Neighborhood Data Show That U.S. Suburbanization Continues (Wonkish)

 Americans are getting more suburban, less urban, and less rural. The
share of households in urban neighborhoods declined in the 1990s, 2000s,
and 2010s to date. This is true whether we group all urban
neighborhoods together (that is, all categories with density of 2,213 or
more), or look just at the highest-density urban neighborhoods: the
share of households in Census tracts with at least 10,000 households per
square mile has declined, slightly but consistently, from 4.0% in 1990
to 3.9% in 2000, 3.8% in 2010, and 3.7% in 2014. Rural neighborhoods
have also had a declining share of population, too. But suburban
neighborhoods have all gained population share over the entire time
period, with the exception of the higher-density suburban neighborhoods
(1,500-2,212 households per square mile) in the most recent years
(2010-2014). (Note that the % of households in each category reflects
the breakpoints, some of which are arbitrary — what matters is the TREND
in the % of households in each category.)



Neighborhood Data Show That U.S. Suburbanization Continues (Wonkish) | Jed Kolko