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Aug 4, 2021 · Aug 4, 2021, 12:21 PM PDT. A view of farmland in the Catskills in upstate New York. Getty Images/lightphoto. Exurbs are exploding in popularity, but homebuyers largely ignored them before the...
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Nov 3, 2015 · Between July 2013 and July 2014, core urban communities lost a net 363,000 people overall, Brookings demographer Bill Frey reports, as migration increased to suburban and exurban counties. The biggest growth was in exurban areas, or the “suburbiest” places on the periphery. How could this be?
May 16, 2024 · In a possible sign of the COVID-19 pandemic’s lasting impact, the country’s fastest-growing places are increasingly likely to be far-flung exurban communities on the outer margins of metro areas, according to July 1, 2023, population estimates released today.
- Understanding The Exurbs
- Exurbia, Sweet Exurbia
- Exploring Exurban Concerns
- Looking Ahead
- Methodology
Often perceived as an overflow of the suburbs, exurbs are defined as districts outside of a city that are less populated than the inner suburbs of a metropolitan area but still maintain an economic and commuting relationship to the nearby metro area. These areas are often near or are intertwined with outer-lying farmland or beaches. As a result, th...
Naturally, given their experience with the pandemic, most exurban residents feel no need to change their current environment. It seems exurban residents especially enjoy the space that comes with living where they do. In fact, 74% of those living in the exurbs view high population density as a disadvantage instead of an advantage, a share even high...
With center cities as the economic lifeline for most exurban communities, it’s unsurprising that nearly half of these residents express concern about the local economy and cost of living. In fact, they express greater concern for economic issues than the average across all metropolitan areas surveyed. However, their concern for other common, city c...
Cities are America’s economic, technological, and cultural hubs. An ongoing pandemic coupled with new, incoming leadership across the country means the fate of urban areas is now a primary concern for lawmakers and residents alike. Although farther from the city center, exurban residents of large metropolitan areas are not immune to the issues thei...
This survey was conducted online within the United States between November 5, 2020, and November 16, 2020, among 1,200 adults (aged 18 and over) by The Harris Poll on behalf of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The respondents surveyed were evenly divided among six U.S. metropolitan regions: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philad...
Feb 22, 2022 · Over the past decade, non-Hispanic whites accounted for less than 4 percent of growth in suburbs and exurbs, while Latinos accounted for nearly half, with Asians, African Americans, mixed race, and other groups making up the balance.
The Exurbs are populous, with about 31.2 million people, and relatively wealthy, with a median household income of about $80,300. Though there is sprawl here, the counties’ rural attributes and their less-diverse citizenry lead the Exurbs to be pretty comfortably Republican in their presidential vote — but the numbers have shifted recently.
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Oct 1, 2006 · Five million people live in exurban areas of the South, representing 47 percent of total exurban population nationwide. Midwestern exurbs contain 2.6 million people, about one-fourth of all ...
