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Bakersfield, CA

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422,165 people (2025) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Bakersfield, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$80,540
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
$63,139 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
23.6%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
21.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.1%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
87.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,266 /100k
Aug 2026
▲ 7%
relative change
2,111 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
469 /100k
Aug 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
504 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.9%
Jul 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
7.4% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
60.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
59.0% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
7.4%
2020-24
flat
relative change
7.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
19 homicides
12 mo to Aug 2026
▼ 34%
relative change
29 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.45
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Bakersfield, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.8%
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
2.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.4%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
6.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
18.0%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
15.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
29.3%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
34.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.0%
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
7.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
498 /100k
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
480 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.3%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
17.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
22.0%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
23.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.7%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
38.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
411,986
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
377,917 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,901
Sep 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,843 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
29.2%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
29.9% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
62.4%
2020-24
low
vs peers
64.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 2% higher than in 2021 (492 then, 500 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 837 in 2024 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 498 in August 2026, up from 480 a year earlier.
Needs attention 498 per 100k
2018August 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Arlington, TX 355 (Aug 26) -19.8% 1st
Cleveland, OH 1,310 (Aug 26) -17.9% 2nd
Long Beach, CA 687 (Aug 26) -15.9% 3rd
Miami, FL 310 (Aug 26) -15.3% 4th
Aurora, CO 705 (Aug 26) -14.9% 5th
Henderson, NV 206 (Aug 26) -12.8% 6th
Raleigh, NC 388 (Aug 26) -11.4% 7th
Urban Honolulu, HI 186 (Aug 26) -8.1% 8th
Kansas City, MO 1,321 (Aug 26) -7.6% 9th
Tulsa, OK 839 (Apr 26) -7.4% 10th
Minneapolis, MN 1,028 (Aug 26) -3.2% 11th
Colorado Springs, CO 677 (Aug 26) -2.8% 12th
Omaha, NE 349 (Aug 26) -2.8% 13th
Mesa, AZ 436 (Aug 26) -1.4% 14th
Anaheim, CA 540 (Aug 26) +2.7% 15th
Bakersfield, CA 498 (Aug 26) +3.8% 16th
Virginia Beach, VA 111 (Aug 26) +25.8% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arlington, TX down about 20% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tucson, AZ down about 19% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 4% a year · 2021-2026
  • Miami, FL down about 15% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 8% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime rose about 7% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. Bakersfield started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,266 in August 2026, up from 2,111 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,266 per 100k
2018August 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Kansas City, MO 3,275 (Aug 26) -22.4% 1st
Cleveland, OH 3,881 (Aug 26) -20.1% 2nd
Long Beach, CA 2,306 (Aug 26) -18.5% 3rd
Arlington, TX 1,785 (Aug 26) -18.4% 4th
Urban Honolulu, HI 1,354 (Aug 26) -16.8% 5th
Mesa, AZ 1,159 (Aug 26) -16.2% 6th
Raleigh, NC 2,113 (Aug 26) -16.1% 7th
Miami, FL 2,201 (Aug 26) -15.2% 8th
Aurora, CO 2,330 (Aug 26) -13.7% 9th
Omaha, NE 2,600 (Aug 26) -12.5% 10th
Virginia Beach, VA 1,397 (Aug 26) -11.9% 11th
Anaheim, CA 1,706 (Aug 26) -10.1% 12th
Colorado Springs, CO 2,999 (Aug 26) -8.7% 13th
Henderson, NV 1,413 (Aug 26) -7.1% 14th
Tulsa, OK 3,284 (Apr 26) -6.7% 15th
Minneapolis, MN 4,731 (Aug 26) -1.0% 16th
Bakersfield, CA 2,266 (Aug 26) +7.3% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Tucson, AZ down about 27% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lubbock, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • San Francisco, CA down about 16% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 34% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. Bakersfield started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 19 homicides in the 12 months ending August 2026, down from 29 in the prior 12 months. That is 4 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 19 homicides
2018August 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Henderson, NV 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 1st
Arlington, TX 2 (Aug 26) -55.6% 2nd
Aurora, CO 5 (Aug 26) -42.9% 3rd
Raleigh, NC 3 (Aug 26) -37.6% 4th
Miami, FL 3 (Aug 26) -34.9% 5th
Bakersfield, CA 4 (Aug 26) -34.5% 6th
Colorado Springs, CO 3 (Aug 26) -31.9% 7th
Anaheim, CA 2 (Aug 26) -27.2% 8th
Minneapolis, MN 12 (Aug 26) -25.4% 9th
Tulsa, OK 6 (Apr 26) -21.8% 10th
Kansas City, MO 22 (Aug 26) -19.4% 11th
Virginia Beach, VA 3 (Aug 26) -14.6% 12th
Mesa, AZ 3 (Aug 26) -11.1% 13th
Long Beach, CA 6 (Aug 26) -7.2% 14th
New Orleans, LA 28 (Aug 26) -4.8% 15th
Omaha, NE 4 (Aug 26) -4.4% 16th
Cleveland, OH 27 (Aug 26) -3.0% 17th
Urban Honolulu, HI 2 (Aug 26) +46.6% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Newark, NJ down about 39% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Columbus, OH down about 30% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Detroit, MI down about 25% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 7% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. Bakersfield 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 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 469 in August 2026, down from 504 a year earlier.
Bright spot 469 per 100k
2018August 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Colorado Springs, CO 294 (Aug 26) -45.0% 1st
Aurora, CO 370 (Aug 26) -42.4% 2nd
Kansas City, MO 843 (Aug 26) -36.8% 3rd
Arlington, TX 180 (Aug 26) -35.2% 4th
Miami, FL 196 (Aug 26) -34.3% 5th
Henderson, NV 196 (Aug 26) -33.5% 6th
Omaha, NE 365 (Aug 26) -30.4% 7th
Raleigh, NC 269 (Aug 26) -27.2% 8th
Cleveland, OH 781 (Aug 26) -27.2% 9th
Mesa, AZ 131 (Aug 26) -25.3% 10th
Virginia Beach, VA 85 (Aug 26) -18.8% 11th
Long Beach, CA 610 (Aug 26) -18.2% 12th
Anaheim, CA 249 (Aug 26) -16.7% 13th
Tulsa, OK 386 (Apr 26) -11.0% 14th
Bakersfield, CA 469 (Aug 26) -6.8% 15th
Urban Honolulu, HI 239 (Aug 26) -5.1% 16th
Minneapolis, MN 1,247 (Aug 26) -2.6% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Aurora, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Denver, CO down about 33% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 21% a year · 2021-2026
  • San Francisco, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 28% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $63,139 to $80,540 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,341).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bakersfield started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 42% from 2014 to 2024 ($56,842 to $80,540).
Bright spot $80,540
20102024
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▸ Compare all 21 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
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Miami, FL $62,462 18th +60% 1st 23% below peers
Mesa, AZ $82,752 10th +42% 2nd 2% above peers
Tampa, FL $75,475 13th +40% 3rd 7% below peers
Long Beach, CA $87,430 6th +39% 4th 8% above peers
Oakland, CA $101,600 1st +38% 5th 26% above peers
New Orleans, LA $56,631 20th +36% 6th 30% below peers
Aurora, CO $88,368 5th +36% 7th 9% above peers
Anaheim, CA $95,227 2nd +33% 8th 18% above peers
Cleveland, OH $40,801 21st +32% 9th 50% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $84,818 9th +31% 10th 5% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $80,846 11th +29% 11th on par with peers
Kansas City, MO $69,166 16th +28% 12th 14% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $80,540 12th +28% 13th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC $85,395 8th +27% 14th 6% above peers
Tulsa, OK $59,838 19th +26% 15th 26% below peers
Arlington, TX $75,171 14th +24% 16th 7% below peers
Wichita, KS $64,620 17th +23% 17th 20% below peers
Omaha, NE $73,201 15th +22% 18th 9% below peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 4th +22% 19th 11% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA $92,968 3rd +21% 20th 15% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $86,504 7th +21% 21st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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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59 of 94 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 (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Stockton, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Atlanta, GA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,119 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.9% in July 2026, down from 7.4% a year earlier.
Bright spot 6.9%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.0% (2024)
Cleveland, OH 3.8% (Jul 26) 6th -1.5pp 1st 17% below peers
Long Beach, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 17th -0.9pp 2nd 11% above peers
Kansas City, MO 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 3rd 20% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 6.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 4th 50% above peers
Miami, FL 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 5th 52% below peers
Oakland, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 15th -0.4pp 6th 7% above peers
New Orleans, LA 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 7th 11% above peers
Omaha, NE 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 8th 28% below peers
Raleigh, NC 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 9th 28% below peers
Henderson, NV 5.5% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 10th 20% above peers
Anaheim, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Wichita, KS 4.7% (Jul 26) 12th -0.1pp 12th 2% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th +0.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Aurora, CO 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 14th 4% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th +0.4pp 15th 24% below peers
Arlington, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Mesa, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th +0.6pp 18th 4% below peers
Tampa, FL 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 19th 7% above peers
Tulsa, OK 4.8% (Jul 26) 14th +1.3pp 20th 4% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.4% then, 16.3% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.2% to 16.3%).
Needs attention 16.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 21 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
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Mesa, AZ 10.3% 4th -4.5pp 1st 23% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.1% 3rd -2.6pp 2nd 33% below peers
Oakland, CA 13.4% 10th -3.4pp 3rd 1% below peers
Miami, FL 19.4% 19th -4.0pp 4th 43% above peers
Tampa, FL 15.4% 14th -3.2pp 5th 14% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 16.0% 16th -3.2pp 6th 18% above peers
Anaheim, CA 12.4% 8th -2.4pp 7th 8% below peers
Long Beach, CA 14.8% 13th -2.0pp 8th 10% above peers
Arlington, TX 12.9% 9th -1.7pp 9th 5% below peers
Kansas City, MO 14.7% 12th -1.5pp 10th 9% above peers
Cleveland, OH 30.6% 21st -2.1pp 11th 127% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.3% 17th -1.1pp 12th 21% above peers
Raleigh, NC 11.9% 5th -0.7pp 13th 12% below peers
New Orleans, LA 22.6% 20th -1.0pp 14th 67% above peers
Tulsa, OK 18.7% 18th -0.7pp 15th 39% above peers
Wichita, KS 15.9% 15th +0.0pp 16th 18% above peers
Omaha, NE 13.5% 11th +0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Aurora, CO 11.9% 7th +1.2pp 18th 12% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 11.9% 6th +1.3pp 19th 12% below peers
Henderson, NV 9.0% 2nd +1.0pp 20th 34% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 8.6% 1st +1.3pp 21st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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59 of 94 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Laredo, TX down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Atlanta, GA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.2% then, 22.0% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.9% to 22.0%).
Needs attention 22.0%
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
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Mesa, AZ 13.4% 4th -8.8pp 1st 25% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 10.2% 1st -5.6pp 2nd 43% below peers
Oakland, CA 16.6% 8th -8.2pp 3rd 7% below peers
Anaheim, CA 15.3% 6th -6.9pp 4th 14% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 17.9% 11th -7.6pp 5th on par with peers
Tampa, FL 19.2% 14th -7.3pp 6th 7% above peers
Long Beach, CA 18.6% 13th -5.7pp 7th 4% above peers
Miami, FL 25.2% 18th -6.6pp 8th 41% above peers
Arlington, TX 17.7% 10th -4.4pp 9th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 20.3% 15th -3.9pp 10th 14% above peers
Raleigh, NC 16.0% 7th -1.8pp 11th 11% below peers
Omaha, NE 17.2% 9th -1.5pp 12th 4% below peers
Tulsa, OK 27.4% 19th -2.4pp 13th 53% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 21st -3.3pp 14th 151% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 22.0% 17th -1.2pp 15th 23% above peers
New Orleans, LA 32.5% 20th -1.7pp 16th 82% above peers
Wichita, KS 21.8% 16th -0.2pp 17th 22% above peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 2nd +1.1pp 18th 40% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 11.4% 3rd +1.3pp 19th 36% below peers
Aurora, CO 18.1% 12th +3.1pp 20th 1% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 14.9% 5th +2.8pp 21st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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 (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Santa Ana, CA down 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.3% to 94.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bakersfield started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (82.0% to 94.1%).
Bright spot 94.1%
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
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Miami, FL 83.7% 21st +17.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Cleveland, OH 84.8% 20th +16.1pp 2nd 8% below peers
New Orleans, LA 86.6% 19th +13.1pp 3rd 6% below peers
Wichita, KS 91.6% 13th +10.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 90.5% 16th +8.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Oakland, CA 91.7% 12th +8.7pp 6th 1% below peers
Long Beach, CA 93.4% 8th +8.8pp 7th 1% above peers
Tulsa, OK 89.8% 17th +8.2pp 8th 3% below peers
Tampa, FL 93.6% 7th +8.3pp 9th 1% above peers
Omaha, NE 91.6% 14th +7.1pp 10th 1% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 90.9% 15th +7.0pp 11th 2% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 94.1% 5th +6.8pp 12th 2% above peers
Arlington, TX 92.4% 11th +6.6pp 13th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 93.3% 9th +6.4pp 14th 1% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 89.3% 18th +5.9pp 15th 3% below peers
Aurora, CO 93.7% 6th +6.1pp 16th 1% above peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 1st +5.7pp 17th 3% above peers
Raleigh, NC 94.7% 2nd +4.6pp 18th 2% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 94.5% 4th +4.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 94.6% 3rd +4.0pp 20th 2% above peers
Anaheim, CA 93.1% 10th +3.7pp 21st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Durham, NC up 6.7pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 61% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 65% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ up 6.4pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
45% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Bright spot 0.45
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Mesa, AZ 0.43 2nd -0.017 1st 9% below peers
New Orleans, LA 0.55 20th -0.017 2nd 17% above peers
Tulsa, OK 0.51 16th -0.012 3rd 7% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 0.43 3rd -0.009 4th 8% below peers
Miami, FL 0.56 21st -0.009 5th 17% above peers
Long Beach, CA 0.46 9th -0.005 6th 2% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 0.45 7th -0.005 7th 5% below peers
Cleveland, OH 0.51 17th -0.005 8th 8% above peers
Kansas City, MO 0.47 10th -0.003 9th 1% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 0.50 15th -0.003 10th 4% above peers
Oakland, CA 0.51 18th -0.000 11th 8% above peers
Tampa, FL 0.54 19th +0.001 12th 15% above peers
Arlington, TX 0.44 5th +0.005 13th 8% below peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 8th +0.006 14th 2% below peers
Wichita, KS 0.47 11th +0.009 15th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 0.48 12th +0.011 16th 2% above peers
Omaha, NE 0.49 14th +0.015 17th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA 0.45 6th +0.015 18th 6% below peers
Raleigh, NC 0.48 13th +0.018 19th 2% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 0.44 4th +0.019 20th 8% below peers
Aurora, CO 0.43 1st +0.020 21st 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.4% to 18.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
45% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.4% to 18.1%).
Needs attention 18.0%
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
California ref 12.4% +3.5pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Mesa, AZ 8.0% 3rd -1.6pp 1st 28% below peers
Miami, FL 25.4% 20th -4.8pp 2nd 128% above peers
Tampa, FL 15.5% 16th -2.8pp 3rd 39% above peers
Kansas City, MO 10.4% 6th -1.8pp 4th 7% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 12.5% 12th -1.4pp 5th 12% above peers
Cleveland, OH 30.3% 21st -3.1pp 6th 172% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.8% 5th -0.9pp 7th 12% below peers
Wichita, KS 10.9% 10th -0.9pp 8th 2% below peers
Arlington, TX 10.4% 7th -0.6pp 9th 7% below peers
Omaha, NE 10.6% 8th -0.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Raleigh, NC 8.4% 4th +0.3pp 11th 24% below peers
New Orleans, LA 18.5% 19th +1.2pp 12th 66% above peers
Tulsa, OK 16.0% 17th +1.2pp 13th 43% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.6% 1st +0.7pp 14th 41% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 10.7% 9th +1.3pp 15th 4% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 18.1% 18th +2.6pp 16th 62% above peers
Aurora, CO 11.1% 11th +2.2pp 17th on par with peers
Henderson, NV 7.8% 2nd +1.7pp 18th 30% below peers
Long Beach, CA 14.6% 13th +3.9pp 19th 31% above peers
Anaheim, CA 15.1% 14th +4.4pp 20th 36% above peers
Oakland, CA 15.3% 15th +5.5pp 21st 38% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami, FL down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Orlando, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $385,686 in September 2026, up from $385,503 a year earlier.
$385,686
2000September 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $761,538 (Sep 26) +0.6%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
Virginia Beach, VA $424,785 (Sep 26) 10th +3.1% 1st on par with peers
Anaheim, CA $941,684 (Sep 26) 1st +3.1% 2nd 122% above peers
Tulsa, OK $217,760 (Sep 26) 19th +2.8% 3rd 49% below peers
Long Beach, CA $852,391 (Sep 26) 2nd +2.4% 4th 101% above peers
Wichita, KS $204,831 (Sep 26) 20th +2.3% 5th 52% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $774,710 (Sep 26) 3rd +2.3% 6th 82% above peers
Omaha, NE $294,607 (Sep 26) 16th +2.3% 7th 31% below peers
Kansas City, MO $250,185 (Sep 26) 17th +1.9% 8th 41% below peers
Miami, FL $583,705 (Sep 26) 5th +1.4% 9th 37% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $328,351 (Sep 26) 14th +0.7% 10th 23% below peers
Oakland, CA $710,647 (Sep 26) 4th +0.6% 11th 67% above peers
Tampa, FL $375,619 (Sep 26) 13th +0.4% 12th 12% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $385,686 (Sep 26) 12th +0.0% 13th 9% below peers
Arlington, TX $306,472 (Sep 26) 15th -0.5% 14th 28% below peers
Mesa, AZ $428,871 (Sep 26) 9th -0.7% 15th 1% above peers
Cleveland, OH $115,810 (Sep 26) 21st -0.8% 16th 73% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $439,542 (Sep 26) 8th -1.5% 17th 4% above peers
New Orleans, LA $241,895 (Sep 26) 18th -1.5% 18th 43% below peers
Raleigh, NC $424,663 (Sep 26) 11th -1.7% 19th on par with peers
Henderson, NV $478,064 (Sep 26) 6th -2.3% 20th 13% above peers
Aurora, CO $447,833 (Sep 26) 7th -2.6% 21st 5% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending September 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $286,344 in September 2026, down from $286,888 a year earlier.
$286,344
2000September 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $464,407 (Sep 26) +0.2%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Virginia Beach, VA $305,145 (Sep 26) 10th +4.0% 1st 5% above peers
Wichita, KS $121,769 (Sep 26) 20th +2.3% 2nd 58% below peers
Anaheim, CA $756,854 (Sep 26) 1st +2.3% 3rd 160% above peers
Tulsa, OK $126,210 (Sep 26) 19th +2.1% 4th 57% below peers
Omaha, NE $198,623 (Sep 26) 16th +2.0% 5th 32% below peers
Cleveland, OH $69,081 (Sep 26) 21st +1.3% 6th 76% below peers
Kansas City, MO $133,126 (Sep 26) 18th +1.3% 7th 54% below peers
Tampa, FL $239,812 (Sep 26) 14th +0.8% 8th 18% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $217,372 (Sep 26) 15th +0.7% 9th 25% below peers
New Orleans, LA $144,153 (Sep 26) 17th +0.6% 10th 50% below peers
Long Beach, CA $576,872 (Sep 26) 2nd +0.6% 11th 98% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $286,344 (Sep 26) 12th -0.2% 12th 2% below peers
Arlington, TX $243,944 (Sep 26) 13th -0.2% 13th 16% below peers
Miami, FL $352,706 (Sep 26) 6th -1.0% 14th 21% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $377,036 (Sep 26) 4th -1.2% 15th 29% above peers
Oakland, CA $466,853 (Sep 26) 3rd -1.3% 16th 60% above peers
Mesa, AZ $322,538 (Sep 26) 8th -1.4% 17th 11% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $328,452 (Sep 26) 7th -1.7% 18th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV $353,927 (Sep 26) 5th -2.5% 19th 22% above peers
Raleigh, NC $291,187 (Sep 26) 11th -3.1% 20th on par with peers
Aurora, CO $320,478 (Sep 26) 9th -4.1% 21st 10% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59.0% to 60.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
65% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 5% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.9% to 60.6%).
Bright spot 60.6%
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
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Urban Honolulu, HI 48.9% 15th +4.2pp 1st 6% below peers
New Orleans, LA 51.2% 12th +2.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Mesa, AZ 64.4% 3rd +3.3pp 3rd 24% above peers
Aurora, CO 62.4% 4th +2.5pp 4th 20% above peers
Miami, FL 30.8% 21st +1.2pp 5th 41% below peers
Kansas City, MO 55.4% 9th +2.1pp 6th 7% above peers
Oakland, CA 42.3% 18th +1.6pp 7th 18% below peers
Tampa, FL 50.3% 14th +1.8pp 8th 3% below peers
Long Beach, CA 41.2% 20th +1.3pp 9th 21% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 1st +2.0pp 10th 27% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 60.9% 5th +1.8pp 11th 17% above peers
Anaheim, CA 46.2% 17th +1.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 60.6% 6th +1.5pp 13th 17% above peers
Tulsa, OK 51.9% 11th +1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Virginia Beach, VA 65.2% 2nd +1.4pp 15th 25% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 47.7% 16th +0.5pp 16th 8% below peers
Cleveland, OH 41.7% 19th +0.2pp 17th 20% below peers
Wichita, KS 58.9% 7th +0.1pp 18th 13% above peers
Raleigh, NC 50.8% 13th -0.8pp 19th 2% below peers
Arlington, TX 54.3% 10th -0.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Omaha, NE 57.4% 8th -1.3pp 21st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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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Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,901 in September 2026, up from $1,843 a year earlier.
Big move $1,901
2015September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Oakland, CA $2,758 (Sep 26) 2nd +10.8% 1st 58% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA $2,098 (Sep 26) 6th +7.8% 2nd 20% above peers
Wichita, KS $1,159 (Sep 26) 21st +4.4% 3rd 33% below peers
Cleveland, OH $1,359 (Sep 26) 19th +4.3% 4th 22% below peers
Kansas City, MO $1,446 (Sep 26) 17th +4.3% 5th 17% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $2,715 (Sep 26) 4th +4.2% 6th 56% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $1,747 (Sep 26) 10th +3.2% 7th on par with peers
Bakersfield, CA $1,901 (Sep 26) 8th +3.1% 8th 9% above peers
Tulsa, OK $1,273 (Sep 26) 20th +3.1% 9th 27% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $1,717 (Sep 26) 12th +2.6% 10th 1% below peers
Anaheim, CA $2,755 (Sep 26) 3rd +2.6% 11th 58% above peers
Long Beach, CA $2,412 (Sep 26) 5th +2.4% 12th 38% above peers
New Orleans, LA $1,633 (Sep 26) 13th +2.0% 13th 6% below peers
Omaha, NE $1,389 (Sep 26) 18th +1.8% 14th 20% below peers
Miami, FL $2,965 (Sep 26) 1st +1.3% 15th 70% above peers
Raleigh, NC $1,572 (Sep 26) 14th +1.3% 16th 10% below peers
Arlington, TX $1,468 (Sep 26) 16th +0.8% 17th 16% below peers
Henderson, NV $1,783 (Sep 26) 9th +0.7% 18th 2% above peers
Mesa, AZ $1,532 (Sep 26) 15th -0.2% 19th 12% below peers
Tampa, FL $1,930 (Sep 26) 7th -0.7% 20th 11% above peers
Aurora, CO $1,742 (Sep 26) 11th -1.2% 21st on par with peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.7% then, 39.7% now; margin ±1.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.2% to 39.7%).
Needs attention 39.7%
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
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Miami, FL 54.7% 21st -1.6pp 1st 38% above peers
Wichita, KS 28.1% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 29% below peers
Long Beach, CA 45.7% 19th -0.8pp 3rd 15% above peers
New Orleans, LA 45.3% 18th -0.8pp 4th 14% above peers
Oakland, CA 43.1% 16th -0.6pp 5th 9% above peers
Anaheim, CA 47.3% 20th -0.3pp 6th 20% above peers
Cleveland, OH 40.7% 14th +0.2pp 7th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 43.6% 17th +0.4pp 8th 10% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.1% 7th +0.4pp 9th 11% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.2% 3rd +0.4pp 10th 16% below peers
Tulsa, OK 33.2% 4th +0.5pp 11th 16% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 35.2% 8th +0.6pp 12th 11% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 39.7% 12th +1.0pp 13th on par with peers
Tampa, FL 40.9% 15th +1.7pp 14th 3% above peers
Aurora, CO 39.7% 13th +1.7pp 15th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 35.8% 10th +1.6pp 16th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 32.8% 2nd +1.9pp 17th 17% below peers
Kansas City, MO 33.9% 5th +2.1pp 18th 14% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 6th +3.6pp 19th 12% below peers
Raleigh, NC 35.6% 9th +4.7pp 20th 10% below peers
Arlington, TX 39.6% 11th +5.5pp 21st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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 (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis, MO down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.1% to 7.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
5% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 35% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 7.4%).
Needs attention 7.4%
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
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Mesa, AZ 5.2% 5th -1.2pp 1st 31% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.4% 2nd -0.8pp 2nd 41% below peers
Tampa, FL 8.5% 13th -1.4pp 3rd 14% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.4% 8th -1.0pp 4th 15% below peers
Kansas City, MO 9.0% 15th -1.3pp 5th 20% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.9% 14th -0.7pp 6th 19% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 15.6% 16th -1.2pp 7th 108% above peers
New Orleans, LA 17.4% 19th -1.1pp 8th 133% above peers
Miami, FL 17.9% 20th -0.9pp 9th 138% above peers
Omaha, NE 7.5% 11th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Cleveland, OH 22.1% 21st -1.0pp 11th 194% above peers
Tulsa, OK 8.3% 12th -0.3pp 12th 11% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.6% 18th +0.0pp 13th 121% above peers
Oakland, CA 16.2% 17th +0.1pp 14th 115% above peers
Anaheim, CA 5.6% 6th +0.2pp 15th 26% below peers
Raleigh, NC 6.0% 7th +0.3pp 16th 20% below peers
Aurora, CO 6.6% 9th +0.5pp 17th 12% below peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 1st +0.3pp 18th 43% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.6% 3rd +0.4pp 19th 39% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 10th +1.3pp 20th 2% below peers
Arlington, TX 5.0% 4th +0.9pp 21st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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 (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.4% then, 7.4% now; margin ±0.6pp).

Broader trend
65% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.2% to 7.4%).
Bright spot 7.4%
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
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Oakland, CA 5.6% 2nd -2.3pp 1st 39% below peers
Anaheim, CA 9.9% 13th -2.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Miami, FL 16.3% 20th -3.4pp 3rd 77% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.3% 4th -1.3pp 4th 32% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 5.7% 3rd -0.9pp 5th 39% below peers
Mesa, AZ 10.6% 14th -1.7pp 6th 15% above peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 9th -1.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Omaha, NE 9.2% 11th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.6% 1st -0.4pp 9th 61% below peers
Raleigh, NC 9.3% 12th -0.9pp 10th 1% above peers
Tampa, FL 10.6% 15th -1.0pp 11th 15% above peers
Kansas City, MO 11.0% 16th -0.8pp 12th 19% above peers
Tulsa, OK 16.1% 19th -0.5pp 13th 74% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.4% 10th -0.1pp 14th 9% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 7.7% 7th -0.1pp 15th 17% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 6th -0.0pp 16th 20% below peers
Wichita, KS 12.4% 17th +0.2pp 17th 34% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 5th +0.2pp 18th 28% below peers
Arlington, TX 19.0% 21st +0.7pp 19th 105% above peers
Cleveland, OH 8.1% 8th +0.4pp 20th 13% below peers
Aurora, CO 13.7% 18th +2.4pp 21st 48% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

34.5%
20202023
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 32.9%
Urban Honolulu, HI 24.3% 1st 21% below peers
Anaheim, CA 26.8% 2nd 13% below peers
Long Beach, CA 27.4% 3rd 11% below peers
Oakland, CA 27.6% 4th 11% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 28.4% 5th 8% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 28.6% 6th 7% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.9% 7th 6% below peers
Aurora, CO 29.1% 8th 6% below peers
Miami, FL 29.9% 9th 3% below peers
Mesa, AZ 30.7% 10th 1% below peers
Raleigh, NC 30.9% 11th on par with peers
Tampa, FL 31.9% 12th 3% above peers
Arlington, TX 33.8% 13th 9% above peers
New Orleans, LA 34.0% 14th 10% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 34.5% 15th 12% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 36.5% 16th 18% above peers
Tulsa, OK 37.5% 17th 21% above peers
Omaha, NE 37.5% 18th 21% above peers
Kansas City, MO 38.5% 19th 25% above peers
Wichita, KS 39.5% 20th 28% above peers
Cleveland, OH 42.2% 21st 37% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.8% to 3.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 5% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 3.8%).
Needs attention 3.8%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Anaheim, CA 3.5% 4th -0.8pp 1st 35% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.3% 18th -1.7pp 2nd 54% above peers
Oakland, CA 3.5% 3rd -0.7pp 3rd 36% below peers
Miami, FL 7.3% 16th -1.3pp 4th 36% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 3.0% 2nd -0.5pp 5th 45% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.2% 1st -0.2pp 6th 58% below peers
Wichita, KS 6.5% 15th -0.1pp 7th 21% above peers
Raleigh, NC 5.4% 11th -0.1pp 8th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA 3.7% 5th +0.1pp 9th 32% below peers
Tulsa, OK 8.4% 19th +0.2pp 10th 57% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.0% 7th +0.2pp 11th 25% below peers
Omaha, NE 6.4% 13th +0.6pp 12th 19% above peers
Tampa, FL 6.2% 12th +0.8pp 13th 15% above peers
Arlington, TX 13.1% 21st +1.8pp 14th 143% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 14th +1.0pp 15th 20% above peers
Kansas City, MO 8.1% 17th +1.5pp 16th 51% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.9% 20th +1.8pp 17th 66% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 5.3% 9th +1.1pp 18th 1% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 3.8% 6th +1.0pp 19th 29% below peers
Cleveland, OH 4.4% 8th +1.3pp 20th 18% below peers
New Orleans, LA 5.4% 10th +1.9pp 21st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 0.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.9% to 23.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
95% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bakersfield started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.7% to 23.6%).
Bright spot 23.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Cleveland, OH 22.4% 21st +4.9pp 1st 40% below peers
Miami, FL 37.4% 11th +7.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 32.5% 17th +5.1pp 3rd 13% below peers
Tampa, FL 45.7% 4th +7.1pp 4th 22% above peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 19th +4.2pp 5th 21% below peers
Long Beach, CA 35.6% 13th +4.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 40.9% 8th +4.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Aurora, CO 33.6% 14th +3.9pp 8th 10% below peers
New Orleans, LA 42.4% 6th +4.8pp 9th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV 37.4% 12th +4.0pp 10th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 41.5% 7th +4.3pp 11th 11% above peers
Oakland, CA 48.8% 3rd +4.7pp 12th 30% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 55.5% 1st +5.1pp 13th 48% above peers
Kansas City, MO 38.4% 10th +3.1pp 14th 3% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 23.6% 20th +1.7pp 15th 37% below peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 16th +2.3pp 16th 13% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 42.7% 5th +2.9pp 17th 14% above peers
Tulsa, OK 33.6% 15th +2.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 40.1% 9th +2.4pp 19th 7% above peers
Raleigh, NC 54.0% 2nd +3.1pp 20th 44% above peers
Wichita, KS 31.1% 18th +1.0pp 21st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newark, NJ up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cleveland, OH up 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.5% then, 29.3% now; margin ±6.3pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.8% to 29.3%).
Needs attention 29.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Anaheim, CA 51.3% 4th +7.1pp 1st 17% above peers
Aurora, CO 44.2% 10th +6.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 12th +3.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Tampa, FL 58.2% 3rd +4.6pp 4th 32% above peers
Miami, FL 67.7% 1st +4.3pp 5th 54% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.7% 16th +2.0pp 6th 10% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 43.4% 13th -1.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Mesa, AZ 32.1% 20th -1.2pp 8th 27% below peers
New Orleans, LA 61.5% 2nd -2.4pp 9th 40% above peers
Wichita, KS 36.5% 17th -1.5pp 10th 17% below peers
Kansas City, MO 42.2% 15th -2.4pp 11th 4% below peers
Tulsa, OK 42.5% 14th -4.3pp 12th 3% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 50.2% 6th -5.2pp 13th 14% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 47.6% 7th -6.1pp 14th 8% above peers
Oakland, CA 51.0% 5th -6.9pp 15th 16% above peers
Long Beach, CA 44.0% 11th -7.0pp 16th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 18th -6.0pp 17th 17% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.3% 21st -5.1pp 18th 33% below peers
Raleigh, NC 45.6% 8th -9.7pp 19th 4% above peers
Cleveland, OH 33.7% 19th -8.7pp 20th 23% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 44.8% 9th -14.2pp 21st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Corpus Christi, TX up 8.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • El Paso, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Aurora, CO up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.9% then, 10.0% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.2% to 10.0%).
Needs attention 10.0%
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
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kansas City, MO 5.7% 5th -3.3pp 1st 16% below peers
Tulsa, OK 5.8% 6th -3.4pp 2nd 14% below peers
Miami, FL 8.5% 17th -4.1pp 3rd 24% above peers
Arlington, TX 6.3% 7th -1.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Oakland, CA 7.9% 13th -0.6pp 5th 16% above peers
Omaha, NE 5.6% 4th -0.3pp 6th 17% below peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 14th -0.4pp 7th 18% above peers
Long Beach, CA 7.3% 12th -0.3pp 8th 7% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 8th -0.2pp 9th 6% below peers
Cleveland, OH 10.4% 21st -0.2pp 10th 52% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.1% 15th -0.1pp 11th 19% above peers
Raleigh, NC 4.7% 1st -0.0pp 12th 31% below peers
Tampa, FL 5.2% 3rd +0.0pp 13th 23% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.5% 18th +0.3pp 14th 25% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 6.7% 10th +0.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Wichita, KS 9.0% 19th +1.7pp 16th 32% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 6.5% 9th +1.3pp 17th 4% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.9% 2nd +1.0pp 18th 28% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 10.0% 20th +2.0pp 19th 47% above peers
Anaheim, CA 8.2% 16th +2.1pp 20th 20% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.8% 11th +1.9pp 21st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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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  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 377,917 to 411,986 - more than the combined survey margin (±227).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 15% from 2014 to 2024 (358,700 to 411,986).
Big move 411,986
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 21st +11% 1st 20% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 411,986 12th +9% 2nd on par with peers
Aurora, CO 394,432 16th +7% 3rd 5% below peers
Kansas City, MO 510,612 2nd +5% 4th 23% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 487,887 4th +5% 5th 18% above peers
Raleigh, NC 481,031 5th +4% 6th 16% above peers
Tampa, FL 401,618 13th +4% 7th 3% below peers
Oakland, CA 439,418 9th +3% 8th 6% above peers
Tulsa, OK 413,794 11th +3% 9th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 488,837 3rd +3% 10th 18% above peers
Mesa, AZ 511,764 1st +2% 11th 24% above peers
Wichita, KS 397,945 14th +2% 12th 4% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 427,246 10th +2% 13th 3% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 456,349 7th +1% 14th 10% above peers
Miami, FL 459,745 6th +1% 15th 11% above peers
Arlington, TX 397,742 15th +1% 16th 4% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 345,482 19th -1% 17th 17% below peers
Anaheim, CA 344,521 20th -2% 18th 17% below peers
Long Beach, CA 455,548 8th -2% 19th 10% above peers
New Orleans, LA 371,853 17th -5% 20th 10% below peers
Cleveland, OH 366,097 18th -5% 21st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±100 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 0.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.9% to 29.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp).

Broader trend
85% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (30.1% to 29.2%).
Big move 29.2%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Tulsa, OK 24.1% 4th -0.4pp 1st 10% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 21.9% 10th -0.4pp 2nd on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 19.7% 16th -0.4pp 3rd 10% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.2% 1st -0.7pp 4th 34% above peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 13th -0.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Kansas City, MO 22.5% 8th -0.6pp 6th 3% above peers
Arlington, TX 24.8% 2nd -0.8pp 7th 14% above peers
Omaha, NE 24.2% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.5% 21st -0.7pp 9th 25% below peers
Wichita, KS 24.1% 5th -1.2pp 10th 10% above peers
Cleveland, OH 21.0% 12th -1.1pp 11th 4% below peers
Raleigh, NC 19.8% 15th -1.0pp 12th 9% below peers
Oakland, CA 18.9% 18th -1.0pp 13th 14% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 18.8% 19th -1.0pp 14th 14% below peers
Miami, FL 16.5% 20th -1.0pp 15th 24% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 21.8% 11th -1.4pp 16th on par with peers
Aurora, CO 23.9% 6th -1.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Mesa, AZ 22.5% 7th -1.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA 22.2% 9th -1.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Tampa, FL 19.4% 17th -2.1pp 20th 11% below peers
Long Beach, CA 19.9% 14th -2.5pp 21st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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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What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.1% then, 35.5% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
25% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.8% to 35.5%).
35.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Urban Honolulu, HI 27.7% 20th +3.9pp 1st 21% below peers
Aurora, CO 34.0% 13th +4.7pp 2nd 2% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 30.6% 16th +2.5pp 3rd 12% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 19th +2.4pp 4th 17% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 18th +2.3pp 5th 15% below peers
Long Beach, CA 40.2% 4th +2.8pp 6th 15% above peers
Omaha, NE 33.3% 14th +1.9pp 7th 4% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 35.5% 10th +1.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Oakland, CA 35.8% 9th +1.3pp 9th 3% above peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 1st +1.9pp 10th 106% above peers
Raleigh, NC 34.8% 11th -0.5pp 11th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 30.4% 17th -0.5pp 12th 13% below peers
Kansas City, MO 38.8% 7th -1.3pp 13th 11% above peers
Wichita, KS 34.6% 12th -1.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Tampa, FL 40.1% 5th -2.4pp 15th 15% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.9% 8th -2.3pp 16th 3% above peers
Tulsa, OK 39.2% 6th -2.7pp 17th 13% above peers
New Orleans, LA 53.7% 2nd -4.0pp 18th 54% above peers
Miami, FL 42.6% 3rd -3.5pp 19th 22% above peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 15th -3.0pp 20th 6% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 26.4% 21st -2.6pp 21st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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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59 of 94 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.2pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.3% then, 62.4% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.2% to 62.4%).
Big move 62.4%
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
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Oakland, CA 71.6% 5th +7.0pp 1st 4% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 68.2% 12th +6.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Tampa, FL 74.3% 2nd +6.3pp 3rd 8% above peers
Long Beach, CA 71.3% 6th +5.9pp 4th 4% above peers
Anaheim, CA 68.2% 13th +4.6pp 5th 1% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 68.8% 11th +3.6pp 6th on par with peers
Arlington, TX 67.2% 15th +1.8pp 7th 2% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 62.0% 20th +1.6pp 8th 10% below peers
Mesa, AZ 63.5% 17th +1.6pp 9th 8% below peers
Raleigh, NC 70.5% 8th +1.4pp 10th 3% above peers
Wichita, KS 70.3% 9th +1.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Tulsa, OK 63.8% 16th +0.9pp 12th 7% below peers
Miami, FL 67.6% 14th +0.3pp 13th 2% below peers
Kansas City, MO 71.9% 4th -0.3pp 14th 4% above peers
New Orleans, LA 70.2% 10th -1.0pp 15th 2% above peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 3rd -1.7pp 16th 5% above peers
Aurora, CO 63.5% 18th -1.9pp 17th 8% below peers
Omaha, NE 70.8% 7th -2.1pp 18th 3% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 62.4% 19th -1.9pp 19th 9% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 74.6% 1st -3.9pp 20th 8% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 21st -3.4pp 21st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 94 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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59 of 94 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 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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