Poverty and Enviroment

An interactive map of Minnesota that displays environmental factors that acutely affect the people living there.

Sources

• Poverty Statistics: U.S. Census Bureau's 2018 American Community Survey
• Air Quality: Air Quality Index from Breeze-o-meter
• Drinking Water Quality: EPA Envirofacts
• Noise Levels: Bureau of Transportion Statistics

Additional Reading

Drinking Water Contaminants Regulations (pdf)
Noise Wiki (pdf)
How the U.S. Census Bureau Measures Poverty

Built With

• Mapping: Leaflet
• Heatmap: Leaflet.heatmap
• Geocoding: Travel Time
• Markers: Leaflet.markercluster
• Colors in Legend: Color Palette Generator
• Choropleth Map: Interactive Choropleth Map