This layer displays the location of Food Deserts across the United States based on conditions in 2015. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Working Group considers a food desert as a low-income census tract where a substantial number or share … Continued
This layer displays the change in census tracts labeled as Food Deserts from 2015 to 2019. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Working Group considers a food desert as a low-income census tract where a substantial number or share of … Continued
The hazardous waste proximity indicator is reflective of the total count of hazardous waste facilities in each block group within 5 km of the average resident in a block group, divided by distance, calculated as the population-weighted average of blocks … Continued
The UST indicator quantifies the relative risk of being affected by a LUST for a block group. The indicator is derived by the weighted sum of active LUSTs and sum of active and temporarily out of service USTs within a … Continued
The ozone indicator in EJScreen reflects potential ozone exposure measured in terms of summer seasonal daily average maximum concentrations in an 8-hour period measured in parts per billion. Ozone information included in EJScreen highlights areas across the U.S. that are … Continued
The Diesel PM indicator is the estimated concentration of Diesel PM as provided by the 2017 Air Toxics update. The value of the indicator is in µg /m3 , and reported at the Census tract level. Block group level values … Continued
The air toxics cancer risk indicator is the estimated lifetime inhalation cancer risk from the analyzed carcinogens in ambient outdoor air, as provided by the 2017 Air Toxics data Update. The value of the indicator is persons per million lifetime. … Continued
The air toxics respiratory HI indicator is the respiratory HI from the analyzed carcinogens in ambient outdoor air, as provided by the 2017 Air Toxics Data Update. The data is reported at the Census tract level. Block group level values … Continued
The traffic proximity indicator is based on AADT count divided by distance in meters from the Census block centroid. The proximity score is based on the traffic within a search radius of 500 meters (or further if none is found … Continued
The lead paint indicator is the percentage of occupied housing units built before 1960, calculated from the U.S. Census Bureau’s ACS 5-year summary estimates on age of housing stock. EJScreen uses age of housing stock as a surrogate for potential … Continued