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Fullerton, CA
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140,968 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Fullerton, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 6 indicators

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

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 35% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 16% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 311 in May 2026, down from 478 a year earlier.
311 per 100k
2018May 2026
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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Fullerton, CA 311 (May 26) 7th -35.0% 1st 16% below peers
New Haven, CT 391 (Apr 26) 12th -19.8% 2nd 6% above peers
Torrance, CA 276 (May 26) 6th -19.5% 3rd 25% below peers
Visalia, CA 373 (May 26) 11th -16.4% 4th 1% above peers
Rockford, IL 871 (May 26) 17th -13.8% 5th 136% above peers
West Valley City, UT 358 (May 26) 9th -12.1% 6th 3% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 344 (May 26) 8th -10.4% 7th 7% below peers
Pomona, CA 649 (May 26) 16th -9.0% 8th 76% above peers
Pasadena, CA 406 (May 26) 14th -7.0% 9th 10% above peers
Hampton, VA 242 (Apr 26) 3rd -6.4% 10th 34% below peers
Waco, TX 402 (May 26) 13th -3.9% 11th 9% above peers
Thornton, CO 246 (May 26) 4th -2.7% 12th 33% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 250 (May 26) 5th -2.5% 13th 32% below peers
Dayton, OH 1,337 (May 26) 18th -0.9% 14th 263% above peers
McAllen, TX 132 (May 26) 1st -0.5% 15th 64% below peers
Stamford, CT 151 (May 26) 2nd +3.9% 16th 59% below peers
Warren, MI 498 (May 26) 15th +5.6% 17th 35% above peers
Midland, TX 369 (May 26) 10th +20.8% 18th on par with peers

Peers worth a call

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

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 21% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,547 in May 2026, down from 1,961 a year earlier.
1,547 per 100k
2018May 2026
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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Fullerton, CA 1,547 (May 26) 5th -21.1% 1st 29% below peers
Visalia, CA 1,577 (May 26) 6th -20.8% 2nd 27% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1,974 (May 26) 9th -20.6% 3rd 9% below peers
McAllen, TX 1,340 (May 26) 3rd -20.4% 4th 38% below peers
Warren, MI 1,270 (May 26) 2nd -17.0% 5th 41% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 2,165 (May 26) 10th -16.3% 6th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 2,409 (May 26) 14th -14.5% 7th 11% above peers
Thornton, CO 2,337 (May 26) 13th -12.0% 8th 8% above peers
Hampton, VA 2,569 (Apr 26) 16th -11.5% 9th 19% above peers
Pomona, CA 2,259 (May 26) 11th -11.2% 10th 4% above peers
Waco, TX 1,753 (May 26) 8th -9.0% 11th 19% below peers
Rockford, IL 2,451 (May 26) 15th -8.2% 12th 13% above peers
New Haven, CT 3,154 (Apr 26) 17th -7.4% 13th 46% above peers
West Valley City, UT 1,627 (May 26) 7th -7.4% 14th 25% below peers
Stamford, CT 1,003 (May 26) 1st -5.5% 15th 54% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2,279 (May 26) 12th -4.2% 16th 5% above peers
Dayton, OH 4,087 (May 26) 18th -3.9% 17th 89% above peers
Midland, TX 1,507 (May 26) 4th +46.6% 18th 30% below peers

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 →
  • Carrollton, TX down about 48% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Maria, CA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 20% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1 in May 2026, unchanged from 1 a year earlier.
1 per 100k
2018May 2026
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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 (May 26) 4th -75.0% 1st 79% below peers
McAllen, TX 1 (May 26) 1st -66.6% 2nd 80% below peers
Warren, MI 2 (May 26) 8th -62.6% 3rd 36% below peers
Pomona, CA 3 (May 26) 10th -61.5% 4th on par with peers
Waco, TX 3 (May 26) 9th -42.8% 5th 21% below peers
Rockford, IL 6 (May 26) 14th -40.0% 6th 80% above peers
New Haven, CT 8 (Apr 26) 16th -35.3% 7th 131% above peers
Dayton, OH 19 (May 26) 18th -29.7% 8th 462% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 2 (May 26) 7th -25.1% 9th 38% below peers
Hampton, VA 12 (Apr 26) 17th -15.0% 10th 262% above peers
Fullerton, CA 1 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 11th 79% below peers
Stamford, CT 1 (May 26) 2nd +0.0% 12th 79% below peers
Pasadena, CA 1 (May 26) 5th +0.0% 13th 78% below peers
West Valley City, UT 7 (May 26) 15th +11.0% 14th 114% above peers
Visalia, CA 5 (May 26) 12th +16.7% 15th 40% above peers
Midland, TX 3 (May 26) 11th +66.3% 16th on par with peers
Thornton, CO 5 (May 26) 13th +166.5% 17th 59% above peers
Torrance, CA 1 (May 26) 6th 57% below peers
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 27% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 140 in May 2026, down from 191 a year earlier.
140 per 100k
2018May 2026
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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
McAllen, TX 17 (May 26) 1st -66.7% 1st 92% below peers
Warren, MI 217 (May 26) 10th -35.4% 2nd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 193 (May 26) 8th -34.5% 3rd 11% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 145 (May 26) 4th -32.4% 4th 33% below peers
Pasadena, CA 164 (May 26) 5th -32.1% 5th 24% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 405 (May 26) 14th -28.8% 6th 87% above peers
Stamford, CT 115 (May 26) 2nd -27.5% 7th 47% below peers
Fullerton, CA 140 (May 26) 3rd -26.7% 8th 35% below peers
Torrance, CA 347 (May 26) 12th -25.0% 9th 60% above peers
New Haven, CT 573 (Apr 26) 17th -24.2% 10th 164% above peers
Thornton, CO 349 (May 26) 13th -22.3% 11th 61% above peers
Dayton, OH 1,082 (May 26) 18th -16.5% 12th 399% above peers
Rockford, IL 422 (May 26) 15th -13.1% 13th 94% above peers
Pomona, CA 467 (May 26) 16th -10.1% 14th 115% above peers
West Valley City, UT 216 (May 26) 9th -5.1% 15th on par with peers
Waco, TX 168 (May 26) 6th -4.6% 16th 23% below peers
Hampton, VA 325 (Apr 26) 11th +21.4% 17th 50% above peers
Midland, TX 185 (May 26) 7th +29.0% 18th 15% below peers

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Escondido, CA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $79,978 to $104,286 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,411). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 58% from 2014 to 2024 ($65,909 to $104,286).
$104,286
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Dayton, OH $45,247 29th +39% 1st 38% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 10th +39% 2nd 26% above peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 15th +38% 3rd 2% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 19th +37% 4th 9% below peers
Waco, TX $54,365 26th +35% 5th 26% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 23rd +35% 6th 22% below peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 22nd +32% 7th 22% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 13th +32% 8th 12% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 21st +32% 9th 16% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 14th +31% 10th 9% above peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 6th +30% 11th 43% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 7th +30% 12th 41% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 20th +29% 13th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 14th 48% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 9th +28% 15th 26% above peers
Orange, CA $117,113 1st +28% 16th 60% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 5th +27% 17th 44% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 12th +26% 18th 22% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 3rd +26% 19th 56% above peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 27th +25% 20th 35% below peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 2nd +24% 21st 59% above peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 28th +24% 22nd 37% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 25th +24% 23rd 25% below peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 18th +24% 24th 5% below peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 16th +23% 25th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 8th +21% 26th 28% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 17th +20% 27th 4% below peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 4th +20% 28th 53% above peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 24th +17% 29th 24% below peers
Midland, TX $89,585 11th +13% 30th 23% above peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 30th +8% 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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3 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,310 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 64% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in May 2026, down from 3.9% a year earlier.
3.8%
1990May 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Dayton, OH 3.7% (May 26) 7th -2.1pp 1st 18% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 5.2% (May 26) 23rd -1.3pp 2nd 16% above peers
Visalia, CA 4.8% (May 26) 20th -0.6pp 3rd 7% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.7% (May 26) 18th -0.6pp 4th 4% above peers
Victorville, CA 6.0% (May 26) 26th -0.5pp 5th 33% above peers
Thornton, CO 3.7% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 6th 18% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 3.2% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 7th 29% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.5% (May 26) 15th -0.2pp 8th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 4.5% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Pomona, CA 5.3% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 10th 18% above peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 11th 16% below peers
Orange, CA 3.4% (May 26) 4th -0.1pp 12th 24% below peers
Savannah, GA 2.9% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 13th 36% below peers
West Valley City, UT 3.5% (May 26) 5th +0.0pp 14th 22% below peers
Jackson, MS 4.0% (May 26) 10th +0.0pp 15th 11% below peers
Hampton, VA 4.1% (May 26) 11th +0.1pp 16th 9% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.1pp 17th 22% below peers
Waco, TX 4.1% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 18th 9% below peers
Midland, TX 3.2% (May 26) 3rd +0.2pp 19th 29% below peers
McAllen, TX 4.7% (May 26) 19th +0.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Kent, WA 5.1% (May 26) 21st +0.4pp 21st 13% above peers
Rockford, IL 5.7% (May 26) 25th +0.4pp 22nd 27% above peers
Warren, MI 6.8% (May 26) 29th +0.6pp 23rd 51% above peers
Syracuse, NY 5.1% (May 26) 22nd +0.9pp 24th 13% above peers
Miramar, FL 4.2% (May 26) 13th +1.0pp 25th 7% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.4% (May 26) 14th +1.1pp 26th 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.6% (May 26) 17th +1.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Gainesville, FL 6.2% (May 26) 27th +1.4pp 28th 38% above peers
New Haven, CT 6.2% (May 26) 28th +1.5pp 29th 38% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.1% then, 12.1% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.0% to 12.1%).
12.1%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Visalia, CA 11.4% 11th -4.6pp 1st 13% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.5% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 42% below peers
Orange, CA 9.1% 6th -2.4pp 3rd 30% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 2nd -1.8pp 4th 47% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.8% 7th -2.5pp 5th 25% below peers
Pomona, CA 14.1% 17th -3.4pp 6th 8% above peers
Kent, WA 10.7% 10th -2.5pp 7th 18% below peers
Hampton, VA 12.4% 14th -2.3pp 8th 5% below peers
Warren, MI 14.7% 18th -2.7pp 9th 12% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 5th -1.5pp 10th 35% below peers
McAllen, TX 19.8% 22nd -3.1pp 11th 52% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.6% 9th -1.6pp 12th 19% below peers
Dayton, OH 24.6% 27th -3.2pp 13th 88% above peers
Waco, TX 21.8% 25th -2.7pp 14th 67% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.3% 30th -3.4pp 15th 109% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.6% 19th -1.8pp 16th 19% above peers
Savannah, GA 18.3% 21st -2.0pp 17th 40% above peers
New Haven, CT 22.4% 26th -2.4pp 18th 72% above peers
Syracuse, NY 25.5% 28th -2.5pp 19th 95% above peers
Victorville, CA 17.6% 20th -1.7pp 20th 34% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.1% 16th -1.1pp 21st on par with peers
Rockford, IL 20.8% 24th -0.9pp 22nd 59% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 1st -0.2pp 23rd 58% below peers
Gainesville, FL 27.3% 31st -0.2pp 24th 109% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.1% 12th +0.0pp 25th 7% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 15th +0.7pp 26th 5% below peers
Jackson, MS 26.8% 29th +2.4pp 27th 105% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.0% 8th +0.9pp 28th 23% below peers
Torrance, CA 7.7% 4th +0.9pp 29th 41% below peers
Columbia, SC 19.8% 23rd +2.6pp 30th 52% above peers
Midland, TX 12.3% 13th +3.2pp 31st 6% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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3 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.5% then, 15.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.9% to 15.5%).
15.5%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Pomona, CA 17.3% 16th -8.8pp 1st on par with peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 9th -6.8pp 2nd 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 1st -2.5pp 3rd 69% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 7th -5.0pp 4th 31% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 6th -4.5pp 5th 37% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 8th -4.9pp 6th 26% below peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 19th -7.6pp 7th 24% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 5th -3.7pp 8th 39% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 3rd -2.8pp 9th 50% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 17th -5.2pp 10th 14% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 22nd -6.4pp 11th 57% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 15th -3.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 18th -3.4pp 13th 14% above peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 4th -1.7pp 14th 40% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 27th -5.0pp 15th 80% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 11th -2.0pp 16th 12% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 23rd -3.4pp 17th 63% above peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 14th -1.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 26th -3.4pp 19th 76% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 28th -4.0pp 20th 134% above peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 21st -1.6pp 21st 43% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 12th -1.0pp 22nd 10% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 30th -1.9pp 23rd 152% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 24th 154% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 20th -0.7pp 25th 34% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 25th -0.8pp 26th 74% above peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 29th +1.0pp 27th 136% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 24th +3.0pp 28th 72% above peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 54% below peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 10th +3.3pp 30th 14% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 13th +4.2pp 31st 10% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.3% to 94.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.6% to 94.4%).
94.4%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 28th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 26th +13.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 25th +13.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 21st +13.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 23rd +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 18th +11.1pp 6th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 17th +10.9pp 7th on par with peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 11th +11.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 31st +9.3pp 9th 8% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 20th +9.7pp 10th 2% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 22nd +9.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 29th +8.0pp 12th 6% below peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 10th +8.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 27th +7.8pp 14th 4% below peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 14th +7.8pp 15th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 13th +7.6pp 16th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 24th +7.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 19th +6.8pp 18th 1% below peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 1st +6.5pp 19th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 16th +6.2pp 20th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 15th +6.0pp 21st on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 8th +5.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 9th +5.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 12th +4.6pp 24th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 5th +4.4pp 25th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 4th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 6th +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 7th +3.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 2nd +2.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 3rd +2.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 30th +0.8pp 31st 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 larger real gain than 50% 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 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.47).
0.47
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Visalia, CA 0.41 4th -0.037 1st 14% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 21st -0.026 2nd 2% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 15th -0.020 3rd 1% below peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 17th -0.011 4th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 23rd -0.011 5th 5% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 27th -0.007 6th 7% above peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 19th -0.005 7th 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 5th -0.004 8th 12% below peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 10th -0.003 9th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 25th -0.002 10th 6% above peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 7th -0.000 11th 12% below peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 12th 23% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 9th +0.001 13th 9% below peers
Waco, TX 0.51 28th +0.002 14th 8% above peers
Kent, WA 0.42 8th +0.003 15th 11% below peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 12th +0.004 16th 7% below peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 17th 12% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 18th 17% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 6th +0.005 19th 12% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 29th +0.007 20th 11% above peers
Orange, CA 0.45 14th +0.009 21st 5% below peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 26th +0.010 22nd 7% above peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 20th +0.011 23rd 2% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 11th +0.010 24th 8% below peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 2nd +0.010 25th 18% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 22nd +0.017 26th 5% above peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 24th +0.018 27th 6% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 16th +0.020 28th on par with peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 13th +0.019 29th 6% below peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 3rd +0.021 30th 15% below peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 18th +0.042 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (7.9% then, 9.2% now; margin ±1.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 4.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.8% to 9.2%).
9.2%
20102023
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 84% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 8th -3.0pp 2nd 38% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 7th -2.5pp 3rd 40% below peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 22nd -4.1pp 4th 23% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 14th -2.7pp 5th 12% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 19th -2.4pp 6th 16% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 24th -2.4pp 7th 31% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 16th -1.7pp 8th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 26th -2.4pp 9th 73% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 18th -1.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 11th 90% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 13th -0.7pp 12th 27% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 11th -0.6pp 13th 38% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 5th -0.4pp 14th 44% below peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 20th -0.6pp 15th 18% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 27th +0.1pp 16th 78% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 6th +0.2pp 17th 42% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 23rd +1.1pp 18th 26% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 12th +0.6pp 19th 37% below peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 25th +1.2pp 20th 33% above peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 28th +2.3pp 21st 82% above peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 21st +2.0pp 22nd 19% above peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 29th +3.6pp 23rd 89% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 15th +1.9pp 24th 8% below peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 10th +1.4pp 25th 38% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 4th +1.3pp 26th 47% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 27th 118% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 3rd +1.2pp 28th 54% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 17th +2.9pp 29th 1% above peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 2nd +2.5pp 30th 65% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 9th +4.5pp 31st 38% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,053,680 in June 2026, up from $1,042,386 a year earlier.
$1,053,680
2000June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Rockford, IL $187,245 (Jun 26) 28th +9.9% 1st 53% below peers
Metairie, LA $334,224 (Jun 26) 17th +8.4% 2nd 17% below peers
Stamford, CT $730,252 (Jun 26) 5th +6.8% 3rd 82% above peers
New Haven, CT $340,803 (Jun 26) 16th +5.6% 4th 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY $225,918 (Jun 26) 24th +5.3% 5th 44% below peers
Olathe, KS $441,698 (Jun 26) 13th +5.0% 6th 10% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $215,210 (Jun 26) 25th +2.4% 7th 46% below peers
Midland, TX $331,824 (Jun 26) 18th +2.1% 8th 17% below peers
Warren, MI $204,491 (Jun 26) 26th +1.7% 9th 49% below peers
Orange, CA $1,141,755 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.7% 10th 184% above peers
Torrance, CA $1,123,531 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 11th 180% above peers
Columbia, SC $232,810 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.3% 12th 42% below peers
Dayton, OH $141,446 (Jun 26) 29th +1.3% 13th 65% below peers
Jackson, MS $85,739 (Jun 26) 30th +1.2% 14th 79% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $547,806 (Jun 26) 8th +1.2% 15th 36% above peers
Fullerton, CA $1,053,680 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 16th 162% above peers
West Valley City, UT $472,447 (Jun 26) 12th +0.7% 17th 18% above peers
Hampton, VA $283,362 (Jun 26) 21st +0.7% 18th 29% below peers
Visalia, CA $401,692 (Jun 26) 15th +0.7% 19th on par with peers
McAllen, TX $231,417 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.5% 20th 42% below peers
Victorville, CA $437,583 (Jun 26) 14th +0.2% 21st 9% above peers
Pomona, CA $687,948 (Jun 26) 6th -0.0% 22nd 71% above peers
Pasadena, CA $1,213,522 (Jun 26) 1st -0.4% 23rd 202% above peers
Gainesville, FL $299,992 (Jun 26) 20th -1.3% 24th 25% below peers
Kent, WA $651,566 (Jun 26) 7th -1.6% 25th 62% above peers
Waco, TX $200,115 (Jun 26) 27th -2.1% 26th 50% below peers
Miramar, FL $520,975 (Jun 26) 10th -2.6% 27th 30% above peers
Savannah, GA $326,616 (Jun 26) 19th -2.9% 28th 19% below peers
Thornton, CO $503,275 (Jun 26) 11th -3.0% 29th 25% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $524,239 (Jun 26) 9th -3.5% 30th 31% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $798,210 in June 2026, up from $785,534 a year earlier.
$798,210
2000June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Metairie, LA $237,310 (Jun 26) 16th +13.6% 1st 1% below peers
Rockford, IL $118,324 (Jun 26) 28th +13.1% 2nd 51% below peers
Jackson, MS $37,837 (Jun 26) 30th +7.6% 3rd 84% below peers
New Haven, CT $240,389 (Jun 26) 15th +7.3% 4th on par with peers
Olathe, KS $338,266 (Jun 26) 13th +6.3% 5th 41% above peers
Syracuse, NY $156,060 (Jun 26) 23rd +6.2% 6th 35% below peers
Stamford, CT $392,879 (Jun 26) 10th +4.5% 7th 63% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $146,112 (Jun 26) 24th +3.9% 8th 39% below peers
Midland, TX $225,599 (Jun 26) 17th +2.7% 9th 6% below peers
Warren, MI $126,201 (Jun 26) 27th +2.0% 10th 48% below peers
Dayton, OH $72,552 (Jun 26) 29th +1.6% 11th 70% below peers
Fullerton, CA $798,210 (Jun 26) 4th +1.6% 12th 232% above peers
Orange, CA $850,078 (Jun 26) 1st +1.6% 13th 254% above peers
Columbia, SC $142,816 (Jun 26) 25th +1.3% 14th 41% below peers
Hampton, VA $214,320 (Jun 26) 20th +1.1% 15th 11% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $427,901 (Jun 26) 7th +0.9% 16th 78% above peers
Pomona, CA $576,836 (Jun 26) 5th +0.9% 17th 140% above peers
McAllen, TX $162,158 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.9% 18th 33% below peers
West Valley City, UT $408,896 (Jun 26) 8th +0.8% 19th 70% above peers
Torrance, CA $822,837 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 20th 242% above peers
Visalia, CA $320,428 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 21st 33% above peers
Victorville, CA $385,386 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 22nd 60% above peers
Pasadena, CA $814,213 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.5% 23rd 239% above peers
Kent, WA $482,714 (Jun 26) 6th -1.4% 24th 101% above peers
Waco, TX $127,137 (Jun 26) 26th -2.1% 25th 47% below peers
Gainesville, FL $185,459 (Jun 26) 21st -2.2% 26th 23% below peers
Thornton, CO $393,280 (Jun 26) 9th -3.5% 27th 64% above peers
Miramar, FL $366,124 (Jun 26) 12th -3.6% 28th 52% above peers
Savannah, GA $217,206 (Jun 26) 19th -4.1% 29th 10% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $220,094 (Jun 26) 18th -7.8% 30th 8% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.2% then, 51.8% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.1% to 51.9%).
51.8%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 11th +6.5pp 1st 7% above peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 21st +3.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 28th +2.7pp 3rd 27% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 4th 55% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 2nd +3.5pp 5th 27% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 24th +1.8pp 6th 15% below peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 14th +2.1pp 7th 1% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 26th +1.6pp 8th 20% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 1st +2.6pp 9th 32% above peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 4th +2.0pp 10th 25% above peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 10th +1.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 19th +1.2pp 12th 5% below peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 15th +1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 9th +1.1pp 14th 9% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 50% below peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 18th +0.7pp 16th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 27th +0.5pp 17th 25% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 8th +0.1pp 18th 15% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 12th -0.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 20th -0.4pp 20th 9% below peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 5th -0.6pp 21st 21% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 25th -0.5pp 22nd 20% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 6th -0.7pp 23rd 21% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 17th -0.9pp 24th 3% below peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 3rd -1.4pp 25th 26% above peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 16th -1.2pp 26th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 13th -1.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 7th -1.6pp 28th 19% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 23rd -1.3pp 29th 14% below peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 29th -1.2pp 30th 33% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 22nd -2.8pp 31st 14% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,872 in June 2026, up from $2,798 a year earlier.
$2,872
2015June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,288 (Jun 26) 26th +13.0% 1st 32% below peers
Rockford, IL $1,208 (Jun 26) 29th +8.8% 2nd 36% below peers
Hampton, VA $1,693 (Jun 26) 17th +5.3% 3rd 11% below peers
Olathe, KS $1,900 (Jun 26) 15th +4.5% 4th on par with peers
Jackson, MS $1,270 (Jun 26) 28th +4.3% 5th 33% below peers
Syracuse, NY $1,546 (Jun 26) 21st +3.5% 6th 19% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,207 (Jun 26) 30th +3.4% 7th 36% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,997 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.3% 8th 58% above peers
Visalia, CA $1,909 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 9th on par with peers
Warren, MI $1,337 (Jun 26) 25th +3.0% 10th 30% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,227 (Jun 26) 11th +3.0% 11th 17% above peers
Orange, CA $3,181 (Jun 26) 1st +2.8% 12th 67% above peers
Fullerton, CA $2,872 (Jun 26) 5th +2.6% 13th 51% above peers
New Haven, CT $2,242 (Jun 26) 10th +2.1% 14th 18% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,478 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.6% 15th 22% below peers
Gainesville, FL $1,657 (Jun 26) 18th +1.6% 16th 13% below peers
Stamford, CT $2,954 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 17th 55% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,255 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 18th 19% above peers
Kent, WA $1,978 (Jun 26) 12th +0.8% 19th 4% above peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Jun 26) 27th +0.7% 20th 32% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,385 (Jun 26) 7th +0.7% 21st 26% above peers
Waco, TX $1,369 (Jun 26) 24th +0.4% 22nd 28% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,357 (Jun 26) 8th -0.0% 23rd 24% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,710 (Jun 26) 6th -0.3% 24th 43% above peers
West Valley City, UT $1,504 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.9% 25th 21% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,910 (Jun 26) 13th -1.1% 26th 1% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,807 (Jun 26) 16th -1.3% 27th 5% below peers
Pasadena, CA $2,939 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 28th 55% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,605 (Jun 26) 20th -1.4% 29th 16% below peers
Midland, TX $1,634 (Jun 26) 19th -3.8% 30th 14% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.1% then, 44.4% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.1% to 44.4%).
44.4%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 4th -4.0pp 1st 22% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 25th -4.0pp 2nd 8% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 30th -3.2pp 3rd 25% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 22nd -2.3pp 4th 6% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 29th -2.7pp 5th 24% above peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 12th -1.3pp 6th 10% below peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 7th -0.6pp 7th 17% below peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 27th -0.7pp 8th 9% above peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 21st -0.3pp 9th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 17th -0.3pp 10th on par with peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 5th -0.1pp 11th 22% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 3rd -0.0pp 12th 28% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 20th +0.1pp 13th 3% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 6th +0.1pp 14th 21% below peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 13th +0.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 23rd +0.5pp 16th 7% above peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 11th +0.6pp 17th 11% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 9th +0.7pp 18th 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 14th +1.0pp 19th on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 28th +1.6pp 20th 12% above peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 18th +1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 26th +2.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 15th +2.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 16th +2.8pp 24th on par with peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 24th +3.4pp 25th 7% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 26th 42% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 10th +3.2pp 27th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 2nd +2.6pp 28th 32% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 19th +4.0pp 29th 3% above peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 30th 26% above peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 8th +7.4pp 31st 16% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.2% then, 5.3% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 5.3%).
5.3%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 1st 50% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 33% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 20th -3.8pp 3rd 32% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 24th -3.2pp 4th 51% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 15th -1.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 28th -3.9pp 6th 128% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 29th -3.6pp 7th 195% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 12th -0.9pp 8th 24% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 22nd -1.4pp 9th 34% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 17th -0.9pp 10th 1% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 13th -0.7pp 11th 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 12th 54% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 1st -0.2pp 13th 57% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 30th -1.4pp 14th 269% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 15th 285% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 18th -0.3pp 16th 3% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 19th -0.3pp 17th 9% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 21st -0.3pp 18th 34% above peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 14th -0.1pp 19th 7% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 26th -0.0pp 20th 64% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 27th +0.1pp 21st 83% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 5th +0.0pp 22nd 45% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 9th +0.0pp 23rd 30% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 11th +0.1pp 24th 24% below peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 16th +0.3pp 25th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 7th +0.3pp 26th 33% below peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 23rd +0.9pp 27th 38% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 6th +0.5pp 28th 36% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 10th +0.7pp 29th 28% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 3rd +0.5pp 30th 50% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 25th +1.7pp 31st 55% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.5% then, 6.7% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 11.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.5% to 6.7%).
6.7%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 22nd -3.1pp 1st 35% above peers
Pasadena, CA 5.6% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 26% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 10th -2.0pp 3rd 12% below peers
Orange, CA 5.8% 5th -1.7pp 4th 23% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.3% 25th -3.1pp 5th 75% above peers
New Haven, CT 7.3% 14th -1.5pp 6th 4% below peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 20th -1.9pp 7th 29% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.2% 19th -1.6pp 8th 22% above peers
Hampton, VA 6.6% 8th -1.1pp 9th 13% below peers
Midland, TX 14.2% 26th -2.3pp 10th 87% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 23rd -1.6pp 11th 42% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.3% 15th -1.0pp 12th 4% below peers
Dayton, OH 8.0% 17th -1.1pp 13th 5% above peers
Pomona, CA 10.9% 24th -1.4pp 14th 43% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 1st -0.5pp 15th 45% below peers
Columbia, SC 6.9% 11th -0.6pp 16th 9% below peers
Warren, MI 6.0% 7th -0.4pp 17th 21% below peers
McAllen, TX 23.9% 30th -1.2pp 18th 214% above peers
West Valley City, UT 17.6% 29th -0.7pp 19th 132% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 28th -0.2pp 20th 97% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.1% 13th -0.0pp 21st 6% below peers
Syracuse, NY 4.9% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 35% below peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 9th +0.2pp 23rd 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.7% 2nd +0.2pp 24th 38% below peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 18th +0.5pp 25th 15% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.6% 16th +0.4pp 26th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 7.1% 12th +0.4pp 27th 6% below peers
Jackson, MS 14.7% 27th +1.1pp 28th 94% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 6th +0.5pp 29th 21% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.0% 31st +3.5pp 30th 216% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 21st +1.5pp 31st 30% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

25.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Torrance, CA 20.0% 1st 44% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 2nd 32% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 3rd 29% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 4th 28% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 5th 27% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 6th 25% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 7th 18% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 8th 17% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 9th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 10th 11% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 11th 8% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 12th 8% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 13th 5% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 14th 4% below peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 15th 3% below peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 16th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 17th 1% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 18th 3% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 19th 5% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 20th 8% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 21st 8% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 22nd 9% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 23rd 9% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 24th 13% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 25th 14% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 26th 15% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 27th 19% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 28th 24% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 29th 33% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.1% to 5.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.8% to 5.4%).
5.4%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 5th -2.3pp 1st 42% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 2nd -1.1pp 2nd 61% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 49% below peers
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 4th 66% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 13th -1.1pp 5th 6% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 28th -3.0pp 6th 187% above peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 22nd -1.0pp 7th 64% above peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 6th -0.4pp 8th 34% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 20th -0.6pp 9th 42% above peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 30th -0.6pp 10th 244% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 26th -0.2pp 11th 91% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 25th -0.1pp 12th 68% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 8th -0.0pp 13th 31% below peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 11th +0.1pp 14th 17% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 18th +0.1pp 15th 14% above peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 15th +0.1pp 16th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 31st +0.8pp 17th 260% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 27th +0.8pp 18th 115% above peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 7th +0.3pp 19th 33% below peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 9th +0.4pp 20th 29% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 23rd +1.0pp 21st 66% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 14th +0.7pp 22nd 3% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 10th +0.6pp 23rd 20% below peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 12th +0.7pp 24th 16% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 4th +0.6pp 25th 43% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 16th +1.1pp 26th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 21st +1.9pp 27th 54% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 17th +1.4pp 28th 2% above peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 24th +2.7pp 29th 67% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 19th +2.3pp 30th 34% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 29th +5.5pp 31st 219% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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3 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.4% then, 43.5% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.1% to 43.5%).
43.5%
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
Miramar, FL 37.4% 12th +10.1pp 1st 13% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 3rd +8.6pp 2nd 62% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 14th +5.1pp 3rd 1% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 25th +3.2pp 4th 35% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 13th +4.8pp 5th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 19th +4.1pp 6th 10% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 21st +3.8pp 7th 13% below peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 26th +2.5pp 8th 37% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 16th +3.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 27th +2.2pp 10th 39% below peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 8th +4.2pp 11th 24% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 11th +4.0pp 12th 17% above peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 18th +2.8pp 13th 6% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 29th +1.1pp 14th 56% below peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 1st +3.8pp 15th 69% above peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 17th +2.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 2nd +3.3pp 17th 63% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 22nd +1.6pp 18th 14% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 28th +0.9pp 19th 51% below peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 20th +1.6pp 20th 13% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 10th +2.0pp 21st 20% above peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 24th +1.1pp 22nd 29% below peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 6th +2.1pp 23rd 39% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 23rd +0.9pp 24th 27% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 9th +1.4pp 25th 21% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 15th +1.1pp 26th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 4th +1.6pp 27th 56% above peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 7th +1.0pp 28th 31% above peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 5th +0.8pp 29th 52% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 30th 61% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 89% 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 13.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.9% to 41.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.8pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 17.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.9% to 41.8%).
41.8%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 1st 47% above peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 23rd +5.4pp 2nd 15% below peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 14th +5.9pp 3rd 5% above peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 21st +4.9pp 4th 12% below peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 13th +5.8pp 5th 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 16th +4.3pp 6th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 24th +3.4pp 7th 17% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 27th +1.7pp 8th 31% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 2nd +3.4pp 9th 47% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 3rd +3.2pp 10th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 7th +1.6pp 11th 24% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 29th +0.3pp 12th 36% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 18th +0.4pp 13th 1% below peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 30th +0.0pp 14th 40% below peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 15th -1.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 19th -1.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 20th -3.3pp 17th 7% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 8th -4.1pp 18th 14% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 6th -5.5pp 19th 27% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 17th -4.9pp 20th 1% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 25th -4.5pp 21st 18% below peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 5th -7.9pp 22nd 32% above peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 4th -9.7pp 23rd 36% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 11th -9.6pp 24th 10% above peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 12th -13.8pp 25th 7% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 22nd -13.1pp 26th 14% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 9th -17.7pp 27th 12% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 26th -12.3pp 28th 30% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 10th -24.8pp 29th 10% above peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 28th -23.1pp 30th 34% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 64% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 3.8% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 3.8%).
3.8%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 1st -2.5pp 1st 73% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 2nd -3.1pp 2nd 67% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 10th -3.2pp 3rd 9% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 28th -6.5pp 4th 94% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 20th -3.1pp 5th 17% above peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 14th -2.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 5th -1.1pp 7th 35% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 21st -1.6pp 8th 21% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 29th -2.4pp 9th 106% above peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 10th 3% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 16th -0.8pp 11th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 19th -0.9pp 12th 12% above peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 7th -0.4pp 13th 25% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 12th -0.3pp 14th 4% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 6th -0.1pp 15th 31% below peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 15th +0.2pp 16th 1% below peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 30th +0.7pp 17th 109% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 11th +0.4pp 18th 5% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 18th +0.6pp 19th 10% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 24th +1.2pp 20th 60% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 8th +0.6pp 21st 23% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 3rd +0.5pp 22nd 36% below peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 26th +2.6pp 23rd 82% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 4th +1.2pp 24th 36% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 17th +2.1pp 25th 10% above peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 26th 112% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 22nd +3.6pp 27th 40% above peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 27th +5.1pp 28th 93% above peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 23rd +4.8pp 29th 60% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 9th +2.9pp 30th 10% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 25th +6.1pp 31st 78% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 139,611 to 140,968 - more than the combined survey margin (±102). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. 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.*

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (137,945 to 140,968).
140,968
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 21st +13% 1st 1% below peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 6th +10% 2nd 5% above peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 10th +9% 3rd 4% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 23rd +7% 4th 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 25th +6% 5th 1% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 11th +6% 6th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 8th +5% 7th 5% above peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 9th +5% 8th 4% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 15th +5% 9th 1% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 24th +4% 10th 1% below peers
Kent, WA 135,603 30th +3% 11th 2% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 31st +3% 12th 3% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 29th +3% 13th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 5th +2% 14th 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 7th +2% 15th 5% above peers
Warren, MI 137,928 20th +2% 16th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 22nd +2% 17th 1% below peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 18th +2% 18th on par with peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 2nd +2% 19th 7% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 16th +1% 20th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 13th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 3rd +0% 22nd 6% above peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 17th -1% 23rd on par with peers
Orange, CA 138,266 19th -1% 24th on par with peers
Midland, TX 136,640 27th -1% 25th 1% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 14th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 12th -2% 27th 3% above peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 1st -3% 28th 7% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 28th -3% 29th 1% below peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 26th -3% 30th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 4th -12% 31st 6% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±79 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.8% then, 22.1% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.9% to 22.1%).
22.1%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 21st +1.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Midland, TX 29.8% 2nd +2.2pp 2nd 35% above peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 28th +0.9pp 3rd 23% below peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 17th +0.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 18th +0.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 16th +0.3pp 6th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 23rd +0.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 25th -0.0pp 8th 8% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 4th -0.1pp 9th 27% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 10th 41% below peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 12th -0.5pp 11th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 7th -0.6pp 12th 16% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 19th -0.5pp 13th 4% below peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 14th 36% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 10th -0.8pp 15th 9% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 15th -0.9pp 16th on par with peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 14th -1.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 26th -1.0pp 18th 8% below peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 24th -1.0pp 19th 7% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 8th -1.2pp 20th 16% above peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 11th -1.2pp 21st 8% above peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 5th -1.6pp 22nd 26% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 20th -1.2pp 23rd 4% below peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 3rd -2.1pp 24th 34% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 22nd -1.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 29th -1.5pp 26th 24% below peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 13th -2.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 6th -2.4pp 28th 18% above peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 27th -2.1pp 29th 17% below peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 9th -3.1pp 30th 13% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 30th -3.1pp 31st 31% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.8% then, 26.1% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.2% to 26.1%).
26.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 19th +8.1pp 1st 8% below peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 28th +2.4pp 2nd 33% below peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 20th +3.1pp 3rd 9% below peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 26th +2.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 10th +3.3pp 5th 22% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 13th +2.8pp 6th 6% above peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 27th +1.3pp 7th 27% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 25th +1.2pp 8th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 18th +1.5pp 9th 5% below peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 14th +1.3pp 10th 5% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 15th +1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 3rd +1.8pp 12th 75% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 8th +1.3pp 13th 39% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 14th 76% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 4th +1.3pp 15th 60% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 16th 78% above peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 7th -0.1pp 17th 43% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 9th -0.6pp 18th 30% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 21st -0.5pp 19th 10% below peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 6th -1.0pp 20th 55% above peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 23rd -1.4pp 21st 20% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 5th -3.0pp 22nd 58% above peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 12th -3.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 17th -3.0pp 24th 5% below peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 22nd -2.7pp 25th 17% below peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 31st -1.7pp 26th 59% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 11th -6.1pp 27th 11% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 16th -6.1pp 28th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 24th -5.3pp 29th 22% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 29th -5.0pp 30th 40% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 30th -5.8pp 31st 56% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.1% then, 65.6% now; margin ±6.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 8 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.4% to 65.6%).
65.6%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Pomona, CA 69.1% 20th +8.7pp 1st 2% below peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 23rd +7.6pp 2nd 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 4th +7.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 10th +7.2pp 4th 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 17th +6.8pp 5th 1% below peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 18th +6.0pp 6th 1% below peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 24th +5.6pp 7th 6% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 7th +5.8pp 8th 5% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 29th +4.6pp 9th 13% below peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 6th +4.7pp 10th 5% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 3rd +4.7pp 11th 11% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 27th +3.1pp 12th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 19th +3.1pp 13th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 14th 15% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 8th +2.9pp 15th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 28th +2.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 14th +2.5pp 17th 2% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 18th 17% above peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 16th +1.3pp 19th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 22nd +0.2pp 20th 4% below peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 25th -0.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 13th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 9th -1.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 26th -1.6pp 24th 8% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 5th -2.0pp 25th 8% above peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 30th -1.7pp 26th 19% below peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 11th -2.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 12th -2.5pp 28th 2% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 21st -2.5pp 29th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 31st -4.7pp 30th 20% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 15th -8.9pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 29 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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3 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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