Rust Belt Mill Towns
A neighborhood type in the Working Wage Earners group, typically rural.
1,683
Census tracts
5,684,308
People
$53,594
Median household income
41.8
Median age
60.0%
Owner-occupied
10.4%
College-educated
Where these neighborhoods are
Dispersed: found in 44 states, with no single state holding more than 13.7%.
- PA — 13.7%
- OH — 12.7%
- NY — 8.7%
- MI — 7.4%
- IL — 6.6%
What this type looks like
Barely-majority owners in $148k homes, renters filling the rest, almost no foreign-born neighbors.
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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