Not only does it exist, the poverty rates in some of the SWLRT EP station areas are equivalent to the station areas in Minneapolis with the highest poverty rates. In other words, some of the EP station areas have the highest poverty rates along the whole line.Unlike MVTA, SWT makes no attempt to serve the transit-dependent population, which believe it or not, definitely exists in Eden Prairie and Chaska.
I don't think most people understand how rapidly the demographics of the suburbs are changing. Brooklyn Park now has a higher percentage of people of color than Minneapolis.