Low-Income Energy Affordability Data - LEAD Tool - 2018 Update

Description

The Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool was created by the Better Building's Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator (CELICA) to help state and local partners understand housing and energy characteristics for the low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities they serve. The LEAD Tool provides estimated LMI household energy data based on income, energy expenditures, fuel type, housing type, and geography, which stakeholders can use to make data-driven decisions when planning for their energy goals. From the LEAD Tool website, users can also create and download customized heat-maps and charts for various geographies, housing, and energy characteristics. Datasets are available for 50 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., along with their cities, counties, and census tracts. The file below, "1. Description of Files," provides a list of all files included in this dataset. A description of the abbreviations and units used in the LEAD Tool data can be found in the file below titled "2. Data Dictionary 2018". The Low-Income Energy Affordability Data comes primarily from the 2018 U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year Public Use Microdata Samples and is calibrated to 2018 U.S. Energy Information Administration electric utility (Survey Form-861) and natural gas utility (Survey Form-176) data. The methodology for the LEAD Tool can viewed below (3. Methodology Document). For more information, and to access the interactive LEAD Tool platform, please visit the "4. LEAD Tool Platform" resource link below. For more information on the Better Building's Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator (CELICA), please visit the "5. CELICA Website" resource below.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for California https://data.openei.org/files/573/CA-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Connecticut https://data.openei.org/files/573/CT-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Washington DC https://data.openei.org/files/573/DC-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Georgia https://data.openei.org/files/573/GA-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Hawaii https://data.openei.org/files/573/HI-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Iowa https://data.openei.org/files/573/IA-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Louisiana https://data.openei.org/files/573/LA-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Maryland https://data.openei.org/files/573/MD-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Maine https://data.openei.org/files/573/ME-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Minnesota https://data.openei.org/files/573/MN-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for New Hampshire https://data.openei.org/files/573/NH-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for New Jersey https://data.openei.org/files/573/NJ-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for New Mexico https://data.openei.org/files/573/NM-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Nevada https://data.openei.org/files/573/NV-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for New York https://data.openei.org/files/573/NY-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Ohio https://data.openei.org/files/573/OH-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Oregon https://data.openei.org/files/573/OR-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Texas https://data.openei.org/files/573/TX-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Utah https://data.openei.org/files/573/UT-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Wyoming https://data.openei.org/files/573/WY-2018-LEAD-data.zip
53 Dictionary describing the fields used in LEAD Tool data files. https://data.openei.org/files/573/Data%20Dictionary%202018.xlsx
10 Information about file types for LEAD Tool data included in this submission. https://data.openei.org/files/573/Description%20of%20Files.docx
33 Methodology of data used in the LEAD Tool. https://lead.openei.org/assets/files/LEAD-Tool-Methodology.pdf
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Arkansas https://data.openei.org/files/573/AR-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Colorado https://data.openei.org/files/573/CO-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Kentucky https://data.openei.org/files/573/KY-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Rhode Island https://data.openei.org/files/573/RI-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Washington https://data.openei.org/files/573/WA-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Alabama https://data.openei.org/files/573/AL-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Kansas https://data.openei.org/files/573/KS-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Pennsylvania https://data.openei.org/files/573/PA-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for South Dakota https://data.openei.org/files/573/SD-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Deleware https://data.openei.org/files/573/DE-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Florida https://data.openei.org/files/573/FL-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Mississippi https://data.openei.org/files/573/MS-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data North Carolina https://data.openei.org/files/573/NC-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Vermont https://data.openei.org/files/573/VT-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Nebraska https://data.openei.org/files/573/NE-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Oklahoma https://data.openei.org/files/573/OK-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Alaska https://data.openei.org/files/573/AK-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Idaho https://data.openei.org/files/573/ID-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for North Dakota https://data.openei.org/files/573/ND-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Puerto Rico https://data.openei.org/files/573/PR-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for South Carolina https://data.openei.org/files/573/SC-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Indiana https://data.openei.org/files/573/IN-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Montana https://data.openei.org/files/573/MT-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Massachusetts https://data.openei.org/files/573/MA-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Missouri https://data.openei.org/files/573/MO-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Wisconsin https://data.openei.org/files/573/WI-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for West Virginia https://data.openei.org/files/573/WV-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Virginia https://data.openei.org/files/573/VA-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Arizona https://data.openei.org/files/573/AZ-2018-LEAD-data%20%281%29.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Illinois https://data.openei.org/files/573/IL-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Michigan https://data.openei.org/files/573/MI-2018-LEAD-data.zip
57 Annual Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Medium Income (SMI) data for Tennessee https://data.openei.org/files/573/TN-2018-LEAD-data.zip
33 Methodology of data used in the LEAD Tool, updated 12/20/2024. Download from energy.gov. https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lead-methodology_122024.pdf
21 Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool website with more information on the LEAD Tool and included data. https://www.energy.gov/eere/slsc/low-income-energy-affordability-data-lead-tool
21 Better Building's Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator (CELICA) website with more information. https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/accelerators/clean-energy-low-income-communities

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