Targeting Spatial Clusters of Elderly Consumers in the U.S.A |
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Authors: | Peter A Morrison Thomas M Bryan |
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Institution: | (1) RAND, 3 Eat Fire Springs Rd, Nantucket, MA 02554, USA;(2) Bryan Geodemographics, 10629 Harborough Place, Richmond, VA 23238, USA |
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Abstract: | For business demographers, a noteworthy aspect of national population aging is the course of its onset at local scales, such
as neighborhoods and individual city blocks. Across the U. S., particular neighborhoods are evolving through aging in place
into de facto retirement communities, populated by elderly residents who continue to live independently. An increasingly common manifestation
of this development is the so-called naturally occurring retirement community (NORC)—a neighborhood where adults have stayed
on and grown old while younger people have drifted away. NORCs materialize gradually over time where initial cohorts settle
in close proximity and age in place, while subsequent younger cohorts move away. These settings offer novel opportunities
for prolonging independent living in old age. They constitute distinctive readymade consumer markets as well, especially for
businesses that rely on word of mouth. We present a general approach to spotting NORCs. We then consider such enclaves as
potential target markets, both for community planners aiming to centralize service delivery to the elderly and for businesses
offering types of services that can be bundled profitably for these residential concentrations of elderly. |
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