Appendix

Other Regional Resources

Data

US Census Bureau

  • Neighborhood population, measured at tract level
    • Data location
    • Table: P1_001N, Total population, 2020 Census
  • Work from Home data
    • ACS Table B24080
      • Rows
      • B24080_001E: Total employed civilian population 16+
      • B24080_009E: Male: Federal government workers
      • B24080_019E: Female: Federal government workers
  • American Community Survey Comparison
    • ACS Table B23025
      • Row B23025_005E: Armed forces (active duty) residence-based
    • ACS Table B24080
      • B24080 (Sex by Class of Worker for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over)(Male + Female Federal Worker Totals and Total Employed Civilian Population 16+)

Zillow Research

US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

  • Metro Unemployment Rate
    • Local area data
    • Series: la.data.0.CurrentU00-04 to la.data.0.CurrentU25-29
  • National Unemployment Rate
    • Series LNS14000000
    • The Current Population Survey (CPS), sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States.
  • National All employees, Non Farm
  • National All employees, Federal
    • https://data.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/CES9091000001
  • Metro-level All employees, Non Farm and Federal
    • https://www.bls.gov/sae/

MLS from Bright

  • Years 2014-2026
  • Retreived from MSA from Bright
  • Variable: Commercial Rent
  • County-level data
  • Property Price Index, using BrightMLS data, 2015-2025
    • log(Price) ~ LotSizeSquareFeet + FireplaceYN + BedroomsFE + BathroomsFE | ListingTaxID + QuarterYear
    • Bedrooms/bathrooms capped at 6
    • Residential properties only
    • Sale price >= $10,000
    • Closing date 2015 or later
    • Top and bottom 0.5% of prices trimmed within each year
    • Drop if missing: ClosePrice, BedroomsTotal, BathroomsFull, LotSizeSquareFeet, ListingTaxID
    • Repeat sales only (>= 2 sales per ListingTaxID)

FHFA

  • National house price index
    • https://www.fhfa.gov/data/hpi/datasets?tab=master-hpi-data

Bureau of Economic Analysis

  • National, VA, MD and DC GDP Percent change from preceding period (annualized)
    • https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-state