Opportunity Zones Overview

Opportunity zones generally represent economically distressed communities that are in need of investment and revitalization. Created under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the purpose of opportunity zones is to spur economic growth and create jobs by incentivize investment in these regions.

LightBox US Census opportunity zone boundary API returns opportunity zones via a geometry, or an ID or use the tile and bounding box endpoint to add opportunity zone boundaries to modern map controls or reports.

Features

• Access Opportunity Zones via a WKT geometry.
• Access a single Opportunity Zone using the Census GEO 'ID.' 
• Tile or Bounding Box requests to add the Opportunity Zones to modern map controls such as Bing Maps, Google Maps or Mapbox.

• Opportunity Zones Documentation
• Opportunity Zones Release Notes