The Location Relationship Between Low-Income Households and Transit Stations in LA Zhaosen Wang February 13,2012

Project Purpose Does low-income families concentrate around transit stations? Examine whether there are correlations between income and home location. Image Source: MTA Website , http://www.metro.net

Area of Analysis Area Location: Transit Lines: Downtown and it’s northwest Transit Lines: Metro Red Rail Line Metro Rapid 730 Skills: Inset Map Attribute sub-sets selections The area of Analysis is located in Downtown of LA and it’s northwest. I chose two transit lines as the analysis objects: Current Metro Red Rail and 730 Metro Rapid line.

Area of Analysis Stations: Buffers: 16 stations of Red Rail Line 29 stations of Rapid 730 Buffers: 0.5 Kilometers walking distance buffer around stations on both routes. Skills: Geocoding Buffers

Analysis of Population and Density The population density is higher along Rail line. The population near Rail Stations (6511) is larger than that of Rapid Stops (4135) on average. Skills: Aggregating attribute fields Graduated Symbols

Structure of the residents near stations The Proportion of renters is significantly higher than average level in Los Angeles. Structure of the residents near Red Rail stations Structure of the residents near Rapid 730 stations

Analysis of Low-Income Households It seems that the density and amount of low-income households are lager along rail. (280 and 224 units near a Rail station and a Rapid stop separately) Skills: Aggregating attribute fields Graduated Symbols

Skills Utilized Inset Map Attribute sub-sets selections Geocoding Buffer Aggregating attribute fields Graduated Symbols

Next Steps Analyzing age structure of residents around public transit stations. Others as necessary: career, private vehicles, etc.

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