The ability to look at your market and make judgements has never been easier to do. Here is one example from WNYC.org designed to give New Yorkers a good look at its median-income.
The median is the middle number. With 1,000 households in a census tract and a median income was $50,000 it would mean that 500 households are over that number and 500 under or $50,000 is the “median”. Have a look around the MXB census tracts using the “see whole city” map below
See Whole City Map
The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey is an sample survey estimate., the ACS measures a broad range of socioeconomic statistics, including income, commuting times and educational attainment. WNYC.org offers many articles of interest.
Census Pinpoints City’s Wealthiest, Poorest Neighborhoods
Thursday, December 08, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Census Report on Poverty
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
More New Yorkers Live Below the Poverty Line, Census Shows
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 – 05:27 PM
\Number of Gay Couples Living in New Jersey Rises Sharply, Census Shows
Thursday, August 11, 2011 – 01:45 P
NYC Blacks Moving South
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Being Mixed Race in America
Monday, May 30, 2011
Where Prisoners Get Counted as Citizens and Why it Matters
Thursday, May 26, 2011
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