Research Guides: SW509: Data Sources for Community Assessment: Statistics By Topic: Education,Childcare Data, Health, Transportation

Access to Grocery Stores

PolicyMap
Under the Quality of Life category find variables related to access to grocery stores, SNAP retail locations and USDA food access designations

National Database of Childcare Prices
Childcare prices at the county level. Data available back to 2008
Michigan's Child Care Market Rates
Statistics on cost and access to child care in Michigan
Child & Family Data Archive
CFData hosts datasets about young children, their families and communities, and the programs that serve them.
State of Preschool Yearbook
Annual statistical yearbook covering state-funded preschool program funding, access, and policies

MI School Data - Data and Insights for Policymakers
Get data by school or district. Data on test scores, enrollment, percentage of economically disadvantaged students and students with disabilities

Social Explorer
Provides easy access to demographic information about the United States, from 1790 to present. Create maps and reports.

Social Explorer Guides and Tutorials
data.census.gov
Census Bureau's freely available data portal. It contains data for the most recent 2 decennial censuses as well as the American Community Survey.
data.census.gov Video Tutorials

To search by address and identify tract numbers use the Census Geocoder

PolicyMap
Online data and mapping tool for the United States.
SimplyAnalytics
Allows you to create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business and marketing data.
Social Explorer
Provides easy access to demographic information about the United States, from 1790 to present. Create maps and reports.

Congressional District Health Dashboard (RWJF)
Includes 37 metrics for all 435 U.S. Congressional Districts. From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
KFF
A think tank focused on access to healthcare that produces reports, statistics, policy analysis, polling, journalism, and public health information campaigns.
AHRQ Data Sources & Surveys
Data sources from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - including the National Healthcare Disparities Report and data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUPnet).
Health Statistics Research Guide

PolicyMap
Transportation variables are located under the Quality of Life category and include travel time to work, vehicles per household, public transit and location affordability

Cost of Car Insurance Data
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index tracks car insurance prices

Last Updated: Oct 9, 2025 12:01 PM

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