Spokane Community Indicators Blog

We just updated 27 indicators!

In People:

0.1.1 Total Population & Annual Growth Rate

0.2.1 Residual Net Migration

In Economic Vitality:

2.1.1 Median Household Income

2.2.3 Total Value of Merchandise Exports & Share of Washington State's Total Exports

In Education:

3.4.1 Local Levy Revenue per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Pupil

3.4.2 Total Expenditures per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Student at Public K-12 Schools

3.5.4 Total Students Enrolled in Community College for the Purpose of Workforce Training

3.5.6 Regional College Graduation Rates of First-Time, Full-Time, Degree Seeking Freshman

3.5.7 Total and Share of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Degrees Granted at Regional Higher Education Institutions

3.6.1 Share of the Population Ages 25+ with a High School Diploma, GED or Less

3.6.2 Share of the Population Ages 25+ with at Least Some College or an Associate's Degree

3.6.3 Share of the Population Ages 25+ with at Least a Bachelor’s Degree

In Environment:

4.1.1 Air Quality Days by Severity Level

4.4.1 Water Consumption per Capita and Total Summer Month Rainfall

4.5.2 Total Number of Birds and Number of Different Species Counted During the Christmas Bird Count

In Health:

5.1.4 30-Day Hospital Readmissions Rate of Three Conditions by Initial Cause of Hospitalization

5.1.10 Share of Population with Food Insecurity

5.2.2 Share of 10th Graders Who Last Used Tobacco/E-Cig/Vape Pens in the Last 30-Days

5.4.6 Local Government Expenditures on Mental Health: Per Capita & Per $1,000 Total Personal Income (TPI)

In Housing:

6.2.4 Annual Income Required to Afford Fair Market Rent - 1 & 2 Bedroom Units

6.3.1 Median Home Resale Value

6.3.2 Housing Affordability Index for All Buyers

6.3.3 Monthly Supply of Homes Listed by Price Level

6.4.1 Total One Day Count of Homeless Families with Children & Rate per 100,000 Families with Children

6.4.2 Total One Day Count of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth & Rate per 100,000 Youths

6.4.3 Homeless Students, By Type & Per 1,000 Students Enrolled in Public Schools as Defined by McKinney-Vento

In Transportation:

8.3.1 Total Number of Enplanements at Spokane International Airport & Trips per Capita

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Welcome to the first Blog post for the Spokane Community Indicators project!

We just updated 21 indicators! Click on a link and the specific indicator on the Trends website will open in a new tab.

In the Economic Vitality category:

2.1.3 Share of Total Overall Income Earned by Household Income Level

2.1.4 Overall Average Annual Wage

2.1.5 Average Annual Wage in the Top-5 Employing Sectors

2.2.5 Taxable Retail Sales per Capita

2.2.7 Net Firms Created & Annual Growth Rate

2.3.3 Total Number of Residential Building Permits & Number per 1,000 Residents

2.3.4 Total Multi-Family Residential Permits by Unit Size & Multi-Family Permits per 10,000 Residents

2.4.3 Share of Employment in Top-5 Largest Employing Sectors

2.4.4 Net Jobs Created & Annual Growth Rate

2.5.3 Total and Share of Senior Population (Ages 65 and Older) Living in Poverty

In the Education category:

3.1.1 Share of Children Ages 3 & 4 Enrolled in Preschool

3.2.1 Number of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Students per FTE Teachers

3.2.3 Total and Share of English Language Learner Students

3.2.4 Students Enrolled in Public Alternative High School Programs

3.2.5 Total and Share of Students Completing At Least One Dual Credit Course

3.2.8 Share of Students Suspended or Expelled

3.2.9 Total and Share of Students with Chronic Absenteeism (Absent 18+ Full Days in a School Year)

3.3.1 9th & 10th Grade Dropouts as a Share of Their 5-Year Cohort

3.3.2 11th & 12th Grade Dropouts as a Share of Their 5-Year Cohort

3.3.5 Public High School Five-Year Graduation Rates for Low Income & Homeless Students

3.3.6 Public High School Five-Year Graduation Rates by White and Non-White Students

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