OnTheMap vs Raw LODES downloads

OnTheMap

onthemap.ces.census.gov

Analyzed October 14, 2026

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Economic developers, transportation planners, and workforce analysts get free block-level commuting data no vendor matches at this price.

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Raw LODES downloads

lehd.ces.census.gov

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Pick OnTheMap when

Economic development agencies
Transportation planners
Workforce boards
Site selection analysts

When OnTheMap is not a fit

Sales teams hunting leads
Marketers needing current-year data
Casual users wanting quick answers without training
Small businesses without analyst staff

Sources

Census Bureau Updates OnTheMap Tool With 2023 Datacensus.gov
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OnTheMap for Emergency Management (public data tool)toolkit.climate.gov
official
OnTheMap, the Go-To Tool for Analyzing Commuting Patterns (NC Commerce)commerce.nc.gov
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Using OnTheMap for Labor Force and Employment (Census Academy)census.gov
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Using Census OnTheMap for site selectionpillar.codes
news
Census OnTheMap (DataHaven)ctdatahaven.org
official
OnTheMap (US Census Bureau) on ArcGIS Hubhub.arcgis.com
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PolicyMap Data Sources (LEHD LODES)policymap.com
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Useful Tool: Census Bureau's OnTheMapreddit.com
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Census LODES and OnTheMap updatereddit.com
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OnTheMap: Data Noticeslehd.ces.census.gov
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OnTheMap: 10 Years of Distributing Data in a Web GISstatspolicy.gov
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onthemap.ces.census.govonthemap.ces.census.gov
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