So far, we have learned that the Louisville and Atlanta MSAs have performed well in comparison to their housing stability peers in terms of their home-buying affordability gaps and homeownership rates. Louisville landed at second place for both the former and the latter, while Atlanta landed at second for the
Previously, we discussed how buying a home is synonymous with the American Dream and what the home-buying affordability gaps in our peer metros indicated about the vitality of ‘the dream.’ The data clearly showed that individuals and households looking to buy their first home—without access to significant wealth reserves—
We recently launched our new Dataset Hub as a way of expressing our passionate creativity for delivering insights on urban areas and neighborhoods. For now, we are kicking things off by placing data on the housing stability peers of Louisville and Atlanta—on the table. In our most recent blog
The American Dream is synonymous with buying a home in a decent neighborhood. One of the pivotal questions of our time is how home-buying affordability in the present-day impacts the vitality of this deeply felt aspiration. Now that we’ve identified Louisville and Atlanta’s peer metros in housing stability
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Throughout our journey so far, there has been a clear pattern where Atlanta’s peer metros have shown themselves to be rather loosely tied to Atlanta. This sense of looseness stands out even more when comparing the relationship between Atlanta and its peer metros with Louisville and its peers. And
The final metric that we put to use in the quest to find Louisville’s peer metros in housing stability is Black population percentage. Similar to the MSA population metric, this one is a more indirect measure, but it is vital for helping us understand how place-based barriers and opportunities
The pattern that ties Atlanta with its peer metros with respect to poverty rates is a familiar one at this point. To quickly recap, the pattern has been two peer metros being relatively close to the Atlanta figure and the other three metros being relatively far. In this particular case,
The fourth metric that we used to identify Louisville’s peer metros is poverty rates. This is a pivotal measure of housing stability and a reliable indicator of the limitations in the current opportunity structure. Once again, it is quite apparent that Louisville and its peer metros are bundled together
In our previous post, we mentioned how signs are indicating that Atlanta is a unique metro, especially in comparison to Louisville. This finding emerged from looking at the expansive range of values that are associated with Atlanta and its peer metros compared to Louisville and its peers. And examining the