Research Report Family Mobility and Neighborhood Change
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New Evidence and Implications for Community Initiatives
Claudia J. Coulton, Brett Theodos, Margery Austin Turner
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Americans change residences frequently. Residential mobility can reflect positive changes in a family's circumstances or be a symptom of instability and insecurity. Mobility may also change neighborhoods as a whole. To shed light on these challenges, this report uses a unique survey conducted for the Making Connections initiative. The first component measures how mobility contributed to changes in neighborhoods' composition and characteristics. The second component identifies groups of households that reflect different reasons for moving or staying in place. The final component introduces five stylized models of neighborhood performance: each has implications for low-income families' well-being and for community-change efforts.

Research Areas Neighborhoods, cities, and metros Community and economic development
Tags Transportation Neighborhood change
Policy Centers Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center
Cities Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Providence-Warwick, RI-MA San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA