Who Drives Neighborhood Income Growth? An Analysis of New Versus Long-Term Residents in the Northern California Megaregion
Journal of Planning Education and Research
Published online on September 06, 2024
Abstract
Journal of Planning Education and Research, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 170-184, March 2026.
Increases in neighborhood income are often attributed to the in-migration of higher income people. We use individual tax records from 1994 to 2015 to show a more nuanced finding. New residents generally have lower incomes than existing residents when they ...
Increases in neighborhood income are often attributed to the in-migration of higher income people. We use individual tax records from 1994 to 2015 to show a more nuanced finding. New residents generally have lower incomes than existing residents when they ...