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89,805 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Fort Smith, AR shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$54,816
2020-24
▲ 31%
relative change
$41,724 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
22.6%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
30.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
227 /100k
May 2026
▼ 24%
relative change
299 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.2%
2019-23
▼ 21%
relative change
16.7% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
85.4%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
75.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
18.0%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
20.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
3,123 /100k
May 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
3,577 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
28.3%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
29.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
846 /100k
May 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
804 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Fort Smith, AR shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
9.9%
2020-24
▲ 67%
relative change
5.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
13.7%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
11.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.52
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.6%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
12.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
23.9%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
21.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
53.4%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
50.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,071
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$1,017 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$114,649
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$109,739 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$197,471
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$190,705 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
89,805
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
87,743 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.8%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
24.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 5% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 846 in May 2026, up from 804 a year earlier.
846 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Danbury, CT 93 (May 26) 4th -68.2% 1st 69% below peers
Clifton, NJ 127 (May 26) 7th -32.0% 2nd 58% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 70 (May 26) 2nd -22.9% 3rd 77% below peers
Bloomington, MN 226 (May 26) 9th -21.0% 4th 25% below peers
Champaign, IL 382 (May 26) 12th -18.0% 5th 27% above peers
Troy, MI 94 (May 26) 5th -15.2% 6th 69% below peers
Norwalk, CT 57 (Apr 26) 1st -14.3% 7th 81% below peers
Temple, TX 301 (Jan 25) 10th -13.3% 8th on par with peers
Merced, CA 708 (May 26) 17th -5.9% 9th 135% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 646 (May 26) 16th -3.2% 10th 115% above peers
Lawrence, MA 402 (May 26) 13th -0.8% 11th 34% above peers
Ogden, UT 470 (May 26) 15th +1.5% 12th 56% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 110 (May 26) 6th +1.8% 13th 64% below peers
Westminster, CA 412 (May 26) 14th +4.2% 14th 37% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 846 (May 26) 18th +5.3% 15th 181% above peers
Manteca, CA 318 (May 26) 11th +12.8% 16th 6% above peers
Nashua, NH 155 (Jan 25) 8th +25.4% 17th 48% below peers
Newton, MA 78 (Dec 25) 3rd +61.4% 18th 74% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 13% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3,123 in May 2026, down from 3,577 a year earlier.
3,123 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Mission Viejo, CA 737 (May 26) 2nd -34.5% 1st 57% below peers
Danbury, CT 885 (May 26) 4th -30.7% 2nd 48% below peers
Norwalk, CT 997 (Apr 26) 6th -25.8% 3rd 41% below peers
Clifton, NJ 1,700 (May 26) 10th -23.2% 4th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 803 (May 26) 3rd -21.9% 5th 53% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 3,809 (May 26) 17th -19.9% 6th 124% above peers
Westminster, CA 2,047 (May 26) 11th -19.4% 7th 20% above peers
Troy, MI 930 (May 26) 5th -17.9% 8th 45% below peers
Newton, MA 504 (Dec 25) 1st -15.0% 9th 70% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 3,848 (May 26) 18th -14.5% 10th 126% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 3,123 (May 26) 16th -12.7% 11th 84% above peers
Merced, CA 2,452 (May 26) 14th -6.1% 12th 44% above peers
Ogden, UT 1,685 (May 26) 9th -5.2% 13th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 2,092 (May 26) 12th -3.8% 14th 23% above peers
Bloomington, MN 2,896 (May 26) 15th -2.2% 15th 70% above peers
Manteca, CA 1,415 (May 26) 8th +11.0% 16th 17% below peers
Nashua, NH 1,267 (Jan 25) 7th +12.8% 17th 25% below peers
Temple, TX 2,203 (Jan 25) 13th +17.0% 18th 30% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2022-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 4 in May 2026, unchanged from 4 a year earlier.
4 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Clifton, NJ 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Nashua, NH 0 (Jan 25) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Troy, MI 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Danbury, CT 0 (May 26) 6th -100.0% 6th 100% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 4 (May 26) 12th -50.1% 7th 98% above peers
Westminster, CA 2 (May 26) 10th -33.3% 8th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 4 (May 26) 13th -20.1% 9th 100% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 4 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 10th 96% above peers
Champaign, IL 6 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 11th 188% above peers
Manteca, CA 1 (May 26) 9th +0.0% 12th 54% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9 (May 26) 16th +14.3% 13th 292% above peers
Temple, TX 11 (Jan 25) 17th +83.3% 14th 391% above peers
Merced, CA 12 (May 26) 18th +100.2% 15th 444% above peers
Ogden, UT 8 (May 26) 15th +133.5% 16th 251% above peers
Newton, MA 0 (Dec 25) 7th 100% below peers
Norwalk, CT 0 (Apr 26) 8th 100% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 227 in May 2026, down from 299 a year earlier.
227 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Santa Fe, NM 320 (May 26) 16th -49.9% 1st 111% above peers
Danbury, CT 74 (May 26) 3rd -33.3% 2nd 51% below peers
Newton, MA 23 (Dec 25) 1st -32.3% 3rd 85% below peers
Merced, CA 274 (May 26) 15th -31.8% 4th 81% above peers
Clifton, NJ 163 (May 26) 11th -30.0% 5th 7% above peers
Champaign, IL 152 (May 26) 10th -29.5% 6th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 375 (May 26) 18th -29.3% 7th 147% above peers
Lawrence, MA 76 (May 26) 4th -27.7% 8th 50% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 227 (May 26) 12th -24.3% 9th 49% above peers
Bloomington, MN 110 (May 26) 7th -23.0% 10th 27% below peers
Norwalk, CT 116 (Apr 26) 8th -18.7% 11th 24% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 90 (May 26) 6th -15.6% 12th 41% below peers
Troy, MI 62 (May 26) 2nd -12.5% 13th 59% below peers
Ogden, UT 149 (May 26) 9th -8.3% 14th 2% below peers
Temple, TX 321 (Jan 25) 17th -1.2% 15th 112% above peers
Westminster, CA 250 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 16th 65% above peers
Manteca, CA 239 (May 26) 13th +6.9% 17th 57% above peers
Nashua, NH 86 (Jan 25) 5th +36.2% 18th 43% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Bellingham, WA down about 58% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 28% a year · 2021-2026
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $41,724 to $54,816 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,288). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 49% from 2014 to 2024 ($36,777 to $54,816).
$54,816
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref $60,773 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 31st +48% 1st 32% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 27th +45% 2nd 25% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 19th +45% 3rd 6% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 20th +44% 4th 7% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 16th +44% 5th on par with peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 17th +43% 6th 3% below peers
Merced, CA $63,122 23rd +40% 7th 18% below peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 21st +39% 8th 10% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 7th +39% 9th 38% above peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 14th +37% 10th 11% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 24th +35% 11th 22% below peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 9th +34% 12th 31% above peers
Manteca, CA $97,055 11th +33% 13th 26% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 29th +31% 14th 29% below peers
San Leandro, CA $101,420 8th +30% 15th 31% above peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 26th +30% 16th 23% below peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 12th +28% 17th 25% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 10th +28% 18th 27% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 18th +27% 19th 5% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 20th 147% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 6th +25% 21st 39% above peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 4th +24% 22nd 52% above peers
Temple, TX $68,204 22nd +24% 23rd 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 25th +24% 24th 23% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 13th +24% 25th 21% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 5th +19% 26th 49% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 3rd +18% 27th 56% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 28th +16% 28th 27% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 2nd +15% 29th 76% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 30th +14% 30th 29% below peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 15th +14% 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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6 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,402 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 82% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.7% in May 2026, up from 3.6% a year earlier.
3.7%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 4.2% (May 26) +0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Trenton, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 27th -1.5pp 1st 57% above peers
Clifton, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 12th -0.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Merced, CA 6.8% (May 26) 29th -0.9pp 3rd 70% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.8% (May 26) 8th -0.7pp 4th 5% below peers
Newton, MA 3.7% (May 26) 6th -0.5pp 5th 7% below peers
San Leandro, CA 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Indio, CA 4.5% (May 26) 19th -0.5pp 7th 12% above peers
Hemet, CA 6.3% (May 26) 28th -0.4pp 8th 57% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.6% (May 26) 22nd -0.4pp 9th 15% above peers
Lawrence, MA 5.9% (May 26) 26th -0.4pp 10th 48% above peers
Manteca, CA 5.1% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 11th 27% above peers
Nashua, NH 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 12th 20% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.2pp 13th 32% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.6% (May 26) 5th -0.2pp 14th 10% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.4% (May 26) 25th -0.2pp 15th 35% above peers
Ogden, UT 3.8% (May 26) 9th +0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 3.7% (May 26) 7th +0.1pp 17th 7% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.0% (May 26) 2nd +0.1pp 18th 25% below peers
Bryan, TX 3.5% (May 26) 4th +0.2pp 19th 12% below peers
Temple, TX 4.3% (May 26) 16th +0.4pp 20th 7% above peers
Bloomington, MN 4.0% (May 26) 14th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 4.4% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 22nd 10% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 3.8% (May 26) 10th +0.6pp 23rd 5% below peers
Champaign, IL 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Troy, MI 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.7pp 25th 3% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.3% (May 26) 17th +1.0pp 26th 7% above peers
Norwalk, CT 4.5% (May 26) 20th +1.0pp 27th 12% above peers
Danbury, CT 4.5% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 28th 12% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.2% (May 26) 24th +1.6pp 29th 30% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.7% to 18.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.4% to 18.0%).
18.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 15.3% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Indio, CA 11.4% 14th -5.0pp 1st 11% below peers
Hemet, CA 14.8% 21st -6.2pp 2nd 16% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 15th -4.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 20.9% 28th -6.8pp 4th 64% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.2% 17th -4.2pp 5th 4% above peers
Ogden, UT 13.3% 18th -3.5pp 6th 5% above peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 5th -1.8pp 7th 38% below peers
Merced, CA 23.6% 31st -5.3pp 8th 86% above peers
Lawrence, MA 17.4% 25th -3.6pp 9th 37% above peers
Manteca, CA 9.5% 11th -1.9pp 10th 26% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.7% 4th -1.4pp 11th 39% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.2% 6th -1.3pp 12th 35% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.0% 26th -2.7pp 13th 41% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.0% 23rd -2.2pp 14th 18% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 10th -1.2pp 15th 27% below peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 8th -1.0pp 16th 29% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.3% 20th -1.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.8% 22nd -1.1pp 18th 16% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.7% 16th -0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Temple, TX 15.8% 24th -0.1pp 20th 24% above peers
Bryan, TX 22.1% 29th +0.4pp 21st 74% above peers
Champaign, IL 23.4% 30th +0.7pp 22nd 84% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.4% 13th +0.4pp 23rd 11% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 56% below peers
Newton, MA 4.2% 1st +0.2pp 25th 67% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 2nd +0.3pp 26th 58% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 13.9% 19th +1.5pp 27th 9% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.1% 12th +1.2pp 28th 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.9% 27th +2.4pp 29th 49% above peers
Bloomington, MN 9.1% 9th +1.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 7th +2.2pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 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 →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp 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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 7.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.1% to 22.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 18.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.1% to 22.6%).
22.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 21.1% -2.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 5th -7.8pp 1st 56% below peers
San Leandro, CA 7.0% 4th -5.7pp 2nd 58% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 13th -9.6pp 3rd 12% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.1% 8th -5.7pp 4th 45% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 20th -10.7pp 5th 6% above peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 6th 89% below peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 21st -8.7pp 7th 9% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 28th -12.2pp 8th 58% above peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 2nd -1.4pp 9th 78% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 16th -6.5pp 10th on par with peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 19th -6.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 25th -7.5pp 12th 36% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 9th -2.3pp 13th 42% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 7th -1.8pp 14th 49% below peers
Merced, CA 33.4% 31st -5.5pp 15th 100% above peers
Temple, TX 20.9% 24th -3.3pp 16th 26% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 18th -2.4pp 17th 3% above peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 26th -2.7pp 18th 45% above peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 30th -3.3pp 19th 78% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 23rd -1.9pp 20th 16% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 10th -1.1pp 21st 24% below peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 14th -1.2pp 22nd 6% below peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 27th -1.5pp 23rd 47% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 3rd -0.3pp 24th 67% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 22nd -1.0pp 25th 14% above peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 17th -0.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 27th 72% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 11th +3.2pp 28th 22% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 15th +4.4pp 29th 4% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 6th +2.4pp 30th 54% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 12th +5.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 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 →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 75.0% to 85.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 17.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (67.9% to 85.4%).
85.4%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 86.9% +13.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Springdale, AR 91.2% 21st +18.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 30th +12.7pp 3rd 9% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 26th +11.8pp 4th 4% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 9th +12.4pp 5th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 6th 8% below peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 14th +10.4pp 7th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 17th +9.7pp 8th 1% below peers
Temple, TX 90.6% 23rd +8.9pp 9th 2% below peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 28th +8.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 19th +8.4pp 11th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 18th +7.2pp 12th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 22nd +7.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 24th +6.5pp 14th 3% below peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 10th +6.6pp 15th 1% above peers
Merced, CA 94.3% 6th +6.6pp 16th 2% above peers
San Leandro, CA 93.5% 12th +6.4pp 17th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 25th +6.1pp 18th 3% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 8th +5.8pp 19th 1% above peers
Manteca, CA 93.6% 11th +5.4pp 20th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 16th +5.1pp 21st on par with peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 20th +4.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 27th +4.2pp 23rd 6% below peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 13th +3.8pp 24th 1% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 7th +3.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 2nd +3.1pp 26th 4% above peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 15th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 3rd +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 1st +2.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 4th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 5th +1.6pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.49 then, 0.52 now; margin ±0.07).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.51 to 0.52).
0.52
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 0.48 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 7th -0.036 1st 6% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 8th -0.024 2nd 5% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 19th -0.019 3rd 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 1st -0.014 4th 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 10th -0.013 5th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 0.45 14th -0.010 6th 1% below peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 2nd -0.009 7th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 17th -0.010 8th on par with peers
Merced, CA 0.47 18th -0.008 9th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 10th 19% above peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 26th -0.006 11th 8% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 11th -0.001 12th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 23rd +0.000 13th 5% above peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 21st +0.002 14th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 3rd +0.003 15th 10% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 12th +0.005 16th 3% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 17th 15% above peers
Manteca, CA 0.41 4th +0.008 18th 9% below peers
Troy, MI 0.42 6th +0.009 19th 7% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 9th +0.011 20th 5% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 24th +0.012 21st 7% above peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 16th +0.012 22nd on par with peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 23rd 23% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 27th +0.019 24th 9% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 5th +0.018 25th 7% below peers
San Leandro, CA 0.45 13th +0.020 26th 1% below peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 22nd +0.027 27th 4% above peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 15th +0.027 28th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 20th +0.029 29th 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 25th +0.031 30th 8% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 31st 14% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.06 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 3.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 16.7% to 13.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.0% to 13.2%).
13.2%
20102023
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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
Springdale, AR 6.0% 5th -5.2pp 1st 47% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 17th -4.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 7th -2.6pp 3rd 36% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 20th -3.6pp 4th 16% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.8% 10th -2.0pp 5th 22% below peers
Temple, TX 14.2% 21st -2.3pp 6th 25% above peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 25th -2.0pp 7th 63% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 9th -0.8pp 8th 24% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 15th -1.0pp 9th 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 29th -0.1pp 10th 131% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 19th +0.1pp 11th 16% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 22nd +0.4pp 12th 28% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 12th +0.3pp 13th 15% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 1st +0.2pp 14th 61% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 4th +0.2pp 15th 48% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 11th +0.4pp 16th 21% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 26th +1.0pp 17th 66% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 18th 289% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 18th +1.2pp 19th 10% above peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 27th +2.5pp 20th 76% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 14th +1.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Merced, CA 30.0% 30th +4.9pp 22nd 165% above peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 3rd +0.9pp 23rd 54% below peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 28th +3.6pp 24th 79% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 23rd +2.8pp 25th 29% above peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 13th +2.3pp 26th 10% below peers
San Leandro, CA 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 8th +2.5pp 28th 35% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 6th +3.2pp 29th 47% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 24th +9.4pp 30th 53% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 2nd +3.2pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.6pp 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 →

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $197,471 in June 2026, up from $190,705 a year earlier.
$197,471
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref $228,662 (Jun 26) +3.5%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukegan, IL $247,565 (Jun 26) 27th +7.0% 1st 50% below peers
Lawton, OK $142,204 (Jun 26) 30th +5.6% 2nd 71% below peers
Norwalk, CT $679,881 (Jun 26) 8th +5.0% 3rd 37% above peers
Champaign, IL $241,516 (Jun 26) 28th +4.9% 4th 51% below peers
Springdale, AR $342,727 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.9% 5th 31% below peers
Danbury, CT $496,969 (Jun 26) 15th +3.8% 6th on par with peers
Clifton, NJ $616,096 (Jun 26) 9th +3.6% 7th 24% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $197,471 (Jun 26) 29th +3.5% 8th 60% below peers
Nashua, NH $517,357 (Jun 26) 13th +3.3% 9th 4% above peers
Westminster, CA $1,104,016 (Jun 26) 5th +3.3% 10th 122% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,834,551 (Jun 26) 1st +3.0% 11th 269% above peers
Troy, MI $472,471 (Jun 26) 16th +2.6% 12th 5% below peers
South Gate, CA $701,329 (Jun 26) 7th +2.4% 13th 41% above peers
Bloomington, MN $370,580 (Jun 26) 21st +2.3% 14th 25% below peers
Lawrence, MA $521,895 (Jun 26) 12th +2.2% 15th 5% above peers
Newton, MA $1,564,706 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 16th 215% above peers
Bryan, TX $277,011 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 17th 44% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,698,037 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.8% 18th 242% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,224,499 (Jun 26) 4th +0.8% 19th 146% above peers
Ogden, UT $401,774 (Jun 26) 19th +0.6% 20th 19% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $589,611 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 21st 19% above peers
Hemet, CA $445,921 (Jun 26) 17th -0.1% 22nd 10% below peers
Merced, CA $397,690 (Jun 26) 20th -1.5% 23rd 20% below peers
Indio, CA $513,884 (Jun 26) 14th -1.5% 24th 3% above peers
Trenton, NJ $356,470 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.9% 25th 28% below peers
Temple, TX $249,750 (Jun 26) 26th -2.8% 26th 50% below peers
Germantown, MD $425,701 (Jun 26) 18th -2.8% 27th 14% below peers
San Leandro, CA $815,011 (Jun 26) 6th -3.1% 28th 64% above peers
Manteca, CA $585,227 (Jun 26) 11th -4.2% 29th 18% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,664 (Jun 26) 25th -5.0% 30th 45% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $114,649 in June 2026, up from $109,739 a year earlier.
$114,649
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref $116,846 (Jun 26) +4.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Waukegan, IL $199,539 (Jun 26) 24th +9.9% 1st 42% below peers
Champaign, IL $157,490 (Jun 26) 27th +6.8% 2nd 54% below peers
Lawton, OK $74,294 (Jun 26) 30th +5.6% 3rd 79% below peers
Clifton, NJ $523,401 (Jun 26) 8th +5.2% 4th 51% above peers
Springdale, AR $263,332 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.0% 5th 24% below peers
Norwalk, CT $439,024 (Jun 26) 10th +4.8% 6th 27% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $114,649 (Jun 26) 29th +4.5% 7th 67% below peers
Westminster, CA $934,008 (Jun 26) 4th +3.7% 8th 170% above peers
Nashua, NH $387,942 (Jun 26) 13th +3.5% 9th 12% above peers
Newton, MA $990,781 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 10th 186% above peers
Danbury, CT $340,302 (Jun 26) 17th +3.5% 11th 2% below peers
Troy, MI $342,306 (Jun 26) 16th +3.3% 12th 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA $379,426 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 13th 10% above peers
South Gate, CA $637,011 (Jun 26) 7th +3.0% 14th 84% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,225,066 (Jun 26) 1st +2.9% 15th 254% above peers
Bloomington, MN $272,110 (Jun 26) 21st +2.2% 16th 21% below peers
Bryan, TX $189,999 (Jun 26) 25th +1.1% 17th 45% below peers
Ogden, UT $322,385 (Jun 26) 19th +1.0% 18th 7% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $409,850 (Jun 26) 11th +0.9% 19th 18% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $879,254 (Jun 26) 5th +0.2% 20th 154% above peers
Indio, CA $394,123 (Jun 26) 12th +0.0% 21st 14% above peers
Merced, CA $324,862 (Jun 26) 18th -0.6% 22nd 6% below peers
Hemet, CA $345,970 (Jun 26) 15th -0.9% 23rd on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA $956,112 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.2% 24th 176% above peers
Trenton, NJ $208,402 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.5% 25th 40% below peers
San Leandro, CA $654,632 (Jun 26) 6th -2.9% 26th 89% above peers
Temple, TX $168,706 (Jun 26) 26th -3.5% 27th 51% below peers
Germantown, MD $311,886 (Jun 26) 20th -3.7% 28th 10% below peers
Manteca, CA $481,476 (Jun 26) 9th -4.0% 29th 39% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $124,254 (Jun 26) 28th -11.2% 30th 64% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.6% then, 53.4% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.3% to 53.4%).
53.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 66.4% +0.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manteca, CA 72.4% 3rd +10.6pp 1st 30% above peers
Merced, CA 45.9% 24th +4.6pp 2nd 17% below peers
Springdale, AR 53.4% 19th +4.0pp 3rd 4% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 23rd +3.7pp 4th 10% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 9th +4.4pp 5th 15% above peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 11th +3.8pp 6th 12% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 5th +4.1pp 7th 21% above peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 12th +3.5pp 8th 10% above peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 25th +2.5pp 9th 19% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 20th +2.7pp 10th 4% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 11th 32% below peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 22nd +2.5pp 12th 8% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.1% 14th +2.2pp 13th 4% above peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 27th +1.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 18th +1.4pp 15th 4% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 8th +1.7pp 16th 16% above peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 13th +1.6pp 17th 7% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 15th +1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 10th +0.9pp 19th 14% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 1st -0.0pp 20th 38% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 26th -0.1pp 21st 19% below peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 2nd -0.5pp 22nd 32% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 28th -0.8pp 23rd 28% below peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 7th -1.5pp 24th 18% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 4th -2.0pp 25th 26% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 26th 50% below peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 16th -2.4pp 27th on par with peers
Temple, TX 52.3% 21st -2.3pp 28th 6% below peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 6th -3.5pp 29th 21% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 17th -4.3pp 30th 3% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 ±2.1pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,071 in June 2026, up from $1,017 a year earlier.
$1,071
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
South Gate, CA $2,002 (Jun 26) 17th +9.0% 1st 6% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $3,074 (Jun 26) 4th +7.7% 2nd 44% above peers
Indio, CA $2,616 (Jun 26) 9th +7.2% 3rd 22% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,410 (Jun 26) 27th +5.7% 4th 34% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,071 (Jun 26) 30th +5.2% 5th 50% below peers
Lawton, OK $1,086 (Jun 26) 29th +5.1% 6th 49% below peers
San Leandro, CA $2,468 (Jun 26) 10th +3.6% 7th 15% above peers
Newton, MA $3,685 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 8th 72% above peers
Lawrence, MA $2,347 (Jun 26) 13th +3.1% 9th 10% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,967 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 10th 85% above peers
Clifton, NJ $2,668 (Jun 26) 6th +2.7% 11th 25% above peers
Nashua, NH $2,216 (Jun 26) 14th +2.7% 12th 4% above peers
Merced, CA $1,964 (Jun 26) 18th +2.3% 13th 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,648 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.3% 14th 23% below peers
Bloomington, MN $1,684 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.2% 15th 21% below peers
Norwalk, CT $2,718 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 16th 27% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,629 (Jun 26) 7th +1.7% 17th 23% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,139 (Jun 26) 15th +1.5% 18th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,517 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 19th 64% above peers
Springdale, AR $1,513 (Jun 26) 24th +1.4% 20th 29% below peers
Troy, MI $1,861 (Jun 26) 21st +1.3% 21st 13% below peers
Danbury, CT $2,439 (Jun 26) 12th +1.1% 22nd 14% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,932 (Jun 26) 20th +1.1% 23rd 10% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,440 (Jun 26) 11th +0.7% 24th 14% above peers
Bryan, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 26th +0.5% 25th 33% below peers
Manteca, CA $2,624 (Jun 26) 8th +0.5% 26th 23% above peers
Hemet, CA $1,939 (Jun 26) 19th +0.2% 27th 9% below peers
Ogden, UT $1,310 (Jun 26) 28th +0.1% 28th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD $2,137 (Jun 26) 16th +0.0% 29th on par with peers
Temple, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 25th -0.4% 30th 33% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.1% then, 28.3% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.6% to 28.3%).
28.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 25.7% +0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 11th -5.4pp 1st 13% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 5th -4.0pp 2nd 24% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 25th -5.8pp 3rd 14% above peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 4th 16% above peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 18th -3.4pp 5th 5% above peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 22nd -2.0pp 6th 8% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 28% below peers
Merced, CA 43.4% 24th -0.6pp 8th 10% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 26th -0.6pp 9th 15% above peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 28th -0.5pp 10th 18% above peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 20th -0.4pp 11th 6% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 10th -0.3pp 12th 14% below peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 37% below peers
San Leandro, CA 41.7% 21st +0.4pp 14th 6% above peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 7th +0.4pp 15th 19% below peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 19th +0.8pp 16th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 23rd +1.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 18th 37% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 29th +1.4pp 19th 20% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 8th +1.0pp 20th 17% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 15th +1.2pp 21st 4% below peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 6th +1.0pp 22nd 23% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 16th +1.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Manteca, CA 40.8% 17th +1.7pp 24th 3% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 13th +1.7pp 25th 9% below peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 4th +1.6pp 26th 27% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 27th 22% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 14th +2.8pp 28th 5% below peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 29th 47% below peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 9th +3.4pp 30th 16% below peers
Temple, TX 34.3% 12th +3.9pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.6% then, 7.6% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.0% to 7.6%).
7.6%
20102024
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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
Springdale, AR 3.9% 4th -1.9pp 1st 50% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 2nd 80% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 19th -1.9pp 3rd 7% above peers
Manteca, CA 3.2% 3rd -0.7pp 4th 60% below peers
Merced, CA 8.9% 23rd -1.8pp 5th 14% above peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 30th -3.9pp 6th 158% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 14th -1.0pp 7th 3% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 8th 240% above peers
Temple, TX 6.7% 10th -0.8pp 9th 15% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 10th 43% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 25th -0.6pp 11th 20% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 27th -0.5pp 12th 27% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 17th -0.3pp 13th 1% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 15th -0.3pp 14th 2% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.0pp 15th 64% below peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 5th -0.0pp 16th 49% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 16th -0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 24th -0.0pp 18th 15% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 22nd +0.0pp 19th 13% above peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 9th +0.2pp 20th 17% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 26th +0.4pp 21st 26% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 8th +0.3pp 22nd 18% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 18th +0.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 28th +0.9pp 24th 46% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 13th +0.8pp 25th 4% below peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 7th +0.6pp 26th 42% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 11th +0.9pp 27th 14% below peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 20th +1.7pp 28th 8% above peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 29th 112% above peers
San Leandro, CA 8.9% 21st +1.9pp 30th 13% above peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 12th +2.0pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 100% 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.1% then, 12.6% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.2% to 12.6%).
12.6%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 8.7% +0.4pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 20th -6.3pp 1st 27% above peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 12th -3.7pp 2nd 16% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.1pp 3rd 61% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.9% 19th -3.1pp 4th 22% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 4th -1.0pp 5th 57% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.0% 13th -1.8pp 6th 13% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 16th -1.8pp 7th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 17th -1.8pp 8th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 8th -1.2pp 9th 32% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 23rd -2.3pp 10th 57% above peers
Lawton, OK 10.9% 21st -1.3pp 11th 35% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 29th -1.8pp 12th 106% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.6% 26th -1.4pp 13th 80% above peers
Bryan, TX 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 14th 102% above peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 10th -0.5pp 15th 23% below peers
Manteca, CA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 16th 49% below peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 11th -0.3pp 17th 22% below peers
San Leandro, CA 5.1% 6th -0.2pp 18th 37% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.4% 24th -0.0pp 19th 65% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.7% 27th -0.0pp 20th 93% above peers
Merced, CA 7.5% 14th +0.1pp 21st 7% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 2nd +0.0pp 22nd 66% below peers
Trenton, NJ 17.2% 30th +0.2pp 23rd 112% above peers
Newton, MA 1.2% 1st +0.0pp 24th 85% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.6% 22nd +0.5pp 25th 55% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.5% 9th +0.5pp 26th 32% below peers
Temple, TX 13.6% 25th +1.8pp 27th 68% above peers
Indio, CA 9.0% 18th +1.2pp 28th 11% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.3% 7th +0.8pp 29th 35% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.8% 31st +3.3pp 30th 156% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 15th +1.9pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.4%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 38.3%
United States ref 33.4%
San Leandro, CA 20.3% 1st 36% below peers
Newton, MA 20.4% 2nd 35% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 3rd 28% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 4th 27% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 5th 24% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 6th 21% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 7th 21% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 8th 21% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 9th 16% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 10th 14% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 11th 13% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 12th 10% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 13th 4% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 14th 2% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 15th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 17th 3% above peers
Manteca, CA 33.9% 18th 7% above peers
Merced, CA 34.4% 19th 9% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 20th 11% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 21st 16% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 22nd 17% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 23rd 18% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 24th 19% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 25th 21% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 26th 21% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 27th 22% above peers
Temple, TX 38.7% 28th 22% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 29th 25% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 35% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 31st 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.9% to 9.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.0% to 9.9%).
9.9%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 6.0% +1.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 20th -17.1pp 1st 29% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 19th -5.2pp 2nd 24% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 5th -2.0pp 3rd 49% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 4th -1.7pp 4th 52% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 3rd -1.4pp 5th 60% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 16th -2.3pp 6th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 15th -2.1pp 7th 5% below peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 14th -1.9pp 8th 5% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 13th -1.0pp 9th 14% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 18th -1.2pp 10th 23% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 17th -0.9pp 11th 18% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 7th -0.4pp 12th 42% below peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 28th -1.2pp 13th 129% above peers
Manteca, CA 1.4% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 69% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 21st -0.3pp 15th 32% above peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 25th -0.2pp 16th 105% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 30th -0.3pp 17th 200% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 29th +0.2pp 18th 158% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 10th +0.3pp 19th 29% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 6th +0.3pp 20th 48% below peers
Merced, CA 3.4% 11th +0.5pp 21st 23% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +2.4pp 22nd 210% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 8th +0.5pp 23rd 37% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 23rd +1.9pp 24th 80% above peers
San Leandro, CA 2.8% 9th +0.9pp 25th 36% below peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 12th +1.4pp 26th 20% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 27th +4.0pp 27th 127% above peers
Temple, TX 8.4% 24th +3.7pp 28th 92% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 1st +0.4pp 29th 80% below peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 26th +5.5pp 30th 124% above peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 22nd +5.1pp 31st 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
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College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.8% then, 23.9% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.7% to 23.9%).
23.9%
20102024
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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
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 28th +6.0pp 1st 45% below peers
Hemet, CA 15.5% 30th +4.4pp 2nd 49% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 29th +4.0pp 3rd 47% below peers
Manteca, CA 21.7% 24th +5.0pp 4th 29% below peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 19th +5.1pp 5th 15% below peers
Merced, CA 20.2% 27th +3.7pp 6th 34% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 25th +3.5pp 7th 31% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 31st +1.8pp 8th 63% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 26th +3.3pp 9th 33% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 21st +3.9pp 10th 21% below peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 8th +6.8pp 11th 64% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 9th +6.1pp 12th 56% above peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 12th +5.1pp 13th 35% above peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 17th +3.5pp 14th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 10th +4.2pp 15th 51% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 22nd +2.0pp 16th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 13th +2.9pp 17th 16% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 18th +2.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 14th +2.2pp 19th 11% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 3rd +4.0pp 20th 112% above peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 4th +3.2pp 21st 73% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 5th +3.0pp 22nd 70% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 23rd +1.3pp 23rd 26% below peers
Temple, TX 30.6% 16th +1.7pp 24th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 6th +2.7pp 25th 70% above peers
San Leandro, CA 33.3% 15th +1.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 27th 131% above peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 11th +1.4pp 28th 46% above peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 29th 166% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 7th +0.3pp 30th 65% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 20th -1.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
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Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.4% then, 43.6% now; margin ±11.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.7% to 43.5%).
43.6%
20112024
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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%
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 6th +23.0pp 1st 40% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 4th +17.0pp 2nd 53% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 22nd +6.9pp 3rd 13% below peers
Temple, TX 40.2% 18th +5.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 10th +4.6pp 5th 26% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 5th +4.5pp 6th 44% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 7th 77% above peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 16th +1.7pp 8th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 17th +0.9pp 9th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 7th +1.0pp 10th 36% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 11th -0.2pp 11th 19% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 15th -1.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 2nd -5.0pp 13th 69% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 28th -5.2pp 14th 31% below peers
San Leandro, CA 50.6% 13th -10.0pp 15th 19% above peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 21st -7.4pp 16th 12% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 3rd -13.5pp 17th 57% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 8th -13.3pp 18th 32% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 12th -13.1pp 19th 19% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 9th -14.6pp 20th 30% above peers
Manteca, CA 31.2% 27th -12.5pp 21st 27% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 26th -13.1pp 22nd 25% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 20th -19.0pp 23rd 9% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 30th -11.4pp 24th 47% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 29th -15.0pp 25th 32% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 19th -20.5pp 26th 8% below peers
Merced, CA 36.2% 23rd -19.4pp 27th 15% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 14th -25.8pp 28th 3% above peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 31st -16.3pp 29th 50% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 24th -29.0pp 30th 15% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 25th -31.7pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.6% then, 13.7% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.8% to 13.7%).
13.7%
20102024
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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
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 4th -5.1pp 1st 74% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 3rd -2.2pp 2nd 81% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 2nd -1.5pp 3rd 86% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 7th -3.1pp 4th 63% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 5th 91% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 16th -5.8pp 6th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 6th -1.9pp 7th 66% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 25th -4.0pp 8th 45% above peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 11th -0.4pp 9th 32% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 15th +0.4pp 10th 8% below peers
Manteca, CA 8.0% 17th +0.4pp 11th 2% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 5th +0.1pp 12th 67% below peers
Merced, CA 11.9% 26th +0.8pp 13th 51% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 19th +0.6pp 14th 15% above peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 21st +1.0pp 15th 19% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 16th 74% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 29th +3.0pp 17th 73% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 18th +2.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 9th +1.4pp 19th 39% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 20th +2.9pp 20th 16% above peers
Temple, TX 6.5% 14th +2.6pp 21st 18% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 10th +2.1pp 22nd 35% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 24th +4.9pp 23rd 40% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 8th +2.0pp 24th 45% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 27th +5.7pp 25th 54% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 22nd +5.0pp 26th 31% above peers
San Leandro, CA 10.9% 23rd +5.9pp 27th 39% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 12th +3.3pp 28th 27% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 13th +3.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 30th 62% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 98% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87,743 to 89,805 - more than the combined survey margin (±83). 21 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (87,193 to 89,805).
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Temple, TX 89,602 16th +20% 1st on par with peers
Manteca, CA 89,043 20th +13% 2nd 1% below peers
Merced, CA 91,953 4th +11% 3rd 3% above peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 22nd +11% 4th 1% below peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 24th +11% 5th 2% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 25th +10% 6th 2% below peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 12th +8% 7th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 7th +8% 8th 2% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 21st +6% 9th 1% below peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 17th +5% 10th on par with peers
Troy, MI 87,898 27th +5% 11th 2% below peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 26th +5% 12th 2% below peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 2nd +4% 13th 3% above peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 23rd +4% 14th 1% below peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 31st +3% 15th 3% below peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 8th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Indio, CA 91,950 5th +3% 17th 3% above peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 13th +3% 18th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 15th +2% 19th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 18th +2% 20th 1% below peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 1st +2% 21st 3% above peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 30th +1% 22nd 2% below peers
Newton, MA 89,044 19th +1% 23rd 1% below peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 10th +0% 24th 1% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 9th -0% 25th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 14th -1% 26th on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 87,826 28th -2% 27th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 6th -3% 28th 2% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 3rd -4% 29th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 11th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 29th -4% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.2% then, 23.8% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.4% to 23.8%).
23.8%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 22.8% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Indio, CA 24.8% 7th +2.4pp 1st 17% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 20th +1.1pp 2nd 4% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 3rd +1.3pp 3rd 31% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 28th +0.8pp 4th 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 19th +0.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Merced, CA 29.9% 1st +0.4pp 6th 41% above peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 21st +0.1pp 7th 6% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 5th +0.0pp 8th 24% above peers
Temple, TX 26.6% 4th -0.2pp 9th 26% above peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 22nd -0.2pp 10th 7% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 8th -0.4pp 11th 12% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 27th -0.3pp 12th 16% below peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 23rd -0.5pp 13th 8% below peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 11th -0.7pp 14th 9% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 2nd -0.9pp 15th 40% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 30th -0.6pp 16th 25% below peers
Manteca, CA 25.2% 6th -1.0pp 17th 19% above peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 17th -0.9pp 18th 3% below peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 25th -0.8pp 19th 12% below peers
San Leandro, CA 18.1% 26th -1.0pp 20th 15% below peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 18th -1.1pp 21st 3% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 9th -1.5pp 22nd 10% above peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 24th -1.3pp 23rd 11% below peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 16th -1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 35% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 12th -2.8pp 26th 8% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 10th -3.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 14th -3.6pp 28th 7% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 29th -2.9pp 29th 25% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 15th -4.4pp 30th 7% above peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 13th -5.4pp 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.3% then, 32.6% now; margin ±5.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.2% to 32.6%).
32.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 32.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 10th +6.8pp 1st 18% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 23rd +4.4pp 2nd 20% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 8th +6.6pp 3rd 20% above peers
Manteca, CA 30.9% 17th +4.9pp 4th 5% below peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 4th +6.7pp 5th 45% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 5th +5.1pp 6th 42% above peers
Merced, CA 48.8% 3rd +3.9pp 7th 50% above peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 8th 97% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 2nd +3.5pp 9th 91% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 29th +0.6pp 10th 65% below peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 12th +1.7pp 11th 14% above peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 19th +0.8pp 12th 7% below peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 21st +0.5pp 13th 12% below peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 6th +0.7pp 14th 24% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 15th +0.5pp 15th 1% above peers
Temple, TX 34.6% 13th +0.5pp 16th 6% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 14th +0.1pp 17th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 26th -0.1pp 18th 29% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 24th -0.2pp 19th 24% below peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 18th -1.5pp 20th 7% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 9th -2.8pp 21st 19% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 11th -4.0pp 22nd 14% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 16th -4.7pp 23rd on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 23.6% 25th -3.9pp 24th 27% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 7th -7.2pp 25th 21% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 22nd -5.4pp 26th 14% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 20th -6.8pp 27th 10% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 28th 68% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 27th -7.6pp 29th 38% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 28th -7.1pp 30th 43% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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6 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.2% then, 66.9% now; margin ±13.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 9.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.3% to 66.9%).
66.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Arkansas ref 65.7% +0.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 25% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 21% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 10th +14.0pp 3rd 8% above peers
Merced, CA 64.6% 21st +10.6pp 4th 7% below peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 6th +9.7pp 5th 11% above peers
Manteca, CA 59.7% 29th +5.8pp 6th 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 28th +5.0pp 7th 12% below peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 5th +6.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 15th +5.1pp 9th 1% above peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 10th 16% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 16th +4.4pp 11th on par with peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 31st +3.6pp 12th 16% below peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 24th +3.6pp 13th 7% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 9th +3.5pp 14th 8% above peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 20th +2.9pp 15th 5% below peers
Temple, TX 61.5% 27th +2.4pp 16th 11% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 19th +2.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 8th +2.7pp 18th 9% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 12th +1.8pp 19th 6% above peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 23rd +1.3pp 20th 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 13th +1.2pp 21st 3% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 18th +0.7pp 22nd 4% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 23rd 13% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 14th -1.6pp 24th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 25th -1.8pp 25th 10% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 17th -3.4pp 26th 1% below peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 11th -4.4pp 27th 6% above peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 7th -5.0pp 28th 10% above peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 22nd -5.4pp 29th 7% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 26th -9.1pp 30th 11% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.5% 30th -14.5pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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6 of 23 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 ±10.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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