They are performed by outsiders. And 80 percent of crimes are drug-related, either directly or indirectly. The area near Johns Hopkins has a divided profile. The neighborhoods of Waverly and Charles Village are integrated, but at the block level there are high levels of segregation. The vast majority of Asians, for example, are concentrated in north Charles Village.
Blacks live primarily in south Charles Village.
In the north Charles Village area, the unemployment rate is just over 3 percent, which is almost half of the national level. In the Harwood neighborhood between 25th Street and North Avenue, unemployment is 18 percent. About 40 percent of families are on public assistance there, and there is a large number of children and teenage pregnancies. Fern ndez-Kelly's research also revealed a few surprises about her areas of study. She had heard, for example, complaints from community members about what they perceived to be a small number of Hopkins employees who live in the surrounding neighborhoods.