Concentrated Disadvantage

**Semantic type:** Classification

**Definition:** The recognition that low neighborhood socioeconomic conditions have an impact on the services and opportunities available to its residents and have a wide and long-lasting effect on their economic, social and educational development. U.S. Census data can be used to determine the concentration of poverty at the neighborhood level.

**Synonyms:** - Concentrated Neighborhood Disadvantage - Neighborhood Concentrated Disadvantage - Neighborhood Disadvantage