GENTRIFICATION SUMMARY REPORT: GENTRIFICATION-CAUSED DISPLACEMENT
BAELAYA BERENDSEN Gentrification-caused displacement is defined as “the involuntary dislocation of households from city neighborhoods as more affluent households compete with them for the desirable older housing stock” (LeGates & Hartman, 1982). By analyzing the variables: household ethnicity, household annual income, Bay Area county, and total population (applicable to the previously stated variables), it is possible to test the longevity and modern-day-relevance of the conclusions reached in 1982 by LeGates and Hartman’s meta-analysis GentrificationCaused Displacement. These results demographically profile in-movers (individuals that move into the neighborhood in question) and out-movers (individuals that move out of the neighborhood in question) of gentrification-caused displacement, describe the relocation of the displaces, as well as the social conflict that arises through the integration of the neighborhood’s residents and newcomers. LeGates and Hartman describe a typical in-mover as: white, moving within the city, young adults (single or in pairs) with no children, and employed in a white collar occupation that garnered an above median income (LeGates & Hartman, 1982). The out-movers were less easily profiled due to the way in which data was collected; the lower income individuals were harder to connect, therefore report on. However, based on the information gathered, an outmover has been described as heterogeneous: children, adults, and seniors, low- to middleincome, blue collar workers, and “single individuals, childless couples, families with children, and other groupings” (LeGates & Hartman, 1982). Combining LeGates and Hartman’s profiles and the data sets of the nine Bay Area counties’ (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma) household ethnicity and annual income, one can hypothesize what counties have encountered gentrification and to what extent. Based on the U.S. Census, from 2008 to 2013 there was a 22.1% increase in the number of African-Americans with an annual income of $10,000 or less. However, overall there was ISSUE 37 | 15