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Encinitas, CA
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60,736 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

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

What needs attention

Nothing here shows a real worsening against similar-size cities right now - a good sign, not a blind spot; every indicator is still shown in full below. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

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

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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 40% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $116,022 to $162,229 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$12,117).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Encinitas started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 75% from 2014 to 2024 ($92,564 to $162,229).
Bright spot $162,229
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Florence-Graham, CA $65,132 20th +47% 1st 17% below peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 11th +45% 2nd 15% above peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 18th +44% 3rd 13% below peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 9th +44% 4th 20% above peers
Montebello, CA $79,971 15th +42% 5th 1% above peers
Encinitas, CA $162,229 1st +40% 6th 106% above peers
Revere, MA $86,969 13th +39% 7th 10% above peers
North Miami, FL $57,188 28th +37% 8th 28% below peers
Margate, FL $62,450 25th +37% 9th 21% below peers
Great Falls, MT $63,373 24th +35% 10th 20% below peers
Medford, MA $129,540 3rd +34% 11th 64% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 16th +33% 12th on par with peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 29th +32% 13th 28% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 2nd +31% 14th 69% above peers
Owensboro, KY $56,357 30th +30% 15th 29% below peers
Stonecrest, GA $64,591 22nd +30% 16th 18% below peers
West Allis, WI $67,611 19th +29% 17th 14% below peers
Beaumont, CA $107,118 6th +27% 18th 36% above peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 23rd +27% 19th 19% below peers
La Habra, CA $100,106 8th +26% 20th 27% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $128,802 4th +26% 21st 63% above peers
Euless, TX $82,167 14th +25% 22nd 4% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $112,013 5th +23% 23rd 42% above peers
Corvallis, OR $65,012 21st +23% 24th 18% below peers
Taylor, MI $61,081 26th +22% 25th 23% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391 27th +21% 26th 23% below peers
Meriden, CT $71,253 17th +21% 27th 10% below peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 31st +21% 28th 30% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 7th +19% 29th 31% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 12th +17% 30th 13% above peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 10th +16% 31st 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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6 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$10,306 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.9% in July 2026, down from 4.0% a year earlier.
3.9%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Kokomo, IN 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th -2.5pp 1st 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 2nd 23% below peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.7pp 3rd 2% above peers
Burlington, NC 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.7pp 4th 5% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th -0.6pp 5th 23% above peers
Beaumont, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st -0.5pp 6th 7% above peers
North Miami, FL 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.5pp 7th 34% below peers
Corvallis, OR 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.8% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 9th 36% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 10th 23% below peers
Owensboro, KY 4.7% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.3pp 11th 7% above peers
La Habra, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 12th 2% below peers
West Allis, WI 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 13th 16% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 14th 14% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 15th 57% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 16th 32% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 17th 11% below peers
Revere, MA 4.7% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.1pp 18th 7% above peers
La Mesa, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th -0.1pp 19th 2% above peers
Lenexa, KS 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th +0.0pp 20th 14% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th +0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Springfield, OR 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th +0.1pp 22nd 25% above peers
Medford, MA 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th +0.1pp 23rd 5% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.2% (Jul 26) 28th +0.3pp 24th 41% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.8% (Jul 26) 27th +0.3pp 25th 32% above peers
Hempstead, NY 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.3pp 26th 2% above peers
Euless, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.4pp 27th on par with peers
Margate, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Meriden, CT 7.0% (Jul 26) 29th +1.8pp 29th 59% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.5% then, 7.4% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.7% to 7.4%).
Bright spot 7.4%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Hempstead, NY 14.4% 19th -4.5pp 1st 19% above peers
Springfield, OR 14.9% 21st -4.4pp 2nd 24% above peers
Euless, TX 7.8% 9th -2.1pp 3rd 35% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 5th -1.9pp 4th 44% below peers
Burlington, NC 16.4% 23rd -4.0pp 5th 36% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 20.1% 29th -4.9pp 6th 66% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 15.5% 22nd -3.0pp 7th 29% above peers
Montebello, CA 12.1% 17th -1.8pp 8th on par with peers
Medford, MA 7.6% 8th -1.2pp 9th 37% below peers
Owensboro, KY 18.9% 28th -2.7pp 10th 57% above peers
Revere, MA 11.6% 15th -1.2pp 11th 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 11.5% 14th -1.1pp 12th 4% below peers
Kokomo, IN 17.1% 25th -1.5pp 13th 42% above peers
La Habra, CA 10.9% 12th -0.9pp 14th 10% below peers
North Miami, FL 18.9% 27th -1.5pp 15th 57% above peers
Corvallis, OR 24.3% 31st -1.3pp 16th 102% above peers
Beaumont, CA 10.0% 10th -0.5pp 17th 17% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.0% 6th -0.2pp 18th 42% below peers
West Allis, WI 11.5% 13th -0.4pp 19th 5% below peers
Margate, FL 12.1% 16th -0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 14.5% 20th -0.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 3rd +0.2pp 22nd 55% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 16.7% 24th +1.2pp 23rd 38% above peers
Taylor, MI 18.4% 26th +1.8pp 24th 52% above peers
Encinitas, CA 7.4% 7th +0.9pp 25th 39% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 21.9% 30th +3.3pp 26th 82% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 18th +2.8pp 27th 9% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.3% 11th +3.1pp 28th 15% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.3% 1st +1.5pp 29th 65% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.7% 4th +2.5pp 30th 53% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 5.0% 2nd +2.7pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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6 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.1pp 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 (6.4% then, 11.0% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 11.0%).
Bright spot 11.0%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 3rd -6.7pp 1st 61% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 24th -14.7pp 2nd 40% above peers
Euless, TX 7.6% 6th -5.3pp 3rd 48% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 11th -4.4pp 4th 21% below peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 19th -6.1pp 5th 26% above peers
Owensboro, KY 25.4% 27th -6.6pp 6th 74% above peers
Revere, MA 14.3% 14th -3.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 25th -5.2pp 8th 51% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 26th -5.6pp 9th 66% above peers
Montebello, CA 18.7% 20th -3.8pp 10th 29% above peers
North Miami, FL 27.7% 28th -5.5pp 11th 91% above peers
West Allis, WI 12.0% 12th -2.1pp 12th 17% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 30.1% 29th -4.2pp 13th 107% above peers
La Habra, CA 16.7% 17th -1.9pp 14th 15% above peers
Corvallis, OR 16.8% 18th -1.8pp 15th 16% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 19.4% 23rd -0.9pp 16th 33% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 8th -0.4pp 17th 30% below peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 16th +0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 19.3% 21st +1.2pp 19th 32% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 15th +1.1pp 20th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 5th +0.6pp 21st 52% below peers
Beaumont, CA 12.1% 13th +1.1pp 22nd 17% below peers
Taylor, MI 33.2% 31st +3.6pp 23rd 128% above peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 7th +1.1pp 24th 36% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 32.1% 30th +4.0pp 25th 120% above peers
Meriden, CT 19.4% 22nd +3.0pp 26th 33% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 9th +2.9pp 27th 26% below peers
Encinitas, CA 11.0% 10th +4.5pp 28th 24% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 3.7% 1st +1.7pp 29th 75% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 2nd +2.8pp 30th 62% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 6.2% 4th +3.8pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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6 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.2pp 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 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 92.5% to 96.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Encinitas started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 4.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.8% to 96.4%).
Bright spot 96.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
North Miami, FL 84.2% 31st +14.4pp 1st 8% below peers
West Allis, WI 90.0% 22nd +12.8pp 2nd 1% below peers
Great Falls, MT 90.3% 19th +12.9pp 3rd 1% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 26th +12.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 86.9% 30th +12.2pp 5th 5% below peers
Montebello, CA 89.6% 24th +12.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Meriden, CT 90.1% 21st +12.1pp 7th 1% below peers
Taylor, MI 88.5% 27th +11.3pp 8th 3% below peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 16th +11.4pp 9th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 28th +10.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 91.2% 17th +11.1pp 11th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 91.5% 15th +9.3pp 12th on par with peers
Revere, MA 89.8% 23rd +8.3pp 13th 2% below peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 20th +8.3pp 14th 1% below peers
Owensboro, KY 89.5% 25th +7.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 13th +7.7pp 16th 1% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 29th +6.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 7th +6.2pp 18th 3% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 18th +5.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 3rd +4.9pp 20th 6% above peers
La Habra, CA 94.1% 9th +4.4pp 21st 3% above peers
Euless, TX 95.5% 6th +4.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Beaumont, CA 93.2% 11th +3.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Encinitas, CA 96.4% 4th +3.9pp 24th 6% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 8th +3.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 98.9% 1st +3.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 5th +3.2pp 27th 5% above peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 10th +2.4pp 28th 2% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 98.4% 2nd +2.4pp 29th 8% above peers
Corvallis, OR 92.3% 14th +1.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 12th +1.1pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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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6 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality fell about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.50 to 0.46 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.46).
Bright spot 0.46
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
North Miami, FL 0.44 19th -0.058 1st 1% above peers
Encinitas, CA 0.46 25th -0.034 2nd 6% above peers
Burlington, NC 0.45 22nd -0.030 3rd 4% above peers
Margate, FL 0.43 13th -0.028 4th 1% below peers
Great Falls, MT 0.46 24th -0.022 5th 5% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 27th -0.018 6th 8% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 6th -0.013 7th 8% below peers
Medford, MA 0.44 16th -0.014 8th on par with peers
Florence-Graham, CA 0.41 8th -0.010 9th 7% below peers
Euless, TX 0.40 5th -0.007 10th 9% below peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 12th -0.006 11th 2% below peers
Revere, MA 0.45 23rd -0.001 12th 4% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 21st +0.001 13th 2% above peers
Montebello, CA 0.44 17th +0.002 14th on par with peers
Beaumont, CA 0.38 2nd +0.002 15th 12% below peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 3rd +0.003 16th 12% below peers
Owensboro, KY 0.49 30th +0.007 17th 12% above peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 9th +0.007 18th 4% below peers
Corvallis, OR 0.51 31st +0.009 19th 18% above peers
Taylor, MI 0.43 15th +0.017 20th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 0.46 26th +0.020 21st 6% above peers
La Habra, CA 0.43 11th +0.021 22nd 2% below peers
Meriden, CT 0.43 14th +0.021 23rd 1% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 28th +0.024 24th 9% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 7th +0.022 25th 7% below peers
West Allis, WI 0.42 10th +0.023 26th 3% below peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 29th +0.028 27th 9% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 18th +0.027 28th 1% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 0.44 20th +0.028 29th 2% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 0.32 1st +0.022 30th 26% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.39 4th +0.050 31st 12% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (2.4% then, 2.0% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (1.3% to 2.0%).
Bright spot 2.0%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.5% 1st -1.8pp 1st 89% below peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 4th -1.3pp 2nd 82% below peers
Meriden, CT 20.3% 27th -8.3pp 3rd 51% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 9th -2.6pp 4th 46% below peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 16th -3.1pp 5th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 6th -1.2pp 6th 60% below peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 12th -2.0pp 7th 34% below peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 3rd -0.5pp 8th 84% below peers
Encinitas, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 85% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 8th -1.0pp 10th 53% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 7th -0.8pp 11th 59% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 21.5% 29th -3.0pp 12th 60% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 18.5% 25th -1.8pp 13th 38% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 21st -1.6pp 14th 28% above peers
North Miami, FL 25.4% 30th -2.2pp 15th 89% above peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 10th -0.6pp 16th 38% below peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 31st -1.5pp 17th 99% above peers
Taylor, MI 17.9% 24th -0.9pp 18th 34% above peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 19th 56% above peers
Corvallis, OR 13.6% 17th +0.4pp 20th 1% above peers
Owensboro, KY 15.3% 19th +0.8pp 21st 14% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 18th +0.9pp 22nd 7% above peers
Great Falls, MT 12.5% 15th +0.9pp 23rd 7% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 19.3% 26th +1.8pp 24th 44% above peers
La Habra, CA 9.7% 13th +1.3pp 25th 27% below peers
West Allis, WI 15.9% 20th +2.5pp 26th 18% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 11th +1.7pp 27th 36% below peers
Beaumont, CA 11.1% 14th +2.4pp 28th 17% below peers
Revere, MA 17.9% 23rd +4.7pp 29th 33% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.9% 5th +0.9pp 30th 78% below peers
Montebello, CA 17.4% 22nd +5.7pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

No better direction 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 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
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 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,919,733 in August 2026, up from $1,817,172 a year earlier.
Big move $1,919,733
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Grand Forks, ND $304,143 (Aug 26) 23rd +7.6% 1st 28% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,919,733 (Aug 26) 1st +5.6% 2nd 355% above peers
Kokomo, IN $185,658 (Aug 26) 28th +4.6% 3rd 56% below peers
West Allis, WI $276,992 (Aug 26) 24th +4.5% 4th 34% below peers
Meriden, CT $328,086 (Aug 26) 20th +4.5% 5th 22% below peers
Owensboro, KY $214,021 (Aug 26) 27th +4.1% 6th 49% below peers
Hempstead, NY $646,638 (Aug 26) 7th +4.1% 7th 53% above peers
Lenexa, KS $480,411 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 8th 14% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $216,580 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 49% below peers
Great Falls, MT $340,160 (Aug 26) 19th +3.0% 10th 19% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $311,297 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.1% 11th 26% below peers
La Habra, CA $901,495 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.0% 12th 114% above peers
Taylor, MI $180,018 (Aug 26) 29th +1.6% 13th 57% below peers
La Mesa, CA $885,051 (Aug 26) 4th +1.5% 14th 110% above peers
Montebello, CA $817,744 (Aug 26) 6th +1.5% 15th 94% above peers
Burlington, NC $254,509 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 16th 40% below peers
North Miami, FL $421,749 (Aug 26) 15th +1.1% 17th on par with peers
Revere, MA $613,679 (Aug 26) 8th +1.1% 18th 46% above peers
Springfield, OR $416,581 (Aug 26) 16th +1.0% 19th 1% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA $590,256 (Aug 26) 9th +0.7% 20th 40% above peers
Medford, MA $826,077 (Aug 26) 5th +0.7% 21st 96% above peers
Gilroy, CA $1,049,221 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.6% 22nd 149% above peers
Beaumont, CA $534,963 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 23rd 27% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $552,914 (Aug 26) 11th +0.4% 24th 31% above peers
Corvallis, OR $560,117 (Aug 26) 10th +0.3% 25th 33% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $520,958 (Aug 26) 13th +0.2% 26th 24% above peers
Euless, TX $354,648 (Aug 26) 18th -0.2% 27th 16% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $404,931 (Aug 26) 17th -1.3% 28th 4% below peers
Margate, FL $322,169 (Aug 26) 21st -1.9% 29th 24% below peers
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 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,217,923 in August 2026, up from $1,156,750 a year earlier.
Big move $1,217,923
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Grand Forks, ND $209,627 (Aug 26) 22nd +8.5% 1st 39% below peers
West Allis, WI $236,022 (Aug 26) 20th +6.4% 2nd 31% below peers
Meriden, CT $253,169 (Aug 26) 18th +5.3% 3rd 26% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,217,923 (Aug 26) 1st +5.3% 4th 256% above peers
Hempstead, NY $573,243 (Aug 26) 7th +5.1% 5th 67% above peers
Lenexa, KS $365,846 (Aug 26) 14th +4.7% 6th 7% above peers
Kokomo, IN $115,059 (Aug 26) 29th +4.4% 7th 66% below peers
Owensboro, KY $137,036 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 8th 60% below peers
Great Falls, MT $257,309 (Aug 26) 17th +3.9% 9th 25% below peers
Taylor, MI $137,818 (Aug 26) 26th +3.6% 10th 60% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $156,507 (Aug 26) 25th +3.4% 11th 54% below peers
Burlington, NC $170,522 (Aug 26) 24th +2.9% 12th 50% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA $517,550 (Aug 26) 8th +2.9% 13th 51% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $248,317 (Aug 26) 19th +2.2% 14th 28% below peers
La Habra, CA $673,912 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.6% 15th 97% above peers
Montebello, CA $665,649 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 16th 94% above peers
La Mesa, CA $647,821 (Aug 26) 5th +1.3% 17th 89% above peers
Beaumont, CA $454,444 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 18th 33% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $395,987 (Aug 26) 13th +0.9% 19th 16% above peers
Springfield, OR $342,563 (Aug 26) 15th +0.7% 20th on par with peers
Revere, MA $445,069 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 21st 30% above peers
Medford, MA $631,706 (Aug 26) 6th +0.2% 22nd 84% above peers
Gilroy, CA $842,944 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.2% 23rd 146% above peers
Corvallis, OR $436,350 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 24th 27% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $407,949 (Aug 26) 12th -1.4% 25th 19% above peers
Euless, TX $273,186 (Aug 26) 16th -1.4% 26th 20% below peers
North Miami, FL $197,040 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.9% 27th 42% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $227,351 (Aug 26) 21st -4.3% 28th 34% below peers
Margate, FL $126,107 (Aug 26) 28th -7.3% 29th 63% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.3% then, 66.5% now; margin ±3.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 6 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.4% to 66.5%).
Bright spot 66.5%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Stonecrest, GA 56.2% 18th +11.6pp 1st 2% below peers
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 24th +6.6pp 2nd 17% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 23rd +6.1pp 3rd 17% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 5th +7.2pp 4th 34% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 4th +5.1pp 5th 36% above peers
West Allis, WI 55.5% 19th +3.4pp 6th 3% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 25th +2.8pp 7th 19% below peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 26th +2.7pp 8th 20% below peers
Great Falls, MT 66.1% 11th +3.5pp 9th 15% above peers
Encinitas, CA 66.5% 10th +3.2pp 10th 16% above peers
Beaumont, CA 80.8% 2nd +3.7pp 11th 41% above peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 20th +2.4pp 12th 4% below peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 22nd +2.3pp 13th 6% below peers
Taylor, MI 66.7% 9th +2.6pp 14th 16% above peers
Meriden, CT 60.1% 14th +2.1pp 15th 5% above peers
North Miami, FL 43.5% 28th +1.2pp 16th 24% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 84.5% 1st +1.7pp 17th 47% above peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 13th +0.9pp 18th 9% above peers
Owensboro, KY 57.4% 16th +0.5pp 19th on par with peers
La Habra, CA 58.3% 15th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 12th -0.4pp 21st 10% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 36.6% 31st -0.5pp 22nd 36% below peers
Corvallis, OR 41.8% 29th -0.9pp 23rd 27% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 70.5% 7th -1.7pp 24th 23% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 8th -2.4pp 25th 20% above peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 3rd -2.7pp 26th 38% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 73.4% 6th -2.8pp 27th 28% above peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 21st -2.1pp 28th 6% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 17th -4.1pp 29th 1% below peers
Revere, MA 45.5% 27th -4.3pp 30th 21% below peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 30th -4.1pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $4,324 in August 2026, up from $4,088 a year earlier.
Big move $4,324
2016August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 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%
Kokomo, IN $1,090 (Aug 26) 28th +6.1% 1st 43% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Aug 26) 27th +6.0% 2nd 38% below peers
Meriden, CT $1,903 (Aug 26) 15th +6.0% 3rd on par with peers
Encinitas, CA $4,324 (Aug 26) 1st +5.8% 4th 127% above peers
Beaumont, CA $2,782 (Aug 26) 6th +5.5% 5th 46% above peers
West Allis, WI $1,406 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.9% 6th 26% below peers
Great Falls, MT $1,374 (Aug 26) 24th +4.9% 7th 28% below peers
Owensboro, KY $1,212 (Aug 26) 26th +4.7% 8th 36% below peers
Gilroy, CA $3,024 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.3% 9th 59% above peers
Medford, MA $3,577 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.5% 10th 88% above peers
Montebello, CA $2,819 (Aug 26) 4th +3.5% 11th 48% above peers
Lenexa, KS $1,694 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 12th 11% below peers
North Miami, FL $2,255 (Aug 26) 10th +3.0% 13th 19% above peers
Springfield, OR $1,687 (Aug 26) 19th +2.6% 14th 11% below peers
Burlington, NC $1,284 (Aug 26) 25th +2.3% 15th 32% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $2,248 (Aug 26) 11th +2.2% 16th 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,713 (Aug 26) 17th +2.0% 17th 10% below peers
Corvallis, OR $1,718 (Aug 26) 16th +2.0% 18th 10% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $1,458 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.6% 19th 23% below peers
Euless, TX $1,602 (Aug 26) 20th +1.5% 20th 16% below peers
La Habra, CA $2,759 (Aug 26) 7th +1.5% 21st 45% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $2,019 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 22nd 6% above peers
Taylor, MI $1,528 (Aug 26) 21st +0.7% 23rd 20% below peers
Revere, MA $2,809 (Aug 26) 5th +0.6% 24th 48% above peers
La Mesa, CA $2,645 (Aug 26) 9th +0.4% 25th 39% above peers
Margate, FL $2,134 (Aug 26) 12th -0.7% 26th 12% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,952 (Aug 26) 14th -1.2% 27th 3% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 8th 41% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.6% then, 35.5% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.4% to 35.5%).
35.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Florence-Graham, CA 50.0% 30th -6.7pp 1st 38% above peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 29th -6.0pp 2nd 34% above peers
West Allis, WI 30.1% 9th -3.0pp 3rd 17% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 11th -2.0pp 4th 11% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 42.1% 22nd -2.6pp 5th 16% above peers
Encinitas, CA 35.5% 14th -2.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Owensboro, KY 30.2% 10th -1.4pp 7th 17% below peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 25th -1.9pp 8th 24% above peers
Great Falls, MT 28.0% 7th -1.2pp 9th 23% below peers
Taylor, MI 26.9% 5th -0.9pp 10th 26% below peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 19th -1.1pp 11th 2% above peers
Montebello, CA 46.3% 26th -1.4pp 12th 28% above peers
North Miami, FL 56.8% 31st -0.2pp 13th 56% above peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 4th +0.0pp 14th 29% below peers
Corvallis, OR 43.0% 24th +0.2pp 15th 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 1st +0.2pp 16th 38% below peers
Revere, MA 47.6% 27th +0.6pp 17th 31% above peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 12th +0.6pp 18th 9% below peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 28th +1.6pp 19th 33% above peers
La Habra, CA 42.9% 23rd +1.9pp 20th 18% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 27.9% 6th +1.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 8th +1.6pp 22nd 22% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 21st +2.6pp 23rd 15% above peers
Beaumont, CA 36.5% 17th +2.3pp 24th on par with peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 13th +2.3pp 25th 5% below peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 2nd +2.3pp 26th 36% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 16th +3.7pp 27th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 36.3% 15th +5.0pp 28th on par with peers
Euless, TX 36.6% 18th +6.6pp 29th 1% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 25.5% 3rd +4.7pp 30th 30% below peers
Meriden, CT 39.6% 20th +7.6pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.4% to 3.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Encinitas started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.1% to 3.0%).
Bright spot 3.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Encinitas, CA 3.0% 3rd -2.4pp 1st 60% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 88% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 11th -1.9pp 3rd 19% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 5th -0.9pp 4th 59% below peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 13th -1.1pp 5th 9% below peers
Meriden, CT 10.1% 26th -1.6pp 6th 34% above peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 14th -1.0pp 7th 6% below peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 20th -0.8pp 8th 10% above peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 15th -0.6pp 9th 6% below peers
Montebello, CA 7.5% 16th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 11.9% 29th -0.8pp 11th 58% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 9th -0.3pp 12th 40% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 31st -0.2pp 13th 214% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 8th +0.0pp 14th 44% below peers
Corvallis, OR 9.7% 23rd +0.1pp 15th 28% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.8% 24th +0.1pp 16th 30% above peers
Revere, MA 18.4% 30th +0.5pp 17th 144% above peers
West Allis, WI 10.1% 27th +0.3pp 18th 34% above peers
Owensboro, KY 9.8% 25th +0.3pp 19th 30% above peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 28th +0.6pp 20th 54% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.0% 10th +0.3pp 21st 20% below peers
Taylor, MI 7.5% 17th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 8.6% 21st +1.1pp 23rd 14% above peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 22nd +1.3pp 24th 27% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 4th +0.5pp 25th 60% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 19th +1.5pp 26th 9% above peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 12th +2.2pp 27th 17% below peers
Euless, TX 3.5% 6th +1.4pp 28th 54% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 18th +3.1pp 29th 2% above peers
Beaumont, CA 3.9% 7th +2.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.6% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.0% then, 3.8% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.0% to 3.8%).
Bright spot 3.8%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.5% 2nd -3.2pp 1st 44% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 17th -3.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 24th -5.3pp 3rd 72% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.6% 19th -2.8pp 4th 6% above peers
North Miami, FL 18.7% 31st -7.5pp 5th 203% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 5.0% 8th -1.7pp 6th 20% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 7th 38% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.8% 4th -1.2pp 8th 38% below peers
Hempstead, NY 11.0% 26th -2.9pp 9th 77% above peers
La Mesa, CA 4.9% 7th -1.2pp 10th 21% below peers
Beaumont, CA 4.5% 6th -1.1pp 11th 27% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 12.4% 28th -3.2pp 12th 100% above peers
Burlington, NC 11.3% 27th -2.1pp 13th 82% above peers
Kokomo, IN 6.2% 16th -1.1pp 14th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 21st -1.3pp 15th 14% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.2% 10th -0.6pp 16th 15% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 15.4% 29th -1.2pp 17th 149% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.3% 11th -0.3pp 18th 15% below peers
Montebello, CA 10.8% 25th -0.3pp 19th 75% above peers
Springfield, OR 7.2% 22nd -0.2pp 20th 16% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.1% 15th -0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.5% 18th -0.1pp 22nd 5% above peers
Revere, MA 5.1% 9th -0.0pp 23rd 18% below peers
Owensboro, KY 6.0% 14th +0.4pp 24th 3% below peers
Euless, TX 15.5% 30th +1.1pp 25th 151% above peers
Meriden, CT 5.7% 13th +0.9pp 26th 8% below peers
West Allis, WI 6.9% 20th +1.1pp 27th 11% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 5.5% 12th +1.4pp 28th 11% below peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 1st +0.9pp 29th 45% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 4.5% 5th +1.2pp 30th 28% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 23rd +2.1pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about two-thirds of the peer median.

23.2%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Encinitas, CA 23.2% 1st 32% below peers
Medford, MA 23.8% 2nd 30% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 3rd 22% below peers
Corvallis, OR 27.5% 4th 19% below peers
Revere, MA 28.1% 5th 18% below peers
Montebello, CA 28.2% 6th 17% below peers
La Habra, CA 28.6% 7th 16% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 8th 15% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 29.7% 9th 13% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 10th 11% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 11th 6% below peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 12th 5% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 32.9% 13th 4% below peers
Beaumont, CA 33.1% 14th 3% below peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 15th 1% below peers
North Miami, FL 34.1% 16th on par with peers
Florence-Graham, CA 34.4% 17th 1% above peers
Meriden, CT 35.1% 18th 3% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 35.2% 19th 3% above peers
Taylor, MI 35.6% 20th 4% above peers
Euless, TX 35.9% 21st 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 22nd 6% above peers
Great Falls, MT 36.2% 23rd 6% above peers
Owensboro, KY 36.5% 24th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 25th 8% above peers
West Allis, WI 37.0% 26th 9% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 27th 10% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 28th 10% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 29th 15% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 39.7% 30th 16% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 31st 27% 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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.3% then, 1.8% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 1.8%).
Bright spot 1.8%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 2nd -5.3pp 1st 63% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 2.6% 10th -6.0pp 2nd 27% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 1st -2.3pp 3rd 66% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 3rd -1.9pp 4th 62% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 30th -8.0pp 5th 129% above peers
North Miami, FL 6.6% 29th -5.9pp 6th 87% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 23rd -3.3pp 7th 31% above peers
Meriden, CT 1.7% 4th -0.9pp 8th 53% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.8% 5th -0.4pp 9th 48% below peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 6th -0.5pp 10th 36% below peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 8th -0.5pp 11th 28% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.5% 16th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 18th +0.1pp 13th 12% above peers
La Habra, CA 3.3% 14th +0.1pp 14th 6% below peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 7th +0.1pp 15th 28% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 26th +0.5pp 16th 57% above peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 12th +0.3pp 17th 17% below peers
West Allis, WI 2.8% 11th +0.3pp 18th 21% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.1% 13th +0.4pp 19th 13% below peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 17th +0.8pp 20th 3% above peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 25th +1.2pp 21st 55% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 6.4% 28th +1.5pp 22nd 80% above peers
Euless, TX 14.9% 31st +3.6pp 23rd 320% above peers
Montebello, CA 4.6% 22nd +1.4pp 24th 29% above peers
Beaumont, CA 3.4% 15th +1.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Taylor, MI 4.1% 19th +1.5pp 26th 15% above peers
Revere, MA 2.6% 9th +1.1pp 27th 28% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.6% 27th +2.5pp 28th 58% above peers
Owensboro, KY 4.5% 21st +2.1pp 29th 28% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.3% 24th +2.5pp 30th 49% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.2% 20th +2.6pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 Real improvement ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.9% to 67.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Encinitas started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 11.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.7% to 67.7%).
Bright spot 67.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Taylor, MI 16.4% 30th +4.8pp 1st 44% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 7.4% 31st +2.0pp 2nd 75% below peers
North Miami, FL 25.1% 21st +6.1pp 3rd 15% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 26th +4.6pp 4th 24% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 22nd +4.4pp 5th 16% below peers
West Allis, WI 29.6% 15th +5.0pp 6th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 7th +6.5pp 7th 37% above peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 28th +3.2pp 8th 27% below peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 16th +4.1pp 9th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 22.9% 25th +3.2pp 10th 22% below peers
Owensboro, KY 26.1% 20th +3.1pp 11th 12% below peers
La Habra, CA 32.3% 13th +3.8pp 12th 9% above peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 3rd +6.0pp 13th 102% above peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 10th +4.0pp 14th 35% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 15th 20% below peers
Great Falls, MT 27.8% 18th +2.4pp 16th 6% below peers
Encinitas, CA 67.7% 1st +5.7pp 17th 129% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 9th +2.9pp 18th 35% above peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 8th +2.8pp 19th 37% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.3% 6th +3.5pp 20th 70% above peers
Revere, MA 24.6% 23rd +1.7pp 21st 17% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 51.8% 5th +3.5pp 22nd 75% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 17th +1.6pp 23rd 1% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 31.0% 14th +1.6pp 24th 5% above peers
Beaumont, CA 27.4% 19th +1.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 4th +2.2pp 26th 95% above peers
Corvallis, OR 61.4% 2nd +2.3pp 27th 108% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 12th +0.4pp 28th 18% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 11th +0.3pp 29th 33% above peers
Meriden, CT 22.2% 27th -0.1pp 30th 25% below peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 29th -0.3pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.0% then, 55.3% now; margin ±24.7pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.5% to 55.3%).
Bright spot 55.3%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Florence-Graham, CA 49.2% 10th +12.6pp 1st 17% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 4th +11.2pp 2nd 29% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 1st +14.8pp 3rd 73% above peers
Montebello, CA 42.2% 15th +6.1pp 4th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 29th +4.1pp 5th 26% below peers
Revere, MA 41.7% 17th +5.4pp 6th 1% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 2nd +7.8pp 7th 56% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 20th +4.0pp 8th 2% below peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 5th +1.4pp 9th 27% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 13th +1.0pp 10th 4% above peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 27th -1.0pp 11th 17% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 37.8% 24th -4.4pp 12th 10% below peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 18th -5.0pp 13th 2% below peers
La Habra, CA 41.1% 21st -5.0pp 14th 2% below peers
Taylor, MI 26.3% 31st -4.4pp 15th 37% below peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 16th -8.3pp 16th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 51.2% 8th -10.2pp 17th 22% above peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 7th -10.5pp 18th 24% above peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 12th -10.1pp 19th 9% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 46.2% 11th -10.3pp 20th 10% above peers
Encinitas, CA 55.3% 3rd -12.6pp 21st 32% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.4% 9th -12.4pp 22nd 20% above peers
Corvallis, OR 40.8% 22nd -10.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
West Allis, WI 35.9% 25th -9.3pp 24th 15% below peers
Meriden, CT 52.6% 6th -13.9pp 25th 25% above peers
Great Falls, MT 35.1% 26th -10.5pp 26th 16% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 19th -15.0pp 27th 2% below peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 23rd -16.3pp 28th 8% below peers
Euless, TX 42.2% 14th -20.8pp 29th 1% above peers
Owensboro, KY 33.1% 28th -16.4pp 30th 21% below peers
Beaumont, CA 26.4% 30th -22.3pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±23.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (2.2% then, 1.7% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 1.7%).
Bright spot 1.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Burlington, NC 8.6% 22nd -9.9pp 1st 18% above peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 12th -5.1pp 2nd 17% below peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 8th -2.3pp 3rd 44% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.7% 11th -2.2pp 4th 22% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.7% 1st -0.5pp 5th 77% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 21st -2.5pp 6th 16% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 4th -0.8pp 7th 61% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.1% 24th -1.9pp 8th 24% above peers
Taylor, MI 9.7% 26th -1.9pp 9th 32% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 5th -0.5pp 10th 56% below peers
West Allis, WI 7.5% 18th -0.5pp 11th 3% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 6th -0.1pp 12th 54% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 19th -0.1pp 13th 8% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 15th -0.0pp 14th 12% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 7.3% 16th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 8.4% 20th +0.8pp 16th 14% above peers
Owensboro, KY 6.2% 13th +0.8pp 17th 16% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% 7th +0.5pp 18th 48% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 14th +1.1pp 19th 14% below peers
La Habra, CA 8.9% 23rd +2.2pp 20th 22% above peers
North Miami, FL 12.9% 28th +3.5pp 21st 77% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.8% 10th +1.9pp 22nd 34% below peers
Corvallis, OR 2.1% 3rd +0.9pp 23rd 71% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 31st +6.4pp 24th 100% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 9th +2.0pp 25th 39% below peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 27th +6.2pp 26th 52% above peers
Revere, MA 14.4% 30th +9.7pp 27th 97% above peers
Beaumont, CA 9.3% 25th +6.4pp 28th 28% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 17th +5.3pp 29th 1% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 74% below peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 29th +10.1pp 31st 80% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 62,780 to 61,480 - more than the combined survey margin (±75). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 80% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (61,008 to 61,480).
Big move 61,480
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 48,425 31st +66% 1st 19% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 55,765 30th +40% 2nd 7% below peers
Beaumont, CA 56,266 29th +19% 3rd 6% below peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 20th +12% 4th 1% below peers
Revere, MA 60,012 16th +12% 5th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 60,501 11th +12% 6th 1% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 61,771 3rd +11% 7th 3% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 17th +9% 8th on par with peers
Euless, TX 60,421 12th +8% 9th 1% above peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 28th +8% 10th 3% below peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 27th +6% 11th 2% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 25th +4% 12th 2% below peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 26th +4% 13th 2% below peers
Corvallis, OR 59,960 18th +3% 14th on par with peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 24th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 21st +3% 16th 1% below peers
Great Falls, MT 60,329 14th +3% 17th 1% above peers
La Habra, CA 61,970 2nd +2% 18th 3% above peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 8th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Margate, FL 59,198 22nd +2% 20th 1% below peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 23rd +2% 21st 1% below peers
Meriden, CT 60,545 10th +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Owensboro, KY 60,302 15th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Taylor, MI 62,081 1st +1% 24th 3% above peers
West Allis, WI 59,612 19th -1% 25th 1% below peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 5th -1% 26th 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 4th -1% 27th 2% above peers
Encinitas, CA 61,480 6th -2% 28th 2% above peers
Montebello, CA 61,045 7th -3% 29th 2% above peers
North Miami, FL 60,344 13th -3% 30th 1% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 60,690 9th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.4% then, 20.7% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.5% to 20.6%).
20.7%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Meriden, CT 21.9% 17th +2.5pp 1st 2% below peers
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 18th +1.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 13th +1.5pp 3rd 4% above peers
Euless, TX 24.2% 8th +1.2pp 4th 8% above peers
Taylor, MI 22.9% 14th +1.0pp 5th 2% above peers
North Miami, FL 23.3% 12th +1.0pp 6th 4% above peers
Corvallis, OR 14.1% 30th +0.6pp 7th 37% below peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 11th +0.9pp 8th 5% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 28th +0.6pp 9th 23% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 16th +0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 25.2% 7th +0.7pp 11th 12% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 29th +0.3pp 12th 24% below peers
Encinitas, CA 20.6% 23rd +0.3pp 13th 8% below peers
Beaumont, CA 29.5% 2nd -0.0pp 14th 31% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 27th -0.2pp 15th 14% below peers
Owensboro, KY 23.8% 10th -0.5pp 16th 6% above peers
Great Falls, MT 21.4% 20th -0.4pp 17th 5% below peers
Revere, MA 19.6% 25th -0.6pp 18th 13% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 21st -0.9pp 19th 6% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 5th -1.3pp 20th 22% above peers
West Allis, WI 19.3% 26th -1.0pp 21st 14% below peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 22nd -1.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 41.8% 1st -3.2pp 23rd 86% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 6th -2.5pp 24th 19% above peers
Montebello, CA 20.4% 24th -2.0pp 25th 9% below peers
La Habra, CA 21.5% 19th -2.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 24.2% 9th -2.6pp 27th 8% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 28.9% 3rd -3.1pp 28th 29% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 28.0% 4th -3.8pp 29th 25% above peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 30th 43% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 15th -3.8pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent fell 6.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.9% to 13.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.4pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.0% to 13.2%).
Big move 13.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Spring Hill, TN 17.2% 28th +5.8pp 1st 50% below peers
Meriden, CT 59.0% 1st +17.6pp 2nd 70% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 7.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 79% below peers
West Allis, WI 46.6% 6th +9.2pp 4th 35% above peers
La Habra, CA 30.4% 18th +5.9pp 5th 12% below peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 8th +7.6pp 6th 32% above peers
Revere, MA 35.5% 14th +4.6pp 7th 3% above peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 10th +5.5pp 8th 25% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 48.5% 5th +5.9pp 9th 40% above peers
Taylor, MI 55.7% 2nd +6.4pp 10th 61% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 26th +1.8pp 11th 44% below peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 4th +4.1pp 12th 55% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 17th +2.3pp 13th 12% below peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 13th +2.5pp 14th 5% above peers
Beaumont, CA 28.3% 21st +1.3pp 15th 18% below peers
Euless, TX 34.6% 16th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 20th +0.1pp 17th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 9th -0.5pp 18th 26% above peers
Corvallis, OR 29.3% 19th -1.0pp 19th 15% below peers
Great Falls, MT 34.7% 15th -1.3pp 20th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 23rd -1.1pp 21st 24% below peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 25th -1.0pp 22nd 35% below peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 7th -4.4pp 23rd 34% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 24th -2.9pp 24th 33% below peers
North Miami, FL 41.1% 12th -5.1pp 25th 19% above peers
Owensboro, KY 41.8% 11th -5.8pp 26th 21% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 54.2% 3rd -11.7pp 27th 56% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 22nd -6.2pp 28th 24% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 29th 52% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 18.9% 27th -6.6pp 30th 45% below peers
Encinitas, CA 13.2% 30th -6.7pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.3pp 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 (72.0% then, 78.4% now; margin ±10.7pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 21.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.5% to 78.4%).
Big move 78.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Corvallis, OR 65.5% 24th +15.8pp 1st 8% below peers
Meriden, CT 81.3% 2nd +11.9pp 2nd 14% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 30th +7.7pp 3rd 25% below peers
Beaumont, CA 75.7% 8th +10.2pp 4th 6% above peers
Montebello, CA 75.4% 9th +9.9pp 5th 5% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 1st +8.8pp 6th 16% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 11th +7.0pp 7th 4% above peers
Encinitas, CA 78.4% 5th +6.4pp 8th 9% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 13th +5.5pp 9th 3% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 61.8% 27th +4.0pp 10th 14% below peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 20th +4.0pp 11th 3% below peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 14th +3.5pp 12th 2% above peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 4th +3.3pp 13th 12% above peers
Great Falls, MT 70.5% 18th +2.8pp 14th 2% below peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 3rd +3.0pp 15th 13% above peers
West Allis, WI 78.3% 6th +1.8pp 16th 9% above peers
La Habra, CA 69.0% 21st +1.0pp 17th 4% below peers
Euless, TX 74.9% 10th +0.3pp 18th 5% above peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 19th -2.8pp 19th 3% below peers
Owensboro, KY 65.0% 25th -2.7pp 20th 9% below peers
Revere, MA 71.2% 17th -3.7pp 21st 1% below peers
North Miami, FL 67.4% 22nd -5.4pp 22nd 6% below peers
Taylor, MI 71.8% 15th -6.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 7th -7.0pp 24th 8% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 26th -5.9pp 25th 10% below peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 28th -5.7pp 26th 17% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 73.6% 12th -8.6pp 27th 3% above peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 23rd -8.0pp 28th 6% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 36.7% 31st -5.2pp 29th 49% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 16th -12.7pp 30th on par with peers
Spring Hill, TN 58.0% 29th -10.5pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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