Louisville Magazine

MAR 2013

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EAST END ��� 22 SELECTED CENSUS TRACTS African-American (4%) Unemployment WHITE (91%) 3.9% 92% 92% MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $59,600 ��� 8% Head of Household MALE: 92% FEMALE: 8% E D U C A T I O N NEIGHBORHOODS Clifton Crescent Hill Highlands Middletown St. Matthews Mockingbird Valley Windy Hills Indian Hills Strathmoor 6.8% 93.2% Own a Car Don���t Own a Car Population: 68,523 All Businesses 6,352 9 45 21 6 73 148 188 157 25 255 16 20 18 53 2 7 9 117 Some College or Higher ...................... 79% Bachelor���s Degree or Higher ............... 55% H O M Median Home Value .................... $229,623 Own Home........................................... 57% Vacant Units .......................................... 9% TALE OF A TWO CITIES O E ur statistical quest started with one basic question: If you compared the West End to a relatively afuent area in the East End that has roughly the same population, what would each area look like? How diferent would they be? Te basic answer: Very. As the accompanying data shows, in just about every economic statistical category ��� income, home values, unemployment, education ��� west Louisville���s numbers are worse than the East End area���s by a factor of about three. Tat���s roughly three times lower in the case of income and home value and three times higher in unemployment rate and vacant housing units. $

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