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Town and Rural Distribution of Household Wealth
Household wealth differed between Augusta and Franklin by the proportion concentrated in towns (one mile buffer around towns
in each county). In Augusta just 178 (23 percent) of the households lived inside these towns, but in Franklin 1,469 (56 percent)
lived in towns. But Augusta's town residents were more wealthy than their rural counterparts, while in Franklin rural households
maintained a higher average wealth than the town households.
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Augusta County |
Franklin County |
| Rural Households |
578 |
1154 |
| Mean Household Wealth |
$12,006 |
$7,334 |
| Median Household Wealth |
$5,969 |
$4,300 |
| Income Quintiles |
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| 20 |
$918 |
$755 |
| 40 |
$4,060 |
$2,500 |
| 60 |
$9,620 |
$6,700 |
| 80 |
$19,960 |
$12,100 |
| Town Households |
174 |
1469 |
| Mean Household Wealth |
$13,777 |
$4,758 |
| Median Household Wealth |
$5,635 |
$1,400 |
| Income Quintiles |
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| 20 |
$1,000 |
$350 |
| 40 |
$4,050 |
$1,000 |
| 60 |
$9,000 |
$2,200 |
| 80 |
$23,603 |
$7,000 |
The data are based on the GIS of Augusta and Franklin households--maps are derived from a D. H. Davison map of Franklin County,
published in 1858, and a Jedediah Hotchkiss map of Augusta County, published in 1870, and based on surveys completed "during
the war." The maps have been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic
Information Systems map and database of households based on U.S. census data from the population, agricultural, and slaveowners'
schedules.
Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Town and Rural Distribution of Household Wealth
2001.
Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "Franklin's wealth, like much of the North's, was located not in its cities and towns but in its rural agricultural land, where
its richest citizens depended on the movement and production of wheat, oats, and livestock."
"Chambersburg was a larger place than Staunton, but no more vibrant or connected to the market than its Southern counterpart."
"Franklin and Augusta exhibited different spatial organizations, with a more organized and commercial approach in Franklin
and a settlement in Augusta that followed the contours of soil and land more closely."
Citation: Key = E168
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