A Great American Data Source

If you’re in a real estate-related field, you’re likely already using U.S. Census data regularly, at least indirectly. But with ongoing updates based on the 2010 Census and informative new tools available, it’s worthwhile to go directly to the source. The American Fact Finder is a good place to start for hoards of place-based demographic profiles, economic data, housing stats, and so on. Potential drill down into the data seems nearly endless.

Click the image below for an example of one new visualization tool with some local relevance.