The federal government defines cost-burdened households as those that pay over 30% of household income to rent or mortgage payments. This is caused by high housing prices, low incomes, or both. This is an indicator of whether citizens are sharing in a region’s economic growth: as home prices rise, wages should rise, too. While high housing prices can indicate a region’s attractiveness, they can also deter potential new inhabitants from moving in and contributing to the local economy.

Without access to affordable, high-quality child care, parents and guardians face barriers to gaining employment and succeeding in the workplace (PA OpenData Portal: Workforce Dashboard - Barriers). The data presented here provides insight into these barriers by reporting the number of children on the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Child Care Works subsidized child care program, Low Income waiting list.

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Human Services via (PA OpenData Portal: Workforce Dashboard - Barriers

The included data are from the Population & Mobility tables of the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey's (ACS) 5 year estimates by County. It includes data on geographic mobility and group quarters. For additional information about the data, visit https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html.

The information included in this dataset is for the Governor’s Executive Budget and provides key Program Measures by Agency or Office.

This dataset is the shapefile for the US House Districts within PA as of 2019.

The identity and address for all Pennsylvania State Police Stations.

This dataset is quarterly data by county, including inmate admissions, average Texas Christian University Drug Screen II (TCU) score, number and percent of inmate admissions who identify opioids as top three drug of choice, inmates with a substance abuse problem, and number and percent who used opioids in the year prior to admission.
This data is available starting with the first Quarter of Calendar Year 2016.

This dataset is the shapefile for the Pennsylvania State House Districts as of 2016.

The percent of households in Pennsylvania PREP Regions with a broadband internet subscription by year