The Displaced by Design interactive map application visualizes 50 years of neighborhood change and gentrification across U.S. cities, from 1970 to 2020. It provides a powerful, data-driven look at how urban development has reshaped communities—often along racial and economic lines.

Through interactive maps, users can explore shifts in population by race and ethnicity, along with changes in median income, home values, and educational attainment at the neighborhood level. By highlighting these long-term trends, the tool helps illustrate the cumulative impacts of policy, investment, and displacement on historically marginalized communities.

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Jad Edlebi, GIS Data Engineer, NCRC
jedlebi@ncrc.org