What sort of information is available from Community DataWorks?

Community DataWorks provides a simple, rich source of demographic data for small, local areas - like neighborhoods. For starters, there are neighborhood profiles -- short, printable summaries on major trends in St. Paul's seventeen planning districts. We also organize and publish information from other data sources, such as the US Census.

In addition, we have created a unique, detailed database combining data from many sources. This data provides the ability to link household characteristics from different data sources. Each data item can be cross-tabulated with any other variable in the database, allowing for rich

• Adult residents, by age
• Number of households
• Number of householders by age
• Owner-occupied housing units
• Renter-occupied housing units
• Housing units by type of building (e.g. small/large apartment building, duplex, etc.)
• Number of licensed drivers
• Number of registered, owned, non-commercial vehicles
• Length of time at current address
• Square footage of owner-occupied homes
• Number of bedrooms of owner-occupied homes
• Year built of owner-occupied homes
• Year built of renter-occupied dwellings
• Tax value (2002) of owner-occupied residential properties
• Number of one-adult households
• Number of homes sold in the last five years
• Average sale price of homes sold in past year
• Estimated household income

Public school student demographics, aggreated to a level at which individual data cannot be identified, is currently being added to the database. This information will be available in late 2003.

We organize this information in a variety of ways.

• Summary pages: Quick, one-page web profiles drawing from multiple data sources and organized by area (e.g. a neighborhood) or theme (e.g.
  Renters, Older Adults).
• Maps: Maps of interesting information
• Tables: Tables, for viewing or downloading
• Reports and profiles: Printable summary information.