With the removal of legal barriers to mixed-race marriage, there has been a consistent increase in the number of Black-White couples. This has coincided with growth in the number of Black-White individuals who have formed couples with a Black or White partner. Little is known, however, about how these couples function within a key area of stratification—neighborhood attainment. We use data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the U.S. Census to investigate the percentage of Whites and the average income in the neighborhoods of home-purchasing couples defined by their levels of Black and White representation. These couples being White couples, Black-White individuals with White partners, Black-White couples, Black-White individuals with Black partners, and Black couples. Findings reveal that the percentage of Whites and average income in the neighborhoods of couples decrease as couples increase in Black representation. These results have implications for our understanding of the contemporary color line.

随着消除混血婚姻的法律障碍，黑白夫妇的数量一直在不断增加。与黑人或白人伴侣结成夫妇的黑人/白人个体的数量增加是同时发生的。然而，关于这些夫妇如何在一个关键的分层领域-邻里获得-中发挥作用的知之甚少。我们使用《住房抵押贷款披露法》和美国人口普查中的数据来调查白人的百分比以及根据黑人和白人代表水平确定的购房夫妇邻里的平均收入。这些夫妇是白人夫妇，与白人伴侣构成的黑白个人，黑白夫妇，与黑人伴侣构成的黑白个人以及黑人夫妇。研究结果表明，随着黑人代表比例的增加，白人社区中白人的百分比和平均收入会下降。这些结果对我们对当代色彩线的理解具有启示意义。