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Tucson, AZ
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547,073 people (2024) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Tucson, AZ shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Tucson, AZ shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Violent crime fell about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 440 in May 2026, down from 639 a year earlier.
440 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 23 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Kansas City, MO 1,375 (May 26) 20th -43.4% 1st 137% above peers
Washington, DC 183 (May 26) 3rd -39.8% 2nd 69% below peers
Memphis, TN 1,578 (May 26) 22nd -35.3% 3rd 172% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 11 (May 26) 1st -31.8% 4th 98% below peers
Tucson, AZ 440 (May 26) 10th -31.2% 5th 24% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 245 (May 26) 4th -22.0% 6th 58% below peers
Miami, FL 307 (May 26) 6th -19.9% 7th 47% below peers
Long Beach, CA 687 (May 26) 17th -17.2% 8th 18% above peers
Raleigh, NC 387 (May 26) 8th -16.3% 9th 33% below peers
El Paso, TX 273 (May 26) 5th -13.4% 10th 53% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 581 (May 26) 12th -11.9% 11th on par with peers
Baltimore, MD 1,502 (May 26) 21st -11.6% 12th 158% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 1,121 (May 26) 19th -11.1% 13th 93% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 667 (May 26) 14th -9.3% 14th 15% above peers
Sacramento, CA 628 (May 26) 13th -7.2% 15th 8% above peers
Fresno, CA 682 (May 26) 16th -7.0% 16th 17% above peers
Boston, MA 572 (May 26) 11th -6.3% 17th 2% below peers
Detroit, MI 1,672 (May 26) 23rd -3.8% 18th 188% above peers
Mesa, AZ 428 (May 26) 9th -2.9% 19th 26% below peers
Portland, OR 709 (May 26) 18th -2.4% 20th 22% above peers
Omaha, NE 349 (May 26) 7th -1.9% 21st 40% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 96 (May 26) 2nd +5.3% 22nd 84% below peers
Atlanta, GA 679 (Apr 26) 15th +18.9% 23rd 17% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Las Vegas, NV down about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fort Worth, TX down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Miami, FL down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities. It 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 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,291 in May 2026, down from 3,247 a year earlier.
2,291 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Kansas City, MO 3,971 (May 26) 20th -46.8% 1st 55% above peers
Memphis, TN 3,967 (May 26) 19th -38.7% 2nd 55% above peers
Tucson, AZ 2,291 (May 26) 10th -29.4% 3rd 11% below peers
Washington, DC 2,783 (May 26) 14th -24.0% 4th 8% above peers
Long Beach, CA 2,333 (May 26) 11th -23.7% 5th 9% below peers
Atlanta, GA 3,075 (May 26) 16th -21.9% 6th 20% above peers
Miami, FL 2,158 (May 26) 7th -21.5% 7th 16% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 1,980 (May 26) 5th -19.4% 8th 23% below peers
Raleigh, NC 2,171 (May 26) 8th -18.2% 9th 15% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 1,346 (May 26) 3rd -17.2% 10th 48% below peers
El Paso, TX 1,220 (May 26) 2nd -17.0% 11th 52% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 3,014 (May 26) 15th -15.8% 12th 17% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 2,248 (May 26) 9th -14.8% 13th 12% below peers
Mesa, AZ 1,199 (May 26) 1st -13.7% 14th 53% below peers
Sacramento, CA 2,065 (May 26) 6th -12.8% 15th 20% below peers
Fresno, CA 2,566 (May 26) 12th -12.2% 16th on par with peers
Detroit, MI 3,760 (May 26) 18th -11.7% 17th 47% above peers
Omaha, NE 2,693 (May 26) 13th -10.7% 18th 5% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 3,523 (May 26) 17th -4.2% 19th 37% above peers
Boston, MA 1,911 (May 26) 4th -3.5% 20th 26% below peers
Baltimore, MD 4,201 (May 26) 21st -1.3% 21st 64% above peers
Portland, OR 5,363 (May 26) 22nd -1.1% 22nd 109% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Aurora, CO down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oklahoma City, OK down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • San Francisco, CA down about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homicide fell about 59% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% 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 fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 5 in May 2026, down from 13 a year earlier.
5 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 23 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Tucson, AZ 5 (May 26) 11th -59.1% 1st 10% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 2 (May 26) 1st -52.9% 2nd 70% below peers
Washington, DC 14 (May 26) 17th -47.3% 3rd 138% above peers
Boston, MA 3 (May 26) 3rd -47.1% 4th 54% below peers
Kansas City, MO 26 (May 26) 23rd -44.8% 5th 345% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4 (May 26) 6th -40.1% 6th 38% below peers
Memphis, TN 24 (May 26) 22nd -38.4% 7th 314% above peers
Raleigh, NC 3 (May 26) 5th -33.4% 8th 46% below peers
Baltimore, MD 22 (May 26) 19th -32.0% 9th 270% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 11 (May 26) 15th -31.8% 10th 85% above peers
Long Beach, CA 6 (May 26) 12th -25.7% 11th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 14 (May 26) 16th -21.4% 12th 136% above peers
El Paso, TX 3 (May 26) 2nd -18.0% 13th 55% below peers
Portland, OR 7 (May 26) 13th -18.0% 14th 14% above peers
Detroit, MI 24 (May 26) 21st -17.7% 15th 313% above peers
Sacramento, CA 7 (May 26) 14th -17.3% 16th 22% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 4 (May 26) 7th -16.7% 17th 25% below peers
Atlanta, GA 18 (May 26) 18th -16.7% 18th 217% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 23 (May 26) 20th -6.5% 19th 297% above peers
Fresno, CA 5 (May 26) 10th -3.7% 20th 19% below peers
Mesa, AZ 3 (May 26) 4th +0.0% 21st 50% below peers
Miami, FL 4 (May 26) 8th +10.0% 22nd 24% below peers
Omaha, NE 4 (May 26) 9th +37.2% 23rd 23% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Glendale, AZ down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Saint Paul, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Las Vegas, NV down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 54% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 217 in May 2026, down from 475 a year earlier.
217 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Memphis, TN 603 (May 26) 16th -55.2% 1st 52% above peers
Tucson, AZ 217 (May 26) 6th -54.4% 2nd 45% below peers
Kansas City, MO 1,194 (May 26) 22nd -53.9% 3rd 201% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 326 (May 26) 8th -53.7% 4th 18% below peers
Washington, DC 397 (May 26) 12th -47.1% 5th on par with peers
Miami, FL 205 (May 26) 5th -40.0% 6th 48% below peers
Boston, MA 86 (May 26) 2nd -38.6% 7th 78% below peers
Atlanta, GA 459 (May 26) 14th -35.6% 8th 16% above peers
Omaha, NE 374 (May 26) 9th -34.4% 9th 6% below peers
Raleigh, NC 291 (May 26) 7th -32.0% 10th 27% below peers
El Paso, TX 201 (May 26) 4th -31.5% 11th 49% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 381 (May 26) 11th -29.0% 12th 4% below peers
Fresno, CA 413 (May 26) 13th -25.9% 13th 4% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 775 (May 26) 19th -25.1% 14th 95% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 593 (May 26) 15th -24.8% 15th 49% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 80 (May 26) 1st -24.7% 16th 80% below peers
Mesa, AZ 140 (May 26) 3rd -20.8% 17th 65% below peers
Detroit, MI 929 (May 26) 21st -20.1% 18th 134% above peers
Portland, OR 609 (May 26) 17th -19.2% 19th 53% above peers
Long Beach, CA 638 (May 26) 18th -18.7% 20th 61% above peers
Sacramento, CA 376 (May 26) 10th -18.2% 21st 5% below peers
Baltimore, MD 779 (May 26) 20th -14.7% 22nd 96% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Boston, MA down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Virginia Beach, VA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $43,425 to $57,073 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,175). 23 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 54% from 2014 to 2024 ($37,149 to $57,073).
$57,073
20102024
Compare all 24 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%
Miami, FL $62,462 18th +60% 1st 15% below peers
Atlanta, GA $85,652 8th +43% 2nd 16% above peers
Mesa, AZ $82,752 11th +42% 3rd 12% above peers
Fresno, CA $70,991 14th +41% 4th 4% below peers
Sacramento, CA $87,321 7th +40% 5th 18% above peers
Long Beach, CA $87,430 6th +39% 6th 18% above peers
Oakland, CA $101,600 2nd +38% 7th 38% above peers
Boston, MA $97,344 3rd +37% 8th 32% above peers
Tucson, AZ $57,073 21st +31% 9th 23% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $73,877 12th +31% 10th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO $84,818 10th +31% 11th 15% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $54,234 22nd +30% 12th 27% below peers
Detroit, MI $39,938 24th +29% 13th 46% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $68,317 16th +29% 14th 8% below peers
Portland, OR $90,919 5th +28% 15th 23% above peers
Kansas City, MO $69,166 15th +28% 16th 6% below peers
Washington, DC $109,870 1st +27% 17th 49% above peers
Raleigh, NC $85,395 9th +27% 18th 16% above peers
El Paso, TX $59,745 20th +26% 19th 19% below peers
Memphis, TN $51,736 23rd +25% 20th 30% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY $66,849 17th +25% 21st 10% below peers
Baltimore, MD $62,177 19th +23% 22nd 16% below peers
Omaha, NE $73,201 13th +22% 23rd 1% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $92,968 4th +21% 24th 26% above peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami, FL up about 60% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$944 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 77% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.8% in May 2026, up from 4.2% a year earlier.
4.8%
1990May 2026
Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 4.8% (May 26) +0.5pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Fresno, CA 5.5% (May 26) 21st -0.6pp 1st 31% above peers
Kansas City, MO 3.5% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 2nd 17% below peers
Oakland, CA 4.1% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 3rd 2% below peers
Boston, MA 4.1% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 4th 2% below peers
Omaha, NE 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 5th 31% below peers
Sacramento, CA 4.3% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 6th 2% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 5.3% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 7th 26% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 3.7% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 8th 12% below peers
Long Beach, CA 5.1% (May 26) 18th -0.1pp 9th 21% above peers
Raleigh, NC 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 10th 26% below peers
Portland, OR 4.7% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 11th 12% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 4.1% (May 26) 11th +0.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Atlanta, GA 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.0pp 13th 17% below peers
Miami, FL 2.3% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 14th 45% below peers
Memphis, TN 4.7% (May 26) 16th +0.1pp 15th 12% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 3.3% (May 26) 4th +0.2pp 16th 21% below peers
El Paso, TX 4.2% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Washington, DC 6.0% (May 26) 22nd +0.2pp 18th 43% above peers
Mesa, AZ 4.0% (May 26) 8th +0.4pp 19th 5% below peers
Baltimore, MD 5.4% (May 26) 20th +0.5pp 20th 29% above peers
Tucson, AZ 4.8% (May 26) 17th +0.6pp 21st 14% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 4.2% (May 26) 13th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Detroit, MI 10.7% (May 26) 23rd +1.1pp 23rd 155% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.4% to 18.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 17 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.1% to 18.1%).
18.0%
20112024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 11.9% -2.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Mesa, AZ 10.2% 3rd -4.5pp 1st 33% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 8.9% 2nd -2.6pp 2nd 42% below peers
Fresno, CA 19.7% 21st -5.0pp 3rd 29% above peers
Oakland, CA 13.3% 7th -3.3pp 4th 14% below peers
Atlanta, GA 15.9% 16th -3.5pp 5th 4% above peers
Miami, FL 19.1% 20th -3.9pp 6th 24% above peers
Sacramento, CA 13.7% 8th -2.6pp 7th 10% below peers
Tucson, AZ 18.1% 17th -3.4pp 8th 18% above peers
Boston, MA 15.5% 14th -2.2pp 9th 1% above peers
Long Beach, CA 14.6% 11th -2.0pp 10th 5% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 22.2% 22nd -2.5pp 11th 45% above peers
Kansas City, MO 14.4% 10th -1.4pp 12th 6% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 13.8% 9th -1.2pp 13th 10% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 15.3% 13th -1.3pp 14th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 22.6% 23rd -1.9pp 15th 47% above peers
Portland, OR 12.5% 5th -1.0pp 16th 19% below peers
Baltimore, MD 19.1% 19th -1.4pp 17th 24% above peers
Detroit, MI 32.2% 24th -2.2pp 18th 110% above peers
Raleigh, NC 11.4% 4th -0.6pp 19th 26% below peers
Washington, DC 14.8% 12th -0.6pp 20th 3% below peers
El Paso, TX 18.2% 18th -0.7pp 21st 18% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 15.5% 15th +0.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Omaha, NE 13.2% 6th +0.1pp 23rd 14% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 8.4% 1st +1.3pp 24th 45% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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28 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Laredo, TX down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% 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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 6.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.5% to 24.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 21 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.0% to 24.2%).
24.2%
20132024
Compare all 24 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%
Mesa, AZ 13.4% 3rd -8.8pp 1st 37% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 10.2% 1st -5.6pp 2nd 52% below peers
Oakland, CA 16.6% 6th -8.2pp 3rd 22% below peers
Atlanta, GA 23.3% 16th -10.2pp 4th 10% above peers
Boston, MA 21.1% 13th -6.6pp 5th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA 18.6% 9th -5.7pp 6th 12% below peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 21st -8.1pp 7th 30% above peers
Sacramento, CA 17.0% 7th -4.9pp 8th 19% below peers
Miami, FL 25.2% 19th -6.6pp 9th 20% above peers
Tucson, AZ 24.2% 17th -6.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Baltimore, MD 25.5% 20th -5.5pp 11th 21% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 19.9% 11th -4.1pp 12th 6% below peers
Kansas City, MO 20.3% 12th -3.9pp 13th 4% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 31.7% 22nd -5.0pp 14th 50% above peers
Memphis, TN 35.6% 23rd -5.1pp 15th 69% above peers
Portland, OR 13.8% 4th -1.7pp 16th 35% below peers
Raleigh, NC 16.0% 5th -1.8pp 17th 24% below peers
El Paso, TX 24.4% 18th -2.7pp 18th 15% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 19.2% 10th -2.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Omaha, NE 17.2% 8th -1.5pp 20th 19% below peers
Detroit, MI 46.5% 24th -3.7pp 21st 120% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 22.4% 14th -1.6pp 22nd 6% above peers
Washington, DC 22.8% 15th -1.2pp 23rd 8% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 11.4% 2nd +1.3pp 24th 46% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Atlanta, GA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.8% to 90.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 23 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.4% to 90.5%).
90.5%
20172024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 91.7% +7.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Detroit, MI 85.8% 22nd +21.2pp 1st 6% below peers
Miami, FL 83.7% 24th +17.5pp 2nd 9% below peers
Memphis, TN 87.6% 21st +17.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 88.4% 20th +13.2pp 4th 4% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 91.8% 9th +11.5pp 5th on par with peers
Baltimore, MD 85.5% 23rd +10.7pp 6th 7% below peers
El Paso, TX 89.4% 18th +10.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Atlanta, GA 91.7% 10th +10.5pp 8th on par with peers
Albuquerque, NM 90.6% 14th +9.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 90.5% 17th +8.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Oakland, CA 91.7% 11th +8.7pp 11th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA 93.4% 6th +8.8pp 12th 2% above peers
Washington, DC 91.3% 13th +8.5pp 13th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 90.6% 15th +7.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Fresno, CA 88.9% 19th +7.1pp 15th 3% below peers
Omaha, NE 91.6% 12th +7.1pp 16th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 90.5% 16th +6.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Sacramento, CA 93.7% 5th +6.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Boston, MA 92.1% 8th +6.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Mesa, AZ 93.3% 7th +6.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Portland, OR 94.0% 4th +5.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Raleigh, NC 94.7% 1st +4.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 94.5% 3rd +4.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 94.6% 2nd +4.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Oklahoma City, OK up 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 68% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA up 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 65% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.46 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.46).
0.46
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 0.46 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Atlanta, GA 0.56 24th -0.024 1st 16% above peers
Mesa, AZ 0.43 1st -0.017 2nd 10% below peers
Sacramento, CA 0.45 4th -0.016 3rd 7% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 0.43 2nd -0.009 4th 10% below peers
Washington, DC 0.52 20th -0.010 5th 8% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 0.46 6th -0.009 6th 4% below peers
Miami, FL 0.56 23rd -0.009 7th 16% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 0.48 12th -0.008 8th on par with peers
Boston, MA 0.53 22nd -0.008 9th 11% above peers
Baltimore, MD 0.51 17th -0.006 10th 6% above peers
Long Beach, CA 0.46 7th -0.005 11th 4% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 0.47 8th -0.004 12th 2% below peers
Kansas City, MO 0.47 9th -0.003 13th 2% below peers
Fresno, CA 0.48 14th -0.000 14th on par with peers
Oakland, CA 0.51 18th -0.000 15th 6% above peers
Tucson, AZ 0.46 5th +0.001 16th 4% below peers
Memphis, TN 0.52 21st +0.002 17th 9% above peers
Detroit, MI 0.51 19th +0.002 18th 7% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 0.48 13th +0.005 19th on par with peers
Portland, OR 0.48 11th +0.005 20th 1% below peers
El Paso, TX 0.48 10th +0.011 21st 1% below peers
Omaha, NE 0.49 16th +0.015 22nd 1% above peers
Raleigh, NC 0.48 15th +0.018 23rd 1% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 0.44 3rd +0.019 24th 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 18.0% to 16.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 11 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (18.5% to 16.2%).
16.2%
20102023
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 10.1% -1.7pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Mesa, AZ 8.1% 2nd -1.9pp 1st 44% below peers
Miami, FL 25.4% 22nd -5.6pp 2nd 76% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 11.8% 7th -2.5pp 3rd 18% below peers
Kansas City, MO 10.5% 6th -2.2pp 4th 27% below peers
Portland, OR 14.5% 12th -2.1pp 5th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.4% 4th -1.4pp 6th 35% below peers
Omaha, NE 10.2% 5th -1.3pp 7th 30% below peers
Atlanta, GA 14.3% 11th -1.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Tucson, AZ 16.2% 15th -1.7pp 9th 12% above peers
Memphis, TN 20.4% 19th -2.1pp 10th 41% above peers
Washington, DC 13.2% 8th -0.6pp 11th 8% below peers
Detroit, MI 38.0% 24th -1.7pp 12th 163% above peers
El Paso, TX 19.1% 18th -0.7pp 13th 32% above peers
Baltimore, MD 23.6% 21st -0.9pp 14th 63% above peers
Raleigh, NC 8.3% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 43% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 14.5% 13th -0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.5% 23rd -0.2pp 17th 90% above peers
Fresno, CA 23.0% 20th -0.0pp 18th 59% above peers
Boston, MA 18.6% 17th +0.2pp 19th 29% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.5% 1st +0.1pp 20th 55% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 17.3% 16th +2.2pp 21st 19% above peers
Sacramento, CA 14.7% 14th +2.2pp 22nd 1% above peers
Long Beach, CA 13.8% 10th +2.7pp 23rd 5% below peers
Oakland, CA 13.7% 9th +3.5pp 24th 5% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $325,520 in June 2026, down from $332,699 a year earlier.
$325,520
2000June 2026
Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref $422,822 (Jun 26) -1.6%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Milwaukee, WI $231,388 (Jun 26) 20th +3.4% 1st 46% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $432,734 (Jun 26) 11th +3.2% 2nd 2% above peers
Long Beach, CA $862,989 (Jun 26) 1st +2.0% 3rd 103% above peers
El Paso, TX $237,834 (Jun 26) 19th +1.7% 4th 44% below peers
Omaha, NE $300,783 (Jun 26) 17th +1.5% 5th 29% below peers
Kansas City, MO $257,356 (Jun 26) 18th +1.2% 6th 40% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $350,091 (Jun 26) 15th +1.1% 7th 18% below peers
Fresno, CA $392,929 (Jun 26) 13th +0.3% 8th 8% below peers
Portland, OR $540,296 (Jun 26) 6th -0.4% 9th 27% above peers
Miami, FL $582,621 (Jun 26) 4th -0.7% 10th 37% above peers
Boston, MA $788,881 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.3% 11th 85% above peers
Mesa, AZ $434,616 (Jun 26) 10th -1.4% 12th 2% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $450,254 (Jun 26) 8th -1.8% 13th 6% above peers
Sacramento, CA $482,968 (Jun 26) 7th -1.9% 14th 13% above peers
Raleigh, NC $436,056 (Jun 26) 9th -2.1% 15th 2% above peers
Tucson, AZ $325,520 (Jun 26) 16th -2.2% 16th 24% below peers
Baltimore, MD $192,669 (Jun 26) 21st -2.3% 17th 55% below peers
Washington, DC $579,159 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 18th 36% above peers
Atlanta, GA $387,146 (Jun 26) 14th -2.9% 19th 9% below peers
Memphis, TN $146,746 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.0% 20th 66% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $425,535 (Jun 26) 12th -3.1% 21st on par with peers
Oakland, CA $721,966 (Jun 26) 3rd -4.6% 22nd 70% above peers
Detroit, MI $77,245 (Jun 26) 23rd -5.1% 23rd 82% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $246,249 in June 2026, down from $253,700 a year earlier.
$246,249
2000June 2026
Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref $297,010 (Jun 26) -1.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Milwaukee, WI $144,456 (Jun 26) 19th +4.3% 1st 52% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $310,153 (Jun 26) 10th +3.7% 2nd 3% above peers
El Paso, TX $183,250 (Jun 26) 18th +2.6% 3rd 39% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $274,422 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 4th 9% below peers
Omaha, NE $205,406 (Jun 26) 17th +1.4% 5th 32% below peers
Kansas City, MO $139,666 (Jun 26) 20th +1.0% 6th 53% below peers
Boston, MA $561,002 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.4% 7th 87% above peers
Long Beach, CA $587,973 (Jun 26) 1st +0.3% 8th 96% above peers
Fresno, CA $286,878 (Jun 26) 13th +0.3% 9th 4% below peers
Portland, OR $386,922 (Jun 26) 4th -0.7% 10th 29% above peers
Sacramento, CA $381,254 (Jun 26) 5th -1.0% 11th 27% above peers
Detroit, MI $48,796 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.2% 12th 84% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $339,179 (Jun 26) 8th -1.9% 13th 13% above peers
Mesa, AZ $327,568 (Jun 26) 9th -2.0% 14th 9% above peers
Baltimore, MD $102,427 (Jun 26) 21st -2.5% 15th 66% below peers
Tucson, AZ $246,249 (Jun 26) 15th -2.9% 16th 18% below peers
Miami, FL $352,438 (Jun 26) 6th -3.0% 17th 17% above peers
Las Vegas, NV $302,053 (Jun 26) 11th -3.6% 18th 1% above peers
Raleigh, NC $300,340 (Jun 26) 12th -3.7% 19th on par with peers
Washington, DC $342,193 (Jun 26) 7th -3.9% 20th 14% above peers
Memphis, TN $79,379 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.2% 21st 74% below peers
Oakland, CA $476,713 (Jun 26) 3rd -6.1% 22nd 59% above peers
Atlanta, GA $218,341 (Jun 26) 16th -6.2% 23rd 27% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.6% to 51.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 14 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.6% to 51.9%).
51.8%
20112024
Compare all 24 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 67.4% +2.9pp
United States ref 65.2%
Las Vegas, NV 56.6% 8th +3.9pp 1st 10% above peers
Fresno, CA 50.1% 15th +3.4pp 2nd 3% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.4% 17th +2.9pp 3rd 10% below peers
Sacramento, CA 51.7% 12th +3.2pp 4th on par with peers
Detroit, MI 50.4% 14th +3.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Mesa, AZ 64.4% 2nd +3.3pp 6th 25% above peers
Miami, FL 30.8% 24th +1.2pp 7th 40% below peers
Kansas City, MO 55.4% 9th +2.1pp 8th 7% above peers
Oakland, CA 42.3% 19th +1.6pp 9th 18% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 61.8% 3rd +2.1pp 10th 20% above peers
Long Beach, CA 41.2% 22nd +1.3pp 11th 20% below peers
El Paso, TX 60.8% 5th +1.9pp 12th 18% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 60.9% 4th +1.8pp 13th 18% above peers
Tucson, AZ 51.9% 11th +1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Virginia Beach, VA 65.2% 1st +1.4pp 15th 26% above peers
Boston, MA 35.7% 23rd +0.7pp 16th 31% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 41.8% 20th +0.4pp 17th 19% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 60.7% 6th +0.6pp 18th 17% above peers
Baltimore, MD 47.5% 16th +0.0pp 19th 8% below peers
Washington, DC 41.5% 21st -0.1pp 20th 20% below peers
Raleigh, NC 50.8% 13th -0.8pp 21st 2% below peers
Omaha, NE 57.4% 7th -1.3pp 22nd 11% above peers
Portland, OR 52.0% 10th -1.4pp 23rd 1% above peers
Memphis, TN 44.9% 18th -1.7pp 24th 13% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 →
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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
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 73% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,425 in June 2026, up from $1,414 a year earlier.
$1,425
2015June 2026
Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Oakland, CA $2,614 (Jun 26) 3rd +7.8% 1st 52% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA $2,065 (Jun 26) 7th +4.6% 2nd 20% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $1,469 (Jun 26) 18th +4.6% 3rd 15% below peers
Kansas City, MO $1,444 (Jun 26) 20th +3.9% 4th 16% below peers
Atlanta, GA $1,911 (Jun 26) 9th +3.2% 5th 11% above peers
Fresno, CA $1,954 (Jun 26) 8th +3.1% 6th 13% above peers
Omaha, NE $1,453 (Jun 26) 19th +3.0% 7th 16% below peers
Detroit, MI $1,356 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.0% 8th 21% below peers
Boston, MA $3,469 (Jun 26) 1st +2.9% 9th 101% above peers
El Paso, TX $1,521 (Jun 26) 16th +2.6% 10th 12% below peers
Baltimore, MD $1,799 (Jun 26) 10th +2.4% 11th 4% above peers
Long Beach, CA $2,364 (Jun 26) 5th +1.7% 12th 37% above peers
Sacramento, CA $2,071 (Jun 26) 6th +1.3% 13th 20% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $1,739 (Jun 26) 11th +1.0% 14th 1% above peers
Portland, OR $1,721 (Jun 26) 13th +0.9% 15th on par with peers
Memphis, TN $1,280 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.8% 16th 26% below peers
Tucson, AZ $1,425 (Jun 26) 21st +0.8% 17th 17% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $1,486 (Jun 26) 17th +0.8% 18th 14% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $1,722 (Jun 26) 12th +0.5% 19th on par with peers
Miami, FL $3,004 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.3% 20th 74% above peers
Raleigh, NC $1,579 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 21st 8% below peers
Mesa, AZ $1,549 (Jun 26) 15th -0.3% 22nd 10% below peers
Washington, DC $2,532 (Jun 26) 4th -0.9% 23rd 47% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.1% then, 38.7% now; margin ±1.4pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.2% to 38.7%).
38.7%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 31.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Milwaukee, WI 40.3% 15th -1.5pp 1st 4% above peers
Miami, FL 54.7% 24th -1.6pp 2nd 41% above peers
Fresno, CA 42.5% 20th -0.8pp 3rd 10% above peers
Long Beach, CA 45.7% 23rd -0.8pp 4th 18% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 33.5% 4th -0.6pp 5th 14% below peers
Detroit, MI 43.5% 22nd -0.7pp 6th 12% above peers
Oakland, CA 43.1% 21st -0.6pp 7th 11% above peers
Boston, MA 42.5% 19th -0.4pp 8th 10% above peers
Washington, DC 36.1% 10th -0.2pp 9th 7% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.2% 3rd +0.4pp 10th 15% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 35.2% 6th +0.6pp 11th 9% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.7% 12th +0.6pp 12th on par with peers
Atlanta, GA 38.5% 11th +0.8pp 13th 1% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 39.9% 14th +1.1pp 14th 3% above peers
Memphis, TN 41.8% 18th +1.4pp 15th 8% above peers
Sacramento, CA 41.4% 16th +1.4pp 16th 7% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 30.7% 1st +1.2pp 17th 21% below peers
Portland, OR 38.8% 13th +1.5pp 18th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 35.8% 8th +1.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Baltimore, MD 41.7% 17th +2.2pp 20th 7% above peers
Omaha, NE 32.8% 2nd +1.9pp 21st 15% below peers
El Paso, TX 36.0% 9th +2.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Kansas City, MO 33.9% 5th +2.1pp 23rd 13% below peers
Raleigh, NC 35.6% 7th +4.7pp 24th 8% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis, MO down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.6% to 10.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 11 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 10.1%).
10.1%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 5.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fresno, CA 8.2% 8th -2.3pp 1st 15% below peers
Mesa, AZ 5.2% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 46% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.4% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 54% below peers
Detroit, MI 20.1% 21st -3.6pp 4th 108% above peers
Kansas City, MO 9.0% 12th -1.3pp 5th 7% below peers
Tucson, AZ 10.1% 14th -1.5pp 6th 5% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 8.9% 10th -1.1pp 7th 8% below peers
Memphis, TN 10.3% 15th -1.3pp 8th 7% above peers
Atlanta, GA 14.2% 17th -1.6pp 9th 47% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 9.7% 13th -0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Baltimore, MD 26.7% 22nd -2.2pp 11th 176% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.9% 11th -0.7pp 12th 7% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 16.2% 19th -1.2pp 13th 68% above peers
El Paso, TX 7.1% 6th -0.4pp 14th 26% below peers
Miami, FL 17.9% 20th -0.9pp 15th 85% above peers
Omaha, NE 7.5% 7th -0.4pp 16th 22% below peers
Portland, OR 13.7% 16th -0.5pp 17th 42% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.0% 5th -0.2pp 18th 27% below peers
Boston, MA 33.2% 23rd -1.0pp 19th 245% above peers
Sacramento, CA 8.4% 9th -0.2pp 20th 13% below peers
Washington, DC 36.0% 24th +0.1pp 21st 273% above peers
Oakland, CA 16.2% 18th +0.1pp 22nd 67% above peers
Raleigh, NC 6.0% 4th +0.3pp 23rd 38% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.6% 2nd +0.4pp 24th 52% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Fresno, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Stockton, CA down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 0.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.1% to 10.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp). 13 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.1% to 10.3%).
10.3%
20122024
Compare all 24 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 10.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Oakland, CA 5.6% 5th -2.3pp 1st 34% below peers
Fresno, CA 6.0% 9th -2.1pp 2nd 29% below peers
Portland, OR 5.2% 3rd -1.2pp 3rd 39% below peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 66% below peers
Miami, FL 16.1% 23rd -3.3pp 5th 90% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.0% 8th -1.2pp 6th 30% below peers
Mesa, AZ 10.5% 19th -1.7pp 7th 24% above peers
Detroit, MI 7.4% 10th -1.0pp 8th 13% below peers
Baltimore, MD 5.9% 6th -0.6pp 9th 31% below peers
Omaha, NE 9.1% 15th -0.9pp 10th 8% above peers
Raleigh, NC 9.2% 16th -0.9pp 11th 8% above peers
Sacramento, CA 5.3% 4th -0.5pp 12th 37% below peers
Tucson, AZ 10.3% 18th -0.8pp 13th 21% above peers
Kansas City, MO 10.9% 20th -0.8pp 14th 29% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 9.0% 14th -0.2pp 15th 6% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 7.4% 11th -0.1pp 16th 12% below peers
Atlanta, GA 9.9% 17th -0.2pp 17th 17% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.3% 12th -0.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Washington, DC 3.6% 2nd -0.0pp 19th 58% below peers
Memphis, TN 14.5% 22nd +1.0pp 20th 71% above peers
El Paso, TX 20.1% 24th +1.5pp 21st 137% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 8.5% 13th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 13.2% 21st +1.1pp 23rd 56% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 5.9% 7th +0.6pp 24th 30% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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28 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Anaheim, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 33.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Oakland, CA 23.7% 1st 30% below peers
Washington, DC 25.5% 2nd 25% below peers
Boston, MA 27.3% 3rd 19% below peers
Long Beach, CA 27.6% 4th 19% below peers
Raleigh, NC 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
Portland, OR 28.2% 6th 17% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 28.3% 7th 17% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 28.4% 8th 16% below peers
Miami, FL 30.3% 9th 11% below peers
Atlanta, GA 32.5% 10th 4% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 33.8% 11th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 33.9% 12th on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 33.9% 13th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 34.7% 14th 2% above peers
Tucson, AZ 34.8% 15th 3% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 36.1% 16th 6% above peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 17th 7% above peers
Baltimore, MD 37.9% 18th 12% above peers
Fresno, CA 38.7% 19th 14% above peers
El Paso, TX 39.5% 20th 17% above peers
Kansas City, MO 40.0% 21st 18% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 43.4% 22nd 28% above peers
Detroit, MI 45.0% 23rd 33% above peers
Memphis, TN 45.1% 24th 33% 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 →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.1% then, 7.8% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.0% to 7.8%).
7.8%
20122024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 8.8% +0.6pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Portland, OR 1.9% 1st -0.9pp 1st 64% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.3% 21st -1.7pp 2nd 54% above peers
Oakland, CA 3.5% 8th -0.7pp 3rd 35% below peers
Miami, FL 7.3% 18th -1.3pp 4th 36% above peers
Detroit, MI 2.8% 5th -0.4pp 5th 47% below peers
Fresno, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.2pp 6th 53% below peers
Tucson, AZ 7.8% 19th -0.2pp 7th 46% above peers
Raleigh, NC 5.4% 14th -0.1pp 8th 1% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 3.3% 7th +0.0pp 9th 38% below peers
Long Beach, CA 3.7% 9th +0.1pp 10th 32% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.0% 11th +0.2pp 11th 24% below peers
Omaha, NE 6.4% 17th +0.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Baltimore, MD 4.6% 12th +0.6pp 13th 14% below peers
Atlanta, GA 5.8% 15th +0.9pp 14th 8% above peers
El Paso, TX 11.2% 24th +2.1pp 15th 110% above peers
Kansas City, MO 8.1% 20th +1.5pp 16th 52% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 5.3% 13th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 9.6% 23rd +2.4pp 18th 80% above peers
Memphis, TN 8.7% 22nd +2.4pp 19th 62% above peers
Sacramento, CA 3.1% 6th +0.9pp 20th 42% below peers
Washington, DC 2.8% 4th +0.8pp 21st 48% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 3.9% 10th +1.1pp 22nd 27% below peers
Boston, MA 2.0% 2nd +0.7pp 23rd 62% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.9% 16th +2.5pp 24th 10% above peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.4% to 31.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 23 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.0% to 31.1%).
31.1%
20102024
Compare all 24 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
Miami, FL 37.4% 12th +7.8pp 1st on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 32.5% 17th +5.1pp 2nd 13% below peers
Detroit, MI 18.1% 24th +2.8pp 3rd 52% below peers
Fresno, CA 25.5% 23rd +3.6pp 4th 32% below peers
Atlanta, GA 59.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 58% above peers
Long Beach, CA 35.6% 15th +4.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 40.9% 8th +4.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Tucson, AZ 31.1% 18th +3.7pp 8th 17% below peers
Baltimore, MD 36.1% 14th +4.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 33.8% 16th +3.9pp 10th 10% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 27.6% 21st +3.1pp 11th 26% below peers
El Paso, TX 28.1% 19th +3.1pp 12th 25% below peers
Sacramento, CA 37.1% 13th +4.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.4% 22nd +2.8pp 14th 27% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 39.2% 10th +4.0pp 15th 5% above peers
Oakland, CA 48.8% 6th +4.7pp 16th 30% above peers
Boston, MA 54.9% 3rd +5.2pp 17th 47% above peers
Washington, DC 64.2% 1st +5.7pp 18th 72% above peers
Kansas City, MO 38.4% 11th +3.1pp 19th 3% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 42.7% 7th +2.9pp 20th 14% above peers
Memphis, TN 28.0% 20th +1.9pp 21st 25% below peers
Portland, OR 53.8% 5th +3.3pp 22nd 44% above peers
Omaha, NE 40.1% 9th +2.4pp 23rd 7% above peers
Raleigh, NC 54.0% 4th +3.1pp 24th 44% above peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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28 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the 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 →
  • Newark, NJ up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cleveland, OH up 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.3% then, 38.6% now; margin ±5.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.3% to 38.6%).
38.6%
20112024
Compare all 24 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 35.0% -3.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
El Paso, TX 47.3% 8th +6.8pp 1st 12% above peers
Memphis, TN 39.9% 15th +2.7pp 2nd 6% below peers
Miami, FL 67.7% 2nd +4.3pp 3rd 60% above peers
Boston, MA 65.1% 3rd +4.0pp 4th 54% above peers
Tucson, AZ 38.6% 17th +0.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Washington, DC 79.0% 1st +0.3pp 6th 87% above peers
Atlanta, GA 62.2% 4th -0.9pp 7th 47% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 43.4% 11th -1.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Mesa, AZ 32.1% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 24% below peers
Kansas City, MO 42.2% 13th -2.4pp 10th on par with peers
Fresno, CA 35.5% 20th -3.9pp 11th 16% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 47.6% 7th -6.1pp 12th 12% above peers
Oakland, CA 51.0% 6th -6.9pp 13th 21% above peers
Portland, OR 54.4% 5th -7.4pp 14th 29% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 38.7% 16th -5.9pp 15th 9% below peers
Long Beach, CA 44.0% 10th -7.0pp 16th 4% above peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 19th -6.0pp 17th 14% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 32.7% 21st -5.9pp 18th 23% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 42.3% 12th -7.8pp 19th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 45.6% 9th -9.7pp 20th 8% above peers
Sacramento, CA 38.0% 18th -8.4pp 21st 10% below peers
Baltimore, MD 42.0% 14th -9.8pp 22nd 1% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 31.9% 23rd -9.6pp 23rd 25% below peers
Detroit, MI 31.0% 24th -9.8pp 24th 27% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Corpus Christi, TX up 8.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • El Paso, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Aurora, CO up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 7.3% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 7.3%).
7.3%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 8.2% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kansas City, MO 5.7% 6th -3.3pp 1st 22% below peers
Miami, FL 8.5% 16th -4.1pp 2nd 16% above peers
Baltimore, MD 9.0% 21st -2.7pp 3rd 23% above peers
Washington, DC 5.2% 4th -1.5pp 4th 29% below peers
El Paso, TX 8.0% 15th -0.9pp 5th 9% above peers
Sacramento, CA 7.2% 10th -0.7pp 6th 2% below peers
Atlanta, GA 4.5% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 38% below peers
Oakland, CA 7.9% 14th -0.6pp 8th 8% above peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.2pp 9th 60% below peers
Omaha, NE 5.6% 5th -0.3pp 10th 23% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.2% 11th -0.4pp 11th 1% below peers
Fresno, CA 8.9% 20th -0.4pp 12th 22% above peers
Long Beach, CA 7.3% 13th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 7.3% 12th -0.0pp 14th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 4.7% 3rd -0.0pp 15th 36% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.5% 17th +0.3pp 16th 16% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 6.7% 8th +0.5pp 17th 9% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 8.8% 19th +0.7pp 18th 20% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 8.5% 18th +0.7pp 19th 17% above peers
Portland, OR 5.7% 7th +0.6pp 20th 22% below peers
Memphis, TN 13.1% 23rd +1.8pp 21st 79% above peers
Detroit, MI 16.7% 24th +2.7pp 22nd 128% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 11.9% 22nd +2.2pp 23rd 63% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.8% 9th +1.9pp 24th 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 541,482 to 547,073 - more than the combined survey margin (±125). 14 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (525,031 to 547,073).
547,073
20102024
Compare all 24 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
Sacramento, CA 528,706 14th +6% 1st 3% below peers
Kansas City, MO 510,612 16th +5% 2nd 7% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 487,887 19th +5% 3rd 11% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 660,400 4th +4% 4th 21% above peers
Fresno, CA 545,970 13th +4% 5th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 481,031 20th +4% 6th 12% below peers
Atlanta, GA 505,268 17th +3% 7th 8% below peers
Oakland, CA 439,418 24th +3% 8th 20% below peers
Omaha, NE 488,837 18th +3% 9th 11% below peers
Mesa, AZ 511,764 15th +2% 10th 6% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 631,818 7th +2% 11th 15% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 456,349 22nd +1% 12th 17% below peers
Miami, FL 459,745 21st +1% 13th 16% below peers
Tucson, AZ 547,073 12th +1% 14th on par with peers
Albuquerque, NM 562,218 11th +1% 15th 3% above peers
El Paso, TX 680,130 2nd +0% 16th 24% above peers
Portland, OR 641,165 5th -1% 17th 17% above peers
Washington, DC 681,294 1st -2% 18th 25% above peers
Long Beach, CA 455,548 23rd -2% 19th 17% below peers
Boston, MA 666,442 3rd -3% 20th 22% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 566,973 10th -5% 21st 4% above peers
Memphis, TN 618,980 8th -5% 22nd 13% above peers
Detroit, MI 638,530 6th -5% 23rd 17% above peers
Baltimore, MD 573,243 9th -6% 24th 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 140 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 ±85 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.2% to 19.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp). 17 of the 23 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.5% to 19.4%).
19.3%
20172024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 21.1% -1.3pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Washington, DC 18.7% 20th +0.8pp 1st 14% below peers
Memphis, TN 25.2% 3rd +0.3pp 2nd 16% above peers
Baltimore, MD 20.9% 14th +0.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 22.5% 8th +0.0pp 4th 3% above peers
Detroit, MI 24.8% 5th -0.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 21.9% 11th -0.4pp 6th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 25.4% 2nd -0.6pp 7th 16% above peers
Kansas City, MO 22.5% 9th -0.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 1st -1.0pp 9th 26% above peers
Omaha, NE 24.2% 6th -0.9pp 10th 11% above peers
Raleigh, NC 19.8% 17th -1.0pp 11th 9% below peers
Oakland, CA 18.9% 19th -1.0pp 12th 14% below peers
Boston, MA 15.1% 24th -0.8pp 13th 31% below peers
Miami, FL 16.5% 22nd -1.0pp 14th 24% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 22.4% 10th -1.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 21.8% 12th -1.4pp 16th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 21.5% 13th -1.6pp 17th 1% below peers
El Paso, TX 24.9% 4th -1.8pp 18th 14% above peers
Mesa, AZ 22.5% 7th -1.8pp 19th 3% above peers
Portland, OR 16.3% 23rd -1.5pp 20th 25% below peers
Tucson, AZ 19.4% 18th -1.8pp 21st 11% below peers
Atlanta, GA 16.6% 21st -1.6pp 22nd 24% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 20.3% 15th -2.1pp 23rd 7% below peers
Long Beach, CA 19.9% 16th -2.5pp 24th 9% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 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 ±0.3pp 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 →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.0% then, 43.2% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.0% to 43.2%).
43.2%
20102024
Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arizona ref 31.4% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Portland, OR 31.3% 21st +2.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 30.6% 22nd +2.5pp 2nd 25% below peers
Sacramento, CA 36.9% 17th +2.8pp 3rd 9% below peers
Long Beach, CA 40.2% 13th +2.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Omaha, NE 33.3% 20th +1.9pp 5th 18% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 42.2% 10th +2.4pp 6th 4% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 61.4% 2nd +2.9pp 7th 51% above peers
El Paso, TX 37.6% 16th +1.6pp 8th 7% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 38.0% 15th +1.6pp 9th 6% below peers
Oakland, CA 35.8% 18th +1.3pp 10th 12% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 40.5% 12th +0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 59.9% 3rd -0.2pp 12th 48% above peers
Raleigh, NC 34.8% 19th -0.5pp 13th 14% below peers
Detroit, MI 67.1% 1st -1.0pp 14th 65% above peers
Mesa, AZ 30.4% 23rd -0.5pp 15th 25% below peers
Kansas City, MO 38.8% 14th -1.3pp 16th 4% below peers
Tucson, AZ 43.2% 7th -1.7pp 17th 7% above peers
Washington, DC 45.3% 6th -2.3pp 18th 12% above peers
Baltimore, MD 54.2% 4th -3.8pp 19th 34% above peers
Fresno, CA 40.9% 11th -3.3pp 20th 1% above peers
Miami, FL 42.6% 8th -3.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Boston, MA 42.6% 9th -3.9pp 22nd 5% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 26.4% 24th -2.6pp 23rd 35% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.5% 5th -6.6pp 24th 15% above peers
Where is this changing? 140 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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24 of 140 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 ±2.6pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.4% then, 62.5% now; margin ±4.7pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 23 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.4% to 62.5%).
62.5%
20102024
Compare all 24 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
Sacramento, CA 71.9% 6th +7.6pp 1st 2% above peers
Oakland, CA 71.6% 8th +7.0pp 2nd 1% above peers
Long Beach, CA 71.3% 9th +5.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Fresno, CA 65.0% 18th +3.6pp 4th 8% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 68.8% 15th +3.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Baltimore, MD 74.6% 4th +3.8pp 6th 6% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 62.0% 22nd +1.6pp 7th 12% below peers
Mesa, AZ 63.5% 19th +1.6pp 8th 10% below peers
Atlanta, GA 75.7% 3rd +1.7pp 9th 7% above peers
Raleigh, NC 70.5% 12th +1.4pp 10th on par with peers
Washington, DC 77.5% 2nd +1.4pp 11th 10% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 72.5% 5th +1.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Boston, MA 78.6% 1st +0.9pp 13th 11% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 69.7% 13th +0.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Miami, FL 67.6% 16th +0.3pp 15th 4% below peers
Portland, OR 70.6% 11th +0.1pp 16th on par with peers
Kansas City, MO 71.9% 7th -0.3pp 17th 2% above peers
Memphis, TN 66.7% 17th -1.8pp 18th 5% below peers
Omaha, NE 70.8% 10th -2.1pp 19th on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 62.4% 21st -2.0pp 20th 12% below peers
El Paso, TX 58.5% 24th -2.2pp 21st 17% below peers
Tucson, AZ 62.5% 20th -3.9pp 22nd 11% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 69.0% 14th -4.6pp 23rd 2% below peers
Detroit, MI 61.8% 23rd -5.1pp 24th 12% below peers
Where is this changing? 140 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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