide Weatherization Services to all 4 counties.
O Most of the Grants require Income Verification, usually low to moderate income
O Weatherization has income limits, as well.
Limitations/IssuesO Grant recipients’ addresses are posted. O However, Weatherization is not.O Brought in Grant data from 2005-
O Grant recipients usually have liens on their house for an extended period.
O Small pool of applicants, but have parcel IDsO Weatherization recipients
O Currently, only 1 Year of data usedO Used Addresses and Geo-coded them Using Google
MapsO Solution-To use Spatial Analysis tools to both
obscure the individual addresses and highlight the clusters
ProcessO Grant Recipients
O All data was converted to point dataO Compiled/Attributed with Source
O Weatherization DataO Addresses OnlyO Geo-coded Using Google data
O Any data with Accuracy rating less than 8
O Screened, UpdatedO Re-Geocoded
Process, Cont.O Weatherization & Grant Services
were combinedO Using Spatial Analyst, various cell
sizes and search radius were explored.O Cell size of 2500 ft and Search radius
of 2 miles seemed sufficient
Results
Final Map
Comparison
Results Map
Overlay MapResults Map
Final ThoughtsO Related Products—Highlights for
Marketing/AdvertisingO Race—Use 2010 Block Group dataO Bring in More Weatherization dataO Technique is scalable to varying
degreesO Continuous search for more income
qualified dataO Aging data can also be used to test
against Census Age data