For Researchers & Policymakers

Economic mobility intelligence, grounded in evidence

MobilityLens aggregates Opportunity Insights, ALICE data, Census ACS, and a growing practitioner knowledge corpus into a single research intelligence layer — queryable in plain language, citable by source, and accessible without a data science team.

Research capabilities

Tools built for policy analysis, program evaluation, and population-level mobility research

Geographic mobility reports

Generate citation-backed reports by ZIP code, city, or region. Every claim links to its source: Opportunity Insights, ALICE data, Census ACS, HUD Fair Market Rents, or journal-level research.

Policy simulation engine

Model the effect of a policy change — minimum wage floor, housing subsidy expansion, childcare access — against real ALICE thresholds and Census data for any geographic area. See 1-, 3-, and 5-year mobility score projections.

Population trends dashboard

Track mobility score distributions, capital improvement rates, and barrier prevalence across aggregated, de-identified cohorts. Minimum cohort size of 50 — no individual is ever identifiable.

Equity impact analysis

Disaggregate outcomes by race, gender, household type, and immigration status. Identify which subpopulations gain or lose from a policy intervention — before it is enacted.

AI-assisted literature review

Query the MobilityLens DataHub — a RAG-indexed library of research papers, ALICE reports, expert interview transcripts, and policy documents — in plain language. Every response cites its source.

Structured data export

Export anonymized, cohort-level datasets in CSV or JSON format for external analysis. All exports are de-identified under differential privacy practices.

Data sources

All sources are authoritative, year-stamped, and updated on a documented cadence

Opportunity Insights

Intergenerational mobility by ZIP

United for ALICE

County-level Household Survival Budgets

U.S. Census ACS

Demographics, income distribution

HUD Fair Market Rents

Housing cost benchmarks

Social Capital Atlas

Economic connectedness by county

IRS / EITC tables

Tax-credit impact modeling

State workforce APIs

Real-time job vacancy data

Expert interview corpus

Practitioner knowledge via RAG

Privacy by design

Minimum cohort of 50

No metric is ever displayed unless the underlying group contains at least 50 distinct individuals. Smaller cohorts are suppressed in all research views.

Differential privacy practices

Exported datasets apply noise addition and aggregation to prevent re-identification — even when combined with external data.

No individual data in research exports

Research access is cohort-level only. Individual EMS scores, case records, and assessment answers are never included in any export.

Consent-linked data flow

Individual data joins the research pool only after case closure and only where the organization's consent policy permits aggregated use.

Ready to move beyond dashboards?

Request access to the research portal — or talk to us about a custom data partnership for your institution.