While revising a course on immigration, I came across a fascinating study by the Pew Foundation (it’s not fake news, I promise): “America’s Shrinking Middle Class: A Close Look at Changes Within Metropolitan Areas.” I combed the data for areas that correspond to ProfLERoy readers—if I missed your area, and you want the info, drop me a note at m-leroy@illinois.edu.
The study takes two snapshots, one in 2000 and one in 2014.
It divides area populations by low-medium-high.
It then computes a composite score (see red number).
A positive value means your community grew wealthier; negative means… well, you get it.
It divides area populations by low-medium-high.
It then computes a composite score (see red number).
A positive value means your community grew wealthier; negative means… well, you get it.
In this teeny-tiny subset, Pittsburgh and Seattle are "wealth winners." My home area of Champaign-Urbana is the biggest loser. Just guessing it's picking up the sharp decline in Rantoul, with a major base closure.
Here are selected cities [APOLOGIES ... THE TEXT DOESN'T IMPORT WELL INTO BLOGGER]:
Distribution of adults by income tier (%)
2000 2014 NET CHANGE
Austin-Round Rock, TX 23.2 55.1 21.8 23.4 52.5 4.1 2.1
Champaign-Urbana, IL 28.6 53.5 17.9 35.9 44.4 19.7 -5.6
Chicago-Naper-Elg, IL 23.6 56.3 20.2 27.4 51.1 21.5 -2.6
Colorado Springs, CO 20.6 61.2 18.2 23.5 54.8 21.7 0.6
Denver-Aur.-Lake., CO 18.8 57.7 23.6 22.4 53.0 24.6 -2.7
Indy-Carmel-And., IN 19.9 58.9 21.2 24.4 54.8 20.8 -5.0
Palm B.-Mel.-Titus., FL 26.1 58.7 15.2 27.1 56.3 16.6 0.4
Pittsburgh, PA 25.6 57.3 17.1 23.6 54.6 21.9 6.8
Seattle-Tac.-Bell., WA 20.1 59.4 20.5 21.3 52.6 26.2 4.6
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