Greensward

Greensward provides quick and dirty scripts for analyzing population data around Shelby County, Memphis, and Overton Park.

Data

• US Census ACS 2014 5-year estimates (http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/guided_search.xhtml)
• US Census TIGER/Line 2015 Block Groups
• US Census TIGER/Line 2015 Places

Outputs

• center of gravity of Shelby County population
• center of gravity of City of Memphis population
• measurements within 2 miles of Overton Park boundry
  • residential population
  • number of households
  • household income counts
    • less than $30k per year
    • less than $75k per year
    • less than $150k per year
    • greater than $150k per year

Setup

Install GDAL (OS X)

brew install gdal

Install node (OS X)

brew install node

Install node modules

npm install

Download and transform data

make all && make clean

Run analysis

node bin/analyze.js