• Jingjing Li, Amy H Auchincloss, Daniel A Rodriguez, Kari A Moore, Ana V Diez Roux, and Brisa N Sánchez.
• Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, 3600 Market St. 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. jl4246@drexel.edu.
• J Urban Health. 2020 Feb 1; 97 (1): 62-77.

AbstractWe explored associations between residential preferences and sociodemographic characteristics, the concordance between current neighborhood characteristics and residential preferences, and heterogeneity in concordance by income and race/ethnicity. Data came from a cross-sectional phone and mail survey of 3668 residents of New York City, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Paul, and Winston Salem in 2011-12. Scales characterized residential preferences and neighborhood characteristics. Stronger preferences were associated with being older, female, non-White/non-Hispanic, and lower education. There was significant positive but weak concordance between current neighborhood characteristics and residential preferences (after controlling sociodemographic characteristics). Concordance was stronger for persons with higher income and for Whites, suggesting that residential self-selection effects are strongest for populations that are more advantaged.

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