35 attribute fields, profiled from the April 2021 vintage.
Columns in Albemarle County
| Field | Type | Filled | Distinct | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ParcelID | OFTString | 47.5k | 00200000000100, 00200000000200, 00200000000300 | |
| PIN_Displa | OFTString | 47.5k | 00200-00-00-00100, 00200-00-00-00200, 00200-00-00-00300 | |
| gpin | OFTString | 44.6k | 446599981546, 445133980644, 445649979425 | |
| pin_short | OFTString | 47.5k | 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 | |
| Owner | OFTString | 38.3k | CHISHOLM, DAVID C & KAREN JO CHISHOLM TRUST, CHISHOLM, DAVID C & KAREN J CHISHOLM TRS OF, MISSION HOME MEMORIAL CEMETERY ASSOC | |
| OwnerJan1 | OFTString | 38.2k | CHISHOLM, DAVID C & KAREN JO CHISHOLM TRUST, MISSION HOME MEMORIAL CEMETERY ASSOC, MISSION INTERESTS COMMITTEE ETAL | |
| HouseNo | OFTString | 7.4k | 3540, 3445, 7759 | |
| Unit | OFTString | 296 | A, A, 101 | |
| Street | OFTString | 3.0k | MISSION HOME LN, MISSION HOME PL, MISSION HOME RD | |
| PropStreet | OFTString | 38.7k | 3540 MISSION HOME LN, 3445 MISSION HOME PL, 7759 MISSION HOME RD | |
| OtherPropS | OFTString | 4.7k | 7776 MISSION HOME RD, 2988 BOONESVILLE RD, 5026 HEADQUARTERS LN | |
| City | OFTString | 22 | FREE UNION, FREE UNION, FREE UNION | |
| Zip | OFTString | 28 | 22940, 22940, 22940 | |
| LotSize | OFTReal | 11.8k | 26.0, 64.5, 110.0 | |
| LotSizeJan | OFTReal | 11.8k | 26.0, 64.5, 110.0 | |
| Lot | OFTString | 6.5k | 00100, 00200, 00300 | |
| PropName | OFTString | 2.7k | TWIN LOCUST FARM, DOGWOOD ACRES, CEDAR MT | |
| LandValue | OFTReal | 6.3k | 194800.0, 247900.0, 427800.0 | |
| LandUseVal | OFTReal | 1.7k | 7700.0, 17100.0, 29900.0 | |
| Improvemen | OFTReal | 9.1k | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| TotalValue | OFTReal | 11.9k | 194800.0, 247900.0, 427800.0 | |
| LastSalePr | OFTReal | 7.2k | 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 | |
| LastSaleDa | OFTString | 8.2k | 09/26/2013, 09/26/2013, 06/12/2019 | |
| Subdivisio | OFTString | 605 | Headquarters, Headquarters, Headquarters | |
| Owner2 | OFTString | 5.9k | DAVID C & KAREN J CHISHOLM TRUST, THE SHIFLETT FAMILY TRUST, C/O JOE JONES | |
| OwnerAddre | OFTString | 35.4k | 7620 MISSION HOME RD, 7620 MISSION HOME RD, 7620 MISSION HOME RD | |
| OwnerCityS | OFTString | 1.6k | FREE UNION VA, FREE UNION VA, FREE UNION VA | |
| OwnerZipCo | OFTString | 4.3k | 22940, 22940, 22940 | |
| Cards | OFTInteger | 21 | 1, 1, 1 | |
| Status | OFTString | 2 | CURRENT, CURRENT, CURRENT | |
| UniqueFiel | OFTInteger | 47.5k | 25486, 25562, 43466 | |
| pgpin | OFTString | 45.1k | 446599981546, 445133980644, 445649979425 | |
| updated | OFTDate | 2.1k | 2003-01-01, 2003-01-01, 2003-01-01 | |
| pin | OFTString | 44.6k | 00200000000100, 00200000000200, 00200000000300 | |
| ppin_short | OFTString | 44.6k | 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 |
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.