Feeling invested in a community is what we mean by civic engagement. Living in a NYC neighborhood does not automatically translate into feeling you are part of and building a community. Attending public meetings, turning out to vote, volunteering, and living in a district with participatory budgeting are all key indicators of civic engagement. These indicators are informed by race and income, but also by neighborhood.

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

• Race & Public Meeting Attendance
• Income & Voter Turnout
• Immigration Status & Volunteering
• Location & Participatory Budgeting

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