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Houston Home To Some Of Nation’s Most Gentrifying Areas
Posted on · EaDo and Washington Avenue have seen large increases in home values and income levels since 2000
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News
What Living On $100,000 A Year Looks Like
Posted on · On paper, $100,000 a year is well-off. But for several households around the country, it often takes just one major expense for that to not feel like enough: student loans, childcare or housing costs
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Census Bureau: Texas Incomes Rising, Poverty Falling
Posted on · But Houston's poverty rate has risen slightly. The city also has the highest percentage of uninsured people of the 25 biggest metro areas in the U.S.
Houston Matters
Report: Houston’s Richest Are Becoming More Isolated from Everyone Else
Posted on · Houstonâs high-poverty areas have quadrupled since 1980, according to a new report from Rice Universityâs Kinder Institute for Urban Research. The countyâs upper-income census tracts tend to be more homogeneous â meaning that individuals with similar levels of income live in the same place. The researchers said this trend has been amplified over time, with […]
Houston Matters
Is Houston Racially Segregated Or Economically?
Posted on · Almost like a drumbeat, Houstonians know – and love to repeat – the notion that we are the "most diverse city in America." And Dr. Stephen Klineberg, co-founder of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, says that's correct. Houston exhibits something called "the entropy index," meaning our city comes closer than any […]
Business
Do Houston’s Uber Drivers Earn Enough?
Posted on · The ride-hailing service is an opportunity for extra income for many who sign up as drivers. But is it enough to make ends meet?
Houston Matters
The Number of Millionaires in Houston is Growing — Is that Good or Bad?
Posted on · A study from New World Wealth reported Houston has the fastest growing community of multi-millionaires in the country. While that might sound good, does this mean our income divide is growing wider — or does a rising tide really raise all boats? And how did CEO compensation packages actually grow to this level, not to […]
Houston Matters
How Does Where You Live in Houston Affect Your Health?
Posted on · We talk with Stephen Klineberg about Rice's Houston Area Health Survey, which examines the connection between health insurance and perceived wellness, and the role factors ranging from income to age to education to ethnicity to even the neighborhood you live in may have on your health and well-being.