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Oct 2, 2018 · Suburban residents are less likely to report that poverty is a major problem in their local community (21%) than those living in urban (41%) or rural areas (32%). 3 Although the population is aging across all community types, suburbs are seeing the most rapid growth in older adults.
- Suburbs are growing faster than urban and rural areas. Since 2000, suburban counties saw a 16% increase in population, compared with increases of 13% and 3%, respectively, in urban and rural counties.
- Suburbs are aging more rapidly than urban and rural areas. Nationally and in each community type, the 65-and-older population has grown more sharply since 2000 than any other age group.
- A majority of rural residents perceive an urban-rural divide over values. About six-in-ten rural residents (58%) say the values of urban dwellers are very or somewhat different from theirs, while about half (53%) of urban residents say those in rural areas have values that don’t align with theirs.
- Urban and rural Americans have widely different views on some social and political issues, but differences can shrink when accounting for partisanship.
Jun 15, 2022 · The 2020 census showed that people of color comprised more than half the suburban populations in 15 of the nation’s 56 major metro areas, compared to 10 in 2010 and five in 2000. The newest ...
Nov 30, 2023 · Suburbs have grown more racially diverse. American suburbs were first populated by white families in the 1950s, and their demographics remained largely unchanged until recently. In 1990, 20% of suburbanites were people of color. By 2020, that number had more than doubled to 45%.
Nov 21, 2023 · A suburban community is generally made up of many people living in single family homes, and those homes are built close together. A single family home is a house that is occupied by only one...
Suburban communities have experienced a radical transformation in the past century, and now they are where most Americans live. This chaper summarizes the historical evolution of the modern suburb, presents the major suburban theories, and reviews the empirical evidence on the suburban form and social structure.