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57,361 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 5 indicators

Where Decatur, AL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
18.1%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
26.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$61,563
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$48,429 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
12.8%
2020-24
▼ 26%
relative change
17.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.5%
2019-23
▼ 18%
relative change
16.5% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
86.7%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
74.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Decatur, AL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.0%
May 2026
▲ 30%
relative change
2.3% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
13.0%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
10.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
12.3%
2020-24
▲ 94%
relative change
6.3% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
22.4%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
24.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
32.0%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
46.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.45
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.0%
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.8%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
6.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
26.9%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
24.4% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
57,361
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
54,478 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,082
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,055 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$224,900
Jun 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$227,110 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$142,378
Jun 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$143,199 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
43.3%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
39.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
54.5%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
61.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $48,429 to $61,563 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,764). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 44% from 2014 to 2024 ($42,867 to $61,563).
$61,563
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref $63,999 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 25th +50% 1st 15% below peers
Apopka, FL $96,884 10th +47% 2nd 25% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 22nd +42% 3rd 7% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 4th +40% 4th 45% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 26th +40% 5th 18% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 20th +38% 6th 5% below peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 2nd +36% 7th 59% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 23rd +34% 8th 7% below peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 11th +34% 9th 17% above peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 5th +31% 10th 45% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 8th +31% 11th 29% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 24th +31% 12th 10% below peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 14th +31% 13th 5% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 13th +30% 14th 8% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 28th +30% 15th 22% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 29th +30% 16th 22% below peers
Albany, OR $78,114 15th +29% 17th 1% above peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 27th +27% 18th 21% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 3rd +27% 19th 51% above peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 19th +27% 20th 4% below peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 1st +25% 21st 83% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY $77,679 16th +24%* 22nd on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 7th +24% 23rd 30% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 21st +21% 24th 5% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 6th +21% 25th 31% above peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 31st +20% 26th 39% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 18th +19% 27th 3% below peers
Highland, CA $77,120 17th +19% 28th 1% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 30th +15% 29th 26% below peers
Kyle, TX $90,323 12th +14% 30th 16% above peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 9th +9% 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,205 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Unemployment rose 0.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.0% in May 2026, up from 2.3% a year earlier.
3.0%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 3.0% (May 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Springfield, OH 3.5% (May 26) 10th -1.9pp 1st 15% below peers
Kettering, OH 2.8% (May 26) 4th -1.4pp 2nd 32% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 4.5% (May 26) 20th -0.9pp 3rd 10% above peers
Highland, CA 4.5% (May 26) 21st -0.7pp 4th 10% above peers
Albany, OR 4.8% (May 26) 25th -0.3pp 5th 17% above peers
Bentonville, AR 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 6th 37% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.5% (May 26) 11th -0.2pp 7th 15% below peers
Smyrna, TN 2.5% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 8th 39% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 2.4% (May 26) 1st +0.1pp 9th 41% below peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (May 26) 8th +0.1pp 10th 24% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.1pp 11th 5% below peers
Bartlett, TN 3.4% (May 26) 9th +0.2pp 12th 17% below peers
Kyle, TX 3.0% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 13th 27% below peers
Lacey, WA 4.7% (May 26) 24th +0.3pp 14th 15% above peers
Lancaster, PA 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 15th 5% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.0% (May 26) 14th +0.4pp 16th 2% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% (May 26) 16th +0.4pp 17th 2% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.5pp 18th 2% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.0% (May 26) 6th +0.5pp 19th 27% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 20th 5% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 21st 10% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 27th +0.6pp 22nd 27% above peers
Pocatello, ID 4.3% (May 26) 19th +0.7pp 23rd 5% above peers
Decatur, AL 3.0% (May 26) 7th +0.7pp 24th 27% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 5.2% (May 26) 28th +0.7pp 25th 27% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.9pp 26th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 4.6% (May 26) 23rd +1.0pp 27th 12% above peers
Bradenton, FL 4.8% (May 26) 26th +1.0pp 28th 17% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.2% (May 26) 29th +1.7pp 29th 27% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty fell 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.2% to 12.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.4% to 12.8%).
12.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 15.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.0% 11th -5.5pp 1st 15% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 5th -2.3pp 2nd 51% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 63% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.8% 21st -4.4pp 4th 22% above peers
Kettering, OH 8.2% 8th -2.6pp 5th 22% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 3rd -1.3pp 6th 54% below peers
Pocatello, ID 14.2% 25th -3.7pp 7th 35% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.0% 4th -1.1pp 8th 53% below peers
Lancaster, PA 18.9% 29th -3.8pp 9th 79% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.5% 20th -1.8pp 10th 19% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.2% 14th -1.3pp 11th 4% below peers
Sarasota, FL 14.0% 23rd -0.9pp 12th 33% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 6th -0.3pp 13th 41% below peers
Highland, CA 17.0% 28th -0.9pp 14th 61% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.4% 26th -0.8pp 15th 37% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 27.5% 31st -1.4pp 16th 161% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.5% 12th -0.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Springfield, OH 22.1% 30th +0.0pp 18th 109% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 15th +0.9pp 19th 3% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.3% 9th +0.8pp 20th 21% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.2% 27th +1.6pp 21st 54% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.5% 16th +1.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Albany, OR 13.3% 22nd +1.6pp 23rd 26% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.4% 18th +1.5pp 24th 8% above peers
Smyrna, TN 12.4% 19th +1.9pp 25th 18% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.7% 1st +0.6pp 26th 65% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 10.0% 13th +1.8pp* 27th 6% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.9% 17th +2.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.0% 24th +3.7pp 29th 33% above peers
Orland Park, IL 7.2% 7th +3.0pp 30th 32% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.8% 10th +3.7pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty fell 8.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.4% to 18.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.1pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 13.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.7% to 18.1%).
18.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 21.2% -2.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 5th -5.3pp 1st 72% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 10th -11.0pp 2nd 41% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 2nd -2.7pp 3rd 78% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 4th -3.3pp 4th 73% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 9th -6.6pp 5th 45% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 6th -3.5pp 6th 68% below peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 20th -8.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 3rd -1.6pp 8th 74% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 24th -6.9pp 9th 34% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 11th -2.9pp 10th 36% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 29th -7.4pp 11th 75% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 16th -4.0pp 12th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 22nd -3.7pp 13th 25% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 19th -1.9pp 14th 14% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 13th -1.2pp 15th 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 28th -2.3pp 16th 72% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 30th -0.1pp 17th 105% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 26th +0.2pp 18th 48% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 19th 49% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 17th +0.7pp 20th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 12th +1.2pp 21st 22% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 22nd 175% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 21st +2.3pp 23rd 19% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 24th 82% below peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 18th +4.4pp 25th 6% above peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 23rd +5.9pp 26th 28% above peers
Kyle, TX 8.7% 7th +3.0pp 27th 45% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 14th +5.0pp 28th 10% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 14.4% 15th +5.5pp* 29th 9% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 8th +3.9pp 30th 45% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 25th +11.5pp 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Broadband rose 12.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.0% to 86.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 16.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (70.3% to 86.7%).
86.7%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 87.7% +10.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 5th +24.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 25th +14.7pp 2nd 2% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 31st +12.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 30th +12.5pp 4th 5% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 22nd +12.7pp 5th 1% below peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 21st +10.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 23rd +10.5pp 7th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 11th +9.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 27th +8.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 28th +8.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 19th +9.0pp 11th on par with peers
Kyle, TX 98.2% 1st +9.3pp 12th 6% above peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 9th +8.0pp 13th 2% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 20th +7.3pp 14th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 6th +7.6pp 15th 4% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 26th +6.9pp 16th 2% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 18th +6.8pp 17th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 12th +6.5pp 18th 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 24th +6.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 93.0% 15th +5.9pp* 20th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 16th +5.4pp 21st on par with peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 17th +5.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 14th +5.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 10th +4.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 7th +4.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 4th +4.4pp 26th 5% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 13th +4.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 8th +4.2pp 28th 3% above peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 2nd +4.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 29th +3.1pp 30th 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.45).
0.45
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 0.48 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 5th -0.041 1st 13% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 22nd -0.025 2nd 3% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 17th -0.023 3rd on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 7th -0.019 4th 9% below peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 13th -0.015 5th 1% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 12th -0.015 6th 3% below peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 15th -0.012 7th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 28th -0.013 8th 12% above peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 6th -0.010 9th 10% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 21st -0.010 10th 2% above peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 4th -0.005 11th 13% below peers
Highland, CA 0.46 24th -0.006 12th 3% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 18th +0.003 13th 1% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 3rd +0.003 14th 15% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 29th +0.005 15th 15% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 11th +0.005 16th 4% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 23rd +0.006 17th 3% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 14th +0.006 18th 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 25th +0.008 19th 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 20th 16% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 0.42 10th +0.012* 21st 5% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 20th +0.017 22nd 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 16th +0.020 23rd on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 26th +0.021 24th 5% above peers
Kyle, TX 0.37 1st +0.024 25th 17% below peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 19th +0.031 26th 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 27th +0.036 27th 11% above peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 28th 32% above peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 8th +0.031 29th 8% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 9th +0.051 30th 7% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 17% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 16.5% to 13.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 6 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 8 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (16.9% to 13.5%).
13.5%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 13.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 15th -5.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 57% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 30% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 12th -2.6pp 4th 20% below peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 6th -1.5pp 5th 39% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 20th -3.1pp 6th 26% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 16th -2.4pp 7th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 24th -3.0pp 8th 48% above peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 57% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 19th -1.7pp 10th 18% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 11th -1.1pp 11th 21% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 7th -0.6pp 12th 35% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 23rd -1.2pp 13th 36% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.7% 18th -0.8pp 14th 7% above peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 27th -1.1pp 15th 92% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 13th -0.4pp 16th 15% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.2% 17th -0.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Albany, OR 18.5% 28th -0.3pp 18th 103% above peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 30th -0.1pp 19th 197% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 5th +0.1pp 20th 46% below peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 31st +0.9pp 21st 215% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 26th +0.7pp 22nd 89% above peers
Kyle, TX 6.8% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 25% below peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 25th +1.4pp 24th 68% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 22nd +1.2pp 25th 33% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 1st +0.4pp 26th 61% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 20.7% 29th +2.9pp 27th 127% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 4th +1.0pp 28th 49% below peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 9th +2.7pp 29th 26% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 8.2% 14th +3.6pp 30th 10% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 11.6% 21st 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $224,900 in June 2026, down from $227,110 a year earlier.
$224,900
2007June 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref $241,517 (Jun 26) +1.5%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Oak Lawn, IL $301,889 (Jun 26) 20th +6.3% 1st 26% below peers
Orland Park, IL $414,682 (Jun 26) 12th +5.5% 2nd 2% above peers
Springfield, OH $194,244 (Jun 26) 26th +4.6% 3rd 52% below peers
Bentonville, AR $496,895 (Jun 26) 6th +3.3% 4th 22% above peers
Kettering, OH $251,740 (Jun 26) 24th +3.1% 5th 38% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $611,418 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.9% 6th 51% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $755,049 (Jun 26) 1st +2.6% 7th 86% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $340,918 (Jun 26) 18th +2.4% 8th 16% below peers
Highland, CA $538,218 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 9th 33% above peers
Pocatello, ID $346,271 (Jun 26) 17th +1.0% 10th 15% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ $452,183 (Jun 26) 8th +0.5% 11th 11% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $284,683 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.4% 12th 30% below peers
Albany, OR $440,581 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 13th 9% above peers
Midwest City, OK $171,855 (Jun 26) 27th +0.3% 14th 58% below peers
Lacey, WA $518,901 (Jun 26) 5th +0.2% 15th 28% above peers
Bowie, MD $530,886 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 16th 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $468,522 (Jun 26) 7th -0.7% 17th 15% above peers
Smyrna, TN $405,721 (Jun 26) 14th -0.9% 18th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN $325,542 (Jun 26) 19th -0.9% 19th 20% below peers
Decatur, AL $224,900 (Jun 26) 25th -1.0% 20th 45% below peers
Marana, AZ $436,171 (Jun 26) 11th -1.6% 21st 8% above peers
Apopka, FL $398,039 (Jun 26) 15th -1.8% 22nd 2% below peers
Smyrna, GA $449,565 (Jun 26) 9th -2.9% 23rd 11% above peers
Sarasota, FL $413,325 (Jun 26) 13th -5.1% 24th 2% above peers
Bradenton, FL $353,306 (Jun 26) 16th -5.3% 25th 13% below peers
Kyle, TX $299,898 (Jun 26) 21st -7.1% 26th 26% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $279,711 (Jun 26) 23rd -8.1% 27th 31% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $142,378 in June 2026, down from $143,199 a year earlier.
$142,378
2007June 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref $121,688 (Jun 26) +2.2%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Springfield, OH $111,376 (Jun 26) 27th +6.6% 1st 62% below peers
Kettering, OH $186,333 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.7% 2nd 36% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $198,168 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.6% 3rd 32% below peers
Orland Park, IL $289,423 (Jun 26) 14th +4.5% 4th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR $351,707 (Jun 26) 7th +3.6% 5th 22% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $353,682 (Jun 26) 6th +3.0% 6th 22% above peers
Highland, CA $426,513 (Jun 26) 4th +2.9% 7th 47% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $454,026 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.4% 8th 57% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $464,218 (Jun 26) 1st +2.1% 9th 60% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $251,113 (Jun 26) 19th +2.0% 10th 13% below peers
Pocatello, ID $261,088 (Jun 26) 16th +1.9% 11th 10% below peers
Midwest City, OK $124,965 (Jun 26) 26th +1.4% 12th 57% below peers
Lacey, WA $440,902 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 13th 52% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $206,281 (Jun 26) 21st +0.8% 14th 29% below peers
Albany, OR $346,940 (Jun 26) 9th +0.7% 15th 20% above peers
Bartlett, TN $257,077 (Jun 26) 17th +0.6% 16th 11% below peers
Bowie, MD $426,457 (Jun 26) 5th +0.6% 17th 47% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $341,299 (Jun 26) 10th +0.2% 18th 18% above peers
Decatur, AL $142,378 (Jun 26) 25th -0.6% 19th 51% below peers
Smyrna, TN $326,614 (Jun 26) 11th -0.7% 20th 13% above peers
Marana, AZ $349,741 (Jun 26) 8th -1.1% 21st 21% above peers
Apopka, FL $296,834 (Jun 26) 13th -2.3% 22nd 3% above peers
Smyrna, GA $311,607 (Jun 26) 12th -2.7% 23rd 8% above peers
Sarasota, FL $262,960 (Jun 26) 15th -6.6% 24th 9% below peers
Kyle, TX $255,853 (Jun 26) 18th -6.9% 25th 12% below peers
Bradenton, FL $207,980 (Jun 26) 20th -7.7% 26th 28% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,696 (Jun 26) 24th -11.3% 27th 42% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.6% then, 63.3% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.6% to 63.3%).
63.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 70.2% +1.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 1st 67% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 19th +7.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 30th +5.1pp 3rd 25% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 13th +5.4pp 4th 2% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 8th +5.8pp 5th 20% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 28th +3.7pp 6th 19% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 20th +4.1pp 7th 8% below peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 4th +4.3pp 8th 30% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 7th +4.1pp 9th 27% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 9th +2.8pp 10th 14% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 14th +2.5pp 11th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 6th +3.0pp 12th 28% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 16th +1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 27th +1.6pp 14th 18% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 22nd +1.6pp 15th 10% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 5th +2.2pp 16th 29% above peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 3rd +1.3pp 17th 30% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 26th +0.6pp 18th 13% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 11th +0.6pp 19th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 2nd +0.4pp 20th 33% above peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 21st +0.1pp 21st 9% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 23rd -0.1pp 22nd 11% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 15th -0.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 24th -0.3pp 24th 11% below peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 18th -0.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Kyle, TX 67.0% 12th -0.5pp 26th 4% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 73.1% 10th -0.6pp* 27th 13% above peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 28th 33% above peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 25th -1.6pp 29th 13% below peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 17th -2.8pp 30th 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 29th -3.8pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHomeownership rate
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2023 to 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,082 in June 2026, up from $1,055 a year earlier.
$1,082
2023June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Lancaster, PA $1,552 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.2% 1st 16% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,216 (Jun 26) 7th +4.2% 2nd 20% above peers
Springfield, OH $1,294 (Jun 26) 25th +3.9% 3rd 30% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,753 (Jun 26) 17th +3.8% 4th 5% below peers
Midwest City, OK $1,242 (Jun 26) 26th +3.7% 5th 33% below peers
Orland Park, IL $3,018 (Jun 26) 1st +3.7% 6th 63% above peers
Bentonville, AR $1,640 (Jun 26) 20th +3.4% 7th 11% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,150 (Jun 26) 9th +3.3% 8th 16% above peers
Highland, CA $2,459 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.0% 9th 33% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $1,848 (Jun 26) 14th +2.9% 10th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $1,807 (Jun 26) 15th +2.9% 11th 2% below peers
Kettering, OH $1,366 (Jun 26) 24th +2.9% 12th 26% below peers
Decatur, AL $1,082 (Jun 26) 27th +2.6% 13th 41% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,412 (Jun 26) 4th +2.5% 14th 31% above peers
Lacey, WA $2,163 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 15th 17% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,938 (Jun 26) 11th +2.3% 16th 5% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,667 (Jun 26) 19th +2.0% 17th 10% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ $2,726 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 18th 47% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $1,884 (Jun 26) 12th +1.8% 19th 2% above peers
Pocatello, ID $1,063 (Jun 26) 28th +1.7% 20th 42% below peers
Smyrna, TN $1,693 (Jun 26) 18th +1.6% 21st 8% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,329 (Jun 26) 5th +1.2% 22nd 26% above peers
Albany, OR $1,774 (Jun 26) 16th +1.1% 23rd 4% below peers
Smyrna, GA $1,614 (Jun 26) 21st +0.3% 24th 13% below peers
Sarasota, FL $2,218 (Jun 26) 6th -1.1% 25th 20% above peers
Apopka, FL $1,982 (Jun 26) 10th -1.9% 26th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL $1,850 (Jun 26) 13th -3.5% 27th on par with peers
Kyle, TX $1,607 (Jun 26) 22nd -5.0% 28th 13% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.4% then, 26.9% now; margin ±3.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.6% to 26.9%).
26.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 26.3% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.0% 13th -3.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 31st -6.2pp 3rd 67% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 2nd -2.0pp 4th 33% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 9th -2.1pp 5th 15% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 4th -1.0pp 6th 28% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 18th -1.3pp 7th 1% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 25.1% 7th -0.5pp* 8th 21% below peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 21st -0.4pp 9th 13% above peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 27th +0.0pp 10th 28% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 8th +0.2pp 11th 19% below peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 22nd +0.5pp 12th 14% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 14th +0.5pp 13th 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 16th +0.8pp 14th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 11th +1.3pp 15th 12% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 26th +2.5pp 16th 24% above peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 28th +2.9pp 17th 37% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 17th +2.3pp 18th 1% above peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 12th +2.4pp 19th 6% below peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 15th +2.6pp 20th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 24th +3.3pp 21st 18% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 10th +2.4pp 22nd 15% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 6th +2.4pp 23rd 21% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 5th +2.5pp 24th 26% below peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 3rd +2.5pp 25th 30% below peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 23rd +4.4pp 26th 16% above peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 19th +4.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 29th +5.6pp 28th 39% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 20th +4.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 30th +6.8pp 30th 51% above peers
Kyle, TX 37.8% 25th +7.2pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 5.8%).
5.8%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 5.4% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 56% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 12th -2.2pp 2nd 21% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 3rd -1.2pp 3rd 55% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 30th -5.8pp 4th 172% above peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 25th -2.2pp 5th 22% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 24th -1.6pp 6th 11% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 15th -1.3pp 7th 3% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 20th -1.0pp 8th 6% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 26th -1.1pp 9th 23% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 8th -0.6pp 10th 29% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 5th -0.4pp 11th 48% below peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 7th -0.4pp 12th 30% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 13th 381% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 16th -0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 11th -0.2pp 15th 24% below peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 22nd -0.3pp 16th 10% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 17th -0.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 18th -0.2pp 18th 6% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 21st -0.2pp 19th 7% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 29th -0.3pp 20th 128% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 9th -0.0pp 21st 28% below peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 23rd -0.0pp 22nd 10% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 27th +0.3pp 23rd 28% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 10th +0.3pp 24th 27% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 14th +0.4pp 25th 4% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 19th +0.5pp 26th 6% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.7% 28th +1.4pp* 27th 58% above peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 4th +0.6pp 28th 50% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 13th +1.2pp 29th 19% below peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 6th +1.1pp 30th 33% below peers
Kyle, TX 1.9% 1st +0.8pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.6% to 13.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.0% to 13.0%).
13.0%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 8.9% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Pocatello, ID 6.8% 13th -2.4pp 1st 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 2nd -0.9pp 2nd 68% below peers
Marana, AZ 3.6% 4th -1.2pp 3rd 54% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 1st -0.7pp 4th 70% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.3% 22nd -2.8pp 5th 31% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 5th -1.0pp 6th 52% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.0% 11th -1.5pp 7th 23% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 24th -2.7pp 8th 37% above peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 15th -1.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 19th -1.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Midwest City, OK 10.2% 21st -1.9pp 11th 30% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 23rd -1.6pp 12th 37% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 27th -1.6pp 13th 71% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.1% 20th -1.0pp 14th 16% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 30th -1.6pp 15th 91% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.2% 14th -0.7pp 16th 8% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 18th -0.8pp 17th 9% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.7% 3rd -0.1pp* 18th 65% below peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 29th -0.1pp 19th 89% above peers
Albany, OR 6.7% 12th -0.0pp 20th 14% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 21st 29% below peers
Kyle, TX 12.1% 25th +0.5pp 22nd 53% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 6th +0.2pp 23rd 51% below peers
Springfield, OH 8.1% 17th +0.6pp 24th 3% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 7th +0.3pp 25th 47% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.0% 26th +2.4pp 26th 66% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.7% 10th +1.2pp 27th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.5% 31st +4.7pp 28th 186% above peers
Smyrna, TN 13.4% 28th +3.9pp 29th 71% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.9% 16th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 5.5% 8th +1.6pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

40.8%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 39.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 1st 20% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 2nd 16% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 3rd 15% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 4th 14% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 5th 13% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 6th 13% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 7th 9% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 8th 9% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 9th 8% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 10th 5% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 11th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 12th 2% below peers
Kyle, TX 33.9% 13th 1% below peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 14th 1% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 15th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 17th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 18th 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 19th 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 20th 3% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 21st 5% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 22nd 5% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 23rd 5% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 24th 8% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 25th 10% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 26th 10% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 27th 11% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 28th 19% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 29th 19% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 30th 19% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 31st 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.1% then, 7.0% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 7.0%).
7.0%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 3.6% +0.4pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 89% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 14th -8.6pp 2nd 9% below peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 9th -2.7pp 3rd 36% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 6th -2.2pp 4th 39% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 27th -3.1pp 5th 102% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 2nd -0.7pp 6th 53% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 12th -0.8pp 7th 27% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 15th -1.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 11th -0.7pp 9th 28% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 4th -0.5pp 10th 40% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 23rd -1.1pp 11th 68% above peers
Kyle, TX 8.3% 25th -1.0pp 12th 90% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 20th +0.0pp 13th 36% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 5th +0.0pp 14th 39% below peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 26th +0.6pp 15th 96% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 19th +0.4pp 16th 22% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 10th +0.3pp 17th 35% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 18th +0.8pp 18th 15% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 29th +1.7pp 19th 125% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 30th +3.0pp 20th 182% above peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 21st +1.9pp 21st 59% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 22nd +2.2pp 22nd 67% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 7th +0.8pp 23rd 38% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 24th 278% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 16th +1.5pp 25th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 17th +1.6pp 26th 11% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 8th +1.0pp 27th 38% below peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 28th +3.8pp 28th 115% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 13th +1.4pp 29th 27% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.5% 3rd +1.2pp* 30th 43% below peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 24th +5.6pp 31st 82% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.7% then, 22.4% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.1% to 22.4%).
22.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 28.4% +2.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Apopka, FL 38.8% 13th +11.3pp 1st 19% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 21st +7.9pp 2nd 9% below peers
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 23rd +6.5pp 3rd 10% below peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 24th +4.3pp 4th 13% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 30th +2.8pp 5th 43% below peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 10th +6.2pp 6th 28% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 20th +4.4pp 7th 9% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 9th +5.3pp 8th 28% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 18th +3.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 6th +6.0pp 10th 51% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 12th +4.3pp 11th 19% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 31st +1.8pp 12th 49% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 3rd +5.9pp 13th 82% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 26th +2.3pp 14th 27% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 2nd +6.2pp 15th 97% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 4th +5.1pp 16th 70% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 25th +2.6pp 17th 15% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 22nd +2.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 16th +2.3pp 19th on par with peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 7th +2.8pp 20th 46% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 39.4% 11th +2.0pp* 21st 21% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 17th +1.5pp 22nd 3% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 1st +3.4pp 23rd 117% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 5th +2.2pp 24th 54% above peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 28th +0.8pp 25th 30% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 27th +0.8pp 26th 28% below peers
Kyle, TX 31.0% 19th +0.8pp 27th 5% below peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 8th +1.0pp 28th 39% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 15th +0.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 14th -0.6pp 30th 9% above peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 29th -2.3pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (46.5% then, 32.0% now; margin ±16.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.1% to 32.0%).
32.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 42.6% -1.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 5th +26.4pp 1st 21% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 6th +20.3pp 2nd 19% above peers
Kyle, TX 53.1% 11th +18.3pp 3rd 8% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 1st +18.3pp 4th 72% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 18th +7.7pp 5th 14% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 77.3% 2nd +13.9pp* 6th 57% above peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 19th +6.6pp 7th 22% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 8th +9.5pp 8th 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 13th +8.1pp 9th 4% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 9th +6.6pp 10th 15% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 16th +3.6pp 11th on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 3rd +2.6pp 12th 26% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 14th +1.4pp 13th 4% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 29th +0.1pp 14th 37% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 17th -1.1pp 15th 11% below peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 4th -2.5pp 16th 26% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 20th -2.1pp 17th 23% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 7th -5.8pp 18th 16% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 19th 3% above peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 21st -4.8pp 20th 23% below peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 22nd -5.4pp 21st 24% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 26th -6.3pp 22nd 31% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 28th -7.1pp 23rd 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 12th -14.5pp 24th 5% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 10th -15.6pp 25th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 25th -10.5pp 26th 31% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 30th -9.6pp 27th 40% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 24th -12.5pp 28th 25% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 23rd -12.7pp 29th 24% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 27th -14.5pp 30th 35% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±12.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.3% then, 12.3% now; margin ±7.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 0 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 12.3%).
12.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 7.6% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 2nd -3.5pp 1st 63% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 3rd -3.7pp 2nd 53% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 6th -3.1pp 3rd 42% below peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 22nd -5.4pp 4th 9% above peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 5th -2.1pp 5th 43% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 19th -1.8pp 6th 7% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 21st -1.4pp 7th 9% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 11th -0.8pp 8th 25% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 20th -1.1pp 9th 8% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 7th -0.3pp 10th 40% below peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 1st -0.1pp 11th 65% below peers
Kyle, TX 7.3% 18th +0.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 14th +0.2pp 13th 4% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 17th +0.3pp 14th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 15th 135% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 16th 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 13th +1.2pp 17th 13% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 15th +1.5pp 18th 4% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.9% 24th +2.8pp* 19th 28% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 23rd +3.0pp 20th 26% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 26th +4.1pp 21st 59% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 9th +1.8pp 22nd 33% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 25th +3.5pp 23rd 30% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 28th +4.6pp 24th 70% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 27th +4.4pp 25th 60% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 10th +2.4pp 26th 26% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 4th +1.8pp 27th 46% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 29th +5.9pp 28th 76% above peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 16th +3.8pp 29th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 12th +3.1pp 30th 17% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 30th +7.2pp 31st 89% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±7.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54,478 to 57,361 - more than the combined survey margin (±101). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (55,641 to 57,361).
57,361
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kyle, TX 56,823 25th +33% 1st 1% below peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 21st +26% 2nd 1% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 8th +20% 3rd 1% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 12th +19% 4th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 4th +18% 5th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 14th +17% 6th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 27th +14% 7th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 5th +12% 8th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 30th +12% 9th 2% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 13th +7% 10th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 1st +7% 11th 1% above peers
Albany, OR 56,839 24th +6% 12th 1% below peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 17th +5% 13th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 16th +4% 14th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 18th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 56,675 28th +3% 16th 2% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 3rd +2% 17th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 23rd +2% 18th 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 19th +1% 19th 1% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 31st +1% 20th 2% below peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 29th +1% 21st 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 20th +0% 22nd 1% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 56,806 26th -0%* 23rd 1% below peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 10th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 11th -1% 25th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 6th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 9th -2% 27th 1% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 7th -2% 28th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 15th -3% 29th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 2nd -4% 30th 1% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 22nd -4% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±59 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.0% then, 23.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.7% to 23.8%).
23.8%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 21.9% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 29th +1.5pp 1st 30% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 13th +2.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 7th +1.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 3rd +1.2pp 4th 15% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 9th +0.8pp 5th 7% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 14th +0.7pp 6th 3% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 17th +0.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 24th +0.5pp 8th 7% below peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 5th +0.5pp 9th 13% above peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 12th +0.2pp 10th 5% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 27th +0.1pp 11th 21% below peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 6th -0.1pp 12th 12% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 8th -0.1pp 13th 9% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 11th -0.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 10th -0.4pp 15th 6% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 17.4% 28th -0.4pp* 16th 22% below peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 26th -0.5pp 17th 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 2nd -0.8pp 18th 22% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 31st -0.4pp 19th 36% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 20th 34% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 21st -0.8pp 21st 6% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 23rd -0.8pp 22nd 6% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 18th -0.8pp 23rd 3% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 15th -1.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 20th -1.0pp 25th 5% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 19th -1.3pp 26th 4% below peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 22nd -1.6pp 27th 6% below peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 1st -2.7pp 28th 25% above peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 25th -2.5pp 29th 7% below peers
Kyle, TX 25.4% 4th -3.2pp 30th 14% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 16th -5.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.6% then, 43.3% now; margin ±9.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.0% to 43.3%).
43.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 33.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 24th +12.0pp 1st 20% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 22nd +12.4pp 2nd 14% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.0% 14th +11.9pp 3rd 5% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 17th +7.4pp 4th 3% below peers
Kyle, TX 29.0% 18th +7.2pp 5th 5% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 12th +8.6pp 6th 19% above peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 9th +8.2pp 7th 23% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 6th +8.9pp 8th 47% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 15th +5.6pp* 9th 2% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 10th 46% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 10th +4.6pp 11th 21% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 12th 98% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 5th +4.8pp 13th 49% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 8th +3.7pp 14th 42% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 29th +1.4pp 15th 43% below peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 13th +2.3pp 16th 15% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 7th +1.3pp 17th 44% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 3rd +1.0pp 18th 65% above peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 19th -0.0pp 19th 6% below peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 20th -0.3pp 20th 10% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 11th -0.6pp 21st 19% above peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 16th -1.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 27th -1.1pp 23rd 39% below peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 2nd -4.8pp 24th 83% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 21st -2.8pp 25th 13% below peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 4th -8.6pp 26th 50% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 28th -3.6pp 27th 40% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 25th -5.0pp 28th 24% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 23rd -5.7pp 29th 16% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 26th -7.5pp 30th 27% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 31st -5.2pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±8.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.6% then, 54.5% now; margin ±15.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 11.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.2% to 54.5%).
54.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 66.6% +1.6pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
New Brunswick, NJ 83.7% 2nd +26.1pp 1st 19% above peers
Marana, AZ 71.4% 15th +19.3pp 2nd 2% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 27th +13.9pp 3rd 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 17th +15.2pp 4th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 8th +16.0pp 5th 14% above peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 6th +14.1pp 6th 15% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 14th +10.8pp 7th 2% above peers
Kyle, TX 70.1% 16th +10.4pp 8th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 9th +10.7pp 9th 12% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 84.9% 1st +10.7pp* 10th 21% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 3rd +10.3pp 11th 18% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 7th +8.9pp 12th 14% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 4th +9.0pp 13th 16% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 10th +7.5pp 14th 10% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 18th +5.1pp 15th 3% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 11th +5.3pp 16th 7% above peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 5th +0.8pp 17th 15% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 23rd -0.5pp 18th 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 13th -1.1pp 19th 3% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 12th -1.7pp 20th 4% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 20th -3.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 19th -3.8pp 22nd 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 21st -4.9pp 23rd 5% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 30th -6.1pp 24th 17% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 28th -7.0pp 25th 13% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 26th 22% below peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 29th -7.9pp 27th 13% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 22nd -8.9pp 28th 6% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 25th -9.7pp 29th 10% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 24th -10.8pp 30th 9% below peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 26th -16.9pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±11.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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