Poor, wealthy increasingly segregated

A study released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center shows that residential segregation by income has increased during the past three decades across the United States and in 27 of the nations 30 largest metropolitan areas. The phenomenon was more pronounced in Houston than in any of the other top 10 metro areas.
Lower income Middle or mixed income Upper income MONTGOMERY
59 290 45

LIBERTY
1960

90 10

WALLER
10

HARRIS

610

225 99 90A 59

CHAMBERS

146

FORT BEND
288

6 45 35

GALVESTON

* The Residential Income Segregation Index for a metro area is derived by adding the share of its lower-income households located in majority lower-income census tracts to the share of its upper-income households located in majority upperincome census tracts. Source: Pew Research Center

BRAZORIA

Change in Residential income Segregation Index, * between 1980 and 2010: Houston Dallas New York Los Angeles Philadelphia 29 21 9 4 11

Jay Carr / Houston Chronicle