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ilikemaps

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Wed Dec 12, 2012, 12:02 AM Dec 2012

An interactive map of every neighborhood's median income in the United States [View all]

I stumbled upon this map at www.RichBlocksPoorBlocks.com

Apparently, you just put in your address, state, and the map zooms to your location (or whatever one you typed in) and you can click to see your area's income level.

Really useful for finding out which part of the city is very poor, and which part is very rich.

Anyone else find this useful?

Also, feel free to post a screenshot of your neighborhood.

Here's mine: a quaint place in Vermont:

What does yours look like?

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Very interesting!! silverweb Dec 2012 #1
$123,000+ sakabatou Dec 2012 #2
My county was $117,000+. That number sounds about right. nt bluestate10 Dec 2012 #4
My state has one speck of red. Most locations are higher income. I am a little surprised by this bluestate10 Dec 2012 #3
Looking at my little part of the world tech3149 Dec 2012 #5
The area we live in has an RGB value of 196, 165, 113 Trillo Dec 2012 #6
checked my neighborhood madrchsod Dec 2012 #7
hah ireallylikemaps Dec 2012 #27
Median household income: $205,192.00 (+/- $19,906.00) Major Nikon Dec 2012 #8
You can see where I currently live & where I was born & raised in same screenshot JaneyVee Dec 2012 #9
interesting jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #26
Is the scale bar your creation? BadgerKid Dec 2012 #10
Accurate jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #11
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #16
Philly jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #12
D.C. jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #13
maps jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #14
LMSP kicking...n/t littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #15
Figures for Cherokee County in Georgia where I live: RebelOne Dec 2012 #17
Atlanta jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #18
interesting...n/t ceile Dec 2012 #19
$40K+ in my neighborhood? HA! more like 25-30. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #20
142,705 +/-8,246 in a state middle class range of 41K to 52K FreeJoe Dec 2012 #21
wow jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #24
very cool! Momgonepostal Dec 2012 #22
Me jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #23
just noticed jammin_ninja Dec 2012 #25
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