Pew study: Affluent and poor Americans are increasingly likely to cluster in their own neighborhoods - The Washington Post: Rising income inequality has led to an increasing number of Americans clustering in neighborhoods in which most residents are like them, either similarly affluent or similarly low-income, according to a new study detailing the rising isolation of the richest and the poorest.
A report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center said the percentage of upper-income households situated in affluent neighborhoods doubled between 1980 and 2010, rising to 18 percent. In the same time frame, the share of lower-income households located in mostly poorer neighborhoods rose from 18 percent to 23 percent. Neighborhoods that are predominantly middle class or home to a wider mix of income levels shrank.
