Seeing Cities Through Statistics Pete Rodrigue Kenyon College

Seeing Cities Through Statistics Pete Rodrigue Kenyon College

Assumptions

Per Capita Income Vs Percentage of College Graduates San Francisco 44000 Washington DC Seattle 39000 Atlanta 34000 San Jose San Diego Boston New York Denver Virginia Beach Portland. Austin 29000 Raleigh Madison Minneapolis Chicago Tampa Los Angeles Dallas Houston Kansas City Pittsburgh Oklahoma City Nashville Cincinnati Baltimore Indianapolis Columbus Phoenix Philadelphia St. Louis San Antonio Providence Miami Rochester Milwaukee 24000 19000 St. Paul Cleveland 14000 10 20 30 40 50 60

TUDA Score Vs Percentage of Bachelors-Holders 295 Austin R 2 = 0. 616 285 Tampa Houston 275 Dallas Miami 265 Boston San Diego New York Chicago Philadelphia Baltimore. Los Angeles Cleveland 255 Milwaukee 245 235 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Lowess Regression

Wharton Index vs Zillow Home Price Index 800000 San Francisco 700000 600000 500000 400000 San Diego Los Angeles Boston Oakland 300000 Portland 200000 Seattle New York. Denver Pittsburgh Chicago Minneapolis Tampa Indianapolis St. Louis Oklahoma City St. Paul Phoenix Houston Atlanta Philadelphia 100000 San Antonio Milwaukee Dallas Cincinnati Kansas City Cleveland Rochester 0. 0000 -1. 0000 -0. 5000 0. 0000 0. 5000 1. 0000 1. 5000 Providence 2. 0000

Growth Rate vs CLI 35 30 Growth Rate (%) 25 Phoenix Denver Houston San Antonio Atlanta Dallas 20 15 10 5 0 80. 0000 Indianapolis Oklahoma City Kansas City Milwaukee 100. 0000 R 2 = 0. 5633 Portland Seattle San Diego Philadelphia Chicago Boston Los Angeles 120. 0000 140. 0000 Cost of Living Index San Francisco 160. 0000 180. 0000 New York 200. 0000

Lowess Regression

Wharton Ranks vs income Ranks 60 50 Alabama Arizona California Florida Illinois Colorado Hawaii Income Rank 40 Alaska Massachusetts Wisconsin Nevada Connecticut Idaho Missouri R 2 = 0. 4328 Kansas Louisiana New York Minnesota Delaware Michigan Nebraska Indiana Mississippi Iowa New Jersey Rhode Island Maine Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Washington Oklahoma Texas Montana South Carolina Georgia North Carolina Tennessee North Dakota Pennsylvania Wyoming Virginia South Dakota New Mexico Utah Oregon Vermont New Hampshire Maryland Arkansas 30 20 10 0 0 10 20 30 Wharton Rank 40 50 60

2011 Avg. Sale Price v Wharton Rank 450000 Hawaii 400000 R 2 = 0. 5201 350000 New York 300000 Massachusetts California New Jersey Connecticut Colorado Maryland 250000 Montana Delaware. Washington Virginia Oregon Vermont Wyoming 200000 New Mexico Maine Utah North Carolina Pennsylvania Texas Illinois Wisconsin Florida South Carolina Louisiana Idaho Minnesota South Dakota Alabama Tennessee 150000 Georgia Mississippi West Virginia North Dakota Arizona Kentucky Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Nevada Iowa. Arkansas Nebraska Indiana Ohio Michigan 100000 Alaska Rhode Island New Hampshire 50000 0 -1. 5 -1 -0. 5 0 0. 5 1 1. 5 2 2. 5

Jonckheere-Terpstra Tests

J = 188. 5, p-value = 1. 736 e-05 alternative hypothesis: South > Midwest > West > Northeast