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53,772 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 5 indicators

Where Colton, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
46.5%
2020-24
▲ 49%
relative change
31.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$71,208
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
$53,838 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.6%
May 2026
▼ 15%
relative change
5.4% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.8%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
82.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.39
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.40 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Colton, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
11.6%
2020-24
▲ 181%
relative change
4.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.9%
2020-24
flat
relative change
43.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
16.6%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
17.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
14.9%
2019-23
▼ 15%
relative change
17.4% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
52.8%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
51.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
20.7%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
21.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
13.6%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
15.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.0%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
8.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
71.5%
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
54.0% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.4%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
27.6% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,929
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,847 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
53,772
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
54,580 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
38.4%
2020-24
flat
relative change
38.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 32% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $53,838 to $71,208 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,842). 28 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 78% from 2014 to 2024 ($39,915 to $71,208).
$71,208
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 $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Pensacola, FL $74,212 20th +47% 1st 23% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $59,996 27th +41% 2nd 38% below peers
Kentwood, MI $74,373 19th +37% 3rd 23% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $55,534 29th +37% 4th 43% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $113,648 8th +36% 5th 18% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 2nd +34% 6th 28% above peers
Colton, CA $71,208 21st +32% 7th 26% below peers
Peabody, MA $96,657 16th +32% 8th on par with peers
Yucaipa, CA $90,794 18th +31% 9th 6% below peers
Wheaton, MD $111,478 12th +30% 10th 15% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD $111,575 11th +28% 11th 15% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL $63,432 24th +28% 12th 34% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $109,193 14th +27% 13th 13% above peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 10th +26% 14th 16% above peers
Elkhart, IN $51,028 31st +25% 15th 47% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $119,517 5th +25% 16th 24% above peers
Westfield, IN $122,789 3rd +25% 17th 27% above peers
Elyria, OH $54,945 30th +24% 18th 43% below peers
Edina, MN $128,767 1st +24% 19th 33% above peers
Placentia, CA $115,929 7th +21% 20th 20% above peers
Little Elm, TX $119,219 6th +21% 21st 23% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 25th +21% 22nd 37% below peers
Manhattan, KS $60,172 26th +19% 23rd 38% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 17th +18% 24th 3% below peers
Oak Park, IL $110,820 13th +17% 25th 15% above peers
Wheaton, IL $120,008 4th +16% 26th 24% above peers
Grand Island, NE $63,795 23rd +16% 27th 34% below peers
Galveston, TX $55,631 28th +13% 28th 42% below peers
Normal, IL $64,785 22nd +11% 29th 33% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA $108,281 15th +9% 30th 12% above peers
Methuen, MA $113,310 9th 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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3 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,603 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening faster than 74% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.6% in May 2026, down from 5.4% a year earlier.
4.6%
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
Elyria, OH 3.4% (May 26) 6th -1.2pp 1st 17% below peers
Elkhart, IN 3.5% (May 26) 7th -1.0pp 2nd 15% below peers
Colton, CA 4.6% (May 26) 22nd -0.8pp 3rd 12% above peers
Lincoln, CA 3.7% (May 26) 9th -0.4pp 4th 10% below peers
Grand Island, NE 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 5th 29% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.1% (May 26) 15th -0.2pp 6th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -0.2pp 7th 27% below peers
Westfield, IN 2.6% (May 26) 1st -0.2pp 8th 37% below peers
Methuen, MA 4.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.1pp 9th 12% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.1% (May 26) 26th -0.1pp 10th 24% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 5.8% (May 26) 28th +0.0pp 11th 41% above peers
Peabody, MA 4.3% (May 26) 19th +0.0pp 12th 5% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.2% (May 26) 4th +0.1pp 13th 22% below peers
Placentia, CA 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.1pp 14th 10% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.8% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 15th 7% below peers
Galveston, TX 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 4.7% (May 26) 24th +0.2pp 17th 15% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 4.9% (May 26) 25th +0.2pp 18th 20% above peers
Burleson, TX 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.2pp 19th 15% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Normal, IL 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.4pp 21st 10% below peers
Manhattan, KS 3.3% (May 26) 5th +0.5pp 22nd 20% below peers
Edina, MN 3.9% (May 26) 14th +0.5pp 23rd 5% below peers
Little Elm, TX 4.2% (May 26) 18th +0.5pp 24th 2% above peers
Wheaton, IL 4.3% (May 26) 20th +0.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Pensacola, FL 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 4.1% (May 26) 16th +1.0pp 27th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 5.1% (May 26) 27th +1.0pp 28th 24% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.0% then, 13.6% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 9.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.2% to 13.6%).
13.6%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 1st -3.8pp 1st 65% below peers
Westfield, IN 3.6% 2nd -2.3pp 2nd 65% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.5% 24th -6.3pp 3rd 61% above peers
Pensacola, FL 12.5% 19th -4.7pp 4th 22% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.2% 17th -3.3pp 5th 9% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 18.2% 26th -5.3pp 6th 77% above peers
Elkhart, IN 17.9% 25th -3.6pp 7th 74% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.4% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 57% below peers
Normal, IL 18.5% 27th -3.6pp 9th 80% above peers
Lincoln, CA 6.8% 7th -1.0pp 10th 33% below peers
Manhattan, KS 20.6% 30th -2.9pp 11th 101% above peers
Peabody, MA 7.5% 10th -1.0pp 12th 26% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 13th -1.1pp 13th 12% below peers
Colton, CA 13.6% 22nd -1.4pp 14th 32% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 12.7% 20th -0.9pp 15th 24% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.3% 16th -0.6pp 16th on par with peers
Edina, MN 4.6% 4th -0.2pp 17th 55% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 9.7% 14th -0.4pp 18th 6% below peers
Oak Park, IL 7.4% 9th -0.2pp 19th 28% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 11th -0.2pp 20th 23% below peers
Wheaton, IL 5.2% 5th +0.1pp 21st 49% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 19.3% 28th +0.5pp 22nd 88% above peers
Galveston, TX 20.1% 29th +1.6pp 23rd 95% above peers
Grand Island, NE 15.0% 23rd +2.4pp 24th 46% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 8th +1.4pp 25th 31% below peers
Wheaton, MD 12.9% 21st +2.8pp 26th 26% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 11.3% 18th +2.8pp 27th 10% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.9% 6th +1.9pp 28th 43% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 10.0% 15th +3.9pp 29th 3% below peers
Little Elm, TX 9.0% 12th +4.0pp 30th 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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3 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.7% then, 20.7% now; margin ±4.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 11.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.4% to 20.7%).
20.7%
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%
Westfield, IN 2.2% 1st -6.7pp 1st 84% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 2nd -6.2pp 2nd 73% below peers
Peabody, MA 6.2% 7th -6.7pp 3rd 53% below peers
Normal, IL 7.4% 9th -5.5pp 4th 44% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 8th -4.6pp 5th 53% below peers
Pensacola, FL 17.9% 22nd -10.5pp 6th 34% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.7% 11th -4.3pp 7th 42% below peers
Elyria, OH 26.1% 27th -13.1pp 8th 95% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.4% 14th -4.2pp 9th 22% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 3rd -1.3pp 10th 70% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 25.8% 26th -8.7pp 11th 94% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 18th -4.1pp 12th 12% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 13.3% 16th -2.8pp 13th on par with peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 13th -1.1pp 14th 32% below peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 4th -0.4pp 15th 67% below peers
Colton, CA 20.7% 25th -1.0pp 16th 55% above peers
Elkhart, IN 31.0% 28th -1.4pp 17th 133% above peers
Grand Island, NE 18.8% 24th +0.4pp 18th 40% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 10th +0.5pp 19th 43% below peers
Kentwood, MI 16.2% 20th +1.6pp 20th 21% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.0% 5th +0.5pp 21st 63% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.3% 29th +4.2pp 22nd 150% above peers
Manhattan, KS 16.8% 21st +2.3pp 23rd 26% above peers
Wheaton, MD 18.6% 23rd +3.0pp 24th 39% above peers
Galveston, TX 35.7% 30th +9.2pp 25th 167% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 15.5% 19th +5.2pp 26th 16% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.7% 6th +2.5pp 27th 57% below peers
Little Elm, TX 11.4% 15th +5.6pp 28th 14% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 13.6% 17th +7.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Oak Park, IL 8.6% 12th +4.9pp 30th 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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3 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.6% to 90.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.8pp). 28 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 15.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (75.5% to 90.8%).
90.8%
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%
Huntington Park, CA 89.3% 26th +13.9pp 1st 4% below peers
Elkhart, IN 90.2% 23rd +12.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Elyria, OH 87.0% 28th +11.6pp 3rd 7% below peers
Pensacola, FL 92.5% 16th +9.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 80.7% 30th +8.3pp 5th 14% below peers
Galveston, TX 91.5% 19th +9.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Peabody, MA 91.4% 20th +9.2pp 7th 2% below peers
Normal, IL 86.8% 29th +8.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Colton, CA 90.8% 22nd +8.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Grand Island, NE 89.7% 25th +7.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 92.4% 17th +7.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Oak Park, IL 94.4% 12th +6.7pp 12th 1% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 24th +6.2pp 13th 4% below peers
Wheaton, MD 95.9% 6th +6.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 10th +5.9pp 15th 2% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 87.7% 27th +5.1pp 16th 6% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 94.3% 13th +5.0pp 17th 1% above peers
Kentwood, MI 91.2% 21st +4.3pp 18th 2% below peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 14th +4.3pp 19th on par with peers
Manhattan, KS 92.1% 18th +4.2pp 20th 1% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 98.4% 1st +4.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 3rd +4.3pp 22nd 5% above peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 15th +4.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 95.2% 11th +4.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 95.8% 7th +3.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Wheaton, IL 95.8% 8th +3.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Westfield, IN 97.3% 4th +2.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Little Elm, TX 98.3% 2nd +2.7pp 28th 5% above peers
Placentia, CA 95.4% 9th +2.4pp 29th 2% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 96.1% 5th +2.1pp 30th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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3 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.40 then, 0.39 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.39).
0.39
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 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lincoln, CA 0.40 6th -0.017 1st 7% below peers
Pensacola, FL 0.49 27th -0.020 2nd 12% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 0.47 23rd -0.015 3rd 7% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 0.42 13th -0.013 4th 3% below peers
Colton, CA 0.39 3rd -0.007 5th 10% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 0.41 9th -0.007 6th 6% below peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 7th 21% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 0.42 11th -0.006 8th 3% below peers
Oak Park, IL 0.48 26th -0.006 9th 11% above peers
Wheaton, MD 0.41 8th -0.005 10th 6% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 0.47 25th -0.006 11th 8% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 14th -0.002 12th 2% below peers
Kentwood, MI 0.41 7th -0.002 13th 7% below peers
Peabody, MA 0.44 18th +0.000 14th 2% above peers
Elyria, OH 0.45 19th +0.003 15th 2% above peers
Wheaton, IL 0.46 22nd +0.003 16th 5% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 4th +0.003 17th 10% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 0.44 16th +0.008 18th on par with peers
Yucaipa, CA 0.44 17th +0.008 19th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 0.49 28th +0.015 20th 14% above peers
Galveston, TX 0.52 30th +0.017 21st 20% above peers
Little Elm, TX 0.37 2nd +0.018 22nd 16% below peers
Placentia, CA 0.42 12th +0.023 23rd 3% below peers
Normal, IL 0.51 29th +0.029 24th 18% above peers
Grand Island, NE 0.47 24th +0.030 25th 7% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 0.45 20th +0.030 26th 4% above peers
Elkhart, IN 0.46 21st +0.031 27th 5% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 5th +0.028 28th 9% below peers
Westfield, IN 0.43 15th +0.032 29th 2% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.33 1st +0.046 30th 25% below peers
Methuen, MA 0.42 10th 4% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (17.4% then, 14.9% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 9 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 4.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (19.2% to 14.9%).
14.9%
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
Westfield, IN 2.4% 1st -1.1pp 1st 74% below peers
Wheaton, IL 3.6% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 61% below peers
Elkhart, IN 12.8% 24th -5.8pp 3rd 36% above peers
Grand Island, NE 9.4% 16th -4.1pp 4th on par with peers
Pensacola, FL 11.4% 21st -4.0pp 5th 21% above peers
Burleson, TX 4.9% 6th -1.1pp 6th 48% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.0% 28th -3.3pp 7th 71% above peers
Galveston, TX 13.0% 25th -2.3pp 8th 39% above peers
Colton, CA 14.9% 27th -2.5pp 9th 59% above peers
Peabody, MA 10.3% 17th -1.6pp 10th 10% above peers
Normal, IL 7.3% 14th -0.9pp 11th 22% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 13.4% 26th -1.6pp 12th 43% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.6% 19th -0.9pp 13th 13% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 8th +0.0pp 14th 39% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 3.4% 3rd +0.0pp 15th 64% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 25.4% 30th +0.2pp 16th 171% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 12.6% 23rd +0.6pp 17th 35% above peers
Oak Park, IL 7.3% 13th +0.6pp 18th 23% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.8% 20th +0.9pp 19th 15% above peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 18th +0.9pp 20th 11% above peers
Little Elm, TX 5.1% 7th +0.7pp 21st 45% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.0% 29th +4.9pp 22nd 156% above peers
Edina, MN 2.7% 2nd +0.6pp 23rd 71% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.8% 9th +1.2pp 24th 39% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 15th +1.6pp 25th 18% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 11.9% 22nd +2.6pp 26th 27% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.0% 12th +1.7pp 27th 26% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.3% 5th +1.3pp 28th 54% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 6.7% 11th +2.9pp 29th 28% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 6.2% 10th +3.4pp 30th 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.1pp 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 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $499,865 in June 2026, up from $499,666 a year earlier.
$499,865
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 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%
Oak Park, IL $492,876 (Jun 26) 14th +10.7% 1st on par with peers
Elkhart, IN $231,940 (Jun 26) 26th +5.8% 2nd 53% below peers
Wheaton, IL $524,542 (Jun 26) 9th +5.2% 3rd 6% above peers
Manhattan, KS $299,405 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.8% 4th 39% below peers
Elyria, OH $191,593 (Jun 26) 27th +4.7% 5th 61% below peers
Edina, MN $635,999 (Jun 26) 7th +3.9% 6th 29% above peers
Kentwood, MI $340,017 (Jun 26) 19th +3.9% 7th 31% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $496,328 (Jun 26) 13th +3.5% 8th 1% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $374,440 (Jun 26) 17th +3.0% 9th 24% below peers
Westfield, IN $478,818 (Jun 26) 15th +2.8% 10th 3% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $960,936 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.9% 11th 95% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $574,974 (Jun 26) 8th +1.3% 12th 17% above peers
Huntington Park, CA $674,652 (Jun 26) 5th +1.3% 13th 37% above peers
Pensacola, FL $268,527 (Jun 26) 24th +1.1% 14th 46% below peers
Placentia, CA $1,117,757 (Jun 26) 1st +1.0% 15th 127% above peers
Grand Island, NE $258,203 (Jun 26) 25th +1.0% 16th 48% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA $1,029,682 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.9% 17th 109% above peers
Peabody, MA $710,734 (Jun 26) 4th +0.6% 18th 44% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $512,413 (Jun 26) 11th +0.1% 19th 4% above peers
Colton, CA $499,865 (Jun 26) 12th +0.0% 20th 1% above peers
Normal, IL $269,011 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.3% 21st 45% below peers
Lincoln, CA $648,541 (Jun 26) 6th -0.6% 22nd 32% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $189,756 (Jun 26) 28th -0.6% 23rd 62% below peers
Burleson, TX $342,356 (Jun 26) 18th -1.3% 24th 31% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $515,729 (Jun 26) 10th -1.5% 25th 5% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL $303,946 (Jun 26) 21st -3.8% 26th 38% below peers
Galveston, TX $322,876 (Jun 26) 20th -6.5% 27th 34% below peers
Little Elm, TX $402,876 (Jun 26) 16th -6.8% 28th 18% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 17% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $410,588 in June 2026, up from $405,830 a year earlier.
$410,588
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
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%
Manhattan, KS $212,920 (Jun 26) 21st +6.7% 1st 32% below peers
Oak Park, IL $251,868 (Jun 26) 18th +6.4% 2nd 19% below peers
Elyria, OH $130,769 (Jun 26) 27th +5.9% 3rd 58% below peers
Wheaton, IL $347,090 (Jun 26) 12th +5.7% 4th 11% above peers
Elkhart, IN $155,976 (Jun 26) 26th +5.4% 5th 50% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $290,945 (Jun 26) 15th +4.1% 6th 7% below peers
Kentwood, MI $260,325 (Jun 26) 17th +3.9% 7th 17% below peers
Normal, IL $202,576 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 8th 35% below peers
Westfield, IN $351,099 (Jun 26) 11th +2.8% 9th 13% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $464,615 (Jun 26) 7th +2.6% 10th 49% above peers
Pensacola, FL $170,760 (Jun 26) 25th +2.1% 11th 45% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $733,530 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.9% 12th 135% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $312,027 (Jun 26) 14th +1.3% 13th on par with peers
Colton, CA $410,588 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 14th 32% above peers
Grand Island, NE $184,364 (Jun 26) 24th +1.1% 15th 41% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $571,523 (Jun 26) 4th +0.8% 16th 83% above peers
Placentia, CA $819,310 (Jun 26) 1st +0.6% 17th 163% above peers
Peabody, MA $566,776 (Jun 26) 5th +0.6% 18th 82% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $421,900 (Jun 26) 8th +0.0% 19th 35% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $719,346 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 20th 131% above peers
Lincoln, CA $530,010 (Jun 26) 6th -0.8% 21st 70% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $364,168 (Jun 26) 10th -2.2% 22nd 17% above peers
Burleson, TX $263,855 (Jun 26) 16th -2.6% 23rd 15% below peers
Edina, MN $245,840 (Jun 26) 19th -2.7% 24th 21% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $96,667 (Jun 26) 28th -3.3% 25th 69% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL $215,851 (Jun 26) 20th -4.7% 26th 31% below peers
Little Elm, TX $328,392 (Jun 26) 13th -6.9% 27th 5% above peers
Galveston, TX $202,732 (Jun 26) 22nd -7.0% 28th 35% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (51.7% then, 52.8% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.2% to 52.8%).
52.8%
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%
Manhattan, KS 43.5% 29th +4.5pp 1st 33% below peers
Pensacola, FL 64.2% 17th +4.6pp 2nd 1% below peers
Kentwood, MI 61.4% 20th +3.2pp 3rd 5% below peers
Galveston, TX 46.2% 28th +2.4pp 4th 29% below peers
Lincoln, CA 83.9% 2nd +4.2pp 5th 30% above peers
Elkhart, IN 53.2% 25th +2.5pp 6th 18% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 71.6% 11th +2.6pp 7th 11% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 6th +2.6pp 8th 14% above peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 8th +1.6pp 9th 12% above peers
Colton, CA 52.8% 26th +1.1pp 10th 18% below peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 9th +1.5pp 11th 11% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 18th +1.2pp 12th 1% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 77.3% 4th +1.3pp 13th 19% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 69.0% 13th +1.0pp 14th 6% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 73.4% 7th +0.8pp 15th 13% above peers
Elyria, OH 60.0% 22nd +0.6pp 16th 7% below peers
Oak Park, IL 60.0% 21st +0.5pp 17th 7% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 75.5% 5th +0.3pp 18th 17% above peers
Wheaton, MD 64.6% 16th +0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Peabody, MA 65.6% 14th -0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Normal, IL 54.8% 24th -0.6pp 21st 15% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 64.8% 15th -0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Grand Island, NE 57.8% 23rd -1.0pp 23rd 11% below peers
Wheaton, IL 71.7% 10th -1.6pp 24th 11% above peers
Westfield, IN 79.5% 3rd -1.8pp 25th 23% above peers
Placentia, CA 63.6% 19th -1.7pp 26th 2% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 84.7% 1st -2.8pp 27th 31% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 49.0% 27th -1.6pp 28th 24% below peers
Little Elm, TX 70.1% 12th -6.4pp 29th 8% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.2% 30th -3.0pp 30th 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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3 of 14 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp 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 81% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2023 to 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,929 in June 2026, up from $1,847 a year earlier.
$1,929
2023June 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%
Kentwood, MI $1,620 (Jun 26) 20th +6.3% 1st 16% below peers
Elkhart, IN $1,174 (Jun 26) 27th +6.2% 2nd 39% below peers
Oak Park, IL $2,160 (Jun 26) 9th +5.5% 3rd 12% above peers
Manhattan, KS $1,293 (Jun 26) 26th +5.1% 4th 33% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $3,254 (Jun 26) 2nd +4.8% 5th 69% above peers
Colton, CA $1,929 (Jun 26) 14th +4.4% 6th on par with peers
Galveston, TX $1,356 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.4% 7th 30% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $1,820 (Jun 26) 16th +3.7% 8th 6% below peers
Lincoln, CA $3,006 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.3% 9th 56% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $1,857 (Jun 26) 15th +3.2% 10th 4% below peers
Edina, MN $2,009 (Jun 26) 12th +3.2% 11th 4% above peers
Elyria, OH $1,126 (Jun 26) 28th +3.0% 12th 42% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $2,265 (Jun 26) 7th +2.9% 13th 17% above peers
Pensacola, FL $1,657 (Jun 26) 19th +2.9% 14th 14% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $1,575 (Jun 26) 21st +2.8% 15th 18% below peers
Westfield, IN $1,986 (Jun 26) 13th +2.5% 16th 3% above peers
Normal, IL $1,403 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.0% 17th 27% below peers
Placentia, CA $2,796 (Jun 26) 5th +1.9% 18th 45% above peers
Peabody, MA $2,812 (Jun 26) 4th +1.4% 19th 46% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $2,095 (Jun 26) 11th +1.1% 20th 9% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $3,301 (Jun 26) 1st +1.0% 21st 71% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $1,813 (Jun 26) 17th +0.9% 22nd 6% below peers
Wheaton, IL $2,169 (Jun 26) 8th +0.9% 23rd 12% above peers
Grand Island, NE $1,337 (Jun 26) 24th +0.8% 24th 31% below peers
Little Elm, TX $2,282 (Jun 26) 6th +0.3% 25th 18% above peers
Burleson, TX $1,737 (Jun 26) 18th -1.4% 26th 10% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $1,300 (Jun 26) 25th -1.6% 27th 33% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL $2,101 (Jun 26) 10th -2.0% 28th 9% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.8% then, 43.9% now; margin ±5.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.0% to 43.9%).
43.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Wheaton, MD 32.2% 14th -7.4pp 1st 2% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 32.0% 12th -6.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.1% 18th -4.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.1% 31st -4.8pp 4th 55% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 34.7% 21st -3.1pp 5th 5% above peers
Elyria, OH 30.2% 8th -2.4pp 6th 8% below peers
Manhattan, KS 36.7% 24th -2.3pp 7th 11% above peers
Pensacola, FL 33.1% 17th -1.6pp 8th on par with peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 9th 13% below peers
Oak Park, IL 32.1% 13th -0.4pp 10th 3% below peers
Kentwood, MI 28.6% 6th -0.2pp 11th 13% below peers
Colton, CA 43.9% 30th +0.1pp 12th 33% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 1st +0.0pp 13th 32% below peers
Elkhart, IN 33.5% 20th +0.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Wheaton, IL 28.5% 5th +1.0pp 15th 14% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 27.7% 3rd +1.1pp 16th 16% below peers
Little Elm, TX 31.8% 11th +1.4pp 17th 4% below peers
Peabody, MA 38.1% 26th +2.0pp 18th 16% above peers
Westfield, IN 24.4% 2nd +1.2pp 19th 26% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 28.1% 4th +1.5pp 20th 15% below peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 25th +2.4pp 21st 12% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 40.8% 27th +2.7pp 22nd 24% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 36.0% 22nd +2.6pp 23rd 9% above peers
Normal, IL 33.0% 16th +3.1pp 24th on par with peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 15th +3.3pp 25th on par with peers
Placentia, CA 43.0% 28th +4.5pp 26th 30% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.7% 29th +4.6pp 27th 32% above peers
Grand Island, NE 30.6% 9th +5.4pp 28th 7% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 36.4% 23rd +6.8pp 29th 10% above peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 10th +7.8pp 30th 5% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.3% 19th 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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3 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.8% then, 5.6% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 5.6%).
5.6%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Manhattan, KS 4.3% 11th -4.1pp 1st 29% below peers
Elkhart, IN 8.1% 22nd -3.7pp 2nd 34% above peers
Peabody, MA 8.5% 25th -3.6pp 3rd 42% above peers
Westfield, IN 1.9% 3rd -0.7pp 4th 68% below peers
Little Elm, TX 2.3% 5th -0.6pp 5th 61% below peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.5pp 6th 68% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 9th -0.8pp 7th 39% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.1% 10th -0.8pp 8th 32% below peers
Oak Park, IL 11.7% 28th -1.7pp 9th 94% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.4% 6th -0.2pp 10th 61% below peers
Elyria, OH 8.9% 26th -0.9pp 11th 48% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.7% 27th -0.6pp 12th 77% above peers
Normal, IL 6.0% 16th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.7% 1st +0.0pp 14th 89% below peers
Pensacola, FL 8.4% 24th +0.2pp 15th 39% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 7.5% 20th +0.3pp 16th 25% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 12.0% 29th +0.7pp 17th 99% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 7th +0.2pp 18th 52% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 8.2% 23rd +0.5pp 19th 37% above peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 18th +0.4pp 20th 8% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.3% 31st +1.4pp 21st 138% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 8th +0.4pp 22nd 47% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 6.4% 17th +0.9pp 23rd 7% above peers
Kentwood, MI 7.6% 21st +1.1pp 24th 26% above peers
Wheaton, MD 12.1% 30th +3.2pp 25th 101% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.4% 13th +1.6pp 26th 10% below peers
Grand Island, NE 7.3% 19th +2.2pp 27th 21% above peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 4th +0.7pp 28th 64% below peers
Colton, CA 5.6% 14th +1.8pp 29th 6% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.6% 12th +1.6pp 30th 24% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.0% 15th 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.9pp 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
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Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.0% then, 9.0% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 17.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.0% to 9.1%).
9.0%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Minnetonka, MN 1.3% 1st -1.1pp 1st 80% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 3.4% 8th -2.4pp 2nd 49% below peers
Wheaton, IL 2.2% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 67% below peers
Kentwood, MI 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 4th 42% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.8% 19th -3.9pp 5th 32% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.5% 5th -1.0pp 6th 62% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.7% 10th -1.8pp 7th 30% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.8% 12th -1.7pp 8th 28% below peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 2nd -0.5pp 9th 75% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.7% 17th -2.0pp 10th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 11.8% 26th -1.9pp 11th 78% above peers
Elyria, OH 6.7% 16th -0.9pp 12th on par with peers
Little Elm, TX 11.6% 24th -1.5pp 13th 75% above peers
Galveston, TX 15.9% 30th -1.9pp 14th 138% above peers
Peabody, MA 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 15th 64% below peers
Oak Park, IL 3.0% 6th -0.1pp 16th 54% below peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 21st +0.0pp 17th 59% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 5.7% 14th +0.1pp 18th 15% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 17.9% 31st +0.5pp 19th 169% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.4% 15th +0.3pp 20th 4% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 13.6% 27th +0.6pp 21st 105% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.0% 22nd +0.8pp 22nd 66% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 11.8% 25th +1.0pp 23rd 77% above peers
Wheaton, MD 14.3% 28th +1.4pp 24th 115% above peers
Colton, CA 9.1% 20th +1.0pp 25th 36% above peers
Grand Island, NE 14.3% 29th +1.8pp 26th 115% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 11th +0.7pp 27th 29% below peers
Normal, IL 4.8% 13th +0.9pp 28th 27% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 11.2% 23rd +2.2pp 29th 69% above peers
Manhattan, KS 7.5% 18th +2.0pp 30th 12% above peers
Methuen, MA 3.3% 7th 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Diamond Bar, CA 17.6% 1st 45% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 21.8% 2nd 31% below peers
Edina, MN 23.8% 3rd 25% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 24.8% 4th 22% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 5th 19% below peers
Placentia, CA 26.0% 6th 18% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 7th 16% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 27.0% 8th 15% below peers
Wheaton, MD 27.4% 9th 14% below peers
Wheaton, IL 29.0% 10th 9% below peers
Oak Park, IL 29.3% 11th 8% below peers
Westfield, IN 29.3% 12th 8% below peers
Peabody, MA 29.9% 13th 6% below peers
Pensacola, FL 31.7% 14th on par with peers
Pinellas Park, FL 31.8% 15th on par with peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 31.8% 16th on par with peers
Little Elm, TX 32.3% 17th 2% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 33.1% 18th 4% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 33.4% 19th 5% above peers
Manhattan, KS 33.5% 20th 5% above peers
Kentwood, MI 34.3% 21st 8% above peers
Normal, IL 36.0% 22nd 13% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 23rd 17% above peers
Colton, CA 37.5% 24th 18% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 25th 20% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.3% 26th 20% above peers
Elyria, OH 42.5% 27th 34% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.1% 28th 36% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 44.0% 29th 38% above peers
Elkhart, IN 45.9% 30th 44% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 3.6% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 10.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.2% to 3.6%).
3.6%
20122024
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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
Wheaton, IL 0.8% 1st -2.3pp 1st 77% below peers
Kentwood, MI 1.2% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 68% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.0% 9th -2.6pp 3rd 44% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 1.0% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 71% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 1.9% 8th -1.3pp 5th 47% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 19th -2.2pp 6th 17% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 10th -1.0pp 7th 43% below peers
Normal, IL 1.4% 4th -0.6pp 8th 61% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.6% 21st -2.1pp 9th 55% above peers
Westfield, IN 4.2% 18th -1.5pp 10th 17% above peers
Colton, CA 3.6% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Little Elm, TX 10.0% 30th -2.6pp 12th 174% above peers
Elyria, OH 2.6% 12th -0.5pp 13th 28% below peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 7th -0.2pp 14th 48% below peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 26th -0.1pp 15th 94% above peers
Galveston, TX 11.2% 31st -0.1pp 16th 209% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 14th +0.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 24th +0.4pp 18th 85% above peers
Elkhart, IN 9.7% 29th +0.6pp 19th 166% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 6.6% 23rd +0.5pp 20th 82% above peers
Peabody, MA 1.7% 6th +0.2pp 21st 54% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 5.4% 20th +2.1pp 22nd 49% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.0% 27th +3.0pp 23rd 120% above peers
Oak Park, IL 2.7% 13th +1.2pp 24th 26% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 11th +1.0pp 25th 38% below peers
Manhattan, KS 3.2% 15th +1.4pp 26th 12% below peers
Wheaton, MD 7.0% 25th +3.2pp 27th 92% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 8.7% 28th +4.6pp 28th 139% above peers
Pensacola, FL 6.6% 22nd +3.5pp 29th 82% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.2% 17th +2.4pp 30th 15% above peers
Methuen, MA 1.5% 5th 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.3% then, 16.6% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 16.6%).
16.6%
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 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Huntington Park, CA 8.5% 31st +2.1pp 1st 78% below peers
Burleson, TX 34.0% 21st +7.6pp 2nd 10% below peers
Galveston, TX 36.0% 18th +6.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 25th +4.0pp 4th 35% below peers
Elkhart, IN 17.7% 29th +2.7pp 5th 53% below peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 14th +5.8pp 6th 6% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 25.5% 24th +3.6pp 7th 32% below peers
Pensacola, FL 43.0% 13th +5.8pp 8th 14% above peers
Kentwood, MI 36.7% 17th +4.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Elyria, OH 17.8% 28th +2.3pp 10th 53% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 37.8% 16th +4.9pp 11th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.9% 26th +2.6pp 12th 39% below peers
Placentia, CA 44.2% 10th +4.9pp 13th 17% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.9% 23rd +2.5pp 14th 29% below peers
Normal, IL 52.9% 8th +4.5pp 15th 40% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 6th +4.9pp 16th 58% above peers
Wheaton, MD 38.7% 15th +3.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 65.0% 3rd +4.8pp 18th 72% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 19th 92% above peers
Oak Park, IL 72.5% 2nd +2.5pp 20th 92% above peers
Peabody, MA 35.0% 20th +1.0pp 21st 7% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 35.1% 19th +1.0pp 22nd 7% below peers
Manhattan, KS 53.3% 7th +1.4pp 23rd 41% above peers
Little Elm, TX 44.2% 11th +1.1pp 24th 17% above peers
Westfield, IN 59.8% 5th +1.2pp 25th 58% above peers
Grand Island, NE 20.9% 27th +0.3pp 26th 45% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 43.3% 12th +0.3pp 27th 14% above peers
Wheaton, IL 64.5% 4th +0.3pp 28th 71% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 52.8% 9th -2.1pp 29th 40% above peers
Colton, CA 16.6% 30th -0.8pp 30th 56% below peers
Methuen, MA 31.0% 22nd 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
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
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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Preschool enrollment rose 15.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.1% to 46.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±15.4pp). 2 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 17.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.2% to 46.5%).
46.5%
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%
Placentia, CA 60.8% 5th +21.8pp 1st 31% above peers
Colton, CA 46.5% 15th +15.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Little Elm, TX 46.4% 16th +15.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Wheaton, MD 50.5% 11th +15.9pp 4th 9% above peers
Grand Island, NE 45.6% 17th +13.3pp 5th 2% below peers
Kentwood, MI 59.0% 6th +15.1pp 6th 27% above peers
Normal, IL 57.0% 7th +11.3pp 7th 23% above peers
Manhattan, KS 60.8% 4th +11.1pp 8th 31% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.4% 26th +5.2pp 9th 28% below peers
Westfield, IN 65.8% 2nd +9.9pp 10th 41% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 42.6% 20th +4.7pp 11th 8% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.9% 25th +3.6pp 12th 27% below peers
Elyria, OH 48.8% 13th +3.8pp 13th 5% above peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 12th +0.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Elkhart, IN 25.1% 28th -0.9pp 15th 46% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 52.3% 10th -3.3pp 16th 12% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 41.3% 22nd -4.3pp 17th 11% below peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 1st -7.9pp 18th 43% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.5% 19th -5.4pp 19th 6% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 9th -7.7pp 20th 13% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 24th -5.3pp 21st 24% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 37.5% 23rd -6.6pp 22nd 19% below peers
Pensacola, FL 47.7% 14th -8.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Oak Park, IL 62.2% 3rd -13.3pp 24th 34% above peers
Wheaton, IL 54.2% 8th -18.7pp 25th 17% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 45.1% 18th -20.2pp 26th 3% below peers
Peabody, MA 31.9% 27th -15.5pp 27th 31% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 29th -19.2pp 28th 48% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 41.7% 21st -36.0pp 29th 10% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.0% 30th -23.3pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth rose 7.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.1% to 11.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 11.6%).
11.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Yucaipa, CA 2.8% 8th -6.9pp 1st 56% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 3.5% 10th -4.7pp 2nd 46% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 3.6% 12th -2.9pp 3rd 43% below peers
Oak Park, IL 1.3% 2nd -0.9pp 4th 80% below peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 11th -2.3pp 5th 45% below peers
Manhattan, KS 1.8% 4th -0.9pp 6th 72% below peers
Kentwood, MI 5.5% 14th -2.2pp 7th 14% below peers
Elkhart, IN 11.1% 26th -3.6pp 8th 72% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 6.5% 16th -1.3pp 9th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.5% 20th -0.1pp 10th 16% above peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 29th +0.1pp 11th 120% above peers
Peabody, MA 5.3% 13th +0.1pp 12th 17% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 7.3% 19th +1.2pp 13th 13% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 23rd +1.5pp 14th 35% above peers
Wheaton, IL 1.3% 3rd +0.2pp 15th 80% below peers
Elyria, OH 18.2% 31st +3.6pp 16th 182% above peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 17th +1.8pp 17th 3% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.2% 24th +3.2pp 18th 57% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.2% 30th +5.0pp 19th 120% above peers
Westfield, IN 2.5% 6th +0.9pp 20th 61% below peers
Little Elm, TX 7.5% 21st +2.8pp 21st 16% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 2.6% 7th +1.0pp 22nd 59% below peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 9th +1.5pp 23rd 49% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.3% 5th +1.1pp 24th 65% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 25th +5.0pp 25th 61% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.8% 18th +3.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Colton, CA 11.6% 27th +7.5pp 27th 80% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.7% 28th +8.7pp 28th 81% above peers
Normal, IL 0.8% 1st +0.6pp 29th 87% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 22nd +6.7pp 30th 27% above peers
Methuen, MA 6.3% 15th 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.9pp 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 Falling
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Population fell about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54,580 to 53,772 - more than the combined survey margin (±76). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 25 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (53,129 to 53,772).
53,772
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
Eagle Mountain, UT 53,290 20th +64% 1st on par with peers
Westfield, IN 54,677 3rd +38% 2nd 2% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 52,844 30th +25% 3rd 1% below peers
Little Elm, TX 54,820 1st +19% 4th 3% above peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 28th +15% 5th 1% below peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 26th +12% 6th 1% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 9th +11% 7th 1% above peers
Galveston, TX 53,424 17th +6% 8th on par with peers
Wheaton, MD 52,926 27th +5% 9th 1% below peers
Kentwood, MI 54,296 6th +5% 10th 2% above peers
Grand Island, NE 52,884 29th +3% 11th 1% below peers
Peabody, MA 54,695 2nd +3% 12th 2% above peers
Edina, MN 53,262 22nd +3% 13th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 53,733 12th +3% 14th on par with peers
Pensacola, FL 54,036 10th +3% 15th 1% above peers
Oak Park, IL 53,292 19th +2% 16th on par with peers
Placentia, CA 52,826 31st +2% 17th 1% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 54,421 4th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 53,560 14th +1% 19th on par with peers
Wheaton, IL 53,557 15th +1% 20th on par with peers
Aspen Hill, MD 53,279 21st +0% 21st on par with peers
Minnetonka, MN 53,064 24th +0% 22nd 1% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 54,297 5th -0% 23rd 2% above peers
Elyria, OH 53,035 25th -1% 24th 1% below peers
Colton, CA 53,772 11th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 54,291 7th -2% 26th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 54,239 8th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Normal, IL 53,569 13th -2% 28th on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 53,355 18th -5% 29th on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA 53,108 23rd -9% 30th 1% below peers
Methuen, MA 53,475 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±47 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

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Children fell 4.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.6% to 23.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 8 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 6.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (30.0% to 23.4%).
23.4%
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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 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Peabody, MA 18.7% 25th +1.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.2% 7th +1.5pp 2nd 14% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 21.4% 22nd +1.1pp 3rd 7% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 25.6% 9th +1.0pp 4th 11% above peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 16th +0.7pp 5th on par with peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 2nd +0.9pp 6th 25% above peers
Grand Island, NE 28.2% 3rd +0.2pp 7th 23% above peers
Placentia, CA 23.2% 15th -0.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Oak Park, IL 23.9% 12th -0.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Elyria, OH 21.9% 21st -0.8pp 10th 5% below peers
Kentwood, MI 23.3% 14th -1.1pp 11th 1% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 18th -1.1pp 12th 3% below peers
Elkhart, IN 26.3% 6th -1.3pp 13th 14% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.0% 20th -1.1pp 14th 4% below peers
Manhattan, KS 14.6% 31st -0.8pp 15th 37% below peers
Wheaton, IL 22.0% 19th -1.2pp 16th 4% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 19.0% 24th -1.1pp 17th 18% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 18.1% 27th -1.1pp 18th 21% below peers
Normal, IL 16.1% 29th -1.0pp 19th 30% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 43.4% 1st -3.4pp 20th 88% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 10th -2.3pp 21st 9% above peers
Wheaton, MD 22.5% 17th -2.1pp 22nd 2% below peers
Little Elm, TX 28.0% 4th -2.7pp 23rd 21% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 17.1% 28th -1.8pp 24th 26% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.7% 11th -3.4pp 25th 7% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 5th -4.0pp 26th 15% above peers
Westfield, IN 25.9% 8th -4.0pp 27th 13% above peers
Galveston, TX 14.8% 30th -2.4pp 28th 36% below peers
Colton, CA 23.4% 13th -4.3pp 29th 2% above peers
Pensacola, FL 18.7% 26th -5.6pp 30th 19% below peers
Methuen, MA 21.3% 23rd 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children in single-parent families

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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.4% then, 38.4% now; margin ±9.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.4% to 38.4%).
38.4%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Hacienda Heights, CA 24.1% 19th +6.9pp 1st 1% below peers
Little Elm, TX 29.2% 14th +8.1pp 2nd 20% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 20.8% 23rd +5.0pp 3rd 15% below peers
Oak Park, IL 22.7% 20th +5.5pp 4th 7% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 28th +3.5pp 5th 38% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 11th +7.0pp 6th 31% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.4% 3rd +7.2pp 7th 110% above peers
Elkhart, IN 56.0% 2nd +7.9pp 8th 129% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.2% 18th +2.6pp 9th 1% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.4% 1st +6.2pp 10th 167% above peers
Colton, CA 38.4% 6th +0.0pp 11th 57% above peers
Galveston, TX 42.9% 5th -0.8pp 12th 75% above peers
Wheaton, MD 31.2% 13th -1.1pp 13th 28% above peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 26th -1.0pp 14th 32% below peers
Peabody, MA 24.4% 17th -1.5pp 15th on par with peers
Pinellas Park, FL 33.2% 10th -2.1pp 16th 36% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.2% 7th -4.4pp 17th 56% above peers
Pensacola, FL 37.6% 8th -4.8pp 18th 54% above peers
Elyria, OH 49.9% 4th -7.7pp 19th 104% above peers
Kentwood, MI 31.2% 12th -5.0pp 20th 28% above peers
Placentia, CA 18.5% 24th -3.2pp 21st 24% below peers
Wheaton, IL 10.1% 30th -1.8pp 22nd 59% below peers
Normal, IL 22.6% 21st -4.2pp 23rd 8% below peers
Manhattan, KS 27.6% 15th -6.2pp 24th 13% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 25th -4.5pp 25th 29% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 16.2% 27th -4.7pp 26th 34% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 22nd -7.2pp 27th 8% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 24.4% 16th -9.0pp 28th on par with peers
Westfield, IN 13.6% 29th -6.2pp 29th 45% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.5% 31st -4.0pp 30th 74% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.9% 9th 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±7.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Rising
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Working parents rose 17.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.0% to 71.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±14.1pp). 4 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.8% to 71.5%).
71.5%
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Colton, CA 71.5% 15th +17.5pp 1st 3% above peers
Wheaton, IL 73.0% 12th +15.4pp 2nd 5% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 72.6% 13th +15.1pp 3rd 5% above peers
Pensacola, FL 82.8% 1st +14.4pp 4th 19% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 49.8% 31st +8.6pp 5th 28% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 82.2% 2nd +13.4pp 6th 18% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 18th +10.2pp 7th 2% below peers
Oak Park, IL 79.5% 3rd +10.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 14th +6.5pp 9th 4% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 77.0% 6th +6.1pp 10th 11% above peers
Elyria, OH 67.5% 20th +3.0pp 11th 3% below peers
Normal, IL 76.8% 7th +3.0pp 12th 11% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 68.6% 17th +2.5pp 13th 1% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 64.4% 23rd +1.8pp 14th 7% below peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 21st +1.8pp 15th 5% below peers
Placentia, CA 69.4% 16th +1.8pp 16th on par with peers
Wheaton, MD 74.7% 9th +1.7pp 17th 8% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 78.9% 4th +1.7pp 18th 14% above peers
Manhattan, KS 73.5% 11th +1.5pp 19th 6% above peers
Kentwood, MI 67.8% 19th +0.7pp 20th 2% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 25th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Grand Island, NE 75.0% 8th -3.0pp 22nd 8% above peers
Peabody, MA 78.3% 5th -3.5pp 23rd 13% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 57.8% 28th -5.4pp 24th 17% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.6% 22nd -10.1pp 25th 6% below peers
Little Elm, TX 63.5% 24th -9.9pp 26th 9% below peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 26th -10.5pp 27th 9% below peers
Westfield, IN 60.2% 27th -11.2pp 28th 13% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.7% 30th -12.9pp 29th 18% below peers
Galveston, TX 56.9% 29th -17.9pp 30th 18% below peers
Methuen, MA 73.8% 10th 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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