Which Northeast city would be best for a black middle class family? (state, places)
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Just to touch on this in order to put some of this into perspective, but using the Syracuse minimum as example due to the most familiarity, the previously mentioned 13224 zip code on the city's East Side has a black median household income of $50,739 and a black poverty rate of 13% according to 2019 5 year US census information. This means that this black median household income is above the minimum for the area, while also having a black poverty rate only 3% over the national overall figure and is about 5% below the national black poverty rate.
Keep in mind that this zip code is a healthy 32% black non Hispanic alone, but goes up to 34.3% when including black Hispanics and is 37.1% when including those black and in combination. As also mentioned previously, the zip code has an educational attainment overall of 51.9% having at least a Bachelor's degree and 32.4% for black residents 25 and older, which for the latter is around the national percentage of 33.1% for the same time period. So, this may be an example of an underrated area in terms of looking for a section with a substantial black middle class within the region. Source: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q...SDP5Y2019.DP05
To do the same for other zip codes, you can look up information for the zip codes posted on previous pages to get an idea of where they stand in terms of certain aspects/criteria. This is in tandem with the middle class minimums for areas in the region posted on the previous page.
15235 which covers the Penn Hills area just east of Pittsburgh appears to be another underrated area in terms of its black MHHI: $56,435, black poverty rate: 7% and black educational attainment: 33.8%. It is 40.2% black non Hispanic alone(40.4% inc. black Hispanics and 44.3% inc. those in combo). A couple of predominantly black middle class street views in the zip code: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4598...7i13312!8i6656
10552 which covers northern Mount Vernon has a black MHHI of $71,217, a black poverty rate of 9.4%, black educational attainment of 38.8% and is 35.5% black non Hispanic alone(38.1% inc. black Hispanics and 41.4% inc. those in combo). A couple of street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9187...7i16384!8i8192
19095 which covers the Wyncote/Cedarbrook portion of Cheltenham just outside of Philadelphia has a black MHHI of $69,327(2018 5 year info), a black poverty rate of 5.7%, a black educational attainment of 46.6% and is 35.9% black non Hispanic alone(38.8% inc. those in combo). A couple of street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0844...7i16384!8i8192
07040 which covers Maplewood NJ has black MHHI of $97,721, a black poverty rate of 5%, a black educational attainment of 38.7% and is 37.2% black non Hispanic alone(38.3% inc. black Hispanics and 40.1% inc. in combo). Couple of street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7191...7i16384!8i8192
10552 which covers northern Mount Vernon has a black MHHI of $71,217, a black poverty rate of 9.4%, black educational attainment of 38.8% and is 35.5% black non Hispanic alone(38.1% inc. black Hispanics and 41.4% inc. those in combo). A couple of street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9187...7i16384!8i8192
19095 which covers the Wyncote/Cedarbrook portion of Cheltenham just outside of Philadelphia has a black MHHI of $69,327(2018 5 year info), a black poverty rate of 5.7%, a black educational attainment of 46.6% and is 35.9% black non Hispanic alone(38.8% inc. those in combo). A couple of street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0844...7i16384!8i8192
07040 which covers Maplewood NJ has black MHHI of $97,721, a black poverty rate of 5%, a black educational attainment of 38.7% and is 37.2% black non Hispanic alone(38.3% inc. black Hispanics and 40.1% inc. in combo). Couple of street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7191...7i16384!8i8192
Great location. The middle school and High School are in walking distance, and the shopping plaza and cheltenham mall is within a 5 minute drive. I think using census tracts would be more appropriate, A lot of Cheltenham and in particular Wyncote, has it's "white" and "black" parts.
Great location. The middle school and High School are in walking distance, and the shopping plaza and cheltenham mall is within a 5 minute drive. I think using census tracts would be more appropriate, A lot of Cheltenham and in particular Wyncote, has it's "white" and "black" parts.
More zip codes...07052, which covers West Orange NJ has a black MHHI of $105,518, a black poverty rate of 4.1%, a black educational attainment of 47.6% and is 27.2% black non Hispanic alone(28% inc. black Hispanics and 30.6% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7727...2!9m2!1b1!2i37
07079 which covers South Orange NJ has a black MHHI of $99,271, black poverty rate of 7.3%, a black educational attainment of 51.2% and is 25.3% black non Hispanic alone(25.7% inc. black Hispanics and 28.2% inc. in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7401...7i16384!8i8192
10523 which covers the village of Elmsford and some surrounding parts of the town of Greenburgh north of NYC has a black MHHI of $110,677, a black poverty rate of 10.2%, a black educational attainment of 47.5% and is 27.2% black non Hispanic alone(28.7% inc. black Hispanics and 31.1% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0591...2!9m2!1b1!2i37
19012 covers the SE corner of Cheltenham next to NW Philadelphia has a black MHHI of $105,568, a black poverty rate of 12.7%, a black educational attainment of 41.5% and is 30.1% black non Hispanic alone(30.8% inc. black Hispanics and 32.8% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0599...7i16384!8i8192
^More...07666, which covers Teaneck NJ has a black MHHI of $94,384, a black poverty rate of 9.3%, a black educational attainment of 38% and is 25.2% black non Hispanic(26.8% inc. black Hispanics and 28.8% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9054...7i16384!8i8192
10603, which covers parts of White Plains and the town of Greenburgh has a black MHHI of $67,096, a black poverty rate of 9.2%, a black educational attainment of 41.3% and is 25.3% black non Hispanic(26.1% inc. black Hispanics and 27.6% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0507...7i16384!8i8192
19027, which covers the Elkins Park/LaMott/Melrose Park portion of Cheltenham has a black MHHI of $64,057, a black poverty rate of 9.2%, a black educational attainment of 37.3% and is 36.7% black non Hispanic(37.4% inc. black Hispanics and 40.4% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0682...7i16384!8i8192
06095 covers Windsor CT has a black MHHI of $95,000, a black poverty rate of 3.2%, has a black educational attainment of 32.8% and is 37.6% black non Hispanic(38.3% inc. black Hispanics and 40.2% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8222...7i13312!8i6656
Net a woman from Cleveland who has lived in Dallas Chicago NYC Philly Syracuse and Miami. She has lived in Boston fir a year and has decided to settle down in Boston because she feels it was safer than NYC CHI PHI CLE for her kids. She said it felt like a big enough city for her boys to explore but she didn’t feel she has to worry as much for her black sons as she would in NYC and Philly. She specifically said she’d never raise her kids in NYC. She said-emphatically- that she loves it in Boston.
I met her ~430 yesterday at the new Pearl Restaurant (black owned) in Dorchester.
The biggest thing I noticed was how continuously black areas south of the city have become. I drive up Washington street in Stoughton Straight into Hyde Park. At least a third of the passing motorists were visibly black. Straight from Brockton to Stoughton to Avon/Canton to Milton a very visible black suburban populace. We’ll see what August 16 releases say.
^I think there will be multiple areas of the Northeast where the loss of black residents will be exaggerated or you'll see an increase in select areas of the region.
As for zip codes, here are a couple of others. 10553 which covers the eastern(N and S) portion of Mount Vernon has a black MHHI of $75,599, a black poverty rate of 9.5%, a black educational attainment percentage of 31.6% and is 86.1% black non Hispanic(88.8% inc. black Hispanics and 90.1% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9147...7i13312!8i6656
This is by far the one of the blackest "well rounded" middle class zip codes in the Northeast and dare I say, that might be the case even if you include the Baltimore and DC areas.
Another such zip code is 11411 which covers Cambria Heights in SE Queens, which has a black MHHI of $101,047, a black poverty rate of 4%, a black educational attainment percentage of 35.1% and is 90.9% black non Hispanic(92.8% inc. black Hispanics and 94.2% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6929...7i16384!8i8192
I'll stop there and do some more later. While this is another thread, I'm curious as to how many other zip codes can offer the middle class incomes, around national percentages and up in educational attainment, low(er) poverty rate and that high of a black percentage anywhere in the country like these 2 zip codes.
11510 which covers Baldwin NY has a black MHHI of $139,180, a black poverty rate of 3.6%, a black educational attainment of 51% and it is 32.% black non Hispanic alone(33.9% inc. black Hispanics and 37.7% inc. those in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6803...7i13312!8i6656
07083 which covers Union NJ has a black MHHI of $96,891, a black poverty rate of 3.9%, has a black educational attainment of 35.9% and it is 29.2% black non Hispanic(29.5% inc. black Hispanics and 30.7% inc. in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7035...7i16384!8i8192
10926(had the last 2 numbers backwards in an earlier list) which covers Harriman in the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown NY metro has a black MHHI of $91,250, a black poverty rate of 1.2%, a black educational attainment of 34.4% and it is 23.4% black(23.7% inc. black Hispanics and 26.6% inc. in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3071...7i16384!8i8192
07721 which covers Cliffwood NJ near the Jersey Shore has a black MHHI of $95,179, a 0% black poverty rate, has a black educational attainment of 31.9% and it is 25.3% black non Hispanic(no black Hispanics or in combo). Street views: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4363...7i16384!8i8192
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