Economic Health and Employment Indicators in North Minneapolis Jeff Matson Steve Peyton Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Overview Contract with LISC and Building Sustainable Communities Partners – Neighborhood Assessment – Technical Assistance Shared understanding of data Illuminating gaps & racial disparity Quantify the values in each critical category How can community organizations best use this data?
Data Categories Housing – Cost-burdened households – Home ownership Employment – Unemployment rates – Laborforce participation – Joblessness Poverty – Households in poverty – Wage categories Public Safety – Crime
LISC Building Sustainable Communities Focus Areas
North Minneapolis BSC Area
Employment
Unemployment Spatial concentration of unemployment in North Minneapolis Racial disparities in the unemployment rate – High African American unemployment rate specifically Widening unemployment gap over time between North Minneapolis and the City and Region as a whole Distribution of high- and low-income employment is skewed toward lower wages in North Minneapolis
Poverty
High level of racial disparities in poverty Spatially-concentrated poverty Instability and higher increase over time
Indicator Assessment Consistent spatially concentrated and racially differentiated economic disparities North Minneapolis Trends have remained constant in the last decade Targeted strategies need to take into account both race and location Moving Forward – How can we target policies toward closing this gap? – Understanding the multi-dimensional framework of unemployment and poverty – Place-specific and program-oriented
Overview Data tracking and analysis for indicators of economic health and household capacity Building sustainable communities (BSC) geographic areas Indicators – Poverty – Unemployment – Labor Force Participation – Cost-Burdened Households Illuminating gaps in unemployment – Median Household Income – Homeownership – Crime Rates – Monthly Earnings
Poverty Rate Margin of Error Unemployment Rate Margin of Error
Employment