Availability of Services: Evolving Demographics, Housing, and Traffic in Rappahannock County

Overview

We used publicly available data from the American Community Survey (ACS) to explore questions and concerns held by stakeholders in Rappahannock County, Virginia. Our work involved the creation of a county profile for Rappahannock that displays information about age, race, income, employment, housing prices, and more. Additionally, we analyzed traffic volume data from the Virginia Department of Transportation to identify areas of increased or decreased traffic in the last ten years (2010-2020). Finally, we aggregated community services and resources into a single dashboard that allows us to visualize the availability of services to residents of the county. Using the county profile, traffic volume data, and the service data, we are able to provide data-driven descriptions of service provision in Rappahannock County, Virginia during the last decade.