As a process of class upgrading of an area, gentrification is broadly visible through a combination of several key socioeconomic indicators, including race, education, income, and home values and rents. Considered together, this set of socioeconomic indicators reveals a clear “tale of two cities” story with hugely divergent demographic trajectories east and west of 82nd Avenue. Residential neighborhoods directly east and north of the city core, richly served by a dense network of frequent transit, have seen an influx of wealthier, white, educated residents, while tracts in East Portland have seen a rise in non-white populations, a substantial rise in poverty, and a decrease in real median income. All of these selected variables serve a role as both an indication and an incomplete definition of gentrification. The fact that these indicators are derived from census data means that they capture type B gentrification of residential neighborhoods quite well, while completely ignoring type A gentrification of industrial brownfields or commercial gentrification.