I have house hold data based on 2002 census, with Qualified HH whose
income is above $100,000 given as under for analysis:
Trac #   Main PO Name   County, State    Total House Holds   Qualified HH
611202     ---            Loudoun, VA     2,216                   0
611007     ---            Loudoun, VA     4,457               4,457
611800   Chanilly         Loudoun, VA     4,252               4,252
611700   Sterling         Loudoun, VA     1,992                 933
480900   Herndon          Fairfax, VA     4,842               3,052
481200   Reston           Fairfax, VA     2,437               1,309
491100   Centreville      Fairfax, VA     4,642               4,044
491500   Chantilly        Fairfax, VA     2,734               2,734
491600   Chantilly        Fairfax, VA     2,872               1,982
I want to know the source, compilation method, (accuracy if any) so
that I may obtain full info for Fairfax, Loudoun and other near-by
counties in VA.
I will pay the relevent charges. Need info by 2.13.05. If late, please advise.
Yogi Batra
e-mail: yogibatra@comcast.net
H: (571) 248-8279

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 12 Feb 2005 19:33 PST

I'm not sure what you mean by "qualified households".  This is a term
in use for assistance programs to lower-income families, but it's not
clear what the context is for your question.

Can you provide some additional details?

In addition, detailed income statistics for some (not all) areas of
Virgina are already available for 2003....are these of interest?

Thanks,

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by yogibatra-ga on 12 Feb 2005 21:05 PST

This data is used by the company Mr. Handyman to allocate area for a
franchise. My question is correct. The qualified homes are income over
$100,000 per year based on 2002 statistics, as advised to us by the
Franchisor. (It is not "low income" criteria here.)

I want to study the areas in relation to 2002 statistics based on
which they are allocating areas. ( I will also analyse data of 2003.
Good for me to do fore-casting of the territory for future years.)

I do suspect the qualified homes may not be very accurate info
provided by the franchisor. They may have deliberately down played
some of the numbers, in the qualified homes, to make us feel better
while allocating territory. ( I do not understand, some territories
have 0 qualified homes and some have qualified homes same as Total
Homes. If the two numbers are same, does it mean that "100%
population" have over $100,000 income. This seems little baffling. It
is this Qualified HH data that may not be "very accurate", as I hinted
in my earlier e-mail. But some directional indicators needs to be
identified in the general county records to co-relate data being fed
to us by the Franchisor.)  However, if income profile can be linked in
some way, to over $100,000 then it is best for me to analyse and
proceed further.
Yes, 2003 is of interest for whatever areas it is available.
Yogi Batra

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 13 Feb 2005 13:33 PST

Hello again,


I'm still not sure quite what you're after here.  If the data in your
question were privately created by ---------- then there's no way I
know to re-create them, or double check their validity.

However, there's an enormous amount of publicly available data from
the Census Bureau, and you can find it pretty easily at their
FactFinder site:



http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en


For instance, searching on Herndon, Virginia, turns up a slew of
information, including:


INCOME 
  
  
 
Households
 6,975

 
Less than $10,000
 206
 
 
$10,000 to $14,999
 211
 
$15,000 to $24,999
 290
 
$25,000 to $34,999
 554
 
$35,000 to $49,999
 823
 
$50,000 to $74,999
 1,482
 
$75,000 to $99,999
 1,310
 
$100,000 to $149,999
 1,503
 
$150,000 to $199,999
 332
 
$200,000 or more
 264
 
Median household income (dollars)
 72,912
 

==========

As you can see, this data indicates that there are 6,675 households in
Herndon, VA, and that about 2,100 of them have incomes of $100,000 or
more.

Is this the sort of information you're seeking?  If not, could you
explain a bit more fully what you're after.

Thanks.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by yogibatra-ga on 13 Feb 2005 15:30 PST

Dear Pafalafa-ga:
I have been working since morning on the data. It seems I will have to
go the County Offices and sit with some one to get a feel for the data
and make head-way.
I am going to Loudoun County on Monday and hope to proceed further.
Thanks for your help. You may bill me for your efforts.
Yogi Batra

yogibatra-ga,


Thank you for your very kind offer to allow me to post an answer to your question.

I'm glad you mentioned your visit to Loudon County.  If you can,
please have a look at this document prior to your visit:




http://www.loudoun.gov/business/growth_summary_2002/2002_GrowthSummary.pdf
2002 Annual Growth Summary
Loudon County, VA

prepared by:

Department of Economic Development
County of Loudoun
1 Harrison Street SE, 5th Floor
P.O. Box 7000
Leesburg,Virginia 20177
703.777.0426
1.800.loudoun
www.loudoun.gov/business



This document presents a lot of demographic information about the
county -- including household income -- and will give you a good idea
of the types of data the county has at its disposal for more detailed
analysis.

In particular there is data in the following sections that should be of interest:




Table I-1.
Comparative Demographic Overview, 2002

Number of Households
70,369

Average Household Income
$113,394



Table I-4.
Income Characteristics, 2002

Percent of Households Incomes:

2.1% less than $10,000

8.1%  10,000-29,999

21.6% 30,000-49,999

33.4% 50,000-99,999

22.4% 100,000-149,999

12.5% $150,000 and over





Table II-5.
Per Capita and Household Income
Loudoun County, Virginia

Per capita income in Loudoun County is projected to increase by 3.9
percent annually between 2001 and 2004 reaching $46,636 by 2004.
Average
household income in Loudoun County is projected to increase by 3.8
percent annually between 2001 and 2004 reaching $130,576 by 2004.
Incomes in
Loudoun County are among the highest in the nation.

Income .....2000..... 2001 .....2002 .....2003 .....2004
Per Capita ..40,290 ...41,934...43,113...44,589 ...46,636
Avg HH......113,460...117,994..120,979..124,913...130,576





I hope this information helps in focusing your fact-finding mission to
the authorities in Loudon County, and elsewhere in the state.


If there's anything else I can do for you, please let me know before
rating this answer.  Just post a Request for Clarification, and I'm at
your service.


All the best,

pafalafa-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by yogibatra-ga on 13 Feb 2005 18:51 PST

Dear Pafalafa-ga:
I glanced through the Loudoun County Info (...Summary..). It has
wealth of info, but generally overall picture. Also your reply gives
good "overall" info. What I am looking for is Tract# and number of
homes with over 100K income (based on any past year, 2002 to 2004).
Loudoun County does not give reference to Tract # at all.
I did found this specific info for "Fairfax County" and now I do have
100% needed data for Fairfax County, as under:
A. All Tract Nos with boundaries drawn on the county map. Excellent resource.
B. County map giving colored areas, for Income of 0-50K, 75K,100K,125K
& 200K. I am interested in dividing line of 100K (under and over).
Excellent resource.
C. A 24 page document printed by me giving Census and Subcensus Tract,
Single Family Homes, Duplex, Townhomes, Multiplex, Garden Apt., Mid
Rise Bldg., High Rise Bldg, Mobile Homes and TOTAL. My interest is in
Single Family and TOTAL Homes. It is fair estimate that Single Family
Homes will have income of over 100K generally.
All the above info from Fairfax County Web-site fairly matches with
the data provided by the Franchisor for some Tracts and is way off for
some other Tracts.

However no such data available for Loudoun County. My requiement is to
have Tract No. and income over 100K ( indirectly, Number of Single
Family Homes), and based on this specific info only, the Franchisor
will allot me the area of operation, covering 55,000 homes having
income over $100K. I have the option of opting diffent areas so that
the total is 55,000 homes. And also to look into the accuracy for the
data provided by the Franchisor. Franchisor is not giving me the
source of their data !!!!
So far Loudoun County site and the link with Growth Summary falls
short of my requirement. But I am sure, Loudoun County has to have the
needed data in their raw data collection folders. Hence my visit to
them is due on Monday. I have already posed them this question in my
e-mail to them.
Hope I succeed after visit on Monday.
Yogi Batra

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Clarification of Answer by pafalafa-ga on 16 Feb 2005 06:54 PST

Thanks for the kind words and rating.  Please let me know how your
visit to the county offices turned out...were they able to provide the
data you were looking for?

All the best,

paf

The Researcher gave best poosible analysis and were sincere in their
effort. I am impressed. However the data available to work on was very
raw and somewhat vague accuracy wise. While I did get very accurate
answers from Loudoun County, I could get only partial answers from
Fairfax County or their web-site during my visits or phone calls.
This was the first time I took help from Google Answer Dept. I have a
better feel for it and will use them again after feeding little more
extensive data from my end.
Case closed.
Thanks folks,
Yogi Batra

You can get this information from USADATA. Here is the link:
http://www.usadata.com/