Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and ResearchThe Jobs Proximity Index quantifies the accessibility of a given residential neighborhood (Census Block Group) as a function of its distance to all job locations within a CBSA, with larger employment centers weighted more heavily. Specifically, a gravity model is used, where the accessibility (Ai) of a given residential block- group is a summary description of the distance to all job locations, with the distance from any single job location positively weighted by the size of employment (job opportunities) at that location and inversely weighted by the labor supply (competition) to that location.ArcGIS FeatureLayer4e2ef54b88084fb5a2554281b2d89a8b_18engHUD-eGIS Geospatial Data StorefrontPublicJobs Proximity Index [United States]Web servicesUnited StatesLast Modified: 2023-07-21