Where's the Money? Mapping Minneapolis Incomes by Census Tract
How widely does income vary in different neighborhoods of Southwest Minneapolis? Which sections of the city are among the most affluent? Read on to find the answer.
Drive through Southwest Minneapolis, and you'll notice wide swings in affluence, from multi-million dollar mansions around the lakes to modest mid-century houses in the far south. But just how wide is the disparity between different parts of the city? Thanks to the efforts of the website Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks, you can now spy on your neighbors' pocketbooks, after a fashion. The site uses data compiled from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey to show median household income by census tract. As it turns out, the richest part of Southwest Minneapolis is not the lip of Lake Harriet, where the median family makes between $109,300 and $109,500 per year, but the area between 48th Street, 56th Street, Lyndale Ave, and Humboldt Ave. The …
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