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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Jefferson County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Jefferson County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 1001.00 — 36 (Upper-middle)Tract 1002.00 — 64 (Higher)Tract 1003.01 — 33 (Middle)Tract 1003.02 — 50 (Higher)Tract 1004.00 — 44 (Upper-middle)Tract 1005.00 — 24 (Lower-middle)Tract 1006.01 — 3 (Lower)Tract 1006.02 — 28 (Middle)Tract 1007.00 — 20 (Lower-middle)Tract 1008.00 — 13 (Lower-middle)Tract 1009.00 — 18 (Lower-middle)Tract 1010.00 — 31 (Middle)Tract 1011.00 — 38 (Upper-middle)Tract 1012.01 — 31 (Middle)Tract 1012.02 — 8 (Lower)Tract 1013.00 — 60 (Higher)Tract 1014.00 — 43 (Upper-middle)Tract 1015.00 — 46 (Higher)Tract 1016.00 — 55 (Higher)Tract 1017.01 — 4 (Lower)Tract 1017.02 — 3 (Lower)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (3 to 8)Lower-middle (13 to 24)Middle (28 to 33)Upper-middle (36 to 44)Higher (46 to 64)
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.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 31st percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 3rd percentile to the 64th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median0 (0%) · 0 people
Above the median1 (5%) · 3,678 people
Near the median6 (29%) · 30,198 people
Below the median8 (38%) · 34,308 people
Well below the median6 (29%) · 17,819 people
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.
Tract 1002.00 (pop. 3,678) — 64th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1013.00 (pop. 6,108) — 60th 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 1016.00 (pop. 8,625) — 55th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1003.02 (pop. 2,343) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1015.00 (pop. 3,729) — 46th 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 1004.00 (pop. 6,080) — 44th 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 1014.00 (pop. 3,313) — 43rd percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1011.00 (pop. 4,141) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1001.00 (pop. 5,039) — 36th 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 1003.01 (pop. 3,841) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1010.00 (pop. 3,860) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1012.01 (pop. 2,123) — 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 1006.02 (pop. 3,348) — 28th 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 1005.00 (pop. 7,283) — 24th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1007.00 (pop. 4,673) — 20th 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 1009.00 (pop. 3,903) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1008.00 (pop. 3,557) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1012.02 (pop. 1,740) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1017.01 (pop. 1,441) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1006.01 (pop. 1,622) — 3rd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1017.02 (pop. 5,556) — 3rd 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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