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I note that the following table is available at the Census Tract and Block Group levels in 5-year tabulations of the American Community Survey, and may be useful for purposes of looking at student concentration and non-student poverty concentration:

Table: B14006. POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS BY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY LEVEL OF SCHOOL FOR THE POPULATION 3 YEARS AND OVER
UNIVERSE: Universe: Population 3 years and over for whom poverty status is determined
B14006est1 Total:
B14006est2 Income in the past 12 months below the poverty level:
Income in the past 12 months below the poverty level:
Enrolled in school:
B14006est3 Enrolled in school:
B14006est4 Enrolled in nursery school, preschool
B14006est5 Enrolled in kindergarten
B14006est6 Enrolled in grade 1 to grade 4
B14006est7 Enrolled in grade 5 to grade 8
B14006est8 Enrolled in grade 9 to grade 12
B14006est9 Enrolled in college undergraduate years
B14006est10 Enrolled in graduate or professional school
B14006est11 Not enrolled in school
Income in the past 12 months at or above the poverty level:
B14006est12 Income in the past 12 months at or above the poverty level:
Income in the past 12 months at or above the poverty level:
Enrolled in school:
B14006est13 Enrolled in school:
B14006est14 Enrolled in nursery school, preschool
B14006est15 Enrolled in kindergarten
B14006est16 Enrolled in grade 1 to grade 4
B14006est17 Enrolled in grade 5 to grade 8
B14006est18 Enrolled in grade 9 to grade 12
B14006est19 Enrolled in college undergraduate years
B14006est20 Enrolled in graduate or professional school
B14006est21 Not enrolled in school

Kurt G. Usowski, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Room 8204
451 Seventh St. SW
Washington, DC 20410
202-402-5899
Kurt.G.Usowski@hud.gov

    I have not been following all the emails, but when I saw this one I thought I would respond.

    “Dormitories and such are group quarters, and thus out of scope for the AHS. Off-campus apartments are housing units and would be in scope. We do have a category of occupancy called “usual residence elsewhere,” which would include students living in apartments who did not consider the unit to be their permanent residence. However, we don’t ask specifically if occupants are students. Do you think that this would be useful to ask?”

    Having data on where college students reside would be an excellent addition. A lot of neighborhood and community planning goes on around off-campus housing that could benefit from this data. This data would also be of use to college campus planners. One question that always arises is the issue of income (poverty) and the ability to distinguish between housing units comprised entirely (or primarily) of students and other types of units (families, individuals, groups of non-students). Being able to distinguish these types of units would be helpful in understanding neighborhood poverty concentration as well as student concentration in neighborhoods. Other information, such as rent levels and unit turnover that distinguishes student housing from other types would also be of interest.

    Rosalind Kotz
    kotzr@nycap.rr.com
    518-631-9401

 

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