Prosperous Communities
A reader with the magnificent name of Zaklog the Great asks:
You can find black communities who are doing quite poorly. You can find black individuals who are doing quite well. But where are the black communities of any significant size who are doing well? Where are the majority-black upper middle-class neighborhoods?
I found this after one second of internet search.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/10-affluent-african-american-suburbs/
Ladera Heights, California
Nicknamed “Black Beverly Hills,” these suburbs lay within the Ladera Heights and View Park–Windsor Hills, California, area, with nearly 75% of the population being African American according to statistics compiled by City-Data.
Median household incomes and home values are more than the entire state of California averages, with house values coming in at nearly $900,000 and incomes averaging over $100,000. The area is famous for its many wealthy and successful African American residents including many doctors and attorneys—making it one of the most coveted of black suburbs in the country.
As per Best Places, the area has low violent and property crime rates, but the cost of living is very high. While City-Data reports a small population of only 6,500, nearly 100% have high school diplomas, 44% are married, and nearly 54% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
The question only asked for one. The population is over 6000. It is located between Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Inglewood.
Let’s add a second:
DeSoto, Texas
An NBC affiliate reports that nearly 60% of the businesses in the DeSoto, Texas, suburb are owned by African Americans. Seventy percent of the population is black in DeSoto, according to City-Data, with median household incomes over $61,000 and house values nearly $164,000—more than the state’s average. Approximately 50,000 people reside in DeSoto, with nearly 50% of the population being married, 90% are high school graduates, and over 30% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Best Places also reports that DeSoto also has very low violent crimes and very low property crime rates.
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