33 datasets

Somerville Open Data2026 · dataset

The City of Somerville conducted a survey in August and September 2025 to better understand the current arts space landscape and identify gaps or unmet needs. This dataset includes survey responses from individual artists and creative organizations and businesses across the greater Boston area regarding their arts space needs.

Somerville Open Data2026 · dataset

The City of Somerville conducted a survey in September and October 2025 to help develop the Somerville Public Library Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2027-2031. This dataset includes 1,385 survey responses from library users and non-library users regarding their use and satisfaction with the Library.

Somerville Open Data2026 · dataset

The City of Somerville piloted a Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) project from July 2024 through June 2025. 198 Somerville community members who identified as experiencing housing instability were invited to participate in the pilot. Each participant received $750 per month for twelve months and was invited to take part in an evaluation study about the pilot. The study included two surveys and one in

Somerville Open Data2025 · dataset

The City of Somerville conducted a survey primarily in spring 2025 to better understand the extent to which current recreation programs are meeting residents’ needs, and what new programming may be of interest. Results from this survey, along with ongoing program feedback, are used to inform future recreation programming.

Somerville Open Data2025 · dataset

The 2024/2025 Somerville Winter Warming Center operated at the Cummings School at 42 Prescott Street from December 2024 to April 2025, providing overnight accommodations to guests throughout the winter season. There were multiple efforts during the season to gather feedback from Warming Center clients and staff, as well as from nearby residents. This resident feedback survey, open in May 2025, inv

Somerville Open Data2025 · dataset

The City of Somerville is planning to build a new PK-8 school building to address the needs of the Winter Hill School. The City must decide whether to also address Brown School needs within this project and where the new school building should be located. Mayor Katjana Ballantyne convened a School Construction Advisory Group (CAG) made up of parents, elected officials, and other community members

Somerville Open Data2025 · dataset

The Out of School Time (OST) Steering Committee, a city-school collaborative group, initiated the Afterschool Needs Assessment Survey in order to better inform strategic planning for system-wide improvements in access to OST programming. The survey was developed and administered in partnership with SomerPromise, SomerStat, and Somerville Public Schools. We received responses from 742 families repr

Somerville Open Data2025 · dataset

Every two years, the City of Somerville sends the Somerville Happiness Survey to a random sample of Somerville residents. The survey asks residents to rate their personal happiness, wellbeing, and satisfaction with City services. This combined dataset includes survey results from 2011 to 2025, including all 2025 questions with applicable responses from previous years. A data dictionary, explorator

Somerville Open Data2025 · dataset

The dataset is one row per application for permits and licenses in the City of Somerville through the Citizenserve application system. The current dataset contains applications handled by the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) and the City Clerk’s office, representing approximately 90% of the applications processed by the City of Somerville. Soon to come are applications handled by other teams

Somerville Open Data2025 · dataset

The OSRP survey was conducted from November 2023 to January 2024 and received 710 responses. The survey highlights a variety of community priorities related to open space and recreation.

Somerville Open Data2024 · dataset

After every Parks and Recreation program cycle (generally following the seasons), the City of Somerville sends the Parks and Recreation Survey to the participants of every program (program information available at https://somervillema.myrec.com/). The survey asks participants to rate their experience of the programs. This dataset includes survey responses starting with the Summer 2024 program cycl

Somerville Open Data2024 · dataset

Somerville at a Glance is an introduction to Somerville's population, housing, education, home value and other demographic trends over time and compared to Massachusetts as a whole. The current version uses Census and ACS data from 2010 to 2023.

Somerville Open Data2024 · dataset

All responses to the Citizenserve Applicant Feedback Survey, which asked respondents to rate their experience with the Citizenserve platform and overall application process in Somerville. The survey was offered to permit and license applicants in Somerville who had submitted an application through the Citizenserve platform between 7/1/2023 and 11/30/2023. Responses were recorded from 12/8/2023 to

Somerville Open Data2024 · dataset

All responses to the community survey on knowledge and utilization of ADA services as well as ADA areas of focus in the City by the Racial and Social Justice Department from February 2023 to June 2023.

Somerville Open Data2024 · dataset

This data set contains Somerville crashes that occurred from May 2018 to present. Crash reports are completed when a motor vehicle crash occurs on a public way and involves at least one of the following: Any person is killed, any person is injured, or damage is in excess of $1,000 to any one vehicle or other property. Data does not include crashes that are under active investigation, nor those tha

Somerville Open Data2024 · dataset

This data set contains information on the yearly average of the number of jobs in Somerville since 2001. The data comes from the Massachusetts Department of Economic Research's Employment and Wage (ES-202) Reports. For more information, see https://lmi.dua.eol.mass.gov/lmi/EmploymentAndWages.

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

The City of Somerville completed the first-ever Participatory Budgeting cycle in 2023. In Participatory Budgeting, residents submit ideas for how to improve Somerville with one million dollars; volunteers score and select the 20 best ideas; and residents vote on the final ideas. This dataset describes the demographic characteristics of residents who submitted ideas. Residents could submit ideas th

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

The City of Somerville completed the first-ever Participatory Budgeting cycle in 2023. In Participatory Budgeting, residents submit ideas for how to improve Somerville with one million dollars; volunteers score and select the 20 best ideas; and residents vote on the final ideas. Voters could choose and rank up to 5 ideas out of the 20 selected final ideas. This dataset provides the number of votes

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

The City of Somerville completed the first-ever Participatory Budgeting cycle in 2023. In Participatory Budgeting, residents submit ideas for how to improve Somerville with one million dollars; volunteers score and select the 20 best ideas; and residents vote on the final ideas. This dataset describes the demographics and satisfaction of residents who voted on the best ideas. After voting for the

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

The City of Somerville completed the first-ever Participatory Budgeting cycle in 2023. In Participatory Budgeting, residents submit ideas for how to improve Somerville with one million dollars; volunteers score and select the 20 best ideas; and residents vote on the final ideas. This dataset describes all the ideas that were submitted. Residents could submit ideas through the Participatory Budgeti

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

This complete version of the dataset contains traffic citations issued in Somerville by Somerville police officers since 2017. Citations include both written warnings and those with a monetary fine. Every citation is composed of one or more violations. Each row in the dataset represents a violation. This data set should be refreshed daily with data appearing with a one-month delay (e.g. citations

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

This data set encompasses calls for service from 2017 to present from the City of Somerville's Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. It excludes routine or administrative tasks (like vehicle refueling), community engagement efforts, and other non-call-related activities. Certain sensitive incidents, such as potential homicides or those requiring investigative follow-up, are omitted. Additionally,

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

This dataset contains crime reports from the City of Somerville Police Department's records management system from 2017 to present. Each data point represents an incident, which may involve multiple offenses (the most severe offense is provided here). Incidents deemed sensitive by enforcement agencies are included in the data set but are stripped of time or location information to protect the priv

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

Somerville Public Schools partnered with the City’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development to launch the Somerville Public Schools Workforce Transit Pass Pilot Program for Spring 2023. This program was funded thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act. The pilot program provided free MBTA LinkPasses to all SPS staff who signed up. Passes were good 7 days a week for unlimited travel on

Somerville Open Data2023 · dataset

All responses to the community survey on perceptions of police and public safety run by the Somerville Department of Racial and Social Justice from September 2022 to March 2023 as part of the Public Safety for All program.