Data & tools
Interactive tools & data insights on Ohio’s rural–urban change
Plain-language explainers and interactive tools that make high-quality data on housing, land use, agriculture, and rural–urban change accessible to policymakers, researchers, and communities.
Ohio Tax Explainer
An interactive guide to the state and local taxes Ohioans pay — and who actually collects them. Hover anywhere in Ohio to see every government that taxes that spot.
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Ohio urbanization & the rural-urban fringe
Explore where Ohio's urban footprint expanded from 2000 to 2020 using Census block and block-group classifications, and see where formerly rural places became urban.
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Hilliard Housing Affordability Tracker
Track how home prices, mortgage rates, rents, and area incomes shape housing affordability across Hilliard and the Columbus metro. Updated quarterly from public data.
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Tracking agricultural land loss with NLCD
Compare Ohio agricultural land cover across any pair of years from 1985 to 2024, with pixel-level transitions and county-level summaries of loss, gain, and conversion.
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Ohio CDL crop change explorer
Explore Ohio Cropland Data Layer classes and crop changes from 2006 to 2025, with land-cover views, change comparisons, county boundaries, and acreage summaries.
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Want preliminary data or to collaborate? Get in touch →Ohio township zoning coverage
Mapping where zoning authority applies across Ohio’s townships, and where land remains unzoned.
Ohio property tax reform
How recent reform proposals would affect local governments and homeowners.
Downloadable datasets
Documented datasets on Ohio agriculture, rural-urban demographics, energy, and environment.