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Jobs Proximity Index

Published by Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research | Department of Housing and Urban Development | Catalog Last Checked: March 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM | Dataset Last Updated: July 21, 2023 at 07:43 PM
The Jobs Proximity Index quantifies the accessibility of a given residential neighborhood (Census Block Group) as a function of its distance to all job locations within a CBSA, with larger employment centers weighted more heavily. Specifically, a gravity model is used, where the accessibility (Ai) of a given residential block- group is a summary description of the distance to all job locations, with the distance from any single job location positively weighted by the size of employment (job opportunities) at that location and inversely weighted by the labor supply (competition) to that location.

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