The Detroit News.
Race also makes a difference.
The happy fact is, though, that vast numbers of people in all ethnic groups have benefited in the last few years one way or another. The report found that the surging stock market and rising housing prices have led to a dramatic rise in household wealth overall in the 1990s. Although minority households on average still lag far behind whites, gains by minorities in home ownership in recent years are a solid step in closing the gap. Single people and married couples without minor children at home will dominate household growth over the next decade. Without a reversal of this trend, empty-nesters will not make a significant contribution to central city revival.