Location is one of the many important factors prospective students weigh when choosing where to go to college. This decision isn't just about how far they'll be from home – it's also about the ...

Rural road and landscape. Health systems, simply put, are designed for urban and suburban communities — not rural. Doctors open their clinics where they are most comfortable and often near where ...

The map on this page shows the stark urban-suburban-rural divide in marriage rates. Orange counties are urban; each year spent in these counties diminishes the chances children growing up in poor ...

The third century of American history is shaping up as the suburban century. Until 1920 most Americans lived in rural areas. By 1960 the country was a third urban, a third rural, and a third suburban.

The urban group had the highest diversity, with 66% identifying as white, 33% as Black and 15% as Hispanic. In the rural group, 82% identified as white, 15% as Black and 5% as Hispanic.