Rental and housing data from the 2017 ACS.

The Federal government's Home Owners' Loan Corporation between 1935 and 1940, used data and evaluations organized by local real estate professionals--lenders, developers, and real estate appraisers--in each city, assigned grades to residential neighborhoods that reflected their "mortgage security" that would then be visualized on color-coded maps. Neighborhoods receiving the highest grade of "A"--colored green on the maps--were deemed minimal risks for banks and other mortgage lenders when they were determining who should received loans and which areas in the city were safe investments. Those receiving the lowest grade of "D," colored red, were considered "hazardous."

Conservative, responsible lenders, in HOLC judgment, would "refuse to make loans in these areas [or] only on a conservative basis." HOLC created area descriptions to help to organize the data they used to assign the grades. Among that information was the neighborhood's quality of housing, the recent history of sale and rent values, and, crucially, the racial and ethnic identity and class of residents that served as the basis of the neighborhood's grade. These maps and their accompanying documentation helped set the rules for nearly a century of real estate practice that has systematically disenfranchised communities of color.

Percent below poverty level from 2017 ACS

Permit inspections with a 2019 inspection date.

Data on all 504 and 7A loans for Chattanooga from 2000 to the Present provided by the Federal Small Business Administration.

Median income by tract in the past 12 months. Data from ACS 2017.

A simple data set of Activities. Full data set can be viewed by selecting source data.

Rental and housing data from the 2017 ACS.

Median Chattanooga income from 2011 - 2017. Data from ACS.

Response rate for the 2020 decennial census broken down by Tract for Hamilton County.