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    Built Environment Indicators

    Metadata Updated: March 25, 2025

    This data layer provides a comprehensive set of indicators related to the built environment and their impact on health outcomes across the District of Columbia. It encompasses 41 measures organized into 9 key drivers: Education, Employment, Income, Housing, Transportation, Food Environment, Medical Care, Outdoor Environment, and Community Safety. Visit the project details page for underlying data methodology.

    Education

    • Proximity to schools
    • Proximity to modernized schools
    • Proximity to playgrounds
    • Proximity to crossing guards
    • Safe routes to school
    • Proximity to libraries
    • Access to wireless hotspots
    • Access to broadband internet
    • Proximity to recreation centers

    Employment

    • Travel time to work

    Financial Institutions

    • Proximity to banking institutions
    • Proximity to check cashing institutions

    Housing

    • Housing stock quality
    • Share of homes built since 1970
    • Distribution of affordable housing
    • Proximity to vacant or blighted houses

    Transportation

    • Proximity to Metro bus
    • Proximity to Metro station
    • Proximity to Capital Bikeshare locations
    • Access to bike lanes
    • Sidewalk quality
    • Parking availability

    Food Environment

    • Proximity to grocery stores
    • Low Food Access areas
    • Proximity to farmers markets
    • Availability of healthy food within stores
    • Proximity to restaurants
    • Proximity to liquor stores

    Medical Care

    • Proximity to health care facilities
    • Proximity to mental health facilities and providers

    Outdoor Environment

    • Tree canopy
    • Proximity to parks
    • Proximity to trails
    • Presence of mix of land uses
    • Positive land use
    • Flood zones

    Community Safety

    • Proximity to vacant lots
    • Streetlight coverage
    • Proximity to police department locations
    • Proximity to fire stations
    • Proximity to High Injury Network Corridors

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 16, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 25, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 16, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 25, 2025
    Publisher Office of the Chief Technology Officer
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2024-07-11T15:26:37.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-19T18:16:12.895Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::built-environment-indicators
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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