Report Finds Putnam Children Have Faster Upward Mobility

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Children who grow up in Putnam County stand a better chance of swifter upward mobility than any surrounding counties, according to a story in the New York Times.

Children who grow up in Putnam County have a better chance at faster upward mobility, according to a New York Times report.
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Tom Renner

05/04/2015 11:00 a.m.

Children up grow up in Putnam instead of an average place would make 12 percent more in income by age 26, the story said. The difference in income is $3,080.

By comparison, children who grow up in Westchester County would make $600 less, or 2 percent, than children who were raised in average communities. Rockland was 2 percent less, Orange was 9 percent less and Dutchess was 1 percent less. Fairfield County children make 8 percent less than an average place.

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