Assess students' ability to analyze demographic and socioeconomic drivers of urban gentrification in U.S. cities (2000–2020). Test understanding of population change (race/ethnicity, age, educational attainment), income and employment shifts, and housing-market indicators (rent, property values, displacement risk). Expect interpretation of census/ACS data, neighborhood change metrics and maps, evaluation of causal mechanisms and policy influences, and application to comparative case studies across metropolitan areas.