Is downtown back? What the data on 3 big CBDs say

With some persons heading back again to the office, we thought now would be a very good time to consider a seem at the anonymized mobility knowledge from Safegraph to recognize if downtowns are bustling once again.

For this analysis, we used Domo’s strong data transformation tools to extract knowledge for the Chicago Loop, Manhattan-Midtown, and Manhattan-Economic Districts zip codes—i.e, some of the largest central enterprise districts in the United States.

To focus our assessment a little bit, the under visualizations are defaulted to “Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars,” which incorporates makes like Starbucks and Dunkin’ (615 areas across the three spots in our analysis group) and we have information loaded back again to March 2020. When the regular every day visits to these areas is up vs . the prior year by above 40%, visits stays down in comparison to two yrs ago by more than 60%.

Looking at this metric by month, we can see a little bit of a rebound in November/December and then a dip once more in January in the course of the Omicron Wave. March has observed some rebound considering that then, but we are nevertheless looking at noticeably fewer visits than two yrs in the past. Of the 3 locations in our assessment group, Midtown Manhattan has fared marginally much better than the other two.

The previous visualization beneath shows the “Daily Ordinary Visits for each Locale – by Day” for the present year, the prior yr, and two several years prior. The each day visits has been trending up in March, but we can also see the start out of the pandemic two a long time ago as the pink, two-yr prior line is commencing to drop in March.

If you are curious about various types (these types of as inns or museums), you can use the drop-downs to perspective the metrics for them in these same downtown locations. We will continue on to update this info, so you can verify back afterwards this spring to see the development downtown places are making in their comebacks.