Spatial Segregation by Class and Race in Neighborhoods and Workhoods across U.S. metro areas

To date, studies examining patterns of workplace area segregation, or workhoods, have been few and limited in both geographical scope and temporal coverage. While available studies have observed positive correlations between residential and workhood segregation, few of these studies attempt to unpack the nuances of this relationship by identifying the factors, such as transportation networks, that might moderate this positive link. Speaking to this gap, we study the relationship between residential and workplace racial/ethnic and socioeconomic segregation of 380 metropolitan statistical areas within the U.S., from 2011 to 2018. Using two-way fixed effects models, we find that the positive correlations between changes in residential and workhood segregation are significantly modified by changes in transportation and urban-form related characteristics, economic characteristics, as well as population diversity.