This platform provides unparalleled insights into income distribution across the United States, offering high-resolution data segmented by geography. This analysis leverages cutting-edge statistical techniques to transform raw, aggregated IRS data into a detailed and accurate picture of income landscapes at the ZIP code level.
At the core of the methodology is an advanced distribution fitting process. For each ZIP code, this analysis takes the aggregated income brackets provided by the IRS and fit a sophisticated, continuous probability distribution to the data. While many income models exist, a flexible, multi-parameter model that conforms to the theoretical properties of income distributions, allowing for a highly accurate representation of the underlying income spread, especially in the tails of the distribution.
This technique allows this analysis to move beyond simple averages and generate a full spectrum of income percentiles (from the 10th to the 99th), providing a comprehensive understanding of income inequality and concentration within each community.
The process involves several key steps:
The result is one of the most granular and statistically robust public datasets on income by geography.
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