1. The Location Relationship Between Low-Income Households and Transit Stations in LA
Zhaosen Wang
February 13,2012

2. Project Purpose
Does low-income families concentrate around transit stations?
Examine whether there are correlations between income and home location.
Image Source: MTA Website ,

3. Area of Analysis Area Location: Transit Lines:
Downtown and it’s northwest
Transit Lines:
Metro Red Rail Line
Metro Rapid 730
Skills:
Inset Map
Attribute sub-sets selections
The area of Analysis is located in Downtown of LA and it’s northwest.
I chose two transit lines as the analysis objects: Current Metro Red Rail and 730 Metro Rapid line.

4. Area of Analysis Stations: Buffers: 16 stations of Red Rail Line
29 stations of Rapid 730
Buffers:
0.5 Kilometers walking distance buffer around stations on both routes.
Skills:
Geocoding
Buffers

5. Analysis of Population and Density
The population density is higher along Rail line.
The population near Rail Stations (6511) is larger than that of Rapid Stops (4135) on average.
Skills:
Aggregating attribute fields
Graduated Symbols

6. Structure of the residents near stations
The Proportion of renters is significantly higher than average level in Los Angeles.
Structure of the residents near Red Rail stations
Structure of the residents near Rapid 730 stations

7. Analysis of Low-Income Households
It seems that the density and amount of low-income households are lager along rail.
(280 and 224 units near a Rail station and a Rapid stop separately)
Skills:
Aggregating attribute fields
Graduated Symbols

8. Skills Utilized Inset Map Attribute sub-sets selections Geocoding
Buffer
Aggregating attribute fields
Graduated Symbols

9. Next Steps
Analyzing age structure of residents around public transit stations.
Others as necessary: career, private vehicles, etc.

10. Thanks!