Urban Institute Launches Upward Mobility Dashboard

Urban Institute has launched a new Upward Mobility Data Dashboard, presenting the key conditions affecting upward mobility from poverty in communities. The dashboard provides Mobility Metrics data for 24 predictors strongly associated with upward mobility, defined as having "long-term economic success, dignity and belonging, and power and autonomy." The predictors fall within one of five pillars, which represent supports people need from their communities to achieve upward mobility, like rewarding work and access to quality healthcare. The dashboard shows a snapshot of these 24 predictors over time, across categories, and for every county and more than 480 cities in the US. People can use the predictors and their associated metrics to understand conditions in their communities, contextualize those conditions, establish priorities to mobilize action, and monitor progress.