Mapping America

[mzteris]

"Very interesting map. The change in median income by household in your city. Since 2005 Maple Bluff and Shorewood Hills, Madison's two richest neighborhoods, have seen an increase in their incomes by 20%. And how does the rest of the map look? Not good."

How does your neighborhood look?


http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?view=medianincomechg&lat=38.5332&lng=-90.363&l=5

[virgogal]

1. Mine has increased 0-10%. Holding our own,I guess.

[Suich]

2. Mine has decreased more than 20%.

Color me surprised! Have no idea why...

:shrug:

[annabanana]

3. That is a fascinating link . .thanks. . n/t

[mzteris]

5. I liked looking at the whole US. . .

I want to find a map of the Dem/Rep voting trends to see how it compares.

[Hannah Bell]

4. -8% in mine, - 35% in the next one over.

[jotsy]

6. My new neck of the woods is down 23%

My old neighborhood, where my foreclosed house is, down 19%. The upscale neighborhood across the river off the south side of town? Their median income is up by 32%. What a surprise, and my in laws tell me all that inequality I insist exists is all in my head.

Thanks for posting, I'd be giving it a rec if not from the NYT, I'm not too thrilled with the way the handled the ACORN matter, among other things. I hope my gratitude suffices.

[mzteris]

9. I think it's telling

the upscale neighborhoods are UP. . . the middle and lower are - DOWN....

[jotsy]

11. That it is.

I just did the quick math and realize it's a 50 point swing. Natural economic occurrence, I don't think so.

[Throd]

7. +7 El Dorado County CA

For me personally it has been zero.

[Motown_Johnny]

8. I live in south east michigan, look at it and take a guess

-20% in my county but only because they only go up to -20% on the map

[AmandaMae]

10. -16%

[csziggy]

12. Very interesting, especially the variation in adjacent neighborhoods

Over all the county I live in has lost 11% of income in the last ten years. My immediate neighborhood is holding steady with possibly as much as a 10% increase in income - but we had a new area open for home building that is intended for wealthy people so that is probably skewing our figures. (THe new area is ten acre rural lots that originally sold for $40,000 per acre and the houses being built ranged from 3700 to over 10,000 sq. ft.)

The county has neighborhoods that have lost over 20% right next to neighborhoods that saw over 20% increases in income. Knowing the county, I can tell that the neighborhoods that were middle class struggling to be upper middle class are the ones that lost the most income. The upper middle to upper class neighborhoods gained the most. Lower middle class areas lost a moderate amount but not as much as what had been solid middle class areas.