Community Inventory

The Community Inventory is a large data-book about Austin. It will include a broad range of data, with chapters devoted to the following topics:

• Demographics & household trends
• Natural environment
• Land use and zoning
• Economic development and employment trends
• Housing and neighborhood conditions
• Transportation
• Public utilities
• Parks and recreation
• Community facilities
• Historic Austin
• Urban design and urban form

The Community Inventory will be the data foundation for creating the Plan Framework, starting with the second Community Forum Series.

Demographics & household trends

More resources

The following sources of data and maps are currently available:

• Planning & Development Review maps (includes maps available at the Comprehensive Plan Open House).
• City of Austin Demographics.
• City of Austin Budget Office, including information on the City's current spending and sources of revenue.
• The Sustainable City Initiative (write-up and presentation to Planning Commission) was an effort prior to the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan to allocate growth in Austin.
• The Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project; see their 2006 Annual Report for more good data.
• Travis County's 2009 Community Impact Report on conditions related to social service programs.
• Central Texas Greenprint for Growth -- a joint project by the Trust for Public Land, Capital Area Council of Governemnts, and Envision Central Texas.
• Envision Central Texas resources, including its Vision for Central Texas.