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Abstract
There is a continuing debate over the roles of the various factors that influence the patterns of residential separation in metropolitan areas. Among these factors the role of preferences has received less attention, but both the Schelling model and the analysis of revealed choices suggest that the role of preferences continues to be a major force in residential transition. This paper contributes to the understanding of the way in which preferences are worked out in residential mobility. Data on the revealed preferences (the actual residential selections) of black and white households in two contexts, and of blacks, whites, and Hispanics in another context, are examined. Findings confirm the dominance of the preference for own-race neighborhoods in residential mobility, especially among whites.
