Table 1.

Neighborhoods with affected liquor stores versus those without

Baltimore block groups	With nonconforming liquor store(s)	With no affected liquor stores	Difference
Descriptives
Number of block groups	64	589
Average number of liquor stores (2014)	2.6	1.9
Crime
Average number of violent crimes (2014)	18.6	13.5	***
Average number of property crimes (2014)	42.4	43.7
Economic (average or average %)
Median household income	$33,317	$49,249
Poverty rate	35.2%	23.9%	***
Unemployment	20.9%	14.1%	***
Housing (average or average %)
Median home value	$107,496	$164,913	***
Median rent/month	$959	$1031
Homeownership	40.7%	49.9%	***
Severe rent burden	37.4%	29.0%	***
Vacancy rate	31.5%	18.3%	***
Demographic (average %)
White alone	9.3%	28.2%	***
Black alone	84.8%	62.3%	***
Hispanic	2.8%	4.5%
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders alone	0.8%	2.6%	**
Younger than 18	22.9%	20.5%	*
Older than 64	12.8%	12.9%
Education (average %)
Age 25+ with high school degree or less	25.4%	17.4%	***
Age 25+ with bachelor’s degree or higher	12.1%	27.6%	***

Authors’ analysis of American Community Survey 2011–15 data, Baltimore City Planning Department administrative data, and Baltimore City Police Department data

***Differences are significant with p < 0.01 **Differences are significant with p < 0.05 *Differences are significant with p < 0.1