About David Robinson

David is the Director of Analytic Services for CVEP. David lives for travel, loves everything about maps, listens to too many podcasts, and spoils his cat. He has graduate degrees in Architecture and Geographic Information Systems and is passionate about gathering, organizing, and disseminating data about the Coachella Valley.

Optimizing Locations – The Power of GIS

By |2024-02-13T17:13:14-08:00February 13th, 2024|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , , , |

At CVEP, we support our iHub clients with customized data to help their businesses grow. In addition, we have worked with many potential businesses contemplating locating in the Coachella Valley. Not knowing our market completely, they are looking for local data matched to their specific business profile. For example, an established retirement community with many [...]

Neighborhood Mobility Areas in the Coachella Valley

By |2024-01-30T18:24:14-08:00January 30th, 2024|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , , |

My role at the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership is rather unique. You don’t see many Geographic Information Specialists (GIS) employed by economic development agencies in regions of our size let alone a Director of Analytic Services. I’m proud to be the first of its kind at CVEP and grateful to our CEO Joe Wallace for [...]

Educational Attainment in the Coachella Valley

By |2024-01-17T17:30:36-08:00January 17th, 2024|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , , |

I can't believe I started the 2024 Data Digests (Employment Profile of Coachella Valley Residents) without a map! Well, today's digest will rectify that. As I noted in the last digest, we usually use the first few digests of the new year to share socioeconomic data specific to the Coachella Valley. In 2024's first digest, [...]

Employment Profile of Coachella Valley Residents

By |2024-01-04T00:49:25-08:00January 4th, 2024|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , |

I don't know about you, but I'm not much of a resolutions person. Instead, I see the new year as a time to reflect and recharge. In that spirit, as I usually do each New Year, we will look at some fundamental economic and socioeconomic data about the valley over the next few weeks. We [...]

Land Conservation in the Coachella Valley

By |2023-12-13T09:43:42-08:00December 13th, 2023|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , , |

Promoting a region's "quality of place" is essential to regional economic development and business attraction and retention. Lucky for us, the Coachella Valley abounds in "sense of place." We have world-class cultural amenities. We have globally recognized music festivals. We have a sophisticated food scene. We have unparalleled accommodations of all types. We have world-renowned [...]

For-profit? Non-profit? In which type of businesses do Coachella Valley employees work?

By |2023-11-28T14:33:15-08:00November 28th, 2023|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , , |

I always find it fascinating to see how the Coachella Valley compares demographically with other geographic areas. Such comparisons give a fresh perspective on what is unique about our Valley. What are our particular strengths and weaknesses? Today we will compare the distribution of our workforce in terms of "class of worker." The US Census [...]

Choosing to Change: Our 2023 Greater Palm Springs Economic Report is now available free for download

By |2023-11-15T19:30:12-08:00November 15th, 2023|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , |

No more Summit Report sneak peeks. I'm thrilled to announce that the official Economic Report for 2023 is now available for download on our website. We are excited to share with you nearly 75 pages of comprehensive business and socioeconomic data about the Coachella Valley. Enjoy our economist Dr. Manfred Keil's "big picture" discussion, COVID-19 [...]

Housing in the Coachella Valley – Unaffordable except for the few

By |2023-11-01T18:56:27-07:00November 1st, 2023|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , |

Our CEO, Joe Wallace, gave an inspiring presentation at our recent 2023 Economic Report meeting. One of the salient subjects he discussed was how the average household in the Coachella Valley could not afford to purchase a home here in the current real estate climate. The estimated median household income here is $64,192. So half [...]

Median Income of Coachella Valley residents based on Educational Attainment

By |2023-10-17T16:34:23-07:00October 17th, 2023|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , |

As we complete the final touches to our 19th Annual CVEP Economic Report, we'll continue our sneak peeks of the informative data in the final report. The last peek presented data on the average pay per worker by business sector for 2022. Today we'll explore median pay in the Coachella Valley filtered by educational attainment. [...]

A Sneak Peek at the 2023 Economic Summit Report

By |2023-10-03T15:25:51-07:00October 3rd, 2023|Categories: Data Digest|Tags: , , , , |

Today we present you with a sneak peek of our 19th Annual CVEP Economic Report. Our team from Claremont McKenna College, headed by Professor Manfred Keil, is busy finalizing the analysis of the latest economic data for the Coachella Valley. The final report will be available in digital form soon after our October 11 Summit. [...]

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