[Personally I would take a hard look at the demographics of the purchasers of the homes being bought]
That might be almost as interesting as the demographics of the laborers who build them.
I suppose when an illegal immigrant is stapling the particle board onto some money-laundering demoralized miscreant’s new McCastle, it creates a certain envious motivation.
Here in Indiana, it looks like the Mexicans have significantly diminished in the building biz. See a lot more Anglo guys on residential job sites than in the 06-07 boom years.