Vince Dixon

Nov 22, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Esmy Jimenez |Vince Dixon

While many measures indicate the country has bounced back from pandemic-induced financial strains, a Globe analysis found that President-elect Donald Trump’s vote share increased in many Massachusetts counties where the household income is not enough to keep up with the actual cost of living.

Sep 17, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Tiana Woodard |Vince Dixon

Black, Latino, and Asian American households in Boston had larger increases in their incomes compared to white Bostonians over the past decade, but have still not gained enough ground to eliminate the racial income gap in a part of the country notorious for its stark inequities.

Sep 11, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Tiana Woodard |Vince Dixon

To outsiders, Boston has a reputation as a majority-white city, with a small population of people of color and a well-known history of racial incidents: hateful slurs shouted at visiting pro athletes, protesters hurling stones at buses full of Black children, and white supremacists marching downtown.

Aug 14, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Vince Dixon

To buy a single-family home in Boston, you need a household income of $217,000. The staggering — though maybe not surprising — number released recently through the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, raises an important question: If that’s the bar for buying a home in Greater Boston, who can afford it? The answer is not many people, according to a Boston Globe analysis of US Census data.

Jul 10, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Vince Dixon

Wealth disparities affect different age groups in unique ways, but a dearth of data that measures wealth at the local level is limiting how well city officials can pinpoint these differences in Boston, according to analysts who track the information. A Flourish chartAt the national level, for instance, research shows that the racial wealth gap gets wider as people get older and can obtain more assets.