The Opportunity Atlas- Neighborhood Mobility Outcomes

The Opportunity Atlas provides estimates of the long-term outcomes of children who grew up in each Census tract. The map uses de-identified data from the 2000 and 2010 decennial Censuses linked to data, federal income tax returns, and the 2005-2015 American Community Surveys to obtain information on children’s outcomes in adulthood and their parents’ characteristics. The primary analysis sample consists of 20.5 million children in the 1978-1983 birth cohorts.

This tool can be used as an example of data visualization of special patterns and help users understand how neighborhoods shape children’s outcomes.