Minorities make up 100 percent of American homeowners in more than 1,850 of 74,000 U.S. Census tracts, according to a Social Explorer analysis of 2015-19 American Community Survey data. They own no homes in almost 1,600 Census tracts (geographic units that are roughly analogous to the population of a neighborhood). While some of the most populous neighborhoods where people of color own all the homes aren’t surprising – Atlanta suburbs rank highly – others, such as tracts in New York City might be unexpected.

Some of the highest concentrations of homeownership in heavily populated areas also were found in heavily Hispanic areas, such as Yuma County, Ariz., and Kern County, Calif. Meanwhile, the bulk of tracts where there were no minority homeowners and substantial populations were largely in the Rust Belt,  including neighborhoods in southern Indiana’s Daviess County, north-central Ohio’s Holmes County, and the Cincinnati suburbs.

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Minority Homeowners, 2019. Click Here to Explore Further.

Author: Frank Bass