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How To Use Eti Place-Of-Work And Purchasing Power Drill Downs: Drill Downs For The Burleigh Main Street Project, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Frank Stetzer Jan 2005

How To Use Eti Place-Of-Work And Purchasing Power Drill Downs: Drill Downs For The Burleigh Main Street Project, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn, Frank Stetzer

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Commercial districts across the United States are attempting to expand retail activity and employment in targeted city neighborhoods. This paper presents a prototype drilldown for measuring retail strengths of under-served central city areas. Two sets of drill downs were developed using state-of-the-art methodologies to meet the needs of business owners, community agencies, and academics in assessing the existing and potential retail market of individual neighborhoods. ETI Purchasing Power Profiles detail the annual expenditures of residents in each neighborhood for 16 major categories of consumer expenditures, utilizing a unique methodology developed by the Employment and Training Institute. The profiles were initially …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53211, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53211, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53204, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53204, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53205, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53205, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53202, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53202, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53206, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53206, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53208, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53208, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53207, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53207, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53209, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53209, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53210, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53210, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53212, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53212, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53219, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53219, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53218, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53218, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53216, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53216, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53215, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53215, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53222, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53222, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53221, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53221, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53223, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53223, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53224, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53224, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53225, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53225, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53233, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2004

Purchasing Power Profile Of Milwaukee Zip Code 53233, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts detailed analyses of the spending habits of residents by their household size, type, and income levels. These Consumer Expenditures Surveys are used by marketing firms to estimate expenditures of consumers and to assist retail companies in deciding where to locate and what populations to target for their consumer items and services. In most cases, marketing firms have based their data and recommendations on average household income of residents by geographic locations, while ignoring the advantages of urban density and the concentrated spending that takes place in city neighborhoods. Using a state-of-the-art methodology developed …


Exposing Urban Legends: The Real Purchasing Power Of Central City Neighborhoods, Prepared For The Brookings Institution, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn Jan 2002

Exposing Urban Legends: The Real Purchasing Power Of Central City Neighborhoods, Prepared For The Brookings Institution, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

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The gap between “urban legends”—such as, “no one works in inner-city neighborhoods”—and urban realities is wide, and often the private marketing data that people rely on to provide accurate neighborhood information actually exacerbate these myths. These marketing data have several problems. They are often based on infrequently updated Census information that undercounts central city residents; they make misleading generalizations (e.g. crime statistics are not based on the number of crimes committed in the neighborhood but estimated from the “type” of people living there); and they fail to review local data for trend analysis, thereby missing many positive developments in cities. …