The following are data sets used to make the maps on this page. The base for percentages for age 65 and older, age 14 and younger, spanish speakers, public assistance, poverty line, and the race variables is the total population. The base for percent married is age 16 and older, Bachelor's degree or higher is age 25 and older, and female headed households with children is families. The base for commuting time and taking the bus is all those who are employed that do not work at home. The percentage for owner occupied housing is to the base of all occupied housing.
Boarded housing is to the base of all vacant housing.
Percentage of vacant and percentage of homes built before 1960 has the base of all housing units. Monetary data for 1990 was index for inflation to 1997 dollars by a factor of 1.23, and 2002 monetary data was deinflated to 1997 by a factor of 1.12. All 1997 and 2002 data are projected, based on rates of changed exhibited in the previous decade. It should be particularly noted that 2002 projections do not take into consideration political, legal, or developmental changes in the City of Tempe, such as development of the Town Lake. 1990 data are from the U.S. Census Bureau.