Economic Opportunity Index (EOI)

How much opportunity do Americans have today compared to 25 years ago? What will matter most in ensuring opportunity in America in the future? Defining economic opportunity as expected lifetime income, Hope Street Group has built the Economic Opportunity Index (EOI) to engage all Americans in a “real-time” debate about the most important drivers of economic opportunity for their future. The EOI is a weighted combination of indicators that have been shown to affect economic opportunity. For a full explanation of our methodology and variables that we chose, click on “EOI Concept Paper” below.