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60,106 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Madison, 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
3.3%
2020-24
▼ 58%
relative change
8.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$134,655
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
$99,188 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
62.4%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
48.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
64.5%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
59.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.38
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.7%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
92.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
4.2%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
5.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
18.9%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
16.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.0%
2020-24
▼ 58%
relative change
2.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
2.0%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
2.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.6%
2019-23
▼ 4%
relative change
4.8% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
74.0%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
70.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.9%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
1.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 1 indicator

Where Madison, AL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
2.7%
May 2026
▲ 50%
relative change
1.8% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Big shifts 5 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
60,106
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
49,327 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
27.9%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
25.2% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,442
Jun 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$1,425 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
20.4%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
17.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
59.3%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
58.3% 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 36% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $99,188 to $134,655 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$10,177). 30 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 45% from 2014 to 2024 ($92,965 to $134,655).
$134,655
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%
Florence-Graham, CA $65,132 23rd +47% 1st 18% below peers
Gardena, CA $84,803 14th +45% 2nd 7% above peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 10th +44% 3rd 20% above peers
Revere, MA $86,969 13th +39% 4th 10% above peers
North Miami, FL $57,188 28th +37% 5th 28% below peers
Margate, FL $62,450 27th +37% 6th 21% below peers
Madison, AL $134,655 1st +36% 7th 70% above peers
Great Falls, MT $63,373 26th +35% 8th 20% below peers
Medford, MA $129,540 2nd +34% 9th 63% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $69,983 19th +32% 10th 12% below peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 29th +32% 11th 28% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $88,201 12th +30% 12th 11% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 7th +30% 13th 43% above peers
San Rafael, CA $119,435 5th +30% 14th 51% above peers
Owensboro, KY $56,357 30th +30% 15th 29% below peers
Stonecrest, GA $64,591 25th +30% 16th 19% below peers
Wylie, TX $119,522 4th +29% 17th 51% above peers
West Allis, WI $67,611 21st +29% 18th 15% below peers
Taunton, MA $79,283 16th +26% 19th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 6th +26% 20th 46% above peers
Euless, TX $82,167 15th +25% 21st 4% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 20th +25% 22nd 14% below peers
Corvallis, OR $65,012 24th +23% 23rd 18% below peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 17th +23% 24th 4% below peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 8th +22% 25th 40% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 9th +22% 26th 35% above peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 22nd +21% 27th 17% below peers
Meriden, CT $71,253 18th +21% 28th 10% below peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 3rd +21% 29th 55% above peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 31st +19% 30th 57% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 11th +17% 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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7 of 10 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 (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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$8,335 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 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 50% 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: 2.7% in May 2026, up from 1.8% a year earlier.
2.7%
1997May 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
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
Youngstown, OH 5.3% (May 26) 26th -1.2pp 1st 32% above peers
Vineland, NJ 6.1% (May 26) 29th -1.2pp 2nd 52% above peers
Dubuque, IA 2.9% (May 26) 3rd -0.7pp 3rd 28% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.7pp 4th 22% below peers
San Rafael, CA 3.1% (May 26) 6th -0.4pp 5th 22% below peers
Santee, CA 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Burlington, NC 3.9% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 7th 3% below peers
Revere, MA 4.2% (May 26) 20th -0.3pp 8th 5% above peers
Hanford, CA 6.8% (May 26) 30th -0.3pp 9th 70% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 5.3% (May 26) 27th -0.2pp 10th 32% above peers
West Allis, WI 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.2pp 11th 18% below peers
Petaluma, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 4.1% (May 26) 18th -0.1pp 13th 2% above peers
Great Falls, MT 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 14th 30% below peers
La Mesa, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 15th 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (May 26) 24th -0.1pp 16th 25% above peers
Medford, MA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Corvallis, OR 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.1pp 18th 2% above peers
North Miami, FL 3.0% (May 26) 4th +0.1pp 19th 25% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (May 26) 7th +0.1pp 20th 20% below peers
Taunton, MA 4.9% (May 26) 23rd +0.1pp 21st 23% above peers
Owensboro, KY 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +0.2pp 22nd 12% above peers
Wylie, TX 3.8% (May 26) 13th +0.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
Euless, TX 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 25th 30% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.8pp 26th 12% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.9pp 27th on par with peers
Madison, AL 2.7% (May 26) 1st +0.9pp 28th 32% below peers
Margate, FL 4.3% (May 26) 21st +1.1pp 29th 7% above peers
Meriden, CT 6.0% (May 26) 28th +1.3pp 30th 50% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 4.2% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 4.2%).
4.2%
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%
Madison, AL 4.2% 1st -1.3pp 1st 64% below peers
Euless, TX 7.8% 9th -2.1pp 2nd 33% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.0% 17th -3.0pp 3rd 3% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 20.0% 29th -4.9pp 4th 71% above peers
Burlington, NC 16.3% 25th -3.8pp 5th 39% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.7% 16th -1.9pp 6th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.4% 21st -2.1pp 7th 15% above peers
Medford, MA 7.3% 7th -1.1pp 8th 37% below peers
Owensboro, KY 18.3% 27th -2.6pp 9th 57% above peers
Wylie, TX 5.6% 3rd -0.8pp 10th 52% below peers
Revere, MA 11.4% 15th -1.2pp 11th 2% below peers
La Mesa, CA 11.4% 12th -1.1pp 12th 2% below peers
White Plains, NY 11.1% 11th -1.0pp 13th 5% below peers
Taunton, MA 12.9% 19th -1.2pp 14th 10% above peers
North Miami, FL 18.4% 28th -1.5pp 15th 58% above peers
Corvallis, OR 21.8% 30th -1.4pp 16th 87% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.4% 23rd -0.8pp 17th 23% above peers
San Rafael, CA 11.4% 13th -0.5pp 18th 2% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 6.9% 5th -0.2pp 19th 41% below peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 4th -0.2pp 20th 45% below peers
Margate, FL 12.0% 18th -0.4pp 21st 3% above peers
West Allis, WI 11.4% 14th -0.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 14.2% 22nd -0.1pp 23rd 22% above peers
Youngstown, OH 34.9% 31st +1.9pp 24th 200% above peers
Vineland, NJ 14.4% 24th +1.1pp 25th 24% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 16.6% 26th +1.3pp 26th 42% above peers
Santee, CA 7.7% 8th +0.8pp 27th 34% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.2% 6th +1.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 10.2% 10th +1.5pp 29th 12% below peers
Meriden, CT 13.0% 20th +2.7pp 30th 12% above peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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7 of 10 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 (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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.0% to 3.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). 6 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.1% to 3.4%).
3.3%
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%
Madison, AL 3.4% 1st -4.6pp 1st 79% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 26th -14.7pp 2nd 25% above peers
Euless, TX 7.6% 6th -5.3pp 3rd 53% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 3rd -2.6pp 4th 72% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 15th -6.1pp 5th 5% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 16.8% 17th -5.8pp 6th 4% above peers
Wylie, TX 6.8% 5th -1.8pp 7th 58% below peers
Owensboro, KY 25.4% 28th -6.6pp 8th 56% above peers
Revere, MA 14.3% 12th -3.6pp 9th 12% below peers
North Miami, FL 27.7% 29th -5.5pp 10th 71% above peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 16th -2.9pp 11th on par with peers
West Allis, WI 12.0% 10th -2.1pp 12th 26% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 30.1% 30th -4.2pp 13th 86% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 21st -2.1pp 14th 12% above peers
Taunton, MA 20.4% 27th -2.2pp 15th 26% above peers
Corvallis, OR 16.8% 18th -1.8pp 16th 4% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 31st -3.5pp 17th 226% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 19.4% 25th -0.9pp 18th 20% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 9th -0.4pp 19th 37% below peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 7th +0.1pp 20th 44% below peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 14th +0.6pp 21st 10% below peers
San Rafael, CA 18.6% 22nd +1.0pp 22nd 15% above peers
Great Falls, MT 19.3% 23rd +1.2pp 23rd 19% above peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 19th +1.2pp 24th 6% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 20th +1.3pp 25th 11% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 13th +1.1pp 26th 11% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 12.3% 11th +1.4pp 27th 24% below peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 8th +1.1pp 28th 42% below peers
Meriden, CT 19.4% 24th +3.0pp 29th 19% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.2% 4th +3.5pp 30th 62% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 77% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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7 of 10 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 (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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 92.9% to 95.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 28 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.3% to 95.7%).
95.7%
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%
North Miami, FL 84.2% 30th +14.4pp 1st 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 2nd 10% below peers
West Allis, WI 90.0% 23rd +12.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 90.3% 20th +12.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 27th +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 86.9% 29th +12.2pp 6th 5% below peers
Meriden, CT 90.1% 22nd +12.1pp 7th 1% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 11th +12.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 18th +11.6pp 9th 1% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 91.3% 17th +11.3pp 10th on par with peers
Taunton, MA 90.7% 19th +10.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 91.5% 16th +9.3pp 12th on par with peers
Revere, MA 89.8% 24th +8.3pp 13th 2% below peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 21st +8.3pp 14th 1% below peers
Owensboro, KY 89.5% 25th +7.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 26th +7.6pp 16th 2% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 92.9% 14th +7.4pp 17th 2% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 9th +6.2pp 18th 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA 94.7% 8th +5.6pp 19th 3% above peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 28th +4.9pp 20th 3% below peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 2nd +4.6pp 21st 6% above peers
Euless, TX 95.5% 5th +4.4pp 22nd 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 7th +4.0pp 23rd 4% above peers
Wylie, TX 97.1% 1st +4.0pp 24th 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 6th +3.8pp 25th 4% above peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 10th +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Madison, AL 95.7% 3rd +2.8pp 27th 5% above peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 12th +2.4pp 28th 2% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 95.6% 4th +2.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Corvallis, OR 92.3% 15th +1.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 13th +1.1pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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7 of 10 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 (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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality fell about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.41 to 0.38 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.03). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.38).
0.38
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
North Miami, FL 0.44 18th -0.058 1st 1% above peers
Madison, AL 0.38 3rd -0.030 2nd 12% below peers
Burlington, NC 0.45 22nd -0.030 3rd 4% above peers
Margate, FL 0.43 14th -0.028 4th 1% below peers
Great Falls, MT 0.46 24th -0.022 5th 5% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 26th -0.015 6th 9% above peers
Taunton, MA 0.43 10th -0.014 7th 2% below peers
Medford, MA 0.44 16th -0.014 8th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 9th -0.012 9th 2% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 0.41 6th -0.010 10th 7% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 20th -0.011 11th 3% above peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 13th -0.008 12th 1% below peers
Euless, TX 0.40 4th -0.007 13th 9% below peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 28th -0.009 14th 17% above peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 11th -0.006 15th 2% below peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 12th -0.004 16th 2% below peers
Revere, MA 0.45 23rd -0.001 17th 4% above peers
Owensboro, KY 0.49 27th +0.007 18th 12% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 21st +0.007 19th 4% above peers
Corvallis, OR 0.51 30th +0.009 20th 18% above peers
San Rafael, CA 0.51 29th +0.012 21st 17% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 22nd 23% below peers
Meriden, CT 0.43 15th +0.021 23rd 1% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 0.55 31st +0.027 24th 26% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 5th +0.022 25th 7% below peers
West Allis, WI 0.42 8th +0.023 26th 3% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 0.44 19th +0.028 27th 2% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 7th +0.035 28th 6% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 0.44 17th +0.038 29th 1% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 0.48 25th +0.045 30th 9% above peers
Wylie, TX 0.37 2nd +0.051 31st 15% below 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (4.8% then, 4.6% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap held roughly steady from 2013 to 2023.
4.6%
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
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 89% below peers
Meriden, CT 20.3% 27th -8.3pp 2nd 55% above peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 13th -2.9pp 3rd 26% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.1% 16th -3.1pp 4th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 5th -1.2pp 5th 59% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.9% 4th -0.9pp 6th 62% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 6th -1.0pp 7th 52% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 21.5% 28th -3.0pp 8th 64% above peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 8th -0.7pp 9th 49% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 18.5% 26th -1.8pp 10th 41% above peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 20th -1.5pp 11th 15% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 24th -1.6pp 12th 31% above peers
North Miami, FL 25.4% 30th -2.2pp 13th 93% above peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 10th -0.6pp 14th 37% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 31st -2.2pp 15th 176% above peers
Madison, AL 4.6% 3rd -0.2pp 16th 65% below peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 22nd -0.0pp 17th 17% above peers
Corvallis, OR 13.6% 17th +0.4pp 18th 4% above peers
Owensboro, KY 15.3% 21st +0.8pp 19th 16% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2.7% 2nd +0.2pp 20th 79% below peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 19th +0.9pp 21st 10% above peers
Great Falls, MT 12.5% 15th +0.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
West Allis, WI 15.9% 23rd +2.5pp 23rd 21% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 11th +1.7pp 24th 35% below peers
Taunton, MA 24.5% 29th +5.2pp 25th 87% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.5% 7th +1.7pp 26th 51% below peers
Revere, MA 17.9% 25th +4.7pp 27th 36% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 9th +2.3pp 28th 48% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 14.3% 18th +5.1pp 29th 9% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 14th +4.4pp 30th 9% below peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 12th +3.4pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
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, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $379,055 in June 2026, up from $376,003 a year earlier.
$379,055
2001June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 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%
Youngstown, OH $72,648 (Jun 26) 30th +8.0% 1st 83% below peers
Dubuque, IA $253,886 (Jun 26) 28th +5.5% 2nd 40% below peers
Meriden, CT $329,605 (Jun 26) 21st +4.6% 3rd 22% below peers
White Plains, NY $804,471 (Jun 26) 5th +4.4% 4th 89% above peers
Taunton, MA $528,720 (Jun 26) 14th +3.7% 5th 24% above peers
West Allis, WI $282,915 (Jun 26) 26th +3.6% 6th 33% below peers
Great Falls, MT $342,814 (Jun 26) 20th +3.6% 7th 19% below peers
Vineland, NJ $314,721 (Jun 26) 24th +2.6% 8th 26% below peers
Owensboro, KY $216,394 (Jun 26) 29th +2.6% 9th 49% below peers
Hanford, CA $384,771 (Jun 26) 17th +2.4% 10th 9% below peers
Gardena, CA $793,575 (Jun 26) 7th +2.0% 11th 87% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $314,477 (Jun 26) 25th +1.8% 12th 26% below peers
San Rafael, CA $1,340,153 (Jun 26) 1st +1.6% 13th 216% above peers
Burlington, NC $259,252 (Jun 26) 27th +1.5% 14th 39% below peers
Herriman, UT $609,118 (Jun 26) 11th +1.2% 15th 43% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA $756,477 (Jun 26) 8th +1.0% 16th 78% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA $599,360 (Jun 26) 12th +0.9% 17th 41% above peers
Madison, AL $379,055 (Jun 26) 18th +0.8% 18th 11% below peers
Medford, MA $856,375 (Jun 26) 4th +0.5% 19th 102% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $696,721 (Jun 26) 9th +0.5% 20th 64% above peers
Revere, MA $624,318 (Jun 26) 10th +0.4% 21st 47% above peers
La Mesa, CA $900,788 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 22nd 112% above peers
Corvallis, OR $566,552 (Jun 26) 13th -0.4% 23rd 33% above peers
Euless, TX $359,527 (Jun 26) 19th -0.8% 24th 15% below peers
North Miami, FL $424,771 (Jun 26) 15th -1.1% 25th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA $913,233 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.4% 26th 115% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $319,278 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.6% 27th 25% below peers
Santee, CA $799,400 (Jun 26) 6th -2.7% 28th 88% above peers
Margate, FL $321,338 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.2% 29th 24% below peers
Wylie, TX $423,647 (Jun 26) 16th -6.3% 30th on par with 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, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $273,783 in June 2026, up from $269,973 a year earlier.
$273,783
2001June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 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%
Youngstown, OH $42,153 (Jun 26) 30th +11.3% 1st 87% below peers
White Plains, NY $462,610 (Jun 26) 9th +6.0% 2nd 39% above peers
Meriden, CT $253,295 (Jun 26) 20th +5.6% 3rd 24% below peers
West Allis, WI $240,427 (Jun 26) 24th +5.5% 4th 28% below peers
Vineland, NJ $249,107 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.0% 5th 25% below peers
Dubuque, IA $173,403 (Jun 26) 27th +4.7% 6th 48% below peers
Taunton, MA $414,629 (Jun 26) 13th +4.3% 7th 25% above peers
Great Falls, MT $258,298 (Jun 26) 19th +4.3% 8th 22% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA $528,148 (Jun 26) 8th +3.1% 9th 59% above peers
Burlington, NC $174,091 (Jun 26) 26th +3.0% 10th 48% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $251,538 (Jun 26) 21st +2.4% 11th 24% below peers
Hanford, CA $299,303 (Jun 26) 16th +2.3% 12th 10% below peers
Owensboro, KY $141,998 (Jun 26) 28th +1.9% 13th 57% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $685,452 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 14th 107% above peers
Gardena, CA $656,383 (Jun 26) 5th +1.5% 15th 98% above peers
Madison, AL $273,783 (Jun 26) 18th +1.4% 16th 18% below peers
San Rafael, CA $816,898 (Jun 26) 1st +1.0% 17th 146% above peers
Medford, MA $650,787 (Jun 26) 6th +0.2% 18th 96% above peers
Herriman, UT $449,054 (Jun 26) 11th -0.0% 19th 35% above peers
La Mesa, CA $663,940 (Jun 26) 4th -0.2% 20th 100% above peers
Revere, MA $452,278 (Jun 26) 10th -0.3% 21st 36% above peers
Corvallis, OR $442,641 (Jun 26) 12th -1.0% 22nd 33% above peers
Petaluma, CA $723,191 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.3% 23rd 118% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $377,442 (Jun 26) 14th -1.5% 24th 14% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $250,624 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.9% 25th 24% below peers
Euless, TX $277,422 (Jun 26) 17th -2.0% 26th 16% below peers
Santee, CA $588,223 (Jun 26) 7th -2.1% 27th 77% above peers
Wylie, TX $331,918 (Jun 26) 15th -5.9% 28th on par with peers
North Miami, FL $197,133 (Jun 26) 25th -6.8% 29th 41% below peers
Margate, FL $127,438 (Jun 26) 29th -9.4% 30th 62% 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 (70.9% then, 74.0% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.4% to 74.0%).
74.0%
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 70.2% +1.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Stonecrest, GA 56.2% 18th +11.6pp 1st 6% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 26th +6.1pp 2nd 21% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 72.8% 6th +7.2pp 3rd 21% above peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 3rd +7.2pp 4th 28% above peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 15th +5.0pp 5th 3% above peers
West Allis, WI 55.5% 20th +3.4pp 6th 8% below peers
San Rafael, CA 53.0% 23rd +3.0pp 7th 12% below peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 9th +4.0pp 8th 16% above peers
Great Falls, MT 66.1% 11th +3.5pp 9th 10% above peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 22nd +2.3pp 10th 11% below peers
Madison, AL 74.0% 4th +3.1pp 11th 23% above peers
Meriden, CT 60.1% 16th +2.1pp 12th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 70.5% 8th +2.3pp 13th 17% above peers
North Miami, FL 43.5% 28th +1.2pp 14th 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 12th +1.7pp 15th 9% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 19th +1.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 25th +0.9pp 17th 19% below peers
Owensboro, KY 57.4% 17th +0.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 7th +0.6pp 19th 20% above peers
Taunton, MA 62.1% 14th -0.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 73.0% 5th -0.9pp 21st 21% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 36.6% 31st -0.5pp 22nd 39% below peers
Wylie, TX 77.4% 2nd -1.1pp 23rd 29% above peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 24th -0.8pp 24th 15% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 13th -1.4pp 25th 7% above peers
Corvallis, OR 41.8% 29th -0.9pp 26th 31% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 10th -2.4pp 27th 15% above peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 21st -2.1pp 28th 10% below peers
Revere, MA 45.5% 27th -4.3pp 29th 24% below peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 30th -4.1pp 30th 34% below peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 1st -8.9pp 31st 31% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±2.6pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 81% 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 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,442 in June 2026, up from $1,425 a year earlier.
$1,442
2015June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 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%
Youngstown, OH $1,087 (Jun 26) 30th +9.3% 1st 47% below peers
Taunton, MA $2,124 (Jun 26) 14th +5.8% 2nd 3% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA $2,169 (Jun 26) 12th +5.6% 3rd 6% above peers
White Plains, NY $3,228 (Jun 26) 2nd +5.4% 4th 57% above peers
Great Falls, MT $1,367 (Jun 26) 26th +5.4% 5th 33% below peers
West Allis, WI $1,372 (Jun 26) 25th +5.2% 6th 33% below peers
Owensboro, KY $1,121 (Jun 26) 28th +4.3% 7th 45% below peers
Gardena, CA $2,362 (Jun 26) 10th +4.3% 8th 15% above peers
Petaluma, CA $2,927 (Jun 26) 4th +3.9% 9th 43% above peers
Dubuque, IA $1,110 (Jun 26) 29th +3.8% 10th 46% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $2,725 (Jun 26) 7th +3.7% 11th 33% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,730 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 12th 16% below peers
Medford, MA $3,419 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 13th 67% above peers
Corvallis, OR $1,803 (Jun 26) 19th +2.9% 14th 12% below peers
Burlington, NC $1,298 (Jun 26) 27th +2.6% 15th 37% below peers
Meriden, CT $1,748 (Jun 26) 20th +2.5% 16th 15% below peers
San Rafael, CA $2,992 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.4% 17th 46% above peers
Santee, CA $2,790 (Jun 26) 6th +2.2% 18th 36% above peers
Hanford, CA $2,053 (Jun 26) 15th +1.9% 19th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA $2,662 (Jun 26) 9th +1.7% 20th 30% above peers
North Miami, FL $2,330 (Jun 26) 11th +1.6% 21st 13% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $1,711 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.6% 22nd 17% below peers
Madison, AL $1,442 (Jun 26) 24th +1.2% 23rd 30% below peers
Revere, MA $2,826 (Jun 26) 5th +0.9% 24th 38% above peers
Margate, FL $2,154 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 25th 5% above peers
Euless, TX $1,567 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.4% 26th 24% below peers
Herriman, UT $1,931 (Jun 26) 17th +0.0% 27th 6% below peers
Wylie, TX $1,859 (Jun 26) 18th -0.6% 28th 9% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 8th 31% above peers
Vineland, NJ 16th 2% below 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 (16.0% then, 18.9% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.5% to 18.9%).
18.9%
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
Florence-Graham, CA 50.0% 30th -6.7pp 1st 36% above peers
West Allis, WI 30.1% 6th -3.0pp 2nd 18% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 42.1% 23rd -2.6pp 3rd 15% above peers
Owensboro, KY 30.2% 7th -1.4pp 4th 17% below peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 21st -1.9pp 5th 12% above peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 26th -2.0pp 6th 21% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 19th -1.7pp 7th 7% above peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 27th -1.9pp 8th 23% above peers
Great Falls, MT 28.0% 4th -1.2pp 9th 24% below peers
Taunton, MA 36.5% 14th -1.0pp 10th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 56.8% 31st -0.2pp 11th 55% above peers
Corvallis, OR 43.0% 24th +0.2pp 12th 17% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 39% below peers
Wylie, TX 30.4% 8th +0.4pp 14th 17% below peers
Revere, MA 47.6% 28th +0.6pp 15th 30% above peers
San Rafael, CA 43.9% 25th +0.7pp 16th 20% above peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 10th +0.6pp 17th 9% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 41.2% 22nd +0.8pp 18th 12% above peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 5th +0.6pp 19th 23% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 17th +1.3pp 20th 6% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 29th +1.6pp 21st 32% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 16th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 18th +1.6pp 23rd 6% above peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 11th +2.3pp 24th 6% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 32.7% 9th +2.2pp 25th 11% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 3rd +2.3pp 26th 27% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 13th +3.2pp 27th 3% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 35.5% 12th +3.2pp 28th 3% below peers
Madison, AL 18.9% 1st +2.9pp 29th 48% below peers
Euless, TX 36.6% 15th +6.6pp 30th on par with peers
Meriden, CT 39.6% 20th +7.6pp 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.2% then, 2.0% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.7% to 2.0%).
2.0%
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 5.4% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Wylie, TX 1.3% 1st -0.8pp 1st 83% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 4.1% 6th -1.7pp 2nd 48% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 11th -1.9pp 3rd 21% below peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 9th -1.6pp 4th 33% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 4th -0.9pp 5th 60% below peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 12th -1.1pp 6th 11% below peers
Meriden, CT 10.1% 25th -1.6pp 7th 30% above peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 13th -1.0pp 8th 9% below peers
Madison, AL 2.0% 2nd -0.2pp 9th 75% below peers
Taunton, MA 9.5% 21st -0.9pp 10th 22% above peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 18th -0.7pp 11th 6% above peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 14th -0.6pp 12th 8% below peers
North Miami, FL 11.9% 28th -0.8pp 13th 53% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 17th -0.3pp 14th 4% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 29th -0.1pp 15th 116% above peers
Corvallis, OR 9.7% 22nd +0.1pp 16th 24% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 30th +0.2pp 17th 119% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.8% 23rd +0.1pp 18th 26% above peers
Revere, MA 18.4% 31st +0.5pp 19th 136% above peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 10th +0.1pp 20th 33% below peers
West Allis, WI 10.1% 26th +0.3pp 21st 30% above peers
Owensboro, KY 9.8% 24th +0.3pp 22nd 26% above peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 27th +0.6pp 23rd 49% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 7th +0.3pp 24th 44% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 8.6% 19th +1.1pp 25th 11% above peers
San Rafael, CA 8.7% 20th +1.8pp 26th 11% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 7.4% 15th +1.6pp 27th 5% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.8% 8th +1.0pp 28th 38% below peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 16th +1.9pp 29th on par with peers
Euless, TX 3.5% 5th +1.4pp 30th 56% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 3rd +2.5pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 3.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 3.9%).
3.9%
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 8.9% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Herriman, UT 2.8% 1st -2.3pp 1st 58% below peers
White Plains, NY 5.8% 13th -3.6pp 2nd 12% below peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 24th -5.3pp 3rd 59% above peers
North Miami, FL 18.5% 31st -7.5pp 4th 177% above peers
Santee, CA 3.0% 2nd -1.2pp 5th 54% below peers
La Mesa, CA 4.8% 8th -1.3pp 6th 29% below peers
Gardena, CA 8.4% 21st -2.1pp 7th 26% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.8% 5th -1.0pp 8th 43% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 12.4% 27th -3.1pp 9th 86% above peers
Great Falls, MT 6.8% 17th -1.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Burlington, NC 11.2% 26th -2.0pp 11th 68% above peers
Hanford, CA 5.6% 11th -0.9pp 12th 16% below peers
Corvallis, OR 5.2% 10th -0.6pp 13th 21% below peers
Madison, AL 3.9% 6th -0.4pp 14th 42% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 15.4% 29th -1.2pp 15th 132% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 8.8% 22nd -0.3pp 16th 32% above peers
Wylie, TX 13.0% 28th -0.3pp 17th 95% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.7% 15th -0.1pp 18th on par with peers
Revere, MA 5.1% 9th -0.0pp 19th 24% below peers
Youngstown, OH 6.7% 16th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 9.5% 23rd +0.6pp 21st 43% above peers
Euless, TX 15.5% 30th +1.1pp 22nd 132% above peers
Owensboro, KY 5.9% 14th +0.4pp 23rd 11% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 7th +0.3pp 24th 36% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.9% 19th +0.6pp 25th 4% above peers
Meriden, CT 5.6% 12th +0.9pp 26th 15% below peers
West Allis, WI 6.8% 18th +1.1pp 27th 2% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 11.2% 25th +2.0pp 28th 68% above peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 3rd +0.9pp 29th 50% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 20th +2.1pp 30th 12% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.7% 4th +1.5pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 roughly in line with the peer median.

31.6%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 39.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Medford, MA 23.8% 1st 27% below peers
San Rafael, CA 25.7% 2nd 21% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 3rd 20% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 4th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 26.2% 5th 19% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 6th 18% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 7th 17% below peers
Corvallis, OR 27.5% 8th 15% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 9th 15% below peers
Revere, MA 28.1% 10th 13% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 29.9% 11th 8% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 12th 6% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 13th 3% below peers
Madison, AL 31.6% 14th 2% below peers
Wylie, TX 31.7% 15th 2% below peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 16th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 34.1% 17th 5% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 34.4% 18th 6% above peers
Taunton, MA 34.6% 19th 7% above peers
Meriden, CT 35.1% 20th 8% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 21st 10% above peers
Euless, TX 35.9% 22nd 11% above peers
Great Falls, MT 36.2% 23rd 12% above peers
Owensboro, KY 36.5% 24th 13% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 25th 13% above peers
West Allis, WI 37.0% 26th 14% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 27th 21% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 39.6% 28th 22% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 39.7% 29th 23% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 30th 27% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 31st 48% 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 (1.7% then, 1.8% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.3% to 1.8%).
1.8%
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
Herriman, UT 1.6% 2nd -4.9pp 1st 51% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 2.6% 10th -6.0pp 2nd 23% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 3rd -2.2pp 3rd 50% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 13th -3.7pp 4th 15% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 28th -8.0pp 5th 142% above peers
North Miami, FL 6.6% 26th -5.9pp 6th 98% above peers
San Rafael, CA 1.8% 6th -1.0pp 7th 48% below peers
Meriden, CT 1.7% 4th -0.9pp 8th 50% below peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 5th -0.7pp 9th 50% below peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 8th -0.5pp 10th 24% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.5% 18th -0.1pp 11th 6% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 17th -0.0pp 12th 3% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 2.6% 11th +0.0pp 13th 23% below peers
Madison, AL 1.8% 7th +0.1pp 14th 47% below peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 1st +0.1pp 15th 71% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 24th +0.5pp 16th 66% above peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 14th +0.3pp 17th 13% below peers
West Allis, WI 2.8% 12th +0.3pp 18th 16% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.8% 27th +1.3pp 19th 133% above peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 21st +1.1pp 20th 56% above peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 23rd +1.2pp 21st 64% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 6.4% 25th +1.5pp 22nd 90% above peers
Euless, TX 14.9% 31st +3.6pp 23rd 344% above peers
Wylie, TX 10.2% 29th +2.5pp 24th 205% above peers
Revere, MA 2.6% 9th +1.1pp 25th 24% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 10.5% 30th +4.7pp 26th 215% above peers
Owensboro, KY 4.5% 20th +2.1pp 27th 35% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.3% 22nd +2.5pp 28th 57% above peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 16th +1.9pp 29th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 19th +2.6pp 30th 30% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.1% 15th +2.9pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 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 →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment rose 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59.4% to 64.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.4pp). 20 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; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.2% to 64.5%).
64.5%
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 28.4% +2.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Florence-Graham, CA 7.4% 31st +2.0pp 1st 75% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 21.7% 27th +5.4pp 2nd 27% below peers
North Miami, FL 25.1% 21st +6.1pp 3rd 15% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 24th +5.3pp 4th 18% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 16.4% 29th +3.4pp 5th 45% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 22nd +4.4pp 6th 16% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 9th +7.4pp 7th 44% above peers
West Allis, WI 29.6% 16th +5.0pp 8th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 43.3% 8th +7.0pp 9th 46% above peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 12th +5.5pp 10th 18% above peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 17th +4.1pp 11th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 18th +3.5pp 12th 2% below peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 13th 48% below peers
Owensboro, KY 26.1% 20th +3.1pp 14th 12% below peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 3rd +6.0pp 15th 102% above peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 11th +4.0pp 16th 35% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 57.4% 4th +5.0pp 17th 94% above peers
Great Falls, MT 27.8% 19th +2.4pp 18th 6% below peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 14th +2.9pp 19th 15% above peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 5th +4.4pp 20th 82% above peers
Madison, AL 64.5% 1st +5.1pp 21st 118% above peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 7th +3.4pp 22nd 48% above peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 10th +2.8pp 23rd 37% above peers
Revere, MA 24.6% 23rd +1.7pp 24th 17% below peers
Taunton, MA 23.9% 25th +1.4pp 25th 19% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 31.0% 15th +1.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Corvallis, OR 61.4% 2nd +2.3pp 27th 108% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 13th +0.4pp 28th 18% above peers
Meriden, CT 22.2% 26th -0.1pp 29th 25% below peers
San Rafael, CA 49.7% 6th -2.5pp 30th 68% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 28th -1.0pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 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 →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.2pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment rose 13.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48.9% to 62.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.4pp). 2 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: preschool enrollment rose 19.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.7% to 62.4%).
62.4%
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%
Pico Rivera, CA 49.9% 13th +15.1pp 1st 8% above peers
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 2nd 68% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 49.2% 14th +12.6pp 3rd 6% above peers
Madison, AL 62.4% 5th +13.5pp 4th 35% above peers
Revere, MA 41.7% 21st +5.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 3rd +7.8pp 6th 42% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 22nd +4.0pp 7th 11% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 19th +1.0pp 8th 5% below peers
San Rafael, CA 65.8% 2nd -0.2pp 9th 42% above peers
Taunton, MA 44.7% 18th -1.5pp 10th 3% below peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 15th -2.2pp 11th 6% above peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 7th -4.2pp 12th 27% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 26.7% 30th -2.2pp 13th 42% below peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 12th -4.5pp 14th 8% above peers
Wylie, TX 45.0% 17th -7.0pp 15th 3% below peers
North Miami, FL 51.2% 10th -10.2pp 16th 11% above peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 9th -10.5pp 17th 13% above peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 4th -12.8pp 18th 36% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 46.2% 16th -10.3pp 19th on par with peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 11th -12.0pp 20th 10% above peers
Corvallis, OR 40.8% 23rd -10.4pp 21st 12% below peers
West Allis, WI 35.9% 27th -9.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
Meriden, CT 52.6% 8th -13.9pp 23rd 14% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 59.8% 6th -16.1pp 24th 29% above peers
Great Falls, MT 35.1% 28th -10.5pp 25th 24% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 24th -12.9pp 26th 16% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 26th -15.0pp 27th 20% below peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 25th -16.3pp 28th 17% below peers
Euless, TX 42.2% 20th -20.8pp 29th 9% below peers
Owensboro, KY 33.1% 29th -16.4pp 30th 28% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.4pp 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 (2.3% then, 1.0% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.7% to 1.0%).
1.0%
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
Pico Rivera, CA 4.8% 10th -22.4pp 1st 34% below peers
Madison, AL 1.0% 1st -1.3pp 2nd 87% below peers
Burlington, NC 8.6% 23rd -9.9pp 3rd 18% above peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 11th -5.1pp 4th 17% below peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 7th -2.3pp 5th 44% below peers
Taunton, MA 1.9% 2nd -1.0pp 6th 74% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 30th -4.7pp 7th 170% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.1% 24th -1.9pp 8th 24% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 20th -1.2pp 9th 12% above peers
West Allis, WI 7.5% 18th -0.5pp 10th 3% above peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 25th -0.3pp 11th 30% above peers
San Rafael, CA 7.8% 19th +0.2pp 12th 6% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 7.3% 15th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 6th +0.3pp 14th 45% below peers
Great Falls, MT 8.4% 21st +0.8pp 15th 14% above peers
Owensboro, KY 6.2% 12th +0.8pp 16th 16% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 13th +1.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 26th +2.0pp 18th 48% above peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% 8th +0.8pp 19th 41% below peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 5th +0.8pp 20th 53% below peers
North Miami, FL 12.9% 27th +3.5pp 21st 77% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 14th +2.2pp 22nd 12% below peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 22nd +3.1pp 23rd 15% above peers
Corvallis, OR 2.1% 4th +0.9pp 24th 71% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.5% 9th +2.1pp 25th 38% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 20.8% 31st +10.2pp 26th 184% above peers
Revere, MA 14.4% 29th +9.7pp 27th 97% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 17th +5.3pp 28th 1% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 3rd +1.4pp 29th 74% below peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 28th +10.1pp 30th 80% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 16th +6.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 49,327 to 60,106 - more than the combined survey margin (±65). 23 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 34% from 2014 to 2024 (44,866 to 60,106).
60,106
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
Herriman, UT 59,346 26th +48% 1st 2% below peers
Madison, AL 60,106 17th +22% 2nd on par with peers
Wylie, TX 60,334 13th +21% 3rd on par with peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 23rd +12% 4th 1% below peers
Revere, MA 60,012 18th +12% 5th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 60,501 8th +12% 6th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 60,905 3rd +9% 7th 1% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 19th +9% 8th 1% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 60,959 2nd +8% 9th 1% above peers
Euless, TX 60,421 11th +8% 10th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 21st +6% 11th 1% below peers
Taunton, MA 60,433 9th +6% 12th on par with peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 6th +4% 13th 1% above peers
Corvallis, OR 59,960 20th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 25th +3% 15th 2% below peers
San Rafael, CA 60,433 10th +3% 16th on par with peers
Santee, CA 59,332 27th +3% 17th 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 60,329 14th +3% 18th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 4th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Margate, FL 59,198 30th +2% 20th 2% below peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 31st +2% 21st 2% below peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 1st +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Meriden, CT 60,545 7th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Owensboro, KY 60,302 15th +1% 24th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 24th -0% 25th 1% below peers
West Allis, WI 59,612 22nd -1% 26th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 29th -3% 27th 2% below peers
North Miami, FL 60,344 12th -3% 28th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 60,272 16th -4% 29th on par with peers
Florence-Graham, CA 60,690 5th -8% 30th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 28th -8% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±51 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.2% to 27.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 1 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 3.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.7% to 27.9%).
27.9%
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
Meriden, CT 21.9% 16th +2.5pp 1st on par with peers
Madison, AL 27.9% 4th +2.7pp 2nd 28% above peers
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 17th +1.5pp 3rd 1% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 16.6% 29th +1.1pp 4th 24% below peers
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 7th +1.6pp 5th 16% above peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 21st +1.1pp 6th 6% below peers
Euless, TX 24.2% 8th +1.2pp 7th 11% above peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 14th +1.1pp 8th 5% above peers
North Miami, FL 23.3% 12th +1.0pp 9th 6% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 13th +0.9pp 10th 5% above peers
Corvallis, OR 14.1% 30th +0.6pp 11th 35% below peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 11th +0.9pp 12th 7% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 28th +0.6pp 13th 21% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.4pp 14th 31% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 26th -0.3pp 15th 15% below peers
Owensboro, KY 23.8% 10th -0.5pp 16th 9% above peers
Great Falls, MT 21.4% 19th -0.4pp 17th 2% below peers
Revere, MA 19.6% 24th -0.6pp 18th 11% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 22nd -0.7pp 19th 9% below peers
Taunton, MA 21.6% 18th -1.0pp 20th 1% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 6th -1.3pp 21st 25% above peers
West Allis, WI 19.3% 25th -1.0pp 22nd 12% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 20.8% 20th -1.9pp 23rd 5% below peers
Wylie, TX 27.6% 5th -2.8pp 24th 26% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 24.2% 9th -2.6pp 25th 10% above peers
San Rafael, CA 19.7% 23rd -2.3pp 26th 10% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 22.5% 15th -3.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 28.0% 3rd -3.8pp 28th 28% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 27th -2.8pp 29th 17% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 30th 42% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 31st 58% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±1.5pp 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 (17.3% then, 20.4% now; margin ±6.6pp).

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 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.4% to 20.4%).
20.4%
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
Gardena, CA 43.4% 8th +14.6pp 1st 25% above peers
Meriden, CT 59.0% 2nd +17.6pp 2nd 70% above peers
West Allis, WI 46.6% 6th +9.2pp 3rd 34% above peers
Madison, AL 20.4% 26th +3.1pp 4th 41% below peers
Revere, MA 35.5% 14th +4.6pp 5th 2% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 48.5% 4th +5.9pp 6th 39% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 18th +2.3pp 7th 12% below peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 12th +2.5pp 8th 4% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 28.9% 21st +1.6pp 9th 17% below peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 23rd +1.4pp 10th 19% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 13th +1.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Euless, TX 34.6% 17th +0.3pp 12th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 22nd +0.1pp 13th 18% below peers
Taunton, MA 47.5% 5th -0.1pp 14th 37% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 31st -0.1pp 15th 76% below peers
Corvallis, OR 29.3% 20th -1.0pp 16th 16% below peers
Great Falls, MT 34.7% 16th -1.3pp 17th on par with peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 24th -1.0pp 18th 35% below peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 1st -5.6pp 19th 109% above peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 7th -4.4pp 20th 34% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 36.9% 11th -3.9pp 21st 6% above peers
North Miami, FL 41.1% 10th -5.1pp 22nd 18% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 28th -2.5pp 23rd 47% below peers
Owensboro, KY 41.8% 9th -5.8pp 24th 20% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18.7% 27th -3.0pp 25th 46% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 15th -6.8pp 26th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 19th -5.9pp 27th 13% below peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 29th -3.8pp 28th 48% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 54.2% 3rd -11.7pp 29th 56% above peers
San Rafael, CA 22.4% 25th -7.5pp 30th 35% below peers
Wylie, TX 12.6% 30th -12.9pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±5.1pp 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 (58.3% then, 59.3% now; margin ±13.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.6% to 59.3%).
59.3%
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 66.6% +1.6pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Corvallis, OR 65.5% 22nd +15.8pp 1st 6% below peers
San Rafael, CA 75.6% 9th +12.3pp 2nd 8% above peers
Meriden, CT 81.3% 3rd +11.9pp 3rd 16% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 2nd +8.8pp 4th 19% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 27th +6.3pp 5th 11% below peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 5th +7.6pp 6th 13% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 7th +6.3pp 7th 11% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 13th +5.5pp 8th 5% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 4th +5.9pp 9th 15% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 61.8% 28th +4.0pp 10th 11% below peers
Wylie, TX 60.8% 29th +3.8pp 11th 13% below peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 11th +4.0pp 12th 6% above peers
Great Falls, MT 70.5% 15th +2.8pp 13th 1% above peers
West Allis, WI 78.3% 6th +1.8pp 14th 12% above peers
Madison, AL 59.3% 31st +1.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 16th 24% above peers
Euless, TX 74.9% 10th +0.3pp 17th 7% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 21st -0.2pp 18th 5% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 64.2% 25th -2.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 17th -2.8pp 20th 1% below peers
Owensboro, KY 65.0% 23rd -2.7pp 21st 7% below peers
Revere, MA 71.2% 14th -3.7pp 22nd 2% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 64.6% 24th -4.9pp 23rd 8% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 16th -5.4pp 24th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 67.4% 19th -5.4pp 25th 4% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 67.2% 20th -5.9pp 26th 4% below peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 8th -7.0pp 27th 11% above peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 30th -5.7pp 28th 15% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 73.6% 12th -8.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Taunton, MA 69.0% 18th -8.6pp 30th 1% below peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 26th -17.3pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±9.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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