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Bentonville, AR
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63,057 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 13 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 7 indicators

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

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 6% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. Bentonville started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 206 in July 2026, down from 219 a year earlier.
Bright spot 206 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
West Hartford, CT 17 (Jul 26) -73.8% 1st
Laguna Niguel, CA 89 (Jul 26) -26.0% 2nd
Utica, NY 394 (Jul 26) -21.0% 3rd
Chapel Hill, NC 94 (Jul 26) -18.9% 4th
Smyrna, TN 257 (Jul 26) -18.1% 5th
Eden Prairie, MN 51 (Jul 26) -18.0% 6th
Taunton, MA 353 (Jul 26) -17.8% 7th
Wylie, TX 74 (Jul 26) -16.1% 8th
Bossier City, LA 737 (Jul 26) -14.7% 9th
Little Elm, TX 116 (Jul 26) -11.0% 10th
Pontiac, MI 854 (Apr 26) -6.3% 11th
Bentonville, AR 206 (Jul 26) -5.8% 12th
Council Bluffs, IA 499 (Jul 26) -3.4% 13th
Porterville, CA 333 (Jul 26) +1.9% 14th
Marietta, GA 335 (May 26) +16.3% 15th
Brookline, MA 123 (Apr 25) +19.8% 16th
Moore, OK 245 (Jul 26) +20.9% 17th
Bristol, CT 61 (Jul 26) +40.8% 18th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Burnsville, MN down about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2023-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 7% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. Bentonville started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 685 in July 2026, down from 734 a year earlier.
Bright spot 685 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Wylie, TX 487 (Jul 26) -27.7% 1st
Laguna Niguel, CA 555 (Jul 26) -27.2% 2nd
Little Elm, TX 285 (Jul 26) -23.8% 3rd
Chapel Hill, NC 1,842 (Jul 26) -18.5% 4th
Porterville, CA 1,135 (Jul 26) -18.2% 5th
Bossier City, LA 3,070 (Jul 26) -17.1% 6th
Bristol, CT 585 (Jul 26) -16.1% 7th
Smyrna, TN 1,688 (Jul 26) -14.8% 8th
Utica, NY 2,706 (Jul 26) -10.7% 9th
Pontiac, MI 1,401 (Apr 26) -8.2% 10th
West Hartford, CT 1,997 (Jul 26) -8.1% 11th
Eden Prairie, MN 1,119 (Jul 26) -7.2% 12th
Bentonville, AR 685 (Jul 26) -6.7% 13th
Marietta, GA 1,570 (May 26) -3.3% 14th
Moore, OK 1,431 (Jul 26) +1.7% 15th
Taunton, MA 948 (Jul 26) +4.6% 16th
Brookline, MA 869 (Apr 25) +9.0% 17th
Council Bluffs, IA 2,699 (Jul 26) +21.0% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Latest
Most recent reading: 1 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, unchanged from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 2 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
1 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Eden Prairie, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Utica, NY 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Taunton, MA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Marietta, GA 6 (May 26) -20.1% 4th
Pontiac, MI 13 (Apr 26) -0.1% 5th
Bentonville, AR 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 6th
Bossier City, LA 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Little Elm, TX 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Council Bluffs, IA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Smyrna, TN 3 (Jul 26) +100.0% 10th
Porterville, CA 2 (Jul 26)
Brookline, MA 0 (Apr 25)
Chapel Hill, NC 0 (Jul 26)
Moore, OK 0 (Jul 26)
West Hartford, CT 0 (Jul 26)
Bristol, CT 0 (Jul 26)
Wylie, TX 2 (Jul 26)
Laguna Niguel, CA 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Bloomington, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
  • Woodbury, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Taunton, MA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities. Bentonville started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 29 in July 2026, down from 54 a year earlier.
Bright spot 29 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Laguna Niguel, CA 41 (Jul 26) -57.4% 1st
Bentonville, AR 29 (Jul 26) -47.1% 2nd
Porterville, CA 195 (Jul 26) -43.6% 3rd
West Hartford, CT 108 (Jul 26) -42.4% 4th
Pontiac, MI 182 (Apr 26) -40.6% 5th
Bossier City, LA 207 (Jul 26) -39.1% 6th
Chapel Hill, NC 98 (Jul 26) -35.4% 7th
Brookline, MA 21 (Apr 25) -35.1% 8th
Bristol, CT 109 (Jul 26) -33.3% 9th
Eden Prairie, MN 27 (Jul 26) -32.0% 10th
Wylie, TX 19 (Jul 26) -25.0% 11th
Little Elm, TX 33 (Jul 26) -19.2% 12th
Smyrna, TN 194 (Jul 26) -12.1% 13th
Moore, OK 112 (Jul 26) -10.1% 14th
Council Bluffs, IA 313 (Jul 26) -3.0% 15th
Marietta, GA 146 (May 26) +8.1% 16th
Utica, NY 146 (Jul 26) +8.2% 17th
Taunton, MA 109 (Jul 26) +17.2% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Janesville, WI down about 52% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 40% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $80,392 to $112,792 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,275).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bentonville started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 58% from 2014 to 2024 ($71,461 to $112,792).
Bright spot $112,792
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref $60,773 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Lakewood, WA $74,720 23rd +44% 1st 13% below peers
Lynwood, CA $74,844 22nd +43% 2nd 13% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 10th +40% 3rd 31% above peers
Utica, NY $52,484 30th +39% 4th 39% below peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 27th +38% 5th 30% below peers
Millcreek, UT $98,045 14th +36% 6th 14% above peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 7th 48% below peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 17th +31% 8th 5% below peers
Woodland, CA $90,180 15th +30% 9th 5% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $140,452 2nd +29% 10th 63% above peers
Wylie, TX $119,522 7th +29% 11th 39% above peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 12th +28% 12th 28% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $59,648 28th +28% 13th 31% below peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 3rd +27% 14th 63% above peers
Marietta, GA $72,725 24th +27% 15th 15% below peers
Taunton, MA $79,283 19th +26% 16th 8% below peers
Wellington, FL $115,632 9th +25% 17th 34% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 25th +25% 18th 21% below peers
West Hartford, CT $129,890 5th +25% 19th 51% above peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 21st +23% 20th 11% below peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 11th +22% 21st 29% above peers
Moore, OK $80,420 18th +22% 22nd 6% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 13th +22% 23rd 24% above peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 1st +21% 24th 65% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 6th +21% 25th 43% above peers
Little Elm, TX $119,219 8th +21% 26th 39% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $64,578 26th +21% 27th 25% below peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 20th +17% 28th 8% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 16th +17% 29th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 4th +17% 30th 52% above peers
Bossier City, LA $55,819 29th +11% 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$6,892 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.0% in July 2026, down from 3.3% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.0%
2000July 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 4.0% (Jul 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Vineland, NJ 7.2% (Jul 26) 26th -2.0pp 1st 71% above peers
Porterville, CA 12.8% (Jul 26) 29th -1.2pp 2nd 205% above peers
Lynwood, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 3rd 40% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 4th 5% below peers
Woodland, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 5th 40% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Bossier City, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.4pp 7th 5% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.4pp 8th 5% below peers
Hanford, CA 8.1% (Jul 26) 27th -0.3pp 9th 93% above peers
Smyrna, TN 2.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 10th 31% below peers
Marietta, GA 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 11th 31% below peers
Millcreek, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 12th 19% below peers
Bentonville, AR 3.0% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 13th 29% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 14th 5% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 15th 24% below peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Taunton, MA 5.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 17th 36% above peers
Little Elm, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.3pp 18th 7% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 19th 2% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Utica, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.4pp 21st 36% above peers
Lakewood, WA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.5pp 22nd 40% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 6.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.6pp 23rd 43% above peers
Pontiac, MI 10.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.6pp 24th 152% above peers
Jupiter, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 25th on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 26th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 27th 14% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th +1.1pp 28th 5% below peers
Bristol, CT 5.8% (Jul 26) 21st +1.4pp 29th 38% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.6% to 5.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Bentonville started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 5.2%).
Bright spot 5.2%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 16.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Porterville, CA 17.3% 26th -10.2pp 1st 54% above peers
Bentonville, AR 5.2% 3rd -2.4pp 2nd 54% below peers
Brookline, MA 8.7% 12th -3.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
Woodland, CA 8.2% 11th -3.0pp 4th 27% below peers
Pontiac, MI 24.4% 30th -6.4pp 5th 117% above peers
Lakewood, WA 13.2% 21st -3.4pp 6th 17% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 1st -0.8pp 7th 59% below peers
Wylie, TX 5.6% 4th -0.8pp 8th 50% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 6.4% 7th -0.8pp 9th 43% below peers
Taunton, MA 13.0% 20th -1.2pp 10th 16% above peers
White Plains, NY 11.2% 16th -1.1pp 11th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 7.8% 9th -0.7pp 12th 31% below peers
Marietta, GA 12.8% 19th -1.2pp 13th 14% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.4% 25th -1.1pp 14th 47% above peers
Utica, NY 27.5% 31st -1.9pp 15th 145% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.5% 22nd -0.7pp 16th 30% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 18.6% 28th -0.9pp 17th 66% above peers
West Hartford, CT 6.3% 6th -0.1pp 18th 44% below peers
Lynwood, CA 18.0% 27th +0.1pp 19th 60% above peers
Bossier City, LA 20.8% 29th +1.1pp 20th 85% above peers
Bristol, CT 10.7% 15th +0.6pp 21st 4% below peers
Vineland, NJ 14.6% 23rd +0.9pp 22nd 30% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 48% below peers
Wellington, FL 7.8% 10th +0.7pp 24th 31% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.2% 8th +1.0pp 25th 35% below peers
Jupiter, FL 9.5% 14th +1.4pp 26th 15% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 15.1% 24th +2.2pp 27th 35% above peers
Smyrna, TN 12.5% 18th +1.8pp 28th 12% above peers
Moore, OK 11.4% 17th +2.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Little Elm, TX 9.0% 13th +3.9pp 30th 20% below peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.6% to 5.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way. Bentonville started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.8% to 5.1%).
Bright spot 5.1%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 21.1% -2.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Woodland, CA 7.6% 12th -7.9pp 1st 46% below peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 16th -10.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 4th -3.5pp 3rd 64% below peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 3rd -2.8pp 4th 67% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 25th -13.0pp 5th 56% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.7% 6th -2.7pp 6th 60% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 8th -2.5pp 7th 55% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.2% 5th -2.0pp 8th 63% below peers
Marietta, GA 15.3% 17th -4.8pp 9th 8% above peers
Wylie, TX 6.8% 9th -1.8pp 10th 52% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 7.5% 11th -1.6pp 11th 47% below peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 30th -7.5pp 12th 149% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 10th -1.2pp 13th 51% below peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 14th 177% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 22nd -2.1pp 15th 28% above peers
Taunton, MA 20.4% 24th -2.2pp 16th 44% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 17th 77% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 23.3% 27th -1.7pp 18th 64% above peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 13th +0.6pp 19th 25% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 19th +1.2pp 20th 21% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 21st +1.3pp 21st 27% above peers
Lynwood, CA 29.0% 28th +2.3pp 22nd 104% above peers
Bossier City, LA 34.2% 29th +4.5pp 23rd 141% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 18th +2.5pp 24th 14% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.4% 26th +5.6pp 25th 57% above peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 23rd +5.9pp 26th 42% above peers
Wellington, FL 11.9% 15th +3.8pp 27th 16% below peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 20th +7.9pp 28th 23% above peers
Little Elm, TX 11.4% 14th +5.6pp 29th 20% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.2% 7th +3.5pp 30th 56% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 74% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 24.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 72.5% to 96.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bentonville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 36.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (60.8% to 96.8%).
Bright spot 96.8%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 86.9% +13.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bossier City, LA 85.2% 30th +21.7pp 1st 10% below peers
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 3rd +24.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 89.2% 26th +21.9pp 3rd 5% below peers
Lynwood, CA 91.0% 21st +19.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 29th +12.2pp 5th 8% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 28th +11.7pp 6th 7% below peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 22nd +11.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 25th +10.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Taunton, MA 90.7% 24th +10.0pp 9th 4% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 19th +9.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 85.0% 31st +8.6pp 11th 10% below peers
Marietta, GA 94.2% 16th +9.1pp 12th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 14th +8.0pp 13th on par with peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 20th +7.0pp 14th 2% below peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 12th +6.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Woodland, CA 90.8% 23rd +5.6pp 16th 4% below peers
Millcreek, UT 93.3% 18th +5.6pp 17th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 27th +4.9pp 18th 6% below peers
West Hartford, CT 94.3% 15th +5.1pp 19th on par with peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 11th +5.0pp 20th 1% above peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 4th +4.6pp 21st 3% above peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 13th +4.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Wylie, TX 97.1% 2nd +4.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 17th +3.5pp 24th 1% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 9th +2.7pp 25th 1% above peers
Little Elm, TX 98.3% 1st +2.7pp 26th 4% above peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 6th +2.3pp 27th 2% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 95.6% 8th +2.3pp 28th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 10th +2.2pp 29th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 96.6% 5th +2.2pp 30th 3% above peers
Wellington, FL 96.2% 7th +1.6pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.44).
Bright spot 0.44
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 0.48 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Porterville, CA 0.42 8th -0.061 1st 9% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 21st -0.035 2nd 3% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 7th -0.025 3rd 10% below peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 18th -0.017 4th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 0.47 20th -0.017 5th 3% above peers
Woodland, CA 0.42 9th -0.013 6th 8% below peers
Taunton, MA 0.43 10th -0.014 7th 6% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 0.46 17th -0.014 8th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 13th -0.012 9th 4% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 15th -0.011 10th 1% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 28th -0.013 11th 13% above peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 27th -0.009 12th 12% above peers
Lynwood, CA 0.40 5th -0.006 13th 12% below peers
Marietta, GA 0.48 25th -0.006 14th 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 14th -0.005 15th 2% below peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 11th -0.004 16th 6% below peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 29th -0.002 17th 14% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 30th +0.000 18th 21% above peers
Wellington, FL 0.45 16th +0.005 19th on par with peers
West Hartford, CT 0.47 22nd +0.007 20th 3% above peers
Millcreek, UT 0.47 24th +0.009 21st 4% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 0.43 12th +0.012 22nd 6% below peers
Bossier City, LA 0.46 19th +0.014 23rd 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 26th +0.015 24th 7% above peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 23rd +0.019 25th 4% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 26th 26% below peers
Little Elm, TX 0.37 2nd +0.018 27th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 0.55 31st +0.027 28th 21% above peers
Moore, OK 0.40 4th +0.024 29th 13% below peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 6th +0.031 30th 11% below peers
Wylie, TX 0.37 3rd +0.051 31st 19% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (4.8% then, 4.0% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.8% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 10.5% -2.3pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 85% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.9% 10th -1.9pp 2nd 48% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 12.5% 19th -3.5pp 3rd 33% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 8th -1.2pp 4th 54% below peers
Marietta, GA 9.4% 16th -2.6pp 5th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 4.9% 9th -1.2pp 6th 48% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 4th -0.8pp 7th 58% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.9% 11th -0.9pp 8th 47% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.4% 14th -1.2pp 9th 32% below peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 25th -2.8pp 10th 72% above peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 15th -0.7pp 11th 29% below peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 30th -3.0pp 12th 220% above peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 22nd -1.5pp 13th 61% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.7% 17th -0.8pp 14th 3% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.6% 26th -0.8pp 15th 77% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 16th 226% above peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 23rd -0.3pp 17th 64% above peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 24th -0.0pp 18th 64% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 29th +0.3pp 19th 184% above peers
Bossier City, LA 13.2% 20th +0.7pp 20th 40% above peers
Lynwood, CA 21.4% 27th +1.2pp 21st 128% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2.7% 2nd +0.2pp 22nd 71% below peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 64% below peers
Woodland, CA 14.0% 21st +1.4pp 24th 49% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 5th +0.5pp 25th 57% below peers
Little Elm, TX 5.1% 12th +0.7pp 26th 45% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 6th +0.8pp 27th 57% below peers
Taunton, MA 24.5% 28th +5.2pp 28th 162% above peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 18th +2.7pp 29th 29% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 13th +1.4pp 30th 36% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.2% 7th +1.6pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $492,753 in August 2026, up from $479,250 a year earlier.
Big move $492,753
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref $227,264 (Aug 26) +3.6%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Utica, NY $212,423 (Aug 26) 30th +7.0% 1st 58% below peers
White Plains, NY $808,180 (Aug 26) 4th +5.8% 2nd 61% above peers
Bristol, CT $350,637 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.8% 3rd 30% below peers
West Hartford, CT $509,334 (Aug 26) 15th +5.5% 4th 1% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,743,951 (Aug 26) 1st +5.1% 5th 247% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $1,485,606 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.8% 6th 196% above peers
Taunton, MA $521,740 (Aug 26) 13th +4.0% 7th 4% above peers
Millcreek, UT $633,137 (Aug 26) 9th +3.4% 8th 26% above peers
Lynwood, CA $684,690 (Aug 26) 7th +3.3% 9th 36% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $695,799 (Aug 26) 6th +3.2% 10th 39% above peers
Bentonville, AR $492,753 (Aug 26) 17th +2.8% 11th 2% below peers
Hanford, CA $383,336 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.7% 12th 24% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $502,326 (Aug 26) 16th +2.7% 13th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA $229,838 (Aug 26) 27th +2.5% 14th 54% below peers
Vineland, NJ $314,247 (Aug 26) 25th +2.3% 15th 37% below peers
Jupiter, FL $704,677 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 16th 40% above peers
Wellington, FL $658,628 (Aug 26) 8th +1.7% 17th 31% above peers
Pontiac, MI $139,885 (Aug 26) 31st +1.5% 18th 72% below peers
Bossier City, LA $229,529 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 19th 54% below peers
Porterville, CA $330,293 (Aug 26) 24th +1.1% 20th 34% below peers
Herriman, UT $601,499 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 21st 20% above peers
Lakewood, WA $515,727 (Aug 26) 14th +0.3% 22nd 3% above peers
Moore, OK $222,111 (Aug 26) 29th +0.3% 23rd 56% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $631,034 (Aug 26) 10th -0.7% 24th 26% above peers
Woodland, CA $551,676 (Aug 26) 12th -0.7% 25th 10% above peers
Smyrna, TN $401,595 (Aug 26) 20th -0.8% 26th 20% below peers
Marietta, GA $471,117 (Aug 26) 18th -1.2% 27th 6% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $272,484 (Aug 26) 26th -2.7% 28th 46% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,122,975 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.4% 29th 124% above peers
Wylie, TX $412,915 (Aug 26) 19th -5.7% 30th 18% below peers
Little Elm, TX $393,657 (Aug 26) 21st -5.7% 31st 22% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 17% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $348,303 in August 2026, up from $338,144 a year earlier.
Big move $348,303
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref $116,962 (Aug 26) +5.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
White Plains, NY $460,903 (Aug 26) 5th +6.9% 1st 32% above peers
Utica, NY $150,018 (Aug 26) 29th +6.8% 2nd 57% below peers
Bristol, CT $271,159 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.3% 3rd 22% below peers
West Hartford, CT $359,385 (Aug 26) 15th +5.4% 4th 3% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,201,516 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 5th 245% above peers
Taunton, MA $408,647 (Aug 26) 11th +4.7% 6th 17% above peers
Vineland, NJ $249,567 (Aug 26) 25th +4.4% 7th 28% below peers
Lynwood, CA $618,877 (Aug 26) 4th +4.0% 8th 78% above peers
Pontiac, MI $106,058 (Aug 26) 31st +3.2% 9th 70% below peers
Porterville, CA $263,368 (Aug 26) 24th +3.1% 10th 24% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $895,797 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.1% 11th 157% above peers
Bentonville, AR $348,303 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 12th on par with peers
Hanford, CA $297,783 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.5% 13th 15% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $157,756 (Aug 26) 28th +1.9% 14th 55% below peers
Millcreek, UT $425,521 (Aug 26) 10th +1.8% 15th 22% above peers
Bossier City, LA $124,503 (Aug 26) 30th +1.7% 16th 64% below peers
Brookline, MA $709,683 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 17th 104% above peers
Jupiter, FL $431,982 (Aug 26) 9th +1.1% 18th 24% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $319,173 (Aug 26) 21st +1.0% 19th 8% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $375,101 (Aug 26) 13th +1.0% 20th 8% above peers
Lakewood, WA $403,686 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 21st 16% above peers
Moore, OK $174,228 (Aug 26) 27th +0.0% 22nd 50% below peers
Wellington, FL $453,911 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 23rd 30% above peers
Woodland, CA $456,617 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 24th 31% above peers
Herriman, UT $443,129 (Aug 26) 8th -0.6% 25th 27% above peers
Smyrna, TN $323,583 (Aug 26) 19th -0.6% 26th 7% below peers
Marietta, GA $325,113 (Aug 26) 18th -1.3% 27th 7% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $372,531 (Aug 26) 14th -2.4% 28th 7% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $191,731 (Aug 26) 26th -3.2% 29th 45% below peers
Wylie, TX $325,118 (Aug 26) 17th -5.0% 30th 7% below peers
Little Elm, TX $320,336 (Aug 26) 20th -5.8% 31st 8% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.2% to 50.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.5% to 50.5%).
Needs attention 50.4%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 66.4% +0.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 31st +6.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.2% 29th +5.2pp 2nd 24% below peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 27th +4.1pp 3rd 24% below peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 17th +5.0pp 4th on par with peers
Woodland, CA 58.7% 19th +4.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 63.7% 14th +4.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 2nd +4.5pp 7th 26% above peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 8th +4.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 21st +2.7pp 9th 13% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 26th +2.0pp 10th 23% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 4th +3.1pp 11th 23% above peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 25th +1.7pp 12th 20% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 63.1% 15th +1.9pp 13th 2% above peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 13th +1.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Millcreek, UT 61.4% 18th +0.8pp 15th 1% below peers
Bossier City, LA 53.2% 22nd +0.4pp 16th 14% below peers
Wellington, FL 75.8% 5th -0.3pp 17th 22% above peers
Taunton, MA 62.1% 16th -0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 20th -0.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 9th -0.4pp 20th 9% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 73.0% 6th -0.9pp 21st 18% above peers
Wylie, TX 77.4% 3rd -1.1pp 22nd 25% above peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 23rd -0.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 12th -1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 67.4% 11th -1.6pp 25th 8% above peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 30th -2.1pp 26th 25% below peers
West Hartford, CT 67.4% 10th -3.6pp 27th 9% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 28th -2.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 24th -3.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Little Elm, TX 70.1% 7th -6.4pp 30th 13% above peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 1st -8.9pp 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,656 in August 2026, up from $1,624 a year earlier.
Big move $1,656
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Laguna Niguel, CA $3,383 (Aug 26) 4th +7.2% 1st 79% above peers
Utica, NY $1,404 (Aug 26) 29th +7.2% 2nd 26% below peers
Taunton, MA $2,096 (Aug 26) 12th +6.1% 3rd 11% above peers
White Plains, NY $3,262 (Aug 26) 5th +6.0% 4th 72% above peers
Bristol, CT $1,709 (Aug 26) 19th +6.0% 5th 10% below peers
Bossier City, LA $1,515 (Aug 26) 26th +5.9% 6th 20% below peers
San Clemente, CA $3,426 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.5% 7th 81% above peers
Lynwood, CA $2,129 (Aug 26) 11th +5.0% 8th 13% above peers
Porterville, CA $1,431 (Aug 26) 28th +4.8% 9th 24% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,811 (Aug 26) 17th +4.6% 10th 4% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $2,814 (Aug 26) 7th +4.2% 11th 49% above peers
Hanford, CA $2,003 (Aug 26) 13th +4.2% 12th 6% above peers
West Hartford, CT $2,448 (Aug 26) 8th +4.1% 13th 29% above peers
Wellington, FL $3,540 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.7% 14th 87% above peers
Jupiter, FL $3,066 (Aug 26) 6th +2.7% 15th 62% above peers
Woodland, CA $2,330 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 16th 23% above peers
Smyrna, TN $1,699 (Aug 26) 20th +2.4% 17th 10% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $1,350 (Aug 26) 30th +2.2% 18th 29% below peers
Bentonville, AR $1,656 (Aug 26) 24th +2.0% 19th 12% below peers
Little Elm, TX $2,307 (Aug 26) 10th +2.0% 20th 22% above peers
Brookline, MA $3,559 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 21st 88% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $1,698 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 22nd 10% below peers
Marietta, GA $1,689 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 23rd 11% below peers
Millcreek, UT $1,516 (Aug 26) 25th +1.6% 24th 20% below peers
Moore, OK $1,513 (Aug 26) 27th +1.5% 25th 20% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,748 (Aug 26) 18th +1.5% 26th 8% below peers
Herriman, UT $1,892 (Aug 26) 16th +0.9% 27th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC $1,690 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.5% 28th 11% below peers
Wylie, TX $1,914 (Aug 26) 15th -0.5% 29th 1% above peers
Pontiac, MI $1,319 (Aug 26) 31st -0.5% 30th 30% below peers
Vineland, NJ 14th 3% above peers
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.6% then, 18.2% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.6% to 18.2%).
Bright spot 18.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 25.7% +0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 31st -6.4pp 1st 31% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 21st -5.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 3rd 50% below peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 15th -3.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 25th -3.3pp 5th 9% above peers
West Hartford, CT 28.0% 5th -1.6pp 6th 23% below peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 24th -2.0pp 7th 8% above peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 27th -1.9pp 8th 12% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 23rd -1.7pp 9th 7% above peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 18th -1.1pp 10th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 36.5% 17th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 41.4% 28th -1.1pp 12th 13% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 39% below peers
Wylie, TX 30.4% 8th +0.4pp 14th 17% below peers
Wellington, FL 36.5% 16th +0.8pp 15th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 22nd +0.9pp 16th 7% above peers
Bossier City, LA 35.5% 12th +0.9pp 17th 3% below peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 4th +1.1pp 18th 25% below peers
Little Elm, TX 31.8% 10th +1.4pp 19th 13% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 19th +2.8pp 20th 4% above peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 6th +2.4pp 21st 18% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 30.0% 7th +2.5pp 22nd 18% below peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 14th +3.1pp 23rd 1% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 3rd +2.3pp 24th 27% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 13th +3.2pp 25th 2% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 35.5% 11th +3.2pp 26th 3% below peers
Woodland, CA 38.5% 20th +3.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 26th +4.0pp 28th 10% above peers
Millcreek, UT 30.4% 9th +3.2pp 29th 17% below peers
Marietta, GA 42.4% 29th +5.1pp 30th 16% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.5% 30th +8.6pp 31st 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 3.8% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.9% to 3.8%).
Bright spot 3.8%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 5.8% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Wylie, TX 1.3% 1st -0.8pp 1st 81% below peers
Millcreek, UT 4.3% 12th -2.3pp 2nd 39% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.0% 15th -2.0pp 3rd 14% below peers
Little Elm, TX 2.3% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 67% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 14th -1.0pp 5th 16% below peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 19th -1.1pp 6th 9% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 8.0% 21st -0.9pp 7th 15% above peers
Woodland, CA 7.0% 16th -0.7pp 8th on par with peers
Taunton, MA 9.5% 26th -0.9pp 9th 35% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 10th -0.4pp 10th 45% below peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 28th -1.5pp 11th 123% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.6% 18th -0.7pp 12th 8% above peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 22nd -0.7pp 13th 17% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 5th -0.2pp 14th 55% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 15th 285% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 16th 66% below peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 30th -0.4pp 17th 213% above peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 24th -0.1pp 18th 26% above peers
Lynwood, CA 7.1% 17th -0.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Marietta, GA 8.8% 23rd +0.1pp 20th 26% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 29th +0.2pp 21st 144% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 55% below peers
West Hartford, CT 8.9% 25th +1.6pp 23rd 28% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.8% 13th +1.0pp 24th 31% below peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 20th +1.9pp 25th 11% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 11th +1.0pp 26th 45% below peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 9th +1.1pp 27th 48% below peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 8th +1.1pp 28th 50% below peers
Wellington, FL 3.3% 7th +1.1pp 29th 53% below peers
Bossier City, LA 10.1% 27th +3.7pp 30th 45% above peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 4th +2.5pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.6% to 7.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 8.0%).
Needs attention 7.9%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 9.0% +0.5pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 85% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 60% below peers
White Plains, NY 5.9% 14th -3.7pp 3rd 16% below peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 7th -2.1pp 4th 46% below peers
Woodland, CA 5.2% 11th -2.1pp 5th 25% below peers
Lynwood, CA 13.6% 30th -2.0pp 6th 94% above peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 15th -1.0pp 7th 7% below peers
Hanford, CA 5.8% 12th -0.8pp 8th 17% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 9th 17% below peers
Little Elm, TX 11.7% 24th -1.5pp 10th 66% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 5th -0.4pp 11th 49% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.2% 17th -0.6pp 12th 3% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 12.4% 26th -1.0pp 13th 77% above peers
Wylie, TX 13.0% 28th -0.3pp 14th 85% above peers
Marietta, GA 17.9% 31st -0.2pp 15th 155% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 21st -0.1pp 16th 40% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.6% 19th +0.1pp 17th 23% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.5% 27th +0.2pp 18th 79% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.9% 8th +0.1pp 19th 44% below peers
Vineland, NJ 9.6% 20th +0.5pp 20th 37% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.1% 10th +0.3pp 21st 28% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.0% 22nd +0.7pp 22nd 42% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.1% 23rd +0.7pp 23rd 44% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.0% 16th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 25th 35% below peers
West Hartford, CT 2.6% 2nd +0.4pp 26th 63% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 4th +0.7pp 27th 57% below peers
Bossier City, LA 12.1% 25th +2.8pp 28th 72% above peers
Smyrna, TN 13.5% 29th +3.9pp 29th 93% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 18th +2.3pp 30th 13% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.7% 6th +1.5pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 →
What changed

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

31.6%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 38.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 1st 25% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 2nd 23% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 24.8% 3rd 22% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 4th 20% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 5th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 26.2% 6th 17% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 7th 16% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 8th 15% below peers
Wellington, FL 27.3% 9th 14% below peers
West Hartford, CT 27.7% 10th 13% below peers
Woodland, CA 29.2% 11th 8% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 12th 3% below peers
Millcreek, UT 31.2% 13th 2% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 14th 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 15th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 31.7% 16th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 32.0% 17th 1% above peers
Little Elm, TX 32.3% 18th 2% above peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 19th 3% above peers
Lynwood, CA 33.1% 20th 4% above peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 21st 7% above peers
Taunton, MA 34.6% 22nd 9% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 23rd 13% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 24th 15% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 25th 20% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 26th 22% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 27th 32% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 28th 33% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.8% 29th 35% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 43.2% 30th 36% above peers
Bossier City, LA 46.2% 31st 46% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.4% to 8.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 8.0%).
Needs attention 8.0%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 6.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Herriman, UT 1.6% 4th -4.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 3rd -1.1pp 2nd 72% below peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 78% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 10th -2.0pp 4th 34% below peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 9th -0.8pp 5th 54% below peers
Woodland, CA 1.9% 6th -0.6pp 6th 57% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 17th -1.6pp 7th 16% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.0% 8th -0.6pp 8th 54% below peers
Little Elm, TX 10.0% 28th -2.6pp 9th 128% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2.9% 11th -0.6pp 10th 33% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 7th -0.4pp 11th 56% below peers
Lynwood, CA 5.4% 20th -0.5pp 12th 25% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 7.7% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 77% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 14th -0.0pp 14th 21% below peers
Millcreek, UT 5.3% 19th +0.2pp 15th 22% above peers
Marietta, GA 11.0% 30th +1.0pp 16th 153% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.8% 24th +1.3pp 17th 79% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 18th 91% below peers
West Hartford, CT 1.8% 5th +0.4pp 19th 59% below peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 21st +1.2pp 20th 41% above peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 15th +0.9pp 21st 3% below peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 18th +1.1pp 22nd 20% above peers
Wylie, TX 10.2% 29th +2.5pp 23rd 134% above peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 23rd +2.8pp 24th 78% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 12th +1.2pp 25th 30% below peers
Wellington, FL 8.8% 26th +3.5pp 26th 102% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 27th +3.8pp 27th 117% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 16th +2.6pp 28th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 11.6% 31st +7.8pp 29th 166% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 25th +5.6pp 30th 83% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.1% 13th +2.9pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.2% to 55.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.2pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bentonville started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 11.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.4% to 55.3%).
Bright spot 55.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 25.7% +2.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lynwood, CA 9.8% 31st +2.2pp 1st 77% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 22nd +5.3pp 2nd 43% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 30th +3.0pp 3rd 66% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 29th +2.9pp 4th 62% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 16th +7.4pp 5th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 43.3% 15th +7.0pp 6th 2% above peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 25th +3.4pp 7th 48% below peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 18th +3.8pp 8th 29% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 21.5% 27th +2.6pp 9th 50% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.4% 13th +5.4pp 10th 11% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 22.0% 26th +2.4pp 11th 48% below peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 11th +5.7pp 12th 25% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 59.8% 5th +6.2pp 13th 40% above peers
Woodland, CA 30.4% 17th +3.1pp 14th 29% below peers
Wellington, FL 49.7% 12th +4.7pp 15th 17% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 7th +5.1pp 16th 30% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 20th +2.6pp 17th 35% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 57.4% 6th +5.0pp 18th 35% above peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 19th +2.5pp 19th 32% below peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 9th +4.4pp 20th 26% above peers
Bossier City, LA 24.7% 21st +1.7pp 21st 42% below peers
Millcreek, UT 54.2% 8th +3.6pp 22nd 27% above peers
Taunton, MA 23.9% 23rd +1.4pp 23rd 44% below peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 10th +2.9pp 24th 26% above peers
West Hartford, CT 66.6% 3rd +1.9pp 25th 56% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 24th +0.7pp 26th 46% below peers
Little Elm, TX 44.2% 14th +1.1pp 27th 4% above peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 28th 100% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 4th +1.2pp 29th 52% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 2nd -0.3pp 30th 80% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 28th -1.0pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.4% then, 31.2% now; margin ±13.5pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 12.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.6% to 31.2%).
Needs attention 31.2%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 41.1% -8.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 24th +13.5pp 1st 27% below peers
Little Elm, TX 46.4% 16th +15.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 3rd 67% above peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 19th +6.5pp 4th 7% below peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 10th +5.5pp 5th 27% above peers
Marietta, GA 51.8% 12th +4.5pp 6th 12% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 36.8% 22nd +1.4pp 7th 21% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 63.9% 5th +2.3pp 8th 38% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 4th +2.4pp 9th 57% above peers
Woodland, CA 51.1% 13th -0.2pp 10th 10% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 29th -0.3pp 11th 41% below peers
West Hartford, CT 75.2% 2nd -1.1pp 12th 62% above peers
Taunton, MA 44.7% 18th -1.5pp 13th 4% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 3rd -2.6pp 14th 60% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 14th -2.2pp 15th 6% above peers
Millcreek, UT 47.8% 15th -2.5pp 16th 3% above peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 23rd -2.7pp 17th 22% below peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 21st -5.4pp 18th 19% below peers
Wylie, TX 45.0% 17th -7.0pp 19th 3% below peers
Wellington, FL 58.2% 11th -9.2pp 20th 25% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 28.1% 28th -4.9pp 21st 39% below peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 7th -11.2pp 22nd 35% above peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 6th -12.8pp 23rd 35% above peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 26th -7.1pp 24th 33% below peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 8th -14.2pp 25th 34% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 59.8% 9th -16.1pp 26th 29% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 27th -12.3pp 27th 35% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 20th -25.1pp 28th 8% below peers
Bossier City, LA 31.9% 25th -19.8pp 29th 31% below peers
Lynwood, CA 27.0% 30th -17.1pp 30th 42% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.8% then, 7.1% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.1% to 7.1%).
Needs attention 7.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 9.6% +0.9pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 97% below peers
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 3rd -4.5pp 2nd 87% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 97% below peers
Marietta, GA 1.6% 4th -1.2pp 4th 76% below peers
Woodland, CA 6.0% 14th -4.2pp 5th 10% below peers
Wellington, FL 2.8% 6th -1.5pp 6th 59% below peers
Taunton, MA 1.9% 5th -1.0pp 7th 72% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 17th -3.2pp 8th 2% above peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 15th -2.3pp 9th 5% below peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 7th -1.1pp 10th 52% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 31st -4.7pp 11th 195% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 12th 22% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 19th +0.3pp 13th 6% above peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 28th +2.5pp 14th 123% above peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 25th +2.0pp 15th 62% above peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% 9th +0.8pp 16th 35% below peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 26th +3.9pp 17th 111% above peers
Lynwood, CA 14.4% 27th +5.3pp 18th 115% above peers
Little Elm, TX 7.5% 21st +2.8pp 19th 12% above peers
Bossier City, LA 17.6% 30th +6.8pp 20th 163% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 17.0% 29th +7.9pp 21st 154% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.5% 10th +2.1pp 22nd 32% below peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 24th +4.9pp 23rd 55% above peers
Millcreek, UT 6.7% 16th +3.3pp 24th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 13th +3.1pp 25th 14% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 11th +2.6pp 26th 30% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.7% 12th +3.2pp 27th 15% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.0% 18th +4.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 23rd +7.7pp 29th 46% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 20th +6.8pp 30th 9% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.6% 8th +3.5pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 18% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 49,467 to 58,249 - more than the combined survey margin (±70).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 51% from 2014 to 2024 (38,572 to 58,249).
Big move 58,249
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Herriman, UT 59,346 27th +48% 1st 4% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 55,200 30th +34% 2nd 11% below peers
Wylie, TX 60,334 25th +21% 3rd 3% below peers
Little Elm, TX 54,820 31st +19% 4th 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 28th +18% 5th 6% below peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 29th +14% 6th 9% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 60,959 22nd +8% 7th 2% below peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 8th +7% 8th 2% above peers
Utica, NY 64,217 2nd +6% 9th 3% above peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 26th +6% 10th 4% below peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 9th +6% 11th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 60,433 24th +6% 12th 3% below peers
Millcreek, UT 63,648 4th +5% 13th 2% above peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 11th +5% 14th 1% above peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 23rd +4% 15th 2% below peers
Moore, OK 63,420 6th +4% 16th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA 61,854 18th +4% 17th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 16th +4% 18th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 62,263 14th +3% 19th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 20th +2% 20th 1% below peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 21st +2% 21st 2% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 19th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
West Hartford, CT 63,620 5th +1% 23rd 2% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 62,586 13th +0% 24th 1% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 10th -2% 25th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 7th -2% 26th 2% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 64,139 3rd -3% 27th 3% above peers
Wellington, FL 62,146 15th -3% 28th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 17th -4% 29th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 62,901 12th -8% 30th 1% above peers
Lynwood, CA 64,578 1st -9% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±56 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.2% then, 27.3% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.2% to 27.3%).
Big move 27.3%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 23.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 16.6% 30th +1.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 8th +1.6pp 2nd 15% above peers
Moore, OK 25.7% 7th +1.3pp 3rd 16% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 9th +0.6pp 4th 14% above peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 3rd +0.4pp 5th 29% above peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 26th +0.1pp 6th 16% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 21.4% 20th +0.0pp 7th 3% below peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 11th -0.1pp 8th 13% above peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 24th -0.2pp 9th 9% below peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 27th -0.3pp 10th 16% below peers
Woodland, CA 23.6% 14th -0.4pp 11th 6% above peers
Bossier City, LA 23.7% 12th -0.5pp 12th 7% above peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 2nd -0.7pp 13th 38% above peers
West Hartford, CT 21.5% 19th -0.5pp 14th 3% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.2% 16th -0.6pp 15th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 6th -0.8pp 16th 23% above peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 23rd -0.6pp 17th 6% below peers
Marietta, GA 21.4% 21st -0.8pp 18th 4% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 28th -0.8pp 19th 17% below peers
Taunton, MA 21.6% 18th -1.0pp 20th 3% below peers
Millcreek, UT 20.9% 22nd -1.4pp 21st 6% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 15th -1.7pp 22nd 4% above peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 25th -1.6pp 23rd 12% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 31st -1.3pp 24th 33% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 17.9% 29th -1.7pp 25th 19% below peers
Little Elm, TX 28.0% 4th -2.7pp 26th 26% above peers
Wellington, FL 23.6% 13th -2.4pp 27th 6% above peers
Wylie, TX 27.6% 5th -2.8pp 28th 24% above peers
Lynwood, CA 25.4% 10th -2.9pp 29th 14% above peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 30th 56% above peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 17th -4.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±1.3pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent rose 12.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.5% to 24.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.6% to 24.4%).
Big move 24.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 32.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 19th +12.0pp 1st 19% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 22.8% 20th +7.9pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lynwood, CA 53.3% 2nd +14.9pp 3rd 76% above peers
Little Elm, TX 29.2% 17th +8.1pp 4th 3% below peers
Woodland, CA 31.6% 15th +6.8pp 5th 4% above peers
Wellington, FL 22.8% 21st +4.3pp 6th 25% below peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 5th +7.9pp 7th 52% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 25th +2.7pp 8th 43% below peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 14th +3.4pp 9th 8% above peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 12th +2.3pp 10th 16% above peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 11th 125% above peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 18th +1.4pp 12th 7% below peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 9th +1.6pp 13th 24% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 16th +1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 11th +1.3pp 15th 17% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 40.6% 6th -0.0pp 16th 34% above peers
Taunton, MA 47.5% 3rd -0.1pp 17th 57% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 31st -0.1pp 18th 73% below peers
West Hartford, CT 22.4% 22nd -0.8pp 19th 26% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 28th -0.6pp 20th 50% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 29th -0.8pp 21st 51% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 23rd -1.3pp 22nd 36% below peers
Marietta, GA 38.8% 7th -3.2pp 23rd 28% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 4th -4.6pp 24th 54% above peers
Bossier City, LA 38.5% 8th -4.0pp 25th 27% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18.7% 24th -3.0pp 26th 38% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 13th -6.8pp 27th 15% above peers
Millcreek, UT 16.0% 26th -3.9pp 28th 47% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 36.0% 10th -8.9pp 29th 19% above peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 27th -11.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Wylie, TX 12.6% 30th -12.9pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents rose 15.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.3% to 68.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±11.6pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 16.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.8% to 68.5%).
Big move 68.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 65.7% +0.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Winter Haven, FL 70.4% 13th +21.6pp 1st 3% above peers
Marietta, GA 74.4% 8th +17.6pp 2nd 9% above peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 15th +15.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Lynwood, CA 64.2% 20th +8.4pp 4th 6% below peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 11th +9.0pp 5th 6% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 4th +8.0pp 6th 12% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 23rd +6.3pp 7th 8% below peers
Bossier City, LA 68.2% 16th +6.9pp 8th on par with peers
Woodland, CA 67.1% 17th +6.2pp 9th 2% below peers
West Hartford, CT 79.3% 3rd +6.7pp 10th 16% above peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 12th +5.9pp 11th 5% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 5th +6.1pp 12th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 1st +6.1pp 13th 19% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 2nd +5.9pp 14th 18% above peers
Wylie, TX 60.8% 26th +3.8pp 15th 11% below peers
Millcreek, UT 57.3% 29th +3.1pp 16th 16% below peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 9th +4.0pp 17th 9% above peers
Wellington, FL 64.0% 21st +2.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 61.3% 25th +0.8pp 19th 10% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 28th +0.7pp 20th 12% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 7th +0.2pp 21st 9% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 18th -0.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 72.1% 10th -3.7pp 23rd 6% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 64.6% 19th -4.9pp 24th 5% below peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 30th -5.4pp 25th 18% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 6th -7.8pp 26th 10% above peers
Taunton, MA 69.0% 14th -8.6pp 27th 1% above peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 27th -7.9pp 28th 11% below peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 24th -9.4pp 29th 10% below peers
Little Elm, TX 63.5% 22nd -9.9pp 30th 7% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 31st -16.8pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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