Visual-Detroit – Data Visualization from the Motor City

MoGo Bike Stations Mapping

If all goes well, I’ll be using the wonderful Mapbox platform more frequently in 2026. I recently created a stylized map of Detroit MoGo (bike rentals) stations as a funContinue readingMoGo Bike Stations Mapping

CrimeMay 10, 2024May 10, 2024

Modern Slavery – It’s a Real Issue

Most Americans seem to have a myopic set of views when it comes to slavery, believing that it only existed in the US, and was eradicated forever by President LincolnContinue readingModern Slavery – It’s a Real Issue

Detroit, HousingMarch 6, 2024March 6, 2024

Detroit Housing Patterns Part 2

My previous post in this series took an initial look at Detroit listing prices from 2017-2023, using data from the Realtor.com website. In this post we’ll dive deeper into theContinue readingDetroit Housing Patterns Part 2

Detroit, HousingMarch 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Detroit Housing Patterns Part 1

My latest data adventure comes courtesy of a generous dataset sourced from the Realtor.com website. This data is aggregated at a monthly level across all zip codes (no individual salesContinue readingDetroit Housing Patterns Part 1

DetroitMarch 3, 2024March 3, 2024

Detroit Fire Data, Part 3

In my previous post, we saw that vehicle related incidents created more call volume than any other call types. As a refresher, here are the 2017-2023 aggregate volumes: In thisContinue readingDetroit Fire Data, Part 3

DetroitFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Detroit Fire Data, Part 2

In my last post I walked through some simple data wrangling processes used to create a more friendly and robust data source from the Detroit fire incidents data. In thisContinue readingDetroit Fire Data, Part 2

Detroit, MappingFebruary 28, 2024February 28, 2024

Detroit Fire Data, Part 1

The Detroit Open Data Portal has some fascinating data sets to explore, analyze, and visualize. Anything from restaurant health violations to blight citations or fire incidents is available for download.Continue readingDetroit Fire Data, Part 1

Detroit, Health, HousingFebruary 15, 2024February 15, 2024

2024 Data Sources

Greetings! Quick update here on my plan for the coming months. In 2024 I expect to return to a more frequent cadence for analysis and visualization, now that I’ve made some back-end changes to the site. Some of the data sources I’m looking forward to using regularly include the following, with a brief description of the available data: … Continue reading2024 Data Sources

EducationFebruary 14, 2023February 4, 2024

Lockdowns and Education Outcomes, Part 3

In my first two posts on this topic, the focus was on the negative outcomes inflicted by largely unnecessary school lockdowns in Michigan. We showed the impact on 4th gradeContinue readingLockdowns and Education Outcomes, Part 3

Detroit, Education, MichiganFebruary 12, 2023February 4, 2024

Lockdowns and Education Outcomes, Part 2

In my previous post on the damage inflicted on the learning trajectories of Michigan 4th graders the focus was on changes between 2019 (pre-lockdown) and 2022 (post-lockdown). We saw theContinue readingLockdowns and Education Outcomes, Part 2

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