Wage-Earner Homesteads
A neighborhood type in the Working Wage Earners group, typically semirural.
1,377
Census tracts
4,213,886
People
$55,899
Median household income
37.8
Median age
68.7%
Owner-occupied
8.1%
College-educated
Where these neighborhoods are
Dispersed: found in 45 states, with no single state holding more than 21.2%.
- TX — 21.2%
- OK — 8.3%
- MI — 7.9%
- OH — 5.2%
- IL — 5.0%
What this type looks like
Nearly 70% owners in modest $140k single-family homes, few degrees and rare newcomers.
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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