The Upward Mobility Dashboard helps people understand key conditions affecting upward mobility from poverty and racial equity in communities.
The dashboard provides Mobility Metrics data for 24 predictors. The predictors are indicators that are strongly associated with upward mobility, according to the Upward Mobility Framework’s three-part definition of the term that encompasses long-term economic success, dignity and belonging, and power and autonomy. The predictors fall within one of five pillars, which represent supports people need from their communities to achieve upward mobility.
The dashboard shows a snapshot of these 24 predictors over time, across categories, and for every county and more than 480 cities in the US. People can use the predictors and their associated metrics to understand conditions in their communities, contextualize those conditions, establish priorities to mobilize action, and monitor progress.
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Using Mobility Metrics data
The Mobility Metrics offer insights into a community’s strength across five essential pillars of support all people need to achieve upward mobility. But local leaders need to know how to use the metrics to be able to effect meaningful change.
Looking for guidance on examining and interpreting Mobility Metrics data for your community? This guide, and accompanying worksheet, offer five steps for getting started.
This resources offers suggestions for additional data sources that communities can combine with the Mobility Metrics to obtain a clearer picture of their mobility conditions.
Suggested Citation
“Upward Mobility Data Dashboard,” Upward Mobility Initiative, Urban Institute, September 10, 2024, https://upward-mobility.urban.org/dashboard.
Project Credits
Research and Management
Samantha Fu, Madeline Brown, Tina Chelidze, Lee Evans, Sam Cressman, and Jordan Moeny
Data
Leadership: Claudia D. Solari, Aaron R. Williams, Tina Chelidze, John Walsh, and Greg Acs
Contributors: Vincent Pancini, Emily Gutierrez, Manuel Alcalá Kovalski, Kassandra Martinchek, James Carter, Jung Hyun Choi, Rebecca Marx, Julia Long, Gabriel Morrison, Rob Pitingolo, Lily Robin, Anne N. Junod, Paul Johnson, Keith Fudge, Bill Pitkin, Emily M. Johnston, Keqin Wei, Alena Stern, Judah Axelrod, Erika Tyagi, Kevin Werner, Erica Blom, Amy Rogin, Vivian Zheng, Nicole Dubois, and Peace Gwam
Design and Development
Aleszu Bajak, Mitchell Thorson, Josh Miller, David Connell, Farnoosh Johnson, Christina Baird, and Anand Janardhanan
Writing and Editing
Rachel Kenney, Sujin Hong, and Arezo Azizi
More Information
Visit our data catalog to download the underlying data and accompanying data documentation. The code used to create these files is available on GitHub.
For questions or feedback, email [email protected].
