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"Rust Belt" Across America: An Application of a Nationwide, Block-Group-Level Deprivation Index
Scott W Hegerty
In the United States, large post-industrial cites such as Detroit are well-known for high levels of socioeconomic deprivation. But while Detroit is an exceptional case, similar lev…
Banking Deserts," City Size, and Socioeconomic Characteristics in Medium and Large U.S. Cities
Scott W. Hegerty
A lack of financial access, which is often an issue in many central-city U.S. neighborhoods, can be linked to higher interest rates as well as negative health and psychological out…
Are Rents Excessive in the Central City?: A Geospatial Analysis
Scott W. Hegerty
In many U.S. central cities, property values are relatively low, while rents are closer to those in better-off neighborhoods. This gap can lead to relatively large profits for land…
Deprivation, Crime, and Abandonment: Do Other Midwestern Cities Have 'Little Detroits'?
Scott W. Hegerty
Both within the United States and worldwide, the city of Detroit has become synonymous with economic decline, depopulation, and crime. Is Detroit's situation unique, or can similar…
Are the Spatial Concentrations of Core-City and Suburban Poverty Converging in the Rust Belt?
Scott W. Hegerty
Decades of deindustrialization have led to economic decline and population loss throughout the U.S. Midwest, with the highest national poverty rates found in Detroit, Cleveland, an…
Bank Density, Population Density, and Economic Deprivation Across the United States
Scott W. Hegerty
Recent research on the geographic locations of bank branches in the United States has identified thresholds below which a given area can be considered to be a "banking desert." Thu…
Acquisitive Crimes, Time of Day, and Multiunit Housing in the City of Milwaukee
Scott W. Hegerty
According to "Social Disorganization" theory, criminal activity increases if the societal institutions that might be responsible for maintaining order are weakened. Do large apartm…
Spatial Measures of Socioeconomic Deprivation: An Application to Four Midwestern Industrial Cities
Scott W. Hegerty
Decades of economic decline have led to areas of increased deprivation in a number of U.S. inner cities, which can be linked to adverse health and other outcomes. Yet the calculati…
How Unique is Milwaukee's 53206? An Examination of Disaggregated Socioeconomic Characteristics Across the City and Beyond
Scott W. Hegerty
Milwaukee's 53206 ZIP code, located on the city's near North Side, has drawn considerable attention for its poverty and incarceration rates, as well as for its large proportion of…
Do City Borders Constrain Ethnic Diversity?
Scott W. Hegerty
U.S. metropolitan areas, particularly in the industrial Midwest and Northeast, are well-known for high levels of racial segregation. This is especially true where core cities end a…