North Shore Census Data: How Does Your Community Stack Up?
The U.S. Census Bureau released detailed data for communities around the country last week. Here's a look at some key numbers for those living on the North Shore.
The U.S. Census Bureau last week released estimates from its American Community Survey, which provides detailed statistics for 2007 to 2011 on everything from housing to employment to marital status in communities throughout the country. Patch sites along the North Shore broke down the data for their communities. You can check out the individual stories by clicking on the links at the bottom of the page. We also compiled some interesting data in the table below to show how the communities compared to each other demographically, as well as how they compare to the state as a whole. The Census Bureau's data is available here. In general, the New Trier Township communities topped the charts for wealth, home value and level of education, …
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Jennifer Fisher
10:59 am on Friday, December 14, 2012
That's a good question, JB. I think I figured it out. I pulled the data for that bullet point from the American Community Survey's ancestry tables. According to the American Community Survey FAQ section: "In most of our ancestry tables, we do not show groups that are shown elsewhere in the race and Hispanic tables." So people who are of African American, Hispanic or Asian origin are shown … more ›