About EconPulse
EconPulse turns federal economic data into a single searchable dashboard for any U.S. county, city, or zip code. Type a place. See its jobs, housing, growth, and federal spending. That's it.
Mission
The Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, FRED, and Census all publish what your county is doing — but the data lives across half a dozen agency portals, in formats designed for analysts, not for the curious. EconPulse exists to make that data feel as easy to ask as a Google search. It's free. It always will be for personal browsing.
How it works
You type a place. EconPulse looks up the official identifiers (FIPS, ZCTA), pulls the latest figures from the agency APIs, runs them through a few comparisons (vs. state, vs. nation, vs. a year ago), and lays it out in plain English. Every metric links back to its source.
Data sources
- Census ACS 5-year — population, income, housing, education, poverty
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — unemployment and labor force
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) — county and state GDP
- USAspending.gov — federal contract and grant inflow
- FRED (St. Louis Fed) — economic context and trends
- Census TIGERweb — geographic boundaries and maps
About this project
EconPulse is an independent project, built by Amyn Porbanderwala. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any U.S. government agency. The data is public; the dashboard is one person's attempt to make it more usable. If you find a bug or want to suggest a metric, the GitHub repo is linked in the footer.
Heads up: EconPulse provides economic data for informational purposes only. It is not financial, real-estate, or investment advice. Always verify against the original source before making decisions.