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Cathedral City, CA
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52,375 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

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

What needs attention 4 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

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

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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 58% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $46,521 to $73,572 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,195).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Cathedral City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 71% from 2014 to 2024 ($43,128 to $73,572).
Bright spot $73,572
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Cathedral City, CA $73,572 19th +58% 1st 5% below peers
Delano, CA $67,010 23rd +54% 2nd 14% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $74,569 18th +44% 3rd 4% below peers
Middletown, OH $57,102 29th +42% 4th 26% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $59,996 27th +41% 5th 23% below peers
Bothell, WA $140,427 2nd +40% 6th 81% above peers
Summerville, SC $81,046 15th +37% 7th 5% above peers
Newark, OH $61,670 26th +37% 8th 20% below peers
Burien, WA $91,318 12th +35% 9th 18% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $47,072 31st +34% 10th 39% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $55,693 30th +32% 11th 28% below peers
Ocoee, FL $98,911 11th +31% 12th 28% above peers
Aloha, OR $101,934 10th +30% 13th 32% above peers
Wheaton, MD $111,478 7th +30% 14th 44% above peers
Westchester, FL $72,262 20th +30% 15th 7% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $77,513 16th +29% 16th on par with peers
Goose Creek, SC $88,178 13th +28% 17th 14% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL $63,432 25th +28% 18th 18% below peers
Clermont, FL $82,306 14th +27% 19th 6% above peers
West New York, NJ $71,729 21st +27% 20th 7% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $121,903 4th +27% 21st 57% above peers
Sherman, TX $58,859 28th +24% 22nd 24% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ $115,304 6th +24% 23rd 49% above peers
Columbus, IN $77,456 17th +22% 24th on par with peers
Collierville, TN $138,598 3rd +22% 25th 79% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL $71,621 22nd +21% 26th 8% below peers
Oak Park, IL $110,820 8th +17% 27th 43% above peers
Levittown, NY $146,068 1st +17% 28th 88% above peers
Novato, CA $115,736 5th +14% 29th 49% above peers
Normal, IL $64,785 24th +11% 30th 16% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA $108,281 9th +9% 31st 40% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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2 of 15 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
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Jacinto, CA up about 55% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,753 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 58% 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 less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.6% in July 2026, down from 7.1% a year earlier.
Bright spot 6.6%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
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 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Delano, CA 17.0% (Jul 26) 25th -2.1pp 1st 286% above peers
Middletown, OH 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th -1.6pp 2nd 5% below peers
Newark, OH 3.6% (Jul 26) 3rd -1.4pp 3rd 18% below peers
Normal, IL 3.6% (Jul 26) 4th -1.1pp 4th 18% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 16th -1.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 21st -1.0pp 6th 45% above peers
West New York, NJ 4.2% (Jul 26) 9th -1.0pp 7th 5% below peers
Novato, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.7pp 8th on par with peers
Goose Creek, SC 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th -0.6pp 9th 9% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 14th -0.6pp 10th 7% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 6.6% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 11th 50% above peers
Columbus, IN 3.6% (Jul 26) 5th -0.5pp 12th 18% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 7.6% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 13th 73% above peers
Collierville, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 14th 30% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.1pp 15th 41% below peers
Summerville, SC 3.8% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 16th 14% below peers
Burien, WA 5.1% (Jul 26) 17th +0.2pp 17th 16% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.9% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 18th 11% above peers
Sherman, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 19th 2% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th +0.5pp 20th 5% below peers
Ocoee, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.6pp 21st on par with peers
Clermont, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 18th +0.7pp 22nd 18% above peers
Oak Park, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th +0.7pp 23rd 18% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th +0.8pp 24th 18% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 7.3% (Jul 26) 23rd +1.0pp 25th 66% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.1% to 13.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Cathedral City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.9% to 13.1%).
Bright spot 13.1%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Clermont, FL 5.4% 5th -4.7pp 1st 51% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 6.5% 7th -4.1pp 2nd 41% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.1% 23rd -7.0pp 3rd 19% above peers
Aloha, OR 7.8% 9th -4.0pp 4th 30% below peers
Middletown, OH 17.1% 25th -8.1pp 5th 55% above peers
Westchester, FL 10.0% 11th -4.6pp 6th 9% below peers
Delano, CA 16.0% 24th -6.6pp 7th 45% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 4.5% 2nd -1.3pp 8th 59% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 18.3% 28th -5.3pp 9th 66% above peers
Sherman, TX 12.7% 19th -3.4pp 10th 15% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 17.6% 27th -4.6pp 11th 60% above peers
Columbus, IN 11.3% 17th -2.5pp 12th 2% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.3% 15th -2.3pp 13th 7% below peers
Collierville, TN 3.2% 1st -0.6pp 14th 71% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 11.0% 16th -2.1pp 15th on par with peers
Bothell, WA 4.8% 4th -0.9pp 16th 57% below peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 13th -1.6pp 17th 8% below peers
Normal, IL 21.4% 30th -3.2pp 18th 94% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.1% 6th -0.9pp 19th 45% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 26.2% 31st -3.2pp 20th 138% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 11.7% 18th -1.2pp 21st 7% above peers
Levittown, NY 4.7% 3rd -0.3pp 22nd 58% below peers
Newark, OH 17.1% 26th -1.1pp 23rd 56% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 12.9% 21st -0.8pp 24th 17% above peers
Oak Park, IL 7.4% 8th -0.2pp 25th 32% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.4% 29th -0.6pp 26th 76% above peers
Burien, WA 12.9% 20th +0.4pp 27th 17% above peers
Ocoee, FL 10.3% 14th +0.5pp 28th 7% below peers
Wheaton, MD 13.1% 22nd +2.8pp 29th 18% above peers
Novato, CA 9.6% 10th +2.7pp 30th 13% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 10.0% 12th +3.9pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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2 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 7.3pp 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 10.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.1% to 18.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.0pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Cathedral City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.5% to 18.6%).
Bright spot 18.6%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.2% 1st -5.4pp 1st 83% below peers
Westchester, FL 10.0% 10th -10.7pp 2nd 25% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 7.8% 7th -7.9pp 3rd 42% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 13th -11.0pp 4th 17% below peers
Collierville, TN 3.0% 2nd -2.5pp 5th 78% below peers
Middletown, OH 24.3% 28th -19.1pp 6th 82% above peers
Normal, IL 7.4% 6th -5.5pp 7th 44% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.4% 5th -4.4pp 8th 52% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.4% 12th -6.2pp 9th 22% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 18.6% 22nd -10.5pp 10th 39% above peers
Aloha, OR 10.2% 11th -5.7pp 11th 24% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 22.6% 25th -12.2pp 12th 69% above peers
Summerville, SC 11.5% 14th -5.9pp 13th 14% below peers
Delano, CA 23.2% 26th -9.8pp 14th 74% above peers
Clermont, FL 9.5% 9th -3.7pp 15th 29% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 25.8% 29th -8.7pp 16th 94% above peers
Sherman, TX 19.1% 24th -5.0pp 17th 43% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 15.5% 19th -3.3pp 18th 16% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 13.3% 16th -2.8pp 19th on par with peers
Burien, WA 16.7% 20th -2.4pp 20th 25% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.5% 3rd -0.5pp 21st 67% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 37.5% 31st -4.4pp 22nd 181% above peers
Newark, OH 23.4% 27th -2.7pp 23rd 75% above peers
West New York, NJ 28.7% 30th -3.0pp 24th 115% above peers
Ocoee, FL 12.9% 15th +0.1pp 25th 3% below peers
Levittown, NY 5.6% 4th +0.5pp 26th 58% below peers
Wheaton, MD 18.6% 23rd +3.0pp 27th 39% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 17.6% 21st +4.4pp 28th 32% above peers
Novato, CA 13.4% 17th +6.3pp 29th on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 13.6% 18th +7.2pp 30th 2% above peers
Oak Park, IL 8.6% 8th +4.9pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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2 of 15 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 →
▸

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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.9pp 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 →
What changed

Broadband rose 8.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.9% to 91.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Cathedral City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 14.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (77.2% to 91.4%).
Bright spot 91.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Delano, CA 88.0% 27th +24.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Sherman, TX 91.5% 19th +17.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 89.3% 25th +13.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 85.9% 31st +13.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 96.2% 5th +13.9pp 5th 4% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 90.6% 23rd +11.8pp 6th 3% below peers
Middletown, OH 88.4% 26th +10.6pp 7th 5% below peers
Westchester, FL 91.4% 20th +10.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Columbus, IN 94.3% 14th +9.9pp 9th 1% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 92.8% 18th +8.7pp 10th on par with peers
Cathedral City, CA 91.4% 21st +8.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Normal, IL 86.8% 30th +8.1pp 12th 7% below peers
West New York, NJ 87.0% 29th +8.1pp 13th 6% below peers
Newark, OH 89.9% 24th +8.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Summerville, SC 93.1% 15th +7.9pp 15th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 94.4% 13th +6.7pp 16th 2% above peers
Wheaton, MD 95.9% 8th +6.5pp 17th 3% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 91.3% 22nd +6.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 96.8% 3rd +5.9pp 19th 4% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 87.7% 28th +5.1pp 20th 6% below peers
Bothell, WA 96.6% 4th +4.4pp 21st 4% above peers
Collierville, TN 97.8% 1st +4.1pp 22nd 5% above peers
Ocoee, FL 95.5% 9th +3.9pp 23rd 3% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 94.8% 11th +3.6pp 24th 2% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 96.8% 2nd +3.3pp 25th 4% above peers
Burien, WA 92.9% 16th +3.2pp 26th on par with peers
Levittown, NY 95.2% 10th +3.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Novato, CA 94.7% 12th +3.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Aloha, OR 96.1% 6th +2.8pp 29th 3% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 96.1% 7th +2.1pp 30th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 92.9% 17th +0.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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2 of 15 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality fell about 11% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.52 to 0.46 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.05). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.46).
Bright spot 0.46
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Cathedral City, CA 0.46 22nd -0.059 1st 3% above peers
Newark, OH 0.44 14th -0.025 2nd 1% below peers
Summerville, SC 0.42 10th -0.022 3rd 6% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 0.45 18th -0.018 4th 1% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 0.51 30th -0.020 5th 15% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.49 28th -0.018 6th 10% above peers
Delano, CA 0.42 9th -0.015 7th 7% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 0.36 3rd -0.011 8th 19% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 0.41 8th -0.007 9th 7% below peers
Middletown, OH 0.45 17th -0.008 10th 1% above peers
Oak Park, IL 0.48 27th -0.006 11th 9% above peers
Wheaton, MD 0.41 6th -0.005 12th 8% below peers
Burien, WA 0.45 20th -0.005 13th 2% above peers
Collierville, TN 0.41 7th -0.004 14th 8% below peers
Aloha, OR 0.36 2nd -0.002 15th 19% below peers
Levittown, NY 0.35 1st +0.002 16th 20% below peers
Westchester, FL 0.44 13th +0.002 17th 1% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 0.39 4th +0.003 18th 12% below peers
Sherman, TX 0.44 16th +0.006 19th on par with peers
Pinellas Park, FL 0.44 12th +0.008 20th 2% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 0.48 26th +0.010 21st 9% above peers
Novato, CA 0.47 24th +0.014 22nd 6% above peers
Columbus, IN 0.46 23rd +0.015 23rd 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 0.41 5th +0.014 24th 9% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 0.45 19th +0.024 25th 2% above peers
Normal, IL 0.51 31st +0.029 26th 16% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 0.45 21st +0.030 27th 2% above peers
Bothell, WA 0.43 11th +0.033 28th 2% below peers
West New York, NJ 0.51 29th +0.040 29th 15% above peers
Ocoee, FL 0.44 15th +0.035 30th 1% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 0.48 25th +0.038 31st 8% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 9.0% to 13.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.3% to 13.7%).
Needs attention 13.7%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Goose Creek, SC 4.5% 6th -5.0pp 1st 57% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 7.1% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 31% below peers
Sherman, TX 11.1% 17th -5.9pp 3rd 6% above peers
Levittown, NY 2.9% 3rd -1.1pp 4th 72% below peers
Summerville, SC 8.1% 13th -3.0pp 5th 22% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 17.6% 24th -4.6pp 6th 69% above peers
Columbus, IN 7.5% 12th -1.9pp 7th 28% below peers
Bothell, WA 3.6% 5th -0.8pp 8th 65% below peers
Middletown, OH 19.5% 28th -4.2pp 9th 88% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 16.8% 23rd -3.2pp 10th 62% above peers
West New York, NJ 18.0% 25th -2.7pp 11th 73% above peers
Westchester, FL 23.4% 29th -3.5pp 12th 125% above peers
Aloha, OR 12.1% 19th -1.8pp 13th 16% above peers
Burien, WA 13.5% 21st -1.7pp 14th 30% above peers
Normal, IL 7.3% 11th -0.9pp 15th 30% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 13.4% 20th -1.6pp 16th 29% above peers
Clermont, FL 8.7% 14th -0.8pp 17th 17% below peers
Newark, OH 19.1% 27th -0.7pp 18th 84% above peers
Ocoee, FL 11.2% 18th -0.2pp 19th 8% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 27.4% 31st +0.2pp 20th 164% above peers
Oak Park, IL 7.3% 10th +0.6pp 21st 30% below peers
Collierville, TN 3.3% 4th +0.3pp 22nd 68% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 16th +0.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.4% 1st +0.2pp 24th 77% below peers
Delano, CA 18.9% 26th +2.2pp 25th 82% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.6% 2nd +0.4pp 26th 75% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.0% 30th +4.9pp 27th 130% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.7% 22nd +4.7pp 28th 32% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 9.4% 15th +4.4pp 29th 9% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 6.2% 7th +3.4pp 30th 41% below peers
Novato, CA 6.8% 8th +3.7pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 11% higher than in 2021 ($426,625 then, $474,971 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $510,683 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $474,971 in August 2026, down from $488,993 a year earlier.
$474,971
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Oak Park, IL $486,880 (Aug 26) 10th +10.7% 1st 8% above peers
West New York, NJ $450,193 (Aug 26) 13th +4.5% 2nd on par with peers
Levittown, NY $737,380 (Aug 26) 4th +4.2% 3rd 64% above peers
Battle Creek, MI $183,528 (Aug 26) 26th +3.6% 4th 59% below peers
Newark, OH $248,729 (Aug 26) 25th +3.4% 5th 45% below peers
Middletown, OH $263,528 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.1% 6th 41% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $672,389 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 7th 49% above peers
Columbus, IN $280,503 (Aug 26) 20th +2.3% 8th 38% below peers
Novato, CA $1,061,654 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 9th 136% above peers
Delano, CA $334,193 (Aug 26) 17th +1.2% 10th 26% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA $1,007,680 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.2% 11th 124% above peers
Huntington Park, CA $663,724 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 12th 47% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $457,059 (Aug 26) 12th +0.0% 13th 2% above peers
Goose Creek, SC $321,691 (Aug 26) 18th -0.1% 14th 29% below peers
Normal, IL $267,616 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.2% 15th 41% below peers
Burien, WA $631,188 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 16th 40% above peers
Summerville, SC $379,909 (Aug 26) 16th -0.8% 17th 16% below peers
Collierville, TN $505,746 (Aug 26) 9th -1.4% 18th 12% above peers
Ocoee, FL $412,826 (Aug 26) 15th -1.4% 19th 8% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL $302,985 (Aug 26) 19th -1.6% 20th 33% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $538,918 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 21st 20% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $277,504 (Aug 26) 21st -1.7% 22nd 38% below peers
Clermont, FL $428,604 (Aug 26) 14th -2.3% 23rd 5% below peers
Cathedral City, CA $474,971 (Aug 26) 11th -2.9% 24th 6% above peers
Bothell, WA $994,964 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.3% 25th 121% above peers
Sherman, TX $252,838 (Aug 26) 24th -6.8% 26th 44% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $353,921 in August 2026, down from $365,146 a year earlier.
$353,921
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Oak Park, IL $250,053 (Aug 26) 18th +6.4% 1st 18% below peers
Levittown, NY $670,839 (Aug 26) 4th +4.6% 2nd 121% above peers
Newark, OH $172,527 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.6% 3rd 43% below peers
Delano, CA $272,944 (Aug 26) 16th +3.2% 4th 10% below peers
Normal, IL $201,002 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 5th 34% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $109,099 (Aug 26) 26th +2.8% 6th 64% below peers
Columbus, IN $196,669 (Aug 26) 21st +2.7% 7th 35% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $458,777 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 8th 51% above peers
West New York, NJ $277,283 (Aug 26) 15th +1.7% 9th 9% below peers
Goose Creek, SC $261,761 (Aug 26) 17th +1.4% 10th 14% below peers
Middletown, OH $147,231 (Aug 26) 25th +1.1% 11th 51% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $379,982 (Aug 26) 9th +1.0% 12th 25% above peers
Novato, CA $711,382 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.8% 13th 135% above peers
Summerville, SC $296,674 (Aug 26) 14th +0.1% 14th 2% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $559,026 (Aug 26) 5th +0.1% 15th 84% above peers
Burien, WA $482,129 (Aug 26) 6th -0.0% 16th 59% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $705,571 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.3% 17th 133% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $395,996 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 18th 31% above peers
Collierville, TN $369,146 (Aug 26) 10th -1.7% 19th 22% above peers
Ocoee, FL $303,361 (Aug 26) 13th -2.3% 20th on par with peers
Pinellas Park, FL $213,714 (Aug 26) 19th -2.5% 21st 30% below peers
Clermont, FL $337,837 (Aug 26) 12th -2.6% 22nd 11% above peers
Cathedral City, CA $353,921 (Aug 26) 11th -3.1% 23rd 17% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $176,056 (Aug 26) 22nd -3.1% 24th 42% below peers
Bothell, WA $733,201 (Aug 26) 1st -4.5% 25th 142% above peers
Sherman, TX $162,882 (Aug 26) 24th -7.8% 26th 46% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60.7% to 66.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.6% to 66.5%).
Bright spot 66.5%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
West New York, NJ 22.9% 31st +2.5pp 1st 65% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 66.0% 15th +6.4pp 2nd 1% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 66.5% 13th +5.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
Summerville, SC 69.1% 8th +5.4pp 4th 5% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 71.0% 7th +5.3pp 5th 8% above peers
Delano, CA 62.8% 20th +4.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49.5% 29th +3.4pp 7th 24% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 72.3% 6th +4.5pp 8th 10% above peers
Middletown, OH 54.0% 27th +2.8pp 9th 18% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 76.5% 4th +2.7pp 10th 17% above peers
Ocoee, FL 73.2% 5th +2.5pp 11th 12% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 65.0% 18th +2.2pp 12th 1% below peers
Burien, WA 56.6% 23rd +1.7pp 13th 14% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 77.3% 3rd +1.3pp 14th 18% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 69.0% 9th +1.0pp 15th 5% above peers
Newark, OH 55.8% 25th +0.8pp 16th 15% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 56.2% 24th +0.6pp 17th 14% below peers
Collierville, TN 79.9% 2nd +0.7pp 18th 22% above peers
Oak Park, IL 60.0% 22nd +0.5pp 19th 8% below peers
Wheaton, MD 64.6% 19th +0.1pp 20th 1% below peers
Normal, IL 54.8% 26th -0.6pp 21st 16% below peers
Bothell, WA 65.5% 16th -0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Sherman, TX 52.7% 28th -0.9pp 23rd 20% below peers
Levittown, NY 92.2% 1st -1.7pp 24th 41% above peers
Columbus, IN 60.8% 21st -1.1pp 25th 7% below peers
Novato, CA 66.1% 14th -2.0pp 26th 1% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 68.2% 10th -2.4pp 27th 4% above peers
Westchester, FL 65.2% 17th -2.9pp 28th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 67.1% 12th -3.1pp 29th 2% above peers
Clermont, FL 68.1% 11th -3.4pp 30th 4% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.2% 30th -3.0pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 82% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,301 in August 2026, up from $2,235 a year earlier.
Big move $2,301
2022August 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Huntington Park, CA $1,762 (Aug 26) 18th +7.1% 1st 11% below peers
Goose Creek, SC $1,871 (Aug 26) 15th +6.1% 2nd 6% below peers
Oak Park, IL $2,025 (Aug 26) 11th +5.3% 3rd 2% above peers
Battle Creek, MI $1,138 (Aug 26) 26th +5.0% 4th 43% below peers
Novato, CA $3,889 (Aug 26) 1st +5.0% 5th 96% above peers
Middletown, OH $1,317 (Aug 26) 24th +4.6% 6th 33% below peers
Summerville, SC $1,895 (Aug 26) 14th +4.4% 7th 4% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $2,677 (Aug 26) 4th +4.1% 8th 35% above peers
Newark, OH $1,387 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.1% 9th 30% below peers
Cathedral City, CA $2,301 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 10th 16% above peers
Burien, WA $1,783 (Aug 26) 17th +2.9% 11th 10% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA $3,202 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 12th 62% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL $1,980 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 13th on par with peers
Normal, IL $1,397 (Aug 26) 20th +2.3% 14th 29% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $1,758 (Aug 26) 19th +2.3% 15th 11% below peers
West New York, NJ $2,531 (Aug 26) 6th +2.2% 16th 28% above peers
Bothell, WA $2,613 (Aug 26) 5th +2.0% 17th 32% above peers
Columbus, IN $1,390 (Aug 26) 21st +1.4% 18th 30% below peers
Collierville, TN $1,992 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 19th 1% above peers
Ocoee, FL $2,189 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 20th 11% above peers
Clermont, FL $2,058 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 21st 4% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $1,825 (Aug 26) 16th -0.5% 22nd 8% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL $2,064 (Aug 26) 9th -0.9% 23rd 4% above peers
Sherman, TX $1,269 (Aug 26) 25th -2.6% 24th 36% below peers
Delano, CA 23rd 33% below peers
Levittown, NY 3rd 47% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.0% then, 45.0% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 8.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.9% to 45.0%).
Needs attention 45.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Delano, CA 34.0% 18th -11.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Wheaton, MD 32.2% 12th -7.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Newark, OH 26.4% 4th -5.5pp 3rd 21% below peers
Aloha, OR 29.0% 6th -5.3pp 4th 13% below peers
Collierville, TN 19.0% 1st -2.9pp 5th 43% below peers
Summerville, SC 31.1% 9th -3.2pp 6th 7% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.1% 31st -4.8pp 7th 53% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 30.2% 7th -2.6pp 8th 9% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 26.6% 5th -2.0pp 9th 20% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 23.7% 2nd -1.6pp 10th 29% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 45.0% 26th -3.0pp 11th 35% above peers
Burien, WA 37.4% 20th -2.1pp 12th 12% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 32.0% 10th -1.7pp 13th 4% below peers
Middletown, OH 32.7% 14th -1.6pp 14th 2% below peers
Levittown, NY 33.4% 16th -1.1pp 15th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 32.1% 11th -0.4pp 16th 4% below peers
Westchester, FL 45.4% 27th -0.5pp 17th 36% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 42.5% 24th +0.3pp 18th 27% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49.5% 29th +2.1pp 19th 48% above peers
Novato, CA 44.5% 25th +2.6pp 20th 33% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 40.8% 23rd +2.7pp 21st 22% above peers
Bothell, WA 32.5% 13th +2.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 36.0% 19th +2.6pp 23rd 8% above peers
West New York, NJ 50.0% 30th +3.6pp 24th 50% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 30.3% 8th +2.2pp 25th 9% below peers
Columbus, IN 24.2% 3rd +2.0pp 26th 27% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 46.4% 28th +4.3pp 27th 39% above peers
Ocoee, FL 34.0% 17th +3.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Normal, IL 33.0% 15th +3.1pp 29th 1% below peers
Clermont, FL 39.3% 21st +5.6pp 30th 18% above peers
Sherman, TX 40.3% 22nd +6.9pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 5.0% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 5.0%).
5.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Prescott Valley, AZ 1.6% 1st -1.6pp 1st 68% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 3.5% 8th -1.3pp 2nd 31% below peers
Sherman, TX 4.7% 15th -1.4pp 3rd 6% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 3.9% 10th -1.1pp 4th 23% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.0% 6th -0.9pp 5th 40% below peers
Bothell, WA 4.4% 12th -0.9pp 6th 13% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 2.6% 4th -0.5pp 7th 48% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 10.7% 26th -1.9pp 8th 112% above peers
Oak Park, IL 11.7% 28th -1.7pp 9th 133% above peers
Middletown, OH 8.7% 24th -1.1pp 10th 73% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.8% 5th -0.4pp 11th 45% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 5.0% 16th -0.6pp 12th on par with peers
Delano, CA 4.5% 13th -0.5pp 13th 11% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 14th 53% below peers
Newark, OH 8.5% 23rd -0.5pp 15th 70% above peers
Normal, IL 6.0% 19th -0.3pp 16th 20% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 11.1% 27th -0.2pp 17th 120% above peers
West New York, NJ 40.0% 31st -0.3pp 18th 696% above peers
Clermont, FL 3.5% 9th +0.1pp 19th 31% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 7.5% 22nd +0.3pp 20th 50% above peers
Aloha, OR 4.2% 11th +0.2pp 21st 16% below peers
Burien, WA 8.9% 25th +0.7pp 22nd 77% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.3% 30th +1.4pp 23rd 185% above peers
Levittown, NY 3.3% 7th +0.4pp 24th 35% below peers
Novato, CA 5.0% 17th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Summerville, SC 4.6% 14th +0.7pp 26th 9% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.6% 3rd +0.5pp 27th 49% below peers
Columbus, IN 6.0% 20th +1.3pp 28th 20% above peers
Westchester, FL 6.9% 21st +1.8pp 29th 36% above peers
Wheaton, MD 12.1% 29th +3.2pp 30th 141% above peers
Ocoee, FL 5.6% 18th +3.2pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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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 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.7% to 9.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Cathedral City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 18.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.6% to 9.1%).
Bright spot 9.1%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Kendale Lakes, FL 8.0% 15th -6.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 3.4% 3rd -2.4pp 2nd 61% below peers
Westchester, FL 9.5% 20th -4.4pp 3rd 9% above peers
Columbus, IN 5.7% 11th -2.3pp 4th 34% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 9.1% 18th -3.5pp 5th 5% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 15.6% 28th -5.0pp 6th 80% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 7.7% 14th -2.1pp 7th 11% below peers
Clermont, FL 4.8% 5th -1.0pp 8th 45% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 9th 71% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 5.5% 10th -0.7pp 10th 36% below peers
Sherman, TX 17.4% 29th -1.8pp 11th 101% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 5.3% 9th -0.3pp 12th 39% below peers
Burien, WA 10.3% 24th -0.6pp 13th 20% above peers
Oak Park, IL 3.1% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 65% below peers
West New York, NJ 21.4% 31st +0.0pp 15th 147% above peers
Ocoee, FL 13.6% 26th +0.0pp 16th 57% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 17.9% 30th +0.5pp 17th 107% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 9.5% 21st +0.2pp 18th 10% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.9% 8th +0.3pp 19th 43% below peers
Newark, OH 6.9% 13th +0.4pp 20th 20% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 11.9% 25th +1.0pp 21st 38% above peers
Wheaton, MD 14.4% 27th +1.4pp 22nd 67% above peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 23rd +1.0pp 23rd 17% above peers
Middletown, OH 9.0% 17th +1.2pp 24th 4% above peers
Delano, CA 9.6% 22nd +1.6pp 25th 11% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.5% 4th +0.7pp 26th 59% below peers
Normal, IL 4.9% 6th +0.9pp 27th 44% below peers
Aloha, OR 8.7% 16th +2.0pp 28th on par with peers
Novato, CA 4.9% 7th +1.4pp 29th 44% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 9.4% 19th +2.9pp 30th 9% above peers
Collierville, TN 6.0% 12th +2.1pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

35.8%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Diamond Bar, CA 17.6% 1st 46% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 25.0% 2nd 23% below peers
Bothell, WA 25.3% 3rd 22% below peers
Novato, CA 25.3% 4th 22% below peers
Levittown, NY 26.2% 5th 20% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 26.3% 6th 19% below peers
Burien, WA 27.2% 7th 17% below peers
Wheaton, MD 27.4% 8th 16% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 28.3% 9th 13% below peers
Westchester, FL 28.7% 10th 12% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 29.0% 11th 11% below peers
Oak Park, IL 29.3% 12th 10% below peers
Collierville, TN 30.9% 13th 5% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 31.8% 14th 2% below peers
Aloha, OR 32.5% 15th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA 32.6% 16th on par with peers
Ocoee, FL 32.7% 17th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 33.3% 18th 2% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 33.4% 19th 2% above peers
Columbus, IN 34.1% 20th 5% above peers
West New York, NJ 34.9% 21st 7% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 35.8% 22nd 10% above peers
Normal, IL 36.0% 23rd 10% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 36.2% 24th 11% above peers
Summerville, SC 36.6% 25th 12% above peers
Delano, CA 37.3% 26th 14% above peers
Sherman, TX 38.1% 27th 17% above peers
Newark, OH 38.1% 28th 17% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 40.3% 29th 24% above peers
Middletown, OH 40.4% 30th 24% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 41.1% 31st 26% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.8% to 3.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way. Cathedral City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 10.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.6% to 3.0%).
Bright spot 3.0%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Columbus, IN 1.5% 3rd -6.1pp 1st 70% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.0% 4th -2.6pp 2nd 60% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 3.0% 12th -3.8pp 3rd 41% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.9% 11th -2.9pp 4th 44% below peers
Newark, OH 1.4% 2nd -1.2pp 5th 72% below peers
Normal, IL 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 6th 72% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 2.5% 7th -1.1pp 7th 52% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 5.1% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Levittown, NY 2.1% 5th -0.3pp 9th 60% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 8.9% 27th -0.8pp 10th 75% above peers
Burien, WA 2.8% 10th -0.2pp 11th 45% below peers
Sherman, TX 13.6% 31st -0.6pp 12th 166% above peers
Ocoee, FL 9.1% 28th +1.2pp 13th 78% above peers
Westchester, FL 5.5% 20th +0.9pp 14th 7% above peers
Aloha, OR 5.5% 19th +0.9pp 15th 7% above peers
Middletown, OH 5.4% 18th +1.3pp 16th 6% above peers
Clermont, FL 2.7% 9th +0.7pp 17th 47% below peers
Summerville, SC 6.4% 22nd +1.8pp 18th 25% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 10.3% 30th +3.9pp 19th 103% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.0% 25th +3.0pp 20th 57% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.3% 21st +2.7pp 21st 24% above peers
Oak Park, IL 2.7% 8th +1.2pp 22nd 47% below peers
Delano, CA 2.5% 6th +1.1pp 23rd 52% below peers
Wheaton, MD 7.0% 23rd +3.2pp 24th 37% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 4.7% 15th +2.2pp 25th 7% below peers
West New York, NJ 10.3% 29th +4.9pp 26th 102% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 8.7% 26th +4.6pp 27th 70% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.1% 13th +2.5pp 28th 20% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 5.4% 17th +3.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Novato, CA 4.5% 14th +3.4pp 30th 11% below peers
Collierville, TN 7.2% 24th +5.7pp 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 (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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.6% to 24.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Cathedral City 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 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 24.5%).
Bright spot 24.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Huntington Park, CA 8.5% 30th +2.1pp 1st 75% below peers
Burien, WA 33.2% 17th +5.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 31.6% 19th +4.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 25.5% 22nd +3.6pp 4th 24% below peers
Sherman, TX 24.2% 25th +3.4pp 5th 28% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 18.7% 28th +2.6pp 6th 44% below peers
Bothell, WA 59.8% 5th +7.1pp 7th 79% above peers
Levittown, NY 38.6% 12th +4.5pp 8th 15% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 24.5% 23rd +2.8pp 9th 27% below peers
Summerville, SC 33.5% 15th +3.8pp 10th on par with peers
Newark, OH 23.0% 26th +2.5pp 11th 31% below peers
Middletown, OH 17.6% 29th +1.8pp 12th 47% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 24.4% 24th +2.4pp 13th 27% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.5% 14th +3.4pp 14th 3% above peers
West New York, NJ 33.5% 16th +3.3pp 15th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 37.8% 13th +3.7pp 16th 13% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 40.7% 9th +3.8pp 17th 22% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 29.7% 21st +2.7pp 18th 11% below peers
Normal, IL 52.9% 6th +4.5pp 19th 58% above peers
Collierville, TN 62.5% 4th +5.1pp 20th 87% above peers
Wheaton, MD 38.7% 11th +3.1pp 21st 16% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 71.4% 3rd +3.7pp 22nd 114% above peers
Novato, CA 48.9% 8th +2.4pp 23rd 46% above peers
Westchester, FL 30.2% 20th +1.1pp 24th 10% below peers
Oak Park, IL 72.5% 1st +2.5pp 25th 117% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 21.9% 27th +0.0pp 26th 35% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 72.2% 2nd -0.1pp 27th 116% above peers
Columbus, IN 40.0% 10th -1.3pp 28th 20% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 52.8% 7th -2.1pp 29th 58% above peers
Delano, CA 7.3% 31st -0.4pp 30th 78% below peers
Ocoee, FL 32.5% 18th -2.4pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp 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
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 (35.1% then, 29.5% now; margin ±14.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.2% to 29.5%).
Needs attention 29.5%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Wheaton, MD 50.5% 14th +15.9pp 1st 7% above peers
Delano, CA 45.6% 17th +12.9pp 2nd 3% below peers
Ocoee, FL 61.3% 5th +12.9pp 3rd 30% above peers
Normal, IL 57.0% 10th +11.3pp 4th 21% above peers
Sherman, TX 39.0% 24th +6.1pp 5th 17% below peers
Burien, WA 42.9% 19th +5.5pp 6th 9% below peers
Columbus, IN 48.5% 15th +6.2pp 7th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 67.7% 1st +8.4pp 8th 44% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 59.4% 7th +6.5pp 9th 26% above peers
Bothell, WA 59.0% 8th +6.0pp 10th 25% above peers
Clermont, FL 62.1% 4th +4.4pp 11th 32% above peers
West New York, NJ 64.8% 2nd -0.0pp 12th 38% above peers
Collierville, TN 47.0% 16th -0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 38.0% 25th -2.7pp 14th 19% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.4% 28th -2.5pp 15th 27% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 35.2% 27th -3.0pp 16th 25% below peers
Westchester, FL 56.4% 12th -5.6pp 17th 20% above peers
Newark, OH 39.0% 23rd -4.0pp 18th 17% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 41.3% 20th -4.3pp 19th 12% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 52.8% 13th -6.2pp 20th 12% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 39.4% 21st -4.8pp 21st 16% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 60.6% 6th -10.0pp 22nd 29% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 37.5% 26th -6.6pp 23rd 20% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 29.5% 30th -5.6pp 24th 37% below peers
Oak Park, IL 62.2% 3rd -13.3pp 25th 32% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 56.7% 11th -12.4pp 26th 21% above peers
Levittown, NY 58.5% 9th -15.7pp 27th 25% above peers
Summerville, SC 33.1% 29th -14.4pp 28th 30% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 45.1% 18th -20.2pp 29th 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 39.2% 22nd -17.9pp 30th 17% below peers
Middletown, OH 21.6% 31st -27.3pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.2pp 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 (13.0% then, 12.1% now; margin ±8.6pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.4% to 12.1%).
Needs attention 12.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.0% 1st -3.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Ocoee, FL 0.9% 3rd -9.3pp 2nd 86% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 1.9% 5th -5.9pp 3rd 70% below peers
Westchester, FL 4.0% 10th -9.9pp 4th 36% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% 12th -7.3pp 5th 29% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.7% 9th -4.4pp 6th 56% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.5% 8th -2.1pp 7th 60% below peers
Oak Park, IL 1.3% 4th -0.9pp 8th 80% below peers
Novato, CA 4.7% 14th -3.3pp 9th 26% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 5.9% 15th -3.0pp 10th 6% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.0% 6th -0.7pp 11th 69% below peers
Burien, WA 4.6% 13th -1.7pp 12th 28% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 6.5% 17th -1.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Columbus, IN 8.8% 21st -1.1pp 14th 39% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 7.6% 20th -1.0pp 15th 21% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 12.1% 25th -0.9pp 16th 92% above peers
Aloha, OR 6.3% 16th -0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Newark, OH 6.7% 18th +0.5pp 18th 6% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 13.1% 27th +3.1pp 19th 109% above peers
Middletown, OH 11.4% 24th +2.9pp 20th 82% above peers
Sherman, TX 10.1% 22nd +3.3pp 21st 61% above peers
Summerville, SC 7.5% 19th +2.5pp 22nd 19% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.2% 28th +5.0pp 23rd 126% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 13.1% 26th +5.9pp 24th 109% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.3% 7th +1.1pp 25th 64% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 23rd +5.0pp 26th 65% above peers
Delano, CA 14.4% 29th +7.6pp 27th 130% above peers
West New York, NJ 23.0% 31st +13.5pp 28th 266% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.1% 11th +2.5pp 29th 35% below peers
Clermont, FL 18.0% 30th +13.9pp 30th 186% above peers
Normal, IL 0.8% 2nd +0.6pp 31st 87% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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4 of 15 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 →
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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 →
  • 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
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±7.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54,357 to 52,267 - more than the combined survey margin (±120). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 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 the same direction; 53% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (52,550 to 52,267).
Big move 52,267
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Westchester, FL 52,032 13th +75% 1st on par with peers
Clermont, FL 46,853 30th +33% 2nd 10% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 48,078 29th +15% 3rd 7% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 49,179 26th +11% 4th 5% below peers
Sherman, TX 46,397 31st +9% 5th 11% below peers
Bothell, WA 49,610 25th +8% 6th 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49,082 27th +8% 7th 5% below peers
Columbus, IN 51,824 17th +8% 8th on par with peers
Middletown, OH 51,617 21st +6% 9th 1% below peers
Ocoee, FL 49,033 28th +6% 10th 6% below peers
Wheaton, MD 52,926 6th +5% 11th 2% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 51,758 18th +5% 12th on par with peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 52,593 8th +4% 13th 1% above peers
Collierville, TN 51,515 22nd +3% 14th 1% below peers
Newark, OH 50,783 24th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 52,374 11th +2% 16th 1% above peers
Oak Park, IL 53,292 4th +2% 17th 3% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 53,560 2nd +1% 18th 3% above peers
Levittown, NY 51,904 16th +1% 19th on par with peers
Burien, WA 51,513 23rd +0% 20th 1% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 51,990 15th -1% 21st on par with peers
West New York, NJ 52,004 14th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Delano, CA 51,679 19th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Normal, IL 53,569 1st -2% 24th 3% above peers
Summerville, SC 51,654 20th -3% 25th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 52,389 10th -3% 26th 1% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 52,267 12th -4% 27th 1% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 53,355 3rd -5% 28th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 52,546 9th -6% 29th 1% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 52,622 7th -6% 30th 1% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 53,108 5th -9% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 ±75 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 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.2% to 20.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 5.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.9% to 20.0%).
Big move 20.0%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Clermont, FL 22.0% 15th +2.2pp 1st 1% above peers
Novato, CA 20.5% 20th +1.8pp 2nd 6% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 25.2% 2nd +1.4pp 3rd 15% above peers
Levittown, NY 20.5% 21st +1.0pp 4th 6% below peers
Bothell, WA 23.5% 10th +1.0pp 5th 8% above peers
Collierville, TN 26.8% 1st +0.8pp 6th 23% above peers
Columbus, IN 23.8% 9th -0.1pp 7th 9% above peers
Oak Park, IL 23.9% 7th -0.4pp 8th 9% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 24.9% 4th -0.6pp 9th 14% above peers
Newark, OH 22.2% 14th -0.6pp 10th 2% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 19.0% 25th -1.1pp 11th 13% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 24.6% 6th -1.5pp 12th 13% above peers
Normal, IL 16.1% 27th -1.0pp 13th 26% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 15.6% 28th -1.1pp 14th 29% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.5% 23rd -1.4pp 15th 11% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 19.1% 24th -1.4pp 16th 13% below peers
Ocoee, FL 25.1% 3rd -1.9pp 17th 15% above peers
Sherman, TX 23.9% 8th -1.9pp 18th 9% above peers
Middletown, OH 21.8% 16th -1.8pp 19th on par with peers
Burien, WA 20.6% 18th -1.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Wheaton, MD 22.5% 13th -2.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 17.1% 26th -1.8pp 22nd 22% below peers
Summerville, SC 22.9% 12th -2.4pp 23rd 5% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 12.8% 31st -1.6pp 24th 41% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.7% 5th -3.4pp 25th 13% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 20.7% 17th -2.9pp 26th 5% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 15.2% 29th -2.1pp 27th 30% below peers
Delano, CA 22.9% 11th -3.4pp 28th 5% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 20.0% 22nd -3.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Aloha, OR 20.5% 19th -4.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Westchester, FL 13.4% 30th -2.7pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent fell 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.5% to 26.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.1pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.7% to 26.3%).
Big move 26.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Burien, WA 39.1% 7th +10.4pp 1st 25% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 34.4% 13th +8.7pp 2nd 10% above peers
Delano, CA 37.5% 9th +9.2pp 3rd 20% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 20.8% 26th +5.0pp 4th 33% below peers
Oak Park, IL 22.7% 22nd +5.5pp 5th 27% below peers
Novato, CA 23.8% 21st +5.2pp 6th 24% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 37.2% 10th +7.9pp 7th 19% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 66.4% 1st +10.3pp 8th 113% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.4% 3rd +7.2pp 9th 65% above peers
Westchester, FL 35.7% 11th +3.5pp 10th 14% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 18.8% 27th +1.6pp 11th 40% below peers
West New York, NJ 42.1% 6th +2.8pp 12th 35% above peers
Middletown, OH 56.1% 2nd +3.1pp 13th 80% above peers
Ocoee, FL 21.5% 25th +0.9pp 14th 31% below peers
Newark, OH 43.1% 5th +1.6pp 15th 38% above peers
Summerville, SC 34.4% 12th +0.5pp 16th 10% above peers
Sherman, TX 38.8% 8th +0.4pp 17th 24% above peers
Columbus, IN 27.8% 18th +0.0pp 18th 11% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 29.0% 17th -0.7pp 19th 7% below peers
Wheaton, MD 31.2% 16th -1.1pp 20th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 25.1% 20th -1.0pp 21st 20% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 49.1% 4th -2.3pp 22nd 57% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 33.2% 14th -1.7pp 23rd 7% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 33.2% 15th -2.1pp 24th 6% above peers
Normal, IL 22.6% 23rd -4.2pp 25th 28% below peers
Levittown, NY 9.5% 30th -2.1pp 26th 70% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 26.3% 19th -7.3pp 27th 16% below peers
Bothell, WA 13.1% 29th -4.3pp 28th 58% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 14.3% 28th -4.8pp 29th 54% below peers
Clermont, FL 21.6% 24th -8.9pp 30th 31% below peers
Collierville, TN 8.6% 31st -4.5pp 31st 72% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.0pp 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 (57.3% then, 64.8% now; margin ±12.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.3% to 64.8%).
Big move 64.8%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Dunwoody, GA 78.7% 6th +25.5pp 1st 8% above peers
Sherman, TX 70.8% 19th +19.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 66.5% 24th +16.4pp 3rd 9% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 72.6% 17th +15.1pp 4th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 72.3% 18th +13.7pp 5th 1% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 74.6% 13th +13.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 69.8% 20th +12.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Collierville, TN 64.5% 28th +10.9pp 8th 11% below peers
Columbus, IN 67.7% 23rd +11.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 72.8% 16th +10.0pp 10th on par with peers
Burien, WA 78.8% 5th +10.8pp 11th 8% above peers
Delano, CA 75.3% 10th +9.7pp 12th 3% above peers
Oak Park, IL 79.5% 4th +10.1pp 13th 9% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 64.8% 26th +7.6pp 14th 11% below peers
West New York, NJ 63.3% 30th +7.1pp 15th 13% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 82.0% 1st +9.0pp 16th 13% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 64.5% 27th +6.4pp 17th 11% below peers
Summerville, SC 81.2% 3rd +7.8pp 18th 12% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 77.0% 7th +6.1pp 19th 6% above peers
Middletown, OH 74.9% 11th +5.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 74.2% 15th +3.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Normal, IL 76.8% 8th +3.0pp 22nd 6% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 68.6% 22nd +2.5pp 23rd 6% below peers
Bothell, WA 63.8% 29th +1.7pp 24th 12% below peers
Wheaton, MD 74.7% 12th +1.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 62.2% 31st +0.6pp 26th 14% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 75.8% 9th -0.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Westchester, FL 81.7% 2nd -1.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Levittown, NY 74.5% 14th -3.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Newark, OH 69.4% 21st -5.4pp 30th 5% below peers
Ocoee, FL 65.3% 25th -6.5pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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