The Dare County Geographical Information System (GIS) Department has introduced the launch of a brand new Bird’s-Eye Viewer Map that enables customers to simply visualize the assorted geographical, financial and socio-demographics of Dare County—and to study extra about how this data has modified over time.
“We created this map so Dare County residents and guests can simply visualize vital details about the county and its inhabitants in hopes that it’ll present them with important details about our various group and function a complete device that can finally empower them to make knowledgeable selections,” stated Dare County GIS Analyst Kristen Stilson.
The space overview portion of the Bird’s-Eye Viewer Map particulars the overall variety of sq. miles that Dare County contains in each land and water, in addition to the overall variety of parcels throughout the county, the variety of integrated cities and the variety of unincorporated communities.
The new map additionally exhibits Dare County’s present inhabitants, median age, median family earnings, median home worth, median cost of lease and proportion of the inhabitants within the labor power. In addition, the Bird’s-Eye Viewer Map highlights how these statistics have modified every decade for the reason that Seventies and permits customers to view the native statistics in relation to each North Carolina and the United States as an entire.
A wealth of further details about Dare County and its residents is accessible through the Bird’s-Eye Viewer Map when customers click on the tabs on the highest of the web page and zoom in or zoom out whereas navigating to a particular geographic space to study extra about that space’s geography, inhabitants, housing and family earnings.*
Geography: The geography tab gives insights into Dare County’s many distinctive ecosystems, land classifications and uncommon species of natural world. Be certain to click on the buttons to see the record of species and think about the land classification layers.
Population: The inhabitants tab exhibits statistics about Dare County’s inhabitants, together with race, median age, training degree and household sort.
Housing: The housing tab offers detailed data on residential property gross sales, home values and possession by state, in addition to family measurement and the proportion of their earnings that native residents spend on lease in Dare County.
Income: The earnings tab exhibits a particular space’s median family earnings by age group, in addition to residents’ employment standing, approximate commute time to their place of employment and the variety of staff who’re employed in a number of key industries that vary from actual property, retail, development and manufacturing to healthcare, public administration, training and lodging.
*As customers navigate across the map of Dare County and zoom in or zoom out to find sure areas of curiosity, the info that’s displayed on their display screen will change to mirror the statistics for the particular portion of the map that the consumer is presently viewing.
To view the Dare County Bird’s-Eye Viewer Map, please click here.
For extra data, in addition to many further mapping assets, please go to www.DareNC.gov/GIS.
Note: The knowledge used to create Dare County’s Bird’s-Eye Viewer Map was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Estimates, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, National Land Cover Database, North Carolina Department of Revenue, Dare County Tax Department and IPUMS National Historical GIS. U.S. Census knowledge and gross sales ratio knowledge are up to date yearly, and residential property gross sales and home values will probably be up to date weekly. Data relating to pure communities/species and land protection will probably be up to date as that data turns into obtainable.
