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Published in final edited form as: Environ Monit Assess. 2017 Jan 21;189(2):67. doi: 10.1007/s10661-017-5780-2

Table 1.

Comparison of populations, general demographics, and characteristics of housing, income, and socioeconomic status between the two study communities

Category	Low-SES community	High-SES community
Zip code	77,029	77,030
Total population	17,814	10,258
Ethnicity (%)
Non-Hispanic whites	7.8	58.4
Non-Hispanic blacks	25.3	6.1
Hispanics	66.1	22.4
Non-Hispanic others	0.8	10.2
Median age (years)	31.8	33.6
Total housing units	6340	5759
Occupied housing units	5636 (88.9%)	4902 (85.1%)
Median household income	$ 31,715	$ 68,980
Individuals below poverty level	31.2%	12.5%
High school graduation or higher	53.8%	97.7%
Land use	Industrial and residential	Commercial and residential
Nearby sources within 1-mi radius	Refinery, Port of Houston, major freeway (Interstate 610)	Hospitals, universities, local street traffic