Metro Portland Scores Well on Urban Institute Black and Hispanic Equity Ratings/ Rankings; Higher than Metro Seattle.

The Urban Insitute has put up new map/scorecard HERE of 100 largest metro areas that provides data and rankings on black/white and hispanic/white equity.  

Portland ranks and ratings:

• Black/White Equity: Ranking, 19th; Score A
• Hispanic/White Equity: Ranking, 32nd; Score B

Seattle Ranks and Ratings

• Black/White Equity: Ranking, 39th; Score B
• Hispanic/White Equity: Ranking, 33rd; Score B

I have prepared a breakout of ALL Portland AND  Seattle Metro values, ratings and rankings in a PDF file HERE.

Rating Data include:

Residential Segregation: Dissimilarity index

Neighborhood Income Gap: Percent difference between the median income of the average non-Hispanic white’s neighborhood and that of the average black or Latino. 

School Test Score Gap: Percent difference between the state test score ranking of the school attended by the average non-Hispanic white student and that of the school attended by the average black or Latino student. 

Employment Gap: Percent difference between the share of working-age non-Hispanic whites who are employed and the corresponding share of blacks or Latinos, 

Homeownership Gap: Percent difference between the share of non-Hispanic white households that are homeowners and the corresponding share of black or Latino households

Grading Scale: Each statistic is scaled by its average and given an equal weight, and then all statistics are summed into a final measure. Each metro is assigned a rank based on this measure and then fit into the following grading scale: A=Best 20, B=21-40, C=41-60, D=61-80, F=Worst 20.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.