Concentrated Poverty
Posted 09-12-2015 at 03:19 PM by ckhthankgod
In light of this recent article in the Syracuse Post-Standard: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.s...hispanics.html
http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/inde...d_m_rubin.html
Here is an interesting article about Concentrated Poverty from the Brookings Institute, which views the topic on a central city and metro level, as well as the differences from 2000 to the 2008-2012 period: http://www.brookings.edu/research/in...overty#/M10420
I will advise that certain census tracts that are a part of or near college campuses will be influenced by college students that live on and off campus. Off campus students are included in the median household and poverty information. So, such tracts may be a result of this.
This may be indicative of housing patterns that may appear to "ghettoize" certain groups. However, this doesn't mean that said group strictly live in said areas or that certain cities do not have areas where said groups don't make a substantial to even predominate portion in middle class areas.
Also, economic aspects may vary within a census tract at the census block level. This may be a matter of housing patterns/options.
Here is another article about concentrated poverty: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_poverty
http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/inde...d_m_rubin.html
Here is an interesting article about Concentrated Poverty from the Brookings Institute, which views the topic on a central city and metro level, as well as the differences from 2000 to the 2008-2012 period: http://www.brookings.edu/research/in...overty#/M10420
I will advise that certain census tracts that are a part of or near college campuses will be influenced by college students that live on and off campus. Off campus students are included in the median household and poverty information. So, such tracts may be a result of this.
This may be indicative of housing patterns that may appear to "ghettoize" certain groups. However, this doesn't mean that said group strictly live in said areas or that certain cities do not have areas where said groups don't make a substantial to even predominate portion in middle class areas.
Also, economic aspects may vary within a census tract at the census block level. This may be a matter of housing patterns/options.
Here is another article about concentrated poverty: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_poverty
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