Table 1:
Neighborhood Trajectory Variable
| Gentrifying | Low-incomea in 2000, and the ratio of neighborhood (census tract) to county household median income increased by five or more percentage points between 2000 and 2005–2009. |
| Persistently Poor | Low-income in 2000, and the ratio of neighborhood to county household median income either decreased, or increased by less than five percentage points between 2000 and 2005–2009. |
| Appreciated | Affluent in 2000, and the ratio of neighborhood to county household median income increased by five or more percentage points between 2000 and 2005–2009. |
| Depreciated | Affluent in 2000, and the ratio of neighborhood to county household median income either decreased, or increased by less than five percentage points between 2000 and 2005–2009. |
Low-income defined as census tracts with household median incomes in the bottom 40th percentile of county median incomes