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LCI Opportunity Area Metrics

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Summary


Full parcel metrics used for the Land Conservation Initiative (LCI) opportunity area analysis, including relevant demographic, health, and environmental criteria.

Dataset produced October 2026.

Description


This feature dataset contains a snapshot of all King County parcels from September 2026, with all of the "additional relevant criteria" data used in Method 2 of the LCI opportunity area determination described below.There are two methods by which a property may qualify as being in an opportunity area:Method 1.

Property meets all three of the following "specified criteria" in King County code 26.12.003.(a) Areas "located in a census tract in which the median household income is in the lowest one-third for median household income for census tracts in King County; (b) "located in a ZIP code in which hospitalization rates for asthma, diabetes, and heart disease are in the highest one-third for ZIP codes in King County; and (c) "are within the Urban Growth Boundary and do not have a publicly owned and.

accessible park or open space within one-quarter mile of a residence, or are outside the Urban Growth Boundary and do not have a publicly owned and accessible park or open space within two miles of a residence." (King County Code 26.12.003)Data results related Method 1 are shown in the LCI Opportunity Areas dataset on the King County GIS Open Data site.In this dataset, the parcels where the CiteriaAllYN column is equal to "Y" also represents those parcels.Method 2.

If a property does not qualify under Method #1, a project may qualify if: "the project proponent or proponents can demonstrate, and the advisory committee determines, that residents living in the area, or populations the project is intended to serve, disproportionately experience limited access to public open spaces and experience demonstrated hardships including, but not limited to, low income, poor health and social and environmental factors that reflect a lack of one or more conditions for a.

fair and just society as defined as "determinants of equity" in KCC 2.10.210." (King County Code 26.12.003)Rele


Layer information

Layer Name lci_opportunity_metrics_area
Subject Category Natural Resources
Title LCI Opportunity Area Metrics
Feature Count 637165
Feature Type Polygon
Next Update Annually
Spatial reference EPSG:2926
Control ID 2899
Place Keywords Washington State, King County, WA, Pacific NW
Theme Keywords Natres, Health, Planningcadastre, Society
Supplemental Information None

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Attribute information

OBJECTID

From Esri

Description

Internal feature number.

Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

PIN

From King County

Description

Not Found

Domain

Not Found

ADDR_FULL

From King County

Description

Street address

Domain

Not Found

ZIP5

From King County

Description

ZIP Code

Domain

Not Found

CTYNAME

From King County

Description

City Name

Domain

ALGONA, AUBURN, BELLEVUE, BLACK DIAMOND, BOTHELL, BURIEN, CARNATION, CLYDE HILL, COVINGTON, DES MOINES, DUVALL, ENUMCLAW, FEDERAL WAY, HUNTS POINT, ISSAQUAH, KENMORE, KENT, KIRKLAND, LAKE FOREST PARK, MAPLE VALLEY, MEDINA, MERCER ISLAND, MILTON, NA, NEWCASTLE, NORMANDY PARK, NORTH BEND, PACIFIC, REDMOND, RENTON, SAMMAMISH, SEATAC, SEATTLE, SHORELINE, SKYKOMISH, SNOQUALMIE, TUKWILA, WOODINVILLE, YARROW POINT

PREUSE_DESC

From King County

Description

Present Use description

Domain

Not Found

KCA_ACRES

From King County

Description

KCA Acres

Domain

0.0 to 1753.32628558 by

GEO_ID_GRP

From King County

Description

2010 Census Block Group ID

Domain

Not Found

GEO_ID_TRT

From King County

Description

2010 Census Tract ID

Domain

Not Found

median_income

From King County

Description

Median income

Domain

17188.0 to 250001.0 by

income_pctle

From King County

Description

median income percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

income_3rd

From King County

Description

Thirds ranking of median income

Domain

0 - No Data

1 - Lowest third

2 - Middle third

3 - Highest third

below200FedPov_pct

From King County

Description

Percent below 200 percent federal poverty level

Domain

0.0 to 0.59276018 by

below200FedPov_pctle

From King County

Description

Percent below 200 percent federal poverty level percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

limitedEng_pct

From King County

Description

Percent limited English speaking households

Domain

0.0 to 0.35178352 by

limitedEng_pctle

From King County

Description

Percent limited English speaking households percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

POC_pct

From King County

Description

Percent people of color

Domain

0.04336479 to 0.90940483 by

POC_pctle

From King County

Description

Percentile rank of Percent people of color

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

underAge5_pct

From King County

Description

Percent under age 5

Domain

0.0 to 0.12049336 by

underAge5_pctle

From King County

Description

Percent under age 5 percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

disabled_pct

From King County

Description

Percent disabled

Domain

0.02303415 to 0.29274749 by

disabled_pctle

From King County

Description

Percent disabled percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

disabled_uninsured_pct

From King County

Description

Percent disabled without health insurance

Domain

0.0 to 0.03850156 by

disabled_uninsured_pctle

From King County

Description

Percent disabled without health insurance percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

foodstamp_pct

From King County

Description

Percent households receiving food stamps/SNAP with 1 or more disabled person

Domain

0.0 to 0.23629169 by

foodstamp_pctle

From King County

Description

Percent households receiving food stamps/SNAP with 1 or more disabled person percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

LifeExpectancy

From King County

Description

Life expectancy in years

Domain

26.91 to 104.09 by

life_exp_pctle

From King County

Description

Life expectancy percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

TREE_PCT

From King County

Description

Not Found

Domain

0.00429582 to 0.87428109 by

tree_pctle

From King County

Description

Not Found

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

displacement_risk

From King County

Description

Not Found

Domain

high, low, moderate, NA

hospZ_pctle

From King County

Description

Not Found

Domain

0.0 to 1.0 by

hospZ_3rd

From King County

Description

Not Found

Domain

0, 1, 2, 3

SchoolName_OSPI

From King County

Description

Not Found

Domain

Not Found

PctFreeReduced

From King County

Description

Utilization Rate of Free and Reduced Price School Meals

Domain

0.002 to 1.0 by

PctFreeReduced_pctle

From King County

Description

Utilization Rate of Free and Reduced Price School Meals percentile rank

Domain

0.0 to 0.99253731 by

UGASIDE

From King County

Description

Urban growth area category

Domain

NULL - no data

NA - no data

r - Rural

u - Urban

exclude

From King County

Description

Excluded from analysis due to being protected land

Domain

0 - not excluded

1 - excluded

osdist_mean

From King County

Description

average straight-line distance to nearest open space

Domain

0.0 to 16258.6418581 by

resdist_mean

From King County

Description

average distance to nearest residential parcel

Domain

0.0 to 16476.8134822 by

OpenSpaceAccessYN

From King County

Description

Does parcel have access to open space

Domain

Null - no data

N - No

Y - Yes

ResAccessYN

From King County

Description

Is parcel accessible by residential parcels

Domain

no data - no data

N - no

Y - yes

CriteriaIncHospYN

From King County

Description

Does parcel meet income and hospitalization rate metrics

Domain

no data - no data

N - no

Y - yes

CriteriaAllYN

From King County

Description

Does parcel meet all three Method 1 criteria

Domain

no data - no data

N - no

Y - yes

Shape

From Esri

Description

Feature geometry.

Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

Shape.STArea()

From SQL Server

Description

Returns the area of a geometry instance in square units, based on the spatial reference identifier (SRID) of the geometry.

Domain

Double

Shape.STLength()

From SQL Server

Description

Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance.

Domain

Double

os_per_person_pctle

From King County

Description

Open space per person percentile rank

Domain

0 to 1 by


Contact information

Maintained by DNRP - Water and Land Resources
Primary Harkeerat Kang

Harkeerat.Kang@kingcounty.gov


Terms of Use

Summary


Full parcel metrics used for the Land Conservation Initiative (LCI) opportunity area analysis, including relevant demographic, health, and environmental criteria.

Dataset produced October 2026.

Description


This feature dataset contains a snapshot of all King County parcels from September 2026, with all of the "additional relevant criteria" data used in Method 2 of the LCI opportunity area determination described below.There are two methods by which a property may qualify as being in an opportunity area:Method 1.

Property meets all three of the following "specified criteria" in King County code 26.12.003.(a) Areas "located in a census tract in which the median household income is in the lowest one-third for median household income for census tracts in King County; (b) "located in a ZIP code in which hospitalization rates for asthma, diabetes, and heart disease are in the highest one-third for ZIP codes in King County; and (c) "are within the Urban Growth Boundary and do not have a publicly owned and.

accessible park or open space within one-quarter mile of a residence, or are outside the Urban Growth Boundary and do not have a publicly owned and accessible park or open space within two miles of a residence." (King County Code 26.12.003)Data results related Method 1 are shown in the LCI Opportunity Areas dataset on the King County GIS Open Data site.In this dataset, the parcels where the CiteriaAllYN column is equal to "Y" also represents those parcels.Method 2.

If a property does not qualify under Method #1, a project may qualify if: "the project proponent or proponents can demonstrate, and the advisory committee determines, that residents living in the area, or populations the project is intended to serve, disproportionately experience limited access to public open spaces and experience demonstrated hardships including, but not limited to, low income, poor health and social and environmental factors that reflect a lack of one or more conditions for a.

fair and just society as defined as "determinants of equity" in KCC 2.10.210." (King County Code 26.12.003)Rele


Contact information

Maintained by DNRP - Water and Land Resources
Primary Harkeerat Kang

Harkeerat.Kang@kingcounty.gov


Terms of use and copyright


Change history

9/25/2024

Full data refresh on 9/24/2024