Understanding U.S. Across 15 Types of Communities

Understanding U.S. Across 15 Types of Communities

Exurban communities are situated on the edges of major metropolitan areas. Though the city sprawl extends to these counties, making the exurbs slightly larger than the many other communities, they often bleed into more rural and less densely populated land. Further away from city cores, these places tend to be less racially diverse (78 percent white) and wealthier (median household income of $80,286, second-highest of any community type) than th…

Understanding America Across 15 Types of Communities (Part Two)

Editor’s note: Part one of this analysis, including an overview of the project from which the data came from, is available here. For background, “One of the most innovative and insightful organizations I’ve discovered in the past few years is the American Communities Project. For those unfamiliar with ACP, its purpose is to better understand the immense diversity of the United States by breaking down its 3,144 counties1 into 15 ‘community types.…