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Clovis, CA
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124,725 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Clovis, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
8.1%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
12.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$99,241
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$77,904 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
7.9%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
10.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,309 /100k
May 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
1,556 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
36.6%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
32.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.8%
May 2026
▼ 10%
relative change
4.2% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.7%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
89.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.0%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
2.5% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.8%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
4.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
1 homicides
12 mo to May 2026
▼ 80%
relative change
5 in the prior 12 months
Dropping fast  
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
65.4%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
63.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.4%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.6%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Clovis, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
12.1%
2019-23
▲ 21%
relative change
10.0% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.9%
2020-24
flat
relative change
36.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
131 /100k
May 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
148 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
34.0%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
33.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
124,725
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
109,160 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,341
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$2,251 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$405,000
Jun 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$400,329 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
28.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
27.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 257 in May 2026, up from 254 a year earlier.
257 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
College Station, TX 117 (May 26) -29.2% 1st
Concord, CA 381 (May 26) -23.9% 2nd
Pearland, TX 70 (May 26) -23.5% 3rd
Allentown, PA 234 (May 26) -17.9% 4th
North Charleston, SC 633 (May 26) -16.9% 5th
Billings, MT 673 (May 26) -16.7% 6th
Wilmington, NC 408 (May 26) -12.4% 7th
Hartford, CT 438 (May 26) -11.9% 8th
Arvada, CO 288 (Apr 26) -5.9% 9th
Berkeley, CA 598 (May 26) -5.2% 10th
Thousand Oaks, CA 109 (May 26) -4.9% 11th
Independence, MO 556 (May 26) -4.5% 12th
Simi Valley, CA 127 (May 26) -1.2% 13th
Columbia, MO 362 (May 26) +0.0% 14th
Clovis, CA 257 (May 26) +1.2% 15th
Lafayette, LA 1,093 (May 26) +1.8% 16th
Norman, OK 292 (Dec 25) +2.4% 17th
Vallejo, CA 743 (Apr 26) +3.7% 18th
Ann Arbor, MI 299 (May 26) +10.5% 19th
Round Rock, TX 143 (May 26) +11.6% 20th
Fairfield, CA 541 (May 26) +11.8% 21st
Abilene, TX 480 (May 26) +16.8% 22nd
Rochester, MN 175 (May 26) +23.4% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Centennial, CO down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
  • League City, TX down about 19% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,309 in May 2026, down from 1,556 a year earlier.
1,309 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Round Rock, TX 1,313 (May 26) -30.7% 1st
College Station, TX 819 (May 26) -24.6% 2nd
Vallejo, CA 2,764 (Apr 26) -23.6% 3rd
Pearland, TX 1,041 (May 26) -22.0% 4th
Hartford, CT 2,076 (May 26) -21.4% 5th
Concord, CA 2,374 (May 26) -20.2% 6th
Billings, MT 2,408 (May 26) -18.8% 7th
Clovis, CA 1,309 (May 26) -15.9% 8th
Simi Valley, CA 757 (May 26) -13.8% 9th
Columbia, MO 1,895 (May 26) -13.7% 10th
North Charleston, SC 3,175 (May 26) -13.5% 11th
Berkeley, CA 3,969 (May 26) -12.7% 12th
Lafayette, LA 3,369 (May 26) -12.3% 13th
Norman, OK 2,107 (Dec 25) -11.4% 14th
Wilmington, NC 2,930 (May 26) -11.1% 15th
Independence, MO 2,981 (May 26) -10.3% 16th
Arvada, CO 2,257 (Apr 26) -8.4% 17th
Allentown, PA 1,398 (May 26) -3.3% 18th
Fairfield, CA 1,670 (May 26) -2.8% 19th
Rochester, MN 1,313 (May 26) +0.3% 20th
Thousand Oaks, CA 989 (May 26) +3.3% 21st
Abilene, TX 1,729 (May 26) +5.7% 22nd
Ann Arbor, MI 1,699 (May 26) +8.5% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Boise, ID down about 22% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 80% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide rose slightly from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: homicide rose about 28% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent reading: 1 homicides in the 12 months ending May 2026, down from 5 in the prior 12 months. That is 1 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
1 homicides
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Concord, CA 0 (May 26) -100.0% 1st
Berkeley, CA 1 (May 26) -83.3% 2nd
Clovis, CA 1 (May 26) -80.0% 3rd
Thousand Oaks, CA 1 (May 26) -75.0% 4th
Billings, MT 2 (May 26) -57.1% 5th
North Charleston, SC 8 (May 26) -54.5% 6th
Hartford, CT 11 (May 26) -30.0% 7th
Independence, MO 6 (May 26) -29.9% 8th
Vallejo, CA 12 (Apr 26) -28.6% 9th
Rochester, MN 2 (May 26) -25.0% 10th
Pearland, TX 1 (May 26) +0.0% 11th
Columbia, MO 3 (May 26) +0.0% 12th
Abilene, TX 7 (May 26) +12.6% 13th
Allentown, PA 4 (May 26) +24.8% 14th
Lafayette, LA 4 (May 26) +25.1% 15th
Wilmington, NC 9 (May 26) +37.4% 16th
Simi Valley, CA 2 (May 26) +50.3% 17th
Fairfield, CA 5 (May 26) +99.6% 18th
Round Rock, TX 3 (May 26) +100.0% 19th
Norman, OK 3 (Dec 25) +299.6% 20th
College Station, TX 1 (May 26)
Arvada, CO 1 (Apr 26)
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (May 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Carmel, IN down about 17% a year · faster than 86% of this group · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 73% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 131 in May 2026, down from 148 a year earlier.
131 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
College Station, TX 52 (May 26) -43.2% 1st
Columbia, MO 178 (May 26) -42.3% 2nd
Billings, MT 259 (May 26) -36.4% 3rd
Arvada, CO 251 (Apr 26) -32.9% 4th
Lafayette, LA 236 (May 26) -32.4% 5th
North Charleston, SC 283 (May 26) -31.7% 6th
Independence, MO 496 (May 26) -29.8% 7th
Concord, CA 321 (May 26) -29.7% 8th
Berkeley, CA 442 (May 26) -27.6% 9th
Hartford, CT 553 (May 26) -26.6% 10th
Rochester, MN 59 (May 26) -24.0% 11th
Norman, OK 189 (Dec 25) -21.8% 12th
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (May 26) -20.3% 13th
Round Rock, TX 95 (May 26) -19.9% 14th
Wilmington, NC 249 (May 26) -19.2% 15th
Vallejo, CA 577 (Apr 26) -14.9% 16th
Clovis, CA 131 (May 26) -11.6% 17th
Ann Arbor, MI 71 (May 26) -11.2% 18th
Fairfield, CA 258 (May 26) -4.5% 19th
Allentown, PA 164 (May 26) +2.0% 20th
Simi Valley, CA 92 (May 26) +3.6% 21st
Pearland, TX 84 (May 26) +11.2% 22nd
Abilene, TX 158 (May 26) +29.6% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Escondido, CA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $77,904 to $99,241 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,560). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 56% from 2014 to 2024 ($63,662 to $99,241).
$99,241
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 $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 17th +41% 1st 1% below peers
Wilmington, NC $66,738 20th +40% 2nd 9% below peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 5th +39% 3rd 60% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 23rd +38% 4th 14% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 5th 28% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 16th +35% 6th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 22nd +35% 7th 13% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 8th 24% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 18th +33% 9th 7% below peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 14th +30% 10th 8% above peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 11th +30% 11th 23% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 21st +30% 12th 9% below peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 13th 37% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 10th +27% 14th 35% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 7th +26% 15th 47% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 13th +25% 16th 12% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 17th 85% above peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 24th +24% 18th 15% below peers
Billings, MT $73,712 15th +24% 19th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 3rd +23% 20th 66% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 12th +22% 21st 22% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 22nd 48% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 25th +21% 23rd 16% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 8th +21% 24th 39% above peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 9th +20% 25th 35% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 26th +19% 26th 18% below peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 27th +19% 27th 22% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 19th +16% 28th 8% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 29th 92% above peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 4th +14% 30th 62% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 24 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

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,165 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 →

Unemployment fell 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

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.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in May 2026, down from 4.2% a year earlier.
3.8%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Independence, MO 3.7% (May 26) 13th -0.8pp 1st on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% (May 26) 15th -0.4pp 3rd 3% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.3% (May 26) 21st -0.4pp 4th 16% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.2% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 5th 14% below peers
Wilmington, NC 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 6th 14% below peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 7th 27% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 8th 3% below peers
Concord, CA 3.7% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Berkeley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Arvada, CO 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 11th 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.6% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 12th 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 3.3% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 13th 11% below peers
Billings, MT 2.9% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 14th 22% below peers
Topeka, KS 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.2pp 15th 11% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 16th 8% below peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.2pp 17th 8% above peers
Abilene, TX 3.6% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 18th 3% below peers
College Station, TX 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 19th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 3.4% (May 26) 6th +0.3pp 20th 8% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.4% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 21st 19% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.7pp 22nd 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.9% (May 26) 24th +1.0pp 23rd 32% above peers
Norman, OK 4.0% (May 26) 18th +1.1pp 24th 8% above peers
Lakeland, FL 5.7% (May 26) 25th +1.3pp 25th 54% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.1% (May 26) 26th +1.4pp 26th 65% above peers
Hartford, CT 7.9% (May 26) 27th +2.2pp 27th 114% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.4% to 7.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.8% to 7.9%).
7.9%
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 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
North Charleston, SC 14.0% 18th -5.9pp 1st 13% above peers
Wilmington, NC 15.5% 21st -5.8pp 2nd 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 6th -2.5pp 3rd 36% below peers
Lakeland, FL 12.3% 16th -3.4pp 4th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 27th -4.4pp 5th 63% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.6% 13th -2.3pp 6th 6% below peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 7th -1.5pp 7th 34% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 8th -1.6pp 8th 32% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 17th -2.4pp 9th 11% above peers
Columbia, MO 17.8% 25th -2.4pp 10th 45% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 11th 98% above peers
Berkeley, CA 15.5% 22nd -1.7pp 12th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.6% 14th -1.3pp 13th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 24.7% 30th -1.9pp 14th 101% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.0% 26th -1.0pp 15th 46% above peers
Norman, OK 15.7% 24th -0.8pp 16th 27% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 17th 109% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 15th -0.4pp 18th 2% below peers
Billings, MT 9.6% 10th -0.1pp 19th 22% below peers
Abilene, TX 14.7% 19th -0.1pp 20th 19% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 4th +0.0pp 21st 48% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 53% below peers
Independence, MO 15.6% 23rd +0.7pp 23rd 27% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.1% 12th +0.6pp 24th 10% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 21.7% 28th +1.6pp 25th 76% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 20th +1.2pp 26th 23% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.7% 5th +0.8pp 27th 37% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 28th 67% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.1% 11th +1.6pp 29th 18% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 55% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 9th +3.7pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp 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
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Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.8% to 8.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 11.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.5% to 8.1%).
8.1%
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%
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 25th -13.7pp 1st 43% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 7th -5.0pp 2nd 47% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 24th -11.1pp 3rd 27% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 8th -4.7pp 4th 45% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 5th 50% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 15th -5.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 7th 64% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 23rd -5.8pp 8th 20% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 17th -4.6pp 9th 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 26th -6.5pp 10th 51% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 2nd -0.9pp 11th 76% below peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 12th 104% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 12th -2.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 14th 59% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 21st -3.1pp 15th 18% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 18th -2.7pp 16th 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 17th 82% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 18th 66% above peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 27th -1.3pp 19th 60% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 20th 140% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 19th -0.6pp 21st 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 22nd 52% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 10th -0.2pp 23rd 27% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 22nd -0.2pp 24th 19% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 16th +0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 11th +1.5pp 26th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 14th +1.9pp 27th 8% below peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 6th +1.9pp 28th 49% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 20th +4.2pp 29th 11% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 13th +3.4pp 30th 11% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 9th +5.8pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oceanside, CA down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.2% to 95.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 24 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 24 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 9.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.0% to 95.7%).
95.7%
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%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 25th +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 27th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 29th +14.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 19th +14.5pp 5th 1% below peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 16th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 24th +9.0pp 8th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 22nd +9.0pp 9th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 26th +8.3pp 10th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 20th +7.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 23rd +7.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 13th +7.0pp 13th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 21st +6.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 4th +6.5pp 15th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 3rd +6.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 9th +5.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 14th +5.6pp 18th on par with peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 18th +5.0pp 19th 1% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 17th +4.5pp 20th on par with peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 5th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 12th +3.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 7th +3.6pp 23rd 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 5% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 8th +2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 11th +2.5pp 26th 1% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 10th +1.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 15th +0.9pp 29th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 6th +0.7pp 30th 3% above peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.43).
0.43
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 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 8th -0.033 1st 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 20th -0.020 2nd 3% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 13th -0.018 3rd 2% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 24th -0.020 4th 11% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 21st -0.016 5th 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 26th -0.012 6th 13% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 10th -0.007 7th 3% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 8th 20% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 14th -0.002 9th 1% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 22nd +0.000 10th 9% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 28th +0.002 11th 15% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 2nd +0.002 12th 10% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 25th +0.002 13th 12% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 3rd +0.002 14th 9% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 23rd +0.003 15th 10% above peers
Billings, MT 0.46 19th +0.008 16th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 17th +0.009 17th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 7th +0.009 18th 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 27th +0.011 19th 14% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 30th +0.012 20th 19% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 21st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 16th +0.011 22nd on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 4th +0.011 23rd 5% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 12th +0.011 24th 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 25th 16% above peers
Concord, CA 0.43 5th +0.014 26th 5% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 18th +0.016 27th 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 1st +0.027 28th 12% below peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 6th +0.035 29th 4% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 9th +0.047 30th 4% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 15th +0.049 31st 1% 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
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Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 2.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 10.0% to 12.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (9.4% to 12.1%).
12.1%
20102023
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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
Athens, GA 9.2% 15th -5.1pp 1st 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 17th -5.4pp 2nd 12% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 8th -2.4pp 3rd 30% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 5th -1.8pp 4th 48% below peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 24th -2.7pp 5th 27% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 10th -1.3pp 6th 22% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 26th -1.9pp 7th 43% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 8th 74% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 22nd -1.3pp 9th 23% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 10th 276% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 14th -0.7pp 11th 6% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 4th -0.3pp 12th 50% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 16th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 20th -0.6pp 14th 20% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 29th -0.5pp 15th 50% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 21st -0.3pp 16th 22% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 13th -0.2pp 17th 9% below peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 18th -0.0pp 18th 13% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 28th +0.6pp 19th 48% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 20th 223% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 25th +0.9pp 21st 37% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 7th +0.5pp 22nd 46% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 3rd +0.6pp 23rd 51% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 27th +1.7pp 24th 46% above peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 19th +1.4pp 25th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 12th +1.4pp 26th 12% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 23rd +2.1pp 27th 25% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 6th +1.4pp 28th 48% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 9th +2.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 2nd +1.5pp 30th 55% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 11th +3.7pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $522,797 in June 2026, up from $520,907 a year earlier.
$522,797
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Abilene, TX $222,043 (Jun 26) 26th +7.6% 1st 38% below peers
Rochester, MN $348,286 (Jun 26) 17th +4.0% 2nd 3% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 19th +3.7% 3rd 10% below peers
Independence, MO $214,195 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 4th 40% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $540,694 (Jun 26) 7th +3.0% 5th 51% above peers
Hartford, CT $205,552 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 6th 43% below peers
Columbia, MO $330,373 (Jun 26) 18th +2.7% 7th 8% below peers
Berkeley, CA $1,478,916 (Jun 26) 1st +2.6% 8th 313% above peers
Billings, MT $402,554 (Jun 26) 13th +2.1% 9th 12% above peers
Lafayette, LA $228,144 (Jun 26) 25th +2.0% 10th 36% below peers
Norman, OK $265,751 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 11th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,052,875 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.5% 12th 194% above peers
Clovis, CA $522,797 (Jun 26) 9th +0.4% 13th 46% above peers
College Station, TX $349,845 (Jun 26) 16th +0.2% 14th 2% below peers
Topeka, KS $199,788 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 15th 44% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $403,887 (Jun 26) 12th -0.7% 16th 13% above peers
Wilmington, NC $422,872 (Jun 26) 10th -0.8% 17th 18% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 14th -0.8% 18th 8% above peers
Brandon, FL $358,445 (Jun 26) 15th -1.3% 19th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA $842,921 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.7% 20th 135% above peers
Lakeland, FL $313,405 (Jun 26) 21st -1.8% 21st 13% below peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 4th -1.9% 22nd 106% above peers
North Charleston, SC $315,206 (Jun 26) 20th -1.9% 23rd 12% below peers
Fairfield, CA $609,593 (Jun 26) 6th -2.2% 24th 70% above peers
Arvada, CO $614,627 (Jun 26) 5th -2.5% 25th 71% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $305,330 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.6% 26th 15% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $308,500 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.7% 27th 14% below peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 8th -4.3% 28th 47% above peers
Round Rock, TX $407,038 (Jun 26) 11th -6.2% 29th 14% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $405,000 in June 2026, up from $400,329 a year earlier.
$405,000
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Abilene, TX $132,930 (Jun 26) 27th +6.6% 1st 50% below peers
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 19th +5.0% 2nd 10% below peers
Columbia, MO $233,249 (Jun 26) 20th +4.6% 3rd 12% below peers
Rochester, MN $255,234 (Jun 26) 16th +4.6% 4th 3% below peers
Independence, MO $157,158 (Jun 26) 25th +4.6% 5th 40% below peers
Billings, MT $300,960 (Jun 26) 12th +2.7% 6th 14% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $356,154 (Jun 26) 9th +2.0% 7th 35% above peers
Berkeley, CA $995,582 (Jun 26) 1st +1.7% 8th 278% above peers
Norman, OK $183,406 (Jun 26) 24th +1.6% 9th 30% below peers
Clovis, CA $405,000 (Jun 26) 8th +1.2% 10th 54% above peers
Hartford, CT $109,220 (Jun 26) 28th +1.0% 11th 59% below peers
Lafayette, LA $137,808 (Jun 26) 26th +1.0% 12th 48% below peers
College Station, TX $263,669 (Jun 26) 15th +0.9% 13th on par with peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 11th +0.1% 14th 18% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $788,586 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.1% 15th 199% above peers
Wilmington, NC $298,235 (Jun 26) 13th -1.1% 16th 13% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $709,651 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 17th 169% above peers
North Charleston, SC $225,334 (Jun 26) 21st -2.3% 18th 15% below peers
Fairfield, CA $488,580 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 19th 85% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $247,731 (Jun 26) 17th -2.4% 20th 6% below peers
Brandon, FL $278,112 (Jun 26) 14th -2.5% 21st 5% above peers
Lakeland, FL $223,033 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.9% 22nd 15% below peers
Arvada, CO $484,930 (Jun 26) 6th -3.1% 23rd 84% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 7th -3.4% 24th 62% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 4th -3.5% 25th 89% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $241,602 (Jun 26) 18th -3.5% 26th 8% below peers
Topeka, KS $106,786 (Jun 26) 29th -4.2% 27th 59% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $212,464 (Jun 26) 23rd -5.9% 28th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX $315,024 (Jun 26) 10th -6.4% 29th 19% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.4% then, 65.4% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.2% to 65.3%).
65.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 23rd +5.0pp 1st 12% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 2nd 54% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 25th +3.1pp 3rd 15% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 2nd +5.2pp 4th 41% above peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 17th +3.5pp 5th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 6th 42% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 28th +2.4pp 7th 23% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 29th +2.2pp 8th 28% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 14th +2.7pp 9th 5% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 18th +2.1pp 10th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 22nd +1.7pp 11th 10% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 12th +2.0pp 12th 9% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 15th +1.9pp 13th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 8th +1.9pp 14th 16% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 11th +1.7pp 15th 9% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 10th +1.8pp 16th 15% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 27th +1.2pp 17th 22% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 6th +2.0pp 18th 29% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 24th +1.3pp 19th 14% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 4th +1.2pp 20th 34% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 16th +0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 22nd 26% above peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 20th +0.5pp 23rd 5% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 5th +0.7pp 24th 29% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 26th +0.3pp 25th 19% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 3rd +0.3pp 26th 35% above peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 13th +0.2pp 27th 8% above peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 9th -2.7pp 28th 15% above peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 30th -2.3pp 29th 37% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 21st -3.5pp 30th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 19th -4.8pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,341 in June 2026, up from $2,251 a year earlier.
$2,341
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Abilene, TX $1,947 (Jun 26) 11th +41.4% 1st 12% above peers
Topeka, KS $1,283 (Jun 26) 29th +5.7% 2nd 26% below peers
Columbia, MO $1,424 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 3rd 18% below peers
Clovis, CA $2,341 (Jun 26) 7th +4.0% 4th 35% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 5th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,274 (Jun 26) 1st +3.4% 6th 88% above peers
Norman, OK $1,383 (Jun 26) 26th +3.1% 7th 20% below peers
Billings, MT $1,458 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.9% 8th 16% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 4th +2.9% 9th 49% above peers
Wilmington, NC $1,694 (Jun 26) 19th +2.8% 10th 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,392 (Jun 26) 6th +2.8% 11th 38% above peers
Independence, MO $1,378 (Jun 26) 27th +2.7% 12th 21% below peers
Rochester, MN $1,702 (Jun 26) 18th +2.2% 13th 2% below peers
College Station, TX $1,446 (Jun 26) 24th +2.0% 14th 17% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,941 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.0% 15th 69% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,738 (Jun 26) 15th +1.9% 16th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA $2,446 (Jun 26) 5th +1.7% 17th 41% above peers
Lakeland, FL $1,689 (Jun 26) 20th +1.7% 18th 3% below peers
Hartford, CT $1,672 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 19th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,158 (Jun 26) 9th +1.1% 20th 24% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 21st 4% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,881 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 22nd 8% above peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 8th +0.3% 23rd 25% above peers
Lafayette, LA $1,324 (Jun 26) 28th +0.2% 24th 24% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,094 (Jun 26) 10th +0.0% 25th 21% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,943 (Jun 26) 12th -0.2% 26th 12% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,718 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 27th 56% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 17th -0.7% 28th 1% below peers
Brandon, FL $1,639 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.2% 29th 6% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 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 →

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.7% then, 34.0% now; margin ±2.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.1% to 34.0%).
34.0%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Columbia, MO 33.2% 11th -1.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 20th -1.7pp 2nd 16% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 27% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 23rd -0.9pp 4th 21% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 4th -0.4pp 5th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 19th -0.5pp 6th 16% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 7th -0.2pp 7th 14% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 18th -0.1pp 8th 11% above peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 26th +0.2pp 9th 27% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 8th +0.2pp 10th 9% below peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 25th +0.3pp 11th 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 14th +0.4pp 12th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 6th +0.4pp 13th 15% below peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 3rd +0.6pp 14th 19% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 28th +1.3pp 15th 33% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 16th 35% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 16th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 22nd +1.7pp 18th 20% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 19th 57% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 20th 32% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 13th +2.3pp 21st 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 12th +2.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 17th +2.9pp 23rd 10% above peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 9th +2.6pp 24th 6% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 25th 44% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 21st +4.0pp 26th 19% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 2nd +2.8pp 27th 22% below peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 10th +3.7pp 28th 5% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 15th +4.5pp 29th 2% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 24th +6.0pp 30th 24% above peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 5th +6.5pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 4.4% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 4.4%).
4.4%
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
Athens, GA 6.4% 16th -3.3pp 1st on par with peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 8th -1.9pp 2nd 32% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 20th -2.4pp 3rd 13% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 56% below peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 13th -0.9pp 5th 20% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 24th -1.3pp 6th 28% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 22nd -1.2pp 7th 25% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 29th -1.7pp 8th 159% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 21st -0.7pp 9th 16% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 5th -0.3pp 10th 38% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 26th -0.6pp 11th 46% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 9th -0.3pp 12th 32% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 18th -0.2pp 13th 5% above peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 14th 38% below peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 19th -0.2pp 15th 11% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 16th 25% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 15th -0.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 28th -0.1pp 18th 100% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 31st +0.9pp 19th 379% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 3rd +0.1pp 20th 48% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 30th +0.8pp 21st 224% above peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 14th +0.2pp 22nd 9% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 11th +0.2pp 23rd 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 27th +0.8pp 24th 49% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 25th +0.8pp 25th 31% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 7th +0.4pp 26th 37% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 27% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 17th +1.1pp 28th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 10th +0.9pp 29th 29% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 4th +1.1pp 30th 46% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.4% then, 3.8% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 3.8%).
3.8%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Athens, GA 11.2% 22nd -2.2pp 1st 18% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.8% 9th -1.0pp 2nd 39% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.7% 30th -2.2pp 3rd 55% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 5th -0.6pp 5th 54% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 4th -0.4pp 6th 59% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 31st -1.0pp 7th 58% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 6th -0.3pp 8th 52% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.2% 23rd -0.6pp 9th 18% above peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.1pp 10th 70% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 10th -0.3pp 11th 35% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 1st -0.1pp 12th 72% below peers
Norman, OK 9.5% 16th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Brandon, FL 12.2% 26th -0.1pp 14th 29% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 13th -0.0pp 15th 22% below peers
Allentown, PA 11.2% 24th +0.2pp 16th 18% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 7th +0.1pp 17th 49% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.7% 28th +0.7pp 18th 34% above peers
Wilmington, NC 10.8% 21st +0.6pp 19th 14% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.5% 20th +0.6pp 20th 10% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 15th +0.5pp 21st 10% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 12th +0.4pp 22nd 28% below peers
Independence, MO 12.4% 27th +1.0pp 23rd 31% above peers
Abilene, TX 13.6% 29th +1.2pp 24th 44% above peers
Billings, MT 8.0% 14th +1.1pp 25th 16% below peers
Hartford, CT 10.4% 19th +1.5pp 26th 10% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.1% 18th +1.5pp 27th 7% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.9% 17th +1.9pp 28th 5% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.8% 25th +2.5pp 29th 25% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.7% 8th +1.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 11th +1.5pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 39% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 2nd 29% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 3rd 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 4th 21% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 5th 18% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 6th 15% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 7th 13% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 8th 10% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 9th 9% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 10th 7% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 11th 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 12th 5% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 13th 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 14th 2% below peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 15th 2% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 16th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 17th on par with peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 18th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 19th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 20th 3% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 21st 3% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 22nd 4% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 23rd 5% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 24th 6% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 25th 7% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 26th 8% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 27th 14% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 16% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 18% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 21% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.5% then, 2.0% now; margin ±1.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 2.0%).
2.0%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Clovis, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.6pp 1st 65% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 18th -1.5pp 2nd 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 5th -0.6pp 3rd 52% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 23rd -1.2pp 4th 16% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 22nd -1.1pp 5th 13% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 12th -0.8pp 6th 12% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 6th -0.2pp 7th 50% below peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 7th -0.1pp 8th 38% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 11th -0.1pp 9th 14% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 13th +0.1pp 10th 9% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 30th +0.5pp 11th 80% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 1st +0.2pp 12th 68% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 3rd +0.2pp 13th 59% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 27th +0.9pp 14th 46% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 16th +0.8pp 15th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 21st +1.0pp 16th 10% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 31st +2.1pp 17th 115% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 20th +1.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 28th +1.7pp 19th 48% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 29th +2.4pp 20th 59% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 25th +2.4pp 21st 31% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 14th +1.9pp 22nd 6% below peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 19th +2.4pp 23rd 6% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 10th +1.7pp 24th 27% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 17th +2.6pp 25th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 26th +3.8pp 26th 38% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 8th +1.8pp 27th 35% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 15th +2.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 9th +2.1pp 29th 32% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 4th +1.4pp 30th 56% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 24th +4.3pp 31st 29% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.6% to 36.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.9% to 36.6%).
36.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 6th +10.4pp 1st 32% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 31st +3.9pp 2nd 51% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 24th +5.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 27th +4.7pp 4th 39% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 25th +3.8pp 5th 30% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 16th +5.5pp 6th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 30th +2.5pp 7th 50% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 15th +4.8pp 8th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 21st +3.5pp 9th 25% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 11th +5.3pp 10th 20% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 19th +4.0pp 11th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 13th +4.8pp 12th 15% above peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 13th 44% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 23rd +3.0pp 14th 26% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 29th +2.0pp 15th 49% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 8th +4.2pp 16th 30% above peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 4th +4.5pp 17th 45% above peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 14th +2.9pp 18th 5% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 9th +3.3pp 19th 21% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 12th +2.9pp 20th 17% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 20th +2.0pp 21st 14% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 18th +1.8pp 22nd 6% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 3rd +2.3pp 23rd 69% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 17th +1.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 1st +1.9pp 25th 99% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 2nd +1.0pp 26th 92% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 22nd +0.4pp 27th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 7th +0.6pp 28th 32% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 10th -0.0pp 29th 21% above peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 5th -2.1pp 30th 45% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 26th -1.6pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.9% then, 36.9% now; margin ±7.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 9.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.5% to 36.9%).
36.9%
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%
Norman, OK 45.3% 15th +14.2pp 1st 5% above peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 14th +8.8pp 2nd 5% above peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 31st +4.2pp 3rd 39% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 11th +7.6pp 4th 17% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 19th +5.0pp 5th 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 16th +4.6pp 6th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 9th +2.0pp 7th 18% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 1st +3.0pp 8th 81% above peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 7th +1.8pp 9th 20% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 3rd +2.0pp 10th 44% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 23rd +0.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 4th +0.4pp 12th 33% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 12th +0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 24th +0.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 5th -1.4pp 15th 28% above peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 10th -3.2pp 16th 17% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 6th -4.7pp 17th 23% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 13th -4.5pp 18th 6% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 2nd -8.2pp 19th 49% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 22nd -6.6pp 20th 10% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 29th -5.4pp 21st 32% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 20th -8.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 17th -8.8pp 23rd 1% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 27th -9.7pp 24th 29% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 26th -10.7pp 25th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 8th -18.7pp 26th 18% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 28th -11.0pp 27th 31% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 18th -16.1pp 28th 1% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 25th -20.4pp 29th 21% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 30th -19.0pp 30th 35% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 21st -31.0pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.3pp 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
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 4.6% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 4.6%).
4.6%
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 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 12th -4.3pp 1st 14% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 14th -2.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 17th -2.6pp 3rd 1% above peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 18th -2.4pp 4th 1% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 2nd -0.6pp 5th 74% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 15th -2.0pp 6th 1% below peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 19th -1.2pp 7th 12% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 7th -0.7pp 8th 40% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 27th -1.5pp 9th 48% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 21st -0.8pp 10th 13% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 60% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 9th -0.1pp 12th 27% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 23rd +0.0pp 13th 31% above peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 24th +0.1pp 14th 39% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 28th +0.4pp 15th 48% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 16th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 26th +1.6pp 17th 46% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 4th +0.6pp 18th 49% below peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 11th +1.2pp 19th 17% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 30th +2.4pp 20th 72% above peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 8th +1.2pp 21st 28% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 29th +2.9pp 22nd 59% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 20th +2.0pp 23rd 12% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 25th +3.8pp 24th 43% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 1st +0.6pp 25th 79% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 22nd +3.4pp 26th 19% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 5th +1.6pp 27th 47% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 10th +2.7pp 28th 21% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 29th 119% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 6th +2.4pp 30th 44% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 13th +4.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 14% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 109,160 to 124,725 - more than the combined survey margin (±141). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 26% from 2014 to 2024 (98,815 to 124,725).
124,725
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 1st +16% 1st 6% above peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 12th +14% 2nd 2% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 18th +11% 3rd on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 28th +11% 4th 2% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 13th +10% 5th 2% above peers
Billings, MT 119,434 31st +9% 6th 3% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 27th +8% 7th 2% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 29th +8% 8th 2% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 23rd +6% 9th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 3rd +6% 10th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 17th +6% 11th on par with peers
Norman, OK 129,672 2nd +6% 12th 6% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 25th +5% 13th 2% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 6th +4% 14th 4% above peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 8th +4% 15th 3% above peers
Independence, MO 121,740 20th +4% 16th 1% below peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 30th +3% 17th 2% below peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 16th +3% 18th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 4th +3% 19th 4% above peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 5th +3% 20th 4% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 14th +2% 21st 1% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 7th +2% 22nd 4% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 19th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 24th +1% 24th 1% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 10th -0% 25th 2% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 9th -0% 26th 3% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 26th -1% 27th 2% below peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 22nd -2% 28th 1% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 11th -2% 29th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 21st -4% 30th 1% below peers
Concord, CA 124,035 15th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±114 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.7% then, 28.6% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.2% to 28.6%).
28.6%
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 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 27th +0.6pp 1st 20% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 15th +0.7pp 2nd 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 1st +0.9pp 3rd 35% above peers
Brandon, FL 21.2% 16th +0.6pp 4th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 24th +0.4pp 5th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 2nd +0.4pp 6th 32% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 30th +0.2pp 7th 40% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 17th -0.0pp 8th 1% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 8th -0.1pp 9th 9% above peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 9th -0.2pp 10th 8% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 12th -0.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 23rd -0.3pp 12th 10% below peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 11th -0.5pp 13th 6% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 31st -0.3pp 14th 41% below peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 7th -0.7pp 15th 10% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 18th -0.7pp 16th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 10th -0.8pp 17th 7% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 3rd -1.0pp 18th 26% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 25th -0.7pp 19th 16% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 28th -0.7pp 20th 22% below peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 13th -1.0pp 21st 4% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 5th -1.3pp 22nd 14% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 19th -1.1pp 23rd 6% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 20th -1.3pp 24th 7% below peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 4th -2.0pp 25th 15% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 29th -1.4pp 26th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 21st -2.1pp 27th 8% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 22nd -2.1pp 28th 8% below peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 26th -2.1pp 29th 19% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 14th -2.7pp 30th 4% above peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 6th -3.3pp 31st 11% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.0% then, 28.3% now; margin ±5.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.3% to 28.3%).
28.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 29th +7.3pp 1st 38% below peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 17th +6.8pp 2nd 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 3rd +11.6pp 3rd 87% above peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 7th +6.3pp 4th 39% above peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 4th +4.6pp 5th 62% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 21st +2.0pp 6th 9% below peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 16th +1.8pp 7th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 8th 100% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 26th +0.4pp 9th 32% below peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 9th +0.5pp 10th 36% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 13th +0.4pp 11th 22% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 19th +0.2pp 12th 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 10th -0.5pp 13th 28% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 25th -0.4pp 14th 31% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 27th -0.4pp 15th 35% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 5th -0.9pp 16th 45% above peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 22nd -0.6pp 17th 13% below peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 8th -1.0pp 18th 37% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 11th -1.8pp 19th 25% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 23rd -1.3pp 20th 24% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 15th -2.2pp 21st 10% above peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 20th -2.1pp 22nd 7% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 23rd 66% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 24th 110% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 6th -4.7pp 25th 44% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 24th -2.4pp 26th 27% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 27th 52% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 18th -3.7pp 28th 4% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 12th -5.5pp 29th 25% above peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 28th -3.8pp 30th 35% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 14th -7.4pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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2 of 24 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 ±4.4pp 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

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.8% then, 69.0% now; margin ±8.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.4% to 69.0%).
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 12th +18.0pp 1st 3% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 31st +13.0pp 2nd 19% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 9th +9.8pp 3rd 6% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 5th +9.7pp 4th 8% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 16th +9.0pp 5th on par with peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 10% above peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 23rd +6.1pp 7th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 4th +4.8pp 8th 8% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 20th +4.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 11th +3.7pp 11th 5% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 24th +3.3pp 12th 7% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 10th +3.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 21st +3.0pp 14th 5% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 6th +3.3pp 15th 7% above peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 19th +2.6pp 16th 3% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 22nd +1.9pp 17th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 26th +1.6pp 18th 8% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 3rd +1.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 14th +1.2pp 21st on par with peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 15th +0.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 8th +0.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 7th +0.0pp 24th 7% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 28th -0.2pp 25th 11% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 13th -0.9pp 26th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 25th -2.2pp 27th 7% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 17th -3.4pp 28th 1% below peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 30th -3.7pp 29th 17% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 27th -5.7pp 30th 10% below peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 29th -7.3pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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2 of 24 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 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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