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The "Equality of Opportunity Project" revealed that Bergen County is better than 88% of counties in America at providing income mobility for children who come from the bottom 25th income percentile, the New York Times said.
"Every year a poor child spends in Bergen County adds about $180 to his or her annual household income at age 26, compared with a childhood spent in the average American county," the article says.
"Over the course of a full childhood, which is up to age 20 for the purposes of this analysis, the difference adds up to about $3,700, or 14 percent, more in average income as a young adult."
This difference adds up to an additional $3,700 in annual income, or a 14% increase, the New York Times reported.
The study's Harvard researches found five factors associated with strong upward mobility:
• less segregation by income and race;
• lower levels of income inequality;
• better schools:
• lower rates of violent crime;
• a larger share of two-parent households.
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