MetroPulse provide tables, charts and maps to help you visualize over 200 different indicators online. Wondering about poverty rates, foreclosures, crime—and how your neighborhood stacks up? Visit MetroPulse and get answers today.
		What is an indicator? A quantitative measure that describes an economic, environmental, social or cultural condition over time. Examples include the unemployment rate, infant mortality rate, number of new business start-ups or air quality indices. Go to metropulsechicago.org

About the Project

The Regional Indicators Project and its MetroPulse website are a joint project of the Trust and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). Together, CMAP and the Trust have developed a comprehensive system of key indicators for measuring and tracking regional quality of life over time in the seven counties of metropolitan Chicago. The project is designed as a tool that can be used by policy makers, community leaders, media and the general public to gather objective data that can inform their work.