. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Urban Econ. 2010 Mar 1;67(2):180–193. doi: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.08.003

Table 3.

Characteristics of In-Migrants by Gentrification-Status of Tract, Low-Income Neighborhood Sample, 2000 Census

	Migrants to Gentrifying Tracts	Migrants to Non-Gentrifying Tracts
Mean Family Income	36,524 (71,664)	25,835 (38,269)
% White	0.289	0.251
% Black	0.429	0.411
% Hispanic	0.230	0.278
% No H.S. Degree	0.339	0.384
% H.S. Degree	0.464	0.494
% College Degree	0.197	0.122
% Age<40	0.578	0.562
% Age 40-60	0.305	0.307
% Age 60+	0.117	0.132
% with Children in Household	0.371	0.407
% Married	0.292	0.295
% Cohabitating	0.084	0.079
% Immigrant	0.235	0.288
N	38,308	316,355

Notes: Sample of migrant householders in the low-income neighborhood sample. Low-income neighborhood sample, gentrifying tract, and migrant householder are defined in notes to Table 2. All income figures reported in 2000 dollars. Standard deviations are in parentheses.