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Anchorage municipality, AK
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287,155 people (2025) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Anchorage municipality, AK shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Household income
Median household income
$103,284
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
$84,928 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
10.8%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
13.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.9%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
11.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.2%
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
3.5% a year earlier
Improving recently Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
38.7%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
36.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.6%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
90.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
63.9%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
61.3% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
8.9%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
9.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.1%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
31.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.7%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
8.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.8%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
6.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Anchorage municipality, AK shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
34.2%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
36.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.4%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
8.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.3%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 3 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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
31.6%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
27.4% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$290,015
Sep 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$269,687 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,845
Sep 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,777 a year earlier
Rising recently 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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Household income rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $84,928 to $103,284 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,094).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Anchorage municipality started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 32% from 2014 to 2024 ($78,121 to $103,284).
Bright spot $103,284
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
Alaska ref $92,788 +20%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Ana, CA $93,999 9th +42% 1st 25% above peers
Durham, NC $81,619 11th +39% 2nd 9% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $97,710 7th +38% 3rd 30% above peers
Reno, NV $80,760 12th +37% 4th 7% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $65,742 21st +35% 5th 13% below peers
Laredo, TX $63,915 22nd +34% 6th 15% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 29th +34% 7th 33% below peers
Glendale, AZ $73,530 17th +34% 8th 2% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL $80,648 13th +33% 9th 7% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 14th +33% 10th 6% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 5th +33% 11th 44% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL $75,192 16th +32% 12th on par with peers
Toledo, OH $49,724 30th +32% 13th 34% below peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 4th +30% 14th 44% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $52,909 28th +30% 15th 30% below peers
Irvine, CA $136,719 1st +30% 16th 82% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC $59,268 26th +30% 17th 21% below peers
St. Louis, MO $56,160 27th +28% 18th 25% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $73,394 18th +27% 19th 2% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR $28,562 31st +27% 20th 62% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $122,551 2nd +27% 21st 63% above peers
Irving, TX $81,830 10th +26% 22nd 9% above peers
Greensboro, NC $61,515 23rd +26% 23rd 18% below peers
Lincoln, NE $71,867 19th +24% 24th 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 24th +24% 25th 18% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $103,284 6th +22% 26th 37% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $95,373 8th +21% 27th 27% above peers
Lubbock, TX $60,895 25th +21% 28th 19% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $67,394 20th +20% 29th 10% below peers
Madison, WI $78,050 15th +19% 30th 4% above peers
Plano, TX $112,253 3rd +17% 31st 49% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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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12 of 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,702 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 Improving recently ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.2 percentage points higher than in 2022 (3.7% then, 3.9% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 3.5% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.2% in July 2026, down from 3.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.2%
1990July 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
Alaska ref 4.3% (Jul 26) -0.3pp
United States ref 4.0% (2024)
Toledo, OH 4.8% (Jul 26) 23rd -3.0pp 1st 12% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -1.6pp 2nd 9% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -1.1pp 3rd 2% below peers
St. Louis, MO 4.4% (Jul 26) 18th -0.7pp 4th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 5th 21% below peers
Greensboro, NC 4.4% (Jul 26) 19th -0.6pp 6th 2% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.6% (Jul 26) 29th -0.5pp 7th 30% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th -0.5pp 9th 2% below peers
Reno, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 9th -0.4pp 10th 9% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 28th -0.3pp 11th 19% above peers
Durham, NC 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 12th 21% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 13th 26% below peers
Lincoln, NE 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 14th 40% below peers
Irvine, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 16th -0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Laredo, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 24th -0.1pp 16th 12% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Madison, WI 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.2pp 18th 33% below peers
Buffalo, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 30th +0.2pp 19th 33% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 20th 16% below peers
Irving, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.3pp 21st 2% below peers
Glendale, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 26th +0.3pp 22nd 14% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Lubbock, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 20th +0.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 21st +0.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 27th on par with peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 28th 16% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 15th +0.5pp 29th 2% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.6% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 30th 7% above 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 (9.0% then, 8.9% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 8.9%).
Bright spot 8.9%
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
Alaska ref 10.1% -0.5pp
United States ref 12.4%
Santa Ana, CA 10.8% 8th -4.9pp 1st 29% below peers
Durham, NC 11.7% 11th -4.2pp 2nd 23% below peers
Laredo, TX 20.9% 27th -5.8pp 3rd 38% above peers
Irvine, CA 10.8% 9th -2.5pp 4th 28% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.6% 17th -3.3pp 5th 3% above peers
Glendale, AZ 15.1% 16th -3.1pp 6th on par with peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.7% 23rd -3.0pp 7th 17% above peers
Buffalo, NY 26.0% 30th -4.1pp 8th 72% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.1% 12th -1.7pp 9th 20% below peers
Irving, TX 11.0% 10th -1.2pp 10th 27% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.8% 4th -0.9pp 11th 42% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 15.6% 18th -1.5pp 12th 3% above peers
Greensboro, NC 17.0% 21st -1.5pp 13th 13% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 38.2% 31st -2.9pp 14th 153% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 12.4% 13th -0.9pp 15th 18% below peers
Reno, NV 12.7% 14th -0.8pp 16th 16% below peers
Lubbock, TX 18.9% 24th -1.2pp 17th 25% above peers
Lincoln, NE 12.7% 15th -0.8pp 18th 16% below peers
St. Louis, MO 20.6% 26th -1.2pp 19th 37% above peers
Toledo, OH 24.3% 28th -1.1pp 20th 61% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 25.5% 29th -0.8pp 21st 69% above peers
Madison, WI 16.4% 20th -0.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.1% 25th -0.4pp 23rd 33% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.9% 5th -0.1pp 24th 41% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.3% 1st -0.0pp 25th 65% below peers
Plano, TX 6.8% 2nd -0.0pp 26th 55% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 16.0% 19th +0.1pp 27th 6% above peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 3rd +0.3pp 28th 48% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 9.5% 7th +0.5pp 29th 37% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.1% 22nd +1.0pp 30th 13% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 9.4% 6th +0.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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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12 of 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Irvine, CA down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 72% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.1% to 10.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Anchorage municipality started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.0% to 10.8%).
Bright spot 10.8%
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
Alaska ref 12.2% -2.7pp
United States ref 16.1%
Santa Ana, CA 14.6% 11th -8.8pp 1st 17% below peers
Durham, NC 16.6% 15th -7.9pp 2nd 6% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 13th -5.2pp 3rd 13% below peers
Glendale, AZ 20.2% 18th -6.8pp 4th 14% above peers
Laredo, TX 28.3% 25th -8.5pp 5th 60% above peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 28th -10.4pp 6th 101% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 22.0% 19th -5.6pp 7th 25% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 25.9% 24th -6.1pp 8th 46% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 10.8% 6th -2.3pp 9th 39% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 12.5% 7th -2.4pp 10th 29% below peers
St. Louis, MO 29.7% 26th -4.2pp 11th 68% above peers
Greensboro, NC 23.5% 21st -3.2pp 12th 33% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 17.7% 16th -2.2pp 13th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 5th -1.2pp 14th 43% below peers
Lubbock, TX 20.1% 17th -1.9pp 15th 14% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.0% 1st -0.4pp 16th 71% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 22.9% 20th -1.9pp 17th 30% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 36.2% 30th -2.7pp 18th 105% above peers
Irving, TX 16.4% 14th -1.2pp 19th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 7.9% 2nd -0.5pp 20th 55% below peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 12th -0.8pp 21st 15% below peers
Lincoln, NE 13.6% 9th -0.6pp 22nd 23% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.6% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 232% above peers
Toledo, OH 36.0% 29th -0.8pp 24th 104% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 22nd -0.3pp 25th 35% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 4th +0.4pp 26th 44% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 25.0% 23rd +2.0pp 27th 41% above peers
Irvine, CA 8.6% 3rd +0.7pp 28th 51% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 30.8% 27th +3.7pp 29th 75% above peers
Madison, WI 13.9% 10th +2.1pp 30th 21% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 12.8% 8th +2.7pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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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12 of 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 70% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 64% 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

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.2% to 94.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Anchorage municipality started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.8% to 94.6%).
Bright spot 94.6%
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
Alaska ref 92.1% +6.2pp
United States ref 91.1%
San Juan zona urbana, PR 75.7% 31st +18.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Laredo, TX 87.5% 28th +18.9pp 2nd 5% below peers
Greensboro, NC 91.0% 18th +17.9pp 3rd 1% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 26th +13.7pp 4th 3% below peers
St. Louis, MO 86.9% 30th +12.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 89.3% 23rd +9.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 88.5% 27th +9.2pp 7th 4% below peers
Toledo, OH 87.2% 29th +9.0pp 8th 5% below peers
Glendale, AZ 88.8% 25th +8.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Lubbock, TX 88.9% 24th +8.8pp 10th 3% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 90.6% 20th +8.8pp 11th 1% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 92.5% 14th +8.6pp 12th 1% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 9th +8.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 92.2% 15th +7.9pp 14th 1% above peers
Irving, TX 92.8% 11th +7.4pp 15th 1% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 89.6% 22nd +7.0pp 16th 2% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 19th +6.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 92.6% 13th +6.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Durham, NC 93.7% 8th +6.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 91.8% 16th +6.2pp 20th on par with peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 21st +5.8pp 21st 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 6th +6.1pp 22nd 3% above peers
Lincoln, NE 92.9% 10th +5.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 95.0% 5th +4.7pp 24th 4% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 94.6% 7th +4.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 4th +3.5pp 26th 4% above peers
Madison, WI 91.5% 17th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Plano, TX 96.7% 2nd +2.6pp 28th 5% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 92.8% 12th +2.5pp 29th 1% above peers
Irvine, CA 95.8% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 97.0% 1st +1.1pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
Loading tract map…
12 of 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Bakersfield, CA up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 60% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC up 6.7pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 61% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 65% 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 No measurable change ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.43).
Bright spot 0.43
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
Alaska ref 0.43 +0.004
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Laredo, TX 0.45 15th -0.025 1st 2% below peers
Glendale, AZ 0.43 8th -0.023 2nd 7% below peers
Toledo, OH 0.45 13th -0.015 3rd 2% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 0.51 27th -0.016 4th 10% above peers
Irvine, CA 0.46 16th -0.011 5th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 0.51 28th -0.010 6th 10% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 0.61 31st -0.009 7th 33% above peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 25th -0.007 8th 9% above peers
Greensboro, NC 0.49 23rd -0.005 9th 6% above peers
Durham, NC 0.46 17th -0.003 10th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 0.40 3rd -0.001 11th 12% below peers
St. Louis, MO 0.50 26th -0.001 12th 9% above peers
Plano, TX 0.45 12th -0.001 13th 3% below peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 6th -0.001 14th 9% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 0.48 21st -0.000 15th 4% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 11th +0.001 16th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 0.52 29th +0.001 17th 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 0.43 9th +0.001 18th 6% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 0.54 30th +0.003 19th 18% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 7th +0.003 20th 8% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 0.46 18th +0.003 21st on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 0.45 14th +0.003 22nd 2% below peers
Irving, TX 0.44 10th +0.004 23rd 5% below peers
Lubbock, TX 0.49 22nd +0.006 24th 6% above peers
Madison, WI 0.47 19th +0.007 25th 2% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 2nd +0.008 26th 13% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 0.41 4th +0.009 27th 11% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 0.42 5th +0.009 28th 9% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 20th +0.011 29th 3% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 0.39 1st +0.013 30th 15% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 0.50 24th +0.016 31st 8% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.8% then, 8.7% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 8.7%).
Bright spot 8.7%
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
Alaska ref 10.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Irving, TX 6.0% 5th -1.7pp 1st 51% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 9.3% 9th -2.2pp 2nd 23% below peers
Durham, NC 9.4% 10th -2.1pp 3rd 23% below peers
Lubbock, TX 10.7% 12th -1.6pp 4th 12% below peers
Buffalo, NY 29.3% 30th -3.6pp 5th 141% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 14.5% 18th -1.8pp 6th 20% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.8% 19th -1.7pp 7th 22% above peers
Toledo, OH 22.2% 28th -2.2pp 8th 83% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.7% 15th -1.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 13.0% 17th -1.2pp 10th 7% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.5% 21st -1.3pp 11th 28% above peers
Glendale, AZ 15.1% 20th -1.2pp 12th 24% above peers
Laredo, TX 23.5% 29th -1.7pp 13th 94% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.6% 26th -1.2pp 14th 53% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 18.7% 27th -1.1pp 15th 54% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.4% 2nd -0.1pp 16th 72% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 7.2% 6th -0.2pp 17th 41% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.7% 7th -0.1pp 18th 28% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 16.9% 22nd +0.0pp 19th 39% above peers
Lincoln, NE 8.9% 8th +0.3pp 20th 27% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.8% 13th +0.5pp 21st 11% below peers
Reno, NV 12.1% 16th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.3% 23rd +1.0pp 23rd 43% above peers
Greensboro, NC 17.7% 24th +2.3pp 24th 46% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 35.5% 31st +6.0pp 25th 192% above peers
Plano, TX 3.3% 1st +0.6pp 26th 73% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.0% 4th +1.2pp 27th 51% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 17.8% 25th +3.8pp 28th 47% above peers
Madison, WI 9.9% 11th +2.5pp 29th 19% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 11.5% 14th +3.0pp 30th 6% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.4% 3rd +2.9pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Irving, TX down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lexington, KY down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 5% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $422,584 in September 2026, up from $401,437 a year earlier.
$422,584
2000September 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
Alaska ref $397,932 (Sep 26) +5.3%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
Toledo, OH $131,766 (Sep 26) 30th +5.4% 1st 66% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $422,584 (Sep 26) 11th +5.3% 2nd 10% above peers
Santa Ana, CA $858,641 (Sep 26) 2nd +3.7% 3rd 124% above peers
Chesapeake, VA $424,217 (Sep 26) 10th +3.6% 4th 10% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $245,193 (Sep 26) 23rd +3.3% 5th 36% below peers
Lincoln, NE $291,408 (Sep 26) 18th +2.8% 6th 24% below peers
Buffalo, NY $244,068 (Sep 26) 24th +2.6% 7th 36% below peers
Madison, WI $424,543 (Sep 26) 9th +2.5% 8th 11% above peers
Lubbock, TX $210,957 (Sep 26) 28th +2.2% 9th 45% below peers
Reno, NV $571,562 (Sep 26) 5th +2.0% 10th 49% above peers
Laredo, TX $219,517 (Sep 26) 27th +2.0% 11th 43% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $845,328 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.3% 12th 120% above peers
Saint Paul, MN $291,209 (Sep 26) 19th +0.8% 13th 24% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $222,115 (Sep 26) 26th +0.6% 14th 42% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $656,649 (Sep 26) 4th +0.4% 15th 71% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $245,743 (Sep 26) 22nd +0.3% 16th 36% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL $351,862 (Sep 26) 16th +0.1% 17th 8% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $260,047 (Sep 26) 21st -0.0% 18th 32% below peers
Irving, TX $337,610 (Sep 26) 17th -0.1% 19th 12% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $565,459 (Sep 26) 6th -0.2% 20th 47% above peers
St. Louis, MO $181,157 (Sep 26) 29th -0.2% 21st 53% below peers
Greensboro, NC $260,573 (Sep 26) 20th -0.3% 22nd 32% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL $384,099 (Sep 26) 15th -0.9% 23rd on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA $234,620 (Sep 26) 25th -0.9% 24th 39% below peers
Chandler, AZ $512,981 (Sep 26) 7th -1.2% 25th 34% above peers
Glendale, AZ $399,844 (Sep 26) 13th -1.2% 26th 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $401,760 (Sep 26) 12th -1.4% 27th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA $1,481,490 (Sep 26) 1st -1.9% 28th 286% above peers
Plano, TX $497,714 (Sep 26) 8th -3.3% 29th 30% above peers
Durham, NC $384,724 (Sep 26) 14th -3.7% 30th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 8% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $290,015 in September 2026, up from $269,687 a year earlier.
Big move $290,015
2000September 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
Alaska ref $252,593 (Sep 26) +7.4%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Anchorage municipality, AK $290,015 (Sep 26) 14th +7.5% 1st 5% above peers
Laredo, TX $146,540 (Sep 26) 25th +5.4% 2nd 47% below peers
Toledo, OH $66,018 (Sep 26) 30th +5.3% 3rd 76% below peers
Buffalo, NY $165,700 (Sep 26) 21st +3.7% 4th 40% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $297,083 (Sep 26) 13th +3.7% 5th 7% above peers
Lincoln, NE $213,631 (Sep 26) 18th +3.2% 6th 23% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $156,306 (Sep 26) 24th +3.0% 7th 44% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $126,255 (Sep 26) 28th +3.0% 8th 54% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $594,790 (Sep 26) 3rd +3.0% 9th 115% above peers
Lubbock, TX $128,847 (Sep 26) 27th +2.2% 10th 54% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $446,375 (Sep 26) 5th +1.9% 11th 61% above peers
Reno, NV $395,950 (Sep 26) 6th +1.5% 12th 43% above peers
Madison, WI $314,288 (Sep 26) 11th +1.3% 13th 13% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $161,532 (Sep 26) 22nd +1.3% 14th 42% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $217,402 (Sep 26) 17th +0.8% 15th 22% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $654,833 (Sep 26) 2nd +0.5% 16th 136% above peers
Irving, TX $249,653 (Sep 26) 16th +0.4% 17th 10% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $160,781 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.3% 18th 42% below peers
Greensboro, NC $167,671 (Sep 26) 20th -0.6% 19th 40% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL $208,883 (Sep 26) 19th -0.8% 20th 25% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $448,945 (Sep 26) 4th -0.9% 21st 62% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL $301,976 (Sep 26) 12th -1.2% 22nd 9% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $135,766 (Sep 26) 26th -1.3% 23rd 51% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $331,839 (Sep 26) 9th -1.3% 24th 20% above peers
Glendale, AZ $315,510 (Sep 26) 10th -1.3% 25th 14% above peers
Irvine, CA $1,009,961 (Sep 26) 1st -1.4% 26th 264% above peers
Chandler, AZ $394,982 (Sep 26) 7th -2.2% 27th 42% above peers
St. Louis, MO $76,136 (Sep 26) 29th -2.7% 28th 73% below peers
Plano, TX $363,490 (Sep 26) 8th -3.3% 29th 31% above peers
Durham, NC $277,218 (Sep 26) 15th -3.4% 30th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.3% to 63.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.8% to 63.9%).
Bright spot 63.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alaska ref 66.8% +2.5pp
United States ref 65.2%
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 7th +5.5pp 1st 19% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 84.0% 1st +7.1pp 2nd 58% above peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 28th +2.3pp 3rd 19% below peers
Toledo, OH 53.3% 16th +2.9pp 4th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 39.8% 29th +2.1pp 5th 25% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 52.9% 17th +2.5pp 6th 1% below peers
Durham, NC 52.3% 19th +2.1pp 7th 2% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 74.3% 2nd +3.0pp 8th 40% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 63.9% 6th +2.6pp 9th 20% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 55.6% 15th +2.1pp 10th 4% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 62.8% 8th +2.4pp 11th 18% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 22nd +1.9pp 12th 6% below peers
St. Louis, MO 45.3% 25th +1.6pp 13th 15% below peers
Laredo, TX 64.1% 5th +2.2pp 14th 20% above peers
Irving, TX 38.1% 30th +1.3pp 15th 28% below peers
Glendale, AZ 57.2% 12th +1.8pp 16th 7% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 57.9% 11th +1.2pp 17th 9% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 10th +0.7pp 18th 12% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 47.7% 23rd +0.5pp 19th 11% below peers
Greensboro, NC 50.5% 21st +0.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 4th +0.1pp 21st 22% above peers
Lubbock, TX 51.2% 20th -0.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 9th -0.1pp 23rd 16% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 73.1% 3rd -0.7pp 24th 37% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 52.5% 18th -0.8pp 25th 1% below peers
Lincoln, NE 56.1% 14th -0.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Madison, WI 46.0% 24th -1.0pp 27th 14% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 44.6% 26th -1.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Plano, TX 56.9% 13th -2.2pp 29th 7% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 27.9% 31st -1.2pp 30th 48% below peers
Irvine, CA 44.5% 27th -2.4pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 ±0.9pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,845 in September 2026, up from $1,777 a year earlier.
Big move $1,845
2015September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Reno, NV $1,997 (Sep 26) 9th +8.1% 1st 23% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $1,257 (Sep 26) 28th +6.5% 2nd 23% below peers
Chesapeake, VA $2,063 (Sep 26) 7th +6.3% 3rd 27% above peers
Toledo, OH $1,151 (Sep 26) 29th +5.6% 4th 29% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC $1,478 (Sep 26) 20th +4.8% 5th 9% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $1,569 (Sep 26) 17th +3.8% 6th 3% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $1,845 (Sep 26) 12th +3.8% 7th 13% above peers
Saint Paul, MN $1,524 (Sep 26) 18th +3.4% 8th 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY $1,421 (Sep 26) 23rd +3.4% 9th 13% below peers
Durham, NC $1,626 (Sep 26) 15th +3.2% 10th on par with peers
St. Louis, MO $1,292 (Sep 26) 26th +3.1% 11th 21% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $3,101 (Sep 26) 2nd +3.1% 12th 91% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL $2,039 (Sep 26) 8th +2.7% 13th 25% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $1,432 (Sep 26) 21st +2.6% 14th 12% below peers
Greensboro, NC $1,395 (Sep 26) 24th +2.2% 15th 14% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL $2,356 (Sep 26) 5th +2.0% 16th 45% above peers
Santa Ana, CA $2,820 (Sep 26) 4th +2.0% 17th 73% above peers
Madison, WI $1,837 (Sep 26) 13th +1.8% 18th 13% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $2,935 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.8% 19th 81% above peers
Lubbock, TX $1,315 (Sep 26) 25th +1.7% 20th 19% below peers
Irvine, CA $3,604 (Sep 26) 1st +1.6% 21st 122% above peers
Lincoln, NE $1,278 (Sep 26) 27th +1.6% 22nd 21% below peers
Chandler, AZ $1,893 (Sep 26) 10th +1.6% 23rd 16% above peers
Glendale, AZ $1,511 (Sep 26) 19th +1.3% 24th 7% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $2,079 (Sep 26) 6th +1.2% 25th 28% above peers
Irving, TX $1,595 (Sep 26) 16th +1.2% 26th 2% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $1,422 (Sep 26) 22nd +1.1% 27th 13% below peers
Laredo, TX $1,129 (Sep 26) 30th +1.0% 28th 31% below peers
Plano, TX $1,736 (Sep 26) 14th +0.5% 29th 7% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $1,866 (Sep 26) 11th -0.4% 30th 15% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 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 (31.8% then, 31.1% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.4% to 31.1%).
Bright spot 31.1%
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
Alaska ref 29.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Ana, CA 42.6% 30th -4.5pp 1st 18% above peers
St. Louis, MO 34.2% 12th -3.2pp 2nd 5% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 36.6% 19th -2.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Toledo, OH 31.9% 7th -2.2pp 4th 12% below peers
Durham, NC 31.9% 8th -1.6pp 5th 12% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.1% 6th -0.7pp 6th 14% below peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 23rd -0.8pp 7th 4% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 41.7% 28th -0.8pp 8th 15% above peers
Laredo, TX 36.1% 16th -0.6pp 9th on par with peers
Irvine, CA 42.5% 29th -0.4pp 10th 18% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 33.7% 11th -0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 32.7% 9th +0.1pp 12th 10% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.9% 26th +0.4pp 13th 8% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% 10th +0.4pp 14th 7% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 35.8% 15th +0.6pp 15th 1% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 31st +1.0pp 16th 24% above peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 2nd +0.7pp 17th 25% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 25.3% 1st +0.6pp 18th 30% below peers
Madison, WI 36.4% 18th +1.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Glendale, AZ 36.4% 17th +1.5pp 20th 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 35.7% 14th +1.5pp 21st 1% below peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 22nd +1.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Greensboro, NC 36.9% 21st +2.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lincoln, NE 30.3% 4th +1.9pp 24th 16% below peers
Lubbock, TX 38.6% 24th +2.5pp 25th 7% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 27th +2.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 35.1% 13th +2.6pp 27th 3% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 3rd +2.2pp 28th 24% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 38.6% 25th +3.2pp 29th 7% above peers
Plano, TX 30.5% 5th +3.4pp 30th 16% below peers
Irving, TX 36.8% 20th +5.4pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.1% then, 5.8% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 5.8%).
Bright spot 5.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alaska ref 9.0% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Glendale, AZ 6.7% 15th -1.7pp 1st 4% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 30th -5.3pp 2nd 225% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 20.4% 28th -4.8pp 3rd 194% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 8.2% 21st -1.9pp 4th 18% above peers
Durham, NC 7.2% 17th -1.4pp 5th 4% above peers
Toledo, OH 11.7% 23rd -2.0pp 6th 68% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 17.1% 26th -2.8pp 7th 146% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 7.3% 18th -1.0pp 8th 5% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.6% 29th -2.7pp 9th 196% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 3rd -0.4pp 10th 53% below peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 22nd -0.7pp 11th 20% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 7.0% 16th -0.5pp 12th on par with peers
St. Louis, MO 18.5% 27th -1.2pp 13th 166% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 7th -0.2pp 14th 25% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 5.8% 9th -0.2pp 15th 16% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 5th -0.1pp 16th 35% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 13.0% 25th -0.3pp 17th 88% above peers
Lubbock, TX 6.1% 12th +0.2pp 18th 12% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 40.3% 31st +1.8pp 19th 479% above peers
Madison, WI 12.2% 24th +0.8pp 20th 75% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.2% 20th +0.6pp 21st 18% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.0% 11th +0.5pp 22nd 13% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.3% 8th +0.5pp 23rd 24% below peers
Laredo, TX 6.6% 13th +0.7pp 24th 5% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.7% 14th +0.8pp 25th 4% below peers
Plano, TX 3.7% 4th +0.5pp 26th 46% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 19th +1.2pp 27th 12% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.0% 6th +0.9pp 28th 28% below peers
Irving, TX 5.8% 10th +1.2pp 29th 16% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 2.7% 2nd +0.6pp 30th 62% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 2.3% 1st +0.6pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Fresno, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Stockton, CA down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.2% to 9.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Anchorage municipality started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.3% to 9.8%).
Bright spot 9.9%
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
Alaska ref 11.0% -2.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Jersey City, NJ 8.5% 15th -2.9pp 1st 8% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 12.2% 25th -3.5pp 2nd 31% above peers
Toledo, OH 5.7% 5th -1.5pp 3rd 39% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.8% 6th -1.4pp 4th 37% below peers
Greensboro, NC 8.4% 13th -1.9pp 5th 10% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.3% 8th -1.3pp 6th 32% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 10.3% 20th -2.1pp 7th 11% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.4% 9th -1.0pp 8th 32% below peers
Durham, NC 10.7% 23rd -1.8pp 9th 15% above peers
St. Louis, MO 9.3% 16th -1.5pp 10th on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 9.8% 18th -1.4pp 11th 6% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.0% 1st -0.5pp 12th 57% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 8.5% 14th -1.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 2nd -0.5pp 14th 56% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 10.0% 19th -1.2pp 15th 8% above peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 10th -0.7pp 16th 29% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 11.2% 24th -1.1pp 17th 20% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.8% 4th -0.5pp 18th 48% below peers
Plano, TX 10.7% 22nd -0.5pp 19th 15% above peers
Laredo, TX 27.3% 31st -0.3pp 20th 194% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.3% 26th -0.1pp 21st 43% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.7% 11th +0.1pp 22nd 28% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.8% 29th +0.6pp 23rd 91% above peers
Lubbock, TX 13.7% 28th +0.6pp 24th 47% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.4% 17th +0.5pp 25th 2% above peers
Madison, WI 4.2% 3rd +0.3pp 26th 55% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.8% 12th +0.5pp 27th 16% below peers
Glendale, AZ 13.4% 27th +0.9pp 28th 44% above peers
Reno, NV 10.6% 21st +0.8pp 29th 14% above peers
Irving, TX 22.3% 30th +2.0pp 30th 140% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.3% 7th +1.0pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Oakland, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

35.2%
20202023
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Alaska ref 32.4%
United States ref 32.9%
Irvine, CA 19.2% 1st 43% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 26.2% 2nd 22% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 26.6% 3rd 21% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 27.7% 4th 18% below peers
Chandler, AZ 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
Reno, NV 28.4% 6th 16% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.0% 7th 14% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 30.5% 8th 10% below peers
Plano, TX 31.2% 9th 8% below peers
Irving, TX 31.6% 10th 7% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 31.8% 11th 6% below peers
Madison, WI 32.7% 12th 3% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 32.7% 13th 3% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 32.8% 14th 3% below peers
Glendale, AZ 32.9% 15th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 33.8% 16th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 35.1% 17th 4% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 35.2% 18th 4% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.8% 19th 6% above peers
St. Louis, MO 36.8% 20th 9% above peers
Durham, NC 36.8% 21st 9% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.3% 22nd 13% above peers
Buffalo, NY 38.4% 23rd 14% above peers
Greensboro, NC 39.1% 24th 16% above peers
Toledo, OH 39.3% 25th 16% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 39.7% 26th 17% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 40.1% 27th 19% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.7% 28th 20% above peers
Laredo, TX 42.2% 29th 25% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 42.7% 30th 26% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (8.2% then, 7.3% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.6% to 7.3%).
Needs attention 7.3%
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
Alaska ref 8.1% -2.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Toledo, OH 2.1% 2nd -1.2pp 1st 59% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 3.9% 10th -1.6pp 2nd 26% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 9th -1.4pp 3rd 28% below peers
Irvine, CA 2.2% 3rd -0.7pp 4th 57% below peers
Greensboro, NC 3.5% 6th -1.0pp 5th 33% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 5.0% 13th -1.1pp 6th 4% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 6.4% 20th -1.4pp 7th 23% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 3.7% 8th -0.8pp 8th 30% below peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 21st -1.2pp 9th 31% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 18th -0.9pp 10th 3% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 8.1% 26th -1.1pp 11th 55% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 7.3% 23rd -0.8pp 12th 41% above peers
St. Louis, MO 4.9% 12th -0.2pp 13th 7% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 24th -0.1pp 14th 50% above peers
Laredo, TX 14.1% 30th -0.2pp 15th 170% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.4% 11th -0.0pp 16th 16% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 7th -0.0pp 17th 30% below peers
Glendale, AZ 9.9% 28th +0.3pp 18th 89% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 5th +0.2pp 19th 34% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.2% 17th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Durham, NC 8.0% 25th +0.6pp 21st 52% above peers
Plano, TX 9.1% 27th +0.8pp 22nd 75% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.1% 14th +0.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 5.2% 16th +0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Irving, TX 15.8% 31st +2.0pp 25th 203% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 5.1% 15th +0.8pp 26th 2% below peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 1st +0.3pp 27th 63% below peers
Madison, WI 2.8% 4th +0.5pp 28th 47% below peers
Lubbock, TX 10.7% 29th +2.3pp 29th 106% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 22nd +1.7pp 30th 40% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 5.8% 19th +1.4pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.1% to 38.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Anchorage municipality started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.9% to 38.6%).
Bright spot 38.7%
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
Alaska ref 31.7% +2.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Port St. Lucie, FL 28.1% 24th +5.5pp 1st 31% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 18.3% 30th +3.3pp 2nd 55% below peers
Toledo, OH 21.9% 28th +3.6pp 3rd 47% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 42.6% 10th +6.9pp 4th 4% above peers
Durham, NC 57.3% 4th +7.7pp 5th 40% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 54.8% 5th +7.2pp 6th 34% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 39.5% 16th +5.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Laredo, TX 22.0% 27th +2.6pp 8th 46% below peers
St. Louis, MO 41.1% 14th +4.8pp 9th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 33.2% 21st +3.8pp 10th 19% below peers
Buffalo, NY 31.2% 22nd +3.5pp 11th 24% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 12th +4.7pp 12th 2% above peers
Glendale, AZ 24.3% 26th +2.7pp 13th 41% below peers
Irving, TX 42.4% 11th +4.7pp 14th 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 18.9% 29th +2.0pp 15th 54% below peers
Lubbock, TX 35.1% 20th +3.6pp 16th 14% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 36.9% 18th +3.7pp 17th 10% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 24.4% 25th +2.3pp 18th 40% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 49.1% 6th +4.5pp 19th 20% above peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 19th +3.2pp 20th 10% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 48.2% 7th +3.8pp 21st 18% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 43.8% 9th +3.0pp 22nd 7% above peers
Greensboro, NC 41.0% 15th +2.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 38.6% 17th +2.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Chandler, AZ 47.8% 8th +3.0pp 25th 17% above peers
Plano, TX 60.5% 2nd +3.3pp 26th 48% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.8% 13th +2.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 29.0% 23rd +1.2pp 28th 29% below peers
Madison, WI 59.9% 3rd +2.0pp 29th 46% above peers
Irvine, CA 70.6% 1st +1.8pp 30th 72% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 6.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Winston-Salem, NC up 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.6% then, 34.2% now; margin ±6.6pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.2% to 34.2%).
Needs attention 34.2%
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
Alaska ref 36.4% -0.7pp
United States ref 45.5%
Corpus Christi, TX 47.8% 10th +8.0pp 1st 11% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 69.9% 2nd +11.4pp 2nd 62% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 7th +4.3pp 3rd 19% above peers
Irving, TX 36.6% 25th +1.7pp 4th 15% below peers
Madison, WI 51.4% 6th +2.1pp 5th 20% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 19th +1.1pp 6th 7% below peers
St. Louis, MO 53.8% 5th +1.0pp 7th 25% above peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 14th +0.8pp 8th 9% above peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 15th -0.1pp 9th 3% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 47.6% 12th -0.2pp 10th 11% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 50.9% 8th -0.4pp 11th 18% above peers
Toledo, OH 37.1% 22nd -1.2pp 12th 14% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 47.5% 13th -2.0pp 13th 10% above peers
Plano, TX 47.7% 11th -2.1pp 14th 11% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 73.2% 1st -3.6pp 15th 70% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 36.2% 26th -1.8pp 16th 16% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 43.0% 16th -2.8pp 17th on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 34.2% 27th -2.4pp 18th 21% below peers
Lincoln, NE 41.4% 18th -3.9pp 19th 4% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 50.1% 9th -6.6pp 20th 17% above peers
Greensboro, NC 37.0% 23rd -4.9pp 21st 14% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 32.6% 29th -4.5pp 22nd 24% below peers
Durham, NC 39.8% 20th -7.2pp 23rd 7% below peers
Lubbock, TX 39.6% 21st -7.3pp 24th 8% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 24th -7.2pp 25th 15% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 42.0% 17th -8.4pp 26th 2% below peers
Irvine, CA 59.6% 3rd -12.5pp 27th 38% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 30th -6.6pp 28th 38% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.5% 4th -15.5pp 29th 36% above peers
Laredo, TX 33.1% 28th -14.3pp 30th 23% below peers
Glendale, AZ 22.2% 31st -10.0pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Corpus Christi, TX up 8.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • El Paso, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Aurora, CO up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.5pp 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 →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.4% then, 8.4% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 8.4%).
Needs attention 8.4%
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
Alaska ref 10.7% +1.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 6th -3.9pp 1st 37% below peers
St. Louis, MO 6.7% 13th -3.3pp 2nd 2% below peers
Irvine, CA 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 3rd 80% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 18th -2.3pp 4th 5% above peers
Durham, NC 4.5% 7th -1.2pp 5th 33% below peers
Greensboro, NC 5.1% 10th -1.3pp 6th 25% below peers
Laredo, TX 7.8% 21st -1.9pp 7th 15% above peers
Glendale, AZ 8.4% 24th -1.9pp 8th 23% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 5.1% 9th -1.1pp 9th 26% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 5.3% 11th -1.0pp 10th 22% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% 20th -0.7pp 11th 11% above peers
Madison, WI 2.2% 2nd -0.1pp 12th 68% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 7.9% 22nd -0.2pp 13th 17% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 8th -0.1pp 14th 28% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.4% 25th +0.1pp 15th 24% above peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 14th +0.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% 4th +0.2pp 17th 45% below peers
Lubbock, TX 4.2% 5th +0.3pp 18th 38% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 12.1% 29th +1.5pp 19th 78% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.8% 16th +0.9pp 20th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 3rd +0.7pp 21st 49% below peers
Toledo, OH 12.0% 28th +2.6pp 22nd 76% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 23rd 93% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.7% 15th +1.9pp 24th 2% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 7.2% 19th +2.1pp 25th 5% above peers
Plano, TX 7.1% 17th +2.1pp 26th 4% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 26th +3.1pp 27th 46% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.5% 12th +2.1pp 28th 5% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 31st +5.0pp 29th 108% above peers
Irving, TX 10.1% 27th +4.4pp 30th 48% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 8.1% 23rd +3.7pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Orlando, FL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kansas City, MO down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tulsa, OK down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (293,531 then, 288,976 now; margin ±0). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (298,178 to 288,976).
288,976
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 232,491 31st +23% 1st 17% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 17th +15% 2nd 1% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 280,262 15th +15% 3rd on par with peers
Irvine, CA 311,690 4th +14% 4th 11% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 294,078 10th +12% 5th 5% above peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 16th +11% 6th on par with peers
Reno, NV 273,212 21st +11% 7th 2% below peers
Madison, WI 278,001 18th +9% 8th 1% below peers
Durham, NC 291,467 11th +8% 9th 4% above peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 19th +8% 10th 1% below peers
Irving, TX 256,492 27th +7% 11th 8% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 252,583 29th +5% 12th 10% below peers
Lubbock, TX 264,814 24th +4% 13th 5% below peers
Lincoln, NE 294,856 9th +4% 14th 5% above peers
Greensboro, NC 301,198 8th +3% 15th 8% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 311,224 5th +3% 16th 11% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 252,037 30th +3% 17th 10% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 20th +3% 18th 1% below peers
Glendale, AZ 252,833 28th +2% 19th 10% below peers
Plano, TX 290,594 12th +1% 20th 4% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 22nd +1% 21st 4% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 307,284 6th +1% 22nd 10% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 304,759 7th +1% 23rd 9% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 262,732 25th +1% 24th 6% below peers
Laredo, TX 257,619 26th -1% 25th 8% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 288,976 13th -2% 26th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 317,995 1st -2% 27th 14% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 317,419 2nd -3% 28th 13% above peers
Toledo, OH 267,463 23rd -3% 29th 5% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 312,534 3rd -6% 30th 12% above peers
St. Louis, MO 288,512 14th -6% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.5% then, 23.5% now; margin ±0.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 7 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.8% to 23.5%).
23.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alaska ref 24.1% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Greensboro, NC 21.7% 19th -0.1pp 1st 5% below peers
Chesapeake, VA 24.2% 8th -0.1pp 2nd 6% above peers
Madison, WI 16.1% 28th -0.2pp 3rd 29% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 17th -0.3pp 4th 2% below peers
Lubbock, TX 22.9% 14th -0.4pp 5th on par with peers
Irvine, CA 21.7% 20th -0.4pp 6th 5% below peers
Irving, TX 26.2% 3rd -0.7pp 7th 15% above peers
Toledo, OH 22.9% 15th -0.6pp 8th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 21.9% 18th -0.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 14.6% 31st -0.5pp 10th 36% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 6th -0.8pp 11th 7% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 23.0% 12th -0.8pp 12th 1% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 7th -1.0pp 13th 7% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 23.5% 9th -1.0pp 14th 3% above peers
Glendale, AZ 24.5% 5th -1.0pp 15th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.9pp 16th 14% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 23.4% 11th -1.2pp 17th 3% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 16.1% 29th -0.9pp 18th 30% below peers
Laredo, TX 31.3% 1st -1.8pp 19th 37% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.3% 27th -1.1pp 20th 20% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 20.7% 22nd -1.3pp 21st 9% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 23.5% 10th -1.5pp 22nd 3% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 28.1% 2nd -1.8pp 23rd 23% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 25th -1.4pp 24th 13% below peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 20.4% 23rd -1.5pp 25th 10% below peers
Plano, TX 20.9% 21st -1.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Durham, NC 20.1% 24th -1.6pp 27th 12% below peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 16th -2.4pp 28th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 4th -3.2pp 29th 12% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 22.9% 13th -4.0pp 30th 1% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -2.9pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.4% to 31.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.6% to 31.6%).
Big move 31.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alaska ref 28.4% +1.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 25th +5.1pp 1st 22% below peers
Irvine, CA 17.7% 31st +3.2pp 2nd 51% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 19.9% 29th +3.5pp 3rd 45% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.6% 21st +4.2pp 4th 12% below peers
Laredo, TX 39.6% 10th +4.4pp 5th 10% above peers
Madison, WI 31.3% 22nd +3.5pp 6th 13% below peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 12th +2.6pp 7th 5% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 31.6% 20th +2.1pp 8th 12% below peers
Toledo, OH 61.7% 2nd +3.8pp 9th 72% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 68.2% 1st +3.3pp 10th 90% above peers
Plano, TX 19.4% 30th +0.7pp 11th 46% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.5% 24th +0.9pp 12th 18% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 39.6% 11th +1.2pp 13th 10% above peers
Lincoln, NE 26.7% 26th +0.8pp 14th 26% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 9th +0.5pp 15th 12% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 37.0% 15th +0.4pp 16th 3% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 14th +0.3pp 17th 3% above peers
Greensboro, NC 42.9% 6th -1.1pp 18th 19% above peers
Winston-Salem, NC 41.9% 8th -1.3pp 19th 16% above peers
Chesapeake, VA 30.1% 23rd -1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 42.6% 7th -2.1pp 21st 18% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 4th -3.6pp 22nd 45% above peers
St. Louis, MO 52.2% 5th -4.0pp 23rd 45% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.6% 17th -2.8pp 24th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 56.2% 3rd -6.5pp 25th 56% above peers
Irving, TX 25.9% 27th -3.4pp 26th 28% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 28th -3.3pp 27th 34% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 31.6% 19th -4.9pp 28th 12% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 36.0% 16th -5.7pp 29th on par with peers
Durham, NC 37.4% 13th -5.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Glendale, AZ 33.9% 18th -7.3pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 ±2.9pp 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 (65.3% then, 68.5% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.4% to 68.5%).
68.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Alaska ref 61.8% +0.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Gilbert, AZ 70.7% 9th +15.2pp 1st 5% above peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 17th +7.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 11th +8.0pp 3rd 3% above peers
Irvine, CA 61.7% 27th +6.5pp 4th 9% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 8th +5.5pp 5th 6% above peers
Laredo, TX 56.3% 30th +4.2pp 6th 17% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 65.3% 19th +4.2pp 7th 3% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 16th +4.2pp 8th on par with peers
Plano, TX 59.9% 29th +3.3pp 9th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 68.5% 14th +3.2pp 10th 1% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 62.8% 25th +2.4pp 11th 7% below peers
Winston-Salem, NC 65.2% 21st +2.3pp 12th 4% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 65.5% 18th +1.5pp 13th 3% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 72.6% 7th +0.8pp 14th 7% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 2nd +0.3pp 15th 11% above peers
Durham, NC 74.5% 4th -0.5pp 16th 10% above peers
Glendale, AZ 63.5% 24th -0.5pp 17th 6% below peers
Madison, WI 75.9% 1st -0.7pp 18th 12% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 69.1% 13th -0.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Greensboro, NC 69.6% 10th -0.8pp 20th 3% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 60.9% 28th -0.8pp 21st 10% below peers
Lubbock, TX 67.8% 15th -1.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Chesapeake, VA 65.3% 20th -1.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
Lincoln, NE 73.5% 5th -1.9pp 24th 9% above peers
St. Louis, MO 74.5% 3rd -2.2pp 25th 10% above peers
Port St. Lucie, FL 73.0% 6th -2.8pp 26th 8% above peers
Toledo, OH 69.3% 12th -4.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 64.9% 22nd -6.9pp 28th 4% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 64.5% 23rd -7.3pp 29th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 26th -8.3pp 30th 8% below peers
Irving, TX 53.4% 31st -8.5pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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