Mapbook

Mapbook features an integrated collection of both exploratory and narrative interactive maps. Exploratory maps are platforms that allow users to view and explore housing data at the state, regional, and local levels to better understand their spatial relationships. Narrative maps guide the user through an immersive story that utilizes geographic data paired with text, photos, and videos to provide meaningful context.

Exploratory maps:

Housing Cost Burden in Virginia: 2000 to 2014

Use a  “time-slider” to explore the change in the share of households that pay 30% or more of their income on housing from 2000 to 2014. Data available at the Census tract level.

Senior Population in Virginia: 2000 to 2014

Use a  “time-slider” to explore the change in the share of Virginia’s population over the age of 65 from 2000 to 2014. Data available at the Census tract level.

Virginia Rural Housing Directory

A statewide map displaying the locations of hundreds of rural housing organizations and providers. Clicking on each point reveals detailed information about an organization, including a direct link to its website. Users can search and filter results, or find all providers within a certain radius of a specific location.

Narrative maps:

Virginia’s Poverty Landscape

What does poverty look like in Virginia, and where is it concentrated? Use this map to explore those questions. Part of the Deconcentrating Poverty Toolkit.

Affordable Housing Richmond: Past, Present, and Future

HousingForward Virginia participated in Richmond’s Affordable Housing Awareness Week in April 2017. To mark the occasion, we developed a special story map that explores affordable housing trends in the Richmond region.