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<br /> <br />30 <br />Income segregation between jurisdictions in the region can also be analyzed by calculating regional <br />values for the segregation indices discussed previously. Similar to the regional racial segregation <br />measures shown in Table 5, Table 10 presents dissimilarity index, isolation index, and Theil’s H index <br />values for income segregation for the entire nine-county Bay Area in 2010 and 2015. In the previous <br />section of this report focused on neighborhood level income segregation, segregation indices were <br />calculated by comparing the income demographics of the census tracts within a jurisdiction to the <br />demographics of the jurisdiction as a whole. In Table 10, these measures are calculated by comparing <br />the income demographics of local jurisdictions to the region’s income group makeup. For example, <br />looking at 2015 data, Table 10 shows the regional isolation index value for very low-income residents is <br />0.315 for 2015, meaning that on average very low-income Bay Area residents live in a jurisdiction that <br />is 31.5% very low-income. The regional dissimilarity index for lower-income residents and other <br />residents is 0.194 in 2015, which means that across the region 19.4% of lower-income residents would <br />need to move to a different jurisdiction to create perfect income group integration in the Bay Area as a <br />whole. The regional value for the Theil’s H index measures how diverse each Bay Area jurisdiction is <br />compared to the income group diversity of the whole region. A Theil’s H Index value of 0 would mean <br />all jurisdictions within the Bay Area have the same income demographics as the entire region, while a <br />value of 1 would mean each income group lives exclusively in their own separate jurisdiction. The <br />regional Theil’s H index value for income segregation decreased slightly between 2010 and 2015, <br />meaning that income groups in the Bay Area are now slightly less separated by the borders between <br />jurisdictions. <br />Table 10: Regional Income Segregation Measures <br />Index Group 2010 2015 <br />Isolation Index Regional Level <br />Very Low-Income (<50% AMI) 0.277 0.315 <br />Low-Income (50%-80% AMI) 0.157 0.154 <br />Moderate-Income (80%-120% AMI) 0.185 0.180 <br />Above Moderate-Income (>120% AMI) 0.467 0.435 <br />Dissimilarity Index Regional Level <br />Below 80% AMI vs. Above 80% AMI 0.186 0.194 <br />Below 50% AMI vs. Above 120% AMI 0.238 0.248 <br />Theil's H Multi-income All Income Groups 0.034 0.032 <br />Universe: Population. <br />Source: Data for 2015 is from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, American Community Survey 5-Year 2011- <br />2015 Low- and Moderate-Income Summary Data. Data for 2010 is from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, <br />American Community Survey 5-Year 2006-2010 Low- and Moderate-Income Summary Data.