Confused about what (socioeconomic) data are available from the 2010 Census?

You are not alone.  Prior to the 2010 Census all of the socioeconomic characteristics such as income, poverty, educational attainment, housing value and how long it took commuters to drive to work were collected during the decennial census through a “long form” questionnaire.

Seeing more Ravens purple in Eagles country?

It is not surprising, but nonetheless somewhat disheartening, to see that one of the major effects of the housing bubble and its rising prices in the middle of the past decade was to cause people to move further “out” and away from their jobs. This outward migration resulted in longer commutes to work, stretching out to Pennsylvania and Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore Region.