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Prosper Waco report: incomes up but neighborhood disparities, child poverty and housing affordability remain key challenges
Summary
Prosper Waco presented the 2024 Snapshot showing rising median incomes but persistent neighborhood and racial disparities in poverty, increasing housing cost burden, continued food insecurity and elevated mental‑health crisis contact rates; the organization outlined its focus areas for systems‑level interventions.
Prosper Waco presented its 2024 Snapshot to the Waco City Council on Dec. 17, summarizing cross‑sector data on income, poverty, housing, health and education and identifying priority gaps for collective action.
The report shows median household income gains (most recent median cited at about $47,421), but Dr. Jeremy Rhodes emphasized that those gains mask large neighborhood and racial disparities. Prosper Waco’s analysis found Waco’s overall poverty rate remains substantially higher than peer cities and the…
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