Home | Newsletter | Advertise

Metro Lines and Median Income

  • April 26th 2013

by Shilpi Paul

✉️ Want to forward this article? Click here.

Metro Lines and Median Income: Figure 1
Click to enlarge.

Inspired by a recent New Yorker interactive infographic that charted median income along subway lines, Chris Dickersin-Prokopp recently created a similar chart for the DC area for the City Paper.

Because Manhattan’s wealthiest are in a different stratosphere than ours, the differences in wealth distribution from stop to stop are more dramatic than those in the DC area. But with the idea that the metro is a great commuting equalizer, it is still interesting to see how income levels vary from one end of a line to the other.

In order to create the DC chart, Dickersin-Prokopp laid median income data from the American Community Suvery on top of Metro lines to see how income disparity varies. Some lines span more of a range than others; the Orange line is the “most volatile,” said Dickersin-Prokopp, reaching a median income of $142,000 at East Falls Church and $34,000 at Minnesota Avenue. (If we were being nitpicky, it would’ve been nice for the chart to include specific Metro stop names.)

For the full post, click here.

See other articles related to: wealth distribution

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/how_does_wealth_distribution_fall_along_metro_lines/6988.

Pipeline: New Condos & Apartments Coming to the DC Area

DC Real Estate Guides

Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market

We've collected all our helpful guides for buying, selling and renting in and around Washington, DC in one place. Start browsing below!

First-Timer Primers

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

Red Flags Revealed During a Home Inspection Top 5 Tax Breaks For Homeowners Tax Relief for DC Homeowners
Condo Fee Tutorial What is a Rent Back? 10 Ways To Tell If a Home Renovation is Well Done
Obtaining a Basic Business License For Your Rental What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? The Splitting the Rent Formula
How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House? Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy? Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
The Scoop on Mortgage Insurance

Unique Spaces

Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC The R Street Firehouse DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home Best Transition From a Garage To a Home The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill Once a Carriage House, Now a Home The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville Saddle Up For Stable Living Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home A Yankee Goes Green DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse