ThisResidential differentiation chapter consists of narratives of in-depth observations of migrant households in four residential communities in peri-urban BeijingBeijing. It examines how different types of neighbourhoodsNeighbourhood shape the integration experience of migrant residents and their daily practice. Urban villagesUrban villages primarily accommodate low-skilled migrantsLow-skilled migrants who rely on informal economies for their livelihoods, creating a setting of economic isolation, and limited interaction with the broader urban society. Workers’ dormitories offer affordable housing for low-income migrants, facilitating some degree of institutional integration through employer-provided benefits, yet their social networksSocial networks remain temporary and lack deeper community ties. The diverse composition of residents in privatised work-unit compounds helps reduce the stigmatisation of migrants with low socioeconomic status, enabling them to integrate more easily with local residents. In contrast, new commodity housingNew commodity housing estate estatesCommodity housing estates offer better living conditions for high-income migrants. With their economic and social capitalSocial capital, these migrants can more seamlessly integrate into mainstream urban society and experience a stronger sense of belongingSense of belonging. It found that migrant integrationMigrant integration has a spatial dimension in which integration differences are enhanced and fixed through residential differentiationResidential differentiation. To be specific, a migrant’s position in the urban economy predetermines their integration path and neighbourhood preference. In turn, the neighbourhoodNeighbourhood further indicates a more substantial impact on migrants’ social integration through embedded lifestyles and ideologies. Neighbourhoods are essential spheres of shared experience through which distinct migrant social groups are formed. Therefore, residential differentiationResidential differentiation across neighbourhoods results in disparities in integration, further deepening social inequality among different segments of the floating populationFloating population.