86 neighborhood planning surveys prepared and published by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission between 1946 and 1990. These reports contain descriptions of current conditions of housing stock; population trends; property turnover; public transportation; community activity. Recommendations are made for future action.

Housing profiles of Philadelphia neighborhoods.

The Philadelphia Neighborhoods Planning History Project creates a web presentation of the full content of 86 neighborhood planning surveys prepared and published by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission between 1946 and 1990. These reports contain descriptions of current conditions of housing stock; population trends; property turnover; public transportation; community activity. Recommendations are made for future action. The project will facilitate university and public research on Philadelphia's architectural and social environment by providing access to a body of material whose content is of current and future interest but whose printed format is ephemeral and subject to physical deterioration and loss. The reports are a primary resource for the study of how the problems and aspirations of Philadelphia neighborhoods were described during decades of debate about urban renewal in Philadelphia. School of Design faculty have affirmed the survey's continuing relevance to the curriculum of the school. At the same tiime, the initiative aligns with the University's stated commitment to Philadelphia as an urban environment.

A phenomenal collection of photographs from the Archives of the City of Philadelphia

Google maps mashup includes data on population, housing cost, housing market, schools, safety, health, climate, income/work, and age ethnicity for the continental US.

annoyingly, their "explains" don't say where the data comes from, so it's hard to know how up to date it is. However, it's neat.

HartfordInfo.org is a gateway to all kinds of information and data about Hartford and the region. The primary objective of HartfordInfo.org is to promote the well being of Hartford's communities by democratizing information and data from a wide variety of sources, by making it easily accessible, and by facilitating its interpretation and use. HartfordInfo.org promotes the strengthening of Hartford and the region by fostering the use of information and data in local policymaking and community building.

Requires free registration. 

Neighborhood Facts provides detailed and the most current information about Denver's 77 neighborhoods. It includes data, maps and graphs about each neighborhood's population, housing, economic and education characteristics, and the health and safety of its residents. It is designed for use by neighborhood residents, policy makers and others who care about Denver's neighborhoods.

As an extension of the Dallas Indicators effort, Analyze Dallas will give you detailed data about our city at a geographic level that allows you to make informed decisions.  Data for most categories can be viewed at a city level or broken down by 325 census tracts, 43 zip codes, 14 City Council Districts, 9 DISD School Board Trustee Districts, and the Northern and Southern Sectors of Dallas.

Requires free registration.
The Franklin County DataSource is a web-based geographic data application designed to assist human services and community development organizations, funders, government agencies, researchers and concerned individuals in their efforts to understand community conditions and improve the quality of life in central Ohio. The online mapping, reporting and data analysis tools can be used to focus in on a specific zip code, census tract or planning area. Users can also draw comparisons between individual geographies or compare local conditions to the city as a whole. Drawing upon a wealth of social, demographic and real property data, DataSource users have a powerful tool that greatly enhances their ability to identify community needs, plan new programs, allocate and manage resources and target improvements.

NEO CANDO, Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing, is a free and publicly accessible social and economic data system of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, a research institute housed at Case Western Reserve

Requires free registration. Metro Chicago Facts OnLine provides data and information for geographic areas you define. Use a map to identify standard or custom-defined boundaries within the 6-county metropolitan Chicago region and then apply a variety of information tools to produce reports and maps for your area of choice.

Linking Communities with Information is devoted to creating a learning partnership in Camden, New Jersey, with the belief that sharing and using data will lead to informed decisions and better policy making to support the improved quality of life of all Camden citizens.  The purpose of CAMConnect is to expand and democratize access to information for residents and organizations that live and work in the City of Camden.

Guided by a diverse and cross-sectoral Leadership Group, the Boston Indicators Project offers new ways to understand Boston and its neighborhoods in a regional context.  It aims to democratize access to information, foster civic discourse, and track measures of progress and shared goals in ten sectors.

The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (known as BNIA or the Alliance) is an organization consisting of diverse groups committed to promoting, supporting and helping people make better decisions using accurate, reliable, and accessible data and indicators to improve the quality of life in Baltimore City neighborhoods.

Housing profiles of Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Philadelphia City Planning Commission site with current plans for Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Like the NIS in Philadelphia, this site provides lots of information about New York at various levels of geographic specificity.

A site devoted to documenting Philadelphia neighborhoods and impending architectural changes.

Free Registration Required.

Information is at the sub-county level, but only one level beneath county, generally, so Philadelphia is broken only into Planning districts.

Funded by a 3-year grant from the William Penn Foundation, the Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project combines two types of information to illuminate conditions and trends in our 9-county region (defined as the central cities of Philadelphia and Camden along with the Pennsylvania counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery, and the New Jersey counties of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem). The first is a set of social, environmental and economic indicators that portray the quality of life in the region’s communities. The second type of information comes from an annual household survey conducted by Temple’s Institute for Survey Research, asking respondents across the region how they assess the quality of life in their communities. Tracking over time the changes in the indicators and in the survey responses, we can better understand how citizens’ perceptions relate to the changing conditions on the ground.