What data sources are available in mySidewalk?
mySidewalk collects, cleans, transforms, calculates, and updates data from many thousands of raw data tables to create a unified data system. You can browse the raw data sources below, which are organized by their respective update month and frequency.
When do data sources update?
Data updates occur frequently in mySidewalk. Here’s how the process works:
Near-weekly updates: Data updates or new datasets are added to mySidewalk on a near-weekly basis.
Variable intervals: Each individual data source updates on an annual, biannual, quarterly, monthly, or variable schedule.
Provider delays: Updates depend on the data being published by the provider.
Processing time: the mySidewalk team works to process, run data quality assurance, and make new data available in the library within four business weeks after it is acquired from the provider.
Data Sources by Month
The following list is organized by the expected month in which each data source annually updates. For this year’s running list of data updates and additions, check out Data Releases.
January
Buprenorphine [to treat opioid dependency] Practitioner Locator – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Drug Poisoning Mortality in the United States – National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Database of Childcare Prices – Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Picture of Subsidized Household – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) – Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR), CDC
Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) – University of South Carolina, Calculation by mySidewalk using this methodology
February
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) – Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Statistics of Income (SOI) – Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Deaths
March
Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD) – Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
April
AIDSVu – Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Annual Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) – Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
HOME Investment Partnerships Program – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
May
Map the Meal Gap – Feeding America
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
June
County Business Patterns (CBP) and ZIP Codes Business Patterns (ZBP) – U.S. Census Bureau
Fixed Broadband Deployment Data from Form 477 – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Low- and Moderate-Income Summary Data (LMISD) – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Mapping Medicare Disparities by Population – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Rates – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Small Business Loans (SBL) – Small Business Administration (SBA)
July
EDFacts – U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
PatentsView – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
August
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) – Workplace Area Characteristics (WAC), U.S. Census Bureau
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Natality
September
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) – Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) – U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
PLACES (formerly 500 Cities): Local Data for Better Health Project – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program – U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
October
Access Across America - Transit – University of Minnesota
Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) (updated every 2 years) – U.S. Department of Education (ED)
National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), National Provider Identification Standard (NPI) – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
November
Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool (EJSCREEN) – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) – Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Property Data – County Tax Assessors, ATTOM Data Solutions
December
American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Estimates – U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) – U.S. Department of Commerce
Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty (R/ECAP) – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Monthly
Monthly Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) – Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Quarterly
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) – Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Irregular
The following sources update greater than annually, lack consistent update schedules, or were built as a one-time effort for which an update is not expected.
Census Transportation Planning Product (CTPP) (updated every 5 years) – U.S. Census Bureau, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2020 (updated every 4 years) – MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL)
Decennial Census (DC) – U.S. Census Bureau (1990, 2000, 2010, 2020)
Eviction Lab National Database – Princeton University
Food Access Research Atlas (FARA), Economic Research Service (ERS) – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Food Environment Atlas (FEA), Economic Research Service (ERS) – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
GoDaddy – Venture Forward
Local Area Transportation Characteristics for Households (LATCH Survey) – Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), USDOT
Location Affordability index (LAI) – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
National Risk Index (NRI) – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Parks by Census Tract or ZIP Code – National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA)
Qualified Opportunity Zones – Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
School Proficiency Index – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Smart Location Database (SLD) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Tether Noise Data
U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP) – NCHS, CDC