2025: Empowering the Future through Education, Diversity, and Hope

Your Zip-Code, Your Future

Location

Hemmingson Ballroom

Start Date

15-4-2025 11:15 AM

End Date

15-4-2025 12:15 AM

Description

Previous research has shown that public resources are fewer and living conditions are significantly lower for working class neighborhoods in America compared to middle and upper classes (Lott, 2012). Where a person is born and grows up directly affects their future successes and how far they move from their neighborhood (Crowder and South, 2005). This project will analyze the differences in quality of life and access to public resources among four zip codes in Spokane, WA. Spokane is the largest city in Washington state, is made up of 14 standard zip codes, and is a large economic and metropolitan hub for Eastern Washington ("My Spokane City," 2025). However, among these zip codes, there are stark contrasts in annual income, modernity, and most importantly access to public resources. The project will compare four socioeconomically diverse zip codes ("Zip-Codes.com," 2025) through existing statistics about resources, and include photographs depicting the upkeep of public spaces (schools, parks, grocery stores). It will demonstrate that neighborhoods can inhibit or support the economic growth of their constituents. The project will show the ways in which many Americans are disadvantaged from the very start based on the last digit of their zip code.

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Poster Session A

Publication Date

2025

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Apr 15th, 11:15 AM Apr 15th, 12:15 AM

Your Zip-Code, Your Future

Hemmingson Ballroom

Previous research has shown that public resources are fewer and living conditions are significantly lower for working class neighborhoods in America compared to middle and upper classes (Lott, 2012). Where a person is born and grows up directly affects their future successes and how far they move from their neighborhood (Crowder and South, 2005). This project will analyze the differences in quality of life and access to public resources among four zip codes in Spokane, WA. Spokane is the largest city in Washington state, is made up of 14 standard zip codes, and is a large economic and metropolitan hub for Eastern Washington ("My Spokane City," 2025). However, among these zip codes, there are stark contrasts in annual income, modernity, and most importantly access to public resources. The project will compare four socioeconomically diverse zip codes ("Zip-Codes.com," 2025) through existing statistics about resources, and include photographs depicting the upkeep of public spaces (schools, parks, grocery stores). It will demonstrate that neighborhoods can inhibit or support the economic growth of their constituents. The project will show the ways in which many Americans are disadvantaged from the very start based on the last digit of their zip code.