America’s Racially Diverse Suburbs: Opportunities and Challenges

50 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Community types in the 50 largest metropolitan areas

Characteristics of the Community Types in the 50 largest metropolitan areas

Data Sources: Population, income and poverty—Census Bureau; Jobs—Local Employer-Household Dynamics Program; Tax base—various state and local government sources.

2000 2010

Central Cities47,406,687

31%

DiverseSuburbs

40,350,90126%

PredominantlyNon-white Suburbs

11,711,3278%

PredominantlyWhite Suburbs

39,333,00326%

Exurbs14,533,326

9% Central Cities49,199,197

29%

Diverse Suburbs

52,748,39631%

Predominantly Non-white

Suburbs20,122,337

12%

Predominantly White Suburbs

30,180,57818%

Exurbs16,983,337

10%

101

122

79

104

81

Exurbs

PredominantlyWhite Suburbs

PredominantlyNon-white Suburbs

Diverse Suburbs

Central Cities

Median Income, 2005-09(% of metropolitan area average)

13

30

29

40

59

Jobs per 100 Residents, 2008

84

108

66

97

88

Tax Capacity per capita, 2008(% of metropolitan area average)

68

44

123

68

149

Poverty Rate, 2005-09(% of metropolitan area average)

America’s Racially Diverse Suburbs: Opportunities and Challenges

New York Metropolitan Area

Community Types in New York

Characteristics of the Community Types in New York

Data Sources: Population, income and poverty—Census Bureau; Jobs—Local Employer-Household Dynamics Program; Tax base—various state and local government sources.

2000 2010

Central City, 620,961

Diverse Suburbs,

1,657,585

Predominantly Non-white Suburbs,

96

Predominantly White

Suburbs, 386,127

Exurbs, 50,256

Central Cities8,281,824

45%

Diverse Suburbs4,157,163

22%

PredominantlyNon-white Suburbs

1,438,0688%

PredominantlyWhite Suburbs

4,452,10924%

Exurbs188,408

1%

Central City, 8,452,273,

44%

Diverse Suburbs,

5,913,030, 31%

Predominantly Non-white Suburbs,

1,988,849, 11%

Predominantly White

Suburbs, 2,510,840,

13%

Exurbs, 212,188, 1%

79,866

83,709

39,710

64,420

52,433

Exurbs

PredominantlyWhite Suburbs

PredominantlyNon-white Suburbs

Diverse Suburbs

Central City

Median Income, 2005-09

16

26

32

80

Jobs per 100 Residents, 2008

11

18

13

26

Poverty Rate, 2005-09

86,641

101,597

53,004

80,706

42,840

Exurbs

PredominantlyWhite Suburbs

PredominantlyNon-white Suburbs

Diverse Suburbs

Central Cities

Median Income, 2005-09

21

28

28

41

46

Jobs per 100 Residents, 2008

122

169

67

124

51

Tax Capacity per capita, 2008(% of metropolitan area average)

3

3

12

5

21

Poverty Rate, 2005-09

Breakdown of Community Type

Share of Share of2010 Metro Suburban

Population Population PopulationDiverse 5,913,030 31 56Predominantly non-white 1,988,849 10 19Predominantly white 2,510,840 13 24Exurb 212,188 1 2Central City 8,452,273 44

Examples of Large Diverse Suburbs2010

2000 2010 % of PopulationPopulation Population Non-white

Hempstead town 488,883 496,400 36Brookhaven town 412,708 450,051 23Islip town 316,126 328,989 42Oyster Bay town 236,867 234,733 21Yonkers city 196,086 195,976 59Huntington town 181,887 190,124 23Babylon town 161,917 164,661 44Woodbridge township 97,203 99,585 49North Hempstead town 97,207 98,282 44Lakewood township 60,352 92,843 25Clifton city 78,672 84,136 47Clarkstown town 78,256 78,867 31New Rochelle city 72,182 77,062 52White Plains city 53,077 56,853 51West Orange township 44,943 46,207 52

Examples of Suburbs in Rapid Transition

2000 2010% of Population % of Population % Point

Non-white Non-white ChangeValley Stream village 29 54 25Carteret borough 43 66 23Brewster village 41 63 22Haledon borough 37 59 22Bogota borough 37 58 21South Hackensack township 24 44 20Wharton borough 32 52 20

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New York City

Vernon

Kent

Hunting-ton

West Milford

HempsteadTown

Carmel

Franklin

Bedford

LongHill

Edison

Oyster Bay

Baby-lon

RockawayTwp

Somers

Yorktown

Philipstown

Cortlandt

Wayne

Southeast

Clarkstown

Patterson

Mahwah

Newark

PutnamValley

Morris

Lewisboro

Ringwood

Ramapo

Harding

StonyPoint

Yonkers

Kinnelon

NorthCastle

NewCastle

Montville

Harrison

Woodbridge

PoundRidge

NorthSalem

Orangetown

Clifton

Piscataway

Linden

Green-burgh

Union

Denville

MountPleasant

Rye

Haverstraw Twp

JerseyCity

Livingston

Elizabeth

Kearny

Hanover

Fairfield

Millburn

Paramus

Parsippany-Troy Hills

Oakland

ChathamTwp

BoontonTwp

Alpine

Wanaque

Paterson

WestOrange

Clark

Wyckoff

WhitePlains

Summit

NewRochelle

Teaneck

LloydHarbor

West-field

Ramsey

Scars-dale

ScotchPlains

Mont-clair

FranklinLakes

Blooming-dale

GlenCove

Bayonne

Plainfield

Secaucus

OldWestbury

Tenafly

EastHanover

Watchung

Pequannock

Airmont

LincolnPark

FlorhamPark

Cran-ford

Totowa

Lodi

Free-port

SouthPlainfield

Carteret

FairLawn

Ridge-wood

Nutley

Madison

Rahway

Mutton-townBloom-

field

Peekskill

Spring-field

Closter

Lynd-hurst

Garden City

Engle-wood

Carlstadt

Montvale

Passaic

RiverVale

NorthHempstead

Brook-ville

SaddleRiver

Montebello

Roseland

Verona

NorthBergen

BriarcliffManor

Lawrence

Ossining

PerthAmboy

BerkeleyHeights

Belle-ville

GreenBrook

Roselle

Hill-side

OldTappan

SandsPoint

Ossining Twp

WestCaldwell

Oradell

CedarGrove

Middle-sex

Hackensack

HillsdaleButler

RyeBrook

Allen-dale

Maple-wood

Hempstead

ChestnutRidge

EastOrange

Latting-town

MountVernon

Irvington

Fort Lee

Hawthorne

Norwood

Mountain-side

Pomona

Irving-ton

Tarry-town

Boonton

Kings Point

East-chester

Suffern

OldBrookville

Metuchen

Hillburn

Emerson

WesleyHills

UpperSaddleRiver

GlenRock

Haworth

LittleFalls

Chatham

Garfield

Mamaroneck Village

Morristown

Ridgefield

NorthHills

UpperBrookville

Mount Kisco

OysterBay

Cove

Croton-on-Hudson

Dumont

Bergen-field

Westbury

ValleyStream

Cresskill

Wash-ington

EastHills

Mamaroneck

ParkRidge

WoodcliffLake

NorthHaledon

Mineola

Sloatsburg

Matine-cockLeonia

NewProvidence

Riverdale Westwood

Waldwick

Demarest

Lyn-brook

Ruther-ford

LaurelHollow

WestPaterson

Amity-ville

RockvilleCentre

SaddleBrook

PomptonLakes

NorthCaldwell

MorrisPlains

DobbsFerry

Kenilworth

PortChester

NewMilford

Long Beach

ElmwoodPark

Mountain Lakes

Bayville

Haverstraw

NorthPlainfield

RiverEdge

New Hempstead

Ardsley

NorthArlington

Ho-Ho-Kus

SpringValley

Moonachie

City of Orange

FlowerHill

Fanwood

Buchanan

HobokenLake Success

Pleasantville

Harrison

Haledon

LittleFerry

NorthTarrytown

Maywood

SouthOrangeVillage

Northvale

SeaCliff

Floral Park

HighlandPark

EssexFells

Nyack

EnglewoodCliffs

CoveNeck

MassapequaPark

UnionCity

Great Neck

Midland Park

Dunellen

Malverne

Elmsford

Ridgefield ParkTeterboro

Pelham

UpperNyack

Fair-view

Rockleigh

Roselle Park

EastRutherford Roslyn

Hastings-on-Hudson

Nelsonville

Bronxville

PelhamManor

Larchmont

Wallington

Farmingdale

WestHaverstraw

CentreIsland

Edgewater

Piermont

Garwood

Cliffside Park

Weehawken

East Rockaway

Caldwell

West New York

Tuckahoe

Cedarhurst

New Hyde Park

ColdSpring

Brewster

SouthNyack

Williston ParkGreat Neck Estates

Manorhaven

ProspectPark

Atlantic Beach IslandPark

Woodsburgh

Winfield

Stewart Manor

Grand View-on-Hudson

Harrington Park

Bogota

Wood-Ridge

Roslyn HarborPalisades Park

Hasbrouck Heights

Rochelle Park

GlenRidge

Borough

Plandome

East Williston

Munsey Park

Plandome Manor

Roslyn Estates

KaserNew

Square

MillNeck

Kensington

Port Washington North

Saddle Rock

Great Neck Plaza

Guttenberg

Hewlett Neck

Bellerose

Baxter Estates

Russell Gardens

Plandome Heights

East Newark

South Floral Park

South Hackensack

HewlettHarbor

Hewlett Bay Park

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NEW YORK REGION (CENTRAL REGION):Community Type by Municipality, 2000

NJNY

NY CT

AtlanticOcean

$Miles

0 10

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

LegendCentral CitiesPredominantly non-whiteDiversePredominantly white

(2)(28)

(141)(339)(53)Exurb

Definitions:Predominantly non-white: Municipalities with more than 60%of the population non-white in 2000 and more than 10%of land urban.Diverse: Municipalities with non-white shares between 20%and 60% in 2000 and more than 10% of land urban.Predominantly white: Municipalities with white shares greaterthan 80% in 2000 and more than 10% of land urban.Exurbs: Municipalities with less than 10% of total land areaurban (by Census definition of urban) in 2000.

New York City

Vernon

Kent

Hunting-ton

West Milford

HempsteadTown

Carmel

Franklin

Bedford

LongHill

Edison

Oyster Bay

Baby-lon

RockawayTwp

Somers

Yorktown

Philipstown

Cortlandt

Wayne

Southeast

Clarkstown

Patterson

Mahwah

Newark

PutnamValley

Morris

Lewisboro

Ringwood

Ramapo

Harding

StonyPoint

Yonkers

Kinnelon

NorthCastle

NewCastle

Montville

Harrison

Woodbridge

PoundRidge

NorthSalem

Orangetown

Clifton

Piscataway

Linden

Green-burgh

Union

Denville

MountPleasant

Rye

Haverstraw Twp

JerseyCity

Livingston

Elizabeth

Kearny

Hanover

Fairfield

Millburn

Paramus

Parsippany-Troy Hills

Oakland

ChathamTwp

BoontonTwp

Alpine

Wanaque

Paterson

WestOrange

Clark

Wyckoff

WhitePlains

Summit

NewRochelle

Teaneck

LloydHarbor

West-field

Ramsey

Scars-dale

ScotchPlains

Mont-clair

FranklinLakes

Blooming-dale

GlenCove

Bayonne

Plainfield

Secaucus

OldWestbury

Tenafly

EastHanover

Watchung

Pequannock

Airmont

LincolnPark

FlorhamPark

Cran-ford

Totowa

Lodi

Free-port

SouthPlainfield

Carteret

FairLawn

Ridge-wood

Nutley

Madison

Rahway

Mutton-townBloom-

field

Peekskill

Spring-field

Closter

Lynd-hurst

Garden City

Engle-wood

Carlstadt

Montvale

Passaic

RiverVale

NorthHempstead

Brook-ville

SaddleRiver

Montebello

Roseland

Verona

NorthBergen

BriarcliffManor

Lawrence

Ossining

PerthAmboy

BerkeleyHeights

Belle-ville

GreenBrook

Roselle

Hill-side

OldTappan

SandsPoint

Ossining Twp

WestCaldwell

Oradell

CedarGrove

Middle-sex

Hackensack

HillsdaleButler

RyeBrook

Allen-dale

Maple-wood

Hempstead

ChestnutRidge

EastOrange

Latting-town

MountVernon

Irvington

Fort Lee

Hawthorne

Norwood

Mountain-side

Pomona

Irving-ton

Tarry-town

Boonton

Kings Point

East-chester

Suffern

OldBrookville

Metuchen

Hillburn

Emerson

WesleyHills

UpperSaddleRiver

GlenRock

Haworth

LittleFalls

Chatham

Garfield

Mamaroneck Village

Morristown

Ridgefield

NorthHills

UpperBrookville

Mount Kisco

OysterBay

Cove

Croton-on-Hudson

Dumont

Bergen-field

Westbury

ValleyStream

Cresskill

Wash-ington

EastHills

Mamaroneck

ParkRidge

WoodcliffLake

NorthHaledon

Mineola

Sloatsburg

Matine-cockLeonia

NewProvidence

Riverdale Westwood

Waldwick

Demarest

Lyn-brook

Ruther-ford

LaurelHollow

WestPaterson

Amity-ville

RockvilleCentre

SaddleBrook

PomptonLakes

NorthCaldwell

MorrisPlains

DobbsFerry

Kenilworth

PortChester

NewMilford

Long Beach

ElmwoodPark

Mountain Lakes

Bayville

Haverstraw

NorthPlainfield

RiverEdge

New Hempstead

Ardsley

NorthArlington

Ho-Ho-Kus

SpringValley

Moonachie

City of Orange

FlowerHill

Fanwood

Buchanan

HobokenLake Success

Pleasantville

Harrison

Haledon

LittleFerry

NorthTarrytown

Maywood

SouthOrangeVillage

Northvale

SeaCliff

Floral Park

HighlandPark

EssexFells

Nyack

EnglewoodCliffs

CoveNeck

MassapequaPark

UnionCity

Great Neck

Midland Park

Dunellen

Malverne

Elmsford

Ridgefield ParkTeterboro

Pelham

UpperNyack

Fair-view

Rockleigh

Roselle Park

EastRutherford Roslyn

Hastings-on-Hudson

Nelsonville

Bronxville

PelhamManor

Larchmont

Wallington

Farmingdale

WestHaverstraw

CentreIsland

Edgewater

Piermont

Garwood

Cliffside Park

Weehawken

East Rockaway

Caldwell

West New York

Tuckahoe

Cedarhurst

New Hyde Park

ColdSpring

Brewster

SouthNyack

Williston ParkGreat Neck Estates

Manorhaven

ProspectPark

Atlantic Beach IslandPark

Woodsburgh

Winfield

Stewart Manor

Grand View-on-Hudson

Harrington Park

Bogota

Wood-Ridge

Roslyn HarborPalisades Park

Hasbrouck Heights

Rochelle Park

GlenRidge

Borough

Plandome

East Williston

Munsey Park

Plandome Manor

Roslyn Estates

KaserNew

Square

MillNeck

Kensington

Port Washington North

Saddle Rock

Great Neck Plaza

Guttenberg

Hewlett Neck

Bellerose

Baxter Estates

Russell Gardens

Plandome Heights

East Newark

South Floral Park

South Hackensack

HewlettHarbor

Hewlett Bay Park

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WESTCHESTER

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ORANGE

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NEW YORK REGION (CENTRAL REGION):Community Type by Municipality, 2010

NJNY

NY CT

AtlanticOcean

$Miles

0 10

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

LegendCentral CitiesPredominantly non-whiteDiversePredominantly white

(2)(50)

(210)(250)(53)Exurb

Definitions:Predominantly non-white: Municipalities with more than 60%of the population non-white in 2010 and more than 10%of land urban.Diverse: Municipalities with non-white shares between 20%and 60% in 2010 and more than 10% of land urban.Predominantly white: Municipalities with white shares greaterthan 80% in 2010 and more than 10% of land urban.Exurbs: Municipalities with less than 10% of total land areaurban (by Census definition of urban) in 2000.

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NEW LONDON

WINDHAM

TOLLANDHARTFORD

HAMPSHIREWORCESTER

COLUMBIA HAMPDENBERKSHIREDELAWAREGREENE

SULLIVAN

ULSTERWAYNE

BURLINGTON

BUCKS

MONROE

ATLANTIC

PHILADELPHIA

CAMDENGLOUCESTER

OCEAN

MONMOUTH

RICHMONDSOMERSET

MORRIS

MERCER

MIDDLESEX

HUNTERDON

SUSSEX

ESSEX

UNION

WARREN

PASSAIC

BERGEN

BRONXNEWYORK

SUFFOLK

QUEENSKINGS

NASSAU

PUTNAM

LITCHFIELD

NEW HAVEN

ROCKLAND

WESTCHESTER FAIRFIELD

MIDDLESEXORANGE

DUTCHESS

PIKE

Lakewood

NeptuneTrenton

Princeton

Montgomery

NewBrunswick Perth Amboy

Newark

NewYork

Paterson

Montague

Yonkers

PortJervis

Gard

en St

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rkway

CUMBERLAND

NEW YORK REGION:Community Type by Municipality, 2000

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

AtlanticOcean

NY MA

CTMA

NYPA

NYNJ

PA NJ

NY CT

$Miles

0 40

LegendCentral CitiesPredominantly non-whiteDiversePredominantly white

(2)(28)

(141)(339)(53)Exurb

Definitions:Predominantly non-white: Municipalities with more than 60%of the population non-white in 2000 and more than 10%of land urban.Diverse: Municipalities with non-white shares between 20%and 60% in 2000 and more than 10% of land urban.Predominantly white: Municipalities with white shares greaterthan 80% in 2000 and more than 10% of land urban.Exurbs: Municipalities with less than 10% of total land areaurban (by Census definition of urban) in 2000.

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NEW LONDON

WINDHAM

TOLLANDHARTFORD

HAMPSHIREWORCESTER

COLUMBIA HAMPDENBERKSHIREDELAWAREGREENE

SULLIVAN

ULSTERWAYNE

BURLINGTON

BUCKS

MONROE

ATLANTIC

PHILADELPHIA

CAMDENGLOUCESTER

OCEAN

MONMOUTH

RICHMONDSOMERSET

MORRIS

MERCER

MIDDLESEX

HUNTERDON

SUSSEX

ESSEX

UNION

WARREN

PASSAIC

BERGEN

BRONXNEWYORK

SUFFOLK

QUEENSKINGS

NASSAU

PUTNAM

LITCHFIELD

NEW HAVEN

ROCKLAND

WESTCHESTER FAIRFIELD

MIDDLESEXORANGE

DUTCHESS

PIKE

Lakewood

NeptuneTrenton

Princeton

Montgomery

NewBrunswick Perth Amboy

Newark

NewYork

Paterson

Montague

Yonkers

PortJervis

Gard

en St

ate Pa

rkway

CUMBERLAND

NEW YORK REGION:Community Type by Municipality, 2010

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

AtlanticOcean

NY MA

CTMA

NYPA

NYNJ

PA NJ

NY CT

$Miles

0 40

LegendCentral CitiesPredominantly non-whiteDiversePredominantly white

(2)(50)

(210)(250)(53)Exurb

Definitions:Predominantly non-white: Municipalities with more than 60%of the population non-white in 2010 and more than 10%of land urban.Diverse: Municipalities with non-white shares between 20%and 60% in 2010 and more than 10% of land urban.Predominantly white: Municipalities with white shares greaterthan 80% in 2010 and more than 10% of land urban.Exurbs: Municipalities with less than 10% of total land areaurban (by Census definition of urban) in 2000.