Costly Middle Ground
A neighborhood type in the Community Cornerstones group, typically urban periphery.
787
Census tracts
2,570,522
People
$74,224
Median household income
39.4
Median age
54.6%
Owner-occupied
12.6%
College-educated
Where these neighborhoods are
Regionally weighted: NY holds 37.6%, with the rest spread across 20 states.
- NY — 37.6%
- MD — 12.5%
- PA — 11.9%
- NJ — 9.7%
- IL — 8.5%
What this type looks like
Middle earners split evenly between owning and renting $415k homes on modest paychecks.
These figures describe neighborhoods, not individuals. Census tracts hold roughly 1,200 to 8,000 residents, and every number here is an area average.
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