Upward Income Mobility in the 50 Largest U.S. Cities

Rank*        City                Odds of Reaching Top Fifth                                        Starting from Bottom Fifth1    Salt Lake City, UT                11.5%2    San Jose, CA                        11.2%3    San Francisco, CA                11.2%4    Seattle, WA                          10.4% 5    San Diego, CA                     10.4%            ---46    Columbus, OH                    5.1%47    Detroit, MI                          5.1%48    Indianapolis, IN                  4.8%49    Charlotte, NC                     4.3%50    Atlanta, GA                        4.0%*A ranking of 1 denotes highest income mobility and a ranking of 50 denotes lowest income mobility.Source: Chetty, R., Hendren, N., Kline, P. and Saez, E. (2013). The Economic Impacts of Tax Expenditures: Evidence from Spatial Variation Across the U.S. The Equality of Opportunity Project. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/17xLodP