Settled Wage Owners
A neighborhood type in the Working Wage Earners group, typically semirural.
1,967
Census tracts
7,165,779
People
$79,285
Median household income
41.4
Median age
74.9%
Owner-occupied
15.2%
College-educated
Where these neighborhoods are
Dispersed: found in 48 states, with no single state holding more than 13.2%.
- OH — 13.2%
- PA — 9.3%
- MI — 8.9%
- WI — 7.1%
- NY — 6.8%
What this type looks like
Three-quarters owners on solid $80k incomes in modest $230k homes, rarely foreign-born.
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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