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89,770 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Queen Creek, AZ shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
1.2%
2019-23
▼ 63%
relative change
3.3% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$141,978
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
$105,729 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
45.0%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
38.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
90.2%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
86.7% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
3.6%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
3.7%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
98.4%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
95.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.36
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
0.39 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
22.1%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
26.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.8%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
5.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Queen Creek, AZ shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
1.6%
2020-24
▲ 208%
relative change
0.5% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.6%
2020-24
▲ 94%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.2%
Jul 2026
▲ 11%
relative change
3.8% 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
71,867
2020-24
▲ 67%
relative change
43,129 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
30.5%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
32.8% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
11.2%
2020-24
low
vs peers
9.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
55.3%
2020-24
low
vs peers
49.4% 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 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $105,729 to $141,978 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,163).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Queen Creek started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 69% from 2014 to 2024 ($83,809 to $141,978).
Bright spot $141,978
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
Arizona ref $79,964 +36%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 30th +48% 1st 30% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 15th +48% 2nd 5% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $52,058 31st +45% 3rd 30% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 19th +45% 4th 3% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 20th +44% 5th 4% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 16th +43% 6th on par with peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 21st +39% 7th 6% below peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 13th +37% 8th 15% above peers
Leander, TX $139,048 3rd +36% 9th 86% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 25th +35% 10th 19% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 2nd +34% 11th 90% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 10th +32% 12th 46% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 28th +31% 13th 26% below peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 22nd +31% 14th 8% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $66,970 23rd +29% 15th 10% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 5th +29% 16th 73% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 11th +28% 17th 32% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 18th +27% 18th 1% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 19th 155% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 24th +24% 20th 19% below peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 8th +24% 21st 58% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 26th +24% 22nd 20% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 12th +24% 23rd 25% above peers
Kennewick, WA $73,576 17th +24% 24th 1% below peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 7th +22% 25th 60% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 9th +19% 26th 54% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 6th +18% 27th 61% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 27th +16% 28th 25% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 4th +15% 29th 83% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 29th +14% 30th 27% below peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 14th +14% 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 13 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 ±$4,711 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 72% 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 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in July 2026, up from 3.8% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.2%
2000July 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
Arizona ref 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.6pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Trenton, NJ 7.4% (Jul 26) 30th -1.8pp 1st 68% above peers
Clifton, NJ 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -1.3pp 2nd 2% above peers
South Gate, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st -1.2pp 3rd 14% above peers
Compton, CA 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th -1.2pp 4th 39% above peers
Champaign, IL 3.8% (Jul 26) 5th -1.1pp 5th 14% below peers
Carson, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 24th -1.0pp 6th 20% above peers
Waukegan, IL 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -1.0pp 7th 9% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 8th 16% above peers
Westminster, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th -0.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Kennewick, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.6pp 10th 11% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 11th on par with peers
Warner Robins, GA 2.8% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 12th 36% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 13th 39% below peers
Lawrence, MA 6.8% (Jul 26) 28th -0.2pp 14th 55% above peers
Mission, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th -0.2pp 15th 36% above peers
Newton, MA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 16th 9% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 17th 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.1pp 18th 23% below peers
Ogden, UT 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Roswell, GA 2.7% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.0pp 20th 39% below peers
Troy, MI 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 22nd 5% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Leander, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th +0.5pp 24th 11% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.6pp 25th 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 26th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 27th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 6.8% (Jul 26) 29th +1.1pp 28th 55% above peers
Danbury, CT 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +1.3pp 29th 18% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th +1.5pp 30th 23% 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 (4.7% then, 3.7% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.6% to 3.8%).
Bright spot 3.7%
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
Arizona ref 12.5% -2.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Franklin, TN 4.7% 3rd -2.0pp 1st 65% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 14th -4.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Trenton, NJ 21.6% 30th -7.1pp 3rd 61% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.4% 16th -4.2pp 4th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 17th -3.5pp 5th 2% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.8% 1st -1.0pp 6th 72% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 8th -1.9pp 7th 41% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.2% 18th -3.1pp 8th 7% above peers
Lawrence, MA 17.6% 24th -3.8pp 9th 32% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 20.4% 28th -3.9pp 10th 52% above peers
Mission, TX 19.4% 27th -3.1pp 11th 45% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.3% 22nd -2.3pp 12th 14% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.3% 26th -2.8pp 13th 37% above peers
Compton, CA 17.9% 25th -2.6pp 14th 34% above peers
Kennewick, WA 14.3% 19th -1.2pp 15th 7% above peers
Duluth, MN 16.8% 23rd -1.4pp 16th 26% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.4% 20th -1.1pp 17th 7% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 15.1% 21st -1.1pp 18th 13% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.9% 15th -0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 7th -0.1pp 20th 44% below peers
Carson, CA 8.7% 9th -0.0pp 21st 35% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.7% 13th +0.2pp 22nd 12% below peers
Champaign, IL 25.9% 31st +0.9pp 23rd 93% above peers
Newton, MA 4.5% 2nd +0.2pp 24th 66% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 5th +0.3pp 25th 58% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 4th +0.3pp 26th 60% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.2% 12th +1.3pp 27th 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 21.1% 29th +2.6pp 28th 58% above peers
Bloomington, MN 9.2% 11th +1.8pp 29th 31% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 10th +2.2pp 30th 34% below peers
Leander, TX 5.8% 6th +1.7pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 13 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 ±1.0pp 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 Turning down (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 3.6% now; margin ±1.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.7% to 3.6%).
Bright spot 3.6%
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
Arizona ref 16.2% -5.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 79% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 6th -7.8pp 2nd 56% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 13th -9.6pp 3rd 12% below peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 10th -4.7pp 4th 50% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 5th 89% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 7th -3.7pp 6th 55% below peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 19th -8.7pp 7th 9% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 29th -12.2pp 8th 58% above peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 3rd -1.4pp 9th 78% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 16th -6.5pp 10th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 24th -7.5pp 11th 36% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 27th -7.2pp 12th 48% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 4th -1.0pp 13th 78% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 19.3% 22nd -4.0pp 14th 16% above peers
Kennewick, WA 18.6% 20th -2.7pp 15th 12% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 18th -2.4pp 16th 3% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.8% 31st -5.2pp 17th 133% above peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 25th -2.7pp 18th 45% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 28th -2.6pp 19th 56% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 23rd -1.9pp 20th 16% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 15th -1.2pp 21st 6% below peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 26th -1.5pp 22nd 47% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 5th -0.3pp 23rd 67% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 21st -1.0pp 24th 14% above peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 17th -0.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 30th +2.3pp 26th 72% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 14th +2.2pp 27th 6% below peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 11th +3.2pp 28th 22% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 9th +2.4pp 29th 54% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 12th +5.2pp 30th 15% below peers
Leander, TX 7.6% 8th +3.4pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (95.3% then, 98.4% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.2% to 98.4%).
Bright spot 98.4%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 91.7% +7.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Daytona Beach, FL 90.2% 25th +19.9pp 1st 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 2nd 10% below peers
Springdale, AR 91.2% 19th +18.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 28th +14.0pp 4th 6% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 30th +12.7pp 5th 7% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 22nd +12.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 11th +12.4pp 7th 3% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 92.5% 14th +10.8pp 9th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 15th +9.7pp 10th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 23rd +8.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 17th +8.4pp 12th on par with peers
Kennewick, WA 91.2% 20th +7.6pp 13th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 16th +7.2pp 14th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 21st +7.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 24th +6.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 9th +6.8pp 17th 4% above peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 12th +6.6pp 18th 2% above peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 26th +6.1pp 19th 2% below peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 13th +5.1pp 20th 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 18th +4.5pp 21st on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 27th +4.2pp 22nd 4% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 7th +3.9pp 23rd 5% above peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 5th +3.9pp 24th 6% above peers
Leander, TX 97.3% 2nd +3.7pp 25th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 10th +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 4th +3.1pp 27th 6% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 28th 8% above peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 6th +2.5pp 29th 6% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 6% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 8th +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 13 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 ±0.6pp 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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.39 then, 0.36 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.36).
Bright spot 0.36
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
Arizona ref 0.46 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 1st -0.022 1st 20% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 9th -0.024 2nd 5% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 24th -0.021 3rd 6% above peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 20th -0.019 4th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 12th -0.013 5th 4% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 0.49 26th -0.013 6th 8% above peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 2nd -0.009 7th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 19th -0.010 8th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 17th -0.009 9th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 10th 20% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 22nd +0.000 11th 5% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 0.44 14th +0.000 12th 3% below peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 23rd +0.002 13th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 3rd +0.003 14th 10% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 4th +0.004 15th 9% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 15th +0.005 16th 3% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 17th 16% above peers
Troy, MI 0.42 7th +0.009 18th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 11th +0.009 19th 4% below peers
Kennewick, WA 0.44 13th +0.009 20th 4% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 10th +0.011 21st 4% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 25th +0.012 22nd 8% above peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 18th +0.012 23rd on par with peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 24th 24% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 6th +0.018 25th 7% below peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 16th +0.027 26th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 21st +0.029 27th 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 27th +0.031 28th 9% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 29th 15% above peers
Carson, CA 0.43 8th +0.031 30th 6% below peers
Leander, TX 0.41 5th +0.041 31st 9% below 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 Real improvement ★ National leader
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What changed

SNAP fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 3.3% to 1.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Queen Creek started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 3.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.7% to 1.2%).
Bright spot 1.2%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 10.1% -1.7pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 1st -2.1pp 1st 89% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.2% 3rd -2.8pp 2nd 72% below peers
Springdale, AR 6.0% 9th -5.2pp 3rd 48% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 78% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 16th -4.4pp 5th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 18.7% 25th -6.1pp 6th 62% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 19th -3.6pp 7th 14% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 14th -1.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 24th -2.0pp 9th 60% above peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 15th -1.0pp 10th 3% below peers
Leander, TX 3.4% 4th -0.3pp 11th 70% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 27th -1.2pp 12th 75% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.4% 20th -0.6pp 13th 24% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 30th -0.1pp 14th 126% above peers
Kennewick, WA 18.2% 23rd +0.5pp 15th 58% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 21st +0.4pp 16th 25% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 12th +0.3pp 17th 16% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 5th +0.2pp 18th 62% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 8th +0.2pp 19th 49% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 11th +0.4pp 20th 23% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 26th +1.0pp 21st 62% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 22nd 280% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 17th +1.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 13th +1.4pp 24th 6% below peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 7th +0.9pp 25th 55% below peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 28th +3.6pp 26th 75% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 22nd +2.8pp 27th 26% above peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 29th +5.7pp 28th 116% above peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 18th +5.1pp 29th 10% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 10th +3.2pp 30th 48% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 6th +3.2pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • 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
  • Lehi, UT down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.5pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 13% higher than in 2021 ($553,764 then, $627,355 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $668,726 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $627,355 in August 2026, up from $627,014 a year earlier.
$627,355
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref $417,990 (Aug 26) -1.1%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Waukegan, IL $247,657 (Aug 26) 26th +6.9% 1st 43% below peers
Lawton, OK $146,805 (Aug 26) 31st +6.5% 2nd 66% below peers
Duluth, MN $298,068 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 3rd 31% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,095,037 (Aug 26) 4th +4.9% 4th 154% above peers
Danbury, CT $492,946 (Aug 26) 14th +4.4% 5th 14% above peers
Champaign, IL $238,960 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 6th 45% below peers
Springdale, AR $341,760 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.9% 7th 21% below peers
Clifton, NJ $612,937 (Aug 26) 11th +3.9% 8th 42% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $195,029 (Aug 26) 30th +3.1% 9th 55% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $215,087 (Aug 26) 29th +3.0% 10th 50% below peers
Compton, CA $638,376 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 11th 48% above peers
Franklin, TN $925,870 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 12th 115% above peers
Lawrence, MA $513,746 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 13th 19% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,206,543 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 14th 180% above peers
Newton, MA $1,509,055 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 15th 250% above peers
Troy, MI $458,678 (Aug 26) 15th +2.2% 16th 6% above peers
South Gate, CA $692,930 (Aug 26) 7th +2.1% 17th 61% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,667,060 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 18th 287% above peers
Bloomington, MN $362,340 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 19th 16% below peers
Roswell, GA $653,146 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 20th 52% above peers
Carson, CA $785,721 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 21st 82% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $581,279 (Aug 26) 12th +0.8% 22nd 35% above peers
Kennewick, WA $431,000 (Aug 26) 16th +0.6% 23rd on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ $627,355 (Aug 26) 10th +0.1% 24th 46% above peers
Ogden, UT $395,517 (Aug 26) 19th -0.3% 25th 8% below peers
Mission, TX $219,583 (Aug 26) 28th -0.9% 26th 49% below peers
Trenton, NJ $348,502 (Aug 26) 21st -1.7% 27th 19% below peers
Germantown, MD $416,884 (Aug 26) 18th -2.2% 28th 3% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $252,622 (Aug 26) 25th -2.3% 29th 41% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,563 (Aug 26) 24th -3.0% 30th 37% below peers
Leander, TX $421,703 (Aug 26) 17th -6.2% 31st 2% 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 11% higher than in 2021 ($428,157 then, $476,013 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $525,413 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $476,013 in August 2026, down from $479,660 a year earlier.
$476,013
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref $293,613 (Aug 26) -1.4%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Waukegan, IL $201,000 (Aug 26) 24th +10.4% 1st 39% below peers
Lawton, OK $83,114 (Aug 26) 31st +9.2% 2nd 75% below peers
Duluth, MN $202,793 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.9% 3rd 39% below peers
Champaign, IL $156,753 (Aug 26) 25th +6.6% 4th 53% below peers
Springdale, AR $263,148 (Aug 26) 21st +5.4% 5th 20% below peers
Clifton, NJ $524,292 (Aug 26) 9th +5.2% 6th 58% above peers
Westminster, CA $928,858 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.0% 7th 181% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $112,868 (Aug 26) 30th +5.0% 8th 66% below peers
Danbury, CT $338,397 (Aug 26) 15th +4.2% 9th 2% above peers
Compton, CA $566,727 (Aug 26) 8th +3.9% 10th 71% above peers
Newton, MA $961,541 (Aug 26) 1st +3.6% 11th 191% above peers
Lawrence, MA $373,423 (Aug 26) 13th +3.0% 12th 13% above peers
Warner Robins, GA $134,103 (Aug 26) 28th +2.9% 13th 59% below peers
Franklin, TN $606,342 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 14th 83% above peers
South Gate, CA $628,812 (Aug 26) 6th +2.5% 15th 90% above peers
Troy, MI $330,983 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 16th on par with peers
Mission, TX $145,560 (Aug 26) 26th +1.8% 17th 56% below peers
Kennewick, WA $340,031 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 18th 3% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $402,732 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 19th 22% above peers
Bloomington, MN $267,412 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 20th 19% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $864,518 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 21st 161% above peers
Roswell, GA $466,689 (Aug 26) 11th +1.1% 22nd 41% above peers
Carson, CA $656,050 (Aug 26) 5th +0.6% 23rd 98% above peers
Ogden, UT $316,340 (Aug 26) 18th +0.1% 24th 4% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $938,358 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.4% 25th 184% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $476,013 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 26th 44% above peers
Germantown, MD $306,252 (Aug 26) 19th -3.2% 27th 7% below peers
Trenton, NJ $209,336 (Aug 26) 22nd -3.3% 28th 37% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $136,833 (Aug 26) 27th -3.8% 29th 59% below peers
Leander, TX $324,516 (Aug 26) 17th -5.1% 30th 2% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $122,749 (Aug 26) 29th -7.9% 31st 63% below 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 Improving (small) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.7% to 90.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 10.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (79.4% to 90.2%).
Bright spot 90.2%
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
Arizona ref 67.4% +2.9pp
United States ref 65.2%
Springdale, AR 53.4% 22nd +4.0pp 1st 10% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 24th +3.7pp 2nd 16% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 47.5% 25th +3.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 11th +4.4pp 4th 7% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 9th +4.1pp 5th 13% above peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 15th +3.5pp 6th 3% above peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 26th +2.5pp 7th 24% below peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 7th +3.7pp 8th 20% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 23rd +2.7pp 9th 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 10th 36% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 53.5% 20th +2.7pp 11th 10% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 6th +3.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 18th +2.6pp 13th 5% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 14th 51% above peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 28th +1.2pp 15th 26% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 21st +1.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 16th +1.6pp 17th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 13th +0.9pp 18th 7% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 3rd +0.9pp 19th 24% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 2nd -0.0pp 20th 29% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 27th -0.1pp 21st 25% below peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 5th -0.5pp 22nd 23% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 17th -1.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 10th -1.5pp 24th 10% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 8th -2.0pp 25th 18% above peers
Kennewick, WA 61.3% 14th -2.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 27th 53% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 12th -2.6pp 28th 7% above peers
Leander, TX 73.4% 4th -4.8pp 29th 23% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 19th -4.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 87% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 86% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,190 in August 2026, up from $2,169 a year earlier.
$2,190
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Mission Viejo, CA $3,144 (Aug 26) 3rd +8.3% 1st 63% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,506 (Aug 26) 24th +4.7% 2nd 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ $2,672 (Aug 26) 6th +4.4% 3rd 39% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 5th +4.3% 4th 45% above peers
Lawton, OK $1,118 (Aug 26) 30th +3.9% 5th 42% below peers
South Gate, CA $2,228 (Aug 26) 10th +3.4% 6th 16% above peers
Bloomington, MN $1,693 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 7th 12% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,054 (Aug 26) 31st +3.0% 8th 45% below peers
Troy, MI $1,882 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 9th 2% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $1,425 (Aug 26) 27th +2.9% 10th 26% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,428 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 11th 26% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,687 (Aug 26) 21st +2.9% 12th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,380 (Aug 26) 9th +2.6% 13th 24% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,006 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 14th 4% above peers
Newton, MA $3,408 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 15th 77% above peers
Germantown, MD $2,065 (Aug 26) 14th +1.9% 16th 7% above peers
Danbury, CT $2,546 (Aug 26) 7th +1.9% 17th 32% above peers
Leander, TX $1,899 (Aug 26) 17th +1.7% 18th 1% below peers
Springdale, AR $1,426 (Aug 26) 26th +1.5% 19th 26% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,074 (Aug 26) 13th +1.5% 20th 8% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,438 (Aug 26) 1st +1.4% 21st 79% above peers
Kennewick, WA $1,676 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 22nd 13% below peers
Ogden, UT $1,305 (Aug 26) 29th +1.4% 23rd 32% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,426 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 24th 26% above peers
Roswell, GA $1,724 (Aug 26) 19th +1.2% 25th 10% below peers
Carson, CA $2,989 (Aug 26) 4th +1.1% 26th 55% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 12th +1.0% 27th 14% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $1,533 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.8% 28th 20% below peers
Compton, CA $2,209 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 29th 15% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,925 (Aug 26) 16th +0.4% 30th on par with peers
Mission, TX $1,351 (Aug 26) 28th -0.9% 31st 30% below 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 (26.0% then, 22.1% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 11.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.5% to 22.1%).
Bright spot 22.1%
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
Arizona ref 31.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 2nd -3.9pp 1st 34% below peers
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 17th -5.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 10th -4.0pp 3rd 10% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 4th 35% above peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 8th -3.5pp 5th 13% below peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 6th 37% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 29th -4.4pp 7th 44% above peers
Leander, TX 25.6% 4th -1.7pp 8th 23% below peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 23rd -2.0pp 9th 28% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 6th -0.8pp 10th 15% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 44.1% 25th -0.5pp 11th 32% above peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 18th -0.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 5th -0.3pp 13th 20% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.4% 12th -0.2pp 14th 6% below peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 3rd +0.2pp 15th 25% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 14th +0.4pp 16th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 22nd +0.8pp 17th 25% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 24th +1.0pp 18th 28% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 19th 62% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 28th +1.4pp 20th 42% above peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 21st +1.2pp 21st 14% above peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 11th +1.0pp 22nd 9% below peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 15th +1.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Kennewick, WA 32.0% 13th +1.5pp 24th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 19th +1.7pp 25th 7% above peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 7th +1.6pp 26th 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 27th 44% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 20th +2.8pp 28th 12% above peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 29th 37% below peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 16th +3.4pp 30th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 9th +5.4pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.6pp 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 Worsening ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

No vehicle rose 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.5% to 1.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.2% to 1.6%).
Needs attention 1.6%
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
Arizona ref 5.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Springdale, AR 3.9% 6th -1.9pp 1st 48% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 5th -0.9pp 2nd 54% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 20th -1.9pp 3rd 11% above peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 30th -3.9pp 4th 169% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 11.3% 27th -2.0pp 5th 49% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 17th -1.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 7th 253% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 26th -1.2pp 8th 35% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 7th -0.5pp 9th 41% below peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 14th -0.6pp 10th 7% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 23rd -0.6pp 11th 25% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 25th -0.5pp 12th 32% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 18th -0.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.0pp 14th 63% below peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 22nd +0.0pp 15th 18% above peers
Leander, TX 1.8% 2nd +0.0pp 16th 76% below peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 4th +0.0pp 17th 59% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 24th +0.4pp 18th 31% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 12th +0.3pp 19th 15% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 19th +0.5pp 20th 11% above peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 10th +0.3pp 21st 27% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 28th +0.9pp 22nd 51% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 5.7% 11th +0.5pp 23rd 25% below peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 16th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 8th +0.6pp 25th 40% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 13th +0.9pp 26th 11% below peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 27th 121% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 9th +1.0pp 28th 40% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 15th +2.0pp 29th 1% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.9% 21st +2.5pp 30th 17% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • 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 ±0.7pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.0% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 5.8%).
Bright spot 5.8%
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
Arizona ref 10.5% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 14th -3.7pp 1st 22% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.5% 15th -3.8pp 2nd 3% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 63% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 4th 47% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 10.0% 18th -3.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 4th -1.0pp 6th 59% below peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 8th -1.2pp 7th 37% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 12.5% 21st -2.6pp 8th 43% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 23rd -2.3pp 9th 46% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 12.0% 19th -1.7pp 10th 37% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.9% 28th -1.8pp 11th 93% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.8% 24th -1.3pp 12th 46% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.8% 26th -1.5pp 13th 69% above peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 13th -0.5pp 14th 24% below peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 11th -0.5pp 15th 29% below peers
Leander, TX 9.2% 17th -0.5pp 16th 5% above peers
Mission, TX 26.5% 31st -1.3pp 17th 202% above peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 12th -0.3pp 18th 28% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 25th -0.1pp 19th 56% above peers
Waukegan, IL 16.0% 27th -0.1pp 20th 83% above peers
Trenton, NJ 17.6% 29th +0.1pp 21st 101% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 2nd +0.0pp 22nd 68% below peers
Newton, MA 1.3% 1st +0.0pp 23rd 86% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.7% 22nd +0.5pp 24th 45% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 20th +0.8pp 25th 42% above peers
Kennewick, WA 8.8% 16th +0.7pp 26th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 5.6% 9th +0.5pp 27th 36% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 10th +0.8pp 28th 34% below peers
Champaign, IL 5.4% 7th +0.8pp 29th 39% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.9% 30th +3.2pp 30th 139% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.6% 5th +0.9pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 (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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

31.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 33.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Newton, MA 20.4% 1st 35% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 2nd 28% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 3rd 27% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 4th 24% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 5th 21% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 6th 21% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 7th 21% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 8th 18% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 9th 16% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 10th 14% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 11th 13% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 12th 10% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 13th 9% below peers
Leander, TX 29.0% 14th 8% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 15th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 17th 3% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 18th 8% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 19th 11% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 20th 17% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 21st 18% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 22nd 18% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 23rd 19% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.0% 24th 20% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 25th 21% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 26th 22% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.2% 27th 30% above peers
Kennewick, WA 41.7% 28th 32% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 29th 35% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 30th 41% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.4% to 6.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 6.6%).
Needs attention 6.6%
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
Arizona ref 8.8% +0.6pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Franklin, TN 1.6% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 66% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 13th -3.9pp 2nd 17% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 19th -5.2pp 3rd 19% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 5th -2.0pp 4th 51% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 4th -1.7pp 5th 54% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 3rd -1.4pp 6th 62% below peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 15th -2.1pp 7th 9% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 6.2% 21st -2.5pp 8th 35% above peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 12th -1.0pp 9th 18% below peers
Leander, TX 6.8% 23rd -1.6pp 10th 50% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 18th -1.2pp 11th 18% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 5.1% 17th -1.1pp 12th 12% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 8th -0.4pp 13th 44% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 20th -0.3pp 14th 27% above peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 25th -0.2pp 15th 97% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 29th -0.3pp 16th 188% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 28th +0.2pp 17th 148% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 10th +0.3pp 18th 31% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 7th +0.3pp 19th 50% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 11th +0.6pp 20th 21% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 30th +2.4pp 21st 197% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 31st +3.6pp 22nd 322% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 6th +0.4pp 23rd 51% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 9th +0.5pp 24th 39% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 24th +1.9pp 25th 73% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 16th +1.2pp 26th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 27th +4.0pp 27th 118% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 81% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 22nd +3.2pp 29th 44% above peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 26th +5.5pp 30th 116% above peers
Kennewick, WA 4.0% 14th +2.7pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 ±1.9pp 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 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.2% to 45.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Queen Creek started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.7% to 45.0%).
Bright spot 45.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 33.3% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 28th +6.0pp 1st 46% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 29th +4.0pp 2nd 48% below peers
Leander, TX 53.3% 6th +12.1pp 3rd 71% above peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 22nd +5.1pp 4th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 5th 66% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 27.8% 20th +4.7pp 6th 11% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 27th +3.5pp 7th 33% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 8th 64% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 24th +3.9pp 9th 22% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 12th +6.8pp 10th 45% above peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 13th +6.1pp 11th 42% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 10th +6.1pp 12th 54% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 3rd +7.9pp 13th 112% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 17th +3.5pp 14th 5% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.1% 16th +3.1pp 15th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 11th +4.2pp 16th 49% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 25th +2.0pp 17th 23% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 14th +2.9pp 18th 14% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 19th +2.1pp 19th 7% below peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 15th +2.2pp 20th 9% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 4th +4.0pp 21st 109% above peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 7th +3.2pp 22nd 70% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 8th +3.0pp 23rd 68% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 26th +1.3pp 24th 27% below peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 5th +3.0pp 25th 107% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 26th 128% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 18th +1.1pp 27th 6% below peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 28th 161% above peers
Kennewick, WA 26.2% 21st +0.6pp 29th 16% below peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 9th +0.3pp 30th 62% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 23rd -1.2pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp 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 (42.3% then, 43.8% now; margin ±10.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 43.8%).
43.8%
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
Arizona ref 35.0% -3.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 8th +23.0pp 1st 35% above peers
Kennewick, WA 36.0% 28th +9.6pp 2nd 18% below peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 11th +14.2pp 3rd 23% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 5th +17.0pp 4th 48% above peers
Leander, TX 64.4% 6th +14.7pp 5th 46% above peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 15th +7.1pp 6th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 12th +4.6pp 7th 22% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 7th +4.5pp 8th 40% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 42.9% 20th +3.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 21st +1.7pp 10th 3% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 4th +2.3pp 11th 51% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 17th +1.5pp 12th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 22nd +0.9pp 13th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 9th +1.0pp 14th 32% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 13th -0.2pp 15th 16% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 19th -1.9pp 16th 1% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 39.8% 23rd -1.7pp 17th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 3rd -4.4pp 18th 53% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 1st -5.0pp 19th 63% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 30th -5.2pp 20th 33% below peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 18th -8.1pp 21st 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 26th -7.4pp 22nd 15% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 2nd -13.5pp 23rd 53% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 10th -13.3pp 24th 28% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 14th -13.1pp 25th 15% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 25th -11.7pp 26th 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 29th -13.1pp 27th 28% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 24th -19.0pp 28th 12% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 31st -15.0pp 29th 34% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 16th -25.8pp 30th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 27th -29.0pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.9pp 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 (5.2% then, 6.2% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.0% to 6.2%).
6.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 8.2% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Leander, TX 4.2% 8th -7.0pp 1st 37% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 2nd -1.5pp 2nd 83% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 5th -3.1pp 3rd 57% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 4th 90% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 3.1% 6th -2.2pp 5th 54% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 4th -1.9pp 6th 60% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 26th -4.0pp 7th 70% above peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 21st -1.0pp 8th 31% above peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 29th -0.3pp 9th 96% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 7th +0.2pp 10th 39% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 17th +0.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 3rd +0.1pp 12th 62% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.2% 20th +0.8pp 13th 22% above peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 23rd +1.0pp 14th 39% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 31st +2.1pp 15th 103% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 16th 8% below peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 24th +2.1pp 17th 49% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 30th +3.0pp 18th 103% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 18th +2.0pp 19th 20% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 10th +1.4pp 20th 28% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 22nd +2.9pp 21st 36% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 16th +2.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 11th +2.1pp 23rd 24% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 25th +4.9pp 24th 64% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 9th +2.0pp 25th 35% below peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 13th +2.7pp 26th 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 27th +5.7pp 27th 81% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 12th +3.3pp 28th 15% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 15th +3.7pp 29th 5% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 30th 89% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 8.1% 19th +5.5pp 31st 21% above peers
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EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.5pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose about 67% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43,129 to 71,867 - more than the combined survey margin (±130).

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 152% from 2014 to 2024 (28,529 to 71,867).
Big move 71,867
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 31st +67% 1st 19% below peers
Leander, TX 74,067 30th +38% 2nd 17% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 78,992 29th +17% 3rd 11% below peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 24th +12% 4th 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 17th +11% 5th on par with peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 19th +11% 6th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 20th +10% 7th 1% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 82,990 28th +9% 8th 7% below peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 9th +8% 9th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 16th +6% 10th on par with peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 13th +5% 11th on par with peers
Kennewick, WA 85,295 27th +5% 12th 4% below peers
Troy, MI 87,898 21st +5% 13th 1% below peers
Mission, TX 87,038 26th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 18th +4% 15th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 23rd +3% 16th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 10th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 12th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 14th +2% 19th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 25th +1% 20th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 92,871 1st +1% 21st 4% above peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 22nd +1% 22nd 2% below peers
Newton, MA 89,044 15th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 7th +0% 24th 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 6th -0% 25th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 11th -1% 26th 1% above peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 3rd -2% 27th 4% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 5th -3% 28th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 4th -4% 29th 4% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 8th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Compton, CA 92,698 2nd -4% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.8% to 30.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 5.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (36.2% to 30.5%).
Big move 30.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 21.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 21st +1.1pp 1st 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 4th +1.3pp 2nd 23% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 27.3% 6th +1.3pp 3rd 21% above peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 20th +0.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 23rd +0.1pp 5th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 8th +0.0pp 6th 16% above peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 22nd -0.1pp 7th 11% below peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 27th -0.2pp 8th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 24th -0.2pp 9th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 11th -0.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 26th -0.3pp 11th 21% below peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 10th -0.6pp 12th 8% above peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 25th -0.5pp 13th 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 13th -0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 2nd -0.9pp 15th 31% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 29th -0.6pp 16th 30% below peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 18th -0.9pp 17th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 12th -1.2pp 18th 4% above peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 19th -1.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.1% 9th -1.5pp 20th 16% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 15.3% 30th -0.9pp 21st 32% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 5th -1.9pp 22nd 21% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 1st -2.3pp 23rd 35% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 14th -2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 3rd -4.3pp 26th 26% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 16th -3.6pp 27th on par with peers
Leander, TX 26.9% 7th -4.7pp 28th 19% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 28th -2.9pp 29th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 17th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 15th -5.4pp 31st 1% above peers
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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 (9.3% then, 11.2% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.0% to 11.2%).
Big move 11.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 31.4% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 29th +1.9pp 1st 65% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 21st +4.4pp 2nd 18% below peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 4th +6.7pp 3rd 49% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 5th +5.1pp 4th 46% above peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 2nd +3.8pp 5th 102% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 3rd +3.5pp 6th 96% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 28th +0.6pp 7th 64% below peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 11th +1.7pp 8th 17% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.9% 6th +1.4pp 9th 32% above peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 16th +0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 64.9% 1st +1.1pp 11th 104% above peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 7th +0.7pp 12th 27% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 14th +0.5pp 13th 3% above peers
Kennewick, WA 35.5% 12th +0.5pp 14th 12% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 20th +0.3pp 15th 12% below peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 13th +0.1pp 16th 6% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 23rd -0.1pp 17th 27% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 22nd -0.2pp 18th 22% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 9th -1.2pp 19th 19% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 18th -1.5pp 20th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 8th -2.8pp 21st 22% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 10th -4.0pp 22nd 17% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 17th -4.0pp 23rd 1% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 15th -4.7pp 24th 2% above peers
Leander, TX 14.6% 26th -2.2pp 25th 54% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 25th -4.1pp 26th 39% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 19th -6.8pp 27th 8% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 27th -2.9pp 28th 62% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 29th 67% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 24th -7.6pp 30th 36% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
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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 (49.4% then, 55.3% now; margin ±10.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.8% to 55.3%).
Big move 55.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 64.7% +3.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 24% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 19% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 10th +14.0pp 3rd 6% above peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 17th +10.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 67.4% 20th +10.2pp 5th 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 5th +9.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 31st +5.9pp 7th 21% below peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 7th +8.0pp 8th 8% above peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 28th +5.0pp 9th 13% below peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 23rd +4.9pp 10th 8% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 15th +5.1pp 11th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 12th 15% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 18th +4.4pp 13th 1% below peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 29th +3.6pp 14th 17% below peers
Leander, TX 70.0% 16th +4.0pp 15th on par with peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 25th +3.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 9th +3.5pp 17th 7% above peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 22nd +2.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 8th +2.7pp 19th 8% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 12th +1.8pp 20th 5% above peers
Kennewick, WA 62.1% 27th +1.3pp 21st 11% below peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 24th +1.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 21st +0.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 24th 12% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 13th -1.6pp 25th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 26th -1.8pp 26th 11% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 14th -3.5pp 27th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 19th -3.4pp 28th 2% below peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 11th -4.4pp 29th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 6th -5.0pp 30th 8% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 58.0% 30th -13.3pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
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DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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