Where can I find census tract info?

[Tony in Ohio]

I am appraising a home in a fairly rural area. I usually get the census tract # from Pace, however nothing is showing up on my subject or any of the other home's in the area ( This is nothing new. The data seems to be getting worse all the time, but thats another post).

Is there any way I can search for the info Online? or can you recomend another method?

Thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

try tier2.census.gov free and work like a charm

 

[Ben Vukicevich SRA]

Tony,

Try this:

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/AGSGe...=50&_treeId=420

or this

httP://tier2.census.gov/cts/ctsl.htm

Ben

 

[Dave Smith]

Or this:

http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer-tb...ty=&state=&zip=

Add the appropriate zip code directly after the = sign, for exampte =54234 before sending the URL to the web.

 

[Ben Vukicevich SRA]

Dave,

I like the map function on the website you posted but it's still using 1990 census tract numbers. I have been using the first one I posted as it has 2000 Census tract numbers but no maps. It's OK for me because I work in suburbia and most of my streets are in the system. It would be nice to find a site with 2000 data and maps for the streets that aren't listed.

Do you know of one?

Ben

 

[Daniel Williams]

Here is another one to throw in the "census tract links list. I like Ben V's "factfinder" site
:arrow: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/AGSGe...=50&_treeId=420

Dave's census.gov site also allows you to start at zip code level the zoom in.....For urban and Suburban I would start on the links below

:arrow: http://tier2.census.gov/ctsl/ctsl.htm

Or here

:arrow: http://www.ffiec.gov/Geocode/default.htm


Just sign me 17-077-116 Block Group 1 Block 1000

nothing left to do but

 

[Dave Smith]

Ben:

I think I lost my head when I sent you the census tract web site. I know that one is old. Its late in the day and I spent the entire afternoon writing a letter in an attempt to educate a Realtor about personal property, the age of the comps, etc. Its a lost cause training those people but I keep trying.

The http://tier2.census.gov/ctsl/ctsl.htm site that several people have posted has 2001 maps I'm pretty sure.

"Nuf

 

[Ben Vukicevich SRA]

Dave,

Boy, I thought the FHA thread was confusing. The census tract site I was using has the current 2000 census tract numbers, so I thought that was the one to use. The secondary site that I posted and the one that you just posted has 1990 census tract numbers but there is a link at the top of the page to a HMDA letter that says to use the 1990 census tract numbers for 2001 and 2002, so what good are the 2000 census tract numbers? None I guess.

These government guys can never do anything simple...................

Let's see. We have 2000 census tract numbers on the web but don't use them for HMDA reporting until 2003. Go figure.

Ben

 

[Tony in Ohio]

Thanks Everyone, You are the Best.

 

[bradellis]

Tony,

Once possibility that no one mentioned is that this site/area mya be untracted altogether. If you cannot find the number, that could be the case.

Brad Ellis, IFA, RAA