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Gentrification and Fear of Displacement: a Quantitative Study of Older Black and White US Adults
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
11 Nov 2025
PMID: 41217609
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Abstract
Numerous studies have sought to clarify the relationship between gentrification, displacement, and health. However, few quantitative studies have investigated how gentrification may shape the fear of displacement among residents who remain in gentrifying neighborhoods – a hypothesized mechanism linking gentrification to downstream health inequities. Our study used data from a large national cohort of older Black and white US adults to examine the relationship between neighborhood gentrification and individual-level fear of displacement. In 2023 and 2024, participants in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study were asked about fear of displacement related to neighborhood change over the past 3–5 years (N = 4,092). Census tract-level gentrification was based on socioeconomic and housing cost changes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2008–2012 to ACS 2015–2019. We estimated adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) using Poisson regression and examined effect measure modification by race, educational attainment, and length of residence. Participants’ most recent residence was classified as not gentrified (N = 1,927), moderately gentrified (N = 477), intensely gentrified (N = 561), or ineligible to gentrify (N = 1,127). Intense gentrification was associated with more displacement fear (aPR = 1.39; 95% CI: 1.06, 1.83) relative to no gentrification. Any gentrification (combining both moderate and intense gentrification exposure groups) was associated with more displacement fear among Black participants (aPR = 1.69; 95% CI: 1.27, 2.25), but not white participants (aPR = 0.79; 95% CI: 0.52, 1.19). Our findings suggest that gentrification may heighten displacement fears of older US adults, especially among Black residents. Future research should investigate approaches to mitigate displacement fears and racial inequities related to gentrification.
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- Title
- Gentrification and Fear of Displacement: a Quantitative Study of Older Black and White US Adults
- Creators
- Mark Andrew Hernandez (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativeJana A Hirsch - Drexel University, Epidemiology and BiostatisticsFrancesca Adela Mucciaccio - Drexel University, Epidemiology and BiostatisticsAnil Kumar - Drexel UniversityLoni Phillip Tabb - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativeJessica M. Finlay - University of Colorado BoulderMichael D M Bader - Johns Hopkins UniversityAleena Bennett - University of Alabama at BirminghamYvonne L Michael - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativeGina S. Lovasi - Drexel University, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Publication Details
- Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grants
- Grant note
This work was supported by the National Institute of Ag-ing (grants R01AG049970, R01AG049970-S1, R01AG072634, R56AG049970), National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute (grant R01HL14843), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol-ism (R01AA028552), Commonwealth Universal Research Enhance-ment (C.U.R.E) program funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health-2015 Formula award-SAP #4100072543, the Urban Health Collaborative at Drexel University, and the Built Environment and Health Research Group at Columbia University.The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke Study (REGARDS) is supported by NS041588, co-funded by the NINDS and the NIA, NIH, Department of Health and Human Service. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NINDS or the NIA. The authors thank the other investigators, the staff, and the participants of the REGARDS study for their valuable contributions. A full list of par-ticipating REGARDS investigators and institutions can be found at: https://www.uab.edu/soph/regardsstudy.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001611644900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105021435883
- Other Identifier
- 991022131454704721
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