Final project UP 206A – Kawano March 15, 2011 Ben Palmquist

Gentrification

Final projectUP 206A – Kawano

March 15, 2011Ben Palmquist

in Los Angeles1999 -

2009

What is gentrification?

New residents

replace

old residents

in a disinvested inner-city

neighborhood

Source: Peter Marcuse, “Gentrification, Abandonment and Displacement: Connections, Causes and Policy Responses in New York City.” 28 Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp. L. 195 (1985).

(disproportionately young, white, professional, well educated and higher income)

(disproportionately low income, people of color, and the elderly)

How does it all add up?

income

educational attainment

median rent

Hypotheses• Gentrification is:

• focused on the east side

• focused near Metro rail stations and condos/lofts

• correlated with changes in race/ethnicity

by Ben Palmquist

Project Area

Data Sources US Census Bureau (2000 Census & 2005-09 ACS)

• educational attainment (percent change in portion of people with a bachelor’s degree or higher)

• income (percent change)

• rent prices (percent change in median gross rent)

• other variables considered: migration/mobility, tenure, median home value

Income (percent change in median family income)

Income (percent change in median family income)

Income (percent change in median family income)

Education(change in pct. of population with a

bachelor’s degree or higher)

Education(change in pct. of population with a

bachelor’s degree or higher)

Rent (pct. change in median gross rent)

Rent (pct. change in median gross rent)

Rent (pct. change in median gross rent)

How does it all add up?

income

educational attainment

median rent

Gentrification

Gentrification

Gentrification

Gentrifying Overall$360

$370

$380

$390

$400

$410

$420

$430

Rent

Change in median gross rent

Gentrifying Overall0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

Education

Change in percent of popula-tion with a bachelors or higher

Gentrifying Overall$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

Income

Change in median family income

Gentrification

Condos & Metro

Condos & Metro

Net departures

Net arrivalsRace & ethnicity

Conclusions• Where is there gentrification?

• Most evident in Silver Lake, Los Feliz and Downtown

• Also apparent in Koreatown, Hollywood Mid-Wilshire and parts of Santa Monica, Inglewood and Burbank

• capital investment in condominiums, lofts and Metro rail lines does not appear to affect gentrification

• Modeling

• Metadata

• Buffering

• Original data

• Geocoding

•Clipping

• Inset map

• Aggregating attribute fields

• Creating indices

• Charts and images

Skills used