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Old 12-06-2013, 11:36 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Originally Posted by LakeTravisAlum You are way overselling Circle C. It's middle class...nothing more
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Originally Posted by scm53 View Post
Home to the highest median household income zip code in Austin. By your definition, all of Austin is "middle class" or less.
Circle C does not have the highest median household income in Austin, see the attached color coded map.

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Old 12-06-2013, 11:56 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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CptnRn: I'm really surprised you posted this. Your plot is based on 2005-2010 data. Scm53's post referred to the most recent data. I'm sure you realize much has happened in the last 9 years!
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Old 12-06-2013, 12:03 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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CptnRn: I'm really surprised you posted this. Your plot is based on 2005-2010 data. Scm53's post referred to the most recent data. I'm sure you realize much has happened in the last 9 years!
Where are you finding more recent data that shows Circle C is now the highest?
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Old 12-06-2013, 12:45 PM
 
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Where are you finding more recent data that shows Circle C is now the highest?
The SuperZip posting uses 2010 data but the map looks quite different from the one you used. So I still think your data is old.
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Old 12-06-2013, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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The SuperZip posting uses 2010 data but the map looks quite different from the one you used. So I still think your data is old.
The map I provided breaks areas down into smaller units then just zip codes.

Your map does not use any data newer then the map that I used, however it also does not show SW Austin or Circle C as being the richest part of town. Circle C and several other areas area in Austin are all the same color. In addition the "super zip" category is "a classification based on household income and education levels." So I don't see how you can point to that and say it shows that Circle C or even SW Austin is the richest part of town.

I do not believe that is true and the map I provided shows there are other part of town that have higher median incomes then Circle C has.

Edit to add: In addition the median house value in other parts of town indicates that wealthier people live there. They do not necessarily have to work for an income to get by so median income actually tells you nothing conclusive about the wealth of the people that live there.

The zip code you reference for Circle C includes lots of subdivisions that are not part of Circle C, such as Shady Hollow which has many larger houses, so it is misleading at best to say that means Circle C is the wealthiest part of town.

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Old 12-06-2013, 01:40 PM
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Wow! A LOT of wealth has moved south in the last 9 years. It looks like it's starting to spread all the new suburbs down here.
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