By Jay , 6 November 2025

Housing and Population Analysis

So far this data exploration has focused on vacant properties and fire code examinations. This is only part of the picture. A city isn't just the buildings in it but also the people. I wanted to start looking at how many people are in Saint Paul, has it been increasing, decreasing, staying level? How does that compare to the housing available? Do we have an overabundance of housing, a shortage? lets see if we can find out.

By Jay , 10 October 2025

Identifying Occupied Properties

Previously, I attempted to gain some insight into the apparent vacancies across regions of Saint Paul. This was attempted by utilizing public data on Vacant Properties in Saint Paul, my previous analytics are available at Saint Paul Property Vacancy, however this data set was insufficient for what I am searching for.

By Jay , 9 October 2025

A Theory of Vacancy in Downtown

When walking through the streets of downtown Saint Paul we are faced with an eerie sight. Vacant store fronts and empty streets. This may be the scene in some parts of Saint Paul but to describe the entirety of it in such a way is reductive at best. Its a big place, there are lots of different sub-cultures and economies. In this series of data analytics I hope to explore the data of the economies throughout Saint Paul in an effort to better understand the driving factors and effects in our local economies.