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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hous Policy Debate. 2022 Aug 18;33(1):194–223. doi: 10.1080/10511482.2022.2099937

Table 2:

Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics by Gentrification Status

Not Gentrifiable Gentrifying Not Gentrifying
Gentrification Status 67.1% 4.1% 28.8%
Individual Level
Moved 27.3% 34.3% 31.2%
Race/Ethnicity
 Black or African American 6.2% 13.3% 27.2%
 Hispanic or Latinx 11.0% 10.9% 19.7%
 Other race or ethnicity 19.6% 19.6% 14.4%
 White non-Hispanic 63.3% 56.2% 38.7%
Age Group
 Less than 30 5.6% 11.2% 7.2%
 30–39 18.3% 24.5% 20.9%
 40–49 26.6% 24.7% 25.6%
 50–59 25.4% 20.5% 22.5%
 60+ 24.2% 19.1% 23.6%
Length of Residence 12.2 10.1 11.9
Number of Children in household 0.2 0.10 0.16
Own 76.7% 42.8% 53.8%
Married 64.0% 33.6% 45.2%
Distance to CBD (km) 15.7 9.1 12.3
Tract Level (2000 Census)
Moved 47.3% 55.2% 47.5%
College Degree 43.5% 37.3% 18.5%
Poverty Rate 7.9% 21.9% 25.6%
Median Income 57,115 31,756 27,986
Median Rent 743 577 474
Median House Value 208,917 168,195 108,077
White non-Hispanic 66.3% 49.5% 29.9%
Vacant 4.8% 8.7% 8.3%
Own 65.5% 31.5% 40.5%
N 11,176,224 678,493 4,791,436

Note: Characteristics based on 2006 individual level location and characteristics and 2000 level tract characteristics.