Datascape Trends
Datascape Trends
Number of Hotel Rooms Continues to Grow to Meet Demand
December 20, 2022
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director During the pandemic, when travel was down and people were staying home, the occupancy rate for hotel rooms in Downtown was drastically lower. In . . .
DDP in the News
The Re-created Downtown
September 20, 2022
Downtown is not dead; the proof is in the projects “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” says every U.S. downtown with apologies to Mark Twain. On Friday, March . . .
Downtown History (Centennial)
Downtown Density 1925-2020
August 23, 2022
DDP Centennial: 100 years of Population Data By Joshua Long, Data Program Director The Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) is marking its 100-year anniversary this year. In 1922, the first version . . .
Datascape Trends
What Has Changed Since 2019, What to Expect Moving Forward
May 31, 2022
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director Observational bias is the phenomenon where the apparent observed values are different from what the actual true values are. It comes about because individuals . . .
Datascape Trends
Deeper Dive: Counting Downtown Residents
February 1, 2022
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director In the last BIZ Insider, we looked at the Downtown population on a large scale and in today’s issue, we take a deeper analysis on how . . .
Datascape Trends
Downtown Detroit Residential Population Breakdown
November 18, 2021
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director Last quarter we looked at the overall number of visitors to Downtown and the impact the pandemic has had on visitation. In 2019, Downtown had somewhere . . .
Datascape Trends
The COVID-19 Effect on Downtown Visitation
July 18, 2021
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director One of the most common requests for information over the past year is a measure of the demand for Downtown services, retail, hospitality, etc., throughout . . .
Datascape Trends
Even More Workforce Data
April 18, 2021
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director To look at workforce trends data over time, one need not look any further than to the Datascape. This data originates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s The Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program and . . .