Data & graphics services
Why pay high-priced consultants to the do the research for your comprehensive plan or your grant proposal? Upstate Profiler makes local data, graphics and maps quickly available at minimal cost, saving your community or organization thousands of dollars and freeing you to focus on objectives.
You’re free to write the plans or applications yourselves or to engage us to help you. We also provide support for needs assessments, grantseeking, donor management, citizen input, and community fund creation. (For more information on our background as journalists, grantwriters and community leaders, see our About page.)
Free data & graphics
Spend some time surfing our site, and you’ll find extensive info about every Upstate community – often enough for a letter of intent to a local funder, or background research before an important meeting. We present highlights from the many data sets we gather and analyze, including:
- Population trends
- Housing price indexes
- Taxes & government spending
- School district enrollment & test scores
Pre-packaged data, graphics & maps
Curated packages designed for specific uses — saving time and ensuring consistency across applications and reports. This tier is project oriented, providing a sturdy foundation for:
- Comprehensive plans
- DRI / NY Forward plans and applications
- Community and nonprofit grant applications and reports
Subscriptions
Community-specific trends and alerts. Plus ongoing access to deeper data pages by topic such as:
- Land use
- Agriculture
- Employment
- Workforce
- Health
Customized packages
Custom solutions for needs beyond packaged or subscription data. Offerings include:
- Peer group analysis
- Detailed reports to residents, government officials and funders
- Identification of funding sources