13.3 Social Area Analysis
Urban structure models are used to explain where people live
Census Tracts
Divided urban areas that contain about 5,000 residents and correspond to neighborhood boundaries. Every decade the U.S. Bereau of the Census summarizes the characteristics of the residents in each tract.
Social Area Analysis
An overall picture of where various types of people tend to live.
The Urban Structure Models
The models' information combined explains where different types of people live in a city. The sector theory says that a higher income family won't live in the same neighborhood as a low-income family. The concentric zone model says the owner-occupant will live in the outer ring and the renter in the inner ring. The multiple nuclei theory says that people are likely to live around people with the same ethnicity as them.
What is a census?
Census tract - defined