The National Walkability Index is a nationwide geographic data resource that ranks block groups according to their relative walkability. The national dataset includes walkability scores for all block groups as well as the underlying attributes that are used to rank the block groups.
Income from Transfer Payments
Layer displays information about personal income from transfer payments from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Local Area Personal Income data series. In personal income, transfer receipts are benefits received by persons for which no current services are performed. They are payments by government and business to individuals and non-profit institutions. Specifically, transfer payment income encompasses all receipts from:
- Retirement and disability;
- Medical benefits;
- Income maintenance benefits (SSI, EITC, SNAP, etc.);
- Unemployment;
- Veterans’ benefits;
- Education and training assistance;
- Other government benefits;
- Payments from businesses
For more information, please see the Local Area Personal Income Methodology.
30-Day Hospital Readmission by County, 2019
This layer displays the percentage of Medicare inpatient readmissions within 30 days of an acute hospital stay during then reference period.
Heat Index – Average Days Above 98th Percentile
This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above the 98th percentile between 2014-2016 at the county level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).
Ambulance Events, Rate by County, 2019
This layer displays the total number and rate of ambulance events among Medicare beneficiaries.
Maximum Temperature – Average Days Above 95th Percentile
This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above a specific threshold in the 95th, 98th, and 99th percentile. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).
Chronic Absenteeism by School District, 2017-18
This layer displays the rate of chronic absenteeism (students missing 15 or more school days) during the 2017-18 school year.
Highly represented non-white Race/Ethnicity Groups
This layer displays where non-white race and ethnicity groups are highly represented in the U.S.
Population Directly Affected by Wildfire and Population Change
This layer displays the percent of the population directly affected by wildfire from 2011-2020 and the population change of that area from 2010-2020.
Cancer Incidence Rates by County, 2014-18
Layer displays cancer incidence rates (all sites) per 100,000 population by state and county. Additional map layers from this update include incidence rates for breast cancer, colon and rectum cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and more.