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190,571 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Tempe, AZ shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$79,663
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
$57,994 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
194 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 28%
relative change
271 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.8%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
19.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.7%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
9.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
6.0%
2019-23
▼ 19%
relative change
7.5% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
50.0%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
46.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.3%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
88.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.45
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
0.46 in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
2.6%
2020-24
▼ 45%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
419 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
417 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,746 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
2,767 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Tempe, AZ shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.9%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
8.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.6%
Jul 2026
▲ 10%
relative change
4.2% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
11 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 83%
relative change
6 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
42.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
40.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.2%
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
6.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 1 indicator

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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
14.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
14.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities. Tempe started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 419 in July 2026, up from 417 a year earlier.
Bright spot 419 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Glendale, CA 213 (Jul 26) -22.7% 1st
Cary, NC 60 (Jul 26) -19.7% 2nd
Salem, OR 376 (Jul 26) -19.6% 3rd
Clarksville, TN 317 (Jul 26) -19.5% 4th
Newport News, VA 634 (Jun 26) -18.4% 5th
Santa Rosa, CA 274 (Jul 26) -15.8% 6th
Chattanooga, TN 688 (Apr 26) -14.0% 7th
Knoxville, TN 621 (Jul 26) -12.9% 8th
Akron, OH 836 (Jun 26) -9.4% 9th
Oxnard, CA 540 (Jul 26) -6.2% 10th
Brownsville, TX 377 (Jul 26) -4.3% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 863 (Jul 26) -0.5% 12th
Tempe, AZ 419 (Jul 26) +0.5% 13th
Peoria, AZ 254 (Apr 26) +2.6% 14th
Providence, RI 301 (Jun 26) +7.7% 15th
Elk Grove, CA 175 (Jul 26) +8.4% 16th
Eugene, OR 334 (Apr 26) +8.6% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime fell about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities. Tempe started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,746 in July 2026, down from 2,767 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,746 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Clarksville, TN 951 (Jul 26) -35.0% 1st
Cary, NC 798 (Jul 26) -33.4% 2nd
Salem, OR 1,877 (Jul 26) -33.3% 3rd
Oxnard, CA 1,280 (Jul 26) -32.0% 4th
Eugene, OR 2,440 (May 26) -26.9% 5th
Brownsville, TX 1,348 (Jul 26) -22.9% 6th
Knoxville, TN 2,003 (Jul 26) -20.8% 7th
Newport News, VA 1,978 (Jun 26) -19.3% 8th
Akron, OH 2,777 (Jun 26) -14.3% 9th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,142 (Jul 26) -10.3% 10th
Chattanooga, TN 3,202 (Jul 26) -8.2% 11th
Glendale, CA 1,743 (Jul 26) -8.0% 12th
Peoria, AZ 1,080 (Apr 26) -5.4% 13th
Providence, RI 1,525 (Jun 26) -4.7% 14th
Santa Rosa, CA 1,359 (Jul 26) -1.7% 15th
Elk Grove, CA 1,187 (Jul 26) -1.4% 16th
Tempe, AZ 2,746 (Jul 26) -0.7% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salem, OR down about 33% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Everett, WA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 83% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 11 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 6 in the prior 12 months. That is 6 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 11 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Brownsville, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Cary, NC 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Eugene, OR 0 (May 26) -100.0% 3rd
Glendale, CA 1 (Jul 26) -66.6% 4th
Salem, OR 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 5th
Oxnard, CA 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 6th
Santa Rosa, CA 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 7th
Elk Grove, CA 2 (Jul 26) -40.0% 8th
Newport News, VA 8 (Jun 26) -39.1% 9th
Mobile, AL 14 (Jul 26) -34.1% 10th
Providence, RI 3 (Jun 26) -33.4% 11th
Birmingham, AL 35 (Jul 26) -29.9% 12th
Akron, OH 9 (Jun 26) -25.0% 13th
Chattanooga, TN 8 (Apr 26) -11.3% 14th
Clarksville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +9.1% 15th
Grand Rapids, MI 7 (Jul 26) +25.2% 16th
Knoxville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +29.9% 17th
Tempe, AZ 6 (Jul 26) +83.2% 18th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +199.7% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oxnard, CA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities. Tempe started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 194 in July 2026, down from 271 a year earlier.
Bright spot 194 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Clarksville, TN 91 (Jul 26) -52.9% 1st
Eugene, OR 158 (May 26) -47.0% 2nd
Newport News, VA 168 (Jun 26) -41.3% 3rd
Brownsville, TX 167 (Jul 26) -40.6% 4th
Salem, OR 207 (Jul 26) -40.3% 5th
Cary, NC 63 (Jul 26) -38.0% 6th
Oxnard, CA 225 (Jul 26) -35.4% 7th
Santa Rosa, CA 102 (Jul 26) -34.4% 8th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.8% 9th
Chattanooga, TN 347 (Jul 26) -28.9% 10th
Knoxville, TN 227 (Jul 26) -28.4% 11th
Tempe, AZ 194 (Jul 26) -28.3% 12th
Grand Rapids, MI 217 (Jul 26) -26.6% 13th
Glendale, CA 138 (Jul 26) -22.5% 14th
Elk Grove, CA 67 (Jul 26) -22.0% 15th
Akron, OH 316 (Jun 26) -19.3% 16th
Providence, RI 148 (Jun 26) -15.8% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Boulder, CO down about 61% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 48% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $57,994 to $79,663 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,305).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Tempe started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 65% from 2014 to 2024 ($48,183 to $79,663).
Bright spot $79,663
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%
Providence, RI $68,119 19th +49% 1st 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 21st +42% 2nd 7% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 12th +40% 3rd 19% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 18th +38% 4th 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 14th +37% 5th 14% above peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 10th +37% 6th 28% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 23rd +35% 7th 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 29th +35% 8th 25% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 15th +35% 9th 8% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 10th 81% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 27th +34% 11th 22% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 11th +34% 12th 27% above peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 7th +32% 13th 38% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 13th +32% 14th 17% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 6th +31% 15th 42% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 16th +31% 16th on par with peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 20th +31% 17th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 9th +31% 18th 34% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 26th +30% 19th 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 17th +29% 20th on par with peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 21st 94% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 22nd 74% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 8th +27% 23rd 38% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 28th +27% 24th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 24th +25% 25th 17% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 30th +24% 26th 31% below peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 27th 34% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 4th +23% 28th 61% above peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 22nd +23% 29th 15% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 5th +21% 30th 51% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 25th +18% 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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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5 of 41 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,503 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 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 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: 4.6% in July 2026, up from 4.2% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.6%
1990July 2026
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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
Akron, OH 4.1% (Jul 26) 7th -1.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% (Jul 26) 28th -1.7pp 2nd 64% above peers
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -1.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -1.1pp 4th 13% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 4th -0.8pp 5th 13% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 25th -0.8pp 6th 16% above peers
Ontario, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.5pp 7th 9% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.5pp 8th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 9th 24% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 27th -0.4pp 10th 20% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.4pp 11th 2% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 12th 9% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 13th 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 14th 16% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th -0.3pp 15th 7% above peers
Cary, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 16th 33% below peers
Aurora, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 17th 2% below peers
Salem, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.2pp 18th 18% above peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th -0.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.1pp 21st 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 22nd 11% below peers
Tempe, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th +0.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.7pp 24th 9% below peers
Birmingham, AL 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 26th 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.8pp 28th 4% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.8% to 15.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Tempe started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.0% to 15.8%).
Bright spot 15.8%
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 12.5% -2.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 17th -4.0pp 1st 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 9th -2.5pp 2nd 32% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 10th -2.7pp 3rd 26% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 30th -5.6pp 4th 58% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 27th -4.8pp 5th 38% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 18th -3.5pp 6th 13% above peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 25th -4.1pp 7th 34% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.5% 7th -1.9pp 8th 37% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 11th -2.1pp 9th 18% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 24th -3.0pp 10th 33% above peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 20th -2.3pp 11th 22% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 16th -1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 12.4% 12th -1.2pp 13th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 22nd -1.6pp 14th 27% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 14th -1.2pp 15th 4% below peers
Eugene, OR 19.0% 21st -1.3pp 16th 27% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 26th -1.2pp 17th 34% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% 8th -0.6pp 18th 35% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 15th -0.8pp 19th 4% below peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 31st -1.2pp 20th 64% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.9% 13th -0.6pp 21st 14% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.3pp 22nd 48% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.0% 4th -0.1pp 23rd 47% below peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 29th -0.1pp 24th 55% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 5th +0.1pp 25th 47% below peers
Paradise, NV 17.6% 19th +0.2pp 26th 17% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 28th +0.9pp 27th 43% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 23rd +1.5pp 28th 27% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 6th +0.9pp 29th 44% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 30th 62% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.8% then, 16.9% now; margin ±3.9pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.6% to 16.9%).
16.9%
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%
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 8th -6.5pp 1st 30% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 19th -9.1pp 2nd 40% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 26th -10.4pp 3rd 79% above peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 9th -3.7pp 4th 25% below peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 16th -4.5pp 5th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 14th -4.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 11th -4.0pp 7th 9% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 18th -5.9pp 8th 35% above peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 24th -6.8pp 9th 63% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 3rd -1.8pp 10th 51% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 23rd -5.7pp 11th 61% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 7th -2.3pp 12th 34% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 13th -3.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 15th -2.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 21st -4.1pp 15th 47% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 27th -4.8pp 16th 83% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 10th -2.0pp 17th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 22nd -3.2pp 18th 49% above peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 12th -2.0pp 19th 4% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 17th -1.9pp 20th 19% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 25th -2.1pp 21st 71% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 22nd 71% below peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 20th -1.5pp 23rd 40% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 30th -1.3pp 24th 105% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 31st -0.4pp 25th 136% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 29th +0.1pp 26th 90% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 5th +0.1pp 27th 46% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 2nd +0.1pp 28th 64% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 6th +0.6pp 29th 38% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 4th +0.6pp 30th 46% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 28th +4.6pp 31st 83% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.6% to 94.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Tempe started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 9.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.0% to 94.3%).
Bright spot 94.3%
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%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 30th +32.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 29th +15.0pp 2nd 6% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 18th +15.1pp 4th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 20th +12.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 26th +12.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 27th +11.5pp 7th 5% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 23rd +11.4pp 8th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 25th +11.0pp 9th 3% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 6th +11.5pp 10th 3% above peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 24th +10.8pp 11th 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 21st +10.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 22nd +10.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 12th +10.9pp 14th 1% above peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 15th +9.1pp 15th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 17th +8.7pp 16th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 17th 8% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 19th +7.8pp 18th 2% below peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 10th +6.9pp 19th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 4th +6.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 13th +5.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 9th +5.7pp 22nd 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 16th +5.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 11th +5.5pp 24th 1% above peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 14th +5.0pp 25th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 8th +5.0pp 26th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 7th +4.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 3rd +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 5th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.46 to 0.45 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.45).
Bright spot 0.45
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
Providence, RI 0.50 28th -0.038 1st 11% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 15% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 18th -0.026 3rd 1% above peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 5th -0.019 4th 8% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 8th -0.017 5th 4% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 15th -0.017 6th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 14% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 26th -0.012 8th 10% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 19th -0.011 9th 3% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 22nd -0.010 10th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 31st -0.009 11th 18% above peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 23rd -0.007 12th 9% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 11th -0.006 13th 3% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 9th -0.005 14th 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 24th -0.003 15th 9% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 13th -0.002 16th 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 27th -0.001 17th 11% above peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 25th +0.002 18th 9% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 20th +0.003 19th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 20th 11% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 30th +0.005 21st 13% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 29th +0.005 22nd 12% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 16th +0.008 23rd on par with peers
Cary, NC 0.43 6th +0.009 24th 6% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 12th +0.010 25th 2% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 14th +0.011 26th 1% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 21st +0.014 27th 8% above peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 4th +0.017 28th 10% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 7th +0.020 29th 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 17th +0.022 30th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 10th +0.025 31st 3% 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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 7.5% to 6.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Tempe started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 4.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.1% to 6.0%).
Bright spot 6.0%
20102023
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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
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 11th -4.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 15th -4.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 30th -7.4pp 3rd 65% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 87% below peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 9th -2.6pp 5th 32% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 4th -1.4pp 6th 61% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 17th -3.5pp 7th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 12th -2.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 18th -2.3pp 9th 8% above peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 21st -1.9pp 10th 9% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 2nd -0.3pp 11th 82% below peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 27th -1.6pp 12th 42% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 5th -0.4pp 13th 56% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 19th -0.7pp 14th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 23rd -0.2pp 15th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 25th -0.1pp 16th 37% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 29th -0.1pp 17th 63% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 6th +0.0pp 18th 55% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 13th +0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 20th +0.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 24th +0.2pp 21st 34% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 10th +0.2pp 22nd 19% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 16th +0.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 14th +0.3pp 24th 8% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 28th +1.1pp 25th 61% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 31st +1.9pp 26th 89% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 26th +1.6pp 27th 41% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 8th +0.9pp 28th 41% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 63% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 7th +3.1pp 30th 42% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 22nd +10.5pp 31st 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 9% higher than in 2021 ($422,188 then, $461,342 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $501,652 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $461,342 in August 2026, down from $464,126 a year earlier.
$461,342
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref $417,990 (Aug 26) -1.1%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Overland Park, KS $483,940 (Aug 26) 11th +5.5% 1st 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $1,351,762 (Aug 26) 1st +5.4% 2nd 193% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $307,094 (Aug 26) 21st +3.2% 3rd 33% below peers
Aurora, IL $324,261 (Aug 26) 18th +3.2% 4th 30% below peers
Columbus, GA $175,951 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 5th 62% below peers
Newport News, VA $294,403 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.9% 6th 36% below peers
Akron, OH $141,681 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 7th 69% below peers
Providence, RI $434,698 (Aug 26) 16th +2.3% 8th 6% below peers
Montgomery, AL $152,837 (Aug 26) 26th +2.1% 9th 67% below peers
Brownsville, TX $199,327 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 10th 57% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,180,773 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 11th 156% above peers
Knoxville, TN $370,699 (Aug 26) 17th +1.1% 12th 20% below peers
Oxnard, CA $759,573 (Aug 26) 4th +1.0% 13th 65% above peers
Eugene, OR $475,563 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 14th 3% above peers
Salem, OR $435,095 (Aug 26) 15th +0.4% 15th 6% below peers
Clarksville, TN $319,419 (Aug 26) 19th +0.3% 16th 31% below peers
Vancouver, WA $501,696 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 17th 9% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $781,865 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.1% 18th 69% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $709,775 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 19th 54% above peers
Ontario, CA $661,918 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 20th 43% above peers
Tempe, AZ $461,342 (Aug 26) 14th -0.6% 21st on par with peers
Mobile, AL $198,189 (Aug 26) 24th -0.6% 22nd 57% below peers
Peoria, AZ $480,596 (Aug 26) 12th -0.8% 23rd 4% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $319,185 (Aug 26) 20th -1.2% 24th 31% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,473 (Aug 26) 9th -1.3% 25th 11% above peers
Cary, NC $619,636 (Aug 26) 8th -1.4% 26th 34% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $626,316 (Aug 26) 7th -2.0% 27th 36% above peers
Birmingham, AL $136,876 (Aug 26) 28th -2.3% 28th 70% 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 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 8% higher than in 2021 ($306,987 then, $333,045 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $370,910 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $333,045 in August 2026, down from $340,724 a year earlier.
$333,045
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref $293,613 (Aug 26) -1.4%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Overland Park, KS $335,304 (Aug 26) 14th +5.7% 1st on par with peers
Aurora, IL $249,096 (Aug 26) 17th +4.8% 2nd 26% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $919,906 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 3rd 174% above peers
Montgomery, AL $67,882 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 4th 80% below peers
Brownsville, TX $135,515 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.5% 5th 60% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $230,222 (Aug 26) 20th +3.3% 6th 31% below peers
Akron, OH $89,235 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 7th 73% below peers
Providence, RI $351,330 (Aug 26) 13th +2.9% 8th 5% above peers
Newport News, VA $209,825 (Aug 26) 21st +2.3% 9th 37% below peers
Oxnard, CA $642,182 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.0% 10th 92% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,045 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 11th 73% below peers
Knoxville, TN $248,842 (Aug 26) 18th +1.1% 12th 26% below peers
Mobile, AL $94,677 (Aug 26) 24th +1.0% 13th 72% below peers
Eugene, OR $377,092 (Aug 26) 10th +0.8% 14th 12% above peers
Salem, OR $358,853 (Aug 26) 12th +0.4% 15th 7% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $553,737 (Aug 26) 5th -0.0% 16th 65% above peers
Birmingham, AL $63,068 (Aug 26) 28th -0.1% 17th 81% below peers
Ontario, CA $535,254 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 18th 60% above peers
Glendale, CA $727,876 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.3% 19th 117% above peers
Vancouver, WA $408,333 (Aug 26) 9th -0.4% 20th 22% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $611,808 (Aug 26) 4th -0.4% 21st 82% above peers
Clarksville, TN $240,564 (Aug 26) 19th -0.5% 22nd 28% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $198,250 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.9% 23rd 41% below peers
Peoria, AZ $364,173 (Aug 26) 11th -1.3% 24th 9% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $528,286 (Aug 26) 7th -2.0% 25th 58% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,400 (Aug 26) 16th -2.2% 26th 9% below peers
Tempe, AZ $333,045 (Aug 26) 15th -2.3% 27th 1% below peers
Cary, NC $433,664 (Aug 26) 8th -2.6% 28th 29% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.6% then, 42.3% now; margin ±1.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.6% to 42.3%).
Needs attention 42.3%
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%
Providence, RI 41.4% 30th +5.3pp 1st 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 8th +4.5pp 2nd 7% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 35% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 29th +2.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 20th +2.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 9th +2.7pp 6th 5% above peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 11th +2.5pp 7th 3% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 28th +1.7pp 8th 22% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 19th +1.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 4th +1.9pp 10th 23% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 10th +1.6pp 11th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 15th +1.4pp 12th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 13th 41% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 13th +1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 26th +0.8pp 15th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 6th +1.0pp 16th 14% above peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 27th +0.6pp 17th 16% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 17th +0.7pp 18th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 25th +0.6pp 19th 11% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 5th +0.8pp 20th 15% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 23rd +0.5pp 21st 6% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 18th -0.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 14th -0.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 2nd -1.1pp 24th 37% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 24th -0.8pp 25th 11% below peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 22nd -0.9pp 26th 6% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 12th -1.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 16th -1.4pp 28th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 21st -1.3pp 29th 6% below peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 3rd -1.8pp 30th 23% above peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 7th -2.8pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent is about 4% higher than in 2021 ($1,583 then, $1,649 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,726 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,649 in August 2026, up from $1,643 a year earlier.
$1,649
2015August 2026
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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%
Newport News, VA $1,605 (Aug 26) 18th +6.8% 1st 10% below peers
Providence, RI $2,213 (Aug 26) 10th +4.9% 2nd 25% above peers
Brownsville, TX $1,583 (Aug 26) 19th +4.7% 3rd 11% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,308 (Aug 26) 26th +4.6% 4th 26% below peers
Akron, OH $1,167 (Aug 26) 28th +4.3% 5th 34% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,580 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 6th 11% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,280 (Aug 26) 27th +3.9% 7th 28% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,081 (Aug 26) 1st +3.5% 8th 74% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,757 (Aug 26) 15th +3.2% 9th 1% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,560 (Aug 26) 8th +3.1% 10th 44% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,253 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 11th 27% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,338 (Aug 26) 24th +2.6% 12th 25% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,736 (Aug 26) 5th +2.5% 13th 54% above peers
Eugene, OR $1,806 (Aug 26) 13th +2.5% 14th 2% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,513 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.2% 15th 15% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,802 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.2% 16th 58% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,716 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 17th 53% above peers
Clarksville, TN $1,374 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.7% 18th 23% below peers
Birmingham, AL $1,322 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 19th 25% below peers
Ontario, CA $2,580 (Aug 26) 7th +1.2% 20th 45% above peers
Cary, NC $1,774 (Aug 26) 14th +1.0% 21st on par with peers
Oxnard, CA $2,864 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 22nd 61% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,828 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 23rd 3% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,870 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 24th 5% above peers
Salem, OR $1,581 (Aug 26) 20th +0.4% 25th 11% below peers
Tempe, AZ $1,649 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 26th 7% below peers
Knoxville, TN $1,712 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 27th 4% below peers
Glendale, CA $2,790 (Aug 26) 4th +0.2% 28th 57% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (36.3% then, 37.7% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.5% to 37.7%).
37.7%
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 31.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 6th -2.8pp 1st 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 7th -2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 25th -3.3pp 3rd 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 13th -2.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 8th -1.8pp 5th 14% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 4th -1.7pp 6th 19% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 23rd -1.9pp 7th 11% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 5th -1.3pp 8th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 11th -1.5pp 9th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 15th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 26th -0.2pp 11th 15% above peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 12th 42% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 28th +0.6pp 13th 21% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 9th +0.6pp 14th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 15th 22% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 16th +0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 22nd +0.9pp 17th 11% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 30th +1.2pp 18th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 21st +1.1pp 19th 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 19th +1.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 20th +1.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 14th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 17th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 12th +1.5pp 24th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 18th +1.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 10th +2.0pp 26th 6% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 24th +2.7pp 27th 12% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 27th +3.3pp 28th 18% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 29th +3.5pp 29th 21% above peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 30th 39% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.6% to 7.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Tempe started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.4% to 7.7%).
Bright spot 7.7%
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 5.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 13th -1.8pp 1st 9% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 16th -1.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 15th -1.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 20th -1.3pp 4th 18% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 27th -1.7pp 5th 56% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 24th -1.4pp 6th 34% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 14th -0.9pp 7th 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 19th -0.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 23rd -1.0pp 9th 32% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 18th -0.7pp 10th 7% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 21st -0.8pp 11th 27% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 26th -0.8pp 12th 42% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 31st -1.3pp 13th 122% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 7th -0.3pp 14th 43% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 8th -0.2pp 15th 43% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 12th -0.2pp 16th 11% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 11th +0.0pp 17th 19% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 18th 89% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 19th 85% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 17th +0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 25th +0.4pp 21st 41% above peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 30% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 28th +1.0pp 23rd 57% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 9th +0.4pp 24th 41% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 2nd +0.4pp 25th 54% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.5pp 26th 53% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 5th +0.6pp 27th 49% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 28th 59% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 10th +1.3pp 29th 32% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 6th +1.2pp 30th 44% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 4th +1.1pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Fayetteville, AR down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured rose 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.8% to 9.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 47% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.8% to 9.9%).
Needs attention 9.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 10.5% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 8.3% 14th -2.9pp 1st 10% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.2% 5th -1.6pp 2nd 44% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.7% 7th -1.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.3pp 4th 50% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 8th -1.3pp 5th 32% below peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 6th 186% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 9th -1.3pp 7th 21% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 8th 50% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 46% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 19th -1.5pp 10th 7% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.8% 18th -1.3pp 11th 6% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.2% 16th -1.2pp 12th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 27th -1.7pp 13th 49% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 24th -1.1pp 14th 29% above peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 22nd -0.4pp 15th 21% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 13th -0.3pp 16th 17% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 10th -0.2pp 17th 20% below peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 15th -0.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 11th +0.0pp 19th 19% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 20th 92% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 29th +0.4pp 21st 66% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 26th +0.4pp 22nd 40% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 5.0% 4th +0.2pp 23rd 46% below peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 21st +0.5pp 24th 20% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 6th +0.5pp 25th 39% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 20th +1.1pp 26th 8% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 23rd +1.5pp 27th 27% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 68% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 17th +1.3pp 29th 6% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 25th +1.8pp 30th 33% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 12th +1.2pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

32.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 33.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Cary, NC 21.8% 1st 39% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 2nd 32% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 3rd 29% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 4th 17% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 5th 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 6th 14% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 7th 13% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 8th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 9th 10% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 10th 10% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 11th 9% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 12th 9% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 13th 3% below peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 14th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 15th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 16th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 17th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 18th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 19th 6% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 20th 7% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 21st 8% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 22nd 14% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 23rd 15% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 24th 17% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 25th 23% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 26th 23% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 27th 25% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 28th 26% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 29th 26% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 30th 28% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 34% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.5% then, 8.2% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 8.2%).
Needs attention 8.2%
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
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 59% below peers
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 11th -2.5pp 2nd 21% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 59% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 6th -1.8pp 4th 33% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 5th -1.1pp 5th 52% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 6th 54% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 8th -1.6pp 7th 26% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 22nd -1.9pp 8th 8% above peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 7th -0.9pp 9th 30% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 29th -2.3pp 10th 91% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 11th 200% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 9th -0.8pp 12th 25% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 23rd -0.7pp 13th 8% above peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 28th -1.0pp 14th 85% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 10th +0.1pp 15th 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 16th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 17th 153% above peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 14th +0.7pp 18th 2% below peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 19th +0.9pp 19th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 20th +1.0pp 20th 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 27th +1.7pp 21st 77% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 12th +0.9pp 22nd 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 21st +1.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 13th +1.2pp 24th 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 55% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 15th +1.8pp 26th 2% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 18th +1.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 24th +2.3pp 28th 18% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 17th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 26th +3.9pp 30th 77% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 25th +3.8pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 46.5% to 50.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Tempe started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.0% to 50.0%).
Bright spot 50.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 33.3% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 29th +5.4pp 1st 35% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 26th +5.6pp 2nd 29% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 10th +7.3pp 3rd 11% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 13th +5.9pp 4th 4% above peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 23rd +4.7pp 5th 12% below peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 22nd +4.4pp 6th 11% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 5th +6.7pp 7th 36% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 4th +6.4pp 8th 42% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 15th +4.5pp 9th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 7th +5.2pp 10th 20% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 11th 29% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 12th 65% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 21st +3.7pp 13th 10% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 20th +3.1pp 14th 9% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 28th +2.3pp 15th 32% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 18th +3.1pp 16th 7% below peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 12th +3.4pp 17th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 8th +3.8pp 18th 18% above peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 19th +2.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 24th +2.4pp 20th 13% below peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 30th +1.5pp 21st 44% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 6th +3.3pp 22nd 30% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 14th +2.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 27th +1.7pp 24th 30% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 3rd +3.4pp 25th 44% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 16th +2.2pp 26th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 11th +2.3pp 27th 8% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 9th +2.0pp 28th 12% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 29th 104% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 84% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 17th +1.0pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp 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 (51.3% then, 45.4% now; margin ±10.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.8% to 45.4%).
45.4%
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%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 5th +6.1pp 1st 30% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 13th +5.0pp 2nd 11% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 3rd 50% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 3rd +4.2pp 4th 34% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 17th +2.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 12th +1.5pp 6th 14% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 2nd +1.5pp 7th 44% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 8th +1.1pp 8th 21% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 9th +0.8pp 9th 18% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 4th +0.2pp 10th 32% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 15th -1.7pp 11th 7% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 6th -2.9pp 12th 26% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 18th -2.4pp 13th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 20th -2.5pp 14th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 19th -3.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 22nd -4.0pp 16th 13% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 10th -5.5pp 17th 17% above peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 14th -6.0pp 18th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 11th -6.6pp 19th 17% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 29th -3.2pp 20th 43% below peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 26th -4.3pp 21st 32% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 23rd -6.3pp 22nd 17% below peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 16th -10.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 7th -13.6pp 24th 23% above peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 21st -10.1pp 25th 10% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 25th -8.6pp 26th 25% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 24th -9.8pp 27th 17% below peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 28th -12.3pp 28th 36% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 29th 47% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 30th 54% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 27th -24.6pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 2.6% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 2.6%).
Bright spot 2.6%
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
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 88% below peers
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 2nd -2.1pp 2nd 70% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 16th -4.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 11th -2.9pp 5th 26% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 17th -2.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 6th -0.8pp 7th 43% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 15th -1.2pp 8th 3% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 5th -0.5pp 9th 48% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 7th -0.4pp 10th 38% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 23rd -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 21st -0.4pp 12th 12% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 13th -0.3pp 13th 11% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 4th +0.0pp 14th 53% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 65% above peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 22nd +1.4pp 16th 14% above peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 20th +1.4pp 17th 8% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 28th +2.4pp 18th 31% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 14th +1.7pp 19th 8% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 18th +2.7pp 20th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 8th +1.7pp 21st 38% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 9th +1.9pp 22nd 37% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 12th +2.3pp 23rd 24% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 29th +4.7pp 24th 46% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 27th +4.5pp 25th 26% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 25th +4.4pp 26th 23% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 10th +2.5pp 27th 32% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 26th +4.7pp 28th 26% above peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 24th +4.6pp 29th 18% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 19th +4.3pp 30th 7% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 31st +7.7pp 31st 71% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 187,454 to 188,065 - more than the combined survey margin (±83).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (166,975 to 188,065).
188,065
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 10th +17% 1st 4% above peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 30th +15% 2nd 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 11th +8% 3rd 3% above peers
Cary, NC 179,306 26th +8% 4th 5% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 14th +7% 5th 1% above peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 2nd +7% 6th 7% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 25th +7% 7th 5% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 28th +6% 8th 5% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 27th +5% 9th 5% below peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 5th +5% 10th 6% above peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 13th +5% 11th 3% above peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 1st +4% 12th 8% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 17th +4% 13th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 20th +3% 14th 2% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 6th +3% 15th 6% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 21st +3% 16th 2% below peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 22nd +3% 17th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 3rd +2% 18th 6% above peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 23rd +2% 19th 5% below peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 18th +0% 20th 1% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 7th +0% 21st 5% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 31st -1% 22nd 7% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 9th -1% 23rd 4% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 29th -1% 24th 6% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 12th -3% 25th 3% above peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 4th -3% 26th 6% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 16th -4% 27th on par with peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 15th -5% 28th 1% above peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 8th -7% 29th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 24th -10% 30th 5% below peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 19th -21% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±51 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.7% then, 14.1% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (15.5% to 14.1%).
Big move 14.1%
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
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 16th +1.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 26th +0.8pp 3rd 17% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 18th +0.4pp 4th 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 9th +0.2pp 5th 8% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 7th +0.2pp 6th 12% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 11th +0.0pp 7th 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 8th 23% above peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 20% above peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 13th -0.3pp 10th 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 24th -0.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 6th -0.7pp 12th 13% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 17th -1.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 14th 36% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 14th -1.0pp 15th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 16th 20% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 15th -1.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 29th -0.9pp 18th 22% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 19th 5% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 12th -1.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 21st 15% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 25th -1.2pp 22nd 15% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 23rd 28% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 8th -1.8pp 24th 10% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 21st -1.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 23rd -1.5pp 26th 10% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 10th -1.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 28th 29% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 28th -1.6pp 29th 21% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 22nd -2.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 5th -3.6pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.6% then, 34.1% now; margin ±6.7pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.1% to 34.1%).
34.1%
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
Aurora, IL 32.5% 24th +6.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 19th +4.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 16th +4.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 22nd +2.8pp 4th 6% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 17th +2.7pp 5th 2% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 25th +1.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 23rd +2.0pp 7th 10% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 4th +3.3pp 8th 53% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 6th +3.0pp 9th 40% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 2nd +3.2pp 10th 66% above peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 18th +1.8pp 11th 3% below peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 8th +2.0pp 12th 32% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 9th +1.2pp 13th 26% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 14th 42% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 11th +1.0pp 15th 21% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 1st +1.4pp 16th 86% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 3rd +1.0pp 17th 65% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 26th +0.3pp 18th 37% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 12th +0.5pp 19th 17% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 15th -0.0pp 20th 1% above peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 21st -0.1pp 21st 6% below peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 20th -0.5pp 22nd 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 5th -1.1pp 23rd 46% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 27th -0.6pp 24th 38% below peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 10th -1.3pp 25th 23% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 7th -1.6pp 26th 33% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 14th -2.2pp 27th 9% above peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 30th -1.1pp 28th 50% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 29th 50% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 30th 53% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 13th -8.3pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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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5 of 41 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.5pp 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
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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.2% then, 70.7% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.4% to 70.7%).
70.7%
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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
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 20th +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 30th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 21st +8.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 1st +9.4pp 4th 10% above peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 4th +7.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 9th +6.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 2nd +5.9pp 7th 7% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 23rd +4.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 12th +4.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 6th +4.2pp 10th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 10th +3.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 11th +3.4pp 12th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 19th +2.7pp 13th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 3rd +2.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 15th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 7th +2.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 17th +1.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 16th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 27th +0.2pp 20th 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 18th -0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 8th -0.1pp 22nd 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 13th -0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 26th -2.4pp 26th 8% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 22% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 28th -3.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 5th -7.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 14th -8.1pp 30th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 29th -7.6pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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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6 of 41 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 5 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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