Rank* City Odds of Reaching Top Fifth
Starting from Bottom Fifth
1 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%
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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