USC Study: More Immigrants Buying Homes in Mid-Size Cities with Strong Ethnic Enclaves and Jobs
City News Service
... The exponential growth of immigrants and their descendants will represent 82 percent of U.S. population growth over the next 40 years, according to the Lusk Center. Gary Painter, director of research at the Lusk Center, and co-author Zhou Yu, an assistant professor at the University of Utah, looked at 60 cities with housing priced lower than in the major gateways of Los Angeles, New York and Chicago...
..."The anticipated rapid growth of U.S. immigrant populations in the coming decades, coupled with their movement into mid-size metro areas, has the potential to transform communities," Painter said. "Our data suggest that immigrants are attracted to homes near active support networks of fellow immigrants and in places with lower rates of immigrant growth, resulting in less competition for entry-level jobs," he added...