The Rhode Island Community Profiles

A Replicable Platform for Community Data

Jim Lucht, The Providence Plan

How the InfoTools Work Together

DataHUB Community ProfilesUses d3

Property Mappers

RIDEHEALTHHigher EdDCYFFamily CourtBHDDHDOCCommunity ProvidersDHSOthers…

Curated CensusSelected State AdminSelected City AdminFederal Admin soon (HMDA, Sec 8)

Property Characteristics (tax roll)Sales/DeedsNuisance PropertiesLead Compliance, exposureBasic map context (income, diversity)

Some redundancy is ok

InfoWorks!School-Specific:DemographicsAchievementSpending Survey

Uses WEAVE

Data Access & Visualization: Statewide Community Profiles Site

• Curated Census + State Admin Data

• Spans multiple data domains (NNIP cross-site based)

• Uniform geographies (Tract, Muni, State)

• Easy way for GIS users to preview

• Export as CSV

• Recalculates MoE, provides warnings

Technical Details

• All Open Source/Open API

• Postgres Database with PostGIS

• Leaflet for interactive mapping

• Django Web Framework (Python)

• D3 Visualization package

Intuitive Interface

Overview Demographics Economy HealthHousing Education

Data Domains

State

Municipality

Tract/NeighborhoodGeo

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Ability to seamlessly navigate domains and geographies

No backing up or out!

And robust search that leads to indicator-centric pages

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Community Profiles Navigation

Indicator View

Interactive Data Displays

Future Features

• Address Locator- zoom and select

• My Shelf- glorified bookmarks & user account

• Make a Neighborhood- aggregate tracts, name & save, MoE recalculates

• Intermediate Geographies- Neighborhoods, legislative districts

Demo