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93,649 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Hemet, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$57,719
2020-24
▲ 45%
relative change
$39,726 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
15.5%
2020-24
▲ 40%
relative change
11.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
17.7%
2020-24
▼ 38%
relative change
28.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
14.9%
2020-24
▼ 30%
relative change
21.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
7.1%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
8.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
88.9%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
77.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
7.1%
Jul 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
7.6% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
62.3%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
58.5% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Hemet, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
22.6%
2020-24
▼ 33%
relative change
34.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
19.9%
2019-23
▲ 14%
relative change
17.5% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
46.6%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
47.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
9.0%
2020-24
flat
relative change
9.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.9%
2020-24
▼ 42%
relative change
13.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.4%
2020-24
▼ 35%
relative change
6.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
39.1%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
32.5% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.1%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
26.2% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Population
91,326
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
84,542 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
64.3%
2020-24
low
vs peers
60.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 45% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $39,726 to $57,719 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,713).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Hemet started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 70% from 2014 to 2024 ($33,932 to $57,719).
Bright spot $57,719
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Arden-Arcade, CA $77,321 18th +53% 1st 20% below peers
Trenton, NJ $52,537 29th +48% 2nd 45% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 25th +45% 3rd 40% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 19th +44% 4th 20% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 20th +42% 5th 26% below peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 8th +39% 6th 14% above peers
Lehi, UT $131,299 3rd +37% 7th 36% above peers
Reading, PA $44,091 31st +37% 8th 54% below peers
Leander, TX $139,048 2nd +36% 9th 44% above peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 11th +34% 10th 5% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 28th +31% 11th 43% below peers
Fall River, MA $56,673 26th +30% 12th 41% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 21st +30% 13th 27% below peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 24th +30% 14th 38% below peers
Orem, UT $83,342 17th +29% 15th 13% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 4th +29% 16th 34% above peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 16th +28% 17th on par with peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 14th +28% 18th 2% above peers
Frederick, MD $97,069 15th +28% 19th 1% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 10th +25% 20th 12% above peers
Toms River, NJ $100,137 12th +25% 21st 4% above peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 22nd +25% 22nd 31% below peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 13th +23% 23rd 2% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 7th +23% 24th 15% above peers
Folsom, CA $139,804 1st +22% 25th 45% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 9th +22% 26th 13% above peers
Erie, PA $46,113 30th +22% 27th 52% below peers
Lawrence, KS $65,009 23rd +21% 28th 33% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $124,755 5th +21% 29th 30% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 6th +19% 30th 16% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 27th +16% 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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7 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,362 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.6 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 7.1% in July 2026, down from 7.6% a year earlier.
Bright spot 7.1%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Trenton, NJ 7.4% (Jul 26) 28th -1.8pp 1st 80% above peers
Asheville, NC 3.4% (Jul 26) 6th -1.3pp 2nd 17% below peers
Clifton, NJ 4.5% (Jul 26) 20th -1.3pp 3rd 10% above peers
Champaign, IL 3.8% (Jul 26) 12th -1.1pp 4th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -0.9pp 5th 20% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 26th -0.5pp 6th 73% above peers
San Marcos, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 19th -0.5pp 7th 7% above peers
Redding, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.4pp 8th 24% above peers
Nashua, NH 3.4% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 9th 17% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 10th 29% below peers
Indio, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 27th -0.3pp 11th 76% above peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 12th 15% below peers
Frederick, MD 3.7% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 13th 10% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.1% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 14th 24% below peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 16th -0.2pp 15th 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 4.2% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Erie, PA 4.5% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 17th 10% above peers
Orem, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 10th +0.0pp 18th 12% below peers
Fall River, MA 6.1% (Jul 26) 24th +0.0pp 19th 49% above peers
Roswell, GA 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 20th 34% below peers
Lawrence, KS 4.3% (Jul 26) 18th +0.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Bryan, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 15th +0.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Livonia, MI 3.8% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 23rd 7% below peers
Reading, PA 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th +0.5pp 24th 49% above peers
Leander, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Lehi, UT 3.5% (Jul 26) 9th +0.6pp 26th 15% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.7pp 27th 29% below peers
Norwalk, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd +1.3pp 28th 22% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 6.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.2% to 14.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Hemet started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.0% to 14.9%).
Bright spot 14.9%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Indio, CA 11.5% 18th -5.0pp 1st 24% above peers
Hemet, CA 14.9% 21st -6.3pp 2nd 61% above peers
Trenton, NJ 21.6% 27th -7.1pp 3rd 133% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 16.9% 22nd -5.0pp 4th 82% above peers
Toms River, NJ 5.8% 7th -1.7pp 5th 37% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.0% 2nd -1.4pp 6th 47% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 12th -1.9pp 7th 15% below peers
Redding, CA 14.1% 19th -3.3pp 8th 52% above peers
San Marcos, CA 9.2% 15th -2.1pp 9th 1% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.1% 3rd -1.1pp 10th 45% below peers
Frederick, MD 9.2% 14th -1.9pp 11th 1% below peers
Lawrence, KS 17.4% 23rd -3.3pp 12th 87% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.8% 11th -1.5pp 13th 16% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 14th 49% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.3% 24th -2.8pp 15th 97% above peers
Reading, PA 28.7% 31st -4.0pp 16th 209% above peers
Orem, UT 10.2% 17th -1.4pp 17th 10% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 16th -1.2pp 18th on par with peers
Erie, PA 23.3% 29th -2.9pp 19th 150% above peers
Bellingham, WA 18.6% 25th -2.2pp 20th 100% above peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 13th -1.0pp 21st 2% below peers
Folsom, CA 5.3% 4th -0.2pp 22nd 43% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 10th -0.1pp 23rd 19% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.6% 26th -0.1pp 24th 110% above peers
Bryan, TX 23.1% 28th +0.3pp 25th 148% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.2% 20th +0.4pp 26th 53% above peers
Champaign, IL 25.9% 30th +0.9pp 27th 178% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.5% 6th +0.3pp 28th 41% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.4% 5th +0.9pp 29th 42% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% 9th +1.5pp 30th 34% below peers
Leander, TX 5.8% 8th +1.7pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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7 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 10.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.4% to 17.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Hemet started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 16.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.4% to 17.7%).
Bright spot 17.7%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Toms River, NJ 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 64% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 9th -7.8pp 2nd 24% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 3rd 67% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 23rd -10.7pp 4th 81% above peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 12th -4.1pp 5th 22% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 4th -2.8pp 6th 47% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 10th -3.7pp 7th 24% below peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 19th -7.5pp 8th 57% above peers
Orem, UT 9.4% 14th -4.4pp 9th 4% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 27th -12.2pp 10th 169% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.5% 6th -2.5pp 11th 44% below peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 3rd -1.9pp 12th 57% below peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 22nd -6.4pp 13th 79% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 25th -7.5pp 14th 131% above peers
Lawrence, KS 9.8% 16th -3.0pp 15th on par with peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 25.5% 26th -7.1pp 16th 161% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 15th -2.3pp 17th 1% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 13th -1.8pp 18th 13% below peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 21st -3.1pp 19th 66% above peers
Fall River, MA 26.6% 28th -4.8pp 20th 172% above peers
Reading, PA 39.0% 31st -6.2pp 21st 299% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 7th -0.6pp 22nd 42% below peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 29th -3.3pp 23rd 203% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 30th -3.1pp 24th 256% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 18th -1.1pp 25th 30% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 20th -1.2pp 26th 61% above peers
Frederick, MD 12.5% 17th -0.7pp 27th 28% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 8th +0.5pp 28th 36% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 5.4% 5th +1.9pp 29th 45% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 24th +6.9pp 30th 92% above peers
Leander, TX 7.6% 11th +3.4pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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6 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp 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 →
What changed

Broadband rose 11.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.1% to 88.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Hemet started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 16.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.4% to 88.9%).
Bright spot 88.9%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Fall River, MA 86.5% 28th +16.1pp 2nd 7% below peers
Reading, PA 86.6% 27th +12.3pp 3rd 7% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 24th +11.8pp 4th 4% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 25th +10.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 10th +11.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 15th +10.4pp 8th on par with peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 26th +8.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 22nd +8.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 21st +7.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 23rd +6.6pp 12th 3% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 93.8% 12th +6.2pp 13th 1% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 11th +5.4pp 14th 1% above peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 9th +5.4pp 15th 2% above peers
Frederick, MD 92.7% 17th +4.7pp 16th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 91.7% 20th +4.4pp 17th 1% below peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 5th +4.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 14th +3.8pp 19th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 3rd +3.9pp 20th 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 13th +3.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Leander, TX 97.3% 1st +3.7pp 22nd 5% above peers
Lawrence, KS 91.7% 19th +3.4pp 23rd 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 8th +3.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 4th +3.0pp 25th 4% above peers
Orem, UT 92.5% 18th +2.7pp 26th 1% below peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 16th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Lehi, UT 97.1% 2nd +2.3pp 28th 4% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 7th +1.6pp 29th 2% above peers
Folsom, CA 95.8% 6th +1.1pp 30th 3% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 84.1% 30th -8.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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7 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.45 to 0.47 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.03). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.47).
Needs attention 0.47
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 9th -0.036 1st 5% below peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 3rd -0.014 2nd 15% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 0.51 28th -0.017 3rd 12% above peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 13th -0.011 4th 3% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 2nd -0.009 5th 16% below peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 16th -0.009 6th on par with peers
Lawrence, KS 0.48 23rd -0.009 7th 5% above peers
Toms River, NJ 0.43 10th -0.005 8th 4% below peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 27th -0.006 9th 9% above peers
Redding, CA 0.46 17th -0.003 10th 1% above peers
Fall River, MA 0.46 18th -0.003 11th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 11th -0.001 12th 4% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 4th +0.000 13th 14% below peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 21st +0.002 14th 4% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 19th +0.003 15th 2% above peers
Lehi, UT 0.37 1st +0.004 16th 18% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 14th +0.005 17th 2% below peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 24th +0.005 18th 5% above peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 30th +0.009 19th 16% above peers
Frederick, MD 0.41 5th +0.011 20th 10% below peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 21st 24% above peers
Reading, PA 0.47 20th +0.013 22nd 4% above peers
Orem, UT 0.44 12th +0.017 23rd 3% below peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 26th +0.026 24th 9% above peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 22nd +0.027 25th 4% above peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 15th +0.027 26th on par with peers
Folsom, CA 0.42 7th +0.027 27th 7% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 29th +0.034 28th 15% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 8th +0.028 29th 6% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 0.49 25th +0.045 30th 7% above peers
Leander, TX 0.41 6th +0.041 31st 9% below 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 17.5% to 19.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 6.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.9% to 19.9%).
Needs attention 19.9%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Lehi, UT 2.0% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 79% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.2% 4th -2.8pp 2nd 67% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 3rd 87% below peers
Orem, UT 4.9% 10th -2.3pp 4th 49% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 14th -2.6pp 5th 25% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 24th -3.6pp 6th 36% above peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 70% below peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 21st -1.8pp 8th 27% above peers
Reading, PA 38.5% 31st -5.4pp 9th 299% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 15th -0.8pp 10th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 18th -1.0pp 11th 16% above peers
Leander, TX 3.4% 5th -0.3pp 12th 65% below peers
Lawrence, KS 5.9% 12th -0.5pp 13th 39% below peers
Toms River, NJ 5.4% 11th -0.1pp 14th 44% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 28th -0.1pp 15th 170% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 23rd +0.1pp 16th 36% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 29th +1.0pp 17th 213% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 16th +0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 6th +0.2pp 19th 58% below peers
Frederick, MD 11.6% 19th +1.0pp 20th 20% above peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 9th +0.4pp 21st 50% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 17.5% 26th +1.8pp 22nd 82% above peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 27th +2.5pp 23rd 106% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 20th +1.5pp 24th 22% above peers
Fall River, MA 31.6% 30th +4.0pp 25th 228% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 22nd +1.8pp 26th 32% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 8th +0.6pp 27th 54% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 13th +1.4pp 28th 26% below peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 17th +2.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 7th +1.7pp 30th 56% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 25th +9.4pp 31st 79% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $443,910 in August 2026, up from $441,948 a year earlier.
$443,910
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Norwalk, CT $676,843 (Aug 26) 4th +5.6% 1st 47% above peers
Erie, PA $208,111 (Aug 26) 27th +5.2% 2nd 55% below peers
Champaign, IL $238,960 (Aug 26) 26th +4.2% 3rd 48% below peers
Toms River, NJ $464,685 (Aug 26) 13th +3.9% 4th 1% above peers
Clifton, NJ $612,937 (Aug 26) 8th +3.9% 5th 33% above peers
Reading, PA $267,494 (Aug 26) 25th +3.8% 6th 42% below peers
Lawrence, KS $334,684 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.4% 7th 27% below peers
Nashua, NH $509,265 (Aug 26) 10th +3.4% 8th 11% above peers
Hoover, AL $438,571 (Aug 26) 18th +3.1% 9th 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $195,029 (Aug 26) 28th +3.1% 10th 58% below peers
Orem, UT $501,606 (Aug 26) 12th +3.0% 11th 9% above peers
Livonia, MI $316,420 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.4% 12th 31% below peers
Fall River, MA $450,311 (Aug 26) 15th +2.3% 13th 2% below peers
Sandy, UT $659,401 (Aug 26) 6th +2.2% 14th 43% above peers
Lehi, UT $569,889 (Aug 26) 9th +1.6% 15th 24% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $874,006 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.3% 16th 90% above peers
Roswell, GA $653,146 (Aug 26) 7th +1.3% 17th 42% above peers
Hemet, CA $443,910 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 18th 3% below peers
Bryan, TX $273,941 (Aug 26) 24th +0.4% 19th 40% below peers
San Marcos, CA $958,381 (Aug 26) 1st +0.3% 20th 108% above peers
Bellingham, WA $661,763 (Aug 26) 5th -0.3% 21st 44% above peers
Redding, CA $387,376 (Aug 26) 20th -0.5% 22nd 16% below peers
Folsom, CA $753,276 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.5% 23rd 64% above peers
Frederick, MD $459,795 (Aug 26) 14th -0.9% 24th on par with peers
Indio, CA $508,882 (Aug 26) 11th -1.0% 25th 11% above peers
Trenton, NJ $348,502 (Aug 26) 21st -1.7% 26th 24% below peers
Asheville, NC $448,688 (Aug 26) 16th -5.0% 27th 2% below peers
Leander, TX $421,703 (Aug 26) 19th -6.2% 28th 8% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $341,454 in August 2026, down from $342,261 a year earlier.
$341,454
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Erie, PA $127,852 (Aug 26) 27th +6.7% 1st 63% below peers
Champaign, IL $156,753 (Aug 26) 26th +6.6% 2nd 55% below peers
Reading, PA $175,228 (Aug 26) 25th +5.8% 3rd 50% below peers
Norwalk, CT $438,898 (Aug 26) 8th +5.5% 4th 26% above peers
Clifton, NJ $524,292 (Aug 26) 4th +5.2% 5th 51% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $112,868 (Aug 26) 28th +5.0% 6th 68% below peers
Lawrence, KS $242,888 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.2% 7th 30% below peers
Hoover, AL $311,104 (Aug 26) 19th +3.5% 8th 10% below peers
Nashua, NH $385,451 (Aug 26) 11th +3.4% 9th 11% above peers
Fall River, MA $363,543 (Aug 26) 13th +3.2% 10th 5% above peers
Livonia, MI $243,684 (Aug 26) 21st +2.6% 11th 30% below peers
Toms River, NJ $325,502 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 12th 6% below peers
Sandy, UT $502,473 (Aug 26) 5th +1.9% 13th 45% above peers
Orem, UT $374,823 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 14th 8% above peers
Roswell, GA $466,689 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 15th 34% above peers
Bryan, TX $187,345 (Aug 26) 24th +1.1% 16th 46% below peers
Lehi, UT $430,161 (Aug 26) 9th +1.0% 17th 24% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $548,711 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.6% 18th 58% above peers
Bellingham, WA $479,935 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 19th 38% above peers
San Marcos, CA $712,062 (Aug 26) 1st +0.1% 20th 105% above peers
Indio, CA $391,310 (Aug 26) 10th +0.1% 21st 13% above peers
Redding, CA $297,992 (Aug 26) 20th -0.0% 22nd 14% below peers
Hemet, CA $341,454 (Aug 26) 15th -0.2% 23rd 2% below peers
Frederick, MD $347,350 (Aug 26) 14th -0.6% 24th on par with peers
Folsom, CA $597,409 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.7% 25th 72% above peers
Trenton, NJ $209,336 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.3% 26th 40% below peers
Asheville, NC $312,675 (Aug 26) 18th -4.4% 27th 10% below peers
Leander, TX $324,516 (Aug 26) 17th -5.1% 28th 7% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58.5% to 62.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.2% to 62.3%).
Bright spot 62.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Arden-Arcade, CA 46.1% 25th +4.7pp 1st 21% below peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 23rd +3.7pp 2nd 12% below peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 14th +3.8pp 3rd 6% above peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 21st +3.3pp 4th 8% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 22nd +2.7pp 5th 9% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 30th +1.9pp 6th 35% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 8th +3.6pp 7th 22% above peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 24th +2.5pp 8th 13% below peers
Frederick, MD 58.8% 16th +2.1pp 9th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 81.8% 2nd +2.5pp 10th 39% above peers
Reading, PA 40.6% 29th +1.2pp 11th 31% below peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 27th +1.2pp 12th 25% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 12th +1.7pp 13th 10% above peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 15th +1.6pp 14th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 9th +1.7pp 15th 21% above peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 13th +1.4pp 16th 8% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 18th +1.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 73.6% 6th +1.2pp 18th 25% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 19th 48% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 20th +0.6pp 20th 7% below peers
Folsom, CA 69.8% 10th +0.2pp 21st 19% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 3rd -1.1pp 22nd 38% above peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 26th -0.8pp 23rd 24% below peers
Fall River, MA 35.3% 31st -1.0pp 24th 40% below peers
Lawrence, KS 43.6% 28th -1.3pp 25th 26% below peers
Orem, UT 57.8% 17th -2.2pp 26th 2% below peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 19th -2.4pp 27th 5% below peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 4th -3.4pp 28th 28% above peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 11th -3.5pp 29th 14% above peers
Lehi, UT 75.2% 5th -4.7pp 30th 28% above peers
Leander, TX 73.4% 7th -4.8pp 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHomeownership rate
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,859 in August 2026, down from $1,886 a year earlier.
$1,859
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Indio, CA $2,349 (Aug 26) 7th +6.3% 1st 26% above peers
Lawrence, KS $1,479 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 2nd 20% below peers
Champaign, IL $1,506 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.7% 3rd 19% below peers
Clifton, NJ $2,672 (Aug 26) 4th +4.4% 4th 44% above peers
Folsom, CA $2,627 (Aug 26) 5th +4.1% 5th 41% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $2,446 (Aug 26) 6th +3.9% 6th 32% above peers
Redding, CA $1,704 (Aug 26) 18th +3.8% 7th 8% below peers
Nashua, NH $2,301 (Aug 26) 8th +3.5% 8th 24% above peers
Reading, PA $1,439 (Aug 26) 24th +3.2% 9th 23% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,054 (Aug 26) 28th +3.0% 10th 43% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,748 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 11th 6% below peers
Fall River, MA $1,850 (Aug 26) 15th +2.8% 12th 1% below peers
Orem, UT $1,517 (Aug 26) 21st +2.8% 13th 18% below peers
Trenton, NJ $2,006 (Aug 26) 11th +2.6% 14th 8% above peers
Bellingham, WA $1,951 (Aug 26) 12th +2.4% 15th 5% above peers
San Marcos, CA $3,357 (Aug 26) 1st +2.3% 16th 81% above peers
Lehi, UT $2,203 (Aug 26) 9th +2.1% 17th 18% above peers
Toms River, NJ $2,934 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.9% 18th 58% above peers
Frederick, MD $2,182 (Aug 26) 10th +1.9% 19th 17% above peers
Leander, TX $1,899 (Aug 26) 13th +1.7% 20th 2% above peers
Norwalk, CT $2,743 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.7% 21st 48% above peers
Erie, PA $1,103 (Aug 26) 27th +1.3% 22nd 41% below peers
Roswell, GA $1,724 (Aug 26) 17th +1.2% 23rd 7% below peers
Hoover, AL $1,362 (Aug 26) 26th +0.6% 24th 27% below peers
Asheville, NC $1,704 (Aug 26) 19th +0.1% 25th 8% below peers
Bryan, TX $1,406 (Aug 26) 25th -0.9% 26th 24% below peers
Hemet, CA $1,859 (Aug 26) 14th -1.4% 27th on par with peers
Sandy, UT $1,691 (Aug 26) 20th -2.3% 28th 9% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (47.2% then, 46.6% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.0% to 46.6%).
Needs attention 46.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Toms River, NJ 30.6% 10th -6.2pp 1st 15% below peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 29th -4.2pp 2nd 27% above peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 16th -3.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 22nd -3.4pp 4th 15% above peers
Leander, TX 25.6% 6th -1.7pp 5th 29% below peers
Lehi, UT 22.0% 3rd -1.3pp 6th 39% below peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 24th -2.0pp 7th 18% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 44.8% 26th -1.7pp 8th 24% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 8th -0.8pp 9th 21% below peers
Frederick, MD 34.0% 15th -0.9pp 10th 6% below peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 30th -0.5pp 11th 29% above peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 7th -0.3pp 12th 26% below peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 23rd -0.4pp 13th 16% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 14th -0.3pp 14th 6% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 21st -0.2pp 15th 10% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 4th +0.0pp 16th 33% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 25th +0.6pp 17th 22% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.6% 18th +0.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Reading, PA 45.7% 28th +1.0pp 19th 27% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 13th +1.0pp 20th 10% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 19th +1.2pp 21st 6% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 20th +1.3pp 22nd 9% above peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 17th +1.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 5th +1.1pp 24th 32% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 25th 43% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 26th 42% below peers
Orem, UT 30.0% 9th +1.8pp 27th 17% below peers
Fall River, MA 44.8% 27th +3.8pp 28th 24% above peers
Folsom, CA 31.3% 12th +2.7pp 29th 13% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 31.2% 11th +2.8pp 30th 14% below peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 31st +4.9pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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7 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.1% then, 9.0% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.6% to 9.0%).
Needs attention 9.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sandy, UT 2.5% 4th -1.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.6% 5th -1.6pp 2nd 60% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 3rd 77% below peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 4th 48% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 8th -0.9pp 5th 48% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 25th -2.3pp 6th 43% above peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 6th -0.7pp 7th 52% below peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 19th -1.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 17th -1.0pp 9th 14% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 10th 300% above peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% 10th -0.5pp 11th 47% below peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 27th -2.0pp 12th 146% above peers
Reading, PA 23.4% 30th -2.2pp 13th 250% above peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 29th -1.4pp 14th 157% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 26th -0.5pp 15th 50% above peers
Toms River, NJ 6.1% 14th -0.2pp 16th 9% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 8.4% 22nd -0.2pp 17th 27% above peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 12th -0.0pp 18th 40% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 20th -0.0pp 19th 18% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 24th -0.0pp 20th 35% above peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 18th +0.0pp 21st 14% above peers
Leander, TX 1.8% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 73% below peers
Frederick, MD 6.7% 16th +0.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 15th +0.2pp 24th 2% below peers
Orem, UT 3.7% 11th +0.7pp 25th 45% below peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 23rd +1.7pp 26th 27% above peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 28th +3.6pp 27th 150% above peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 28th 50% below peers
Lawrence, KS 8.4% 21st +2.6pp 29th 26% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 13th +1.6pp 30th 29% below peers
Lehi, UT 1.8% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.8% to 7.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Hemet started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 11.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.2% to 7.1%).
Bright spot 7.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 26th -6.3pp 1st 46% above peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 15th -3.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.5% 21st -3.8pp 3rd 20% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 10th -1.9pp 4th 24% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% 16th -1.7pp 5th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 20th -1.8pp 6th 15% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.9% 5th -1.1pp 7th 31% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 17th -1.4pp 8th on par with peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.0% 4th -0.7pp 9th 43% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 8th -0.9pp 10th 27% below peers
Erie, PA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 11th 18% below peers
Orem, UT 10.1% 25th -1.1pp 12th 42% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.3pp 13th 64% below peers
Bryan, TX 17.0% 30th -1.6pp 14th 140% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 45% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 6th -0.3pp 16th 29% below peers
Leander, TX 9.2% 24th -0.5pp 17th 30% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.1% 7th -0.2pp 18th 28% below peers
Trenton, NJ 17.6% 31st +0.1pp 19th 149% above peers
Folsom, CA 2.5% 2nd +0.0pp 20th 64% below peers
Frederick, MD 7.6% 18th +0.2pp 21st 7% above peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 9th +0.2pp 22nd 25% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.7% 28th +0.5pp 23rd 79% above peers
Redding, CA 6.6% 14th +0.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 27th +1.0pp 25th 66% above peers
Lawrence, KS 8.8% 22nd +1.1pp 26th 25% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 28% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.4% 11th +0.8pp 28th 24% below peers
Nashua, NH 8.0% 19th +2.0pp 29th 12% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.8% 12th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Reading, PA 14.7% 29th +4.8pp 31st 107% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

38.3%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Mount Pleasant, SC 25.3% 1st 19% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 2nd 17% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 3rd 14% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 4th 14% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 5th 10% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 6th 8% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 7th 7% below peers
Leander, TX 29.0% 8th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 9th 7% below peers
Lehi, UT 29.3% 10th 6% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 11th 5% below peers
Folsom, CA 29.4% 12th 5% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 13th 3% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 14th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 15th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 31.1% 16th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 17th 5% above peers
Orem, UT 32.5% 18th 5% above peers
Frederick, MD 33.9% 19th 9% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 20th 13% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 21st 14% above peers
Fall River, MA 36.0% 22nd 16% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 36.3% 23rd 17% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.5% 24th 17% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 25th 18% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 26th 20% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 27th 23% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 28th 27% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 29th 31% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 37% above peers
Reading, PA 43.3% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.7% then, 4.4% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.4% to 4.4%).
Needs attention 4.4%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 23rd -17.1pp 1st 48% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 2nd 79% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 16th -3.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 75% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 4th -1.2pp 5th 44% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 11th -1.9pp 6th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 21st -2.3pp 7th 15% above peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 18th -1.9pp 8th 9% above peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 7th -1.0pp 9th 38% below peers
Lehi, UT 3.4% 10th -1.1pp 10th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 15th -1.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 1.6% 3rd -0.4pp 12th 57% below peers
Leander, TX 6.8% 26th -1.6pp 13th 79% above peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 31st -1.2pp 14th 163% above peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 17th -0.4pp 15th 3% above peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 9th -0.1pp 16th 32% below peers
Toms River, NJ 3.5% 13th -0.1pp 17th 7% below peers
Frederick, MD 4.3% 20th +0.1pp 18th 14% above peers
Orem, UT 8.1% 28th +0.3pp 19th 112% above peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 5th +0.3pp 20th 40% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 8th +0.4pp 21st 34% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 22nd +1.0pp 22nd 21% above peers
Fall River, MA 2.3% 6th +0.6pp 23rd 39% below peers
Lawrence, KS 5.8% 24th +1.5pp 24th 54% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 14th +1.4pp 25th 6% below peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 12th +1.4pp 26th 7% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2% 19th +1.6pp 27th 9% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 30th +4.0pp 28th 161% above peers
Reading, PA 7.8% 27th +4.2pp 29th 104% above peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 29th +5.5pp 30th 159% above peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 25th +5.1pp 31st 78% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.1% to 15.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Hemet started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 15.5%).
Bright spot 15.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hemet, CA 15.5% 30th +4.4pp 1st 64% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 29th +4.0pp 2nd 63% below peers
Leander, TX 53.3% 7th +12.1pp 3rd 23% above peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 27th +3.3pp 4th 53% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 14th +6.8pp 5th 1% above peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 9th +6.8pp 6th 16% above peers
Toms River, NJ 36.4% 21st +4.8pp 7th 16% below peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 19th +5.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 2nd +7.9pp 9th 52% above peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 23rd +3.5pp 10th 30% below peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 18th +4.5pp 11th 3% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 38.5% 20th +3.7pp 12th 11% below peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 12th +4.2pp 13th 6% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 11th +4.2pp 14th 12% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 25th +2.0pp 15th 45% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 6th +4.5pp 16th 23% above peers
Orem, UT 43.6% 15th +3.6pp 17th 1% above peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 22nd +2.9pp 18th 18% below peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 3rd +5.0pp 19th 45% above peers
Lehi, UT 50.0% 10th +3.6pp 20th 15% above peers
Frederick, MD 43.2% 17th +3.0pp 21st on par with peers
Folsom, CA 54.9% 5th +3.7pp 22nd 27% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 68.4% 1st +4.5pp 23rd 58% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 26th +1.5pp 24th 47% below peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 28th +1.0pp 25th 62% below peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 8th +3.2pp 26th 22% above peers
Reading, PA 11.4% 31st +0.6pp 27th 74% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 24th +1.2pp 28th 38% below peers
Lawrence, KS 55.8% 4th +2.5pp 29th 29% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 16th +1.8pp 30th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 13th +1.4pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 →
What changed

Preschool enrollment fell 11.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.0% to 22.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.1pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 11.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.2% to 22.6%).
Needs attention 22.6%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Reading, PA 36.1% 27th +14.0pp 1st 28% below peers
Leander, TX 64.4% 4th +14.7pp 2nd 29% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 25th +6.9pp 3rd 26% below peers
Toms River, NJ 70.6% 2nd +11.2pp 4th 41% above peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 11th +4.6pp 5th 8% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 5th +5.2pp 6th 26% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 7th +4.5pp 7th 23% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 8th 51% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 3rd +2.3pp 9th 33% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 43.5% 20th +1.2pp 10th 13% below peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 8th +1.1pp 11th 13% above peers
Lehi, UT 51.3% 12th +0.7pp 12th 3% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 18th -1.2pp 13th 10% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 19th -1.9pp 14th 13% below peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 16th -2.2pp 15th on par with peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 10th -3.5pp 16th 11% above peers
Orem, UT 39.0% 22nd -3.2pp 17th 22% below peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 13th -4.6pp 18th 2% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 62.6% 6th -8.9pp 19th 25% above peers
Lawrence, KS 48.6% 17th -9.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 9th -13.3pp 21st 13% above peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 15th -14.5pp 22nd 1% above peers
Folsom, CA 51.1% 14th -14.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Fall River, MA 37.1% 24th -11.9pp 24th 26% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 30th -11.4pp 25th 55% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 21st -20.5pp 26th 22% below peers
Frederick, MD 37.8% 23rd -21.1pp 27th 24% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 26th -20.9pp 28th 28% below peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 28th -24.8pp 29th 28% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 31st -16.3pp 30th 57% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 29th -31.7pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.7% then, 7.9% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.3% to 7.9%).
Needs attention 7.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Folsom, CA 1.1% 1st -3.0pp 1st 80% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 5th -5.1pp 2nd 63% below peers
Leander, TX 4.2% 8th -7.0pp 3rd 21% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 3rd -2.2pp 4th 73% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 6th -3.1pp 5th 46% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 23rd -5.8pp 6th 46% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 15th -3.2pp 7th 4% below peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 4th -1.0pp 8th 68% below peers
Lawrence, KS 1.4% 2nd -0.8pp 9th 73% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 7th -1.5pp 10th 34% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 10th -1.5pp 11th 20% below peers
Fall River, MA 7.2% 22nd -1.4pp 12th 33% above peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 16th -0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 4.5% 12th -0.0pp 14th 16% below peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 26th +0.6pp 15th 68% above peers
Orem, UT 6.7% 19th +0.8pp 16th 25% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 17th 154% above peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 27th +1.6pp 18th 82% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 24th +1.4pp 19th 55% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 29th +3.0pp 20th 153% above peers
Frederick, MD 6.9% 21st +1.6pp 21st 28% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 17th +1.4pp 22nd 6% above peers
Lehi, UT 4.5% 13th +1.1pp 23rd 16% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 14th +1.4pp 24th 6% below peers
Reading, PA 8.9% 25th +2.8pp 25th 66% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 20th +2.1pp 26th 25% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 9th +1.5pp 27th 21% below peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 11th +1.6pp 28th 16% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 18th +3.7pp 29th 18% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 30th 189% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 10.8% 28th +9.9pp 31st 101% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84,542 to 91,326 - more than the combined survey margin (±84).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (81,203 to 91,326).
Big move 91,326
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Leander, TX 74,067 31st +38% 1st 20% below peers
Lehi, UT 85,173 28th +33% 2nd 8% below peers
Frederick, MD 83,395 30th +18% 3rd 10% below peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 16th +9% 4th on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 23rd +8% 5th 2% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 93,993 10th +8% 6th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 21st +8% 7th 1% below peers
Reading, PA 95,242 3rd +8% 8th 3% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 13th +8% 9th 1% above peers
Folsom, CA 83,916 29th +7% 10th 9% below peers
Toms River, NJ 94,956 5th +6% 11th 2% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 14th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Fall River, MA 94,082 9th +5% 13th 2% above peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 26th +5% 14th 4% below peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 27th +5% 15th 5% below peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 19th +4% 16th on par with peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 7th +3% 17th 2% above peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 22nd +3% 18th 1% below peers
Indio, CA 91,950 20th +3% 19th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 24th +3% 20th 3% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 25th +2% 21st 3% below peers
Redding, CA 93,409 15th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 18th +2% 23rd on par with peers
Orem, UT 97,182 1st +0% 24th 5% above peers
Lawrence, KS 96,051 2nd -0% 25th 4% above peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 11th -0% 26th 1% above peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 6th -0% 27th 2% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 8th -2% 28th 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 17th -2% 29th on par with peers
Erie, PA 93,850 12th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 94,994 4th -8% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±62 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.2% to 23.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 3.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.2% to 23.1%).
Big move 23.1%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Indio, CA 24.8% 8th +2.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 3rd +1.3pp 2nd 22% above peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 5th +1.2pp 3rd 16% above peers
Toms River, NJ 22.3% 18th +0.2pp 4th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 26th +0.2pp 5th 18% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 19th +0.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 24th -0.2pp 7th 14% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 12th -0.4pp 8th 4% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 22.8% 15th -0.4pp 9th on par with peers
Frederick, MD 21.9% 20th -0.4pp 10th 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 9th -0.6pp 11th 7% above peers
Reading, PA 28.4% 2nd -0.9pp 12th 25% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 29th -0.6pp 13th 30% below peers
Lawrence, KS 16.3% 28th -0.6pp 14th 28% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.9% 23rd -0.8pp 15th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 7th -1.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 22.8% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 27th -0.8pp 18th 18% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 13th -1.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Folsom, CA 22.7% 17th -1.5pp 20th 1% below peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 25th -1.3pp 21st 17% below peers
Orem, UT 26.4% 6th -1.9pp 22nd 16% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 21st -1.6pp 23rd 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 10th -1.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 22nd -1.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 26th 39% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 11th -2.9pp 27th 6% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 14th -3.1pp 28th 1% above peers
Leander, TX 26.9% 4th -4.7pp 29th 18% above peers
Lehi, UT 35.2% 1st -7.1pp 30th 54% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.8% 30th -3.0pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±1.5pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent rose 6.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.5% to 39.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.5% to 39.1%).
Big move 39.1%
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
Sandy, UT 20.5% 19th +5.2pp 1st 29% below peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 25th +3.6pp 2nd 33% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 6th +6.6pp 3rd 36% above peers
Frederick, MD 37.0% 8th +6.2pp 4th 29% above peers
Orem, UT 15.1% 27th +2.3pp 5th 47% below peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 3rd +5.6pp 6th 117% above peers
Reading, PA 66.1% 1st +5.1pp 7th 130% above peers
Fall River, MA 57.9% 4th +3.5pp 8th 102% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 11th +2.0pp 9th 12% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 9th +2.1pp 10th 22% above peers
Lawrence, KS 29.0% 15th +1.7pp 11th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 22nd +1.2pp 12th 31% below peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 2nd +3.8pp 13th 124% above peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 14th +1.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 7th +1.7pp 15th 29% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.8% 31st +0.2pp 16th 80% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 20th +0.7pp 17th 29% below peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 13th +0.8pp 18th 6% above peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 16th +0.5pp 19th on par with peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 13.9% 29th -0.3pp 20th 52% below peers
Folsom, CA 13.2% 30th -1.3pp 21st 54% below peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 18th -2.5pp 22nd 28% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 10th -4.7pp 23rd 13% above peers
Leander, TX 14.6% 28th -2.2pp 24th 49% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 30.9% 12th -5.6pp 25th 8% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 5th -7.2pp 26th 37% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 17th -5.4pp 27th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 24th -4.1pp 28th 33% below peers
Toms River, NJ 19.3% 23rd -5.3pp 29th 33% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 21st -7.6pp 30th 29% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 26th -7.1pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.7% then, 64.3% now; margin ±12.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.3% to 64.3%).
Big move 64.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lehi, UT 49.3% 31st +13.0pp 1st 29% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3% 17th +14.3pp 2nd on par with peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 1st +15.2pp 3rd 15% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 9th +14.0pp 4th 8% above peers
Folsom, CA 76.2% 5th +13.3pp 5th 10% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 24th +10.8pp 6th 6% below peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 3rd +9.7pp 7th 11% above peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 4th +9.3pp 8th 10% above peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 20th +6.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 11th +7.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Fall River, MA 75.5% 8th +7.1pp 11th 9% above peers
Orem, UT 49.8% 30th +4.3pp 12th 28% below peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 2nd +6.0pp 13th 13% above peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 14th +5.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 18th +5.1pp 15th 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 16th +4.4pp 16th on par with peers
Leander, TX 70.0% 15th +4.0pp 17th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 27th +3.6pp 18th 7% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 7th +4.2pp 19th 9% above peers
Toms River, NJ 76.0% 6th +3.0pp 20th 10% above peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 23rd +2.5pp 21st 5% below peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 10th +2.5pp 22nd 7% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 21st +0.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 13th -1.6pp 24th 3% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 22nd -4.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Lawrence, KS 73.1% 12th -5.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 25th -5.4pp 27th 7% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 64.4% 26th -6.0pp 28th 7% below peers
Frederick, MD 67.8% 19th -7.8pp 29th 2% below peers
Reading, PA 64.0% 28th -7.6pp 30th 8% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 29th -9.1pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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