Pick a site, choose a drive time, and get workforce demographics from Census block group centroid analysis plus current BLS unemployment and wage data for every county in the shed.
Site Location
1Enter Address, Zip Code, or Coordinates
Enter any US address, city, ZIP code, or latitude/longitude coordinates.
2Choose on Map
Click anywhere on the map to drop the site pin.
Drive Time
Minutes
Or Custom
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Progress
Labor Shed Results
Counties in Shed
County
Block Groups
Population
Labor Force
Unemp Rate
Avg Wkly Wage
Methodology and Sources
Drive-time polygon: Valhalla routing engine (OpenStreetMap / FOSSGIS, free public API).
Block group boundaries and centroids: US Census TIGERweb.
Demographics: Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (block group level) — a block group is counted if its population-weighted centroid falls inside the drive-time polygon.
Unemployment rate and labor force: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (latest month, county level).
Average weekly wage: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (latest quarter, all industries, county level).
Median income and age are population-weighted averages of block group medians (approximate).
Address search: Mapbox Geocoding.