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Douglas County Energy Costs

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tract_table.csv

One row per Douglas County census tract. 27 rows.

Source: DOE LEAD 2022; ACS 2023 5-year; TIGER 2023

Columns
  • GEOID: Census tract ID
  • area: Lawrence / edge / rural grouping (land-area share in Lawrence city limits)
  • lead_*: DOE LEAD 2022 estimates (households, burden %, average annual energy $); lt200 = under 200% of poverty
  • acs_*: ACS 2023 5-year estimate and 90% margin of error
  • *_share_pct: Percent of homes or residents (ACS)
  • flags: Data-quality flags; see Methods

burden_by_income.csv

County energy burden by income band. 5 rows.

Source: DOE LEAD 2022

Columns
  • FPL150: Income as % of poverty level
  • households: LEAD households
  • avg_income / avg_energy / avg_elec: Average annual $
  • burden: Energy cost / income

burden_by_tenure_income.csv

Energy burden by owner/renter and income band. 10 rows.

Source: DOE LEAD 2022

Columns
  • TEN: OWN or REN
  • FPL150: Income band

lowincome_burden_by_area.csv

Low-income energy burden by area group. 3 rows.

Source: DOE LEAD 2022

Columns
  • group: Area group
  • nonstudent_*: Same, excluding student-heavy tracts

scenarios.csv

Illustrative scenarios with rough costs (not recommendations). 4 rows.

Source: See Sources

Columns
  • cost_low / cost_high: Rough cost range, $
  • recurring: yearly or one-time