Comparing Cities in Terms of the Financial Health of Their Residents

Route Fifty: Researchers at the Urban Institute released a new interactive data tool this week that offers insight into the fiscal well-being of cities, by looking at the financial health of their residents.

The data dashboard includes information for 60 cities around the U.S., clustering them into peer groups like “prosperous cities with high housing costs,” “cities with tenuous stability and uneven opportunities,” and “cities in economic recovery.”

Examples of the metrics used to assess resident financial health include median credit scores, delinquent debt and home foreclosures.

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