Census 2010 is wrapping up, and personally, I can’t wait to see what the data will say about the last 10 years of development in Seattle. As an illustration, I made a map of the Census blocks in my neighborhood and highlighted the ones with less than 20 residents (shown in tan) according to the 2000 Census. Then I marked buildings constructed in the past 10 years which will show up in the Census for the first time in 2010.
At quick glance, I turned up over 500 new residential units (which could easily represent 700 or 800 individual residents); lots of new people in exactly the kind of neighborhood suited to sustainable development. This is definitely an indication of progress in the right direction.
