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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2016 Jul 9;17(1):79–87. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.07.003

Table 3.

Characteristics of neighborhoods where enrolled patients live

Neighborhood characteristic Zip Code Tabulation Area (% of children) Census Tract (% of children) Block Group (% of children)
Median Household Income ($)  <15,000 5.6 9.8 12.3
 15–29,999 23.1 27.7 26.2
 30–44,999 20.3 24.6 27.3
 45,000–59,999 33.1 19.9 15.1
 60,000–89,999 17.7 14.6 14.9
 ≥90,000 0.3 3.5 4.3
Poverty* Highest Decile 25.1 22.9 27.5
2 16.8 19.9 16.8
3 16.9 10.0 11.0
4 13.7 9.7 10.1
5 4.7 12.1 7.4
6 7.8 5.3 7.5
7 4.0 6.1 5.8
8 4.4 4.4 5.0
9 2.8 6.5 5.7
Lowest Decile 3.9 3.2 3.2
Vehicle Availability** Lowest Decile 35.0 29.5 13.2
2 11.2 12.4 9.4
3 16.9 11.4 13.6
4 8.1 10.0 12.5
5 6.6 8.5 9.7
6 9.8 6.7 11.0
7 3.8 5.9 9.2
8 3.5 6.1 21.5
9 3.1 6.1 0
Highest Decile 1.9 3.5 0
*

Highest decile neighborhoods have poverty rates of >36%, 39%, and 40% at zip code, census tract and block group respectively. The lowest decile neighborhoods have poverty rates of <4%, 3%, and 1% respectively.

**

Lowest decile neighborhoods have vehicle availability rates of <83%, 75%, and 50% at the zip code, census tract and block group respectively. Highest decile neighborhoods have vehicle availability rates of ≥99% for all neighborhood groups.