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The information Montclair18 posted in the LA white wealth/DC black wealth thread made me think of measuring this by Urban Area/Urban Cluster. In the Census, they also have Urban Clusters, which includes standalone population concentrations of at least 2500 people, as the Census defines urban as a municipality/place with at least 2500 people as "urban" and up to 49,999 people.
So, an example related to this thread is the Chester NY Urban Cluster, which has a little over 5500 people and is 12.7% black(along & in combo) and has a black family median income of $128,684 according to US Census 2021 5 year information. For those wondering where it is located, it is south of Middletown and in the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown NY metro area. So, there may be others like Chester out there with a substantial black population and high black family incomes. https://data.census.gov/table?t=Blac...5Y2021.B19113B
An other example that was posted in that other thread was Elmira NY, another Urban Area according to 2021 1 year information that is 10.8% black(alone & in combo) and had a black median family income of $96,375: https://data.census.gov/table?t=Blac...1Y2021.B19113B (2021 5 year is much lower though)
Another Urban Area in the region the East Stroudsburg PA-NJ Urbanized Area which is 20.2% black(alone & in combo) and has a black family median income of $103,211(2021 5 year info.): https://data.census.gov/table?t=Blac...400XX00US25849
That concentration of communities is a little over 37% black non Hispanic alone and likely goes over 40% when including black Hispanics and those in combination. That is out of a little over 213,000 people. Could have included Westbury as well, which touches Uniondale.
Among others...Something to keep in mind is that Syracuse's black percentage from 1980-2010 doubled from 15.5% to 31.1%(black alone and in combination non-Hispanic). So, this is a city that has seen its black population grow: https://s4.ad.brown.edu/projects/div...cityid=3673000 and in turn, political/leadership representation has grown.
As for the Say Yes to Education Program, which is the bolded information and could apply to anyone, Buffalo also has this scholarship program citywide. https://sayyestoeducation.org/where-we-work/
So, if you go with the city of Buffalo, you have plenty of non private options and all would allow you to qualify for the scholarship program. Some that go private may go with city schools such as Canisius(all male, good Football program), Bishop Timon-St. Jude in South Buffalo, The Nichols School, Nardin(girls), Mount Mercy(girls), Academy of the Sacred Heart(girls) or if they go outside of the city schools such as The Park School(very good Boys Basketball program), Cardinal O'Hara in Tonawanda(very good Girls Basketball program), St. Joe's in Kenmore(boys, good Football program), St. Francis(boys, also known for Football program) and St. Mary's in Lancaster.
As for the city in relation to the thread, I'd say that North Buffalo, Elmwood Village, Parkside, Central Park(neighborhood), the NE corner of the city(parts of University/University Heights, Kensington Heights), Linwood and parts of the Allentown and Hamlin Park neighborhoods would have a presence of such families. Hamlin Park is actually a historically designated neighborhood with a long history of having a black middle class, with some streets retaining that character better than others: https://buffaloah.com/h/hamln/hamlin.html
Nearby Parkside across Main Street is another historic style neighborhood with a long time and visible black middle class due to the neighbors standing firm in staying the neighborhood versus leaving: https://parksidebuffalo.org/index.php
The eastern half of these middle class census tracts cover much of the neighborhood(in between Delaware and Main) and it is also very close to Elmwood Village: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/...t-169-erie-ny/
Keep in mind that this is a city with around 100,000 black residents, give or take/who you include(about 36-40% of the city) and quite a bit of black people in leadership positions(mayor, police chief, school superintendent, city council president(also a prominent pastor in the city), a deputy fire commissioner, President of Buffalo State College(about 33% of students are black), etc.
Once things open up, you are less than 100 miles from Downtown Toronto and for the family, there's Niagara Falls, Darien Lake amusement park, historical sites, etc.
If you want suburbs, Eggertsville in Amherst(Amherst Central SD, very good schools), Cleveland Hill in Cheektowaga(Cleveland Hill SD, solid schools), the Sweet Home SD in Amherst(solid/good schools), Cheektowaga Central SD(solid schools) and Maryvale SD in Cheektowaga(solid schools) are suburbs with higher black populations that others. Williamsville SD is arguably the area's top SD and has historically been another suburban SD where some athletes/coaches/professionals have lived, with the zones for South and North Highs having more of a presence. Some go with the Kenmore-Tonawanda SD, with Kenmore West having more of a presence historically; Cheektowaga-Sloan and West Seneca Schools as well. Lackawanna is a steel town that has had a long time and quite visible black population that is largely concentrated on its west side(known for having some very good Football teams at times). Ironically, a lot of the Bills players live near the stadium/facility in the Southtowns(Orchard Park and Hamburg) south of the city, while most of these listed suburbs are North/NE/East of the city.
Also, here is some median family income information for a set of continuous and primarily predominantly black census tracts in the eastern portion of Mount Vernon NY: https://censusreporter.org/data/dist...0US36119003200 (Oakwood Heights/Vernon Heights)
A good portion of these census tracts are upwards of 80-85% black, non Hispanic alone. Out of all of the tracts selected, only one is in plurality(48% b, nH alone), with the rest at 59%-85% b, nH alone. The bulk of that area straddles zip codes that are 73%(10553) and 68%(10550) black, non Hispanic alone(76% and 72.2% inc. alone and in combo). There are some businesses and an African American Club on East 3rd Street, as well as some big box shopping on East Sandiford Boulevard in that area of town. This may be one of the better examples of a "suburban city" in the region with a relative concentration of a highly black, middle class presence in town. Mount Vernon is 62.1% black(alone and in combo, 56.6% alone 2021 5 year info./62.4%-2020 info). It is also the 9th biggest city in NY State and is one of the top 100 most population dense municipalities in the country(just under 74,000 people in 4 square miles). Some street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9156...7i16384!8i8192
You can also view the census tract location by clicking on the Map tab and can find out more information on a census tract by clicking on a button on the distribution line and then clicking on the census tract heading.
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