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Fremont, CA
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226,442 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 11 indicators

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

What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Fremont, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. 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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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 20% over the 12 months ending January 2025, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 4% lower than in 2019 (222 then, 214 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 170 in 2020 it has risen mostly since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 173 in January 2025, down from 217 a year earlier.
Bright spot 173 per 100k
2018January 2025
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Sioux Falls, SD 363 (Feb 26) -29.6% 1st
Fremont, CA 173 (Jan 25) -20.1% 2nd
Norfolk, VA 390 (Jul 26) -17.6% 3rd
Boise, ID 270 (Jun 26) -13.6% 4th
Spokane, WA 534 (Apr 26) -12.9% 5th
Fayetteville, NC 577 (Jul 26) -12.1% 6th
Arlington, VA 264 (Jul 26) -12.0% 7th
San Bernardino, CA 898 (May 25) -9.4% 8th
Little Rock, AR 1,448 (Jul 26) -8.9% 9th
Frisco, TX 102 (Jun 26) -2.5% 10th
Salt Lake City, UT 743 (May 26) -2.1% 11th
Baton Rouge, LA 1,413 (Jul 26) -1.4% 12th
McKinney, TX 106 (Jul 26) -0.4% 13th
Des Moines, IA 658 (Jul 26) +3.9% 14th
Scottsdale, AZ 177 (Jul 26) +4.9% 15th
Richmond, VA 416 (Jul 26) +4.9% 16th
Grand Prairie, TX 224 (Jul 26) +13.3% 17th
Worcester, MA
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pearland, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Clara, CA down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Alexandria, VA down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 23% over the 12 months ending January 2025, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime rose about 7% a year from 2019 to 2024. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,167 in January 2025, down from 2,799 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,167 per 100k
2018January 2025
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Rochester, NY 2,531 (Jun 26) -25.9% 1st
Sioux Falls, SD 2,316 (Feb 26) -24.5% 2nd
Des Moines, IA 2,372 (Jul 26) -22.9% 3rd
Fremont, CA 2,167 (Jan 25) -22.6% 4th
Arlington, VA 1,544 (Jul 26) -21.1% 5th
Tacoma, WA 3,552 (Jul 26) -20.7% 6th
Boise, ID 814 (Jun 26) -18.3% 7th
San Bernardino, CA 2,680 (May 25) -13.8% 8th
Frisco, TX 797 (Jun 26) -12.7% 9th
Baton Rouge, LA 4,432 (Jul 26) -12.5% 10th
Spokane, WA 4,207 (Apr 26) -12.0% 11th
Grand Prairie, TX 1,231 (Jul 26) -11.7% 12th
Little Rock, AR 4,061 (Jul 26) -10.8% 13th
Salt Lake City, UT 4,493 (May 26) -10.6% 14th
Fontana, CA 1,092 (Jul 26) -9.6% 15th
Scottsdale, AZ 1,690 (Jul 26) -7.7% 16th
McKinney, TX 691 (Jul 26) -5.8% 17th
Fayetteville, NC 2,720 (Jul 26) -5.0% 18th
Richmond, VA 3,380 (Jul 26) -4.8% 19th
Norfolk, VA 3,338 (Jul 26) -2.0% 20th
Worcester, MA
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 17% over the 12 months ending January 2025, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide rose slightly from 2019 to 2024. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent reading: 5 homicides in the 12 months ending January 2025, down from 6 in the prior 12 months. That is 2 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
5 homicides
2018January 2025
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Boise, ID 0 (Jun 26) -75.0% 1st
Scottsdale, AZ 1 (Jul 26) -60.0% 2nd
Frisco, TX 1 (Jun 26) -50.1% 3rd
Rochester, NY 9 (Jun 26) -50.0% 4th
Fayetteville, NC 11 (Jul 26) -42.1% 5th
Fontana, CA 3 (Jul 26) -41.7% 6th
Sioux Falls, SD 4 (Feb 26) -40.5% 7th
McKinney, TX 3 (Jul 26) -36.3% 8th
Little Rock, AR 15 (Jul 26) -36.2% 9th
Richmond, VA 18 (Jul 26) -26.3% 10th
San Bernardino, CA 11 (May 25) -16.7% 11th
Fremont, CA 2 (Jan 25) -16.6% 12th
Spokane, WA 5 (Apr 26) -15.4% 13th
Baton Rouge, LA 31 (Jul 26) -9.3% 14th
Tacoma, WA 8 (Jul 26) +5.6% 15th
Norfolk, VA 15 (Jul 26) +16.6% 16th
Salt Lake City, UT 5 (May 26) +25.1% 17th
Des Moines, IA 4 (Jul 26) +33.2% 18th
Arlington, VA 1 (Jul 26) +100.0% 19th
Grand Prairie, TX 3 (Jul 26) +133.6% 20th
Worcester, MA
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Daly City, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Sterling Heights, MI
  • Boise, ID down about 75% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 12% over the 12 months ending January 2025, slower than 84% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 24% a year from 2019 to 2024. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 523 in January 2025, down from 594 a year earlier.
Needs attention 523 per 100k
2018January 2025
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Rochester, NY 630 (Jun 26) -42.9% 1st
Sioux Falls, SD 251 (Feb 26) -42.4% 2nd
Spokane, WA 287 (Apr 26) -37.3% 3rd
Des Moines, IA 329 (Jul 26) -33.3% 4th
Boise, ID 84 (Jun 26) -32.0% 5th
Grand Prairie, TX 159 (Jul 26) -29.8% 6th
Arlington, VA 93 (Jul 26) -28.7% 7th
Fayetteville, NC 258 (Jul 26) -26.2% 8th
Tacoma, WA 679 (Jul 26) -25.2% 9th
Salt Lake City, UT 329 (May 26) -24.8% 10th
Richmond, VA 332 (Jul 26) -23.3% 11th
Baton Rouge, LA 575 (Jul 26) -19.0% 12th
Scottsdale, AZ 114 (Jul 26) -17.6% 13th
Little Rock, AR 300 (Jul 26) -16.7% 14th
Fontana, CA 204 (Jul 26) -15.7% 15th
Frisco, TX 49 (Jun 26) -14.1% 16th
Fremont, CA 523 (Jan 25) -11.9% 17th
McKinney, TX 50 (Jul 26) -9.9% 18th
Norfolk, VA 276 (Jul 26) -6.5% 19th
San Bernardino, CA 712 (May 25) -4.3% 20th
Worcester, MA
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yuma, AZ down about 36% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
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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 36% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $133,354 to $181,506 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,597).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Fremont 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 ($103,591 to $181,506).
Bright spot $181,506
20102024
▸ 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 $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Hialeah, FL $55,594 28th +59% 1st 29% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 22nd +47% 2nd 14% below peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 20th +46% 3rd 10% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 7th +41% 4th 32% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 9th +41% 5th 19% above peers
Boise, ID $83,904 11th +40% 6th 7% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 21st +39% 7th 10% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 10th +38% 8th 10% above peers
Richmond, VA $64,587 25th +37% 9th 17% below peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 10th 132% above peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 18th +35% 11th 4% below peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 14th +35% 12th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 4th +33% 13th 59% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 14th 40% below peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 12th +31% 15th 7% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 27th +30% 16th 25% below peers
Norfolk, VA $66,109 23rd +28% 17th 15% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 19th +28% 18th 5% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 16th +27% 19th 3% below peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 15th +27% 20th on par with peers
Scottsdale, AZ $110,886 6th +26% 21st 42% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 17th +24% 22nd 4% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 5th +23% 23rd 58% above peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 24th +23% 24th 16% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 26th +22% 25th 19% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 13th +21% 26th 5% above peers
Enterprise, NV $98,462 8th +21% 27th 26% above peers
Arlington, VA $142,114 3rd +18% 28th 82% above peers
Frisco, TX $150,212 2nd +18% 29th 92% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 29th +12% 30th 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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7 of 48 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 ±$3,676 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.6 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: 4.3% in July 2026, down from 4.8% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.3%
1990July 2026
▸ 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 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.9pp 1st 7% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th -0.9pp 2nd 28% above peers
Fontana, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.6pp 3rd 11% above peers
Spokane, WA 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th -0.6pp 4th 24% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.7% (Jul 26) 27th -0.6pp 5th 46% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.6pp 6th 20% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 7th 7% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 8th on par with peers
Hialeah, FL 2.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.5pp 9th 50% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 10th 11% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 25th -0.4pp 11th 30% above peers
Worcester, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.2pp 12th 7% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.1pp 13th 26% below peers
Boise, ID 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 14th 33% below peers
Little Rock, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 15th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.1pp 16th 59% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 17th 2% above peers
Norfolk, VA 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th +0.3pp 18th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.4pp 19th 17% above peers
McKinney, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 20th 2% above peers
Frisco, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 21st 7% below peers
Richmond, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.5pp 22nd 7% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Rochester, NY 6.1% (Jul 26) 26th +0.5pp 24th 33% above peers
Huntsville, AL 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th +0.6pp 25th 28% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 26th 9% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.8pp 27th 2% below peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.3% to 5.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 52% moved the other way.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 5.2%).
Needs attention 5.2%
20112024
▸ 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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
San Bernardino, CA 18.6% 27th -7.4pp 1st 48% above peers
Huntsville, AL 12.6% 16th -4.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Hialeah, FL 17.0% 23rd -5.4pp 3rd 35% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 9th -3.0pp 4th 21% below peers
Boise, ID 10.6% 10th -3.2pp 5th 16% below peers
Richmond, VA 18.2% 26th -5.0pp 6th 44% above peers
Spokane, WA 13.8% 19th -3.5pp 7th 9% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% 12th -2.8pp 8th 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.6% 18th -3.0pp 9th 8% above peers
McKinney, TX 5.7% 3rd -1.2pp 10th 55% below peers
Tacoma, WA 12.4% 15th -2.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Modesto, CA 13.3% 17th -1.8pp 12th 6% above peers
Norfolk, VA 16.5% 22nd -2.2pp 13th 31% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 30th -3.5pp 14th 121% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 6th -0.8pp 15th 41% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 17.7% 25th -1.6pp 16th 40% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% 8th -0.8pp 17th 24% below peers
Yonkers, NY 13.8% 20th -1.1pp 18th 10% above peers
Des Moines, IA 14.9% 21st -1.1pp 19th 19% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 7.3% 4th -0.3pp 20th 42% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.5% 1st -0.1pp 21st 72% below peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 28th -0.4pp 22nd 55% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.2% 14th -0.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.8% 11th +0.3pp 24th 15% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 25.7% 29th +0.9pp 25th 104% above peers
Little Rock, AR 17.5% 24th +0.9pp 26th 39% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.1% 13th +0.7pp 27th 4% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.4% 5th +0.6pp 28th 41% below peers
Enterprise, NV 8.7% 7th +1.0pp 29th 31% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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7 of 48 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.1% to 4.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 59% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.1% to 4.5%).
Needs attention 4.5%
20132024
▸ 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 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 10th -7.2pp 1st 19% below peers
Hialeah, FL 19.5% 21st -9.9pp 2nd 21% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 18th -8.5pp 3rd 5% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 26th -12.1pp 4th 60% above peers
Boise, ID 11.1% 8th -5.1pp 5th 31% below peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 13th -6.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 11th -5.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Richmond, VA 28.1% 28th -8.9pp 8th 74% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 3rd -1.8pp 9th 58% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 8.4% 5th -2.2pp 10th 48% below peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 17th -4.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 16th -3.9pp 12th on par with peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 6th -1.7pp 13th 46% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 15th -2.7pp 14th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 23rd -3.7pp 15th 44% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 14th -2.3pp 16th 7% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 20th -2.9pp 17th 18% above peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 30th -6.3pp 18th 156% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 24th -3.5pp 19th 52% above peers
Norfolk, VA 25.2% 25th -3.1pp 20th 56% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 29th -3.3pp 21st 101% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 9th -0.9pp 22nd 26% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 22nd -1.1pp 23rd 37% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 19th +0.6pp 24th 9% above peers
Frisco, TX 3.2% 1st +0.2pp 25th 80% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 12th +0.7pp 26th 14% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 27th +3.2pp 27th 67% above peers
Arlington, VA 7.8% 4th +1.2pp 28th 52% below peers
Enterprise, NV 10.6% 7th +2.1pp 29th 35% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 72% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.4% to 96.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Fremont started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.8% to 96.8%).
Bright spot 96.8%
20172024
▸ 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 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Hialeah, FL 86.7% 28th +15.7pp 1st 7% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 89.1% 26th +15.2pp 2nd 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 16th +12.0pp 3rd 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 21st +11.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Richmond, VA 86.3% 30th +10.6pp 5th 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 29th +10.5pp 6th 7% below peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 22nd +10.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Boise, ID 93.8% 10th +10.5pp 8th 1% above peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 24th +9.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 5th +10.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 13th +9.6pp 11th on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 25th +8.9pp 12th 4% below peers
Tacoma, WA 92.9% 15th +8.9pp 13th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 23rd +7.0pp 14th 2% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 12th +7.0pp 15th on par with peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 20th +6.8pp 16th 2% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 11th +7.0pp 17th 1% above peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 19th +6.4pp 18th 1% below peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 18th +5.7pp 19th 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA 89.0% 27th +5.4pp 20th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 7th +5.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 17th +5.3pp 22nd 1% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 14th +4.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Enterprise, NV 97.0% 2nd +4.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 9th +4.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Arlington, VA 95.2% 8th +3.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 96.3% 6th +3.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 4th +3.7pp 28th 4% above peers
Fremont, CA 96.8% 3rd +3.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Frisco, TX 97.7% 1st +1.8pp 30th 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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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 →
  • 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 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.40 to 0.42 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 21% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.42).
Needs attention 0.42
20102024
▸ 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 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Richmond, VA 0.51 27th -0.032 1st 13% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 9th -0.018 2nd 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 22nd -0.020 3rd 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 4th 16% below peers
Norfolk, VA 0.47 21st -0.017 5th 4% above peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 16th -0.016 6th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 23rd -0.015 7th 5% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 11th -0.011 8th 4% below peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 24th -0.010 9th 7% above peers
Boise, ID 0.46 20th -0.008 10th 3% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 12th -0.008 11th 3% below peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 29th -0.007 12th 16% above peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 25th -0.004 13th 10% above peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 17th -0.003 14th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 15th 16% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 14th +0.000 16th 2% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 26th +0.002 17th 11% above peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 13th +0.006 18th 3% below peers
Frisco, TX 0.42 5th +0.009 19th 7% below peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 6th +0.009 20th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 15th +0.010 21st on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 10th +0.011 22nd 5% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 3rd +0.013 23rd 10% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 0.52 28th +0.019 24th 15% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 30th +0.023 25th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 4th +0.017 26th 8% below peers
Arlington, VA 0.46 18th +0.019 27th 2% above peers
Enterprise, NV 0.42 8th +0.022 28th 6% below peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 7th +0.023 29th 7% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 19th +0.028 30th 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
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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 (3.0% then, 3.6% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
66% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (3.3% to 3.6%).
Bright spot 3.6%
20102023
▸ 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 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
Boise, ID 6.2% 6th -2.9pp 1st 56% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 2.3% 2nd -0.9pp 2nd 83% below peers
Huntsville, AL 9.9% 14th -3.0pp 3rd 30% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 7th -1.9pp 4th 54% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 12th -2.5pp 5th 36% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 20th -4.4pp 6th 15% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 9th -1.7pp 7th 45% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.3% 22nd -2.6pp 8th 16% above peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 81% below peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 25th -2.9pp 10th 38% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.4% 27th -3.2pp 11th 66% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 11th -1.1pp 12th 38% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 29th -3.5pp 13th 122% above peers
Richmond, VA 14.6% 18th -1.3pp 14th 4% above peers
Frisco, TX 1.8% 1st -0.1pp 15th 87% below peers
Hialeah, FL 42.1% 30th -2.5pp 16th 199% above peers
Arlington, VA 3.4% 4th +0.1pp 17th 76% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 19th +0.6pp 18th 12% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 26th +0.9pp 19th 42% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 13th +0.4pp 20th 30% below peers
Norfolk, VA 16.3% 21st +0.9pp 21st 15% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 16th +1.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 15th +1.1pp 23rd 25% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 23rd +2.0pp 24th 32% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 24th +2.2pp 25th 36% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 17th +1.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% 5th +0.6pp 27th 75% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 28th +4.7pp 28th 90% above peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 10th +2.5pp 29th 43% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 8th +2.7pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 ±0.7pp 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,447,776 in August 2026, down from $1,476,679 a year earlier.
Big move $1,447,776
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Yonkers, NY $706,055 (Aug 26) 5th +7.0% 1st 60% above peers
Rochester, NY $247,040 (Aug 26) 24th +4.6% 2nd 44% below peers
Little Rock, AR $221,588 (Aug 26) 27th +3.7% 3rd 50% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $851,107 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.9% 4th 92% above peers
Richmond, VA $364,726 (Aug 26) 17th +2.6% 5th 18% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $572,003 (Aug 26) 8th +2.4% 6th 29% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $492,161 (Aug 26) 10th +2.0% 7th 11% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $232,056 (Aug 26) 25th +1.6% 8th 48% below peers
Worcester, MA $435,944 (Aug 26) 15th +1.6% 9th 1% below peers
Norfolk, VA $312,422 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 10th 29% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $332,295 (Aug 26) 19th +1.3% 11th 25% below peers
Huntsville, AL $290,244 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 12th 34% below peers
Louisville, KY $263,130 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 13th 41% below peers
Arlington, VA $806,571 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 14th 82% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $551,273 (Aug 26) 9th +0.4% 15th 25% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $224,044 (Aug 26) 26th +0.3% 16th 49% below peers
Fontana, CA $633,683 (Aug 26) 7th +0.2% 17th 43% above peers
Tacoma, WA $488,463 (Aug 26) 11th +0.1% 18th 10% above peers
Modesto, CA $442,564 (Aug 26) 14th +0.1% 19th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA $210,572 (Aug 26) 28th -0.2% 20th 52% below peers
Hialeah, FL $442,859 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 21st on par with peers
Spokane, WA $396,121 (Aug 26) 16th -0.3% 22nd 10% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $787,700 (Aug 26) 4th -0.9% 23rd 78% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $314,397 (Aug 26) 20th -1.3% 24th 29% below peers
Fremont, CA $1,447,776 (Aug 26) 1st -2.0% 25th 227% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $335,825 (Aug 26) 18th -3.9% 26th 24% below peers
Frisco, TX $638,512 (Aug 26) 6th -4.1% 27th 44% above peers
McKinney, TX $472,118 (Aug 26) 12th -5.6% 28th 7% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $930,330 in August 2026, down from $959,998 a year earlier.
Big move $930,330
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Yonkers, NY $358,222 (Aug 26) 13th +8.1% 1st 4% above peers
Little Rock, AR $116,179 (Aug 26) 28th +5.6% 2nd 66% below peers
Rochester, NY $163,825 (Aug 26) 24th +4.2% 3rd 53% below peers
Richmond, VA $252,463 (Aug 26) 17th +3.0% 4th 27% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $403,548 (Aug 26) 9th +2.6% 5th 17% above peers
Worcester, MA $345,745 (Aug 26) 14th +2.5% 6th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA $234,902 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 7th 32% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $155,564 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 8th 55% below peers
Huntsville, AL $169,430 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.7% 9th 51% below peers
Louisville, KY $172,131 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 10th 50% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $494,959 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 11th 43% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ $474,162 (Aug 26) 5th +1.0% 12th 37% above peers
Fontana, CA $544,358 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 13th 57% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $403,783 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 14th 17% above peers
Modesto, CA $361,618 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 15th 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $242,098 (Aug 26) 19th +0.4% 16th 30% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $119,486 (Aug 26) 27th +0.1% 17th 65% below peers
Arlington, VA $419,929 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 18th 21% above peers
Tacoma, WA $390,199 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 19th 13% above peers
Des Moines, IA $153,884 (Aug 26) 26th -0.2% 20th 55% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX $240,238 (Aug 26) 20th -0.6% 21st 31% below peers
Spokane, WA $286,936 (Aug 26) 15th -1.2% 22nd 17% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $579,663 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.7% 23rd 68% above peers
Fremont, CA $930,330 (Aug 26) 1st -3.1% 24th 169% above peers
Hialeah, FL $249,019 (Aug 26) 18th -4.0% 25th 28% below peers
Frisco, TX $451,788 (Aug 26) 6th -4.4% 26th 31% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $256,816 (Aug 26) 16th -4.6% 27th 26% below peers
McKinney, TX $358,925 (Aug 26) 12th -5.0% 28th 4% above peers
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 (60.7% then, 60.8% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
66% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.2% to 60.8%).
Bright spot 60.8%
20112024
▸ 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 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 19th +5.3pp 1st 14% below peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 17th +3.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 22nd +3.2pp 3rd 19% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 13th +3.8pp 4th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 46.3% 24th +2.9pp 5th 21% below peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 14th +3.6pp 6th on par with peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 20th +2.6pp 7th 15% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 30th +1.7pp 8th 35% below peers
Enterprise, NV 63.7% 7th +2.9pp 9th 8% above peers
Boise, ID 63.2% 9th +2.3pp 10th 8% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 1st +2.7pp 11th 31% above peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 28th +1.5pp 12th 27% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 16th +1.6pp 13th 1% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 8th +1.6pp 14th 8% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 2nd +1.8pp 15th 22% above peers
Richmond, VA 43.5% 27th +0.9pp 16th 26% below peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 4th +1.3pp 17th 14% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 23rd +0.9pp 18th 21% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 67.0% 3rd +0.8pp 19th 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 11th +0.4pp 20th 3% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 10th +0.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 25th +0.1pp 22nd 21% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 12th -1.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 6th -2.0pp 24th 9% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 18th -1.8pp 25th 9% below peers
Arlington, VA 41.3% 29th -1.5pp 26th 30% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 21st -2.0pp 27th 19% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 26th -2.2pp 28th 22% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 15th -3.9pp 29th on par with peers
Frisco, TX 65.9% 5th -5.7pp 30th 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,375 in August 2026, up from $3,209 a year earlier.
Big move $3,375
2015August 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%
Norfolk, VA $1,757 (Aug 26) 15th +7.2% 1st 1% below peers
Yonkers, NY $2,755 (Aug 26) 4th +5.3% 2nd 55% above peers
Fremont, CA $3,375 (Aug 26) 1st +5.2% 3rd 90% above peers
Spokane, WA $1,507 (Aug 26) 20th +3.9% 4th 15% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,302 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 5th 27% below peers
Fontana, CA $3,190 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.7% 6th 80% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,476 (Aug 26) 21st +3.1% 7th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,333 (Aug 26) 24th +3.0% 8th 25% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,382 (Aug 26) 6th +2.9% 9th 34% above peers
Huntsville, AL $1,330 (Aug 26) 25th +2.7% 10th 25% below peers
Richmond, VA $1,648 (Aug 26) 17th +2.7% 11th 7% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,954 (Aug 26) 11th +2.5% 12th 10% above peers
Tacoma, WA $1,740 (Aug 26) 16th +2.3% 13th 2% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ $2,127 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 14th 20% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,367 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.1% 15th 23% below peers
Little Rock, AR $1,212 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 16th 32% below peers
Louisville, KY $1,353 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 17th 24% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,126 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 18th 37% below peers
Modesto, CA $2,021 (Aug 26) 10th +1.0% 19th 14% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,949 (Aug 26) 12th +1.0% 20th 10% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,647 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 21st 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,603 (Aug 26) 19th +0.5% 22nd 10% below peers
Worcester, MA $2,130 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 23rd 20% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.4% 24th 57% above peers
Arlington, VA $2,702 (Aug 26) 5th +0.4% 25th 52% above peers
Hialeah, FL $2,357 (Aug 26) 7th -0.6% 26th 33% above peers
Frisco, TX $1,874 (Aug 26) 13th -0.9% 27th 6% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,773 (Aug 26) 14th -2.1% 28th on par with peers
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal) ★ Strong performer
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 (29.9% then, 30.6% now; margin ±1.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
38% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.4% to 30.6%).
Needs attention 30.6%
20102024
▸ 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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 15th -5.0pp 1st 2% below peers
Hialeah, FL 51.5% 30th -3.9pp 2nd 30% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 3rd 7% above peers
Richmond, VA 40.6% 21st -2.2pp 4th 2% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 2nd -1.3pp 5th 30% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 7th -0.9pp 6th 21% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 16th -1.1pp 7th on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 41.2% 23rd -0.9pp 8th 4% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 28th -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 18th -0.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 11th 35% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 27th -0.4pp 12th 11% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 10th -0.0pp 13th 18% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 47.5% 29th -0.0pp 14th 20% above peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 15th 10% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 9th +0.2pp 16th 19% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 11th +0.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 19th +0.4pp 18th 2% above peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 5th +0.7pp 19th 23% below peers
Boise, ID 30.4% 4th +1.0pp 20th 23% below peers
Arlington, VA 31.2% 6th +1.1pp 21st 21% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 24th +1.7pp 22nd 6% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 22nd +2.6pp 23rd 4% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 20th +2.7pp 24th 2% above peers
Frisco, TX 28.7% 3rd +2.0pp 25th 27% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 31.6% 8th +2.3pp 26th 20% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 13th +4.1pp 27th 7% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.6% 12th +5.0pp 28th 10% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 17th +5.8pp 29th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 14th +8.3pp 30th 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 4.7% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
38% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.2% to 4.7%).
Bright spot 4.7%
20102024
▸ 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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Bernardino, CA 6.8% 16th -2.8pp 1st on par with peers
Richmond, VA 13.0% 26th -3.5pp 2nd 91% above peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 10th -1.3pp 3rd 29% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.7% 6th -0.7pp 4th 46% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 28th -2.8pp 5th 136% above peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 22nd -1.6pp 6th 44% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 29th -1.8pp 7th 244% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 30th -1.7pp 8th 248% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 21st -0.6pp 9th 39% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 3rd -0.2pp 10th 51% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 14th -0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Norfolk, VA 11.5% 24th -0.4pp 12th 69% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 18th -0.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 20th -0.1pp 14th 32% above peers
Boise, ID 5.0% 12th -0.1pp 15th 26% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 13th -0.0pp 16th 19% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 19th +0.2pp 17th 30% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 9th +0.1pp 18th 31% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 23rd +0.4pp 19th 59% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 17th +0.3pp 20th 15% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 5th +0.3pp 21st 49% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 25th +1.1pp 22nd 76% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 23rd 53% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 4th +0.4pp 24th 51% below peers
Arlington, VA 15.2% 27th +2.1pp 25th 124% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 8th +0.6pp 26th 43% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 15th +1.0pp 27th 3% below peers
Enterprise, NV 3.8% 7th +1.0pp 28th 44% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.3% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 52% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 11th +1.8pp 30th 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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

2
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 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 0.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.9% to 2.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 41% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 2.6%).
Needs attention 2.6%
20132024
▸ 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 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Hialeah, FL 15.1% 29th -5.6pp 1st 84% above peers
Richmond, VA 8.8% 17th -3.2pp 2nd 8% above peers
Norfolk, VA 9.1% 19th -2.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Boise, ID 7.1% 11th -1.9pp 4th 14% below peers
McKinney, TX 8.2% 16th -2.0pp 5th on par with peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 4th -1.1pp 6th 43% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 43% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.4% 25th -2.2pp 8th 27% above peers
Yonkers, NY 6.3% 9th -1.0pp 9th 24% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.3% 24th -1.5pp 10th 26% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 5.1% 6th -0.6pp 11th 38% below peers
Arlington, VA 5.3% 7th -0.6pp 12th 35% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 10.0% 22nd -1.0pp 13th 22% above peers
Huntsville, AL 9.0% 18th -0.8pp 14th 10% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 27th -1.0pp 15th 42% above peers
Frisco, TX 6.3% 10th -0.4pp 16th 23% below peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 20th -0.5pp 17th 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 5th -0.3pp 18th 40% below peers
Spokane, WA 5.4% 8th -0.2pp 19th 34% below peers
Tacoma, WA 7.1% 12th -0.1pp 20th 13% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 9.9% 21st -0.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.5% 30th +0.0pp 22nd 126% above peers
Enterprise, NV 8.1% 15th +0.2pp 23rd 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.1% 14th +0.3pp 24th 1% below peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 13th +0.3pp 25th 12% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 28th +0.5pp 26th 52% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.1% 23rd +0.4pp 27th 24% above peers
Little Rock, AR 10.6% 26th +2.2pp 28th 30% above peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 29th 69% below peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 2nd +1.0pp 30th 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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

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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp 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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Adult obesity is about half the peer median.

14.1%
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%
Fremont, CA 14.1% 1st 60% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 29% below peers
Arlington, VA 24.9% 3rd 29% below peers
Frisco, TX 26.6% 4th 24% below peers
Enterprise, NV 28.7% 5th 18% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 28.8% 6th 18% below peers
Boise, ID 29.4% 7th 16% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 8th 13% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 9th 13% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 10th 12% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 11th 12% below peers
Hialeah, FL 31.5% 12th 10% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 13th 6% below peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 14th 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 15th on par with peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 16th on par with peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 17th 1% above peers
Richmond, VA 35.3% 18th 1% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 19th 3% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 20th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 21st 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 22nd 6% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 23rd 7% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 24th 10% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.4% 25th 13% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 26th 13% above peers
Louisville, KY 39.9% 27th 14% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 28th 15% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 29th 15% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 30th 15% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 31st 26% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.5% to 1.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.0% to 1.6%).
Needs attention 1.6%
20122024
▸ 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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Enterprise, NV 3.7% 11th -2.2pp 1st 19% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 3.9% 13th -2.1pp 2nd 16% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 9th -1.2pp 3rd 34% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 27th -3.0pp 4th 91% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 5th 58% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 23rd -1.6pp 6th 33% above peers
Norfolk, VA 5.5% 20th -1.0pp 7th 19% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 22nd -1.1pp 8th 27% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 7th -0.5pp 9th 35% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 6th -0.3pp 10th 37% below peers
Frisco, TX 4.0% 14th -0.4pp 11th 13% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 19th -0.2pp 12th 12% above peers
Richmond, VA 6.2% 24th -0.2pp 13th 36% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 49% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 16th -0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Arlington, VA 3.0% 8th +0.1pp 16th 34% below peers
Boise, ID 4.9% 18th +0.5pp 17th 7% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 15th +0.5pp 18th 11% below peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 10th +0.4pp 19th 29% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 21st +0.9pp 20th 27% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 30th +2.4pp 21st 204% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 29th +1.9pp 22nd 129% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 28th +1.9pp 23rd 108% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 12th +0.9pp 24th 16% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 5th +0.7pp 25th 41% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 17th +1.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 27th 85% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 4th +1.2pp 28th 48% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 25th +4.6pp 29th 76% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 30th 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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

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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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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 6.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57.0% to 63.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Fremont started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 12.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.7% to 63.9%).
Bright spot 63.9%
20102024
▸ 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
Hialeah, FL 22.1% 26th +6.4pp 1st 38% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 22nd +6.4pp 2nd 16% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 20th +6.2pp 3rd 12% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 21st +4.9pp 4th 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 27th +3.4pp 5th 40% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 16th +5.0pp 6th 1% below peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 17th +4.8pp 7th 3% below peers
Norfolk, VA 33.5% 19th +4.6pp 8th 6% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 25th +3.6pp 9th 25% below peers
Richmond, VA 45.6% 9th +6.0pp 10th 28% above peers
Boise, ID 47.5% 7th +5.9pp 11th 33% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 5th +6.7pp 12th 52% above peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 28th +2.5pp 13th 41% below peers
Enterprise, NV 35.7% 15th +4.0pp 14th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 3rd +6.9pp 15th 79% above peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 23rd +3.0pp 16th 17% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 6th +4.9pp 17th 44% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 30th +1.2pp 18th 63% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 13th +3.3pp 19th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 29th +1.5pp 20th 50% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 12th +2.9pp 21st 7% above peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 18th +2.6pp 22nd 5% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 11th +3.0pp 23rd 12% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 8th +3.1pp 24th 32% above peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 10th +2.8pp 25th 25% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 24th +1.8pp 26th 19% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 14th +2.2pp 27th on par with peers
Frisco, TX 67.5% 2nd +4.1pp 28th 89% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 61.9% 4th +3.5pp 29th 73% above peers
Arlington, VA 77.1% 1st +1.8pp 30th 116% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (61.9% then, 61.4% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.9% to 61.4%).
Bright spot 61.4%
20112024
▸ 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 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
McKinney, TX 62.0% 2nd +6.9pp 1st 38% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 27th +2.2pp 2nd 37% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 20th +3.0pp 3rd 15% below peers
Hialeah, FL 51.7% 8th +3.9pp 4th 15% above peers
Boise, ID 45.4% 14th +2.6pp 5th 1% above peers
Richmond, VA 48.8% 12th +2.1pp 6th 9% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 17th +0.1pp 7th 8% below peers
Tacoma, WA 44.8% 15th -0.0pp 8th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 61.4% 3rd -0.5pp 9th 37% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 13th -2.1pp 10th 7% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 11th 39% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 11th -3.6pp 12th 12% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 54.5% 6th -5.6pp 13th 22% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 7th -5.6pp 14th 18% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 9th -5.9pp 15th 13% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 24th -4.1pp 16th 26% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 23rd -4.9pp 17th 21% below peers
Frisco, TX 55.6% 5th -8.7pp 18th 24% above peers
Enterprise, NV 36.0% 22nd -5.7pp 19th 20% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 25th -6.0pp 20th 26% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 29th -5.0pp 21st 39% below peers
Norfolk, VA 42.3% 16th -8.7pp 22nd 6% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 10th -12.1pp 23rd 13% above peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 26th -7.8pp 24th 28% below peers
Huntsville, AL 41.2% 18th -11.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Arlington, VA 55.7% 4th -15.9pp 26th 24% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 21st -12.6pp 27th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 28th -9.9pp 28th 39% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 38.2% 19th -17.2pp 29th 15% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 20.5% 30th -15.5pp 30th 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 ±4.5pp 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 (3.0% then, 2.3% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 2.3%).
Bright spot 2.3%
20102024
▸ 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 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Arlington, VA 4.3% 4th -5.9pp 1st 43% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 10th -3.5pp 2nd 18% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.0% 3rd -1.8pp 3rd 46% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.3% 1st -0.8pp 4th 70% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 13th -2.2pp 5th 8% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 12th -1.7pp 6th 9% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 23rd -1.3pp 7th 17% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 11th -0.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 27th -0.8pp 9th 28% above peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 20th -0.6pp 10th 6% above peers
Richmond, VA 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 11th 35% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 22nd -0.4pp 12th 14% above peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 28th -0.3pp 13th 36% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 14th -0.2pp 14th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 21st +0.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 7th +0.2pp 16th 33% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 5th +0.2pp 17th 39% below peers
Enterprise, NV 7.8% 18th +1.0pp 18th 4% above peers
Boise, ID 5.7% 8th +0.7pp 19th 25% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.1% 2nd +0.5pp 20th 58% below peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 26th +1.6pp 21st 24% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 24th +1.8pp 22nd 19% above peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 29th +2.3pp 23rd 43% above peers
Norfolk, VA 7.1% 15th +1.8pp 24th 6% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 19th +2.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 9th +1.7pp 26th 24% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 17th +2.9pp 27th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 16th +2.9pp 28th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 30th +6.8pp 29th 112% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 9.1% 25th +4.2pp 30th 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 235,740 to 228,295 - more than the combined survey margin (±129). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 76% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (221,654 to 228,295).
Big move 228,295
20102024
▸ 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
Enterprise, NV 240,464 2nd +41% 1st 10% above peers
Frisco, TX 219,304 15th +24% 2nd on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 18th +17% 3rd 2% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 23rd +16% 4th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 30th +14% 5th 8% below peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 11th +14% 6th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 27th +12% 7th 6% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 7th +8% 8th 5% above peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 6th +6% 9th 5% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 17th +6% 10th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 26th +5% 11th 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 24th +5% 12th 4% below peers
Boise, ID 237,242 3rd +5% 13th 8% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 29th +5% 14th 8% below peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 13th +5% 15th 2% above peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 16th +3% 16th on par with peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 14th +3% 17th 2% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 28th +3% 18th 7% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 21st +2% 19th 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 19th +2% 20th 2% below peers
Richmond, VA 229,359 8th +1% 21st 5% above peers
Arlington, VA 236,254 4th +1% 22nd 8% above peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 25th +1% 23rd 5% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 22nd +0% 24th 4% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 12th -1% 25th 2% above peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 20th -1% 26th 3% below peers
Scottsdale, AZ 243,821 1st -3% 27th 11% above peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 9th -3% 28th 4% above peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 10th -4% 29th 3% above peers
Norfolk, VA 233,596 5th -4% 30th 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.9% then, 22.3% now; margin ±0.6pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
76% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.5% to 22.3%).
22.3%
20172024
▸ 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 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 10th +1.0pp 1st 16% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 21st +0.8pp 2nd 6% below peers
Norfolk, VA 20.4% 18th +0.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 5th +0.7pp 4th 25% above peers
Arlington, VA 18.0% 25th +0.2pp 5th 14% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 11th +0.3pp 6th 13% above peers
Richmond, VA 17.5% 27th -0.1pp 7th 16% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 9th -0.6pp 8th 17% above peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 14th -0.6pp 9th 6% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 12th -0.6pp 10th 11% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 26th -0.6pp 11th 16% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 15th -0.7pp 12th on par with peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 28th -0.6pp 13th 20% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 8th -1.2pp 14th 17% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 1st -1.4pp 15th 30% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 3rd -1.5pp 16th 28% above peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 17th -1.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 22nd -1.2pp 18th 7% below peers
Enterprise, NV 22.6% 13th -1.9pp 19th 8% above peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 16th -1.8pp 20th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 21st 23% above peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 19th -1.8pp 22nd 6% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 6th -2.5pp 23rd 25% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 20th -2.0pp 24th 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 24th -1.8pp 25th 12% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 4th -2.9pp 26th 28% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 13.9% 30th -1.6pp 27th 33% below peers
Frisco, TX 27.2% 2nd -3.2pp 28th 30% above peers
Boise, ID 18.5% 23rd -3.3pp 29th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 29th -3.9pp 30th 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
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 (9.6% then, 10.4% now; margin ±1.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.5% to 10.4%).
Big move 10.4%
20102024
▸ 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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 12th +5.9pp 1st 9% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 26.6% 25th +3.7pp 2nd 25% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 18th +3.8pp 3rd 10% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 13th +4.3pp 4th 8% above peers
Enterprise, NV 28.5% 21st +2.9pp 5th 20% below peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 30th +0.8pp 6th 71% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 20th +2.0pp 7th 19% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 4th +3.1pp 8th 31% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 22nd +1.8pp 9th 22% below peers
Arlington, VA 17.4% 28th +0.9pp 10th 51% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 26th +0.6pp 11th 44% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 11th +0.8pp 12th 12% above peers
Boise, ID 27.2% 24th +0.3pp 13th 24% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 49% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 16th -0.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Norfolk, VA 46.5% 5th -0.5pp 16th 31% above peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 27th -0.2pp 17th 50% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 6th -0.9pp 18th 27% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 9th -0.9pp 19th 22% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 20th 95% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 10th -1.1pp 21st 20% above peers
Richmond, VA 55.8% 2nd -3.3pp 22nd 57% above peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 14th -2.3pp 23rd 2% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 19th -1.8pp 24th 18% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 8th -3.4pp 25th 22% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 23rd -2.3pp 26th 23% below peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 15th -3.2pp 27th on par with peers
Frisco, TX 11.9% 29th -1.1pp 28th 66% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 7th -4.2pp 29th 26% above peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 17th -5.2pp 30th 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents rose 12.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57.0% to 69.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.6pp).

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 10.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.7% to 69.9%).
Big move 69.9%
20102024
▸ 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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Fremont, CA 69.9% 12th +12.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 17th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Frisco, TX 70.6% 11th +8.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Scottsdale, AZ 69.0% 16th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 26th +5.8pp 5th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 22nd +6.1pp 7th 3% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 4th +6.6pp 8th 6% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 9th 19% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 15th +5.9pp 10th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 23rd +5.4pp 11th 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 9th +4.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 8th +2.5pp 13th 2% above peers
Norfolk, VA 67.7% 21st +1.6pp 14th 2% below peers
Enterprise, NV 73.0% 5th +1.6pp 15th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 18th +1.3pp 16th 1% below peers
Arlington, VA 74.8% 3rd +1.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 20th +0.4pp 18th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 13th -0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 24th -1.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 7th -1.3pp 21st 3% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 14th -1.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 28th -2.0pp 23rd 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 30th -2.0pp 24th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 10th -2.9pp 25th 2% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 27th -2.8pp 26th 13% below peers
Boise, ID 63.9% 25th -3.2pp 27th 8% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 29th -4.0pp 28th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 6th -5.2pp 29th 4% above peers
Richmond, VA 68.7% 19th -5.6pp 30th 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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7 of 48 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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