Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Adams County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Adams County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 301.01 — 20 (Lower-middle)Tract 301.03 — 2 (Lower)Tract 301.04 — 31 (Lower-middle)Tract 302.00 — 56 (Higher)Tract 303.00 — 60 (Higher)Tract 304.00 — 52 (Higher)Tract 305.00 — 68 (Higher)Tract 306.00 — 37 (Middle)Tract 307.00 — 33 (Middle)Tract 308.01 — 38 (Middle)Tract 308.02 — 45 (Upper-middle)Tract 308.03 — 33 (Middle)Tract 309.01 — 38 (Middle)Tract 309.02 — 43 (Upper-middle)Tract 310.00 — 4 (Lower)Tract 311.01 — 46 (Upper-middle)Tract 311.02 — 24 (Lower-middle)Tract 312.01 — 31 (Lower-middle)Tract 312.02 — 2 (Lower)Tract 313.00 — 44 (Upper-middle)Tract 314.01 — 51 (Upper-middle)Tract 314.02 — 22 (Lower-middle)Tract 315.01 — 33 (Middle)Tract 315.02 — 78 (Higher)Tract 316.00 — 5 (Lower)Tract 317.00 — 55 (Higher)Tract 312.03 — 5 (Lower)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (2 to 5)Lower-middle (20 to 31)Middle (33 to 38)Upper-middle (43 to 51)Higher (52 to 78)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.
The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.
Median tract: 37th percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 2nd percentile to the 78th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Tract 312.03 is marked below — Well below the median.
Well above the median0 (0%) · 0 people
Above the median2 (7%) · 7,785 people
Near the median9 (33%) · 38,584 people
Below the median10 (37%) · 39,206 people
Well below the median6 (22%) · 20,540 people ◀ Tract 312.03
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.
The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Above the median — 2 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 315.02 (pop. 4,128) — 78th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 305.00 (pop. 3,657) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Near the median — 9 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 303.00 (pop. 4,382) — 60th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 302.00 (pop. 5,468) — 56th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 317.00 (pop. 2,966) — 55th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 304.00 (pop. 5,563) — 52nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 314.01 (pop. 4,762) — 51st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 311.01 (pop. 4,806) — 46th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 308.02 (pop. 1,523) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 313.00 (pop. 4,850) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 309.02 (pop. 4,264) — 43rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Below the median — 10 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 309.01 (pop. 3,396) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 308.01 (pop. 3,559) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 306.00 (pop. 4,892) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 308.03 (pop. 2,749) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 307.00 (pop. 6,941) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 315.01 (pop. 4,126) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 301.04 (pop. 3,426) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 312.01 (pop. 3,830) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 311.02 (pop. 3,933) — 24th percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 314.02 (pop. 2,354) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 6 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 301.01 (pop. 2,670) — 20th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 316.00 (pop. 7,103) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 312.03 (pop. 3,102) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 310.00 (pop. 2,339) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 312.02 (pop. 2,879) — 2nd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 301.03 (pop. 2,447) — 2nd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against all U.S. tracts. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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