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Costa Mesa, CA

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108,881 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Costa Mesa, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.7%
2020-24
▼ 62%
relative change
7.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$111,505
2020-24
▲ 33%
relative change
$84,138 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.1%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
11.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.5%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
11.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
45.0%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
40.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
96.1%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
91.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.8%
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
4.0% a year earlier
Improving recently Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
64.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
62.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.6%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
6.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Costa Mesa, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
7.7%
2019-23
▲ 34%
relative change
5.8% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
39.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
38.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.3%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
44.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
0.44 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
18.5%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
20.3% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,411,696
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$1,328,078 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$1,014,150
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$955,510 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,148
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$3,061 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
110,330
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
113,159 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 33% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $84,138 to $111,505 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,976).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Costa Mesa started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 68% from 2014 to 2024 ($66,491 to $111,505).
Bright spot $111,505
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%
East Los Angeles, CA $68,741 24th +49% 1st 21% below peers
Bend, OR $96,394 11th +47% 2nd 10% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 15th +44% 3rd 2% above peers
Gresham, OR $77,795 20th +44% 4th 11% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 27th +43% 5th 28% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 23rd +42% 6th 15% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $96,713 10th +42% 7th 11% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 21st +42% 8th 12% below peers
Pueblo, CO $56,664 30th +40% 9th 35% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 9th +38% 10th 11% above peers
Sparks, NV $89,056 14th +38% 11th 2% above peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 19th +37% 12th 8% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 25th +34% 13th 24% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $84,746 18th +34% 14th 3% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $111,505 5th +33% 15th 27% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 22nd +31% 16th 13% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $103,069 7th +31% 17th 18% above peers
Hillsboro, OR $106,409 6th +29% 18th 22% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $142,748 1st +29% 19th 63% above peers
Georgetown, TX $95,062 12th +29% 20th 9% above peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 16th +26% 21st on par with peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 2nd +25% 22nd 62% above peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 28th +22% 23rd 32% below peers
Dearborn, MI $65,324 26th +22% 24th 25% below peers
Davie, FL $87,250 17th +22% 25th on par with peers
Centennial, CO $131,928 4th +21% 26th 51% above peers
Downey, CA $90,699 13th +20% 27th 4% above peers
Peoria, IL $59,410 29th +15% 28th 32% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 8th +14% 29th 17% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $136,217 3rd +12% 30th 56% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR $19,470 31st +12% 31st 78% 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

3
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 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,151 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.2 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in July 2026, down from 4.0% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.8%
1990July 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 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Peoria, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -1.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Downey, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.9pp 2nd 9% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.7pp 3rd 27% below peers
Rialto, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.7pp 4th 27% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.6pp 5th 9% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -0.4pp 6th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 7th 31% below peers
Sparks, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 8th 13% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 9th 33% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st -0.3pp 10th 16% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 11th 16% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 13th 11% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 3.9% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 14th 13% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Gresham, OR 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th -0.2pp 16th 31% above peers
Brockton, MA 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th -0.1pp 17th 36% above peers
Bend, OR 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.1pp 18th 2% below peers
St. George, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 19th 16% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th +0.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Green Bay, WI 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th +0.2pp 21st 27% below peers
Dearborn, MI 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th +0.3pp 22nd 27% above peers
Edinburg, TX 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th +0.3pp 23rd 31% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Georgetown, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.4pp 25th 7% above peers
Pueblo, CO 6.7% (Jul 26) 28th +0.4pp 26th 49% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 27th 22% above peers
Davie, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.7pp 28th 2% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.9% to 9.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Costa Mesa started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.1% to 9.1%).
Bright spot 9.1%
20112024
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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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Pueblo, CO 17.5% 25th -6.0pp 1st 57% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.1% 12th -2.7pp 2nd 18% below peers
Rialto, CA 12.7% 18th -3.4pp 3rd 14% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.0% 15th -2.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Gresham, OR 13.0% 20th -3.4pp 5th 17% above peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 10th -1.5pp 6th 21% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.6% 14th -1.7pp 7th 5% below peers
Dearborn, MI 24.3% 29th -3.8pp 8th 118% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 17th -1.7pp 9th 2% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 8.5% 8th -1.0pp 10th 24% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.6% 26th -2.3pp 11th 85% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 17.3% 24th -1.9pp 12th 55% above peers
Sparks, NV 8.5% 9th -0.9pp 13th 24% below peers
Brockton, MA 13.5% 21st -1.3pp 14th 21% above peers
Davie, FL 11.2% 16th -0.9pp 15th on par with peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 49.6% 31st -0.6pp 16th 344% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.7% 22nd -0.1pp 17th 32% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.0% 7th +0.0pp 18th 28% below peers
Downey, CA 9.0% 11th +0.1pp 19th 20% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.3% 1st +0.1pp 20th 71% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.9% 19th +0.6pp 21st 16% above peers
Boulder, CO 21.4% 28th +1.1pp 22nd 92% above peers
Peoria, IL 21.0% 27th +1.3pp 23rd 88% above peers
Edinburg, TX 26.0% 30th +2.1pp 24th 133% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 2nd +0.4pp 25th 65% below peers
Georgetown, TX 8.0% 6th +1.1pp 26th 28% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 10.4% 13th +1.5pp 27th 7% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 6.9% 5th +1.1pp 28th 38% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 17.3% 23rd +2.8pp 29th 55% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 4th +1.1pp 30th 49% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.5% 3rd +1.3pp 31st 51% 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.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
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 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.1% then, 12.2% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 12.2%).
12.2%
20132024
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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 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Gresham, OR 14.3% 17th -11.2pp 1st 9% above peers
Pueblo, CO 22.1% 25th -11.5pp 2nd 68% above peers
Brockton, MA 15.2% 19th -4.9pp 3rd 16% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 22nd -5.8pp 4th 38% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 18th -4.3pp 5th 15% above peers
Sparks, NV 10.6% 9th -2.7pp 6th 19% below peers
Georgetown, TX 6.2% 4th -1.5pp 7th 53% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 11.4% 12th -2.6pp 8th 13% below peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 8th -2.1pp 9th 21% below peers
Davie, FL 11.4% 13th -2.2pp 10th 13% below peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 16th -2.4pp 11th on par with peers
Dearborn, MI 34.5% 29th -5.3pp 12th 163% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 12.2% 15th -1.9pp 13th 7% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 25.0% 27th -3.3pp 14th 90% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 20th -2.2pp 15th 29% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.9% 31st -4.2pp 16th 401% above peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 11th -0.4pp 17th 15% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 21st +0.2pp 18th 29% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 23rd +0.4pp 19th 53% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 1st +0.2pp 20th 78% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 2nd +0.3pp 21st 69% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 7.2% 5th +0.7pp 22nd 45% below peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 30th +4.1pp 23rd 174% above peers
Peoria, IL 28.4% 28th +3.8pp 24th 116% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 24.2% 26th +3.7pp 25th 84% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 24th +3.2pp 26th 59% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 10.9% 10th +2.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 6.0% 3rd +1.6pp 28th 54% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 12.0% 14th +3.6pp 29th 9% below peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 7th +2.7pp 30th 31% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 6th +2.3pp 31st 43% 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.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
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
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.3% to 96.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Costa Mesa started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 8.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.0% to 96.1%).
Bright spot 96.1%
20172024
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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 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Ponce zona urbana, PR 85.9% 31st +25.5pp 1st 8% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 88.5% 29th +20.9pp 2nd 5% below peers
Pueblo, CO 88.2% 30th +14.5pp 3rd 5% below peers
Peoria, IL 90.2% 24th +14.1pp 4th 3% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 18th +14.2pp 5th 1% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 28th +12.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 27th +11.4pp 7th 4% below peers
Dearborn, MI 93.4% 14th +11.8pp 8th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 25th +9.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 22nd +8.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 19th +7.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Gresham, OR 91.7% 21st +7.6pp 12th 1% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 13th +6.3pp 13th on par with peers
Downey, CA 93.1% 16th +6.2pp 14th on par with peers
Sparks, NV 93.1% 17th +6.1pp 15th on par with peers
Hillsboro, OR 96.4% 5th +6.2pp 16th 4% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 94.7% 11th +6.0pp 17th 2% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 20th +5.7pp 18th 1% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 23rd +5.0pp 19th 3% below peers
Georgetown, TX 95.1% 10th +5.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 8th +5.2pp 21st 3% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 96.1% 7th +4.7pp 22nd 3% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 97.0% 3rd +4.0pp 23rd 4% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 89.8% 26th +3.4pp 24th 3% below peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 9th +3.6pp 25th 3% above peers
Davie, FL 94.6% 12th +2.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 15th +2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 97.6% 1st +2.5pp 28th 5% above peers
Centennial, CO 96.9% 4th +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 96.3% 6th +1.6pp 30th 3% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 4% 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.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% 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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.44 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.46).
Needs attention 0.46
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
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 28th -0.028 1st 12% above peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 18th -0.012 2nd 1% above peers
Pueblo, CO 0.46 23rd -0.011 3rd 5% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 3rd -0.007 4th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 15th -0.007 5th 1% below peers
Sparks, NV 0.40 5th -0.006 6th 9% below peers
Davie, FL 0.49 27th -0.004 7th 10% above peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 2nd -0.000 8th 10% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 22nd +0.001 9th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 8th +0.002 10th 6% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 0.43 14th +0.003 11th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 16th +0.003 12th on par with peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 0.58 31st +0.005 13th 30% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 0.36 1st +0.004 14th 18% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 0.44 17th +0.005 15th on par with peers
Peoria, IL 0.52 29th +0.008 16th 18% above peers
Gresham, OR 0.43 12th +0.007 17th 4% below peers
Georgetown, TX 0.43 10th +0.007 18th 4% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 0.46 21st +0.009 19th 4% above peers
Dearborn, MI 0.48 26th +0.010 20th 9% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 7th +0.009 21st 7% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 0.43 11th +0.010 22nd 4% below peers
Bend, OR 0.47 24th +0.014 23rd 6% above peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 25th +0.014 24th 8% above peers
Centennial, CO 0.41 6th +0.014 25th 8% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 0.46 20th +0.016 26th 3% above peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 30th +0.029 27th 27% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 0.40 4th +0.022 28th 9% below peers
Downey, CA 0.43 13th +0.028 29th 3% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 0.42 9th +0.032 30th 5% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 19th +0.050 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 5.8% to 7.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.0% to 7.7%).
Needs attention 7.7%
20102023
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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 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
Bend, OR 7.7% 11th -4.9pp 1st 25% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 8th -3.1pp 2nd 46% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 18th -2.8pp 3rd 6% above peers
Davie, FL 9.4% 15th -2.1pp 4th 8% below peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 24th -4.0pp 5th 83% above peers
Gresham, OR 18.6% 23rd -3.7pp 6th 81% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 10th -1.2pp 7th 25% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 10.7% 17th -1.2pp 8th 5% above peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 28th -1.7pp 9th 124% above peers
Dearborn, MI 21.6% 26th -1.3pp 10th 111% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 1st -0.1pp 11th 85% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 22nd +0.4pp 12th 69% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 9th +0.2pp 13th 34% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.6% 13th +0.3pp 14th 16% below peers
Pueblo, CO 24.6% 29th +1.0pp 15th 140% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 15.5% 20th +0.8pp 16th 51% above peers
Sparks, NV 10.3% 16th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 30th +2.2pp 18th 206% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 8.7% 14th +0.6pp 19th 15% below peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 21st +1.5pp 20th 67% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 5th +0.4pp 21st 61% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 54.5% 31st +8.5pp 22nd 431% above peers
Peoria, IL 22.0% 27th +3.8pp 23rd 115% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 6th +1.0pp 24th 50% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.3% 7th +1.1pp 25th 48% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 7.7% 12th +2.0pp 26th 25% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.5% 2nd +0.9pp 27th 75% below peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 19th +4.1pp 28th 9% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 21.1% 25th +8.9pp 29th 106% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.6% 3rd +1.6pp 30th 65% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 3.7% 4th +1.8pp 31st 64% 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.
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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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp 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 recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,411,696 in August 2026, up from $1,328,078 a year earlier.
Big move $1,411,696
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Costa Mesa, CA $1,411,696 (Aug 26) 2nd +6.3% 1st 175% above peers
Peoria, IL $138,052 (Aug 26) 27th +5.6% 2nd 73% below peers
Green Bay, WI $285,361 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.4% 3rd 44% below peers
Carmel, IN $574,220 (Aug 26) 11th +4.6% 4th 12% above peers
Dearborn, MI $250,741 (Aug 26) 25th +4.2% 5th 51% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $383,552 (Aug 26) 21st +4.0% 6th 25% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $665,729 (Aug 26) 8th +3.7% 7th 30% above peers
Downey, CA $878,882 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 8th 71% above peers
Brockton, MA $508,661 (Aug 26) 15th +2.2% 9th 1% below peers
Sparks, NV $535,221 (Aug 26) 12th +1.9% 10th 4% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $675,290 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 11th 32% above peers
Rialto, CA $589,453 (Aug 26) 10th +1.4% 12th 15% above peers
Boulder, CO $948,693 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 13th 85% above peers
Edinburg, TX $217,369 (Aug 26) 26th +0.8% 14th 58% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $410,897 (Aug 26) 19th +0.4% 15th 20% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA $666,566 (Aug 26) 7th +0.2% 16th 30% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $442,326 (Aug 26) 17th +0.2% 17th 14% below peers
Gresham, OR $464,687 (Aug 26) 16th -0.5% 18th 9% below peers
Bend, OR $729,189 (Aug 26) 5th -0.8% 19th 42% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $342,262 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.9% 20th 33% below peers
Centennial, CO $632,941 (Aug 26) 9th -1.3% 21st 24% above peers
Davie, FL $516,933 (Aug 26) 13th -2.1% 22nd 1% above peers
Pueblo, CO $282,535 (Aug 26) 24th -2.5% 23rd 45% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $392,485 (Aug 26) 20th -2.6% 24th 23% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $512,474 (Aug 26) 14th -2.6% 25th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX $420,930 (Aug 26) 18th -4.3% 26th 18% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $1,593,241 (Aug 26) 1st -15.9% 27th 211% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 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 →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,014,150 in August 2026, up from $955,510 a year earlier.
Big move $1,014,150
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Peoria, IL $59,636 (Aug 26) 27th +7.6% 1st 85% below peers
Green Bay, WI $221,083 (Aug 26) 23rd +7.2% 2nd 45% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $1,014,150 (Aug 26) 1st +6.1% 3rd 154% above peers
Dearborn, MI $192,346 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 4th 52% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $284,238 (Aug 26) 20th +4.6% 5th 29% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $558,449 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 6th 40% above peers
Carmel, IN $399,066 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 7th on par with peers
Edinburg, TX $141,466 (Aug 26) 26th +3.7% 8th 65% below peers
Brockton, MA $413,016 (Aug 26) 12th +3.4% 9th 3% above peers
Downey, CA $746,237 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.5% 10th 87% above peers
Rialto, CA $525,741 (Aug 26) 8th +2.0% 11th 32% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $556,089 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 12th 39% above peers
Sparks, NV $416,227 (Aug 26) 11th +1.7% 13th 4% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $579,642 (Aug 26) 4th +1.7% 14th 45% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $329,822 (Aug 26) 17th +1.3% 15th 17% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $278,883 (Aug 26) 21st -0.6% 16th 30% below peers
Bend, OR $526,152 (Aug 26) 7th -0.8% 17th 32% above peers
Gresham, OR $366,857 (Aug 26) 15th -1.1% 18th 8% below peers
Sugar Land, TX $303,351 (Aug 26) 19th -1.6% 19th 24% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $981,152 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.8% 20th 146% above peers
Boulder, CO $491,064 (Aug 26) 9th -1.8% 21st 23% above peers
Centennial, CO $483,951 (Aug 26) 10th -2.0% 22nd 21% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $339,749 (Aug 26) 16th -2.3% 23rd 15% below peers
Pueblo, CO $179,474 (Aug 26) 25th -2.4% 24th 55% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $407,638 (Aug 26) 13th -3.6% 25th 2% above peers
Georgetown, TX $322,231 (Aug 26) 18th -4.0% 26th 19% below peers
Davie, FL $275,994 (Aug 26) 22nd -4.0% 27th 31% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.3% then, 39.6% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.8% to 39.5%).
Needs attention 39.6%
20112024
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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 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 29th +5.2pp 1st 32% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 2nd +7.6pp 2nd 33% above peers
Pueblo, CO 61.4% 16th +4.8pp 3rd on par with peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 82.2% 1st +3.9pp 4th 34% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 7th +3.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 12th +2.7pp 6th 8% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 21st +2.3pp 7th 7% below peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 19th +2.3pp 8th 6% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 55.9% 22nd +1.8pp 9th 9% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 39.5% 30th +1.2pp 10th 36% below peers
Dearborn, MI 68.4% 9th +2.0pp 11th 11% above peers
Gresham, OR 55.8% 23rd +1.6pp 12th 9% below peers
Peoria, IL 57.5% 20th +1.6pp 13th 6% below peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 15th +1.7pp 14th on par with peers
Downey, CA 51.1% 25th +1.2pp 15th 17% below peers
Sparks, NV 59.8% 17th +1.1pp 16th 3% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 11th +1.1pp 17th 9% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 18th +0.9pp 18th 5% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.4% 13th +0.9pp 19th 6% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 50.2% 27th +0.5pp 20th 18% below peers
Davie, FL 67.1% 10th +0.2pp 21st 9% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 80.3% 4th -1.1pp 22nd 31% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 33.5% 31st -0.5pp 23rd 45% below peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 5th -1.3pp 24th 21% above peers
Centennial, CO 80.6% 3rd -1.6pp 25th 31% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 28th -1.1pp 26th 23% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.9% 14th -1.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Georgetown, TX 69.5% 8th -2.8pp 28th 13% above peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 24th -2.5pp 29th 13% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 6th -3.8pp 30th 19% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 50.2% 26th -3.0pp 31st 18% 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,148 in August 2026, up from $3,061 a year earlier.
Big move $3,148
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Sparks, NV $2,140 (Aug 26) 12th +9.2% 1st 5% above peers
Carmel, IN $1,838 (Aug 26) 18th +8.1% 2nd 10% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $3,556 (Aug 26) 1st +4.7% 3rd 75% above peers
Rialto, CA $2,686 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.3% 4th 32% above peers
Peoria, IL $1,266 (Aug 26) 25th +4.2% 5th 38% below peers
Green Bay, WI $1,066 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 6th 48% below peers
Downey, CA $2,305 (Aug 26) 9th +3.4% 7th 13% above peers
Bend, OR $2,288 (Aug 26) 10th +3.2% 8th 12% above peers
Brockton, MA $2,341 (Aug 26) 8th +3.0% 9th 15% above peers
Santa Maria, CA $2,537 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 10th 25% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA $3,148 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 11th 55% above peers
Dearborn, MI $1,805 (Aug 26) 19th +2.8% 12th 11% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $1,612 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.3% 13th 21% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA $2,111 (Aug 26) 13th +2.3% 14th 4% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $2,035 (Aug 26) 14th +2.0% 15th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX $1,621 (Aug 26) 20th +1.9% 16th 20% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $1,547 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.7% 17th 24% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $2,610 (Aug 26) 4th +1.6% 18th 28% above peers
Boulder, CO $2,399 (Aug 26) 7th +1.4% 19th 18% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $1,868 (Aug 26) 17th +1.2% 20th 8% below peers
Davie, FL $2,404 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 21st 18% above peers
Edinburg, TX $1,029 (Aug 26) 27th +0.8% 22nd 49% below peers
Pueblo, CO $1,342 (Aug 26) 24th +0.3% 23rd 34% below peers
Centennial, CO $2,231 (Aug 26) 11th -0.5% 24th 10% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $2,032 (Aug 26) 15th -0.6% 25th on par with peers
Hillsboro, OR $1,944 (Aug 26) 16th -0.9% 26th 4% below peers
Gresham, OR $1,617 (Aug 26) 21st -0.9% 27th 21% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.2% then, 43.3% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.2% to 43.3%).
Needs attention 43.3%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
East Los Angeles, CA 44.0% 28th -4.9pp 1st 26% above peers
Bend, OR 34.1% 15th -2.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 27.2% 5th -2.2pp 3rd 22% below peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 23rd -2.6pp 4th 17% above peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 6th -1.4pp 5th 21% below peers
Gresham, OR 42.9% 24th -1.4pp 6th 23% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 17th -0.9pp 7th 2% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 43.3% 25th -0.9pp 8th 25% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 40.3% 22nd -0.7pp 9th 16% above peers
Pueblo, CO 37.0% 18th -0.6pp 10th 6% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 19th -0.2pp 11th 12% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 16th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Sparks, NV 32.4% 9th -0.1pp 13th 7% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 8th -0.0pp 14th 8% below peers
Downey, CA 44.9% 30th +0.1pp 15th 29% above peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 14th +0.4pp 16th 3% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 10th +0.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 29.3% 7th +0.8pp 18th 16% below peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 26th +1.3pp 19th 25% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 31st +2.3pp 20th 32% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 33.4% 13th +1.7pp 21st 4% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 44.5% 29th +2.5pp 22nd 28% above peers
Dearborn, MI 39.2% 20th +2.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Peoria, IL 33.2% 11th +2.7pp 24th 4% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 39.8% 21st +4.2pp 25th 15% above peers
Davie, FL 43.6% 27th +4.6pp 26th 26% above peers
Georgetown, TX 33.4% 12th +3.8pp 27th 4% below peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 1st +2.5pp 28th 41% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 26.9% 4th +4.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Centennial, CO 26.9% 3rd +4.6pp 30th 23% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 2nd +5.2pp 31st 23% 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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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 →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.4pp 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
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What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 4.8% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.9% to 4.8%).
4.8%
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
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 14th -2.5pp 1st 2% below peers
Peoria, IL 10.1% 28th -4.1pp 2nd 109% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.3% 18th -1.5pp 3rd 9% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 16.1% 30th -4.5pp 4th 232% above peers
Sparks, NV 4.7% 13th -1.1pp 5th 3% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 2.1% 1st -0.5pp 6th 56% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 2.1% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 56% below peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 3rd -0.4pp 8th 48% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.1% 20th -0.9pp 9th 25% above peers
Pueblo, CO 8.6% 25th -1.2pp 10th 78% above peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 10th -0.6pp 11th 14% below peers
Georgetown, TX 3.5% 6th -0.3pp 12th 29% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 22nd -0.5pp 13th 42% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 12th -0.3pp 14th 7% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 19th -0.2pp 15th 11% above peers
Davie, FL 4.2% 11th -0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 16th -0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 8th -0.0pp 18th 20% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 19th 27% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 29th +0.5pp 20th 135% above peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 23rd +0.4pp 21st 69% above peers
Gresham, OR 8.8% 26th +0.5pp 22nd 81% above peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 31st +1.0pp 23rd 236% above peers
Dearborn, MI 8.3% 24th +0.5pp 24th 71% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 27th +0.9pp 25th 88% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 4.8% 15th +0.7pp 26th on par with peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.2% 5th +0.6pp 27th 34% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 6.3% 21st +1.4pp 28th 30% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 4th +0.7pp 29th 41% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 9th +1.1pp 30th 19% below peers
Downey, CA 5.3% 17th +1.5pp 31st 8% 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.
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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 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.8% to 9.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Costa Mesa started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 11.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.1% to 9.5%).
Bright spot 9.5%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Downey, CA 7.1% 15th -3.2pp 1st 9% below peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 20th -3.3pp 2nd 15% above peers
Pueblo, CO 5.8% 10th -1.8pp 3rd 26% below peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 11th -1.9pp 4th 21% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 4.0% 5th -1.2pp 5th 48% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 25th -3.1pp 6th 38% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.2% 8th -1.4pp 7th 34% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.5% 21st -2.3pp 8th 22% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 14.9% 30th -3.5pp 9th 91% above peers
Boulder, CO 3.5% 2nd -0.7pp 10th 56% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 4.0% 4th -0.8pp 11th 49% below peers
Dearborn, MI 5.3% 9th -0.8pp 12th 32% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 13th -0.8pp 13th 20% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.8% 27th -1.2pp 14th 51% above peers
St. George, UT 11.5% 26th -0.9pp 15th 47% above peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 16th -0.1pp 16th on par with peers
Gresham, OR 8.0% 17th -0.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.3% 18th -0.0pp 18th 6% above peers
Edinburg, TX 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 19th 207% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 14.6% 29th +0.5pp 20th 87% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.2% 12th +0.2pp 21st 21% below peers
Sparks, NV 10.2% 24th +0.8pp 22nd 30% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.3% 1st +0.3pp 23rd 58% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.6% 22nd +0.9pp 24th 23% above peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% 3rd +0.5pp 25th 51% below peers
Davie, FL 13.1% 28th +1.7pp 26th 68% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 6th +0.6pp 27th 41% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.9% 7th +0.7pp 28th 38% below peers
Peoria, IL 6.8% 14th +1.0pp 29th 13% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.3% 19th +1.4pp 30th 7% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9.8% 23rd +2.7pp 31st 26% 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.
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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 →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only ★ Strong performer
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What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

27.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Boulder, CO 18.9% 1st 42% below peers
Centennial, CO 22.2% 2nd 32% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.6% 3rd 27% below peers
Carmel, IN 26.5% 4th 18% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 27.2% 5th 16% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 27.3% 6th 16% below peers
Bend, OR 27.5% 7th 15% below peers
Downey, CA 28.2% 8th 13% below peers
Davie, FL 28.9% 9th 11% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 29.2% 10th 10% below peers
Sparks, NV 29.9% 11th 8% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 12th 7% below peers
Georgetown, TX 31.3% 13th 4% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 31.6% 14th 3% below peers
Gresham, OR 31.6% 15th 3% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Pueblo, CO 33.1% 17th 2% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 33.7% 18th 4% above peers
Dearborn, MI 33.9% 19th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 20th 5% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 34.2% 21st 5% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 34.9% 22nd 7% above peers
Brockton, MA 35.2% 23rd 8% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 35.7% 24th 10% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 36.3% 25th 12% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 36.5% 26th 12% above peers
Peoria, IL 36.8% 27th 13% above peers
Rialto, CA 38.3% 28th 18% above peers
Green Bay, WI 38.9% 29th 20% above peers
Edinburg, TX 45.7% 30th 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement ★ Strong performer
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What changed

Child uninsured fell 4.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.0% to 2.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way. Costa Mesa started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 2.7%).
Bright spot 2.7%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Costa Mesa, CA 2.7% 6th -4.3pp 1st 39% below peers
Downey, CA 3.0% 10th -3.9pp 2nd 31% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 1.7% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 60% below peers
Pueblo, CO 2.0% 3rd -0.8pp 4th 55% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 28th -3.8pp 5th 161% above peers
Sparks, NV 5.2% 19th -1.2pp 6th 19% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 2.7% 7th -0.5pp 7th 38% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 16th -0.8pp 8th on par with peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 29th -2.0pp 9th 162% above peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 14th -0.4pp 10th 16% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 5.2% 20th +0.1pp 11th 20% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 23rd +0.4pp 12th 45% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.8% 22nd +0.4pp 13th 33% above peers
Peoria, IL 3.5% 13th +0.5pp 14th 20% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.0% 27th +1.5pp 15th 106% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 3.4% 11th +0.7pp 16th 21% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.4% 4th +0.5pp 17th 45% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.5% 12th +0.7pp 18th 21% below peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 19th 63% below peers
Dearborn, MI 3.7% 15th +0.9pp 20th 16% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 5th +0.8pp 21st 40% below peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 31st +4.6pp 22nd 241% above peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 21st +2.0pp 23rd 31% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.1% 26th +2.9pp 24th 86% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 9th +1.1pp 25th 33% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 17th +1.7pp 26th on par with peers
Davie, FL 11.7% 30th +5.2pp 27th 167% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 24th +3.8pp 28th 71% above peers
Gresham, OR 4.7% 18th +2.6pp 29th 7% above peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 8th +1.6pp 30th 35% below peers
Georgetown, TX 7.9% 25th +5.5pp 31st 81% 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.
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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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oxnard, CA down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.3% to 45.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
66% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Costa Mesa started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.8% to 45.0%).
Bright spot 45.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 30 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
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 30th +2.7pp 1st 69% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.7% 17th +6.8pp 2nd 19% below peers
Pueblo, CO 23.7% 24th +4.8pp 3rd 35% below peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 15th +7.3pp 4th on par with peers
Bend, OR 52.9% 6th +8.9pp 5th 44% above peers
Brockton, MA 22.3% 26th +3.7pp 6th 39% below peers
Sparks, NV 27.6% 19th +4.4pp 7th 25% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 41.5% 12th +5.7pp 8th 13% above peers
Dearborn, MI 34.6% 16th +4.8pp 9th 6% below peers
Georgetown, TX 47.8% 9th +6.2pp 10th 30% above peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 29th +1.6pp 11th 66% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 21st +3.1pp 12th 28% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 15.7% 27th +1.8pp 13th 57% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 14.9% 28th +1.7pp 14th 59% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 23.9% 23rd +2.6pp 15th 35% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 45.0% 10th +4.6pp 16th 23% above peers
Downey, CA 26.1% 22nd +2.7pp 17th 29% below peers
Centennial, CO 62.6% 4th +5.2pp 18th 71% above peers
Peoria, IL 37.6% 14th +2.7pp 19th 3% above peers
Green Bay, WI 26.7% 20th +1.9pp 20th 27% below peers
Carmel, IN 74.4% 2nd +3.8pp 21st 103% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.0% 3rd +2.9pp 22nd 72% above peers
Gresham, OR 23.3% 25th +1.0pp 23rd 36% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.1% 5th +2.5pp 24th 69% above peers
Davie, FL 40.0% 13th +1.3pp 25th 9% above peers
Edinburg, TX 28.4% 18th +0.7pp 26th 22% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 48.8% 8th +0.9pp 27th 33% above peers
Boulder, CO 76.8% 1st +0.8pp 28th 109% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 42.3% 11th +0.3pp 29th 15% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 49.0% 7th -1.2pp 30th 34% 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.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.1% then, 64.8% now; margin ±12.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.0% to 64.8%).
Bright spot 64.8%
20112024
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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 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Edinburg, TX 37.6% 21st +13.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Dearborn, MI 51.3% 9th +14.5pp 2nd 28% above peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 1st +12.2pp 3rd 81% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 48.6% 12th +3.7pp 4th 22% above peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 11th +2.3pp 5th 27% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 64.8% 3rd +2.7pp 6th 62% above peers
Peoria, IL 51.1% 10th +1.9pp 7th 28% above peers
Georgetown, TX 45.6% 13th +0.1pp 8th 14% above peers
Davie, FL 56.9% 6th -1.5pp 9th 42% above peers
Sparks, NV 38.8% 19th -2.6pp 10th 3% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 26.0% 30th -1.8pp 11th 35% below peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 28th -2.1pp 12th 25% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 24th -2.4pp 13th 18% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 58.2% 5th -4.4pp 14th 46% above peers
Downey, CA 45.0% 14th -6.3pp 15th 12% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 16th -5.6pp 16th on par with peers
Gresham, OR 31.2% 27th -4.5pp 17th 22% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 29.2% 29th -5.1pp 18th 27% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 56.0% 7th -12.8pp 19th 40% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 55.1% 8th -12.6pp 20th 38% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 23rd -8.3pp 21st 12% below peers
Centennial, CO 59.5% 4th -14.5pp 22nd 49% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 38.5% 20th -10.3pp 23rd 4% below peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 15th -11.2pp 24th 3% above peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 2nd -21.3pp 25th 62% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 22nd -15.9pp 26th 12% below peers
Pueblo, CO 32.5% 25th -14.8pp 27th 19% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 39.1% 18th -18.1pp 28th 2% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 26th -15.7pp 29th 20% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 17th -29.2pp 30th 1% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 31st -18.5pp 31st 37% 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.6% then, 5.6% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 5.6%).
Bright spot 5.6%
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
Georgetown, TX 5.0% 8th -6.8pp 1st 27% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.2% 2nd -1.9pp 2nd 67% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 16th -4.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Pueblo, CO 11.8% 28th -4.8pp 4th 73% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 7.6% 18th -2.5pp 5th 11% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.8% 6th -1.2pp 6th 30% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 5.6% 11th -1.0pp 7th 18% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.7% 21st -1.6pp 8th 41% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 7th -0.5pp 9th 28% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 6.8% 15th -0.6pp 10th 1% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 11.7% 27th -0.2pp 11th 71% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 5th +0.0pp 12th 46% below peers
Davie, FL 2.8% 3rd +0.1pp 13th 59% below peers
Downey, CA 6.6% 14th +0.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 29th +1.9pp 15th 76% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 25th +1.9pp 16th 63% above peers
Gresham, OR 9.6% 20th +2.0pp 17th 41% above peers
Peoria, IL 11.3% 26th +3.1pp 18th 66% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 13th +1.7pp 19th 12% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.1% 9th +1.9pp 20th 25% below peers
Dearborn, MI 7.3% 17th +2.7pp 21st 7% above peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 12th +2.2pp 22nd 15% below peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 1st +1.0pp 23rd 70% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.1% 4th +1.6pp 24th 55% below peers
Sparks, NV 9.4% 19th +4.8pp 25th 37% above peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 24th +5.7pp 26th 63% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 31st +7.8pp 27th 111% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 22nd +5.8pp 28th 45% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 30th +7.8pp 29th 91% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 10.7% 23rd +6.4pp 30th 56% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 10th +3.7pp 31st 24% 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 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 113,159 to 110,330 - more than the combined survey margin (±87). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 73% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (111,635 to 110,330).
Big move 110,330
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgetown, TX 85,999 31st +21% 1st 20% below peers
St. George, UT 101,995 27th +21% 2nd 5% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 29th +17% 3rd 8% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 30th +14% 4th 9% below peers
Dearborn, MI 107,423 17th +13% 5th on par with peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 109,189 12th +13% 6th 1% above peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 22nd +10% 7th 2% below peers
Bend, OR 103,390 26th +10% 8th 4% below peers
Sparks, NV 110,024 9th +9% 9th 2% above peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 23rd +9% 10th 3% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 20th +9% 11th 1% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 25th +7% 12th 4% below peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 28th +4% 13th 6% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 110,462 7th +4% 14th 2% above peers
Davie, FL 108,346 13th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Gresham, OR 112,378 2nd +2% 16th 4% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 108,231 14th +2% 17th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 21st +1% 18th 1% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 18th +1% 19th 1% below peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 24th +1% 20th 3% below peers
Pueblo, CO 111,561 5th +1% 21st 3% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 114,373 1st +0% 22nd 6% above peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 19th +0% 23rd 1% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 109,857 11th -0% 24th 2% above peers
Peoria, IL 112,169 3rd -1% 25th 4% above peers
Downey, CA 110,939 6th -1% 26th 3% above peers
Centennial, CO 108,201 15th -2% 27th on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 110,330 8th -3% 28th 2% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 107,805 16th -5% 29th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 110,016 10th -7% 30th 2% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 111,647 4th -8% 31st 4% 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.3% to 18.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.3% to 18.5%).
Big move 18.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Georgetown, TX 19.8% 24th +1.2pp 1st 13% below peers
Davie, FL 22.4% 17th +0.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 28th +0.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Peoria, IL 24.4% 10th +0.3pp 4th 8% above peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 7th +0.3pp 5th 12% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.4% 14th +0.2pp 6th 3% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 22.9% 15th +0.2pp 7th 1% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 8th -0.1pp 8th 9% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 30.9% 1st -0.6pp 9th 36% above peers
Dearborn, MI 28.7% 2nd -0.6pp 10th 27% above peers
Pueblo, CO 21.6% 20th -0.8pp 11th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 6th -0.9pp 12th 13% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 22nd -0.9pp 13th 6% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 13th -1.1pp 14th 5% above peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 5th -1.3pp 15th 18% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 30th -1.0pp 16th 24% below peers
Centennial, CO 21.9% 19th -1.3pp 17th 4% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 18th 48% below peers
Sparks, NV 22.1% 18th -1.4pp 19th 3% below peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 9th -1.8pp 20th 8% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 19.7% 25th -1.6pp 21st 13% below peers
Gresham, OR 22.7% 16th -2.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 18.5% 27th -1.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 3rd -3.0pp 24th 22% above peers
Downey, CA 21.3% 21st -2.4pp 25th 6% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 24.1% 12th -3.2pp 26th 7% above peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 26th -2.8pp 27th 15% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 11th -3.6pp 28th 8% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 17.2% 29th -2.7pp 29th 24% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 26.8% 4th -4.4pp 30th 18% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 20.4% 23rd -3.8pp 31st 10% 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.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.5% then, 24.6% now; margin ±5.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.5% to 24.6%).
24.6%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Boulder, CO 27.9% 20th +7.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 30.3% 16th +7.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 5th +9.4pp 3rd 46% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 19th +6.0pp 4th 5% below peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 12th +6.7pp 5th 10% above peers
Gresham, OR 38.7% 9th +7.4pp 6th 28% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 45.1% 4th +7.7pp 7th 49% above peers
Sparks, NV 32.7% 13th +5.3pp 8th 8% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 21.6% 25th +3.5pp 9th 29% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 14th +4.8pp 10th 7% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 42.6% 7th +5.7pp 11th 41% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 8th +5.3pp 12th 36% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 10.7% 31st +1.3pp 13th 65% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 23rd +2.6pp 14th 23% below peers
Downey, CA 36.3% 10th +2.1pp 15th 20% above peers
Peoria, IL 45.5% 3rd +0.8pp 16th 50% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 19.3% 26th +0.3pp 17th 36% below peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 29th +0.1pp 18th 56% below peers
Pueblo, CO 46.0% 2nd +0.1pp 19th 52% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 68.5% 1st -0.4pp 20th 126% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 11th -0.4pp 21st 13% above peers
Davie, FL 30.0% 17th -1.9pp 22nd 1% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 15th -2.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 24.6% 22nd -2.0pp 24th 19% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 26.9% 21st -2.3pp 25th 11% below peers
Centennial, CO 15.7% 28th -1.6pp 26th 48% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 18th -4.5pp 27th 3% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 27th -2.9pp 28th 43% below peers
Georgetown, TX 22.0% 24th -4.2pp 29th 27% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 6th -9.3pp 30th 41% above peers
Dearborn, MI 13.4% 30th -3.4pp 31st 56% 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.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.6% then, 71.0% now; margin ±10.3pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.8% to 71.0%).
71.0%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Ponce zona urbana, PR 57.4% 28th +11.7pp 1st 15% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 69.0% 14th +13.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
Gresham, OR 69.1% 13th +12.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 37.9% 31st +5.3pp 4th 44% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.6% 22nd +8.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Sparks, NV 75.0% 3rd +9.2pp 6th 11% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 23rd +7.2pp 7th 9% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 76.7% 2nd +8.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Peoria, IL 74.4% 4th +7.5pp 9th 10% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 74.2% 5th +7.1pp 10th 10% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 56.6% 29th +4.0pp 11th 16% below peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 21st +4.4pp 12th 4% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 26th +3.8pp 13th 11% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 71.0% 9th +4.4pp 14th 5% above peers
Pueblo, CO 67.7% 16th +4.0pp 15th on par with peers
Davie, FL 73.2% 6th +3.7pp 16th 8% above peers
Georgetown, TX 72.2% 7th +3.3pp 17th 7% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 19th +2.3pp 18th 2% below peers
Downey, CA 70.6% 11th +2.3pp 19th 4% above peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 25th +1.5pp 20th 10% below peers
Centennial, CO 71.5% 8th +1.2pp 21st 6% above peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 22nd 19% above peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 15th -1.4pp 23rd 1% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 59.2% 27th -1.7pp 24th 13% below peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 20th -2.0pp 25th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 12th -5.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 18th -4.9pp 27th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 10th -5.6pp 28th 5% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 24th -6.0pp 29th 9% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 67.5% 17th -6.8pp 30th on par with peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 30th -7.2pp 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: 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 ±8.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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