demographic multipliers

The Rise of Multifamily Housing in the Philadelphia Region

May 25, 2018 / Comments Off on The Rise of Multifamily Housing in the Philadelphia Region

Housing investment has transformed in the years following the real estate market crash of 2008. The number of privately constructed housing units has steadily climbed since then, increasingly so over the past six years. In 2009, a total of 582,000 building permits were authorized for privately-owned housing construction in the United States; the total bounced […]

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Residential Demographic Multipliers: Using PUMS Records To Estimate Housing Development Impacts

December 6, 2017 / Comments Off on Residential Demographic Multipliers: Using PUMS Records To Estimate Housing Development Impacts

In this year’s final edition of Cityscape, a periodical published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research, ESI’s Community Data Analytics (CDA) team documents the process of updating demographic multipliers for use in impact analyses, beyond the traditional school-age children and average household size. This update improves […]

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One on One with “Mr. Multiplier”

December 1, 2017 / Comments Off on One on One with “Mr. Multiplier”

The Community Data Analytics (CDA) team of Econsult Solutions has recently made advances in the field of demographic multipliers. In late November, the team released a series of reports including all fifty states and the District of Columbia. These reports include new and improved multipliers which serve a critical role in development impact studies. To get a […]

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ESI Senior Advisor Sidney Wong to Present at the 2017 ACS Data Users Conference

February 23, 2017 / Comments Off on ESI Senior Advisor Sidney Wong to Present at the 2017 ACS Data Users Conference

ESI Senior Advisor and CDA Project Lead, Sidney Wong, will present at the 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) Data Users Conference happening  May 11-12, 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia. The session will focus on how the Community Data Analytics (CDA) project has been aiming to create a variety of methodological improvements using 2014 5-Year ACS-PUMS. This session will showcase […]

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CDA to Present at APA’s National Planning Conference

December 30, 2016 / Comments Off on CDA to Present at APA’s National Planning Conference

    ESI Senior Advisor and Community Data Analytics (CDA) Project Lead, Sidney Wong, with Senior Vice President, Peter Angelides, Director, Daniel Miles, and Senior Advisor, Steven Nelson, will lead three sessions titled: “Demographic Multipliers -> Development Impacts”, “Demographic Multipliers & Planning Ratios,” and “Improving Fiscal Impacts Analysis” at the APA National Planning Conference. The four day […]

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What is a Demographic Multiplier and Why Does it Matter?

November 18, 2016 / Comments Off on What is a Demographic Multiplier and Why Does it Matter?

Recently, the CDA team got the opportunity to present at two American Planning Association (APA) Chapter conferences on fiscal impact analysis and data needs in forecasting development impacts. During and after our sessions we received a lot questions focused on the technical nature regarding demographic multipliers, data sources, applications, and statistical issues. While I have touched on this […]

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