Factory-Town Fifties
A neighborhood type in the Working Wage Earners group, typically semirural.
1,451
Census tracts
4,075,061
People
$47,859
Median household income
35.0
Median age
49.7%
Owner-occupied
7.9%
College-educated
Where these neighborhoods are
Dispersed: found in 44 states, with no single state holding more than 16.4%.
- OH — 16.4%
- PA — 13.3%
- NY — 10.1%
- MI — 6.9%
- IN — 6.8%
What this type looks like
Evenly split owners and renters in $125k homes, where few finish college and poverty bites.
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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