Skip to main content

Neighborhood Data for Social Change

The Neighborhood Data for Social Change (NDSC) platform is a project of the USC Price Center for Social Innovation. NDSC is a free, publicly available online data resource that provides reliable, aggregated data at the city, neighborhood, and census tract level. NDSC pairs raw data across approximately 150 indicators with narrative-based explanations and visualization tools such as data analysis and digital mapping, enabling stakeholders to make data- informed decisions to improve the quality of life for Los Angeles County residents. NDSC will publish an ongoing series of data stories that incorporate maps, data visualizations, photos, and rich narrative to highlight trends, opportunities, and challenges facing communities in the L.A. region.

Explore the Los Angeles platform

Downtown Los Angeles
Support Provided By

Latest

La Quinta - Mother and Child Sculpture - Preview Image
The city has established itself as a popular resort city, dating back to the opening of La Quinta Resort and Club in 1926.
A teacher wearing a red blouse in a bright green classroom teaches English pronunciation to students who are working in front of computers.
​L.A. County households speak at least 185 languages, yet ethnic-rich communities are often segregated as well as socially and economically isolated.
Tale of Two Communities - View Park-Windsor Hills and West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert
The average age of a baby born in Los Angeles County is higher than both the average Californian and the average American. However, average life expectancy alone can be misleading.
Palm Springs - Noe Montes
Palm Springs is a desert resort city known for its warm, year-round temperatures, golf courses, midcentury modern architecture and its palm tree-lined downtown streets.
Coachella Aerial - Noe Montes
Originally 2.5-square-miles, the city of Coachella has expanded to over twelve times its original size, and today is home to over 40,000 residents.
Pico Union Scene
What would it take to have the 20,000 children living within the 5-square mile Magnolia Place succeed in education, health, and economic stability?
Help Wanted - Window
The housing crisis affects Los Angeles residents in their roles as renters and homeowners, but less known is how these issues affect business and employment in our region.
Immigration - Coachella Valley
Because of limited opportunities, immigrants in this region are often employed in low-wage industries and are likely to face limited economic mobility.
Coachella Valley - Aerial
Historically high housing costs and low vacancy rates have pushed California’s rental rates to some of the highest in the nation.
Palm Desert Banner
Palm Desert is located between the cities of Palm Springs and Indio in Riverside County southeast of the San Bernardino Mountains.
Coachella Valley - Aerial - Banner
A new partnership between local nonprofit Lift to Rise and the University of Southern California´s Price Center for Social Innovation, will mine public data to help the community illuminate the issues and create solutions.
Action and North Hollywood
Acton and North Hollywood tell two different stories in voter turnout between 2008 and 2016, showing the variety of ways communities become engaged in the political process. 
Active loading indicator