The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. Hayward is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Violent crime rose about 3% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||
| Lakewood, CO | 203 (Mar 26) | -73.5% | 1st | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 222 (Jul 26) | -27.8% | 2nd | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 370 (Jul 26) | -27.5% | 3rd | ||
| Charleston, SC | 252 (Jul 26) | -20.1% | 4th | ||
| Rockford, IL | 803 (Jul 26) | -19.2% | 5th | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 134 (Jul 26) | -17.3% | 6th | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 384 (Jul 26) | -16.3% | 7th | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 796 (Jul 26) | -14.5% | 8th | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 183 (Jul 26) | -11.7% | 9th | ||
| Corona, CA | 227 (Jul 26) | -8.7% | 10th | ||
| Thornton, CO | 249 (Jul 26) | -5.2% | 11th | ||
| Pomona, CA | 643 (Jul 26) | -4.8% | 12th | ||
| McAllen, TX | 128 (Jul 26) | -4.5% | 13th | ||
| Killeen, TX | 493 (Feb 26) | -4.1% | 14th | ||
| Waco, TX | 397 (Jul 26) | -3.5% | 15th | ||
| Hayward, CA | 453 (Jul 26) | +3.0% | 16th | ||
| Springfield, MA | 929 (Jun 26) | +7.6% | 17th | ||
| Midland, TX | 360 (Jul 26) | +17.4% | 18th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than Hayward.
Property crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||
| Lakewood, CO | 1,334 (Mar 26) | -72.5% | 1st | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 1,508 (Jul 26) | -30.0% | 2nd | ||
| McAllen, TX | 1,334 (Jul 26) | -18.8% | 3rd | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 1,160 (Jul 26) | -18.7% | 4th | ||
| Thornton, CO | 2,235 (Jul 26) | -16.7% | 5th | ||
| Charleston, SC | 1,488 (Jul 26) | -16.6% | 6th | ||
| Corona, CA | 1,403 (Jul 26) | -16.3% | 7th | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 1,682 (Jul 26) | -16.1% | 8th | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 2,144 (Jul 26) | -12.3% | 9th | ||
| Rockford, IL | 2,352 (Jul 26) | -10.6% | 10th | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 2,135 (Jul 26) | -10.3% | 11th | ||
| Springfield, MA | 2,398 (Jun 26) | -10.2% | 12th | ||
| Pomona, CA | 2,241 (Jul 26) | -9.8% | 13th | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 1,730 (Jul 26) | -8.4% | 14th | ||
| Waco, TX | 1,748 (Jul 26) | -6.0% | 15th | ||
| Hayward, CA | 2,746 (Jul 26) | -2.7% | 16th | ||
| Killeen, TX | 1,576 (Feb 26) | +10.0% | 17th | ||
| Midland, TX | 1,458 (Jul 26) | +41.5% | 18th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Hayward is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicides fell about 82% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||
| Hayward, CA | 1 (Jul 26) | -81.9% | 1st | ||
| Springfield, MA | 6 (Jun 26) | -44.5% | 2nd | ||
| Pomona, CA | 5 (Jul 26) | -41.6% | 3rd | ||
| Rockford, IL | 7 (Jul 26) | -28.5% | 4th | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 2 (Jul 26) | -25.1% | 5th | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 5 (Jul 26) | -22.2% | 6th | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 5 (Jul 26) | -20.0% | 7th | ||
| Killeen, TX | 12 (Feb 26) | -13.9% | 8th | ||
| Charleston, SC | 5 (Jul 26) | -11.2% | 9th | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 9 (Jul 26) | -6.7% | 10th | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 1 (Jul 26) | +0.0% | 11th | ||
| Waco, TX | 3 (Jul 26) | +0.0% | 12th | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 3 (Jul 26) | +33.2% | 13th | ||
| Corona, CA | 3 (Jul 26) | +67.0% | 14th | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 1 (Jul 26) | +99.2% | 15th | ||
| Midland, TX | 6 (Jul 26) | +125.1% | 16th | ||
| Thornton, CO | 6 (Jul 26) | +351.1% | 17th | ||
| McAllen, TX | 1 (Jul 26) |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than Hayward.
Vehicle theft fell about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 82% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||
| Lakewood, CO | 193 (Mar 26) | -73.5% | 1st | ||
| McAllen, TX | 15 (Jul 26) | -58.5% | 2nd | ||
| Corona, CA | 117 (Jul 26) | -47.8% | 3rd | ||
| Thornton, CO | 303 (Jul 26) | -36.5% | 4th | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 174 (Jul 26) | -29.3% | 5th | ||
| Rockford, IL | 360 (Jul 26) | -26.8% | 6th | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 120 (Jul 26) | -25.3% | 7th | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 252 (Jul 26) | -25.2% | 8th | ||
| Springfield, MA | 427 (Jun 26) | -25.0% | 9th | ||
| Charleston, SC | 131 (Jul 26) | -22.3% | 10th | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 368 (Jul 26) | -21.7% | 11th | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 407 (Jul 26) | -21.2% | 12th | ||
| Killeen, TX | 232 (Feb 26) | -18.9% | 13th | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 343 (Jul 26) | -18.6% | 14th | ||
| Hayward, CA | 742 (Jul 26) | -16.8% | 15th | ||
| Pomona, CA | 468 (Jul 26) | -6.9% | 16th | ||
| Waco, TX | 160 (Jul 26) | -6.0% | 17th | ||
| Midland, TX | 174 (Jul 26) | +27.2% | 18th |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $86,744 to $113,318 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,152).
| 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% | |||||
| Salinas, CA | $91,908 | 11th | +49% | 1st | 27% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | $72,614 | 16th | +41% | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | $165,576 | 2nd | +37% | 3rd | 128% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | $62,401 | 20th | +37% | 4th | 14% below peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | $55,997 | 25th | +35% | 5th | 23% below peers | ||
| Waco, TX | $54,365 | 27th | +35% | 6th | 25% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | $92,414 | 9th | +35% | 7th | 27% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | $89,792 | 12th | +35% | 8th | 24% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | $52,656 | 28th | +34% | 9th | 27% below peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | $186,170 | 1st | +32% | 10th | 156% above peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | $57,137 | 24th | +32% | 11th | 21% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | $61,579 | 21st | +32% | 12th | 15% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | $79,479 | 15th | +31% | 13th | 9% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | $92,201 | 10th | +31% | 14th | 27% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | $113,318 | 6th | +31% | 15th | 56% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | $109,242 | 7th | +30% | 16th | 50% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | $81,770 | 14th | +30% | 17th | 13% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | $103,088 | 8th | +30% | 18th | 42% above peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | $114,009 | 5th | +26% | 19th | 57% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | $58,685 | 23rd | +26% | 20th | 19% below peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | $72,537 | 17th | +25% | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | $46,195 | 30th | +24% | 22nd | 36% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | $51,234 | 29th | +24% | 23rd | 29% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | $67,203 | 18th | +24% | 24th | 7% below peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | $54,752 | 26th | +24% | 25th | 25% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | $155,105 | 3rd | +23% | 26th | 114% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | $60,977 | 22nd | +23% | 27th | 16% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | $31,750 | 31st | +19% | 28th | 56% below peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | $119,681 | 4th | +19% | 29th | 65% above peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | $64,927 | 19th | +18% | 30th | 11% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | $89,585 | 13th | +13% | 31st | 23% above peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Hayward is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Unemployment fell 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 5.1% (Jul 26) | -0.4pp | ||||
| United States ref | 4.1% (Aug 26) | -0.2pp | ||||
| Paterson, NJ | 7.6% (Jul 26) | 29th | -1.9pp | 1st | 58% above peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | 6.0% (Jul 26) | 24th | -1.5pp | 2nd | 25% above peers | |
| Rockford, IL | 5.0% (Jul 26) | 17th | -1.2pp | 3rd | 4% above peers | |
| Pomona, CA | 5.7% (Jul 26) | 22nd | -0.8pp | 4th | 19% above peers | |
| Hayward, CA | 4.6% (Jul 26) | 13th | -0.6pp | 5th | 4% below peers | |
| Charleston, SC | 3.2% (Jul 26) | 2nd | -0.6pp | 6th | 33% below peers | |
| Salinas, CA | 6.3% (Jul 26) | 26th | -0.4pp | 7th | 31% above peers | |
| Corona, CA | 4.6% (Jul 26) | 14th | -0.3pp | 8th | 4% below peers | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 3.5% (Jul 26) | 4th | -0.3pp | 9th | 27% below peers | |
| Kansas City, KS | 5.0% (Jul 26) | 18th | -0.3pp | 10th | 4% above peers | |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 4.3% (Jul 26) | 9th | -0.1pp | 11th | 10% below peers | |
| Savannah, GA | 3.1% (Jul 26) | 1st | -0.1pp | 12th | 35% below peers | |
| Olathe, KS | 3.7% (Jul 26) | 6th | -0.1pp | 13th | 23% below peers | |
| Lakewood, CO | 4.0% (Jul 26) | 7th | +0.0pp | 14th | 17% below peers | |
| Springfield, MA | 8.0% (Jul 26) | 30th | +0.0pp | 15th | 67% above peers | |
| Alexandria, VA | 3.2% (Jul 26) | 3rd | +0.0pp | 16th | 33% below peers | |
| Pasadena, TX | 5.8% (Jul 26) | 23rd | +0.0pp | 17th | 21% above peers | |
| Thornton, CO | 4.2% (Jul 26) | 8th | +0.0pp | 18th | 12% below peers | |
| Midland, TX | 3.5% (Jul 26) | 5th | +0.1pp | 19th | 27% below peers | |
| McAllen, TX | 5.2% (Jul 26) | 19th | +0.1pp | 20th | 8% above peers | |
| Joliet, IL | 5.3% (Jul 26) | 21st | +0.2pp | 21st | 10% above peers | |
| Waco, TX | 4.8% (Jul 26) | 16th | +0.2pp | 22nd | on par with peers | |
| Naperville, IL | 4.5% (Jul 26) | 11th | +0.3pp | 23rd | 6% below peers | |
| Mesquite, TX | 4.7% (Jul 26) | 15th | +0.3pp | 24th | 2% below peers | |
| Killeen, TX | 6.0% (Jul 26) | 25th | +0.4pp | 25th | 25% above peers | |
| Bellevue, WA | 4.5% (Jul 26) | 12th | +0.5pp | 26th | 6% below peers | |
| Hollywood, FL | 4.3% (Jul 26) | 10th | +0.6pp | 27th | 10% below peers | |
| Palm Bay, FL | 5.2% (Jul 26) | 20th | +0.7pp | 28th | 8% above peers | |
| Gainesville, FL | 6.6% (Jul 26) | 27th | +1.0pp | 29th | 38% above peers | |
| Bridgeport, CT | 7.3% (Jul 26) | 28th | +1.6pp | 30th | 52% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.4% then, 9.6% now; margin ±1.3pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 12.0% | -1.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.4% | ||||||
| Alexandria, VA | 7.9% | 6th | -2.4pp | 1st | 45% below peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 7.0% | 4th | -1.8pp | 2nd | 51% below peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 21.2% | 25th | -5.4pp | 3rd | 48% above peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 14.3% | 16th | -3.6pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 15.9% | 19th | -3.8pp | 5th | 11% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 13.6% | 15th | -3.2pp | 6th | 5% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 20.0% | 23rd | -3.1pp | 7th | 39% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 23.1% | 27th | -3.1pp | 8th | 61% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 8.7% | 7th | -1.1pp | 9th | 39% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 19.6% | 22nd | -2.2pp | 10th | 37% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 11.7% | 11th | -1.3pp | 11th | 18% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 12.3% | 12th | -0.9pp | 12th | 14% below peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 21.3% | 26th | -1.0pp | 13th | 49% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 25.8% | 29th | -1.1pp | 14th | 80% above peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 5.6% | 2nd | -0.2pp | 15th | 61% below peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 21.0% | 24th | -0.8pp | 16th | 47% above peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 24.7% | 28th | -0.2pp | 17th | 72% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 30.8% | 30th | +0.1pp | 18th | 115% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 9.2% | 8th | +0.1pp | 19th | 36% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 34.2% | 31st | +0.3pp | 20th | 139% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 15.7% | 18th | +0.2pp | 21st | 10% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 11.1% | 10th | +0.2pp | 22nd | 23% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 4.5% | 1st | +0.2pp | 23rd | 69% below peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 13.4% | 14th | +0.6pp | 24th | 7% below peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 5.8% | 3rd | +0.3pp | 25th | 59% below peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 7.2% | 5th | +0.6pp | 26th | 50% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 18.9% | 21st | +1.9pp | 27th | 32% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 9.6% | 9th | +1.3pp | 28th | 33% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 14.7% | 17th | +2.1pp | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 17.4% | 20th | +2.7pp | 30th | 22% above peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 12.4% | 13th | +3.2pp | 31st | 13% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.2% then, 11.5% now; margin ±2.1pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Alexandria, VA | 11.5% | 8th | -7.3pp | 1st | 40% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 3.5% | 1st | -1.9pp | 2nd | 81% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 17.3% | 14th | -8.8pp | 3rd | 10% below peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 5.5% | 2nd | -2.5pp | 4th | 72% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 17.8% | 15th | -7.8pp | 5th | 7% below peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 8.7% | 4th | -2.8pp | 6th | 55% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 21.7% | 18th | -7.0pp | 7th | 13% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 29.4% | 25th | -8.2pp | 8th | 53% above peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 27.1% | 22nd | -6.4pp | 9th | 42% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 15.2% | 11th | -2.7pp | 10th | 21% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 10.2% | 6th | -1.6pp | 11th | 47% below peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 28.2% | 24th | -3.4pp | 12th | 47% above peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 30.6% | 27th | -3.4pp | 13th | 60% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 15.6% | 12th | -1.7pp | 14th | 19% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 36.1% | 30th | -3.3pp | 15th | 88% above peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 35.5% | 29th | -2.0pp | 16th | 85% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 23.2% | 20th | -0.7pp | 17th | 21% above peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 30.1% | 26th | -0.8pp | 18th | 57% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 22.1% | 19th | +0.5pp | 19th | 15% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 51.8% | 31st | +2.5pp | 20th | 170% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 33.5% | 28th | +2.1pp | 21st | 75% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 13.1% | 9th | +1.2pp | 22nd | 32% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 28.1% | 23rd | +2.6pp | 23rd | 47% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 11.5% | 7th | +1.3pp | 24th | 40% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 16.9% | 13th | +2.2pp | 25th | 12% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 19.2% | 16th | +2.6pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 21.1% | 17th | +3.9pp | 27th | 10% above peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 14.8% | 10th | +3.3pp | 28th | 23% below peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 26.0% | 21st | +6.1pp | 29th | 36% above peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 5.6% | 3rd | +1.5pp | 30th | 71% below peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 9.7% | 5th | +3.6pp | 31st | 50% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 5.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.2% to 95.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Paterson, NJ | 89.3% | 23rd | +20.2pp | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 86.1% | 28th | +14.0pp | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 89.0% | 24th | +13.4pp | 3rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 88.8% | 25th | +13.1pp | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 92.9% | 16th | +13.6pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 94.4% | 7th | +11.5pp | 6th | 2% above peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 85.8% | 29th | +10.4pp | 7th | 8% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 92.2% | 18th | +10.9pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 85.1% | 31st | +9.1pp | 9th | 8% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 90.6% | 22nd | +9.6pp | 10th | 2% below peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 88.1% | 26th | +9.2pp | 11th | 5% below peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 86.6% | 27th | +8.0pp | 12th | 7% below peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 93.5% | 11th | +7.8pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 92.8% | 17th | +7.8pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 92.9% | 14th | +7.6pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 94.0% | 10th | +7.5pp | 16th | 1% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 96.5% | 4th | +6.5pp | 17th | 4% above peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 91.4% | 20th | +5.9pp | 18th | 2% below peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 95.0% | 6th | +5.8pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 93.0% | 13th | +5.7pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 92.9% | 15th | +5.6pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 91.4% | 21st | +5.0pp | 22nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 91.6% | 19th | +4.7pp | 23rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 93.3% | 12th | +4.6pp | 24th | on par with peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 94.3% | 8th | +4.5pp | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 96.6% | 3rd | +3.7pp | 26th | 4% above peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 94.1% | 9th | +2.5pp | 27th | 1% above peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 95.8% | 5th | +2.3pp | 28th | 3% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 97.0% | 2nd | +2.0pp | 29th | 4% above peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 97.5% | 1st | +2.0pp | 30th | 5% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 85.7% | 30th | +0.8pp | 31st | 8% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Inequality rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.40 to 0.42 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Savannah, GA | 0.48 | 22nd | -0.026 | 1st | 6% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 0.41 | 6th | -0.010 | 2nd | 9% below peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 0.47 | 19th | -0.011 | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 0.49 | 24th | -0.008 | 4th | 8% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 0.48 | 20th | -0.006 | 5th | 4% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 0.47 | 18th | -0.004 | 6th | 4% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 0.43 | 10th | -0.001 | 7th | 7% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 0.41 | 5th | -0.001 | 8th | 10% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 0.42 | 7th | -0.000 | 9th | 8% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 0.52 | 30th | +0.002 | 10th | 14% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 0.51 | 29th | +0.002 | 11th | 12% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 0.40 | 3rd | +0.003 | 12th | 11% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 0.43 | 11th | +0.003 | 13th | 6% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 0.49 | 23rd | +0.005 | 14th | 7% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 0.53 | 31st | +0.006 | 15th | 17% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 0.44 | 12th | +0.006 | 16th | 4% below peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 0.46 | 15th | +0.009 | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 0.51 | 27th | +0.010 | 18th | 11% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 0.39 | 1st | +0.010 | 19th | 15% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 0.51 | 28th | +0.015 | 20th | 11% above peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 0.50 | 25th | +0.017 | 21st | 9% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 0.50 | 26th | +0.018 | 22nd | 9% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 0.42 | 8th | +0.016 | 23rd | 8% below peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 0.42 | 9th | +0.017 | 24th | 8% below peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 0.46 | 17th | +0.020 | 25th | 1% above peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 0.40 | 2nd | +0.017 | 26th | 12% below peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 0.48 | 21st | +0.022 | 27th | 6% above peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 0.46 | 16th | +0.023 | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 0.41 | 4th | +0.021 | 29th | 11% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 0.44 | 13th | +0.031 | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 0.45 | 14th | +0.049 | 31st | 2% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (10.3% then, 10.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).
| 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 | 83% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 5.2% | 6th | -2.0pp | 2nd | 63% below peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 8.9% | 11th | -2.5pp | 3rd | 37% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 13.2% | 14th | -2.8pp | 4th | 7% below peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 4.2% | 3rd | -0.8pp | 5th | 70% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 17.4% | 21st | -2.4pp | 6th | 23% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 24.1% | 27th | -3.1pp | 7th | 70% above peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 19.6% | 25th | -2.4pp | 8th | 38% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 14.9% | 18th | -1.7pp | 9th | 5% above peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 14.5% | 17th | -1.6pp | 10th | 2% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 34.1% | 29th | -3.1pp | 11th | 141% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 8.3% | 10th | -0.4pp | 12th | 41% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 36.3% | 31st | -1.2pp | 13th | 156% above peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 13.8% | 15th | -0.3pp | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 16.3% | 20th | -0.2pp | 15th | 15% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 15.9% | 19th | +0.2pp | 16th | 13% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 10.5% | 12th | +0.2pp | 17th | 26% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 7.6% | 8th | +0.3pp | 18th | 46% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 22.1% | 26th | +1.8pp | 19th | 56% above peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 18.6% | 23rd | +1.6pp | 20th | 31% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 7.2% | 7th | +0.6pp | 21st | 49% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 17.8% | 22nd | +2.0pp | 22nd | 26% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 14.2% | 16th | +1.7pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 28.1% | 28th | +3.6pp | 24th | 99% above peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 5.2% | 5th | +0.8pp | 25th | 63% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 11.0% | 13th | +1.7pp | 26th | 22% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 7.8% | 9th | +1.3pp | 27th | 45% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 36.0% | 30th | +7.7pp | 28th | 155% above peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 3.0% | 2nd | +0.7pp | 29th | 79% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 18.9% | 24th | +4.9pp | 30th | 34% above peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 4.8% | 4th | +1.8pp | 31st | 66% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. Hayward is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | $764,158 (Aug 26) | +0.4% | ||||
| United States ref | $368,697 (Aug 26) | +1.2% | ||||
| Rockford, IL | $186,897 (Aug 26) | 29th | +9.7% | 1st | 57% below peers | |
| Olathe, KS | $434,937 (Aug 26) | 15th | +4.8% | 2nd | on par with peers | |
| Paterson, NJ | $536,737 (Aug 26) | 11th | +4.8% | 3rd | 23% above peers | |
| Bridgeport, CT | $364,989 (Aug 26) | 16th | +4.5% | 4th | 16% below peers | |
| Naperville, IL | $625,494 (Aug 26) | 8th | +4.4% | 5th | 44% above peers | |
| Springfield, MA | $305,068 (Aug 26) | 19th | +4.3% | 6th | 30% below peers | |
| Kansas City, KS | $204,669 (Aug 26) | 27th | +2.2% | 7th | 53% below peers | |
| Midland, TX | $330,434 (Aug 26) | 17th | +1.9% | 8th | 24% below peers | |
| Salinas, CA | $748,418 (Aug 26) | 5th | +1.4% | 9th | 72% above peers | |
| Charleston, SC | $591,821 (Aug 26) | 9th | +1.3% | 10th | 36% above peers | |
| Joliet, IL | $269,608 (Aug 26) | 22nd | +1.2% | 11th | 38% below peers | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | $1,994,916 (Aug 26) | 1st | +1.2% | 12th | 359% above peers | |
| Alexandria, VA | $666,031 (Aug 26) | 7th | +0.9% | 13th | 53% above peers | |
| McAllen, TX | $229,066 (Aug 26) | 24th | +0.5% | 14th | 47% below peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | $499,832 (Aug 26) | 12th | +0.1% | 15th | 15% above peers | |
| Corona, CA | $754,203 (Aug 26) | 4th | -0.1% | 16th | 73% above peers | |
| Pomona, CA | $682,283 (Aug 26) | 6th | -0.1% | 17th | 57% above peers | |
| Killeen, TX | $219,533 (Aug 26) | 25th | -1.1% | 18th | 50% below peers | |
| Gainesville, FL | $295,760 (Aug 26) | 21st | -1.2% | 19th | 32% below peers | |
| Waco, TX | $197,932 (Aug 26) | 28th | -1.3% | 20th | 54% below peers | |
| Palm Bay, FL | $303,910 (Aug 26) | 20th | -1.7% | 21st | 30% below peers | |
| Lakewood, CO | $556,597 (Aug 26) | 10th | -2.0% | 22nd | 28% above peers | |
| Thornton, CO | $492,295 (Aug 26) | 13th | -2.2% | 23rd | 13% above peers | |
| Hollywood, FL | $444,268 (Aug 26) | 14th | -2.3% | 24th | 2% above peers | |
| Pasadena, TX | $218,883 (Aug 26) | 26th | -2.3% | 25th | 50% below peers | |
| Mesquite, TX | $258,678 (Aug 26) | 23rd | -2.5% | 26th | 41% below peers | |
| Savannah, GA | $322,239 (Aug 26) | 18th | -2.8% | 27th | 26% below peers | |
| Hayward, CA | $820,844 (Aug 26) | 3rd | -3.2% | 28th | 89% above peers | |
| Bellevue, WA | $1,418,231 (Aug 26) | 2nd | -3.9% | 29th | 226% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. Hayward is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | $467,879 (Aug 26) | -0.0% | ||||
| United States ref | $200,550 (Aug 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Rockford, IL | $117,389 (Aug 26) | 29th | +12.9% | 1st | 55% below peers | |
| Paterson, NJ | $426,126 (Aug 26) | 7th | +6.9% | 2nd | 65% above peers | |
| Bridgeport, CT | $230,143 (Aug 26) | 18th | +6.2% | 3rd | 11% below peers | |
| Olathe, KS | $333,257 (Aug 26) | 14th | +6.1% | 4th | 29% above peers | |
| Springfield, MA | $258,798 (Aug 26) | 15th | +5.6% | 5th | on par with peers | |
| Kansas City, KS | $140,601 (Aug 26) | 27th | +3.7% | 6th | 46% below peers | |
| Naperville, IL | $396,237 (Aug 26) | 9th | +3.3% | 7th | 53% above peers | |
| Midland, TX | $226,993 (Aug 26) | 19th | +2.9% | 8th | 12% below peers | |
| Salinas, CA | $626,114 (Aug 26) | 4th | +1.9% | 9th | 142% above peers | |
| McAllen, TX | $160,497 (Aug 26) | 26th | +1.2% | 10th | 38% below peers | |
| Joliet, IL | $202,194 (Aug 26) | 22nd | +1.2% | 11th | 22% below peers | |
| Charleston, SC | $394,543 (Aug 26) | 11th | +1.1% | 12th | 52% above peers | |
| Pomona, CA | $570,077 (Aug 26) | 6th | +0.5% | 13th | 120% above peers | |
| Corona, CA | $622,910 (Aug 26) | 5th | +0.5% | 14th | 141% above peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | $418,496 (Aug 26) | 8th | -0.2% | 15th | 62% above peers | |
| Alexandria, VA | $394,721 (Aug 26) | 10th | -0.3% | 16th | 53% above peers | |
| Killeen, TX | $162,502 (Aug 26) | 25th | -0.6% | 17th | 37% below peers | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | $1,214,029 (Aug 26) | 1st | -0.8% | 18th | 369% above peers | |
| Waco, TX | $125,268 (Aug 26) | 28th | -1.0% | 19th | 52% below peers | |
| Gainesville, FL | $182,482 (Aug 26) | 23rd | -2.4% | 20th | 29% below peers | |
| Palm Bay, FL | $240,102 (Aug 26) | 16th | -2.5% | 21st | 7% below peers | |
| Mesquite, TX | $207,504 (Aug 26) | 21st | -2.9% | 22nd | 20% below peers | |
| Hayward, CA | $636,981 (Aug 26) | 3rd | -2.9% | 23rd | 146% above peers | |
| Thornton, CO | $384,871 (Aug 26) | 12th | -3.0% | 24th | 49% above peers | |
| Pasadena, TX | $166,424 (Aug 26) | 24th | -3.4% | 25th | 36% below peers | |
| Hollywood, FL | $239,304 (Aug 26) | 17th | -3.7% | 26th | 8% below peers | |
| Bellevue, WA | $762,573 (Aug 26) | 2nd | -3.8% | 27th | 195% above peers | |
| Savannah, GA | $214,177 (Aug 26) | 20th | -3.8% | 28th | 17% below peers | |
| Lakewood, CO | $367,696 (Aug 26) | 13th | -4.5% | 29th | 42% above peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
Homeownership rose 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.8% to 58.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Killeen, TX | 49.5% | 23rd | +5.7pp | 1st | 11% below peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 58.0% | 15th | +5.2pp | 2nd | 4% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 60.9% | 11th | +4.6pp | 3rd | 10% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 49.4% | 24th | +3.3pp | 4th | 11% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 79.7% | 1st | +5.2pp | 5th | 43% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 49.6% | 22nd | +3.0pp | 6th | 11% below peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 62.8% | 10th | +3.7pp | 7th | 13% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 47.0% | 25th | +2.2pp | 8th | 15% below peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 73.7% | 4th | +3.0pp | 9th | 33% above peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 58.9% | 13th | +2.3pp | 10th | 6% above peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 45.4% | 26th | +1.6pp | 11th | 18% below peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 74.8% | 2nd | +2.6pp | 12th | 35% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 69.5% | 6th | +2.4pp | 13th | 25% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 26.9% | 31st | +0.8pp | 14th | 52% below peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 42.8% | 28th | +1.0pp | 15th | 23% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 54.0% | 19th | +1.2pp | 16th | 3% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 54.5% | 18th | +0.9pp | 17th | 2% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 66.2% | 7th | +0.9pp | 18th | 19% above peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 55.0% | 17th | +0.7pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 65.1% | 8th | +0.1pp | 20th | 17% above peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 55.6% | 16th | +0.0pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 58.1% | 14th | -0.2pp | 22nd | 5% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 63.8% | 9th | -0.3pp | 23rd | 15% above peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 74.8% | 3rd | -0.8pp | 24th | 35% above peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 51.4% | 21st | -0.9pp | 25th | 8% below peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 71.4% | 5th | -1.4pp | 26th | 28% above peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 59.5% | 12th | -1.4pp | 27th | 7% above peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 42.1% | 29th | -1.1pp | 28th | 24% below peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 37.7% | 30th | -1.2pp | 29th | 32% below peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 43.8% | 27th | -1.6pp | 30th | 21% below peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 52.0% | 20th | -2.1pp | 31st | 6% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. Hayward is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,948 (Aug 26) | +2.5% | ||||
| Sunnyvale, CA | $3,932 (Aug 26) | 1st | +8.8% | 1st | 111% above peers | |
| Rockford, IL | $1,195 (Aug 26) | 29th | +7.8% | 2nd | 36% below peers | |
| Salinas, CA | $2,501 (Aug 26) | 6th | +5.5% | 3rd | 34% above peers | |
| Kansas City, KS | $1,326 (Aug 26) | 26th | +5.4% | 4th | 29% below peers | |
| Joliet, IL | $1,668 (Aug 26) | 20th | +5.2% | 5th | 11% below peers | |
| Charleston, SC | $2,312 (Aug 26) | 9th | +5.0% | 6th | 24% above peers | |
| Olathe, KS | $1,810 (Aug 26) | 17th | +4.4% | 7th | 3% below peers | |
| Springfield, MA | $1,853 (Aug 26) | 16th | +4.3% | 8th | 1% below peers | |
| Corona, CA | $2,674 (Aug 26) | 4th | +3.2% | 9th | 43% above peers | |
| Hayward, CA | $2,637 (Aug 26) | 5th | +3.0% | 10th | 41% above peers | |
| Naperville, IL | $2,289 (Aug 26) | 10th | +2.7% | 11th | 23% above peers | |
| Bridgeport, CT | $1,990 (Aug 26) | 12th | +2.7% | 12th | 7% above peers | |
| Gainesville, FL | $1,618 (Aug 26) | 21st | +1.7% | 13th | 13% below peers | |
| Bellevue, WA | $2,828 (Aug 26) | 2nd | +1.6% | 14th | 51% above peers | |
| Hollywood, FL | $2,341 (Aug 26) | 8th | +1.3% | 15th | 25% above peers | |
| Pasadena, TX | $1,378 (Aug 26) | 24th | +1.2% | 16th | 26% below peers | |
| Pomona, CA | $2,353 (Aug 26) | 7th | +1.1% | 17th | 26% above peers | |
| Palm Bay, FL | $1,867 (Aug 26) | 15th | +1.1% | 18th | on par with peers | |
| McAllen, TX | $1,283 (Aug 26) | 27th | +1.0% | 19th | 31% below peers | |
| Paterson, NJ | $1,878 (Aug 26) | 14th | +1.0% | 20th | 1% above peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | $2,751 (Aug 26) | 3rd | +0.7% | 21st | 47% above peers | |
| Waco, TX | $1,363 (Aug 26) | 25th | +0.3% | 22nd | 27% below peers | |
| Savannah, GA | $1,757 (Aug 26) | 19th | -0.7% | 23rd | 6% below peers | |
| Mesquite, TX | $1,471 (Aug 26) | 23rd | -0.7% | 24th | 21% below peers | |
| Killeen, TX | $1,273 (Aug 26) | 28th | -1.0% | 25th | 32% below peers | |
| Thornton, CO | $1,881 (Aug 26) | 13th | -1.1% | 26th | 1% above peers | |
| Lakewood, CO | $1,800 (Aug 26) | 18th | -1.3% | 27th | 4% below peers | |
| Alexandria, VA | $2,285 (Aug 26) | 11th | -1.3% | 28th | 22% above peers | |
| Midland, TX | $1,599 (Aug 26) | 22nd | -2.2% | 29th | 14% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.4% then, 40.2% now; margin ±2.6pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Salinas, CA | 41.2% | 21st | -5.9pp | 1st | 12% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 28.5% | 3rd | -3.9pp | 2nd | 23% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 43.7% | 25th | -4.0pp | 3rd | 19% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 31.7% | 7th | -2.1pp | 4th | 14% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 33.0% | 8th | -1.5pp | 5th | 11% below peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 51.1% | 29th | -1.8pp | 6th | 39% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 41.7% | 22nd | -1.4pp | 7th | 13% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 40.2% | 19th | -1.2pp | 8th | 9% above peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 29.5% | 5th | -0.7pp | 9th | 20% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 24.5% | 2nd | -0.6pp | 10th | 34% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 46.2% | 26th | -0.8pp | 11th | 25% above peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 33.6% | 9th | -0.6pp | 12th | 9% below peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 56.6% | 31st | -0.7pp | 13th | 54% above peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 41.8% | 24th | -0.3pp | 14th | 13% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 29.5% | 4th | -0.1pp | 15th | 20% below peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 41.7% | 23rd | +0.1pp | 16th | 13% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 31.5% | 6th | +0.2pp | 17th | 15% below peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 34.4% | 11th | +0.7pp | 18th | 7% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 46.7% | 27th | +1.4pp | 19th | 27% above peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 36.6% | 15th | +1.2pp | 20th | 1% below peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 36.9% | 16th | +1.9pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 38.4% | 17th | +2.2pp | 22nd | 4% above peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 35.3% | 12th | +2.2pp | 23rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 23.7% | 1st | +2.1pp | 24th | 36% below peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 35.8% | 13th | +3.2pp | 25th | 3% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 50.0% | 28th | +4.5pp | 26th | 36% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 40.2% | 20th | +4.6pp | 27th | 9% above peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 39.8% | 18th | +4.6pp | 28th | 8% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 51.3% | 30th | +6.4pp | 29th | 39% above peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 36.0% | 14th | +5.5pp | 30th | 2% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 34.1% | 10th | +7.4pp | 31st | 7% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 5.7% now; margin ±1.0pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Kansas City, KS | 7.3% | 20th | -2.4pp | 1st | 7% above peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 10.5% | 23rd | -3.2pp | 2nd | 54% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 5.0% | 8th | -1.5pp | 3rd | 27% below peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 6.8% | 16th | -1.9pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 18.2% | 29th | -3.7pp | 5th | 167% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 26.1% | 31st | -5.2pp | 6th | 283% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 4.8% | 6th | -0.9pp | 7th | 30% below peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 3.2% | 2nd | -0.3pp | 8th | 53% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 12.3% | 27th | -1.0pp | 9th | 80% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 5.9% | 12th | -0.5pp | 10th | 14% below peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 3.0% | 1st | -0.2pp | 11th | 56% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 11.3% | 25th | -0.6pp | 12th | 65% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 6.1% | 14th | -0.2pp | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 3.8% | 4th | -0.1pp | 14th | 44% below peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 19.5% | 30th | -0.6pp | 15th | 186% above peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 8.2% | 21st | -0.2pp | 16th | 20% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 5.7% | 11th | -0.1pp | 17th | 17% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 6.5% | 15th | -0.1pp | 18th | 4% below peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 12.7% | 28th | +0.1pp | 19th | 87% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 5.2% | 10th | +0.0pp | 20th | 24% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 7.2% | 19th | +0.3pp | 21st | 6% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 4.7% | 5th | +0.2pp | 22nd | 31% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 7.0% | 17th | +0.3pp | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 4.9% | 7th | +0.2pp | 24th | 29% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 6.0% | 13th | +0.5pp | 25th | 11% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 5.0% | 9th | +0.7pp | 26th | 26% below peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 10.8% | 24th | +1.7pp | 27th | 58% above peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 7.0% | 18th | +1.1pp | 28th | 3% above peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 11.4% | 26th | +2.0pp | 29th | 67% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 9.2% | 22nd | +1.7pp | 30th | 34% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 3.7% | 3rd | +0.8pp | 31st | 46% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Uninsured rose 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.8% to 6.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 6.6% | -0.9pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.4% | -0.4pp | |||||
| Charleston, SC | 6.0% | 5th | -2.1pp | 1st | 40% below peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 8.8% | 15th | -2.2pp | 2nd | 11% below peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 2.9% | 2nd | -0.7pp | 3rd | 71% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 13.9% | 21st | -3.1pp | 4th | 40% above peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 14.4% | 22nd | -2.4pp | 5th | 45% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 7.4% | 10th | -1.1pp | 6th | 25% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 11.0% | 17th | -1.4pp | 7th | 11% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 6.7% | 7th | -0.8pp | 8th | 32% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 2.4% | 1st | -0.3pp | 9th | 75% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 15.5% | 26th | -1.4pp | 10th | 56% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 4.2% | 4th | -0.3pp | 11th | 57% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 8.4% | 14th | -0.7pp | 12th | 16% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 12.3% | 18th | -0.8pp | 13th | 24% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 17.8% | 27th | -1.0pp | 14th | 79% above peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 24.1% | 30th | -1.2pp | 15th | 143% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 3.8% | 3rd | -0.2pp | 16th | 61% below peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 7.5% | 11th | -0.3pp | 17th | 24% below peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 15.2% | 24th | -0.2pp | 18th | 54% above peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 7.2% | 8th | -0.0pp | 19th | 28% below peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 8.1% | 12th | +0.2pp | 20th | 18% below peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 21.5% | 29th | +0.7pp | 21st | 117% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 8.2% | 13th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 18% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 13.6% | 20th | +0.6pp | 23rd | 37% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 12.8% | 19th | +0.7pp | 24th | 29% above peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 7.2% | 9th | +0.4pp | 25th | 27% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 28.5% | 31st | +2.1pp | 26th | 187% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 14.8% | 23rd | +1.2pp | 27th | 50% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 19.5% | 28th | +1.6pp | 28th | 97% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 9.9% | 16th | +1.6pp | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 15.3% | 25th | +3.0pp | 30th | 55% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 6.2% | 6th | +1.4pp | 31st | 38% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is about two-thirds of the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 28.4% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Bellevue, WA | 19.1% | 1st | 44% below peers | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 19.4% | 2nd | 43% below peers | |
| Hayward, CA | 21.7% | 3rd | 37% below peers | |
| Lakewood, CO | 25.6% | 4th | 25% below peers | |
| Naperville, IL | 27.3% | 5th | 20% below peers | |
| Charleston, SC | 29.1% | 6th | 15% below peers | |
| Alexandria, VA | 29.5% | 7th | 14% below peers | |
| Pomona, CA | 29.5% | 8th | 14% below peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | 30.4% | 9th | 11% below peers | |
| Hollywood, FL | 31.5% | 10th | 8% below peers | |
| Thornton, CO | 32.0% | 11th | 6% below peers | |
| Corona, CA | 32.4% | 12th | 5% below peers | |
| Olathe, KS | 33.2% | 13th | 3% below peers | |
| Bridgeport, CT | 34.0% | 14th | 1% below peers | |
| Salinas, CA | 34.2% | 15th | on par with peers | |
| Gainesville, FL | 34.2% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Palm Bay, FL | 35.5% | 17th | 4% above peers | |
| Pasadena, TX | 36.5% | 18th | 7% above peers | |
| Mesquite, TX | 36.8% | 19th | 8% above peers | |
| Paterson, NJ | 37.3% | 20th | 9% above peers | |
| Savannah, GA | 38.7% | 21st | 13% above peers | |
| Midland, TX | 39.1% | 22nd | 14% above peers | |
| Springfield, MA | 39.9% | 23rd | 17% above peers | |
| Joliet, IL | 40.5% | 24th | 18% above peers | |
| Rockford, IL | 41.2% | 25th | 20% above peers | |
| Waco, TX | 41.3% | 26th | 21% above peers | |
| Killeen, TX | 41.7% | 27th | 22% above peers | |
| Kansas City, KS | 42.3% | 28th | 24% above peers | |
| McAllen, TX | 44.6% | 29th | 30% above peers | |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 48.5% | 30th | 42% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.3% then, 2.9% now; margin ±1.0pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 2.7% | 6th | -1.2pp | 1st | 43% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 2.3% | 5th | -1.0pp | 2nd | 53% below peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 4.8% | 16th | -1.9pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 3.8% | 10th | -1.1pp | 4th | 20% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 11.6% | 28th | -3.0pp | 5th | 144% above peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 6.7% | 20th | -1.0pp | 6th | 39% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 4.8% | 15th | -0.7pp | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 1.7% | 1st | -0.1pp | 8th | 64% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 7.2% | 23rd | -0.3pp | 9th | 51% above peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 4.6% | 12th | +0.1pp | 10th | 4% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 9.3% | 27th | +0.3pp | 11th | 95% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 5.3% | 18th | +0.2pp | 12th | 10% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 4.7% | 13th | +0.2pp | 13th | 3% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 14.6% | 30th | +0.8pp | 14th | 206% above peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 17.6% | 31st | +1.0pp | 15th | 268% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 8.7% | 24th | +0.8pp | 16th | 83% above peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 13.8% | 29th | +1.4pp | 17th | 189% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 6.0% | 19th | +0.7pp | 18th | 26% above peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 2.9% | 7th | +0.4pp | 19th | 40% below peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 3.7% | 9th | +0.6pp | 20th | 22% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 6.8% | 22nd | +1.2pp | 21st | 43% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 9.0% | 26th | +1.8pp | 22nd | 88% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 2.9% | 8th | +0.7pp | 23rd | 39% below peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 4.1% | 11th | +1.1pp | 24th | 15% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 2.1% | 3rd | +0.6pp | 25th | 56% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 8.9% | 25th | +2.4pp | 26th | 87% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 2.1% | 4th | +0.6pp | 27th | 55% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 4.7% | 14th | +1.7pp | 28th | 1% below peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 6.8% | 21st | +2.7pp | 29th | 41% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 5.2% | 17th | +2.3pp | 30th | 9% above peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 1.9% | 2nd | +1.0pp | 31st | 60% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 6.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.7% to 34.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Bridgeport, CT | 23.4% | 21st | +4.6pp | 1st | 28% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 24.0% | 19th | +4.7pp | 2nd | 26% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 16.5% | 28th | +3.1pp | 3rd | 49% below peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 34.0% | 9th | +6.3pp | 4th | 5% above peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 33.8% | 10th | +5.9pp | 5th | 4% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 32.4% | 15th | +5.4pp | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 53.7% | 6th | +8.6pp | 7th | 66% above peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 33.3% | 12th | +5.1pp | 8th | 3% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 20.8% | 23rd | +3.1pp | 9th | 36% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 33.7% | 11th | +4.8pp | 10th | 4% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 25.5% | 18th | +3.4pp | 11th | 21% below peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 28.7% | 16th | +3.8pp | 12th | 11% below peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 32.8% | 13th | +3.7pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 16.2% | 29th | +1.8pp | 14th | 50% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 20.3% | 25th | +2.2pp | 15th | 37% below peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 45.3% | 8th | +4.4pp | 16th | 40% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 20.5% | 24th | +1.9pp | 17th | 37% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 17.1% | 27th | +1.6pp | 18th | 47% below peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 19.6% | 26th | +1.8pp | 19th | 39% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 58.3% | 5th | +5.2pp | 20th | 80% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 21.9% | 22nd | +1.7pp | 21st | 32% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 32.5% | 14th | +2.2pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 69.3% | 3rd | +4.3pp | 23rd | 114% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 11.8% | 30th | +0.7pp | 24th | 64% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 72.5% | 1st | +4.3pp | 25th | 124% above peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 23.5% | 20th | +1.1pp | 26th | 28% below peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 72.1% | 2nd | +3.4pp | 27th | 123% above peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 66.2% | 4th | +3.1pp | 28th | 104% above peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 26.3% | 17th | +0.9pp | 29th | 19% below peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 50.5% | 7th | +0.8pp | 30th | 56% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.2% then, 41.4% now; margin ±11.0pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Mesquite, TX | 45.9% | 18th | +11.8pp | 1st | 5% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 41.0% | 20th | +5.4pp | 2nd | 15% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 64.9% | 2nd | +8.3pp | 3rd | 35% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 62.5% | 4th | +7.7pp | 4th | 30% above peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 51.0% | 13th | +5.9pp | 5th | 6% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 51.2% | 12th | +5.8pp | 6th | 7% above peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 48.4% | 15th | +4.3pp | 7th | 1% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 46.3% | 17th | +3.8pp | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 30.3% | 26th | +1.0pp | 9th | 37% below peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 66.5% | 1st | -2.2pp | 10th | 38% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 40.7% | 21st | -2.0pp | 11th | 15% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 59.3% | 6th | -3.8pp | 12th | 23% above peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 51.3% | 11th | -4.2pp | 13th | 7% above peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 41.4% | 19th | -3.8pp | 14th | 14% below peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 59.9% | 5th | -5.9pp | 15th | 25% above peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 64.2% | 3rd | -6.5pp | 16th | 34% above peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 48.1% | 16th | -4.9pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 39.6% | 22nd | -4.5pp | 18th | 18% below peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 50.3% | 14th | -6.8pp | 19th | 5% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 53.0% | 9th | -9.6pp | 20th | 10% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 58.2% | 7th | -10.9pp | 21st | 21% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 52.9% | 10th | -12.0pp | 22nd | 10% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 26.2% | 31st | -7.3pp | 23rd | 45% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 29.7% | 27th | -9.6pp | 24th | 38% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 26.9% | 30th | -8.9pp | 25th | 44% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 54.7% | 8th | -19.0pp | 26th | 14% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 34.0% | 24th | -12.3pp | 27th | 29% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 34.8% | 23rd | -15.7pp | 28th | 28% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 27.5% | 29th | -12.9pp | 29th | 43% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 27.9% | 28th | -19.0pp | 30th | 42% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 31.9% | 25th | -23.1pp | 31st | 34% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.5% then, 5.6% now; margin ±3.0pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 0.3% | 1st | -2.6pp | 1st | 96% below peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 1.6% | 2nd | -2.5pp | 2nd | 75% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 6.3% | 13th | -4.9pp | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 5.5% | 8th | -3.2pp | 4th | 15% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 5.8% | 11th | -2.4pp | 5th | 9% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 6.3% | 14th | -2.2pp | 6th | 1% below peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 5.1% | 7th | -1.7pp | 7th | 21% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 2.3% | 3rd | -0.6pp | 8th | 65% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 8.7% | 24th | -1.9pp | 9th | 35% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 6.4% | 15th | -1.4pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 5.6% | 9th | -0.9pp | 11th | 13% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 5.8% | 10th | -0.8pp | 12th | 10% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 6.0% | 12th | -0.8pp | 13th | 7% below peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 6.4% | 16th | -0.8pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 6.8% | 18th | -0.5pp | 15th | 6% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 7.2% | 21st | -0.5pp | 16th | 13% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 8.1% | 22nd | -0.4pp | 17th | 26% above peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 4.1% | 6th | -0.1pp | 18th | 36% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 8.4% | 23rd | +0.0pp | 19th | 30% above peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 9.2% | 25th | +0.1pp | 20th | 44% above peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 12.4% | 29th | +0.7pp | 21st | 93% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 7.0% | 19th | +0.6pp | 22nd | 8% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 12.9% | 30th | +2.3pp | 23rd | 100% above peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 7.0% | 20th | +1.3pp | 24th | 9% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 11.9% | 28th | +2.3pp | 25th | 86% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 10.7% | 26th | +2.4pp | 26th | 67% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 10.9% | 27th | +2.6pp | 27th | 69% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 13.7% | 31st | +3.8pp | 28th | 114% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 6.6% | 17th | +2.1pp | 29th | 2% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 3.8% | 5th | +1.9pp | 30th | 41% below peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 3.2% | 4th | +1.7pp | 31st | 50% below peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population fell less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 159,293 to 158,801 - more than the combined survey margin (±128). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Bay, FL | 130,132 | 31st | +16% | 1st | 14% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 154,338 | 14th | +14% | 2nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 145,702 | 25th | +10% | 3rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 158,735 | 6th | +9% | 4th | 5% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 158,159 | 7th | +9% | 5th | 4% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 143,570 | 29th | +6% | 6th | 5% below peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 145,057 | 27th | +5% | 7th | 4% below peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 144,187 | 28th | +5% | 8th | 5% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 164,634 | 2nd | +5% | 9th | 8% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 151,847 | 16th | +5% | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 149,299 | 20th | +4% | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 166,923 | 1st | +4% | 12th | 10% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 161,761 | 3rd | +4% | 13th | 7% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 149,153 | 21st | +2% | 14th | 2% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 145,385 | 26th | +2% | 15th | 4% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 156,578 | 10th | +2% | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 150,692 | 17th | +2% | 17th | 1% below peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 150,445 | 18th | +2% | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 147,898 | 23rd | +2% | 19th | 3% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 155,135 | 11th | +2% | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 155,082 | 12th | +2% | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 154,236 | 15th | +1% | 22nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 156,583 | 9th | +1% | 23rd | 3% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 154,749 | 13th | +0% | 24th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 147,521 | 24th | +0% | 25th | 3% below peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 158,801 | 5th | -0% | 26th | 5% above peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 156,976 | 8th | -0% | 27th | 3% above peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 136,640 | 30th | -1% | 28th | 10% below peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 149,433 | 19th | -3% | 29th | 2% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 147,943 | 22nd | -3% | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 159,670 | 4th | -4% | 31st | 5% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.7% then, 25.7% now; margin ±4.3pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 15.9% | 28th | +3.8pp | 1st | 59% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 43.8% | 11th | +9.2pp | 2nd | 14% above peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 40.7% | 13th | +7.2pp | 3rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 37.0% | 18th | +5.8pp | 4th | 3% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 63.2% | 2nd | +7.3pp | 5th | 65% above peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 43.1% | 12th | +4.5pp | 6th | 13% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 26.1% | 22nd | +2.3pp | 7th | 32% below peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 43.9% | 10th | +3.3pp | 8th | 15% above peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 38.3% | 16th | +2.8pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 44.8% | 9th | +2.3pp | 10th | 17% above peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 46.3% | 8th | +2.1pp | 11th | 21% above peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 54.1% | 5th | +2.4pp | 12th | 41% above peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 54.3% | 4th | +2.2pp | 13th | 42% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 13.9% | 30th | +0.2pp | 14th | 64% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 22.5% | 26th | +0.3pp | 15th | 41% below peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 31.6% | 20th | +0.2pp | 16th | 17% below peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 51.5% | 7th | -0.1pp | 17th | 34% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 54.0% | 6th | -0.6pp | 18th | 41% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 33.2% | 19th | -0.6pp | 19th | 13% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 55.6% | 3rd | -1.0pp | 20th | 45% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 63.5% | 1st | -1.2pp | 21st | 66% above peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 38.4% | 15th | -1.1pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 13.2% | 31st | -0.6pp | 23rd | 66% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 37.0% | 17th | -1.8pp | 24th | 3% below peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 25.7% | 23rd | -2.0pp | 25th | 33% below peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 39.1% | 14th | -3.3pp | 26th | 2% above peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 29.8% | 21st | -2.7pp | 27th | 22% below peers | ||
| Alexandria, VA | 24.6% | 25th | -3.9pp | 28th | 36% below peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 21.7% | 27th | -5.0pp | 29th | 43% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 24.8% | 24th | -6.3pp | 30th | 35% below peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 15.7% | 29th | -5.8pp | 31st | 59% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 3 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.5% then, 69.5% now; margin ±6.7pp). 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.*
| 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 | |||||
| Alexandria, VA | 79.8% | 1st | +14.0pp | 1st | 18% above peers | ||
| Pasadena, TX | 63.1% | 24th | +10.0pp | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 65.3% | 20th | +9.1pp | 3rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Pomona, CA | 69.1% | 13th | +8.7pp | 4th | 2% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 59.9% | 28th | +6.0pp | 5th | 12% below peers | ||
| Olathe, KS | 77.6% | 3rd | +7.8pp | 6th | 14% above peers | ||
| Mesquite, TX | 77.0% | 4th | +7.3pp | 7th | 13% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 67.8% | 16th | +5.9pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Killeen, TX | 67.2% | 18th | +5.7pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Charleston, SC | 79.5% | 2nd | +6.5pp | 10th | 17% above peers | ||
| Thornton, CO | 74.0% | 6th | +4.7pp | 11th | 9% above peers | ||
| Paterson, NJ | 64.4% | 22nd | +3.7pp | 12th | 5% below peers | ||
| Hayward, CA | 69.5% | 12th | +4.0pp | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Lakewood, CO | 69.7% | 11th | +3.9pp | 14th | 3% above peers | ||
| Sunnyvale, CA | 62.8% | 26th | +3.5pp | 15th | 7% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 74.0% | 7th | +3.7pp | 16th | 9% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, KS | 68.5% | 14th | +2.8pp | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Gainesville, FL | 71.7% | 10th | +2.5pp | 18th | 6% above peers | ||
| Bellevue, WA | 52.0% | 31st | -1.0pp | 19th | 23% below peers | ||
| Joliet, IL | 67.6% | 17th | -1.3pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Rockford, IL | 72.6% | 9th | -1.7pp | 21st | 7% above peers | ||
| Waco, TX | 64.7% | 21st | -1.6pp | 22nd | 5% below peers | ||
| Savannah, GA | 75.5% | 5th | -2.0pp | 23rd | 11% above peers | ||
| Midland, TX | 56.6% | 29th | -1.7pp | 24th | 17% below peers | ||
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 72.8% | 8th | -3.4pp | 25th | 7% above peers | ||
| Naperville, IL | 62.9% | 25th | -3.2pp | 26th | 7% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MA | 63.3% | 23rd | -3.9pp | 27th | 7% below peers | ||
| McAllen, TX | 56.4% | 30th | -4.7pp | 28th | 17% below peers | ||
| Hollywood, FL | 67.9% | 15th | -6.3pp | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Bridgeport, CT | 66.6% | 19th | -7.7pp | 30th | 2% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 60.3% | 27th | -10.2pp | 31st | 11% below peers |