The Cincinnatus Association - A Stable Integrated Communities Study
Al DeJarnett, Co-Chair of the Community Inclusion Panel, delivered a presentation at the November 13 meeting of The Cincinnatus Association, which described the advantages of living in integrated communities. The study looked at census data to determine the socio-economic status of communities in Hamilton County. After Residents of these communities were interviewed and the Dissimilarity Index was considered a distinction was made, setting 14 communities apart from the 122 in Hamilton Communities. This distinction concluded that these 14 communities, referred to as the gold and silver metal communities (Coryville, Madisonville, Kennedy Heights, etc.), had been integrated and stable for 3 or more census periods (30 years plus). These integrated and stable communities enjoyed a Socioeconomic Index level above that of the average overall Socioeconomic Index of Hamilton County.