Jobs Center... Hopefully

Alright, I hope this is right. Housing Data and population data is easy to come by, all you have to do is get the information from the US Census. Well, in part of my thesis, one of the aspects I have to look at is job distribution. For example, if Job density is relatively high, Urban Sprawl is low. And if Job Density is low and sprawled out, then Urban Sprawl has the potential to be high. The problem is where can you find job data.

Well, under the methodology I have chosen for my thesis (Galster et al.) they utilized the Census Transportation Planning Package. It gives a lot of information based on commuting times, income related to commuting times, and all sorts of things. My problem is, where is the Occupation data that is supposed to come with the CTPP package?

Well, I think I have found it and accurately calculated the Job Center in Douglas County. Jobs are aggregated to the Traffic Analysis Zone level. This should cover every type of occupation, not just a certain few.

Also, the color gradient shows the overall job distribution of Douglas County. There are anywhere from 4-8000 jobs per TAZ.

So hopefully, this is correct.