Description
The Vulnerability Index is comprised of scores from the following indicators from the American Community Survey 2016 –2020 data.
Low-income Occupations (Population in occupations making only 2/3 of the median income) Table S2401
Low English-Speaking Ability Table B16004
Low Educational Attainment Table B15003
Median Household Income Table B19013
Households without a Vehicle Table B25044
Population without Health Insurance Table S2701
Homeownership Table B25003
Severely Cost-Burdened Renters Table B25070
Methodology: Calculated percent of each variable included in the index, used natural breaks with 5 classes to assign scores of 1 - 5 for each census tract, with 5 being the most vulnerable. Combined scores of all variables to create the index (no weighting was applied).
Contact: Office of the County Executive
Data Accessibility: Publicly Available
Update Frequency: Annually
Last Revision Date: 5/12/2022
Creation Date: 5/12/2022
Layer Name: CEXMGR.VULNERABILITY_INDEX_BLOCK_GROUP
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | https://data-fairfaxcountygis.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/Fairfaxcountygis::vulnerability-index-block-group-1 | ||
| 3 | https://services1.arcgis.com/ioennV6PpG5Xodq0/arcgis/rest/services/Vulnerability_Index_Block_Group1/FeatureServer/0 | ||
| 8 | https://data-fairfaxcountygis.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/1f75e35ac0ff41f6ad9886ddabf5be9d/csv?layers=0 | ||
| 15 | https://data-fairfaxcountygis.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/1f75e35ac0ff41f6ad9886ddabf5be9d/geojson?layers=0 | ||
| 57 | https://data-fairfaxcountygis.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/1f75e35ac0ff41f6ad9886ddabf5be9d/shapefile?layers=0 | ||
| 25 | https://data-fairfaxcountygis.opendata.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/1f75e35ac0ff41f6ad9886ddabf5be9d/kml?layers=0 |
Tags
- va
- fairfax-county
- open-data
- virginia
- office-of-the-county-executive
- vulnerability-index
- block-group
- ffx-demography
- ffx
Topics
- Local Government