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This is actually 99 cities and I can't for the life of me figure out which 1 city I'm missing and it's aggravating, so if you don't see your city, PLEASE let me know.
EDIT: THE MISSING CITY IS NASHVILLE AND HAS BEEN ADDED, Thanks to ChiSoxRox@SSP for catching that.
Anyway, Google says that "Generation Z" is persons born between 1997 – 2012(ages 10 – 25). The data below is the median household income for households headed by a person of this age group.
Fremont, California is a suburb on the border of the Oakland side of the Bay and San Jose. It is really nondescript imo but apparently it has a lot of high earning people under age 25.
ALSO, I asked this in the California Forum but I suppose I can ask here as well. Irvine, California is a very affluent, highly desirable place, so for it to score dead last, and by quite a margin, is a real head scratcher. Irvine has a huge University of California campus so maybe all those students is impacting those numbers, who knows? I have inquired further information from the Census Bureau because i actually think it's a mistake, but haven't heard back yet.
Anyway, this is by CITY PROPER
100 Largest Cities
Census: Median Income, Primary Householder Under Age 25
Fremont, CA $108,125
San Francisco, CA $87,946
Oakland, CA $61,935
San Jose, CA $58,798
Scottsdale, AZ $58,216
Santa Ana, CA $52,538
Anaheim, CA $52,760
Chandler, AZ $52,286
Jersey City, NJ $51,723
Chula Vista, CA $49,605
Chesapeake, VA $49,204
North Las Vegas, NV $48,696
Virginia Beach, VA $47,913
Santa Clarita, CA $47,629
Gilbert, AZ $47,466
Aurora, CO $46,608
Plano, TX $46,175
Anchorage, AK $45,409
Seattle, WA $44,508
Washington, DC $44,256
Garland, TX $43,663
Denver, CO $42,921
New York, NY $42,856
Colorado Springs, CO $42,637
Honolulu, HI $42,119
Nashville, TN $41,735
Irving, TX $40,993
San Diego, CA $40,773
Raleigh, NC $40,356
Mesa, AZ $40,238
Henderson, NV $40,020
Minneapolis, MN $39,479
Bakersfield, CA $39,214
Atlanta, GA $38,033
Miami, FL $37,915
Norfolk, VA $37,806
Dallas, TX $37,641
Reno, NV $37,617
Orlando, CA $36,418
Glendale, AZ $36,571
Spokane, WA $36,231
Phoenix, AZ $36,207
Las Vegas, NC $35,967
Boston, MA $35,829
St Petersburg, FL $35,413
Fort Worth, TX $35,408
Omaha, NE $35,275
Jacksonville, FL $35,139
Fort Wayne, IN $34,898
Stockton, CA $34,814
Corpus Christi, TX $34,777
Los Angeles, CA $34,604
Arlington, TX $34,570
St Paul, MN $34,560
Oklahoma City, OK $34,547
Long Beach, CA $34,545
Austin, TX $34,385
Louisville, KY $34,096
Wichita, KS $32,415
Charlotte, NC $32,393
Chicago, IL $32,333
Portland, OR $32,330
Kansas City, MO $32,115
Columbus, OH $32,108
San Bernardino, CA $32,052
Sacramento, CA $31,463
Tampa, FL $31,510
Lincoln, NE $31,250
Boise, ID $31,148
St Louis, MO $31,012
Houston, TX $30,893
Durham, NC $30,804
Baltimore, MD $30,453
San Antonio, TX $30,335
El Paso, TX $30,280
Tulsa, OK $30,170
Newark, NJ $30,019
Greensboro, NC $30,005
Fresno, CA $28,750
Indianapolis, IN $28,450
Riverside, CA $27,450
Madison, WI $27,700
Tucson, AZ $27,252
Philadelphia, PA $26,790
Milwaukee, WI $26,064
Winston-Salem, NC $25,429
Albuquerque, NM $25,311
Memphis, TN $25,078
Buffalo, NY $24,895
Lexington, KY $24,775
Cleveland, OH $24,382
Cincinnati, OH $23,828
Richmond, VA $23,374
Lubbock, TX $22,366
Toledo, OH $21,816
Laredo, TX $21,775
Pittsburgh, PA $20,921
Detroit, MI $20,577
New Orleans, LA $17,021
Irvine, CA $14,342
Source: data.census.gov
Last edited by 18Montclair; 08-05-2022 at 05:04 PM..
Reason: added Nashville, TN $41,735
My guess is Raleigh, Columbus, Boston, Minneapolis and Atlanta look awful low due to a very high proportion of Households being College students rather than people with full time jobs
I would have to assume Irvine is where the median household is a college student. That is the only explanation.
I think this stat is way too impacted by college students to be meaningful. Irvine at last place kind of proves that.
Perhaps, but we have to remember that under 25 is generally when a person is in the early stages of building a career/working so their incomes will generally be lower.
Perhaps, but we have to remember that under 25 is generally when a person is in the early stages of building a career/working so their incomes will generally be lower.
Yes but if the people are 18-22 are not working then it’s just very inaccurate.
Like in pretty certain in a couple of cases like Boston the median 18-25 is probably in residency or something. Minneapolis has 50,000 college students in a city of 430,000.
Yes but if the people are 18-22 are not working then it’s just very inaccurate.
Like in pretty certain in a couple of cases like Boston the median 18-25 is probably in residency or something. Minneapolis has 50,000 college students in a city of 430,000.
Well for Boston, the Census Bureau only finds 15,939 such households so they are probably excluding full-time college students, I think.
In fact, here is the breakdown for Boston, MA
Boston, MA Householders Under Age 25: 15,939
***Less than $10,000 4409
********$10,000 to $14,999 799
********$15,000 to $19,999 570
********$20,000 to $24,999 925
********$25,000 to $29,999 598
********$30,000 to $34,999 567
********$35,000 to $39,999 534
********$40,000 to $44,999 460
********$45,000 to $49,999 355
********$50,000 to $59,999 972
********$60,000 to $74,999 1131
********$75,000 to $99,999 1333
********$100,000 to $124,999 1172
********$125,000 to $149,999 638
********$150,000 to $199,999 907
********$200,000 or more 569
Well for Boston, the Census Bureau only finds 15,939 such households so they are probably excluding full-time college students, I think.
In fact, here is the breakdown for Boston, MA
Boston, MA Householders Under Age 25: 15,939
***Less than $10,000 4409
********$10,000 to $14,999 799
********$15,000 to $19,999 570
********$20,000 to $24,999 925
********$25,000 to $29,999 598
********$30,000 to $34,999 567
********$35,000 to $39,999 534
********$40,000 to $44,999 460
********$45,000 to $49,999 355
********$50,000 to $59,999 972
********$60,000 to $74,999 1131
********$75,000 to $99,999 1333
********$100,000 to $124,999 1172
********$125,000 to $149,999 638
********$150,000 to $199,999 907
********$200,000 or more 569
I would imagine they’re excluding group quarters. So people in University housing, which accounts for a large portion (but not all ) undergrads. They usually do that. (Same reason prisons or in patient psych care homes don’t count)
But people who live off campus likely count. Because otherwise someone making under $10,000 would just simply live with them. But I don’t know how FAFSA and being claimed as a dependent effects things. Because some students choose one over the other depending on which is better for aid.
My guess is Raleigh, Columbus, Boston, Minneapolis and Atlanta look awful low due to a very high proportion of Households being College students rather than people with full time jobs
I would have to assume Irvine is where the median household is a college student. That is the only explanation.
Raleigh was still 29th out of 100. I don't think that's terribly low when compared to the full list.
Yes but if the people are 18-22 are not working then it’s just very inaccurate.
Like in pretty certain in a couple of cases like Boston the median 18-25 is probably in residency or something. Minneapolis has 50,000 college students in a city of 430,000.
Actually, if you add the other two colleges in the city (Minneapolis Technical and Community College and Minneapolis College of Art and Design), you get a total of ~64k students. BUT! Some the U of MN campus is not just located in Minneapolis, there is a significant portion of it in St. Paul. Also, just because these Gen Z students attend one of these 3 colleges doesn't mean they live in the city limits of Minneapolis. In fact, in addition to off campus students living elsewhere in the Metro, many are commuters still living with their suburban parents.
If you look at a city like Pittsburgh (fourth from the bottom) where there are six colleges within the city proper, this issue is even more exacerbated: Total of about 60k students in a city of 303k people.
Last edited by Ben Around; 08-05-2022 at 10:02 PM..
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