Colorado River Crisis and the Coachella Valley
Despite this season’s welcome winter rains the Western United States remains in a nearly quarter-decade “megadrought.” This long drought period manifests in the Colorado River's diminished flow. Southern California relies on this vital resource. In [...]
Healthy Places Index – Coachella Valley
Sometimes, when our newsletter deadline is looming, I must force myself to stop searching for data. GIS gives one access to an overwhelming amount of geographic and demographic information. Often, I just can’t make a [...]
Household Income Indicators in the Coachella Valley
Happy New Year everyone! Of course, I recently wrote 2022 on a check. The fact that I still write checks is a hint that I’m baffled by the quick turn of years. For the first [...]
Santa’s Trip from the North Pole
Inflation. High interest rates. Crypto collapses. Bah humbug. How about we forget about the economy for this digest? Let's take a more festive perspective. Here are a couple of maps about Santa! So how long [...]
Top 5 Employers – 9 Coachella Valley Cities and Unincorporated Areas
Procuring a thorough listing of area businesses is daunting. Many business databases exist, but they can be frustratingly incomplete or out of date. The best way is of course the most difficult and time-consuming: conducting [...]
Per Capita Retail Sales in the 9 Coachella Valley Cities
Today we continue our exploration of some of the invaluable data found in our just released 2022 Greater Palm Springs Economic Report. The retail sector is a primary driver of the US economy. So too [...]
