Data

More than 1,000 public sources in the first deployment, gathered, cleaned and matched to every block and month. A city's own records can be added later, under its data-use agreement.

Categories

01

People and households

Census 2020 blocks, American Community Survey, jobs by workplace and residence (LEHD).

02

Money

Budgets, annual financial reports, contracts, payroll and vendor payments.

03

Council records

Agendas, minutes, votes and resolutions.

04

Health and coverage

Medicaid enrollment, insurance coverage, hospital and emergency-visit measures, health program records.

05

Safety

State crash records, police incident records, code enforcement.

06

Land and buildings

Parcels, building footprints, land use, permits, property sales.

07

Environment

Satellite vegetation and surface heat, air quality, weather.

08

Places and services

Schools, regulated facilities, transit.

09

Imagery

Sentinel-2 and Landsat satellite imagery, aerial photography.

10

The city's own records

Added later, if the city chooses: program, service and department records, under its data-use agreement.

Contact

Email Polisynthfounders@polisynth.com