Sunbelt Wage Districts
A neighborhood type in the Working Wage Earners group, typically urban periphery.
1,537
Census tracts
6,710,932
People
$49,587
Median household income
33.3
Median age
46.8%
Owner-occupied
7.7%
College-educated
Where these neighborhoods are
Dispersed: found in 41 states, with no single state holding more than 19.7%.
- TX — 19.7%
- FL — 13.7%
- NC — 7.5%
- CA — 7.0%
- GA — 5.5%
What this type looks like
Youthful renter-majority neighborhoods where few finish college and one in five lives in poverty.
Markets where this type appears
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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