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Regional Policy and Research recently published a new MetroStats providing an overview of the region’s 186 cities and townships during the 2008-2012 period, with particular attention to the variation across census tracts within communities (“Income, Education, and Immigration in the Twin Cities, 2008-2012”). (Census tracts in the Twin Cities region generally have a population of 1,800 to 7,000, with a median of 3,802 people. In larger cities, tracts provide a finer-grained picture of the population.) The report is based on American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Among the key points:
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In five cities (Hilltop, Landfall, Lauderdale, Minneapolis, and St. Paul), more than one in five residents live in poverty. (Regionwide, about one in ten residents live in poverty.) Several other cities—including Bloomington, Coon Rapids, New Brighton, Roseville, and Rosemount—contain at least one census tract where one in five residents are in poverty.
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In six cities (e.g., Edina and North Oaks), at least 70% of adults age 25+ have a post-secondary degree (i.e., an associate’s, bachelor’s, graduate, or professional degree). Many other cities (e.g., Blaine, Chanhassen, Eagan, Plymouth, and Woodbury) have at least one census tract meeting that threshold. Overall, fewer than half (49%) of Twin Cities region residents have a post-secondary educational degree.
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In Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, and Lauderdale, more than one in five residents are foreign-born. (This means that they were born outside the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. territories and were not born to American parents.) Twelve other suburban cities—including Apple Valley, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Edina, Roseville, and Shakopee—have at least one census tract where more than one in five residents were born abroad. Overall, about one in ten Twin Cities residents (11%) are foreign-born.
The report contains information on how the specific birthplaces of these residents vary across cities as well as other information on median household income, severe housing cost burden, and households without a vehicle.
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