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2024

Corporate Investments in Single-Family Residential Properties in Allegheny County:  Recent Impacts
May 28, 2004
By:  Sabina Deitrick, PhD;  and Christopher Briem

Allegheny County Quality of Life Survey 2023
Released April 2024
By:  Sabina Deitrick, PhD;  Scott Beach, PhD;  Ellen Kinnee;  Janet Schlarb;  Christi Accurso;  Rhaven Nelson;  Chris Briem;  (UCSUR)  -  Jamil Bey PhD;  Quaadir Bey (UrbanKind)

2023

State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Westmoreland County
Released Nov 14th, 2023
By Scott Beach, PhD (UCSUR); Christopher Briem, MPA (UCSUR); Janet Schlarb, MS (UCSUR); Everette James, JD, MBA (HPI); & Meredith Hughes, JD, MBA (HPI)

2022

State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Allegheny County
Released Dec 14th, 2022
By Scott Beach, PhD (UCSUR); Christopher Briem, MPA (UCSUR); Janet Schlarb, MS (UCSUR); Everette James, JD, MBA (HPI); & Meredith Hughes, JD, MBA (HPI) - Funded by the Henry L. Hillman Foundation

Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Is Privatization the Solution?
Presentation slides
March 3rd Webinar
Released Feb 2022
By Daniel McClymonds, Jackie Smith, PhD, & Connor Chapman (University of Pittsburgh Department of Sociology) with Randall Taylor (Penn Plaza Support & Action Network)

Quality of Life and Demographic-Racial Dimensions of Differences in Most Liveable Pittsburgh
Released Feb 2022  (Received April, 2021)
This research examines quality of life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is well-known for its regeneration from its past as the "Smoky City’"and the "Steel City." 

2020

Effects of COVID-19 on Family Caregivers
Released July 2020

The Pittsburgh Today Education Survey
Released July 2020

Initial Labor Force Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Allegheny County
Released June 2020


2019

Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2019
Released April 2019


2018

Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey, 2018
Released December 2018

A Comprehensive Assessment of Pennsylvania's Military Installations, 2018
Released August 2018

Predicting Lead Water Service Line Locations for Improving Mitigation Strategies
Mike Blackhurst, Co-Director, Urban & Regional Analysis Program
Released May 2018

Do lead water laterals affect property values? A Case Study of Pittsburgh, PA
Mike Blackhurst, Co-Director, Urban & Regional Analysis Program
Released April 2018

Evaluating Bicycle, Pedestrian, Transit and Economic Data Collection Needs and Measures of Effectiveness in Pennsylvania
Released February 2018


2017

Western Pennsylvania Family Caregiving Project: The Pittsburgh Regional Caregivers Survey, 2017
Released December 2017

Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2017
Released April 2017


2016

Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2016
Released February 2016

The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey, 2016
Released January 2016


2015

Integrated Data to Predict Chronic Absence in Public Schools
Released August 2015

Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2015
Released April 2015


2014

Allegheny County State of Aging Survey, 2014
Released October 2014

Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2014
Released May 2014


2013

Pittsburgh Regional Environmental Survey, 2013
Released November 2013

Hilltop Housing Market Analysis, July 2013
Released July 2013

Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2013
Released March 2013


2012

Young Adults Report
Released November 2012

Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey, 2011-2012
Released July 2012

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford -- Economic and Community Impacts Final Report, June 2012
Released June 2012

Who Moves to Lawrenceville and Why?
Neighborhood Report
Released May 2012

Hazelwood Neighborhood Profile, 2010
Neighborhood Report
Released February 2012

Anatomy of a Neighborhood: Homewood in the 21st Century, 2011
Neighborhood Report
Released February 2012


2011

Migration Trends in the Pittsburgh Region Update
Released December 2011

Economic and Community Impacts of Small Colleges and Universities
Released September 2011

Incorporating Mt. Oliver Borough's Data in the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System: Project Summary and Lessons Learned
Released July 2011

Foreclosure in South Pittsburgh's Hilltop and Effective Responses
Released July 2011

Allegheny County Population Health in Black and White Volume Two of the Black Papers on African American Health
Released August 2011

Estimating the Supply and Demand of Affordable Housing in Allegheny County
Released March 2011


2010

Impacts of Vanpooling in Pennsylvania and Future Opportunities
Released December 2010

Economic and Community Impact Report - Washington Jefferson College
Released June 2010

Using PNCIS Data to Model Vacancy, Crime, and Property Taxes in the CONNECT Region
Released June 2010


2009

Social Return on Investment Case Study Analysis, 2008
Released January 2009


2008

The Nonprofit Sector: An Economic and Community Asset
Released December 2008

Neighborhood and Community Indicator Systems in the Turtle Creek Valley
Released December 2008

EEO Employment Data for Allegheny county and the Pittsburgh Region
Released February 2008

Home Foreclosures in Allegheny County, 2006-2007
Released January 2008


2007

Gender Wage Disparity in the Pittsburgh Region: Analyzing Causes and Differences in the Gender Wage Gap
Released December 2007

The Impact of Nonprofit, Large Landowners on Public Finance in a Fiscally Distressed Municipality: A Case Study of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Released November 2007

The Impact of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers on the Pittsburgh Regional Economy
Released October 2007

Migration Trends in the Pittsburgh Region: 2000-2006 Overview: Analysis of IRS migration data for the Pittsburgh Region and Southwestern Pennsylvania
Released July 2007


2006

Diversity Among Pennsylvania State Boards
Released December 2006

Sociodemographic Trends Affecting Fort Ligonier
Released December 2006

A Presentation of Data Acquisition and Management Workshop
Released February 2006


2005

Allegheny County Economic Trends for Allegheny Places, The Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan
Released December 2005

Housing and Sociodemographic Trends for Allegheny Places, The Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan
Released December 2005


2004

Disabilities in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 2004
Released October 2004

Women's Benchmarks Reports, 2004
Released June 2004

Black-White Benchmarks Reports, 2004
Released June 2004


2003

Diversity Within and Among Nonprofit Boards in Allegheny County
Released October 2003

A Presentation of The State of Aging and Health in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, 2003
Released September 2003

The State of Aging and Health in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, 2003
Released May 2003

Diversity Among Elected Officials in the Pittsburgh Region
Released February 2003


2002

Black Papers on African American Health
Released January 2002

Executive Summaries of all three Black Papers
The Health Status of African Americans in Allegheny County
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among African Americans in Allegheny County
Health Problems Among African American Women Age 35-64 in Allegheny County

2002 User Survey For The Pennsylvania Allegheny Trail Alliance
Released June 2002


2001

African American and Women Board Members in the Pittsburgh Region
Released November 2001

The State of the Environment in Allegheny County: Land, Water and Air
Released March 2001


1999

The State of the Region Report: Economic, Demographic, and Social Conditions and Trends in SWPA
Released September 1999

African American and Women Board Members of Economic Development Organizations in the Pittsburgh Region
Released July 1999

The Pittsburgh REMI Model: Long-Term REMI Model Forecast for Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh Region and Policy Simulation Methods
Released March 1999


1998

Economic Benchmarks: Indices for the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Released September 1998

Introduction and Summary
Economic Benchmarks: Tables


1997

Basic Living Cost and Living Wage Estimates for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Released October 1997


1996

Pittsburgh Benchmarks: Black and White Quality of Life in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Released September 1996

Hill District Community Plan
Released May 1996
by Susan E. Stoker & Cecelia Roberts
Prepared for the Hill District Consensus Group


1995

Black and White Economic Conditions in the City of Pittsburgh: A Benchmarks Special Report
Released June 1995


1994

Economic Benchmarks: Economic Indices for the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Released October 1994


1989

Who Shops Downtown and Why?
by Jim DeAngelis, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
Neighborhood Report
Released August 1989


1983

East Liberty Image Study
by Ed Wells and Roger Ahlbrandt, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
Neighborhood Report
Released April 1983


1977

Neighborhood Reports, 1977
Neighborhood Report


1974

Neighborhood Reports, 1974
Neighborhood Report


1962

Urban Renewal Impact Study
by the Allegheny Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods
Neighborhood Report

Center Reports
Explore other reports in the Census Reports section of this website. Also read timely articles in the Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly (PEQ) and on the Pittsburgh TODAY website.
The mission of the University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) is to work collaboratively to conduct interdisciplinary research that improves communities and addresses social, economic, health, and policy issues most relevant to society. UCSUR carries out this mission by providing research support infrastructure and training; conducting original research in a few focused areas, including urban impact analysis, survey methodology, and psychosocial aspects of aging; and enhancing access to local and national policy-relevant data.

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