Zipskinny - US Census Search

[mrjohnchimpo]

this site is really neat

http://zipskinny.com/

you enter your zip code and all available census data shows up.

[poofdogg]

very cool. i often wonder about my census data. ;)

[Soul Queen]

Neat!

[paul]

That's nice. I've worked with that census data before on a couple of database applications.

But, I give the makers of that site big applause for making an otherwise bland dataset really interesting. Nice use of color, simple layouts, powerful comparisons of large datasets. Very good!

[hotfoot]

I don't mean to be a dick, but this site is really much better: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

The zipskinny site is brilliant because someone took public domain information and is apparently making money off of it with google ads. As a website, though, it's horribly designed and contains minimal census information.

[matty]

I don't mean to be a dick, but this site is really much better: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/sa....html?_lang=en

Dick!

:D

[slam]

it's also worth pointing out that the census data is now 8 years out of date. while some neighborhoods are more static than others, mine has changed a *lot* in the last decade.

[matty]

Yours has changed a lot, Slam--I notice in the census data that they haven't added "Lily White."

[hotfoot]

Yours has changed a lot, Slam--I notice in the census data that they haven't added "Lily White."

also, is there a yuppie/hipster category in that data set?