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222,791 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Huntsville, AL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$74,714
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$55,305 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
17.0%
2020-24
▼ 33%
relative change
25.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
12.0%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
16.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
9.9%
2019-23
▼ 23%
relative change
12.8% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.9%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
6.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.9%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
85.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
47.2%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
44.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
27.6%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
28.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.0%
2020-24
▼ 30%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.0%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Huntsville, 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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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
41.3%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
52.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.49
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.50 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 3 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
222,791
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
196,219 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.4%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
20.6% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,322
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$1,311 a year earlier
Rising recently 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 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $55,305 to $74,714 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,863). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; 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 52% from 2014 to 2024 ($49,060 to $74,714).
$74,714
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%
Hialeah, FL $55,594 28th +59% 1st 26% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 20th +47% 2nd 10% below peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 18th +46% 3rd 6% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 6th +41% 4th 38% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 8th +41% 5th 25% above peers
Boise, ID $83,904 10th +40% 6th 12% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 19th +39% 7th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 9th +38% 8th 15% above peers
Richmond, VA $64,587 24th +37% 9th 14% below peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 10th 143% above peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 16th +35% 11th on par with peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 13th +35% 12th 7% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL $80,648 12th +33% 13th 8% above peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 4th +33% 14th 66% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 31st +33% 15th 37% below peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 11th +31% 16th 12% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 26th +30% 17th 22% below peers
Norfolk, VA $66,109 21st +28% 18th 12% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 17th +28% 19th on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 14th +27% 20th 5% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 29th +27% 21st 28% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 27th +25% 22nd 22% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 23rd +25% 23rd 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 15th +24% 24th 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 5th +23% 25th 65% above peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 22nd +23% 26th 12% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 25th +22% 27th 16% below peers
Enterprise, NV $98,462 7th +21% 28th 32% above peers
Arlington, VA $142,114 3rd +18% 29th 90% above peers
Frisco, TX $150,212 2nd +18% 30th 101% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 30th +12% 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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14 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,263 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 59% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.3 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
San Bernardino, CA 4.9% (May 26) 23rd -0.7pp 1st 17% above peers
Modesto, CA 5.7% (May 26) 27th -0.6pp 2nd 36% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.6% (May 26) 20th -0.5pp 3rd 10% above peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 4th 14% below peers
Des Moines, IA 3.3% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 5th 21% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th -0.4pp 6th 19% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.2% (May 26) 15th -0.3pp 7th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 4.3% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.5% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 9th 7% above peers
Columbus, GA 3.9% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 2.5% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 11th 40% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (May 26) 24th +0.0pp 12th 17% above peers
Little Rock, AR 3.9% (May 26) 10th +0.0pp 13th 7% below peers
Boise, ID 3.2% (May 26) 3rd +0.1pp 14th 24% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 15th 19% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.8% (May 26) 8th +0.3pp 16th 10% below peers
Richmond, VA 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 17th 7% below peers
Norfolk, VA 4.1% (May 26) 13th +0.3pp 18th 2% below peers
Spokane, WA 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 19th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.5pp 20th 5% below peers
Amarillo, TX 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Tacoma, WA 5.1% (May 26) 26th +0.6pp 22nd 21% above peers
Yonkers, NY 4.1% (May 26) 14th +0.6pp 23rd 2% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% (May 26) 2nd +0.7pp 24th 29% below peers
Mobile, AL 4.2% (May 26) 16th +0.9pp 25th on par with peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 4.8% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 26th 14% above peers
Rochester, NY 5.7% (May 26) 28th +1.0pp 27th 36% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 4.8% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 28th 14% 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 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.1% to 12.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 15 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.0% to 12.0%).
12.0%
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 15.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
San Bernardino, CA 18.1% 27th -6.6pp 1st 37% above peers
Huntsville, AL 12.0% 12th -4.1pp 2nd 9% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.9% 23rd -5.4pp 3rd 28% above peers
Boise, ID 10.3% 9th -3.2pp 4th 22% below peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 8th -3.0pp 5th 25% below peers
Richmond, VA 17.4% 25th -4.7pp 6th 32% above peers
Spokane, WA 13.5% 17th -3.3pp 7th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.6% 11th -2.8pp 8th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.1% 15th -3.1pp 9th 1% below peers
McKinney, TX 5.6% 3rd -1.2pp 10th 57% below peers
Tacoma, WA 12.1% 14th -2.2pp 11th 8% below peers
Modesto, CA 13.2% 16th -1.8pp 12th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 17.8% 26th -2.3pp 13th 35% above peers
Rochester, NY 26.8% 31st -3.3pp 14th 103% above peers
Norfolk, VA 15.1% 20th -1.7pp 15th 15% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 5th -0.8pp 16th 44% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 16.4% 22nd -1.6pp 17th 24% above peers
Yonkers, NY 13.7% 18th -1.1pp 18th 4% above peers
Columbus, GA 18.5% 29th -1.4pp 19th 40% above peers
Des Moines, IA 14.6% 19th -1.1pp 20th 11% above peers
Frisco, TX 3.5% 1st -0.1pp 21st 73% below peers
Worcester, MA 18.2% 28th -0.3pp 22nd 38% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.1% 13th -0.1pp 23rd 8% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 24.1% 30th +0.2pp 24th 83% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.7% 10th +0.3pp 25th 19% below peers
Little Rock, AR 17.1% 24th +0.7pp 26th 30% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.6% 21st +0.7pp 27th 18% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 9.4% 7th +0.4pp 28th 29% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.3% 4th +0.6pp 29th 45% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.6% 6th +1.0pp 30th 35% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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14 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Boise, ID down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 8.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.5% to 17.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 18 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; 22 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 9.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.9% to 17.0%).
17.0%
20132024
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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%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 9th -7.2pp 1st 20% below peers
Hialeah, FL 19.5% 19th -9.9pp 2nd 18% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 17th -8.5pp 3rd 3% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 26th -12.1pp 4th 56% above peers
Boise, ID 11.1% 7th -5.1pp 5th 33% below peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 12th -6.4pp 6th 11% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 10th -5.7pp 7th 18% below peers
Richmond, VA 28.1% 29th -8.9pp 8th 70% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 3rd -1.8pp 9th 59% below peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 16th -4.2pp 10th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 15th -3.9pp 11th 2% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 28th -5.7pp 12th 67% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 5th -1.7pp 13th 48% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 14th -2.7pp 14th 2% below peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 22nd -3.7pp 15th 41% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 13th -2.3pp 16th 10% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 18th -2.9pp 17th 15% above peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 18th 150% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 23rd -3.5pp 19th 48% above peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 25th -3.2pp 20th 54% above peers
Norfolk, VA 25.2% 24th -3.1pp 21st 52% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 30th -3.3pp 22nd 96% above peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 20th -1.1pp 23rd 34% above peers
Frisco, TX 3.2% 1st +0.2pp 24th 81% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 11th +0.7pp 25th 16% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 27th +3.2pp 26th 63% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 21st +2.8pp 27th 39% above peers
Arlington, VA 7.8% 4th +1.2pp 28th 53% below peers
Enterprise, NV 10.6% 6th +2.1pp 29th 36% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 12.8% 8th +2.7pp 30th 23% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 2nd +1.4pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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14 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.4% to 91.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; 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: broadband rose 12.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (79.8% to 91.9%).
91.9%
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%
Hialeah, FL 86.7% 29th +15.7pp 1st 6% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 89.1% 26th +15.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 14th +12.0pp 4th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 19th +11.5pp 5th 1% below peers
Richmond, VA 86.3% 31st +10.6pp 6th 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 30th +10.5pp 7th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 23rd +10.8pp 8th 3% below peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 20th +10.6pp 9th 1% below peers
Boise, ID 93.8% 10th +10.5pp 10th 2% above peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 22nd +9.8pp 11th 2% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 5th +10.4pp 12th 5% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 24th +8.9pp 13th 3% below peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 25th +8.8pp 14th 3% below peers
Tacoma, WA 92.9% 13th +8.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 21st +7.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 11th +7.0pp 17th 1% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 18th +6.8pp 18th on par with peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 17th +6.4pp 19th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 16th +5.7pp 20th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 89.0% 27th +5.4pp 21st 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 6th +5.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 15th +5.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 12th +4.6pp 24th 1% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 95.0% 8th +4.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Enterprise, NV 97.0% 2nd +4.3pp 26th 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 9th +4.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Arlington, VA 95.2% 7th +3.7pp 28th 4% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 4th +3.7pp 29th 5% above peers
Fremont, CA 96.8% 3rd +3.5pp 30th 5% above peers
Frisco, TX 97.7% 1st +1.8pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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
Loading tract map…
14 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 (0.50 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.50 to 0.49).
0.49
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
Richmond, VA 0.51 29th -0.032 1st 12% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 9th -0.018 2nd 7% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 22nd -0.020 3rd 3% above peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 4th 17% below peers
Norfolk, VA 0.47 20th -0.017 5th 3% above peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 15th -0.016 6th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 23rd -0.015 7th 4% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 11th -0.011 8th 6% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 26th -0.012 9th 8% above peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 24th -0.010 10th 6% above peers
Boise, ID 0.46 19th -0.008 11th 1% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 12th -0.008 12th 4% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 25th -0.007 13th 7% above peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 30th -0.007 14th 14% above peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 27th -0.004 15th 8% above peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 16th -0.003 16th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 17th 17% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 14th +0.000 18th 3% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 28th +0.002 19th 9% above peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 13th +0.006 20th 4% below peers
Frisco, TX 0.42 5th +0.009 21st 9% below peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 6th +0.009 22nd 9% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 0.41 3rd +0.009 23rd 10% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 10th +0.011 24th 7% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 21st +0.017 25th 3% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 31st +0.023 26th 22% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 4th +0.017 27th 10% below peers
Arlington, VA 0.46 17th +0.019 28th on par with peers
Enterprise, NV 0.42 8th +0.022 29th 8% below peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 7th +0.023 30th 8% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 18th +0.028 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 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 12.8% to 9.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.1% to 9.9%).
9.9%
20102023
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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
Boise, ID 6.2% 5th -2.9pp 1st 57% below peers
Huntsville, AL 9.9% 11th -3.0pp 2nd 32% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 6th -1.9pp 3rd 55% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 19th -4.4pp 4th 12% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 8th -1.7pp 5th 46% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.3% 21st -2.6pp 6th 13% above peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 82% below peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 26th -2.9pp 8th 34% above peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 22nd -2.3pp 9th 14% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.4% 28th -3.2pp 10th 62% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 13th -1.3pp 11th 26% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 30th -3.5pp 12th 116% above peers
Richmond, VA 14.6% 17th -1.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Frisco, TX 1.8% 1st -0.1pp 14th 87% below peers
Hialeah, FL 42.1% 31st -2.5pp 15th 191% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 25th -0.2pp 16th 34% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.7% 14th -0.1pp 17th 26% below peers
Arlington, VA 3.4% 3rd +0.1pp 18th 77% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 18th +0.6pp 19th 9% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 27th +0.9pp 20th 39% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 10th +0.4pp 21st 32% below peers
Norfolk, VA 16.3% 20th +0.9pp 22nd 13% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 15th +1.2pp 23rd 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 12th +1.1pp 24th 26% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 23rd +2.0pp 25th 29% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 24th +2.2pp 26th 33% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 16th +1.7pp 27th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% 4th +0.6pp 28th 75% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 29th +4.7pp 29th 86% above peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 9th +2.5pp 30th 44% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 7th +2.7pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp 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 Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 84% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $292,728 in June 2026, up from $290,706 a year earlier.
$292,728
2001June 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%
Yonkers, NY $702,854 (Jun 26) 4th +6.1% 1st 59% above peers
Rochester, NY $252,192 (Jun 26) 20th +4.3% 2nd 43% below peers
Little Rock, AR $222,779 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.4% 3rd 50% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,834 (Jun 26) 25th +3.2% 4th 52% below peers
Columbus, GA $177,244 (Jun 26) 27th +2.3% 5th 60% below peers
Richmond, VA $379,365 (Jun 26) 16th +2.1% 6th 14% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $580,299 (Jun 26) 7th +1.7% 7th 31% above peers
Worcester, MA $443,387 (Jun 26) 14th +1.2% 8th on par with peers
San Bernardino, CA $496,080 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 9th 12% above peers
Norfolk, VA $315,536 (Jun 26) 18th +0.9% 10th 29% below peers
Huntsville, AL $292,728 (Jun 26) 19th +0.7% 11th 34% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $233,067 (Jun 26) 21st +0.4% 12th 47% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $227,387 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.1% 13th 49% below peers
Des Moines, IA $213,036 (Jun 26) 24th +0.1% 14th 52% below peers
Spokane, WA $403,557 (Jun 26) 15th -0.3% 15th 9% below peers
Tacoma, WA $498,063 (Jun 26) 9th -0.4% 16th 12% above peers
Arlington, VA $823,028 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.4% 17th 86% above peers
Fontana, CA $639,380 (Jun 26) 6th -0.6% 18th 44% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $553,116 (Jun 26) 8th -0.6% 19th 25% above peers
Modesto, CA $449,607 (Jun 26) 12th -0.7% 20th 1% above peers
Mobile, AL $199,106 (Jun 26) 26th -1.1% 21st 55% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $798,112 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.3% 22nd 80% above peers
Hialeah, FL $445,331 (Jun 26) 13th -1.5% 23rd on par with peers
Fremont, CA $1,499,629 (Jun 26) 1st -3.6% 24th 238% above peers
Frisco, TX $656,145 (Jun 26) 5th -5.0% 25th 48% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $337,346 (Jun 26) 17th -6.0% 26th 24% below peers
McKinney, TX $482,599 (Jun 26) 11th -6.7% 27th 9% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $172,185 in June 2026, up from $170,168 a year earlier.
$172,185
2009June 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%
Yonkers, NY $355,502 (Jun 26) 12th +6.6% 1st 21% above peers
Little Rock, AR $118,393 (Jun 26) 24th +5.9% 2nd 60% below peers
Amarillo, TX $127,064 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.5% 3rd 57% below peers
Rochester, NY $165,884 (Jun 26) 20th +3.8% 4th 43% below peers
Richmond, VA $261,975 (Jun 26) 15th +2.5% 5th 11% below peers
Worcester, MA $350,386 (Jun 26) 13th +2.2% 6th 19% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $408,858 (Jun 26) 7th +1.7% 7th 39% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $158,963 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 8th 46% below peers
Norfolk, VA $236,129 (Jun 26) 18th +1.5% 9th 20% below peers
Huntsville, AL $172,185 (Jun 26) 19th +1.2% 10th 41% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $495,598 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 11th 69% above peers
Fontana, CA $548,361 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.3% 12th 87% above peers
Des Moines, IA $156,486 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.2% 13th 47% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $408,629 (Jun 26) 8th +0.1% 14th 39% above peers
Modesto, CA $369,767 (Jun 26) 10th +0.1% 15th 26% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,933 (Jun 26) 27th -0.1% 16th 68% below peers
Mobile, AL $94,833 (Jun 26) 26th -0.2% 17th 68% below peers
Tacoma, WA $398,881 (Jun 26) 9th -0.5% 18th 36% above peers
Arlington, VA $427,483 (Jun 26) 6th -0.8% 19th 46% above peers
Spokane, WA $293,434 (Jun 26) 14th -0.8% 20th on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA $117,749 (Jun 26) 25th -1.7% 21st 60% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $591,050 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.9% 22nd 101% above peers
Fremont, CA $961,215 (Jun 26) 1st -4.4% 23rd 228% above peers
Frisco, TX $462,723 (Jun 26) 5th -5.3% 24th 58% above peers
Hialeah, FL $248,710 (Jun 26) 17th -5.6% 25th 15% below peers
McKinney, TX $365,773 (Jun 26) 11th -6.1% 26th 25% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $259,674 (Jun 26) 16th -6.8% 27th 12% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (56.7% then, 58.3% now; margin ±1.6pp). 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; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.8% to 58.3%).
58.3%
20112024
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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%
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 20th +5.3pp 1st 9% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 84.0% 1st +7.1pp 2nd 51% above peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 16th +3.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 23rd +3.2pp 4th 15% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 13th +3.8pp 5th 6% above peers
Norfolk, VA 46.3% 25th +2.9pp 6th 17% below peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 14th +3.6pp 7th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 19th +2.8pp 8th 9% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 21st +2.6pp 9th 10% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 10th 32% below peers
Enterprise, NV 63.7% 7th +2.9pp 11th 14% above peers
Boise, ID 63.2% 9th +2.3pp 12th 13% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 2nd +2.7pp 13th 38% above peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 29th +1.5pp 14th 23% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 15th +1.6pp 15th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 8th +1.6pp 16th 13% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 3rd +1.8pp 17th 29% above peers
Richmond, VA 43.5% 28th +0.9pp 18th 22% below peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 4th +1.3pp 19th 20% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 24th +0.9pp 20th 16% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 17th +0.7pp 21st 3% below peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 11th +0.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 10th +0.2pp 23rd 9% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 26th +0.1pp 24th 17% below peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 12th -0.8pp 25th 7% above peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 6th -2.0pp 26th 14% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 18th -1.8pp 27th 4% below peers
Arlington, VA 41.3% 30th -1.5pp 28th 26% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 22nd -2.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 27th -2.2pp 30th 18% below peers
Frisco, TX 65.9% 5th -5.7pp 31st 18% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 73% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,322 in June 2026, up from $1,311 a year earlier.
$1,322
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Norfolk, VA $1,752 (Jun 26) 14th +6.9% 1st on par with peers
Amarillo, TX $1,278 (Jun 26) 24th +4.8% 2nd 27% below peers
Fremont, CA $3,308 (Jun 26) 1st +4.4% 3rd 89% above peers
Yonkers, NY $2,754 (Jun 26) 4th +3.9% 4th 57% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,994 (Jun 26) 9th +3.7% 5th 14% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,532 (Jun 26) 18th +3.2% 6th 13% below peers
Richmond, VA $1,682 (Jun 26) 16th +3.2% 7th 4% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,311 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.1% 8th 25% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,383 (Jun 26) 21st +2.8% 9th 21% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,275 (Jun 26) 25th +2.8% 10th 27% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,401 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 11th 20% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,121 (Jun 26) 27th +2.7% 12th 36% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,364 (Jun 26) 7th +2.4% 13th 35% above peers
Little Rock, AR $1,220 (Jun 26) 26th +2.3% 14th 30% below peers
Spokane, WA $1,498 (Jun 26) 19th +2.0% 15th 15% below peers
Tacoma, WA $1,749 (Jun 26) 15th +1.9% 16th on par with peers
Fontana, CA $3,042 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 17th 74% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,629 (Jun 26) 17th +1.4% 18th 7% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,806 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.1% 19th 60% above peers
Huntsville, AL $1,322 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.9% 20th 25% below peers
Worcester, MA $2,164 (Jun 26) 8th +0.6% 21st 23% above peers
Modesto, CA $1,986 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 22nd 13% above peers
Hialeah, FL $2,374 (Jun 26) 6th -0.1% 23rd 35% above peers
Arlington, VA $2,722 (Jun 26) 5th -0.4% 24th 55% above peers
Frisco, TX $1,861 (Jun 26) 12th -0.4% 25th 6% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,819 (Jun 26) 13th -1.6% 26th 4% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,912 (Jun 26) 11th -1.9% 27th 9% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.9% then, 27.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.2% to 27.6%).
27.6%
20102024
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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
Fontana, CA 38.8% 16th -5.0pp 1st on par with peers
Hialeah, FL 51.5% 31st -3.9pp 2nd 33% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 26th -2.5pp 3rd 9% above peers
Richmond, VA 40.6% 22nd -2.2pp 4th 5% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 1st -1.3pp 5th 29% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 13th -1.5pp 6th 6% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 6th -0.9pp 7th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 17th -1.1pp 8th 2% above peers
Norfolk, VA 41.2% 24th -0.9pp 9th 6% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 29th -0.7pp 10th 15% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 19th -0.6pp 11th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 12th 13% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 9th -0.0pp 13th 16% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 47.5% 30th -0.0pp 14th 23% above peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 27th +0.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 8th +0.2pp 16th 17% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 10th +0.2pp 17th 8% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 20th +0.4pp 18th 4% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 35.8% 12th +0.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 4th +0.7pp 20th 21% below peers
Boise, ID 30.4% 3rd +1.0pp 21st 22% below peers
Arlington, VA 31.2% 5th +1.1pp 22nd 20% below peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 15th +1.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 25th +1.7pp 24th 9% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 23rd +2.6pp 25th 6% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 21st +2.7pp 26th 5% above peers
Frisco, TX 28.7% 2nd +2.0pp 27th 26% below peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 7th +2.4pp 28th 18% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 14th +4.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.6% 11th +5.0pp 30th 8% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 18th +5.8pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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14 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.2% to 4.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 4.9%).
4.9%
20102024
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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
San Bernardino, CA 6.8% 15th -2.8pp 1st 11% below peers
Richmond, VA 13.0% 27th -3.5pp 2nd 69% above peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 10th -1.3pp 3rd 37% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 29th -2.8pp 4th 110% above peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 22nd -1.6pp 5th 28% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 16th -1.2pp 6th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 7th 205% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 8th 209% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 21st -0.6pp 9th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 4th -0.2pp 10th 56% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 13th -0.2pp 11th 17% below peers
Norfolk, VA 11.5% 25th -0.4pp 12th 50% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 18th -0.2pp 13th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 20th -0.1pp 14th 17% above peers
Boise, ID 5.0% 11th -0.1pp 15th 35% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 19th +0.2pp 16th 15% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 9th +0.1pp 17th 39% below peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 12th +0.1pp 18th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 24th +0.4pp 19th 42% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 23rd +0.4pp 20th 41% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 17th +0.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 55% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 26th +1.1pp 23rd 56% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 2nd +0.4pp 24th 58% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 5th +0.4pp 25th 56% below peers
Arlington, VA 15.2% 28th +2.1pp 26th 98% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 8th +0.6pp 27th 50% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 14th +1.0pp 28th 14% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 2.7% 1st +0.6pp 29th 65% below peers
Enterprise, NV 3.8% 7th +1.0pp 30th 51% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.3% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 No measurable change
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Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 8.9% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.7% to 8.9%).
8.9%
20122024
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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
Hialeah, FL 15.0% 30th -5.6pp 1st 76% above peers
Richmond, VA 8.7% 17th -3.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Norfolk, VA 8.1% 13th -2.4pp 3rd 5% below peers
Boise, ID 7.0% 11th -1.9pp 4th 18% below peers
McKinney, TX 8.1% 14th -2.1pp 5th 4% below peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 4th -1.0pp 6th 45% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 45% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.3% 25th -2.2pp 8th 22% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.3% 24th -2.1pp 9th 21% above peers
Yonkers, NY 6.2% 8th -1.0pp 10th 27% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.7% 20th -1.4pp 11th 14% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.1% 23rd -1.3pp 12th 19% above peers
Arlington, VA 5.2% 6th -0.6pp 13th 39% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.9% 21st -1.0pp 14th 17% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 28th -1.0pp 15th 37% above peers
Huntsville, AL 8.9% 18th -0.7pp 16th 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.3% 31st -1.1pp 17th 80% above peers
Frisco, TX 6.3% 9th -0.4pp 18th 26% below peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 19th -0.5pp 19th 7% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 5th -0.3pp 20th 43% below peers
Spokane, WA 5.3% 7th -0.2pp 21st 37% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 8.5% 16th -0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Columbus, GA 10.6% 27th -0.3pp 23rd 25% above peers
Tacoma, WA 7.0% 10th -0.2pp 24th 18% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 15th +0.1pp 25th 4% below peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 12th +0.3pp 26th 16% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 29th +0.5pp 27th 46% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.0% 22nd +0.4pp 28th 18% above peers
Little Rock, AR 10.5% 26th +2.2pp 29th 23% above peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 30th 70% below peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp 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
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Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 39.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Fremont, CA 14.1% 1st 60% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 30% below peers
Arlington, VA 24.9% 3rd 29% below peers
Frisco, TX 26.6% 4th 25% below peers
Enterprise, NV 28.7% 5th 19% below peers
Boise, ID 29.4% 6th 17% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 7th 14% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 8th 14% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 9th 13% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 10th 12% below peers
Hialeah, FL 31.5% 11th 11% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 12th 7% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 33.4% 13th 5% below peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 14th 2% below peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 15th 1% below peers
Richmond, VA 35.3% 16th on par with peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 17th on par with peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 18th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 19th 3% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 20th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 21st 5% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 22nd 6% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 23rd 9% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.4% 24th 12% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 25th 12% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 26th 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 27th 14% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 28th 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 29th 18% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 30th 25% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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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 (4.2% then, 3.0% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 3.0%).
3.0%
20122024
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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
Enterprise, NV 3.7% 12th -2.2pp 1st 18% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 53% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 10th -1.2pp 3rd 33% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 28th -3.0pp 4th 94% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 5th 57% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 23rd -1.6pp 6th 35% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 6.4% 25th -1.4pp 7th 42% above peers
Norfolk, VA 5.5% 21st -1.0pp 8th 21% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 22nd -1.1pp 9th 30% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 8th -0.5pp 10th 34% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 7th -0.3pp 11th 35% below peers
Frisco, TX 4.0% 14th -0.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 20th -0.2pp 13th 14% above peers
Richmond, VA 6.2% 24th -0.2pp 14th 38% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 15th 48% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 17th -0.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 30th -0.1pp 17th 126% above peers
Arlington, VA 3.0% 9th +0.1pp 18th 33% below peers
Boise, ID 4.9% 19th +0.5pp 19th 8% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 15th +0.5pp 20th 10% below peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 11th +0.4pp 21st 28% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 16th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 31st +1.9pp 23rd 133% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 29th +1.9pp 24th 111% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 13th +0.9pp 25th 15% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 6th +0.7pp 26th 40% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 18th +1.5pp 27th 7% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 27th +3.7pp 28th 88% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 5th +1.2pp 29th 47% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 26th +4.6pp 30th 79% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 Real improvement
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College attainment rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.1% to 47.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; 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: college attainment rose 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.1% to 47.2%).
47.2%
20102024
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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
Hialeah, FL 22.1% 27th +6.4pp 1st 35% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 19th +6.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 28.1% 24th +5.5pp 3rd 17% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 21st +4.9pp 4th 11% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 28th +3.4pp 5th 37% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 20th +4.7pp 6th 10% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 14th +5.0pp 7th 4% above peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 15th +4.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Norfolk, VA 33.5% 17th +4.6pp 9th 1% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 25th +3.6pp 10th 20% below peers
Richmond, VA 45.6% 8th +6.0pp 11th 35% above peers
Boise, ID 47.5% 6th +5.9pp 12th 40% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 4th +6.7pp 13th 60% above peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 29th +2.5pp 14th 37% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.7% 13th +4.0pp 15th 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 26th +3.0pp 16th 21% below peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 3rd +6.9pp 17th 89% above peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 22nd +3.0pp 18th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 5th +4.9pp 19th 52% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 31st +1.2pp 20th 61% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 11th +3.3pp 21st 8% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 22nd 47% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 18th +2.6pp 23rd 6% below peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 16th +2.6pp 24th on par with peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 10th +3.0pp 25th 18% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 7th +3.1pp 26th 39% above peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 9th +2.8pp 27th 32% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 14% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 12th +2.2pp 29th 5% above peers
Frisco, TX 67.5% 2nd +4.1pp 30th 99% above peers
Arlington, VA 77.1% 1st +1.8pp 31st 128% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 10.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.2% to 41.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 11 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.4% to 41.2%).
41.3%
20112024
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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%
McKinney, TX 62.0% 2nd +6.9pp 1st 38% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 28th +2.2pp 2nd 37% below peers
Hialeah, FL 51.7% 7th +3.9pp 3rd 15% above peers
Boise, ID 45.4% 15th +2.6pp 4th 1% above peers
Richmond, VA 48.8% 12th +2.1pp 5th 9% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 18th +0.1pp 6th 8% below peers
Tacoma, WA 44.8% 16th -0.0pp 7th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 61.4% 3rd -0.5pp 8th 37% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 47.5% 14th -2.0pp 9th 6% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 13th -2.1pp 10th 7% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 11th 39% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 10th -3.6pp 12th 12% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 6th -5.6pp 13th 18% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 8th -5.9pp 14th 13% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 25th -4.1pp 15th 26% below peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 11th -6.6pp 16th 10% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 23rd -4.9pp 17th 21% below peers
Frisco, TX 55.6% 5th -8.7pp 18th 24% above peers
Enterprise, NV 36.0% 22nd -5.7pp 19th 20% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 30th -5.0pp 20th 39% below peers
Norfolk, VA 42.3% 17th -8.7pp 21st 6% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 9th -12.1pp 22nd 13% above peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 26th -7.8pp 23rd 28% below peers
Huntsville, AL 41.2% 19th -11.0pp 24th 8% below peers
Arlington, VA 55.7% 4th -15.9pp 25th 24% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 21st -12.6pp 26th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 29th -9.9pp 27th 39% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 24th -13.7pp 28th 25% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 38.2% 20th -17.2pp 29th 15% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 20.5% 31st -15.5pp 30th 54% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 27th -24.6pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.0pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 4.0% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 4.0%).
4.0%
20102024
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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
Arlington, VA 4.3% 4th -5.9pp 1st 44% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 9th -3.5pp 2nd 20% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.0% 3rd -1.8pp 3rd 48% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.3% 1st -0.8pp 4th 71% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 12th -2.2pp 5th 10% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 11th -1.7pp 6th 11% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 22nd -1.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 10th -0.9pp 8th 16% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 26th -0.8pp 9th 25% above peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 18th -0.6pp 10th 3% above peers
Richmond, VA 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 11th 37% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 21st -0.4pp 12th 12% above peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 27th -0.3pp 13th 33% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 13th -0.2pp 14th 8% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 20th +0.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 5th +0.2pp 16th 41% below peers
Enterprise, NV 7.8% 17th +1.0pp 17th 2% above peers
Boise, ID 5.7% 7th +0.7pp 18th 27% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.1% 2nd +0.5pp 19th 59% below peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 25th +1.6pp 20th 22% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 28th +2.1pp 21st 40% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 23rd +1.8pp 22nd 16% above peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 29th +2.3pp 23rd 40% above peers
Norfolk, VA 7.1% 14th +1.8pp 24th 8% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 24th +2.7pp 25th 19% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 8th +1.7pp 26th 26% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 16th +2.9pp 27th on par with peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 15th +2.9pp 28th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 29th 107% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 8.1% 19th +3.7pp 30th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 93% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 14% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 196,219 to 222,791 - more than the combined survey margin (±778). 22 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; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 21% from 2014 to 2024 (184,132 to 222,791).
222,791
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Enterprise, NV 240,464 1st +41% 1st 10% above peers
Frisco, TX 219,304 15th +24% 2nd on par with peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 232,491 5th +23% 3rd 6% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 18th +17% 4th 2% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 23rd +16% 5th 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 11th +14% 6th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 27th +12% 7th 6% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 7th +8% 8th 5% above peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 30th +7% 9th 7% below peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 6th +6% 10th 5% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 17th +6% 11th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 26th +5% 12th 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 24th +5% 13th 4% below peers
Boise, ID 237,242 2nd +5% 14th 8% above peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 13th +5% 15th 2% above peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 28th +4% 16th 7% below peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 16th +3% 17th on par with peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 14th +3% 18th 2% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 29th +3% 19th 7% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 21st +2% 20th 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 19th +2% 21st 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 31st +1% 22nd 8% below peers
Richmond, VA 229,359 8th +1% 23rd 5% above peers
Arlington, VA 236,254 3rd +1% 24th 8% above peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 25th +1% 25th 5% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 22nd +0% 26th 4% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 12th -1% 27th 2% above peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 20th -1% 28th 3% below peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 9th -3% 29th 4% above peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 10th -4% 30th 3% above peers
Norfolk, VA 233,596 4th -4% 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 ±65 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 Falling
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Children fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.6% to 19.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 17 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.3% to 19.4%).
19.4%
20172024
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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
Mobile, AL 22.2% 15th +1.1pp 1st 6% above peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 10th +1.0pp 2nd 16% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 23rd +0.8pp 3rd 6% below peers
Norfolk, VA 20.4% 20th +0.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 4th +0.7pp 5th 25% above peers
Arlington, VA 18.0% 27th +0.2pp 6th 14% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 11th +0.3pp 7th 13% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 8th +0.2pp 8th 19% above peers
Richmond, VA 17.5% 29th -0.1pp 9th 16% below peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 14th -0.6pp 10th 6% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 12th -0.6pp 11th 11% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 28th -0.6pp 12th 16% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 16th -0.7pp 13th on par with peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 30th -0.6pp 14th 20% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 6th -0.9pp 15th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 9th -1.2pp 16th 17% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 1st -1.4pp 17th 30% above peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 19th -1.2pp 18th 3% below peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 24th -1.2pp 19th 7% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 20.4% 18th -1.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 22.6% 13th -1.9pp 21st 8% above peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 17th -1.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 23rd 23% above peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 21st -1.8pp 24th 6% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 5th -2.5pp 25th 25% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 22nd -2.0pp 26th 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 26th -1.8pp 27th 12% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 28th 28% above peers
Frisco, TX 27.2% 2nd -3.2pp 29th 30% above peers
Boise, ID 18.5% 25th -3.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.8% then, 35.6% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.7% to 35.6%).
35.6%
20102024
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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
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 14th +5.9pp 1st 7% above peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 17th +5.4pp 2nd 2% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 21st +3.8pp 3rd 12% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 15th +4.3pp 4th 5% above peers
Enterprise, NV 28.5% 24th +2.9pp 5th 22% below peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 31st +0.8pp 6th 72% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 23rd +2.0pp 7th 21% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 6th +3.1pp 8th 28% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 25th +1.8pp 9th 24% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 31.6% 22nd +2.1pp 10th 13% below peers
Arlington, VA 17.4% 29th +0.9pp 11th 52% below peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 5th +2.0pp 12th 30% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 27th +0.6pp 13th 45% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 13th +0.8pp 14th 10% above peers
Boise, ID 27.2% 26th +0.3pp 15th 25% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 3rd -0.1pp 16th 46% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 19th -0.1pp 17th 9% below peers
Norfolk, VA 46.5% 7th -0.5pp 18th 27% above peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 28th -0.2pp 19th 51% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 8th -0.9pp 20th 24% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 11th -0.9pp 21st 19% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 4th -1.1pp 22nd 44% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 23rd 90% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 12th -1.1pp 24th 17% above peers
Richmond, VA 55.8% 2nd -3.3pp 25th 53% above peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 16th -2.3pp 26th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 10th -3.4pp 27th 19% above peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 18th -3.2pp 28th 2% below peers
Frisco, TX 11.9% 30th -1.1pp 29th 67% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 9th -4.2pp 30th 23% above peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 20th -5.2pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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14 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 (68.3% then, 70.8% now; margin ±9.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.3% to 70.8%).
70.8%
20102024
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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
Fremont, CA 69.9% 13th +12.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 17th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Frisco, TX 70.6% 12th +8.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 27th +5.8pp 4th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 1st +7.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 22nd +6.1pp 6th 3% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 3rd +6.6pp 7th 6% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 16th +5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 23rd +5.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 18th +5.0pp 10th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 10th +4.6pp 11th 2% above peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 9th +2.5pp 12th 2% above peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 6th +2.0pp 13th 5% above peers
Norfolk, VA 67.7% 21st +1.6pp 14th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 73.0% 4th +1.6pp 15th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 19th +1.3pp 16th 1% below peers
Arlington, VA 74.8% 2nd +1.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 14th -0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 24th -1.2pp 19th 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 8th -1.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 15th -1.6pp 21st on par with peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 29th -2.0pp 22nd 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 23rd 18% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 73.0% 5th -2.8pp 24th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 11th -2.9pp 25th 2% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 28th -2.8pp 26th 13% below peers
Boise, ID 63.9% 25th -3.2pp 27th 8% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 26th -3.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 29th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 7th -5.2pp 30th 4% above peers
Richmond, VA 68.7% 20th -5.6pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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