Module 2 - Geographic Visualizations in Tableau

The following visualization (which can be interacted with here: https://tinyurl.com/publichousinginflorida) was developed based on Housing and Urban Development data for public housing developments in the United States, updated in December of 2023. The visualization represents the average household income (size of the marks) and average rent (shade of the marks) for each development in the state of Florida. 

The dataset used for this visualization contains many variables, including number of occupied dwellings and vacancies, percentage of demographic groups in each development (Native American, Hispanic, female head of household with and without children), among many others. 

Initially, I found it difficult to organize the visualization, because my impulse was to create pie chart markings based on occupancy. However, this proved difficult. This visualization is the result of a compromise I made with myself to represent some aspect of the data without thinking too hard about how to do it. 

One note I'd like to make is that Tableau determined there to be 35 values for which the location of the public housing developments listed in the data was unable to be determined. Thus, the visualization does not represent a complete picture of public housing income and rent in Florida. 

Some visual attributes that I think might make this visualization more effective could include text and lines indicating cities in which the highest and lowest average household income and rent are, as well as text and a line indicating where the median household income and rent is.