Poverty In Alachua County

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Poverty In Alachua County

• By
• Chris Andrus
• Erin Boyington
• Marijke Noens
• Matt Wolfe

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Overview of Methodology

• Problem Mapping and locating areas of poverty in
  Alachua County, Florida
• Goal Is to define and locate where aspects of
  poverty are existent within Alachua County,
  Florida using a variety of factors.
• By defining specific areas where poverty exists
  one can thus make appropriate policy decisions to
  remedy these problem areas.

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Overview of Methodology

• Our group defined poverty levels in Alachua
  County by the following indicators
• Economic indicators of poverty were based upon
  income level of households, housing conditions
  and public assistance in Alachua County.
• The makeup of the socio-economic indicators were
  classified by race ,educational attainment by
  each racial group and population distribution by
  each of the racial groups.
• Vulnerabilities Indicators were environmental
  hazards present in the areas and whether or not
  future economic development could exist in these
  areas.

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Income RangesEconomic Indicators(Levels of
Income per household)(Gross Annual Income
Figures)

• Very Low Less than 15,000 /per year
• Low 15,000 to 24,999/per year
• Average 25,000 to 34,999/per year
• Above Average 35,000 to 39,999/per year
• High 40,000 to 44,999/per year

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Economic Indicator
2005 HHS Poverty Guidelines
SOURCE  Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 33,
February 18, 2005, pp. 8373-8375.
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Economic Indicator

• Total Number of Housing Units for each
  Classification of Housing Condition. Figures for
  Alachua County, Florida.
• Substandard High 335
• Substandard Medium 1261
• Substandard Low 2303

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Housing Stock and Conditions

• Within the context of housing conditions
  inferences made in regards to the data.
• The core of the city of Gainesville and the
  Eastern part of Alachua County are in need of
  improved housing stock based upon classification
  of condition of the housing in those areas.
  These areas should be targeted for areas of
  housing rehab, and redevelopment.
• Housing Conditions represent one aspect of
  defining poverty and assumptions can be made in
  regards to the pockets of housing condition and
  the economic landscape of that particular area.
• Possible solutions using this data would be to
  target areas of redevelopment and rehab etc in
  these areas in the hopes of removing possible
  blighted or run down areas.
• By targeting and improving these areas the
  possibility of business relocation and
  development increase. This is evident in the
  following slides showing current redevelopment
  projects going on in the NW and East corridors of
  the city of Gainesville.

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Housing ConditionsBlue-University Heights/
College Park DistrictYellow-Fifth
Avenue/Pleasant Street DistrictGreen-EastsideOra
nge-Downtown
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Housing ConditionsProposed Redevelopment Zones
in East Gainesville, Florida
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Housing ConditionsModel Brock Project
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Public Assistance RangesEconomic Indicator

• 0- 20,000
• 20,001- 40,000
• 40,000- 100,000
• 100,001- 300,000
• Greater than 300,001

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Economic Indicator
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Population Distribution Socio-Demographic
Indicator
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Population Distribution Socio-Demographic
Indicator
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EDUCATION ATTAINMENTSocio-Demographic Indicator

• NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
• HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
• COLLEGE DIPLOMA

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Education Attainment Socio-Demographic Indicator
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Education Attainment Socio-Demographic Indicator
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Vulnerability Indicator
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Conclusion

• Based on all the indicators that we defined our
  conclusions are that East Gainesville has the
  most poverty due to lack of education, high
  concentrations of minorities, and low standards
  of housing along with high numbers of public
  assistance.
• The Northwest portions of 13th street also tend
  to have high minority groups with only high
  school education or below
• Along Archer Road and SW 41 blvd there is a high
  concentration of hazards waste.