Every two years, the City of Somerville sends out a 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 the survey responses from 2011 to 2021. A data dictionary, reports, and survey instruments in multiple languages are attached.

Parking permits issued by the City of Somerville Parking Department between January 1, 2017 and November 30, 2020. Each row represents a unique permit issued. Medical care permits have been removed from this dataset.

Please note that this dataset may contain errors due to manual data input.

If you have any suggestions about this dataset, please contact somerstat@somervillema.gov.

Additional permit information can be found at https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/parking-department

ESRI line feature class representing City of Somerville, Massachusetts street centerlines.

Contains traffic enforcement data from Somerville Police Department. Data has been anonymized to protect privacy. Data is used in the City's dashboard which can be found here: https://www.somervilledata.farm/.

ESRI point feature class representing City of Somerville, Massachusetts street trash and recycling receptacles.

ESRI polygon feature class representing City of Somerville, Massachusetts administrative wards based on the 2020 Census.

Contains view count data for the top 20 pages each day on the Somerville MA city website dating back to 2020. Data is used in the City's dashboard which can be found at https://www.somervilledata.farm/.

Polygon feature class representing City of Somerville, Massachusetts zoning and overlay districts adopted December 12, 2019 as part of the City of Somerville Zoning Overhaul (https://www.somervillezoning.com/) and last amended by City Council December 9, 2021.