Analysis of Madison’s Neighborhood Indicator Data

Analysis of Madison's Neighborhood Indicator Data

Prepared for City of Madison Finance Department

By Lindsay Garber Merrill Mechler-Hickson Mike Pearson Maria Serakos

Workshop in Public Affairs Spring 2016

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Table of Contents

List of Tables ...................................................................................................................................v List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................v Foreword ........................................................................................................................................ vi Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................... vii Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... viii Introduction ......................................................................................................................................1 Relevant Literature...........................................................................................................................2

History of Neighborhood Indicator Programs .............................................................................2 Neighborhood Indicator Organizations........................................................................................3

National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership .......................................................................3 Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance ..........................................................................4 Minnesota Compass .................................................................................................................4 What Works Cities ...................................................................................................................5 Defining Neighborhoods..............................................................................................................5 Neighborhood Impacts.................................................................................................................6 Shortcomings of Measuring Neighborhood Impacts ...............................................................7 Approaches to Assessing Neighborhood Indicators ........................................................................8 Quantitative Analysis of Madison Neighborhood Indicators Data..............................................8 Data ..........................................................................................................................................8 Data Analysis Methodology ..................................................................................................10 Findings..................................................................................................................................15 Discussion ..............................................................................................................................18 Limitations .............................................................................................................................21 Qualitative Approach .................................................................................................................22 Collecting Qualitative Data....................................................................................................23 Recommendations ..........................................................................................................................26 Recommendation 1: Strengthen Ties with Outside Organizations ............................................26 University of Wisconsin-Madison .........................................................................................26 Applied Population Laboratory..............................................................................................26 Wisconsin Research Data Center...........................................................................................26 What Works Cities Initiative .................................................................................................27 Recommendation 2: Bolster Collection of Additional Data ......................................................27 Community Action and Involvement.....................................................................................27

Housing ..................................................................................................................................28 Safety .....................................................................................................................................28 Health and Family Well-Being ..............................................................................................28 Economic Vitality ..................................................................................................................28 Transportation ........................................................................................................................29 Recommendation 3: Look to Other Cities Using Neighborhood Data ......................................29 Housing: Baltimore CitiStat Trash Pickup ............................................................................29 Public Safety: Minneapolis Block Clubs ...............................................................................30 Health and Family Well Being: B'More for Healthy Babies ................................................30 Economic Vitality: Baltimore Drilldown/Atlanta Project .....................................................31 Transportation: Cleveland Welfare-to-Work Transportation ................................................31 Recommendation 4: Enhance the Quantity and Ease of Access of Data...................................32 Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................33 Appendix A: APL Data Description ..............................................................................................34 2014 Madison Neighborhood Indicators Data Definitions........................................................34 Appendix B: APL Data Limitations ..............................................................................................40 Relative Size of Block Groups and NRT Areas.........................................................................40 Partial Block Groups..................................................................................................................40 Appendix C: Detailed Community Index Methodology................................................................41 Appendix D: Detailed NRT Descriptive Statistics ........................................................................43 Appendix E: Sampson Survey .......................................................................................................46 Appendix F: Comparison of Neighborhood Indicators .................................................................48 References ......................................................................................................................................53

List of Tables

Table 1. Community Index Metric Categories.........................................................11 Table 2. NRT Demographic Change, Versus City Average....................................13 Table 3. Comparison Geographies...........................................................................14 Table 4. Aggregate NRT Descriptive Statistics.......................................................15 Table 5. Community Index Results..........................................................................17 Table C1. Community Index Metric Categories......................................................44 Table D1. Detailed NRT Descriptive Statistics........................................................45 Table F1. Comparison of Neighborhood Indicators.................................................51

List of Figures

Figure 1. Map of Comparison Geographies............................................................14 Figure B1. Madison Block Groups..........................................................................42

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