Place matters. High-poverty neighborhoods perform worse than middle- or high-income ones on a number of quality of life and health measures. Residents of high-poverty neighborhoods are typically representative of the most disadvantaged groups. They experience crime, addiction, and mistrust of their neighbors. The social cohesion present in high income neighborhoods may be absent in lower income ones: low-income residents are more likely than their higher income peers to feel their neighbors do not help one another or that their neighborhood is not family friendly, and often it is racial or ethnic minorities who living in these areas. On the other hand, it may take time for social cohesion to develop, and housing stability is also important for family wellbeing. Therefore, we also included looking at housing tenure.

To understand Neighborhood as a function of inequality, we used four indicators:

• Race & Neighborhood Family Friendliness
• Income & Trust in Neighbors
• Income & Neighborhood Family Friendliness
• Sexual Orientation & Housing Stability

Take a look at the chart to your right for an overall picture of this topic, and then explore each indicator and the scores in context for more detail and additional findings.