2024 CTCAC/HCD Opportunity Map


The CTCAC/HCD Opportunity Map is designed to assist in advancing specific Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) objectives. The purpose of each mapping layer is described below.

Neighborhood Opportunity: The Neighborhood Opportunity layer identifies areas in every region of the state whose characteristics have been shown by research to be associated with positive economic, educational, and health outcomes for low-income families—particularly long-term outcomes for children. As such, the layer is intended to inform efforts to advance the AFFH objective of increasing access to opportunity.

High-Poverty & Segregated: The High-Poverty & Segregated layer identifies areas that meet standards for both high or “concentrated” poverty rates and racial segregation. The use of this layer is grounded in two guiding AFFH objectives: to avoid further segregation and poverty concentration, and to increase access to opportunity.

2024 CTCAC/HCD Opportunity Map

Neighborhood Opportunity
Each indicator value that falls above the regional median adds one point to the overall opportunity score. To account for areas with high levels of environmental burden, one point is deducted if a tract ranks in the highest 5% of regional environmental burden. Using this method, the final scores are divided into four primary categories:

● 9 or 8 = “Highest Resource”
● 7 or 6 = “High Resource”
● 5 or 4 = “Moderate Resource”
● 3 or lower = “Low Resource”

See the methodology document for more details.

Economic
Education
Environment
The Environmental Burden Flag represents a subset of data from the CalEnviroScreen 4.0 tool and is utilized to identify the geographies that have the highest potential – defined as ranking in the highest 5% of regional environmental burden - to expose vulnerable populations to nearby health and safety threats. See the methodology document for more details.
Environmental burden flag: Yes No N/A
Neighborhood Opportunity Key:
Regional median threshold for opportunity indicators
High-Poverty & Segregated
The High-Poverty & Segregated layer identifies areas that meet standards for both concentrated poverty (defined as 30% of the population below the federal poverty line) and racial segregation (overrepresentation of Black, Hispanic, Asian, or all people of color relative to the county). Due to data unreliability at the block group level in the poverty indicator, “High-Poverty and Segregated” is designated at the tract level in rural areas. See the methodology document for more details.

Poverty

Race/Ethnicity
High-Poverty & Segregated Key:
Threshold for high-poverty or racial/ethnic segregation

Additional Information

CTCAC/HCD Opportunity Map Methodology

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)



  • Highest Resource
  • High Resource
  • Moderate Resource
  • Low Resource
  • Insufficient data
  • High-Poverty & Segregated