Empowering Indiana Communities with Evictions & Foreclosure Data
More than 3.5 million U.S. households are threatened with eviction each year, a poignant illustration of rising housing costs. And, ...
Empowering Indiana Communities with Evictions & Foreclosure Data
More than 3.5 million U.S. households are threatened with eviction each year, a poignant illustration of rising housing costs. The ...
A Deep Dive into Affordable Rental Housing
New data shows the number of subsidized rental homes in Marion County is stagnant, while the need for units affordable to extremely low-income households is large.
Getting Groceries
When people do not have access to healthy food, this can impact their diet, their health, and their quality of life. Food deserts are ...
The Changing Landscape of Poverty
One in four residents live in low-income neighborhoods or concentrated poverty. Poverty has been increasing in the Indianapolis ...
Fall 2016 Financial Stability Edition
This magazine's feature story, "A Better Foundation: Building Economic Prosperity with Truly Affordable Housing," highlights a central theme of the report, The Affordable Housing Market and Why It Matters: that affordable housing encompasses a broader range of economic issues than the price of a home. In addition, we share stories from area nonprofits that used SAVI data to help obtain funding for job training programs, and feature a new web tool, the community assessment and planning tool which allows users to develop custom and updatable research reports.
Summer 2016 Basic Needs Edition
In this issue, we share details about our new IndyVitals tool powered by SAVI and discuss how community leaders are using it to help Indy be a better place to live, work and visit. Learn how others have harnessed the power of using data and maps in planning!
Neighborhood Change 1970-2016
Suburbanization and white flight trasnformed neighborhoods in the 1970s. Gentrification has reversed those trends in some neighborhoods, but still half of Indy residents live in neighborhoods with significant economic declines.
The Changing Landscape of Poverty
There are 268,000 people in poverty in Central Indiana. In recent years, poverty is highest in the city's core, but rising fastest in older suburban neighborhoods like Lafayette Square and Lawrence.
Where Schools Are Changing
Regionally, schools are becoming more racially diverse, have a growing share of low-income students, and have increasing graduation rates. Low-income student population is falling in central Indianapolis and growing in Marion County’s townships, pointing to a growing number of low-income families living in first-ring suburbs. Schools experiencing similar change tend to be grouped geographically, with rapidly changing schools in more urban areas, and those holding steady in racial and income change located in more suburban and rural areas.
Hunger in Central Indiana
Read the ReportCentral Indiana’s 11 counties are home to 30% of the state’s 6,537,334 Hoosiers. Of this population, 290,550 (15%) are ...
Trends in Poverty: Marion County, Indiana 2000 to 2012
Read the Report 1 in 5 people in Marion County are in poverty. Poverty is on the rise across the board, but some segments of the ...
Indianapolis Business Journal draws on SAVI to chronicle city’s “two realities”
In “One City, Worlds Apart,” IBJ aims to illustrate the problem of inequality by focusing on how it shapes one particular city. SAVI is a vital resource for showing the depth of the divide between the wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods in Indianapolis.
EmployIndy Establishes Baseline Data Using SAVI
As a workforce development nonprofit, EmployIndy sees success stories every day. It helps people in Indianapolis improve their skills, ...
SAVI Planning Powers Northside Mission Ministry’s Impact
Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis wanted to be sure. The church community had long felt that its Northside Mission Ministry ...
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