Land Owners of Boyle Heights
A look into the land ownership of the neighborhood
About
This map visualizes the land that is owned by residents living within the Boyle Heights Neighborhood.
Map created by Omar Ureta, 11.30.2014
Map Key
Properites owned by residents in the 90023 Zip Code
Properites owned by residents in the 90033 Zip Code
Properites owned by residents in the 90063 Zip Code
Data
The data collected is from the Los Angeles County Assessors March 2011"Local Roll" dataset. The dataset was joined with the 2009 Countywide Zoning Shapefile and the 2008 LARIAC2 Building Outline Shapefile
Method
To determine which properties in Boyle Heights are owned by residents, the neighborhood boundary was established by using the Boyle Heights Community Plan to parse the County Zoning file.
The data contained in the "Local Roll" lists the mailing addressses of LA County property owners. To filter the mailing addresses to the properties within the neighborhood, the
data was parsed by zip code. There are 6 zip codes that intersect the neighborhood, with 90033,90063,90023 being the major zip codes. The results shows the number of properties owned by
residents and are stylized through this interactive map.
Made with Mapbox Studio, QGIS
Further Data Analysis
Future additions to this map will allow you the user to see which properties are residential (single family, multifamily, mixed use), commercial or industrial.
Other options will include charts such as the precentage of properties owned by residents.
If you find this map useful and are interested in such visualizations feel
free to contact me, omaru@theworks.la