In Search of Fairfax

Visualizing and Mapping Fairfax


The following maps, charts, and graphs utilize data from various studies and surveys about Jewish life in Los Angeles and Beverly-Fairfax to provide a window into understanding the history of the neighborhood.  From a social science perspective, this data can help to illuminate the on-the-ground demographic conditions and socio-economic differences between Beverly-Fairfax and other Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Examining this seemingly objective information--and the purpose of these studies and surveys--can also help to highlight the ways in which various stakeholders perceived life in the Fairfax neighborhood and understood the role of Beverly-Fairfax within a broader metropolitan context. 

 

Contents of this path:

  1. Fairfax's Jewish Population, 1951-1979
  2. Map: Jewish Concentration by Neighborhood, 1951
  3. Map: Jewish Income Levels by Neighborhood, 1951
  4. Map: Preferred Moving Destination Among Jewish Angelenos, 1968
  5. Map: Jewish Income by Neighborhood, 1968
  6. Map: Age of Fairfax's Population, 1977
  7. Map: Orthodox Jews by Neighborhood, 1979
  8. Map: Comparison of Population across "Ethnic Enclaves," 1980
  9. Map: Comparison of Retail Sales across "Ethnic Enclaves," 1980
  10. Survey: Would you Describe your Neighborhood as "Jewish," 1979
  11. Survey: Would you like your Neighborhood to be more "Jewish," 1979
  12. Fairfax Maps Resource Guide