Median household income

Douglas Massey uses the conceptual “language of categorization” in his discussion of inequality. When he says “language of categorization”, he talks about stratification and layers. He suggests that categorization comes in a stratigraphical form. Massey subscribes to the stereotype content model. This model states that the population can be arranged on “independent axes of warmth and competence” (Massey, 11). This separation into groups suggests that only one type of group is good: the esteemed…

perception of the dream, income inequality, and education. There are many economists that have different views on whether or not they believe the American dream still is effective today. In the following paper I plan on discussing the American dream components from various views of…

the displacement that comes with gentrification. She lives in Brookline Manor, a World War II-era development of 19 squat brick blockhouses with 535 no-frills apartments. A few miles north of the U.S. Capitol, the complex is occupied mainly by low-income tenants whose rents are government-subsidized. As the District’s growing affluence spreads in every direction, the tide of prosperity is moving toward Brookland Manor, and Brookland’s owner has decided that the complex will raze and rebuild to…

presented to low-income Watertown children by the city’s old housing stock. Of the 3,435 pre-1950 homes in the city, roughly 1,224 are occupied by low-income families (See Appendix C). As the city would apply for funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the program would be structured to meet the requirements of HUD’s Lead-Based…

Richard Eskow in an online article, "education... is 'the great equalizer... the facilitator of the American dream. '" So, without a proper education, the American dream is difficult to pursue. Eskow also reports that household healthcare costs have increased by 73%, while the median…

Hatboro are foreign born, and 8.4% speak a language other than English. 92.1% of 25 years and older residents of Hatboro are high school graduates or higher. 31.2% of Hatboro residents 25 years or older have a bachelor’s degree or higher. The median household income is $65,974, and…

In the post war years, Montreal was the core center of Canadian Jews. Its Jewish population exceeded Toronto’s, and the educational and communal structures built by the Jewish community outdid the smaller centers in Canada. Jews in Canada frequently live in cities or suburbs. Although not as residentially segregated as the Vietnamese, often neighborhoods could be considered “Jewish neighborhoods” because of the amount of Jewish synagogues, schools and Jewish population living there. In Louis…

if someone’s income is not contributing to the economy, the person must be replaced with high or moderate income people. Similarly, when the rents of house stock increase, low income households are priced out of the community. For example, from 1990 to 1997 the number of household with income less than ten thousand had decreased by twenty-six percent. The city’s renovation program to transform the long…

Americans are generally known for their diligent work ethics, their high levels of education and the high paying job that follows from their education. This stereotype is even supported with statistical data, Asian Americans holding a higher median household income, $66,000, compared to the general population’s $49,800 (Pew Research Center). With a rise in Asian immigrants and the Asian American populace as a whole and how they are projected to be the largest minority group by 2055 (Cepeda), the…

34.3% and vocational training, 11.1% as of 2011. Employment 64.7% PARTICIPATION RATE 7% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. Within the suburb, approximately 1103 families reside in Woolloongabba and an average of 1.7 children per family – with an average family income totalled to $1947 weekly. The overall health within this suburb shows an approximate of 3.5% of the Woolloongabba population needing assistance with core activities, with another 11.6% having a disability in private dwellings. Only 1272 out of the…