Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Economic Mobility
To evaluate economic mobility, MAPC looked at the probability that a child born between 1978 and 1983 into
a low-income household in a given Census Tract grew up to live in a household with an income in the highest 20%
nationwide. In the comparison region, the lowest economic mobility is in the inner core, particularly Boston,
Chelsea, and Everett, all cities with high shares of persons of color. On the other hand, the areas that exhibited
better economic mobility are generally located further west of the city, which are generally less racially or
ethnically diverse. Based on this metric, patterns of regional segregation appear correspond to decreased
economic mobility for persons residing in municipalities with a higher share of persons of color.
Arlington displayed a mix of Census Tracts with both higher and lower mobility. There is no clear connection
between a tract’s economic mobility and its share of persons of color in town, though this is unsurprising, given the
small share of persons of color and the small number of census tracts in town.