Shaker Heights Stats Available on Detailed New York Times Census Map

The New York times recently published an interactive map with Google that breaks down U.S. Census figures by block.

Click here to view the map. Type "Shaker Heights, OH" into the search bar on the right and start exploring the various maps in each category: race and ethnicity, income, housing and families and education.

The United States Census Bureau recently released five-year estimates on 40 topics regarding Shaker Heights and every other community in the country.

The American Community Survey provides estimates for the years 2007 to 2011 on school enrollment, jobs, housing and more.

Here are few of the survey's key figures for Shaker Heights:

• 2011 population estimate: 28,226, -0.8 from April 1, 2010.

• 2010 White population: 55 percent; Black population: 37.1 percent; Asian population: 4.6 percent; Hispanic or Latino population: 2.2 percent

• Home ownership rate, 2007 to 2011: 62.9 percent

• Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007 to 2011: $233,900

• Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007 to 2011: 9.3 percent

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