Los Angeles Gentrification Maps and Data
See neighborhood maps and gentrification data for Los Angeles.
January 29, 2015 • To assess how gentrification has reshaped urban neighborhoods,
Governing analyzed demographic data for the nation’s 50 most populous cities. Changes in several measures, described below, were calculated for each city’s Census tracts and compared to others throughout metro areas. While the methodology is similar to prior research on the subject, no universally accepted definition of gentrification exists.
Gentrification remains rare nationally. It did, however, greatly accelerate in many cities over the past decade. The following table summarizes the extent to which neighborhoods in Los Angeles gentrified: