Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project

Temple University-based research initiative measures important benchmarks in communities across the Philadelphia region and compares the Philadelphia region to other metro regions. http://mpip.temple.edu/mpip/intro.html

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance works with the MPIP, providing data on arts and cultural organizations.

MPIP analyzes social, environmental, and economic indicators in 353 municipalities across 9 counties of Greater Philadelphia. In a number of cases, conditions in the Philadelphia region are compared to Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh.

Many variables may be analyzed using interactive mapping software on the MPIP website.