Income mobility—the moving up from below-median income to median or above median income—varies depending on where you live. A statistical study from the Equality of Opportunity Project reveals the areas with the greatest and least upward mobility.
According to the researchers, areas with the greatest upward mobility have five things in common: less segregation, less income inequality, better schools, greater social capital, and more stable families.
Based on the data, which you can look at in full here, the New York Times created the map above showing the odds of a child starting from the bottom fifth income reaching the top fifth income percentile. (The top fifth is family income over $70,000 for the child by age 30 or more than $100,000 by age 40.) Head to the full article for an interactive version you can hover by area.
For another look at the data, Amanda and Shan Carter created the chart below, shared on chartsnthings. Tracing the lines, you can find the odds of children raised in the bottom quintile moving up to the middle class or the top quintile.
The Equality of Opportunity Project
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