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67,968 people (2025) 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 →
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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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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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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
4.3%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
5.6% 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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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
74.0%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
70.9% 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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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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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.6%
2019-23
▼ 4%
relative change
4.8% in 2018
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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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
2.9%
Jul 2026
▲ 26%
relative change
2.3% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, 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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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
59.3%
2020-24
low
vs peers
58.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
20.4%
2020-24
low
vs peers
17.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

▲ Higher is better Real improvement ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Madison started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 45% from 2014 to 2024 ($92,965 to $134,655).
Bright spot $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%
Lodi, CA $88,530 16th +51% 1st on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 1st +46% 2nd 161% above peers
Sanford, FL $66,891 21st +42% 3rd 24% below peers
Madera, CA $63,933 23rd +42% 4th 28% below peers
Madison, AL $134,655 5th +36% 5th 52% above peers
Canton, OH $43,188 30th +34% 6th 51% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $150,245 2nd +32% 7th 70% above peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 18th +32% 8th 6% below peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 22nd +31% 9th 27% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 4th +31% 10th 61% above peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 11th +31% 11th 28% above peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 20th +30% 12th 17% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 3rd +30% 13th 67% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 14th 44% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 29th +29% 15th 47% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 17th +27% 16th on par with peers
Ames, IA $60,991 25th +27% 17th 31% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 9th +26% 18th 33% above peers
Spring, TX $88,997 15th +25% 19th 1% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $80,663 19th +22% 20th 9% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 24th +22% 21st 30% below peers
Jackson, TN $53,032 27th +22% 22nd 40% below peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 26th +21% 23rd 35% below peers
Camarillo, CA $113,428 10th +21% 24th 28% above peers
Gary, IN $38,731 31st +21% 25th 56% below peers
Decatur, IL $51,592 28th +21% 26th 42% below peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 27th 45% above peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 14th +20% 28th 23% above peers
Huntersville, NC $120,516 8th +18% 29th 36% above peers
Novi, MI $110,723 13th +13% 30th 25% above peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 12th +11% 31st 27% 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 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA 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
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Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment rose 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2.9% in July 2026, up from 2.3% a year earlier.
Needs attention 2.9%
1997July 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 3.4% (Jul 26) +0.6pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Canton, OH 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -1.7pp 1st on par with peers
Gary, IN 7.6% (Jul 26) 28th -1.6pp 2nd 73% above peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -1.3pp 3rd 5% above peers
Decatur, IL 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th -1.2pp 4th 30% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th -1.1pp 5th 16% above peers
Madera, CA 7.5% (Jul 26) 27th -0.8pp 6th 70% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.8pp 7th 2% above peers
Lodi, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 8th 30% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -0.7pp 9th 7% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (Jul 26) 21st -0.6pp 10th 9% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 11th 14% below peers
Brentwood, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.4pp 12th 14% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 13th 27% below peers
Camarillo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Jackson, TN 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.4pp 15th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 16th 27% below peers
Ames, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 17th 16% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 18th 11% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 19th 41% below peers
Haverhill, MA 5.0% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.0pp 20th 14% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th +0.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Novi, MI 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 22nd 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.3pp 24th 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Eagan, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 26th 7% below peers
Sanford, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 27th 7% above peers
Madison, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.6pp 28th 34% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 4.3% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 4.3%).
Bright spot 4.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 15.6% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Sanford, FL 11.9% 19th -7.2pp 1st 32% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.1% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 66% below peers
Madison, AL 4.3% 2nd -1.3pp 3rd 53% below peers
Janesville, WI 9.0% 16th -2.5pp 4th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 12.4% 20th -3.0pp 5th 38% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 11th -1.1pp 6th 19% below peers
Decatur, IL 19.4% 24th -2.7pp 7th 114% above peers
Canton, OH 27.4% 29th -3.4pp 8th 203% above peers
Albany, GA 27.5% 30th -3.3pp 9th 204% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.3% 18th -1.2pp 10th 25% above peers
Ames, IA 25.4% 27th -2.6pp 11th 182% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.6% 22nd -0.9pp 12th 83% above peers
Madera, CA 25.6% 28th -1.2pp 13th 183% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 9th -0.2pp 14th 32% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 7th -0.1pp 15th 34% below peers
Jackson, TN 22.2% 25th -0.3pp 16th 146% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 13.5% 21st +0.1pp 17th 49% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.5% 23rd +0.4pp 18th 93% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 5th +0.2pp 19th 38% below peers
Greenwood, IN 7.4% 12th +0.2pp 20th 18% below peers
Spring, TX 10.4% 17th +0.5pp 21st 15% above peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 34% below peers
Gary, IN 33.1% 31st +2.5pp 23rd 266% above peers
South Hill, WA 7.2% 10th +0.7pp 24th 21% below peers
Camarillo, CA 8.5% 15th +0.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Union City, NJ 23.1% 26th +3.5pp 26th 156% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.1% 8th +1.0pp 27th 33% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.6% 13th +1.3pp 28th 15% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 3rd +1.4pp 29th 40% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 5.4% 4th +1.5pp 30th 40% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 14th +2.5pp 31st 8% 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

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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 →
  • 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
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Madison started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.1% to 3.4%).
Bright spot 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%
Huntersville, NC 2.0% 1st -2.8pp 1st 84% below peers
Madison, AL 3.4% 3rd -4.6pp 2nd 72% below peers
Sanford, FL 14.8% 18th -15.1pp 3rd 22% above peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 19th -5.9pp 4th 22% above peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 15th -4.6pp 5th 4% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 6th 40% below peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 7th -2.1pp 7th 48% below peers
Canton, OH 38.9% 30th -12.7pp 8th 220% above peers
Decatur, IL 28.1% 25th -5.7pp 9th 132% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 6th -1.2pp 10th 49% below peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 5th -1.0pp 11th 51% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 21st -3.1pp 12th 67% above peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 24th -3.2pp 13th 86% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 29th -5.1pp 14th 220% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 12th -0.9pp 15th 34% below peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 13th -0.8pp 16th 24% below peers
Jackson, TN 32.1% 27th -2.8pp 17th 164% above peers
Madera, CA 34.8% 28th -2.0pp 18th 187% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 20.6% 22nd -0.3pp 19th 70% above peers
Gary, IN 53.1% 31st +3.6pp 20th 337% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 10th +0.5pp 21st 39% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.8% 2nd +0.3pp 22nd 77% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 26th +2.9pp 23rd 151% above peers
Camarillo, CA 12.2% 16th +1.3pp 24th on par with peers
Spring, TX 17.4% 20th +2.0pp 25th 43% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 23rd +2.9pp 26th 72% above peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 14th +1.5pp 27th 20% below peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 28th 52% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 29th 41% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 17th +4.7pp 30th 10% above peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 11th +4.7pp 31st 38% 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

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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 →
  • 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Madison started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.3% to 95.7%).
Bright spot 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%
Gary, IN 82.3% 28th +17.4pp 1st 13% below peers
Madera, CA 90.8% 23rd +14.1pp 2nd 4% below peers
Jackson, TN 89.3% 24th +13.2pp 3rd 5% below peers
Decatur, IL 88.5% 25th +12.8pp 4th 6% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 17th +10.0pp 5th 1% below peers
Sanford, FL 92.2% 18th +9.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 26th +8.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 29th +7.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 22nd +8.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 16th +8.7pp 10th on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 21st +8.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 91.7% 20th +6.5pp 12th 3% below peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 19th +6.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Spring, TX 94.7% 15th +6.3pp 14th on par with peers
Canton, OH 80.4% 30th +4.8pp 15th 15% below peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 27th +4.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 7th +4.5pp 17th 3% above peers
Camarillo, CA 95.0% 13th +4.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Huntersville, NC 96.8% 8th +4.4pp 19th 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 3rd +4.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 6th +3.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 96.7% 9th +3.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Madison, AL 95.7% 11th +2.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 14th +2.8pp 24th 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 1st +2.9pp 25th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 10th +2.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 4th +2.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 12th +2.3pp 28th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 2nd +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 5th +1.6pp 30th 3% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 31st -0.8pp 31st 21% 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.
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 →
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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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% 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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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.38).
Bright spot 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
Sanford, FL 0.40 8th -0.062 1st 7% below peers
Madison, AL 0.38 6th -0.030 2nd 11% below peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 5th -0.028 3rd 11% below peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 15th -0.029 4th 1% below peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 18th -0.024 5th 3% above peers
Spring, TX 0.35 2nd -0.019 6th 19% below peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 7th -0.019 7th 9% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 1st -0.016 8th 19% below peers
Jackson, TN 0.49 29th -0.020 9th 13% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 10th 14% above peers
Ames, IA 0.48 27th -0.013 11th 12% above peers
Decatur, IL 0.47 25th -0.011 12th 10% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 24th -0.010 13th 9% above peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 13th -0.007 14th 4% below peers
Canton, OH 0.46 21st -0.002 15th 6% above peers
Novi, MI 0.45 20th +0.007 16th 5% above peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 3rd +0.006 17th 13% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 17th +0.007 18th on par with peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 16th +0.007 19th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 0.41 9th +0.010 20th 6% below peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 14th +0.010 21st 1% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 12th +0.010 22nd 4% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 23rd +0.015 23rd 8% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 0.41 10th +0.014 24th 5% below peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 28th +0.017 25th 12% above peers
Camarillo, CA 0.46 22nd +0.017 26th 6% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 0.45 19th +0.016 27th 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 11th +0.016 28th 5% below peers
Gary, IN 0.51 31st +0.024 29th 19% above peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 4th +0.022 30th 12% below peers
Madera, CA 0.47 26th +0.041 31st 10% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap held roughly steady from 2013 to 2023.
Bright spot 4.6%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 13.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 75% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 4th -1.4pp 2nd 62% below peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 7th -1.2pp 3rd 51% below peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 20th -2.4pp 4th 48% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 22nd -2.1pp 5th 85% above peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 16th -0.7pp 6th on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 17th -0.7pp 7th 25% above peers
Gary, IN 29.1% 29th -1.4pp 8th 237% above peers
Madison, AL 4.6% 8th -0.2pp 9th 47% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 26th -0.9pp 10th 163% above peers
Canton, OH 28.9% 28th -0.9pp 11th 234% above peers
Jackson, TN 20.4% 24th -0.6pp 12th 136% above peers
Sanford, FL 16.9% 23rd -0.1pp 13th 95% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 12th +0.1pp 14th 26% below peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 15th +0.2pp 15th 16% below peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 18th +0.6pp 16th 30% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 17th 269% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 11th +0.6pp 18th 31% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 14th +0.7pp 19th 19% below peers
Decatur, IL 24.6% 27th +2.8pp 20th 185% above peers
Madera, CA 30.0% 30th +3.9pp 21st 247% above peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 25th +3.6pp 22nd 142% above peers
Spring, TX 12.0% 19th +2.6pp 23rd 38% above peers
Huntersville, NC 2.9% 3rd +0.8pp 24th 66% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 10th +1.5pp 25th 40% below peers
Camarillo, CA 4.7% 9th +1.3pp 26th 46% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 13th +2.1pp 27th 23% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 6th +1.4pp 28th 52% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.7% 21st +5.6pp 29th 81% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 70% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.6% 5th +2.0pp 31st 58% 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

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $376,375 in August 2026, up from $373,006 a year earlier.
$376,375
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref $241,613 (Aug 26) +1.9%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Janesville, WI $298,166 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.6% 1st 21% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $260,641 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 2nd 31% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,563,763 (Aug 26) 1st +5.5% 3rd 847% above peers
Union City, NJ $563,754 (Aug 26) 8th +5.3% 4th 50% above peers
Decatur, IL $107,246 (Aug 26) 28th +4.9% 5th 72% below peers
Canton, OH $175,781 (Aug 26) 25th +4.6% 6th 53% below peers
Novi, MI $470,805 (Aug 26) 12th +3.0% 7th 25% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,473,182 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 8th 291% above peers
Ames, IA $303,902 (Aug 26) 21st +2.8% 9th 19% below peers
Madera, CA $425,530 (Aug 26) 13th +2.7% 10th 13% above peers
Haverhill, MA $548,436 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 11th 46% above peers
Albany, GA $133,518 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 12th 65% below peers
Eagan, MN $401,493 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 13th 7% above peers
Camarillo, CA $909,235 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.4% 14th 142% above peers
Greenwood, IN $327,893 (Aug 26) 20th +1.2% 15th 13% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $711,396 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 16th 89% above peers
Madison, AL $376,375 (Aug 26) 15th +0.9% 17th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC $546,644 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 18th 45% above peers
Waterloo, IA $147,780 (Aug 26) 26th +0.2% 19th 61% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $716,629 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 20th 90% above peers
Rockville, MD $608,002 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 21st 62% above peers
Spring, TX $363,173 (Aug 26) 18th -0.7% 22nd 4% below peers
Brentwood, CA $785,641 (Aug 26) 4th -1.3% 23rd 109% above peers
Gary, IN $92,352 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 24th 75% below peers
Jackson, TN $224,512 (Aug 26) 24th -1.5% 25th 40% below peers
Lodi, CA $511,715 (Aug 26) 11th -1.7% 26th 36% above peers
Sanford, FL $340,196 (Aug 26) 19th -2.1% 27th 10% below peers
Rowlett, TX $364,063 (Aug 26) 17th -2.8% 28th 3% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $366,482 (Aug 26) 16th -4.9% 29th 3% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $271,231 in August 2026, up from $267,214 a year earlier.
$271,231
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref $122,882 (Aug 26) +2.9%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Gary, IN $59,218 (Aug 26) 28th +10.2% 1st 80% below peers
Canton, OH $96,130 (Aug 26) 25th +8.3% 2nd 67% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $191,451 (Aug 26) 23rd +7.3% 3rd 35% below peers
Janesville, WI $222,300 (Aug 26) 21st +6.4% 4th 24% below peers
Albany, GA $61,850 (Aug 26) 27th +4.8% 5th 79% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,182,270 (Aug 26) 1st +4.7% 6th 643% above peers
Decatur, IL $45,966 (Aug 26) 29th +4.1% 7th 84% below peers
Madera, CA $340,800 (Aug 26) 12th +4.1% 8th 16% above peers
Ames, IA $205,525 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.3% 9th 30% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,075,662 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 10th 266% above peers
Union City, NJ $360,334 (Aug 26) 11th +2.4% 11th 23% above peers
Haverhill, MA $417,611 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 12th 42% above peers
Novi, MI $295,476 (Aug 26) 14th +2.0% 13th 1% above peers
Greenwood, IN $247,415 (Aug 26) 19th +1.9% 14th 16% below peers
Madison, AL $271,231 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 15th 8% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $601,947 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 16th 105% above peers
Camarillo, CA $717,156 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 17th 144% above peers
Eagan, MN $265,753 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 18th 9% below peers
Huntersville, NC $393,191 (Aug 26) 9th -0.3% 19th 34% above peers
Waterloo, IA $82,150 (Aug 26) 26th -0.5% 20th 72% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $474,353 (Aug 26) 6th -1.2% 21st 62% above peers
Jackson, TN $113,202 (Aug 26) 24th -1.5% 22nd 61% below peers
Lodi, CA $397,723 (Aug 26) 8th -1.5% 23rd 35% above peers
Spring, TX $252,092 (Aug 26) 18th -1.8% 24th 14% below peers
Brentwood, CA $632,015 (Aug 26) 4th -2.0% 25th 115% above peers
Sanford, FL $237,760 (Aug 26) 20th -2.6% 26th 19% below peers
Rockville, MD $361,472 (Aug 26) 10th -2.6% 27th 23% above peers
Rowlett, TX $293,617 (Aug 26) 15th -3.5% 28th on par with peers
Pflugerville, TX $304,395 (Aug 26) 13th -5.1% 29th 4% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.4% to 74.0%).
Bright spot 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%
Madera, CA 54.7% 21st +6.9pp 1st 12% below peers
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 15th +5.7pp 2nd 1% above peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 19th +4.4pp 3rd 8% below peers
Spring, TX 74.4% 3rd +4.8pp 4th 20% above peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 1st +5.1pp 5th 32% above peers
Madison, AL 74.0% 4th +3.1pp 6th 19% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.0% 25th +2.1pp 7th 16% below peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 29th +1.4pp 8th 32% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 53.4% 23rd +1.4pp 9th 14% below peers
Decatur, IL 62.9% 14th +1.5pp 10th 1% above peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 9th +1.3pp 11th 8% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 16th +1.2pp 12th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 17th +1.1pp 13th 4% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 57.7% 18th +1.0pp 14th 7% below peers
Canton, OH 48.7% 28th +0.8pp 15th 22% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 22nd +0.1pp 16th 12% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 20th -0.0pp 17th 11% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 10th -0.4pp 18th 7% above peers
Camarillo, CA 64.6% 13th -0.6pp 19th 4% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 12th -1.3pp 20th 5% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 11th -1.4pp 21st 6% above peers
Jackson, TN 51.2% 26th -1.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 8th -2.0pp 23rd 9% above peers
Gary, IN 49.0% 27th -1.5pp 24th 21% below peers
Huntersville, NC 71.7% 5th -3.0pp 25th 15% above peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 6th -3.6pp 26th 14% above peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 24th -2.8pp 27th 15% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 7th -4.6pp 28th 13% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 29th 39% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 30th 69% below peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 2nd -10.7pp 31st 21% 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 →
What changed

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,411 in August 2026, up from $1,392 a year earlier.
$1,411
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Palo Alto, CA $4,678 (Aug 26) 1st +8.3% 1st 161% above peers
Janesville, WI $1,211 (Aug 26) 24th +6.4% 2nd 33% below peers
Gary, IN $1,363 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.5% 3rd 24% below peers
Waterloo, IA $945 (Aug 26) 29th +5.1% 4th 47% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,396 (Aug 26) 7th +4.2% 5th 34% above peers
Brentwood, CA $3,406 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.0% 6th 90% above peers
Lodi, CA $2,188 (Aug 26) 9th +3.3% 7th 22% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,246 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.2% 8th 31% below peers
Canton, OH $1,096 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 39% below peers
Greenwood, IN $1,584 (Aug 26) 19th +2.7% 10th 12% below peers
Albany, GA $1,008 (Aug 26) 28th +2.5% 11th 44% below peers
Decatur, IL $1,067 (Aug 26) 27th +2.4% 12th 41% below peers
Madera, CA $2,120 (Aug 26) 11th +2.4% 13th 18% above peers
Ames, IA $1,193 (Aug 26) 25th +2.3% 14th 34% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $3,521 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.1% 15th 96% above peers
Novi, MI $1,931 (Aug 26) 12th +2.1% 16th 8% above peers
Jackson, TN $1,421 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 17th 21% below peers
Eagan, MN $1,702 (Aug 26) 16th +2.1% 18th 5% below peers
Sanford, FL $1,836 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 19th 2% above peers
Madison, AL $1,411 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 20th 21% below peers
Camarillo, CA $2,906 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 21st 62% above peers
Spring, TX $1,795 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 22nd on par with peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,639 (Aug 26) 17th -0.1% 23rd 9% below peers
Haverhill, MA $2,305 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 24th 28% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,137 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 25th 19% above peers
Huntersville, NC $1,863 (Aug 26) 13th -0.1% 26th 4% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,405 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 27th 34% above peers
Rowlett, TX $1,586 (Aug 26) 18th -1.9% 28th 12% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5th 60% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.5% to 18.9%).
Bright spot 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
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 1st 50% above peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 19th -4.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Decatur, IL 26.2% 8th -3.0pp 3rd 22% below peers
Spring, TX 29.1% 12th -2.1pp 4th 13% below peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 22nd -2.6pp 5th 13% above peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 21st -2.5pp 6th 13% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 6th -1.5pp 7th 24% below peers
Canton, OH 34.0% 17th -1.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 9th -0.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 13th -0.7pp 10th 6% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 11th -0.5pp 11th 15% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 24th -0.6pp 12th 19% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 18th -0.5pp 13th 3% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 43.9% 30th -0.2pp 14th 31% above peers
Huntersville, NC 22.1% 2nd +0.1pp 15th 34% below peers
Madera, CA 43.1% 29th +0.4pp 16th 29% above peers
Camarillo, CA 40.8% 26th +0.5pp 17th 22% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 5th +0.5pp 18th 24% below peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 25th +1.2pp 19th 19% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 14th +1.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 36.8% 20th +1.6pp 21st 10% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 7th +1.1pp 22nd 23% below peers
Sanford, FL 41.1% 27th +1.8pp 23rd 23% above peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 4th +1.2pp 24th 25% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 10th +1.3pp 25th 16% below peers
Jackson, TN 38.9% 23rd +2.2pp 26th 16% above peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 3rd +2.1pp 27th 26% below peers
Gary, IN 42.8% 28th +3.7pp 28th 27% above peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 16th +3.5pp 29th on par with peers
Madison, AL 18.9% 1st +2.9pp 30th 44% below peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 15th +8.6pp 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: 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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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 →
  • 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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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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What changed

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.7% to 2.0%).
Bright spot 2.0%
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 5.4% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 21st -3.1pp 1st 27% above peers
Gary, IN 13.6% 29th -4.0pp 2nd 122% above peers
Sanford, FL 6.7% 17th -1.5pp 3rd 10% above peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 24th -1.8pp 4th 40% above peers
Canton, OH 14.8% 30th -2.1pp 5th 142% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 6th 102% above peers
Madison, AL 2.0% 2nd -0.2pp 7th 68% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 4.1% 11th -0.4pp 8th 33% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 16th -0.4pp 9th on par with peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 15th -0.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 11th 576% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 20th -0.0pp 12th 25% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 18th +0.0pp 13th 18% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 7th +0.0pp 14th 48% below peers
Decatur, IL 12.1% 27th +0.2pp 15th 99% above peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 13th +0.2pp 16th 17% below peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 9th +0.1pp 17th 42% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 5th +0.2pp 18th 55% below peers
Spring, TX 2.0% 3rd +0.1pp 19th 67% below peers
Camarillo, CA 5.5% 14th +0.4pp 20th 10% below peers
Jackson, TN 11.8% 26th +1.0pp 21st 93% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 10th +0.3pp 22nd 39% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 23rd +1.5pp 23rd 39% above peers
Huntersville, NC 2.8% 6th +0.5pp 24th 54% below peers
Madera, CA 7.8% 22nd +1.4pp 25th 27% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 25th +2.1pp 26th 82% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 12th +0.9pp 27th 27% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.4% 8th +0.8pp 28th 45% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 29th 74% below peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 4th +1.1pp 30th 61% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 19th +4.1pp 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
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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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 3.9%).
Bright spot 3.9%
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 9.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 18th -4.9pp 1st 14% above peers
Greenwood, IN 5.5% 16th -3.3pp 2nd on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 41% below peers
Gary, IN 8.2% 21st -2.7pp 4th 48% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 5th -0.9pp 5th 38% below peers
Albany, GA 13.6% 29th -3.2pp 6th 146% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.3% 14th -1.2pp 7th 3% below peers
Sanford, FL 12.4% 28th -2.6pp 8th 126% above peers
Huntersville, NC 4.9% 11th -0.9pp 9th 11% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.4% 15th -1.0pp 10th 3% below peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 9th -0.8pp 11th 20% below peers
Decatur, IL 4.7% 10th -0.7pp 12th 14% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 13th 65% below peers
Madera, CA 8.5% 22nd -0.9pp 14th 55% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.8% 25th -0.9pp 15th 79% above peers
Madison, AL 3.9% 8th -0.4pp 16th 29% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 2nd -0.2pp 17th 61% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 24th -0.5pp 18th 72% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 5.1% 13th -0.1pp 19th 7% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.3% 4th +0.0pp 20th 40% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 7th +0.1pp 21st 32% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 19th +0.1pp 22nd 22% above peers
Union City, NJ 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 23rd 335% above peers
Rowlett, TX 12.4% 27th +0.6pp 24th 125% above peers
Jackson, TN 10.7% 26th +0.7pp 25th 95% above peers
Canton, OH 8.8% 23rd +0.5pp 26th 59% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 17th +0.4pp 27th 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 20th +0.6pp 28th 28% above peers
Spring, TX 16.5% 30th +1.7pp 29th 199% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 6th +0.4pp 30th 34% below peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 12th +1.0pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
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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 1.2pp 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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What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

31.6%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 39.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 1st 43% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 21.7% 2nd 37% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 3rd 35% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 4th 32% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 5th 27% below peers
Camarillo, CA 27.0% 6th 22% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 27.5% 7th 20% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 8th 18% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 9th 16% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 10th 14% below peers
Huntersville, NC 29.9% 11th 13% below peers
Madison, AL 31.6% 12th 8% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 13th 8% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 14th 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 15th 6% below peers
Sanford, FL 34.5% 16th on par with peers
Spring, TX 34.9% 17th 1% above peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 18th 2% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 19th 3% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 20th 3% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 21st 6% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 22nd 7% above peers
Madera, CA 37.1% 23rd 8% above peers
Decatur, IL 38.6% 24th 12% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 25th 19% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 26th 19% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 27th 19% above peers
Jackson, TN 41.1% 28th 19% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 29th 31% above peers
Canton, OH 45.8% 30th 33% above peers
Gary, IN 49.8% 31st 44% 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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.3% to 1.8%).
Bright spot 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
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 12th -7.3pp 1st 15% below peers
Camarillo, CA 1.6% 4th -1.6pp 2nd 45% below peers
Decatur, IL 1.7% 6th -1.7pp 3rd 41% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 22nd -3.4pp 4th 45% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 17th -2.3pp 5th 2% above peers
Sanford, FL 6.0% 26th -3.2pp 6th 102% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 15th -1.5pp 7th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 1st -0.3pp 8th 70% below peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 23rd -1.4pp 9th 54% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 5th -0.5pp 10th 44% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% 18th -1.0pp 11th 8% above peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 30th -2.6pp 12th 230% above peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 2nd -0.2pp 13th 68% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 3rd -0.3pp 14th 50% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 24th -0.8pp 15th 68% above peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 11th -0.4pp 16th 17% below peers
Madera, CA 2.5% 13th -0.3pp 17th 15% below peers
Gary, IN 3.8% 20th -0.1pp 18th 29% above peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 10th -0.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 28th -0.0pp 20th 184% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 19th +0.0pp 21st 17% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 8th +0.1pp 22nd 34% below peers
Madison, AL 1.8% 7th +0.1pp 23rd 40% below peers
Canton, OH 2.7% 14th +0.2pp 24th 10% below peers
Spring, TX 12.3% 31st +2.3pp 25th 313% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.3% 9th +0.4pp 26th 23% below peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 16th +0.7pp 27th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 29th +2.5pp 28th 208% above peers
Jackson, TN 5.9% 25th +1.8pp 29th 98% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6.8% 27th +3.6pp 30th 128% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 21st +2.3pp 31st 39% 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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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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Madison started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.2% to 64.5%).
Bright spot 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
Union City, NJ 28.4% 19th +6.8pp 1st 14% below peers
Sanford, FL 29.5% 18th +6.5pp 2nd 10% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 24th +5.4pp 3rd 25% below peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 13th +6.2pp 4th 20% above peers
South Hill, WA 32.9% 16th +5.0pp 5th on par with peers
Canton, OH 16.4% 28th +2.5pp 6th 50% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 22nd +3.7pp 7th 17% below peers
Madera, CA 10.9% 31st +1.5pp 8th 67% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.1% 29th +1.9pp 9th 54% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 12th +4.0pp 10th 31% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 67.0% 3rd +6.1pp 11th 104% above peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 17th +2.8pp 12th 1% below peers
Madison, AL 64.5% 6th +5.1pp 13th 96% above peers
Decatur, IL 21.6% 26th +1.5pp 14th 34% below peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 15th +2.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Spring, TX 25.6% 23rd +1.7pp 16th 22% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 21st +1.8pp 17th 17% below peers
Gary, IN 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 18th 55% below peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 14th +2.4pp 19th 15% above peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 27th +1.3pp 20th 35% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 7th +3.5pp 21st 95% above peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 10th +2.9pp 22nd 66% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 4th +3.1pp 23rd 100% above peers
Camarillo, CA 43.5% 11th +1.9pp 24th 32% above peers
Huntersville, NC 57.5% 9th +1.7pp 25th 75% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 2nd +1.5pp 26th 115% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 8th +1.2pp 27th 75% above peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 5th +0.7pp 28th 99% above peers
Jackson, TN 27.8% 20th +0.1pp 29th 16% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 30th 150% above peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 25th -1.6pp 31st 34% 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Real improvement ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way. Madison started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 19.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.7% to 62.4%).
Bright spot 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%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 11th +18.6pp 1st 25% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 14th +13.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
Spring, TX 36.8% 23rd +8.0pp 3rd 17% below peers
Madison, AL 62.4% 5th +13.5pp 4th 41% above peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 17th +9.0pp 5th 5% below peers
Madera, CA 34.6% 24th +6.4pp 6th 22% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 3rd +9.8pp 7th 48% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 8th +3.7pp 8th 30% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 6th +3.6pp 9th 39% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 16th +0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 29th +0.4pp 11th 41% below peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 22nd -0.7pp 12th 17% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 79.4% 1st -2.3pp 13th 80% above peers
Huntersville, NC 55.6% 10th -1.7pp 14th 26% above peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 2nd -3.4pp 15th 57% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.3% 12th -3.4pp 16th 18% above peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 9th -4.7pp 17th 27% above peers
Canton, OH 31.0% 27th -4.4pp 18th 30% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 26th -4.4pp 19th 29% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 25th -4.9pp 20th 28% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 4th -15.5pp 21st 48% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 38.8% 19th -10.7pp 22nd 12% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 7th -18.6pp 23rd 32% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 13th -15.7pp 24th 6% above peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 30th -9.4pp 25th 41% below peers
Decatur, IL 39.2% 18th -17.6pp 26th 11% below peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 15th -21.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 28th 54% below peers
Gary, IN 37.0% 21st -19.5pp 29th 16% below peers
Jackson, TN 30.9% 28th -17.7pp 30th 30% below peers
Camarillo, CA 38.8% 20th -28.2pp 31st 12% 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.7% to 1.0%).
Bright spot 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
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 2nd -6.6pp 1st 90% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 2nd 93% below peers
Sanford, FL 3.7% 12th -6.2pp 3rd 17% below peers
Madison, AL 1.0% 4th -1.3pp 4th 78% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 3rd -0.8pp 5th 85% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 10th -3.0pp 6th 34% below peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 19th -5.2pp 7th 36% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 7th -2.1pp 8th 40% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.5% 18th -4.1pp 9th 25% above peers
Spring, TX 6.5% 21st -4.6pp 10th 46% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.6% 11th -1.0pp 11th 18% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 9th -0.8pp 12th 35% below peers
Decatur, IL 9.1% 24th -2.3pp 13th 105% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 1.2% 5th -0.2pp 14th 73% below peers
Canton, OH 9.8% 27th -1.7pp 15th 121% above peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 22nd -0.7pp 16th 47% above peers
Gary, IN 12.5% 30th -1.1pp 17th 182% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 23rd -0.6pp 18th 66% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 13th -0.2pp 19th 7% below peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 16th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 29th +0.3pp 21st 139% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 28th +1.5pp 22nd 134% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.5% 25th +1.7pp 23rd 115% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 20th +1.6pp 24th 44% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 25th 272% above peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 15th +2.0pp 26th 2% below peers
Camarillo, CA 2.9% 8th +1.4pp 27th 36% below peers
Madera, CA 9.7% 26th +5.1pp 28th 119% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 29th 43% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 14th +3.1pp 30th 2% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 17th +3.3pp 31st 1% 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.
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

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 34% from 2014 to 2024 (44,866 to 60,106).
Big move 60,106
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Horizon West, FL 67,416 16th +73% 1st on par with peers
Madison, AL 60,106 31st +22% 2nd 11% below peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 25th +14% 3rd 2% below peers
Huntersville, NC 63,969 29th +14% 4th 5% below peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 9th +13% 5th 1% above peers
Spring, TX 68,580 6th +12% 6th 2% above peers
Novi, MI 66,717 22nd +11% 7th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 26th +7% 8th 2% below peers
Sanford, FL 63,730 30th +7% 9th 5% below peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 12th +7% 10th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 28th +5% 11th 3% below peers
Madera, CA 67,831 11th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Camarillo, CA 70,186 1st +3% 13th 4% above peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 24th +3% 14th 2% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 69,291 5th +3% 15th 3% above peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 15th +3% 16th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 27th +3% 17th 3% below peers
Ames, IA 67,669 14th +2% 18th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 10th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Jackson, TN 68,435 7th +2% 20th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 20th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 17th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 13th +0% 23rd on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 21st -0% 24th 1% below peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 19th -1% 25th 1% below peers
Canton, OH 69,755 4th -2% 26th 3% above peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 23rd -3% 27th 1% below peers
Decatur, IL 69,815 3rd -4% 28th 4% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70,138 2nd -8% 29th 4% above peers
Albany, GA 67,224 18th -9% 30th on par with peers
Gary, IN 68,113 8th -10% 31st 1% 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.
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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 37% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children rose 3.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.7% to 27.9%).
Big move 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 22.2% -0.2pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Gary, IN 28.6% 3rd +4.7pp 1st 21% above peers
Madison, AL 27.9% 5th +2.7pp 2nd 19% above peers
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 11th +1.6pp 3rd 4% above peers
Spring, TX 27.8% 6th +1.8pp 4th 18% above peers
Canton, OH 25.4% 8th +1.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 22.6% 18th +0.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 10th +0.6pp 7th 6% above peers
Jackson, TN 24.4% 12th +0.5pp 8th 4% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 2nd +0.1pp 9th 23% above peers
South Hill, WA 28.2% 4th +0.1pp 10th 20% above peers
Camarillo, CA 20.7% 27th +0.0pp 11th 12% below peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 7th -0.2pp 12th 12% above peers
Decatur, IL 21.0% 26th -0.2pp 13th 10% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 22nd -0.5pp 14th 6% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 30th -0.4pp 15th 26% below peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 20th -0.6pp 16th 5% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 17th -0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 21st -0.8pp 18th 6% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 9th -0.9pp 19th 6% above peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 29th -0.8pp 20th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 25th -1.5pp 21st 10% below peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 24th -1.8pp 22nd 9% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 23rd 53% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 21.4% 23rd -2.3pp 24th 9% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 19th -2.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Madera, CA 30.8% 1st -3.5pp 26th 31% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 15th -2.7pp 27th 2% above peers
Greenwood, IN 23.5% 16th -2.9pp 28th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 24.2% 13th -3.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 14th -3.7pp 30th 3% above peers
Sanford, FL 20.4% 28th -4.1pp 31st 13% 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's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.4% to 20.4%).
Big move 20.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alabama ref 33.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 19th +11.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 18th +6.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 32.8% 12th +7.3pp 3rd 20% above peers
Huntersville, NC 20.7% 23rd +4.3pp 4th 24% below peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 14th +5.8pp 5th 8% above peers
Madera, CA 43.3% 8th +8.2pp 6th 58% above peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 27th +2.8pp 7th 39% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 6th +8.0pp 8th 83% above peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 20th +3.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Madison, AL 20.4% 24th +3.1pp 10th 25% below peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 7th +7.5pp 11th 82% above peers
Spring, TX 27.4% 16th +3.2pp 12th on par with peers
Gary, IN 81.1% 1st +4.6pp 13th 196% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 2nd +1.8pp 14th 161% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 10th +0.5pp 15th 34% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 11th +0.1pp 16th 24% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 17th 19% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 31st -0.2pp 18th 54% below peers
Camarillo, CA 19.6% 25th -0.3pp 19th 28% below peers
Decatur, IL 51.1% 4th -1.0pp 20th 86% above peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 26th -0.7pp 21st 35% below peers
Jackson, TN 50.5% 5th -2.6pp 22nd 84% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 17th -1.6pp 23rd 1% below peers
Canton, OH 61.5% 3rd -3.7pp 24th 125% above peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 9th -2.7pp 25th 46% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 15th -2.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 30th -1.5pp 27th 50% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 14.2% 29th -1.9pp 28th 48% below peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 22nd -5.2pp 29th 21% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 28th -4.5pp 30th 39% below peers
Sanford, FL 32.4% 13th -15.1pp 31st 18% 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 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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

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).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.6% to 59.3%).
Big move 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
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 14th +9.2pp 1st 1% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 23rd +7.7pp 2nd 13% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 22nd +7.9pp 3rd 10% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70.8% 12th +7.8pp 4th 2% above peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 21st +6.5pp 5th 10% below peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 15th +6.2pp 6th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 26th +4.5pp 7th 14% below peers
Huntersville, NC 73.8% 4th +5.6pp 8th 6% above peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 9th +5.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 3rd +5.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 5th +4.8pp 11th 5% above peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 2nd +4.5pp 12th 15% above peers
Camarillo, CA 70.7% 13th +3.6pp 13th 1% above peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 16th +1.3pp 14th on par with peers
Madison, AL 59.3% 28th +1.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 20th +0.6pp 16th 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 17th 18% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 72.8% 8th +0.4pp 18th 4% above peers
Sanford, FL 66.4% 19th +0.3pp 19th 5% below peers
Jackson, TN 67.4% 17th -1.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Madera, CA 59.5% 27th -1.3pp 21st 15% below peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 11th -2.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 10th -3.6pp 23rd 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 25th -3.3pp 24th 14% below peers
Gary, IN 60.6% 24th -4.7pp 25th 13% below peers
Spring, TX 58.7% 31st -5.0pp 26th 16% below peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 7th -6.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 6th -7.2pp 28th 5% above peers
Decatur, IL 66.6% 18th -10.2pp 29th 4% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 30th -11.7pp 30th 15% below peers
Canton, OH 59.0% 29th -12.5pp 31st 15% 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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