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71,867 people (2024) 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 →
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
▲ 15%
relative change
5.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 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
3.9%
May 2026
▲ 18%
relative change
3.3% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.2%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
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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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$479,599
Jun 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$485,395 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$630,828
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$632,739 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
55.3%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
49.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
11.2%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
9.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 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). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 69% from 2014 to 2024 ($83,809 to $141,978).
$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%
Camden, NJ $40,546 30th +50% 1st 52% below peers
Dublin, CA $214,385 1st +43% 2nd 156% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $101,888 9th +43% 3rd 22% above peers
Rogers, AR $86,728 12th +41% 4th 3% above peers
Turlock, CA $82,995 18th +39% 5th 1% below peers
Johnson City, TN $57,254 25th +37% 6th 32% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $97,305 10th +37% 7th 16% above peers
Harlingen, TX $53,645 28th +35% 8th 36% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 2nd +34% 9th 69% above peers
Tulare, CA $72,410 20th +34% 10th 14% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $78,779 19th +32% 11th 6% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $83,887 15th +31% 12th on par with peers
Casas Adobes, AZ $83,683 17th +30% 13th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE $58,671 22nd +30% 14th 30% below peers
Framingham, MA $107,419 7th +30% 15th 28% above peers
Waukesha, WI $83,837 16th +28% 16th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $57,697 24th +28% 17th 31% below peers
San Marcos, TX $51,281 29th +27% 18th 39% below peers
Greenville, SC $71,472 21st +26% 19th 15% below peers
Blaine, MN $106,801 8th +26% 20th 27% above peers
St. Charles, MO $85,937 14th +25% 21st 3% above peers
Ankeny, IA $108,198 6th +25% 22nd 29% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $88,280 11th +25% 23rd 5% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $132,731 4th +21% 24th 58% above peers
St. Joseph, MO $57,956 23rd +20% 25th 31% below peers
Dothan, AL $55,792 26th +19% 26th 33% below peers
Centreville, VA $139,510 3rd +18% 27th 66% above peers
Dale City, VA $111,994 5th +18% 28th 34% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR $27,054 31st +17% 29th 68% below peers
Lafayette, IN $53,716 27th +16% 30th 36% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $86,594 13th +13% 31st 3% 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 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 68% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.9% in May 2026, up from 3.3% a year earlier.
3.9%
2000May 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 4.8% (May 26) +0.5pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Camden, NJ 7.7% (May 26) 26th -2.1pp 1st 103% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 5.0% (May 26) 21st -1.0pp 2nd 32% above peers
Lafayette, IN 2.9% (May 26) 5th -0.7pp 3rd 24% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.9% (May 26) 20th -0.7pp 4th 29% above peers
Ankeny, IA 2.7% (May 26) 3rd -0.6pp 5th 29% below peers
Tulare, CA 5.9% (May 26) 25th -0.6pp 6th 55% above peers
St. Charles, MO 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 7th 13% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.5pp 8th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.4pp 9th on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 10th 34% below peers
Wilmington, DE 5.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.2pp 11th 47% above peers
Johnson City, TN 2.9% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 12th 24% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Framingham, MA 3.7% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 15th 32% below peers
Greenville, SC 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 5.0% (May 26) 22nd +0.0pp 17th 32% above peers
Rogers, AR 2.8% (May 26) 4th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
San Marcos, TX 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 19th 3% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.4pp 20th 5% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.9% (May 26) 15th +0.6pp 21st 3% above peers
Blaine, MN 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.6pp 22nd 5% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 3.8% (May 26) 14th +0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% (May 26) 19th +0.7pp 24th 18% above peers
Harlingen, TX 5.6% (May 26) 24th +0.8pp 25th 47% above peers
Dothan, AL 3.4% (May 26) 9th +1.0pp 26th 11% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 3.7% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 3.7%).
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 11.9% -2.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Lake Elsinore, CA 9.4% 14th -5.1pp 1st 5% below peers
Turlock, CA 11.1% 18th -4.3pp 2nd 11% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.5% 5th -2.1pp 3rd 35% below peers
Ankeny, IA 4.1% 3rd -1.1pp 4th 59% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.9% 7th -1.9pp 5th 30% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.7% 1st -1.0pp 6th 62% below peers
Wilmington, DE 20.7% 27th -4.3pp 7th 108% above peers
Camden, NJ 29.3% 30th -6.0pp 8th 194% above peers
San Marcos, TX 24.3% 28th -4.6pp 9th 143% above peers
Harlingen, TX 24.8% 29th -3.8pp 10th 149% above peers
Tulare, CA 17.8% 24th -2.1pp 11th 79% above peers
St. Charles, MO 6.8% 6th -0.6pp 12th 32% below peers
Waukesha, WI 9.6% 15th -0.6pp 13th 4% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 7.1% 8th -0.4pp 14th 29% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 9.3% 13th -0.5pp 15th 7% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 16.9% 22nd -0.8pp 16th 70% above peers
Johnson City, TN 19.3% 26th -0.5pp 17th 93% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 39.6% 31st +0.0pp 18th 297% above peers
Rogers, AR 10.4% 17th +0.0pp 19th 4% above peers
Dothan, AL 19.0% 25th +0.5pp 20th 91% above peers
Greenville, SC 13.3% 19th +0.6pp 21st 34% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 14.6% 21st +0.9pp 22nd 46% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 14.4% 20th +0.8pp 23rd 44% above peers
Lafayette, IN 17.4% 23rd +1.1pp 24th 75% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.4% 4th +0.4pp 25th 56% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 9.2% 12th +1.0pp 26th 8% below peers
Framingham, MA 10.0% 16th +1.9pp 27th on par with peers
Blaine, MN 7.2% 9th +1.4pp 28th 28% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.0% 2nd +1.0pp 29th 60% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 10th +2.1pp 30th 27% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 8.3% 11th +2.4pp 31st 16% 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.7% to 3.6%).
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%
San Marcos, TX 18.1% 19th -15.9pp 1st 19% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.0% 5th -4.8pp 2nd 61% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.2% 14th -8.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Turlock, CA 12.0% 13th -7.9pp 4th 21% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.6% 7th -5.4pp 5th 43% below peers
Johnson City, TN 21.1% 23rd -6.6pp 6th 39% above peers
St. Charles, MO 8.5% 6th -2.3pp 7th 44% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 2nd -1.0pp 8th 76% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.7% 24th -5.1pp 9th 49% above peers
Camden, NJ 38.9% 29th -8.5pp 10th 156% above peers
Ankeny, IA 3.4% 1st -0.6pp 11th 78% below peers
Waukesha, WI 12.9% 15th -2.0pp 12th 15% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 16.9% 18th -1.5pp 13th 11% above peers
Harlingen, TX 39.9% 30th -3.3pp 14th 162% above peers
Wilmington, DE 37.2% 28th -2.7pp 15th 145% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 11.7% 12th -0.6pp 16th 23% below peers
Tulare, CA 24.5% 25th -1.1pp 17th 61% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.5% 4th +0.1pp 18th 71% below peers
Greenville, SC 18.3% 20th +0.9pp 19th 20% above peers
Lafayette, IN 25.8% 26th +1.4pp 20th 70% above peers
Dothan, AL 31.1% 27th +1.8pp 21st 105% above peers
Rogers, AR 16.4% 17th +1.2pp 22nd 8% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.3% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 72% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 20.9% 21st +1.7pp 24th 38% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.0% 22nd +1.9pp 25th 38% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 10.6% 11th +1.0pp 26th 30% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 64.2% 31st +7.7pp 27th 322% above peers
Centreville, VA 9.4% 8th +2.5pp 28th 38% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 10.0% 10th +2.7pp 29th 34% below peers
Blaine, MN 9.9% 9th +2.9pp 30th 35% below peers
Framingham, MA 15.2% 16th +4.5pp 31st on par with 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 5.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.2% to 98.4%).
98.4%
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
Arizona ref 91.7% +7.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Rogers, AR 93.8% 15th +26.5pp 1st on par with peers
Camden, NJ 86.5% 26th +22.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 85.8% 28th +15.7pp 3rd 8% below peers
Harlingen, TX 84.8% 30th +15.5pp 4th 9% below peers
Wilmington, DE 87.2% 25th +14.0pp 5th 7% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 83.8% 31st +13.2pp 6th 10% below peers
Tulare, CA 92.0% 20th +11.6pp 7th 2% below peers
San Marcos, TX 85.3% 29th +10.4pp 8th 9% below peers
Lafayette, IN 91.4% 21st +11.0pp 9th 2% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 85.9% 27th +10.1pp 10th 8% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 92.4% 19th +9.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Turlock, CA 93.1% 18th +9.3pp 12th 1% below peers
Dothan, AL 87.5% 24th +8.6pp 13th 7% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 93.8% 14th +8.6pp 14th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 90.5% 22nd +7.9pp 15th 3% below peers
St. Charles, MO 94.6% 10th +7.7pp 16th 1% above peers
Waukesha, WI 94.4% 11th +7.4pp 17th 1% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 94.2% 13th +6.8pp 18th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 96.5% 6th +5.9pp 19th 3% above peers
Framingham, MA 95.7% 7th +5.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Johnson City, TN 87.9% 23rd +4.9pp 21st 6% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 94.8% 9th +4.8pp 22nd 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 93.6% 16th +4.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Blaine, MN 95.3% 8th +3.9pp 24th 2% above peers
Ankeny, IA 94.3% 12th +3.5pp 25th 1% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 93.4% 17th +3.5pp 26th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 27th 5% above peers
Dale City, VA 97.2% 5th +2.9pp 28th 4% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 97.5% 4th +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Dublin, CA 98.3% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 5% above peers
Centreville, VA 98.3% 2nd +2.3pp 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
Loading tract map…
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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

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

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.36).
0.36
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 0.46 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Rogers, AR 0.46 19th -0.041 1st 5% above peers
Wilmington, DE 0.51 30th -0.032 2nd 17% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 1st -0.022 3rd 17% below peers
Johnson City, TN 0.51 29th -0.030 4th 17% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 0.40 8th -0.022 5th 7% below peers
San Marcos, TX 0.46 20th -0.023 6th 6% above peers
Turlock, CA 0.44 16th -0.021 7th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 0.46 21st -0.021 8th 6% above peers
Lafayette, IN 0.41 9th -0.015 9th 6% below peers
Ankeny, IA 0.38 2nd -0.013 10th 13% below peers
Camden, NJ 0.48 25th -0.015 11th 11% above peers
Dothan, AL 0.49 27th -0.010 12th 13% above peers
Blaine, MN 0.39 4th -0.006 13th 10% below peers
Waukesha, WI 0.42 11th -0.002 14th 4% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 0.46 18th -0.001 15th 5% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 0.50 28th -0.000 16th 15% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 0.39 6th +0.000 17th 10% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 0.42 13th +0.001 18th 4% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 0.42 12th +0.006 19th 4% below peers
Dale City, VA 0.38 3rd +0.006 20th 12% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 0.49 26th +0.010 21st 13% above peers
St. Charles, MO 0.44 17th +0.009 22nd 1% above peers
Tulare, CA 0.43 15th +0.010 23rd 2% below peers
Dublin, CA 0.39 7th +0.010 24th 10% below peers
Greenville, SC 0.56 31st +0.016 25th 27% above peers
Framingham, MA 0.46 22nd +0.015 26th 6% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 0.41 10th +0.019 27th 6% below peers
Centreville, VA 0.39 5th +0.023 28th 10% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 0.48 24th +0.028 29th 10% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 0.47 23rd +0.030 30th 8% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 0.42 14th +0.037 31st 4% 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
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

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). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.7% to 1.2%).
1.2%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 10.1% -1.7pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 1st -2.1pp 1st 88% below peers
Ankeny, IA 3.1% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 69% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.5% 9th -3.1pp 3rd 45% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.6% 7th -2.5pp 4th 54% below peers
Johnson City, TN 9.9% 16th -5.0pp 5th on par with peers
St. Charles, MO 4.0% 6th -2.0pp 6th 59% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.3% 4th -1.6pp 7th 67% below peers
Rogers, AR 5.2% 8th -1.8pp 8th 48% below peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 17th -3.6pp 9th 11% above peers
Greenville, SC 8.8% 14th -2.4pp 10th 12% below peers
San Marcos, TX 7.5% 12th -1.8pp 11th 24% below peers
Harlingen, TX 20.5% 27th -4.1pp 12th 107% above peers
Waukesha, WI 9.2% 15th -1.7pp 13th 7% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 12.3% 18th -1.7pp 14th 23% above peers
Wilmington, DE 22.8% 28th -0.7pp 15th 129% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 15.6% 23rd +0.3pp 16th 56% above peers
Tulare, CA 23.0% 29th +0.7pp 17th 131% above peers
Dothan, AL 16.8% 25th +0.8pp 18th 69% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.4% 30th +3.4pp 19th 337% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.6% 19th +1.2pp 20th 26% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 13.4% 21st +1.3pp 21st 35% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 15.7% 24th +1.7pp 22nd 58% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 6.8% 11th +0.8pp 23rd 31% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.7% 2nd +0.4pp 24th 73% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 19.8% 26th +2.8pp 25th 99% above peers
Dale City, VA 8.3% 13th +1.3pp 26th 16% below peers
Blaine, MN 6.6% 10th +1.0pp 27th 34% below peers
Turlock, CA 14.7% 22nd +3.0pp 28th 48% above peers
Framingham, MA 12.8% 20th +2.9pp 29th 29% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 46.0% 31st +10.9pp 30th 363% above peers
Dublin, CA 3.4% 5th +1.9pp 31st 66% 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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  • 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 →

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

Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $630,828 in June 2026, down from $632,739 a year earlier.
$630,828
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref $422,822 (Jun 26) -1.6%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukesha, WI $428,781 (Jun 26) 10th +6.1% 1st 11% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY $594,937 (Jun 26) 6th +4.2% 2nd 53% above peers
Jacksonville, NC $264,857 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 3rd 32% below peers
Rogers, AR $387,696 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 4th on par with peers
Dothan, AL $207,626 (Jun 26) 24th +2.5% 5th 46% below peers
Lafayette, IN $271,084 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.4% 6th 30% below peers
Greenville, SC $333,224 (Jun 26) 18th +2.1% 7th 14% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $432,568 (Jun 26) 9th +1.9% 8th 12% above peers
Wilmington, DE $335,577 (Jun 26) 17th +1.8% 9th 13% below peers
Blaine, MN $388,347 (Jun 26) 12th +1.6% 10th on par with peers
Ankeny, IA $342,159 (Jun 26) 16th +1.3% 11th 12% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $600,724 (Jun 26) 5th +1.2% 12th 55% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $326,596 (Jun 26) 19th +0.8% 13th 16% below peers
Tulare, CA $359,149 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 14th 7% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD $401,291 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 15th 4% above peers
Johnson City, TN $300,337 (Jun 26) 21st +0.6% 16th 23% below peers
Framingham, MA $682,124 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.0% 17th 76% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $372,578 (Jun 26) 14th -0.3% 18th 4% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $630,828 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 19th 63% above peers
Centreville, VA $632,530 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 20th 63% above peers
Turlock, CA $485,817 (Jun 26) 8th -0.6% 21st 25% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $586,307 (Jun 26) 7th -0.8% 22nd 51% above peers
Harlingen, TX $199,141 (Jun 26) 25th -1.8% 23rd 49% below peers
San Marcos, TX $310,919 (Jun 26) 20th -4.1% 24th 20% below peers
Camden, NJ $150,576 (Jun 26) 26th -7.1% 25th 61% below peers
Dublin, CA $1,266,769 (Jun 26) 1st -7.8% 26th 227% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 84% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $479,599 in June 2026, down from $485,395 a year earlier.
$479,599
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref $297,010 (Jun 26) -1.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Mount Vernon, NY $307,231 (Jun 26) 12th +12.8% 1st 6% above peers
Waukesha, WI $315,715 (Jun 26) 10th +5.5% 2nd 9% above peers
Jacksonville, NC $196,578 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.2% 3rd 32% below peers
Greenville, SC $208,705 (Jun 26) 19th +4.2% 4th 28% below peers
Dothan, AL $110,999 (Jun 26) 25th +3.6% 5th 62% below peers
Lafayette, IN $199,032 (Jun 26) 21st +3.1% 6th 31% below peers
Rogers, AR $276,843 (Jun 26) 15th +3.0% 7th 5% below peers
Blaine, MN $308,055 (Jun 26) 11th +2.2% 8th 6% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $317,148 (Jun 26) 9th +1.5% 9th 9% above peers
Johnson City, TN $196,605 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.4% 10th 32% below peers
Tulare, CA $287,816 (Jun 26) 14th +1.3% 11th 1% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $422,438 (Jun 26) 6th +1.2% 12th 45% above peers
Ankeny, IA $244,353 (Jun 26) 16th +0.9% 13th 16% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD $324,959 (Jun 26) 8th +0.7% 14th 12% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $212,089 (Jun 26) 18th +0.5% 15th 27% below peers
Wilmington, DE $205,364 (Jun 26) 20th +0.2% 16th 29% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $290,499 (Jun 26) 13th +0.2% 17th on par with peers
Turlock, CA $404,933 (Jun 26) 7th +0.2% 18th 39% above peers
Centreville, VA $492,090 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.0% 19th 69% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $478,065 (Jun 26) 4th -0.2% 20th 65% above peers
Framingham, MA $472,843 (Jun 26) 5th -0.5% 21st 63% above peers
Harlingen, TX $127,034 (Jun 26) 24th -0.8% 22nd 56% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $479,599 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.2% 23rd 65% above peers
Camden, NJ $106,163 (Jun 26) 26th -1.6% 24th 63% below peers
San Marcos, TX $231,168 (Jun 26) 17th -4.3% 25th 20% below peers
Dublin, CA $854,933 (Jun 26) 1st -7.9% 26th 194% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 10.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (79.4% to 90.2%).
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%
Jacksonville, NC 38.7% 28th +6.8pp 1st 34% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 42.9% 26th +5.2pp 2nd 27% below peers
Wilmington, DE 48.0% 24th +4.7pp 3rd 18% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 62.8% 13th +4.0pp 4th 7% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 67.5% 9th +3.5pp 5th 15% above peers
St. Charles, MO 68.0% 8th +3.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 64.1% 11th +2.9pp 7th 10% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 70.9% 7th +3.1pp 8th 21% above peers
Centreville, VA 73.2% 5th +3.2pp 9th 25% above peers
Turlock, CA 56.0% 21st +2.4pp 10th 4% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 11th 54% above peers
San Marcos, TX 30.8% 31st +1.1pp 12th 47% below peers
Tulare, CA 58.5% 16th +1.8pp 13th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 79.3% 4th +2.4pp 14th 36% above peers
Johnson City, TN 51.3% 23rd +1.1pp 15th 12% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 63.5% 12th +1.3pp 16th 9% above peers
Framingham, MA 54.8% 22nd +0.9pp 17th 6% below peers
Waukesha, WI 58.8% 15th +0.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Harlingen, TX 56.1% 20th +0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Dublin, CA 65.7% 10th +0.2pp 20th 12% above peers
Rogers, AR 57.2% 18th -0.4pp 21st 2% below peers
Blaine, MN 85.3% 2nd -1.1pp 22nd 46% above peers
Ankeny, IA 71.3% 6th -2.4pp 23rd 22% above peers
Dothan, AL 57.1% 19th -2.1pp 24th 2% below peers
Lafayette, IN 46.7% 25th -1.9pp 25th 20% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 82.3% 3rd -3.8pp 26th 41% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 59.5% 14th -3.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 36.2% 29th -2.3pp 28th 38% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 57.4% 17th -3.7pp 29th 2% below peers
Greenville, SC 41.1% 27th -3.0pp 30th 30% below peers
Camden, NJ 34.4% 30th -4.9pp 31st 41% 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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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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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 →

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,181 in June 2026, up from $2,163 a year earlier.
$2,181
2020June 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Mount Vernon, NY $2,794 (Jun 26) 2nd +6.7% 1st 54% above peers
Waukesha, WI $1,490 (Jun 26) 18th +4.2% 2nd 18% below peers
Camden, NJ $1,811 (Jun 26) 13th +4.1% 3rd on par with peers
Maple Grove, MN $2,261 (Jun 26) 7th +3.8% 4th 25% above peers
Bayonne, NJ $2,353 (Jun 26) 6th +3.6% 5th 30% above peers
Wilmington, DE $1,872 (Jun 26) 11th +3.4% 6th 3% above peers
Jacksonville, NC $1,395 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 7th 23% below peers
Johnson City, TN $1,467 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 8th 19% below peers
Blaine, MN $2,112 (Jun 26) 9th +2.6% 9th 17% above peers
Rogers, AR $1,473 (Jun 26) 19th +2.5% 10th 19% below peers
Dublin, CA $3,233 (Jun 26) 1st +2.4% 11th 78% above peers
Dothan, AL $1,207 (Jun 26) 25th +2.2% 12th 33% below peers
Lafayette, IN $1,234 (Jun 26) 24th +2.0% 13th 32% below peers
Tulare, CA $1,849 (Jun 26) 12th +2.0% 14th 2% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $1,708 (Jun 26) 14th +1.9% 15th 6% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $2,436 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.9% 16th 34% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $1,369 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.8% 17th 24% below peers
Greenville, SC $1,561 (Jun 26) 15th +1.0% 18th 14% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,181 (Jun 26) 8th +0.8% 19th 20% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $1,539 (Jun 26) 16th +0.7% 20th 15% below peers
Harlingen, TX $1,135 (Jun 26) 26th +0.6% 21st 37% below peers
Ankeny, IA $1,520 (Jun 26) 17th +0.4% 22nd 16% below peers
Turlock, CA $2,083 (Jun 26) 10th -0.3% 23rd 15% above peers
Centreville, VA $2,424 (Jun 26) 4th -0.5% 24th 34% above peers
San Marcos, TX $1,408 (Jun 26) 21st -1.8% 25th 22% below peers
Framingham, MA $2,360 (Jun 26) 5th -3.1% 26th 30% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.0% then, 22.1% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 11.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.5% to 22.1%).
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
Harlingen, TX 28.5% 8th -5.3pp 1st 13% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 2nd -3.9pp 2nd 33% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 47.4% 29th -4.8pp 3rd 44% above peers
Turlock, CA 37.9% 23rd -3.8pp 4th 15% above peers
St. Charles, MO 23.2% 4th -1.5pp 5th 29% below peers
Wilmington, DE 38.8% 24th -2.5pp 6th 18% above peers
Dale City, VA 30.4% 10th -1.8pp 7th 8% below peers
Camden, NJ 50.5% 30th -2.9pp 8th 54% above peers
Rogers, AR 23.5% 6th -1.3pp 9th 29% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.9% 18th -1.7pp 10th 3% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 42.9% 26th -1.6pp 11th 30% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 44.1% 27th -1.4pp 12th 34% above peers
Framingham, MA 35.4% 21st -0.9pp 13th 8% above peers
Tulare, CA 40.9% 25th -0.8pp 14th 24% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 44.5% 28th +0.0pp 15th 35% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 34.0% 19th +0.5pp 16th 4% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 31.3% 15th +1.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Centreville, VA 29.1% 9th +1.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Dublin, CA 32.9% 16th +1.3pp 19th on par with peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 5th +1.2pp 20th 29% below peers
Johnson City, TN 33.8% 17th +1.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 30.6% 12th +1.6pp 22nd 7% below peers
San Marcos, TX 52.7% 31st +2.9pp 23rd 60% above peers
Waukesha, WI 30.9% 14th +2.1pp 24th 6% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 20.9% 1st +1.6pp 25th 36% below peers
Dothan, AL 30.9% 13th +2.7pp 26th 6% below peers
Lafayette, IN 35.4% 20th +3.7pp 27th 8% above peers
Ankeny, IA 22.8% 3rd +2.5pp 28th 31% below peers
Greenville, SC 36.4% 22nd +3.9pp 29th 11% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 26.5% 7th +3.3pp 30th 19% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 30.6% 11th +5.3pp 31st 7% 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

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). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.2% to 1.6%).
1.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 5.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Tulare, CA 3.9% 11th -2.6pp 1st 39% below peers
Blaine, MN 2.4% 3rd -1.1pp 2nd 63% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.4% 4th -1.0pp 3rd 62% below peers
Greenville, SC 7.9% 20th -3.0pp 4th 24% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 14.1% 27th -4.7pp 5th 122% above peers
Rogers, AR 3.3% 8th -0.9pp 6th 47% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.3% 15th -1.4pp 7th 16% below peers
Harlingen, TX 6.4% 16th -1.5pp 8th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 7.3% 19th -1.4pp 9th 15% above peers
Framingham, MA 8.6% 24th -1.6pp 10th 36% above peers
Dale City, VA 2.7% 5th -0.3pp 11th 57% below peers
Camden, NJ 30.8% 30th -3.6pp 12th 384% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 3.7% 10th -0.2pp 13th 42% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.1% 14th -0.3pp 14th 19% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 9.5% 25th -0.4pp 15th 49% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 3.0% 7th -0.0pp 16th 52% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.2% 29th -0.0pp 17th 264% above peers
Ankeny, IA 1.8% 2nd +0.0pp 18th 71% below peers
Turlock, CA 6.7% 17th +0.1pp 19th 5% above peers
St. Charles, MO 4.7% 13th +0.1pp 20th 26% below peers
Wilmington, DE 22.5% 28th +1.0pp 21st 253% above peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 26th +0.9pp 22nd 74% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.9% 12th +0.3pp 23rd 39% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.7% 18th +0.6pp 24th 6% above peers
Dothan, AL 8.0% 21st +0.9pp 25th 26% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 8.1% 22nd +1.3pp 26th 28% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.0% 31st +5.4pp 27th 419% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.1% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 28% above peers
Centreville, VA 3.4% 9th +1.3pp 29th 46% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.8% 6th +1.6pp 30th 56% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 75% 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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 5.8%).
5.8%
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 10.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Dublin, CA 1.5% 1st -1.0pp 1st 79% below peers
Lafayette, IN 7.3% 17th -3.8pp 2nd 3% above peers
Dale City, VA 10.7% 24th -3.7pp 3rd 49% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.3% 14th -2.1pp 4th 12% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.5% 19th -2.2pp 5th 5% above peers
St. Charles, MO 4.9% 7th -0.8pp 6th 31% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.0% 12th -0.8pp 7th 16% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.9% 11th -0.7pp 8th 17% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 16th -0.8pp 9th on par with peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 67% below peers
Greenville, SC 9.4% 21st -0.5pp 11th 32% above peers
Blaine, MN 3.6% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 50% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.7% 5th -0.2pp 13th 34% below peers
Framingham, MA 5.5% 8th -0.2pp 14th 23% below peers
Rogers, AR 12.9% 28th +0.2pp 15th 81% above peers
San Marcos, TX 16.2% 30th +0.4pp 16th 126% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.7% 27th +0.9pp 17th 78% above peers
Ankeny, IA 3.6% 4th +0.3pp 18th 49% below peers
Dothan, AL 10.9% 25th +1.0pp 19th 53% above peers
Harlingen, TX 22.5% 31st +2.4pp 20th 214% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 7.7% 20th +0.9pp 21st 7% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 11.9% 26th +1.4pp 22nd 66% above peers
Johnson City, TN 10.5% 23rd +1.2pp 23rd 47% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 7.1% 15th +0.9pp 24th 1% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 9th +0.8pp 25th 19% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.8% 10th +0.8pp 26th 19% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.3% 22nd +1.9pp 27th 44% above peers
Wilmington, DE 7.5% 18th +1.5pp 28th 5% above peers
Camden, NJ 14.4% 29th +3.2pp 29th 102% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.2% 13th +1.9pp 30th 13% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 4.8% 6th +1.8pp 31st 33% 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 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below 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%
Dublin, CA 15.4% 1st 56% below peers
Framingham, MA 25.2% 2nd 28% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 25.2% 3rd 28% below peers
Centreville, VA 26.1% 4th 25% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.9% 5th 15% below peers
Greenville, SC 30.8% 6th 12% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 7th 11% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 31.5% 8th 10% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 33.8% 9th 3% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.9% 10th 3% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 34.1% 11th 3% below peers
Turlock, CA 34.3% 12th 2% below peers
Dale City, VA 34.7% 13th 1% below peers
Waukesha, WI 34.8% 14th 1% below peers
Ankeny, IA 34.8% 15th 1% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 35.0% 16th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 35.8% 17th 2% above peers
Blaine, MN 35.9% 18th 3% above peers
St. Charles, MO 36.3% 19th 4% above peers
Lafayette, IN 36.7% 20th 5% above peers
Rogers, AR 36.8% 21st 5% above peers
Dothan, AL 37.5% 22nd 7% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 37.5% 23rd 7% above peers
San Marcos, TX 37.6% 24th 7% above peers
Tulare, CA 37.8% 25th 8% above peers
Johnson City, TN 38.5% 26th 10% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 40.8% 27th 17% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.6% 28th 25% above peers
Wilmington, DE 44.7% 29th 28% above peers
Harlingen, TX 46.6% 30th 33% 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 →

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). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 6.6%).
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
Turlock, CA 1.2% 1st -0.9pp 1st 70% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.8% 4th -1.2pp 2nd 58% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 2.3% 7th -1.5pp 3rd 46% below peers
Lafayette, IN 3.3% 12th -2.0pp 4th 20% below peers
Blaine, MN 1.9% 5th -0.9pp 5th 55% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.2% 23rd -2.2pp 6th 48% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 2.9% 9th -0.9pp 7th 31% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 4.3% 17th -0.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 3.2% 11th -0.0pp 9th 24% below peers
St. Charles, MO 3.1% 10th +0.0pp 10th 27% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 1.7% 3rd +0.1pp 11th 59% below peers
Centreville, VA 5.8% 22nd +0.4pp 12th 39% above peers
Harlingen, TX 12.8% 31st +0.9pp 13th 206% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 5.2% 20th +0.5pp 14th 23% above peers
Johnson City, TN 4.6% 19th +0.5pp 15th 11% above peers
Framingham, MA 3.8% 14th +0.5pp 16th 9% below peers
Wilmington, DE 4.2% 16th +0.6pp 17th on par with peers
Rogers, AR 8.3% 28th +1.2pp 18th 98% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.8% 29th +1.5pp 19th 109% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.3% 21st +1.0pp 20th 28% above peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% 8th +0.7pp 21st 39% below peers
Dothan, AL 3.6% 13th +1.1pp 22nd 15% below peers
Greenville, SC 6.5% 24th +2.3pp 23rd 54% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.0% 30th +4.7pp 24th 186% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% 18th +1.8pp 25th 6% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 25th +3.2pp 26th 57% above peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 15th +2.0pp 27th 8% below peers
Camden, NJ 8.0% 27th +4.1pp 28th 90% above peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 61% below peers
Ankeny, IA 1.9% 6th +1.4pp 30th 54% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.6% 26th +5.2pp 31st 58% 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.
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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 →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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). 14 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.7% to 45.0%).
45.0%
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 33.3% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Harlingen, TX 22.6% 28th +4.9pp 1st 39% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 24.3% 26th +4.6pp 2nd 35% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 35.9% 17th +6.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 42.5% 10th +7.5pp 4th 14% above peers
Wilmington, DE 33.1% 20th +5.1pp 5th 11% below peers
Dale City, VA 33.5% 19th +5.0pp 6th 10% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 8th +6.8pp 7th 21% above peers
St. Charles, MO 43.3% 9th +6.0pp 8th 16% above peers
San Marcos, TX 38.3% 14th +4.9pp 9th 3% above peers
Rogers, AR 34.4% 18th +4.0pp 10th 8% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 23.0% 27th +2.5pp 11th 38% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 37.3% 15th +3.7pp 12th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 55.5% 4th +5.2pp 13th 49% above peers
Waukesha, WI 41.7% 12th +3.7pp 14th 12% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 27.4% 23rd +2.4pp 15th 26% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.9% 21st +2.4pp 16th 25% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 26.3% 25th +2.2pp 17th 29% below peers
Tulare, CA 11.8% 29th +0.9pp 18th 68% below peers
Dothan, AL 27.6% 22nd +2.1pp 19th 26% below peers
Johnson City, TN 42.5% 11th +2.6pp 20th 14% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 39.6% 13th +2.4pp 21st 6% above peers
Blaine, MN 36.9% 16th +2.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 57.1% 3rd +3.1pp 23rd 53% above peers
Turlock, CA 26.5% 24th +1.4pp 24th 29% below peers
Dublin, CA 69.8% 1st +3.4pp 25th 87% above peers
Camden, NJ 10.1% 30th +0.3pp 26th 73% below peers
Ankeny, IA 52.1% 6th +1.3pp 27th 40% above peers
Framingham, MA 48.7% 7th +1.2pp 28th 31% above peers
Centreville, VA 58.2% 2nd +0.0pp 29th 56% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 54.9% 5th -0.5pp 30th 47% 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.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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%
St. Charles, MO 61.1% 4th +19.2pp 1st 40% above peers
Centreville, VA 68.9% 1st +17.9pp 2nd 57% above peers
Dale City, VA 29.3% 26th +4.8pp 3rd 33% below peers
Framingham, MA 52.9% 9th +5.1pp 4th 21% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 53.1% 8th +1.9pp 5th 21% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 17th +1.4pp 6th 6% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 16th +1.5pp 7th on par with peers
Dothan, AL 45.9% 13th +1.2pp 8th 5% above peers
Waukesha, WI 50.7% 10th +1.1pp 9th 16% above peers
San Marcos, TX 36.8% 22nd +0.4pp 10th 16% below peers
Dublin, CA 63.8% 2nd +0.1pp 11th 46% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 62.1% 3rd -0.4pp 12th 42% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 49.2% 11th -1.4pp 13th 12% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 54.1% 7th -3.8pp 14th 23% above peers
Wilmington, DE 55.3% 6th -4.6pp 15th 26% above peers
Tulare, CA 30.6% 25th -3.4pp 16th 30% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 46.2% 12th -6.1pp 17th 5% above peers
Ankeny, IA 43.9% 15th -6.0pp 18th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 55.4% 5th -7.5pp 19th 26% above peers
Blaine, MN 45.6% 14th -7.6pp 20th 4% above peers
Johnson City, TN 29.1% 27th -6.6pp 21st 34% below peers
Harlingen, TX 38.0% 21st -9.0pp 22nd 13% below peers
Turlock, CA 38.4% 19th -9.7pp 23rd 12% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 38.1% 20th -11.2pp 24th 13% below peers
Rogers, AR 28.6% 28th -11.7pp 25th 35% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.5% 29th -11.7pp 26th 37% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 20.9% 31st -12.7pp 27th 52% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.3% 23rd -21.6pp 28th 24% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.4% 30th -18.9pp 29th 49% below peers
Camden, NJ 39.2% 18th -34.3pp 30th 11% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 31.0% 24th -28.0pp 31st 29% 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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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▸ 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 8.2% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Ankeny, IA 1.8% 2nd -2.8pp 1st 69% below peers
Blaine, MN 4.2% 9th -3.9pp 2nd 27% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.4% 13th -3.8pp 3rd 23% below peers
Dothan, AL 5.2% 14th -4.4pp 4th 10% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.7% 22nd -5.1pp 5th 18% above peers
Harlingen, TX 11.9% 31st -8.0pp 6th 107% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 3.6% 8th -1.5pp 7th 36% below peers
Rogers, AR 4.4% 12th -1.8pp 8th 23% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 9th 56% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 5.7% 16th -2.2pp 10th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 10.5% 29th -2.0pp 11th 83% above peers
Framingham, MA 2.8% 4th -0.5pp 12th 51% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.5% 20th -0.6pp 13th 13% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 5.2% 15th +0.1pp 14th 9% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.1% 27th +0.5pp 15th 76% above peers
Centreville, VA 4.3% 10th +0.3pp 16th 24% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 8.8% 25th +0.5pp 17th 53% above peers
Camden, NJ 11.3% 30th +0.8pp 18th 98% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Dale City, VA 3.1% 7th +0.4pp 20th 46% below peers
Lafayette, IN 8.9% 26th +1.3pp 21st 56% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 19th +1.0pp 22nd 8% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 10.4% 28th +1.8pp 23rd 83% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.0% 24th +2.3pp 24th 23% above peers
San Marcos, TX 2.8% 5th +0.9pp 25th 51% below peers
Greenville, SC 6.1% 18th +2.1pp 26th 7% above peers
Johnson City, TN 4.4% 11th +2.3pp 27th 24% below peers
St. Charles, MO 6.7% 21st +4.0pp 28th 18% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.9% 6th +1.9pp 29th 49% below peers
Waukesha, WI 6.8% 23rd +4.8pp 30th 19% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.7% 1st 71% 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.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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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 →
  • 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

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 25 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 152% from 2014 to 2024 (28,529 to 71,867).
71,867
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
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 14th +67% 1st on par with peers
Ankeny, IA 72,615 4th +17% 2nd 1% above peers
Dublin, CA 70,803 30th +16% 3rd 1% below peers
Blaine, MN 72,488 7th +13% 4th 1% above peers
San Marcos, TX 70,897 29th +12% 5th 1% below peers
Tulare, CA 70,945 28th +12% 6th 1% below peers
Harlingen, TX 72,087 12th +11% 7th 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 72,461 8th +10% 8th 1% above peers
Rogers, AR 72,981 1st +10% 9th 2% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 71,553 17th +10% 10th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 72,222 11th +9% 11th 1% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 71,083 26th +8% 12th 1% below peers
Greenville, SC 72,935 2nd +8% 13th 2% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 72,427 9th +7% 14th 1% above peers
Dothan, AL 71,514 18th +5% 15th on par with peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72,590 5th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 72,059 13th +3% 17th on par with peers
St. Charles, MO 71,508 19th +2% 18th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 71,727 15th +2% 19th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 31st +1% 20th 1% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 71,173 24th +1% 21st 1% below peers
Framingham, MA 72,399 10th +0% 22nd 1% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72,922 3rd -1% 23rd 2% above peers
Turlock, CA 72,502 6th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Waukesha, WI 71,233 23rd -2% 25th 1% below peers
Lafayette, IN 71,159 25th -2% 26th 1% below peers
Dale City, VA 71,016 27th -2% 27th 1% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 71,279 21st -2% 28th 1% below peers
Centreville, VA 71,706 16th -3% 29th on par with peers
Camden, NJ 71,496 20th -3% 30th on par with peers
St. Joseph, MO 71,236 22nd -6% 31st 1% 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: 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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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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±123 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 15 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 5.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (36.2% to 30.5%).
30.5%
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
Arizona ref 21.1% -1.3pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Framingham, MA 21.7% 18th +2.0pp 1st 2% below peers
Lafayette, IN 23.4% 13th +1.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.1% 20th +1.0pp 3rd 5% below peers
St. Charles, MO 17.7% 28th +0.2pp 4th 20% below peers
Dale City, VA 26.6% 7th +0.1pp 5th 20% above peers
Ankeny, IA 27.3% 6th -0.1pp 6th 23% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.1% 14th -0.4pp 7th 4% above peers
Dothan, AL 22.6% 15th -0.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 18.0% 27th -0.4pp 9th 19% below peers
Johnson City, TN 18.4% 26th -0.5pp 10th 17% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.1% 16th -0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Blaine, MN 25.9% 9th -0.8pp 12th 17% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 24.1% 12th -1.0pp 13th 9% above peers
San Marcos, TX 13.3% 31st -0.6pp 14th 40% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 22.1% 17th -1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Rogers, AR 26.3% 8th -1.6pp 16th 19% above peers
Dublin, CA 25.0% 10th -1.6pp 17th 13% above peers
Tulare, CA 31.9% 1st -2.1pp 18th 45% above peers
Turlock, CA 24.8% 11th -1.7pp 19th 12% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 20.7% 23rd -1.5pp 20th 7% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 2nd -2.3pp 21st 38% above peers
Wilmington, DE 21.0% 22nd -1.7pp 22nd 5% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 21.0% 21st -1.8pp 23rd 5% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 19.2% 25th -1.7pp 24th 13% below peers
Waukesha, WI 19.2% 24th -1.8pp 25th 13% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.8% 3rd -2.7pp 26th 30% above peers
Greenville, SC 17.1% 29th -1.9pp 27th 22% below peers
Centreville, VA 21.7% 19th -2.5pp 28th 2% below peers
Camden, NJ 27.5% 4th -3.4pp 29th 24% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 27.3% 5th -4.5pp 30th 24% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -3.3pp 31st 31% 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: 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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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 →
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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Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.3% then, 11.2% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.0% to 11.2%).
11.2%
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 31.4% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bayonne, NJ 41.7% 8th +11.2pp 1st 43% above peers
Centreville, VA 20.4% 27th +4.1pp 2nd 30% below peers
Tulare, CA 39.6% 12th +7.9pp 3rd 36% above peers
Lafayette, IN 50.7% 4th +9.3pp 4th 74% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 29th +1.9pp 5th 61% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 41.1% 10th +6.5pp 6th 41% above peers
Waukesha, WI 32.5% 13th +4.6pp 7th 12% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 24.2% 21st +2.2pp 8th 17% below peers
Dothan, AL 47.6% 5th +3.2pp 9th 63% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72.4% 2nd +4.7pp 10th 149% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.1% 16th +1.7pp 11th on par with peers
Rogers, AR 25.9% 20th +1.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Harlingen, TX 45.1% 7th +2.2pp 13th 55% above peers
Framingham, MA 29.0% 17th +0.8pp 14th 1% below peers
Wilmington, DE 67.8% 3rd +1.1pp 15th 133% above peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 22nd +0.3pp 16th 20% below peers
Camden, NJ 75.7% 1st +0.3pp 17th 160% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 9th +0.0pp 18th 42% above peers
Turlock, CA 30.6% 15th -0.3pp 19th 5% above peers
St. Charles, MO 27.8% 18th -0.7pp 20th 4% below peers
Greenville, SC 31.4% 14th -0.9pp 21st 8% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 46.9% 6th -1.4pp 22nd 61% above peers
Dale City, VA 21.0% 26th -2.2pp 23rd 28% below peers
San Marcos, TX 40.2% 11th -4.9pp 24th 38% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.3% 24th -5.0pp 25th 23% below peers
Ankeny, IA 18.0% 28th -4.2pp 26th 38% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 22.1% 25th -6.7pp 27th 24% below peers
Dublin, CA 9.2% 31st -3.2pp 28th 69% below peers
Johnson City, TN 26.8% 19th -11.4pp 29th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 23.3% 23rd -10.6pp 30th 20% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 11.0% 30th -5.8pp 31st 62% 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: 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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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 →
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
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.4% then, 55.3% now; margin ±10.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.8% to 55.3%).
55.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 64.7% +3.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Turlock, CA 71.1% 15th +16.6pp 1st 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 65.3% 21st +14.8pp 2nd 7% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 90.8% 1st +17.2pp 3rd 29% above peers
Wilmington, DE 78.9% 7th +9.9pp 4th 12% above peers
Johnson City, TN 59.4% 28th +7.3pp 5th 16% below peers
Greenville, SC 72.9% 11th +8.7pp 6th 3% above peers
Waukesha, WI 80.8% 4th +9.1pp 7th 15% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 30th +5.9pp 8th 22% below peers
Centreville, VA 80.2% 6th +8.5pp 9th 14% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 70.0% 17th +5.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72.0% 12th +4.6pp 11th 2% above peers
Ankeny, IA 84.0% 2nd +5.2pp 12th 19% above peers
Tulare, CA 57.6% 29th +3.2pp 13th 18% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 81.3% 3rd +4.2pp 14th 15% above peers
San Marcos, TX 80.6% 5th +3.2pp 15th 14% above peers
Blaine, MN 75.5% 10th +2.2pp 16th 7% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 70.5% 16th +1.7pp 17th on par with peers
St. Charles, MO 76.7% 8th +1.7pp 18th 9% above peers
Rogers, AR 65.8% 19th +1.3pp 19th 7% below peers
Dublin, CA 63.9% 24th -0.3pp 20th 9% below peers
Harlingen, TX 59.9% 27th -1.5pp 21st 15% below peers
Camden, NJ 71.2% 14th -1.8pp 22nd 1% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 64.9% 23rd -2.1pp 23rd 8% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71.5% 13th -2.5pp 24th 1% above peers
Framingham, MA 76.0% 9th -3.2pp 25th 8% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 46.8% 31st -2.2pp 26th 34% below peers
Lafayette, IN 66.0% 18th -4.6pp 27th 6% below peers
Dothan, AL 65.4% 20th -5.6pp 28th 7% below peers
Dale City, VA 65.2% 22nd -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 62.1% 25th -12.8pp 30th 12% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 61.4% 26th -14.1pp 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: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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