63 attribute fields, profiled from the May 2023 vintage.
Columns in Erie County
| Field | Type | Filled | Distinct | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| taxpin | OFTString | 50.0k | 17040036010200, 14010048010400, 45029053002300 | |
| deededac | OFTString | 26.8k | .5438, 4.1580, 10.0000 | |
| grossac | OFTReal | 1.3k | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| muni | OFTString | 38 | City of Erie, City of Erie, Washington Twp | |
| district | OFTString | 48 | 17, 14, 45 | |
| map | OFTString | 1.1k | 4036, 1048, 029 | |
| block | OFTString | 934 | 36, 48, 53 | |
| parcel | OFTString | 3.4k | 102, 104, 23 | |
| streetno | OFTReal | 13.7k | 298.0, 84.0, 510.0 | |
| strnosuff | OFTString | 536 | 225, 4, 18 | |
| streetdir | OFTString | 15 | N, S, S | |
| streetname | OFTString | 4.7k | NIAGARA POINTE, PORT ACCESS, HOMESTEAD | |
| strsuffix | OFTString | 106 | DR, RD, LN | |
| strsuff2 | OFTString | 118 | EXT, EXT, EXT | |
| nbhddesc | OFTString | 349 | NIAGARA POINTE, CITY OF ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SPOT, WASHINGTON TWP | |
| class | OFTString | 7 | R, E, F | |
| luc | OFTString | 98 | R-10, E-74, F-10 | |
| lucdesc | OFTString | 94 | SINGLE FAMILY, EXEMPT PORT AUTHORITY, 10-19.99 ACRES | |
| acres | OFTReal | 20.5k | 0.5438, 4.158, 10.0 | |
| str1desc | OFTString | 8 | PAVED, PAVED, UNPAVED | |
| str2desc | OFTString | 8 | PRIVATE, SIDEWALK, PRIVATE | |
| topo1desc | OFTString | 5 | LEVEL, LEVEL, ROLLING | |
| topo2desc | OFTString | 3 | ROLLING, ROLLING, STEEP | |
| topo3desc | OFTString | 1 | SWAMPY, SWAMPY, SWAMPY | |
| util1desc | OFTString | 6 | ALL PUBLIC, ALL PUBLIC, WELL | |
| util2desc | OFTString | 5 | SEPTIC, SEPTIC, GAS | |
| util3desc | OFTString | 5 | SEPTIC, SEPTIC, SEPTIC | |
| zoningdesc | OFTString | 114 | LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WATERFRONT INDUSTRIAL, RURAL RES | |
| owner1 | OFTString | 50.0k | LOT 298 LLC, ERIE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PORT AUTHORITY, WALMER ALEX Q UX KAYLA R | |
| owner2 | OFTString | 3.2k | OOSTERKAMP LINDA, DATED JANUARY 10, 2018, MERVIN W TROYER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST | |
| ownaddr1 | OFTString | 50.0k | 1540 EAST LAKE RD, 1 HOLLAND ST, 510 HOMESTEAD LN | |
| ownaddr2 | OFTString | 2.0k | SUITE 300, 8074 WELLMON RD, PO BOX 14 | |
| ownaddr3 | OFTString | 7 | PARIS, MISSISSAUGA ON L5B 3W5, SAINT LAURENT QUEBEC | |
| owncity | OFTString | 1.4k | ERIE, ERIE, EDINBORO | |
| ownstate | OFTString | 55 | PA, PA, PA | |
| ownzip1 | OFTString | 2.1k | 16510, 16507, 16412 | |
| ownzip2 | OFTString | 7.0k | 1561, 3851, 8870 | |
| book | OFTString | 1.9k | 2021, 0653, 2019 | |
| page | OFTString | 29.1k | 001184, 0049, 025537 | |
| landvalue | OFTReal | 3.6k | 75100.0, 145500.0, 53200.0 | |
| bldgval | OFTReal | 19.8k | 330350.0, 0.0, 158700.0 | |
| totalvalue | OFTReal | 22.8k | 405450.0, 145500.0, 211900.0 | |
| taxland | OFTReal | 3.4k | 75100.0, 145500.0, 53200.0 | |
| taxbldg | OFTReal | 20.1k | 330350.0, 0.0, 158700.0 | |
| taxtotval | OFTReal | 22.8k | 405450.0, 145500.0, 211900.0 | |
| schooldist | OFTString | 13 | CITY OF ERIE SCHOOL, CITY OF ERIE SCHOOL, GENERAL MCLANE SCHOOL | |
| munidist | OFTString | 48 | 17, 14, 45 | |
| legaldesc1 | OFTString | 50.0k | 298 NIAGARA POINTE DR 114.52X205.9, PORT ACCESS RD 4.158 AC, 510 HOMESTEAD LANE 10.00 AC | |
| legaldesc2 | OFTString | 5.8k | 23.981 AC GROSS, FORMERLY 3664 KINTER HILL RD, 1.79 AC NET | |
| legaldesc3 | OFTString | 2.2k | MB 2002-335, MB 2003-295, MB 2004-175, MB 2-466, MB 1998-231, REF S2005-0104 | |
| cgstatus | OFTString | 1 | Active, Active, Active | |
| cgamount | OFTReal | 1.1k | 0.0, 0.0, 6400.0 | |
| homestat | OFTString | 1 | Active, Active, Active | |
| farmstat | OFTString | 1 | Active, Active, Active | |
| lertaamt | OFTReal | 683 | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| lertaendyr | OFTInteger | 28 | 2018, 0, 0 | |
| fullstreet | OFTString | 50.0k | 298 NIAGARA POINTE DR, 84 PORT ACCESS RD, 510 HOMESTEAD LN | |
| nbhdid | OFTString | 389 | 1702, 14C06000, 4501 | |
| sqft | OFTReal | 7.1k | 3890.0, 0.0, 2220.0 | |
| web | OFTString | 50.0k | ||
| photo | OFTString | 50.0k | ||
| shape__are | OFTReal | 50.0k | 7925.58203125, 25096.04296875, 72219.46484375 | |
| shape__len | OFTReal | 50.0k | 458.739826358847, 776.501584240616, 1078.15686567415 |
Why this differs from the next county over
There is no national parcel schema. Every assessor's office built its own, usually decades ago, usually inside whatever CAMA system it bought at the time. One county's owner column is OWNER_NAME, the next one's is own1, and a third splits it across four fields. Shapefile's ten-character DBF limit truncated a generation of them into things like TOTLNDVAL.
Nothing here is renamed or remapped. The columns above are exactly what is in the file, because a normalisation layer that quietly guesses wrong is worse than no normalisation at all — and every guess it makes is one you cannot audit.
The Filled column is the share of rows with a real value. Placeholder text such as n/a counts as empty; a column that is 100% present but 90% placeholder is a column that will disappoint you, and the profiler treats it accordingly.