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Hesperia, CA

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102,605 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Hesperia, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$72,160
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$53,561 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
19.9%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
25.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.6%
Jul 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
7.4% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
67.2%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
61.4% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.1%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
89.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.7%
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Hesperia, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.0%
2020-24
▲ 71%
relative change
3.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.5%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
7.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
45.0%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
41.4% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
11.9%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
11.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
13.2%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
10.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
30.0%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
27.0% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
19.9%
2019-23
flat
relative change
19.8% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.9%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
19.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 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
28.8%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
36.0% in 2019
Falling  
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Population
100,775
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
94,203 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,229
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$2,171 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
29.1%
2020-24
high
vs peers
30.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
53.9%
2020-24
low
vs peers
58.5% 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 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $53,561 to $72,160 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,070).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Hesperia started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 62% from 2014 to 2024 ($44,472 to $72,160).
Bright spot $72,160
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%
Deltona, FL $76,924 17th +46% 1st 11% below peers
Avondale, AZ $86,123 16th +39% 2nd on par with peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 21st +39% 3rd 21% below peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 31st +39% 4th 35% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $63,732 27th +37% 5th 26% below peers
Yuma, AZ $65,482 26th +36% 6th 24% below peers
Albany, NY $61,986 28th +35% 7th 28% below peers
Hesperia, CA $72,160 20th +35% 8th 16% below peers
Inglewood, CA $72,750 19th +34% 9th 16% below peers
Lynn, MA $75,043 18th +34% 10th 13% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $104,340 9th +33% 11th 21% above peers
Tracy, CA $121,119 6th +32% 12th 41% above peers
Daly City, CA $123,547 5th +31% 13th 43% above peers
Davenport, IA $66,200 24th +30% 14th 23% below peers
Renton, WA $100,432 11th +29% 15th 17% above peers
Burbank, CA $97,082 13th +28% 16th 13% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $106,273 8th +28% 17th 23% above peers
Quincy, MA $98,882 12th +27% 18th 15% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $159,307 1st +27% 19th 85% above peers
San Angelo, TX $65,864 25th +27% 20th 24% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $60,177 29th +27% 21st 30% below peers
Edmond, OK $103,183 10th +27% 22nd 20% above peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 7th +27% 23rd 29% above peers
Chico, CA $66,977 23rd +26% 24th 22% below peers
Suffolk, VA $92,666 14th +24% 25th 8% above peers
New Bedford, MA $56,981 30th +23% 26th 34% below peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 2nd +23% 27th 78% above peers
Longmont, CO $90,671 15th +22% 28th 5% above peers
El Cajon, CA $67,511 22nd +22% 29th 22% below peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 3rd +21% 30th 53% above peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 4th +19% 31st 51% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,601 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 0.8 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.6% in July 2026, down from 7.4% a year earlier.
Bright spot 6.6%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Burbank, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th -1.3pp 1st 20% above peers
Inglewood, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th -1.1pp 2nd 16% above peers
Hesperia, CA 6.6% (Jul 26) 27th -0.8pp 3rd 35% above peers
El Monte, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 17th -0.8pp 4th 4% above peers
South Bend, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.7pp 5th 12% below peers
Chico, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th -0.7pp 6th 10% above peers
Davenport, IA 4.6% (Jul 26) 11th -0.6pp 7th 6% below peers
Vacaville, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 15th -0.6pp 8th on par with peers
Daly City, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.5pp 9th 24% below peers
Tracy, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st -0.4pp 10th 8% above peers
El Cajon, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.3pp 11th 8% above peers
Lynn, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 12th 6% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 13th 39% below peers
Quincy, MA 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 14th 12% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 2.4% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 15th 51% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 16th 20% below peers
New Bedford, MA 6.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.1pp 17th 35% above peers
Renton, WA 4.8% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 18th 2% below peers
Longmont, CO 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.2pp 19th 12% below peers
Albany, NY 4.8% (Jul 26) 14th +0.3pp 20th 2% below peers
Avondale, AZ 5.0% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.3pp 22nd 18% below peers
San Angelo, TX 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th +0.3pp 23rd 24% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 24th 4% below peers
Deltona, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 25th 6% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 5.3% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Edmond, OK 3.8% (Jul 26) 5th +0.9pp 28th 22% below peers
Yuma, AZ 13.1% (Jul 26) 29th +1.3pp 29th 167% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.9% then, 16.9% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.6% to 16.9%).
Needs attention 16.9%
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%
San Angelo, TX 11.0% 18th -3.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Edmond, OK 8.1% 7th -2.0pp 2nd 24% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.2% 14th -2.4pp 3rd 5% below peers
Avondale, AZ 10.9% 17th -2.4pp 4th 1% above peers
Lynn, MA 13.8% 19th -2.8pp 5th 29% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.5% 22nd -2.7pp 6th 45% above peers
Hesperia, CA 16.9% 24th -2.9pp 7th 58% above peers
Inglewood, CA 14.6% 20th -2.1pp 8th 37% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 6th -1.1pp 9th 24% below peers
South Bend, IN 20.8% 29th -2.8pp 10th 94% above peers
El Monte, CA 17.4% 25th -2.0pp 11th 63% above peers
Longmont, CO 8.6% 11th -1.0pp 12th 20% below peers
Suffolk, VA 9.4% 12th -1.0pp 13th 12% below peers
Davenport, IA 15.2% 21st -1.4pp 14th 42% above peers
Quincy, MA 10.6% 15th -0.7pp 15th 1% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.8% 5th -0.3pp 16th 27% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 17.7% 26th -0.6pp 17th 66% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 16.3% 23rd -0.5pp 18th 52% above peers
Chico, CA 22.7% 30th -0.5pp 19th 112% above peers
Albany, NY 22.9% 31st +0.0pp 20th 114% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.9% 1st +0.0pp 21st 73% below peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 4th +0.1pp 22nd 28% below peers
New Bedford, MA 20.6% 28th +0.3pp 23rd 92% above peers
Burbank, CA 10.7% 16th +0.2pp 24th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 30% below peers
El Cajon, CA 20.5% 27th +1.2pp 26th 92% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 8th +0.7pp 27th 23% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 10.0% 13th +0.9pp 28th 7% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.2% 9th +0.9pp 29th 23% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% 10th +0.9pp 30th 20% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp 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 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.9% to 19.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Hesperia 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 9.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.8% to 19.9%).
Bright spot 19.9%
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%
San Angelo, TX 12.5% 14th -9.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 21st -6.0pp 2nd 58% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 3rd -2.3pp 3rd 32% below peers
Edmond, OK 9.6% 6th -2.6pp 4th 24% below peers
Suffolk, VA 12.7% 17th -3.3pp 5th 1% above peers
Davenport, IA 19.3% 20th -5.0pp 6th 53% above peers
Longmont, CO 10.7% 10th -2.7pp 7th 15% below peers
Deltona, FL 12.5% 15th -3.1pp 8th 1% below peers
Avondale, AZ 15.1% 18th -3.4pp 9th 20% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 10.1% 9th -2.3pp 10th 20% below peers
Yuma, AZ 21.8% 23rd -4.8pp 11th 73% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.9% 19th -3.4pp 12th 42% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.0% 1st -0.4pp 13th 84% below peers
Quincy, MA 12.6% 16th -2.3pp 14th on par with peers
New Bedford, MA 25.9% 27th -4.4pp 15th 105% above peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 31st -4.8pp 16th 130% above peers
Inglewood, CA 20.3% 22nd -2.9pp 17th 61% above peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 29th -3.7pp 18th 111% above peers
Albany, NY 28.3% 30th -3.1pp 19th 124% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 25.7% 26th -2.3pp 20th 103% above peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 7th -0.8pp 21st 22% below peers
Tracy, CA 10.8% 11th -0.3pp 22nd 15% below peers
El Cajon, CA 26.5% 28th -0.3pp 23rd 110% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 24th 76% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 4th +0.6pp 25th 29% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 24.4% 25th +1.9pp 26th 93% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 9.6% 5th +0.9pp 27th 24% below peers
Burbank, CA 10.8% 12th +1.6pp 28th 14% below peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 24th +3.9pp 29th 76% above peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 13th +2.0pp 30th 14% below peers
Daly City, CA 10.0% 8th +2.4pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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7 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp 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 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.6% to 94.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Hesperia started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.3% to 94.1%).
Bright spot 94.1%
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%
South Bend, IN 89.1% 27th +17.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Davenport, IA 90.0% 26th +12.3pp 2nd 4% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 25th +12.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Lynn, MA 91.5% 21st +11.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 88.3% 29th +10.8pp 5th 6% below peers
New Bedford, MA 86.7% 31st +9.8pp 6th 8% below peers
San Angelo, TX 87.9% 30th +9.8pp 7th 6% below peers
Burbank, CA 95.0% 9th +10.4pp 8th 1% above peers
Deltona, FL 94.7% 12th +10.3pp 9th 1% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 90.0% 24th +9.1pp 10th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 90.4% 22nd +9.1pp 11th 4% below peers
Inglewood, CA 92.2% 20th +9.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Suffolk, VA 90.2% 23rd +8.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Albany, NY 88.4% 28th +8.1pp 14th 6% below peers
Quincy, MA 94.6% 13th +7.8pp 15th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 95.0% 10th +7.6pp 16th 1% above peers
El Cajon, CA 93.6% 17th +5.7pp 17th on par with peers
Avondale, AZ 92.5% 19th +5.6pp 18th 1% below peers
Daly City, CA 94.8% 11th +5.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 16th +5.1pp 20th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 96.3% 3rd +4.7pp 21st 3% above peers
Hesperia, CA 94.1% 15th +4.5pp 22nd on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 6th +3.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 95.2% 7th +3.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 4th +3.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 14th +2.8pp 26th 1% above peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 5th +2.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Tracy, CA 95.2% 8th +2.1pp 28th 2% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 93.3% 18th +1.9pp 29th on par with peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 98.1% 1st +1.8pp 30th 5% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 2nd -0.5pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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
Loading tract map…
7 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.40 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.40).
Bright spot 0.40
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
Avondale, AZ 0.38 1st -0.023 1st 16% below peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 6th -0.019 2nd 10% below peers
San Angelo, TX 0.45 17th -0.021 3rd on par with peers
Davenport, IA 0.44 14th -0.019 4th 1% below peers
Edmond, OK 0.47 22nd -0.021 5th 6% above peers
Chico, CA 0.48 26th -0.017 6th 8% above peers
Deltona, FL 0.38 2nd -0.011 7th 16% below peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 5th -0.011 8th 11% below peers
New Bedford, MA 0.45 18th -0.010 9th 1% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 0.38 3rd -0.008 10th 15% below peers
Albany, NY 0.49 27th -0.009 11th 9% above peers
Hesperia, CA 0.40 7th -0.008 12th 9% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 23rd -0.006 13th 7% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 0.52 30th -0.006 14th 17% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 0.51 29th -0.001 15th 14% above peers
Inglewood, CA 0.45 15th -0.001 16th on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 0.43 11th -0.000 17th 3% below peers
Quincy, MA 0.45 16th +0.003 18th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 0.45 20th +0.008 19th 2% above peers
Yuma, AZ 0.45 19th +0.008 20th 2% above peers
Longmont, CO 0.43 9th +0.009 21st 4% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 0.56 31st +0.012 22nd 25% above peers
Lynn, MA 0.47 21st +0.012 23rd 5% above peers
Renton, WA 0.43 10th +0.012 24th 3% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 0.48 24th +0.013 25th 7% above peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 13th +0.012 26th 1% below peers
Burbank, CA 0.50 28th +0.017 27th 11% above peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 8th +0.014 28th 9% below peers
Tracy, CA 0.38 4th +0.014 29th 14% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 25th +0.023 30th 8% above peers
Daly City, CA 0.44 12th +0.031 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (19.8% then, 19.9% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (18.6% 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
Sandy Springs, GA 3.6% 4th -1.3pp 1st 70% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 2nd -0.5pp 2nd 88% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 12.0% 16th -3.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Fort Myers, FL 12.8% 18th -3.4pp 4th 7% above peers
Avondale, AZ 12.0% 17th -2.6pp 5th on par with peers
Albany, NY 18.6% 25th -3.7pp 6th 56% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.2% 1st -0.2pp 7th 90% below peers
Suffolk, VA 11.2% 14th -1.7pp 8th 7% below peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 23rd -2.0pp 9th 39% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.7% 22nd -1.2pp 10th 31% above peers
San Angelo, TX 9.8% 13th -0.2pp 11th 18% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 27th +0.1pp 12th 66% above peers
Deltona, FL 17.2% 24th +0.2pp 13th 44% above peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 15th +0.3pp 14th 3% below peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 9th +0.2pp 15th 32% below peers
Lynn, MA 28.9% 30th +0.9pp 16th 141% above peers
Longmont, CO 9.2% 11th +0.4pp 17th 23% below peers
Davenport, IA 14.6% 20th +1.2pp 18th 22% above peers
Edmond, OK 6.6% 6th +0.6pp 19th 45% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 8th +1.2pp 20th 32% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 5th +0.6pp 21st 68% below peers
El Cajon, CA 24.7% 29th +3.6pp 22nd 107% above peers
New Bedford, MA 31.0% 31st +5.4pp 23rd 159% above peers
Tracy, CA 9.7% 12th +2.1pp 24th 19% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.0% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 75% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 21st +3.9pp 26th 23% above peers
Inglewood, CA 18.7% 26th +5.4pp 27th 56% above peers
Quincy, MA 13.8% 19th +4.1pp 28th 15% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 28th +6.6pp 29th 84% above peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 7th +2.6pp 30th 36% below peers
Burbank, CA 9.2% 10th +4.4pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.4pp 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 recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $462,029 in August 2026, up from $454,050 a year earlier.
$462,029
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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%
South Bend, IN $201,639 (Aug 26) 29th +7.2% 1st 60% below peers
San Mateo, CA $1,672,329 (Aug 26) 1st +4.6% 2nd 229% above peers
Albany, NY $332,657 (Aug 26) 24th +4.2% 3rd 34% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $576,824 (Aug 26) 14th +3.7% 4th 14% above peers
Davenport, IA $196,283 (Aug 26) 30th +3.6% 5th 61% below peers
New Bedford, MA $442,741 (Aug 26) 20th +3.6% 6th 13% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $692,396 (Aug 26) 9th +3.5% 7th 36% above peers
Daly City, CA $1,115,941 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.2% 8th 120% above peers
Suffolk, VA $389,533 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.7% 9th 23% below peers
Inglewood, CA $749,827 (Aug 26) 6th +2.3% 10th 48% above peers
Quincy, MA $679,587 (Aug 26) 10th +1.8% 11th 34% above peers
Fishers, IN $444,527 (Aug 26) 19th +1.8% 12th 12% below peers
Hesperia, CA $462,029 (Aug 26) 17th +1.8% 13th 9% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $176,929 (Aug 26) 31st +1.6% 14th 65% below peers
El Monte, CA $752,694 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 15th 48% above peers
Edmond, OK $355,447 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.8% 16th 30% below peers
Lynn, MA $580,377 (Aug 26) 13th +0.7% 17th 14% above peers
Chico, CA $460,839 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 18th 9% below peers
Columbia, MD $507,609 (Aug 26) 16th +0.5% 19th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ $295,611 (Aug 26) 27th +0.3% 20th 42% below peers
Burbank, CA $1,176,932 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.0% 21st 132% above peers
El Cajon, CA $817,309 (Aug 26) 4th -0.5% 22nd 61% above peers
Vacaville, CA $601,486 (Aug 26) 12th -0.5% 23rd 18% above peers
Deltona, FL $298,293 (Aug 26) 26th -0.7% 24th 41% below peers
Avondale, AZ $394,129 (Aug 26) 21st -1.3% 25th 22% below peers
Longmont, CO $544,848 (Aug 26) 15th -1.6% 26th 7% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $694,234 (Aug 26) 8th -1.8% 27th 37% above peers
Renton, WA $731,654 (Aug 26) 7th -1.9% 28th 44% above peers
San Angelo, TX $212,773 (Aug 26) 28th -3.7% 29th 58% below peers
Tracy, CA $672,627 (Aug 26) 11th -4.4% 30th 33% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $305,650 (Aug 26) 25th -5.0% 31st 40% 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 recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $402,152 in August 2026, up from $391,969 a year earlier.
$402,152
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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%
South Bend, IN $120,201 (Aug 26) 30th +10.6% 1st 67% below peers
Albany, NY $249,246 (Aug 26) 24th +5.1% 2nd 31% below peers
Davenport, IA $127,899 (Aug 26) 29th +4.8% 3rd 64% below peers
New Bedford, MA $365,962 (Aug 26) 15th +4.3% 4th 2% above peers
Suffolk, VA $255,290 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.7% 5th 29% below peers
Hesperia, CA $402,152 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 6th 12% above peers
Inglewood, CA $567,590 (Aug 26) 7th +1.9% 7th 58% above peers
Fishers, IN $339,609 (Aug 26) 19th +1.9% 8th 6% below peers
Daly City, CA $879,603 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.7% 9th 144% above peers
San Mateo, CA $995,042 (Aug 26) 1st +1.7% 10th 176% above peers
El Monte, CA $635,761 (Aug 26) 4th +1.5% 11th 77% above peers
Quincy, MA $477,931 (Aug 26) 11th +1.4% 12th 33% above peers
Chico, CA $351,343 (Aug 26) 17th +1.4% 13th 2% below peers
Edmond, OK $252,887 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.0% 14th 30% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $89,547 (Aug 26) 31st +0.6% 15th 75% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $264,633 (Aug 26) 21st +0.3% 16th 26% below peers
Lynn, MA $446,726 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 17th 24% above peers
Burbank, CA $868,131 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.0% 18th 141% above peers
Yuma, AZ $209,337 (Aug 26) 26th -0.2% 19th 42% below peers
El Cajon, CA $591,375 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 20th 64% above peers
Columbia, MD $359,977 (Aug 26) 16th -0.3% 21st on par with peers
Deltona, FL $248,755 (Aug 26) 25th -0.6% 22nd 31% below peers
Vacaville, CA $502,951 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 23rd 40% above peers
Avondale, AZ $344,189 (Aug 26) 18th -1.3% 24th 4% below peers
Renton, WA $522,663 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 25th 45% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $568,805 (Aug 26) 6th -1.7% 26th 58% above peers
Longmont, CO $423,526 (Aug 26) 13th -2.4% 27th 18% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $277,549 (Aug 26) 20th -3.3% 28th 23% below peers
San Angelo, TX $133,030 (Aug 26) 28th -3.8% 29th 63% below peers
Tracy, CA $548,866 (Aug 26) 8th -4.0% 30th 52% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $186,782 (Aug 26) 27th -7.4% 31st 48% 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 5.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.4% to 67.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.3% to 67.2%).
Bright spot 67.2%
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%
Avondale, AZ 61.6% 14th +6.6pp 1st 2% above peers
Hesperia, CA 67.2% 7th +5.8pp 2nd 12% above peers
Yuma, AZ 66.8% 8th +5.5pp 3rd 11% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 6th +5.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Lynn, MA 48.1% 23rd +3.2pp 5th 20% below peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 16th +3.0pp 6th on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 50.2% 20th +2.2pp 7th 17% below peers
El Cajon, CA 41.5% 27th +1.8pp 8th 31% below peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 19th +2.2pp 9th 10% below peers
Deltona, FL 80.2% 1st +3.1pp 10th 33% above peers
Tracy, CA 65.0% 10th +2.2pp 11th 8% above peers
Burbank, CA 43.3% 26th +1.4pp 12th 28% below peers
Daly City, CA 60.2% 17th +1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 70.3% 5th +2.1pp 14th 17% above peers
Longmont, CO 62.5% 13th +1.8pp 15th 4% above peers
Suffolk, VA 70.7% 4th +2.0pp 16th 17% above peers
San Angelo, TX 61.2% 15th +1.4pp 17th 2% above peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 30th +0.7pp 18th 37% below peers
Inglewood, CA 36.2% 31st +0.4pp 19th 40% below peers
Davenport, IA 62.9% 12th +0.6pp 20th 4% above peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 29th +0.2pp 21st 33% below peers
New Bedford, MA 40.3% 28th +0.1pp 22nd 33% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 56.4% 18th +0.1pp 23rd 6% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 11th -0.7pp 24th 8% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 49.1% 22nd -0.5pp 25th 19% below peers
Quincy, MA 45.2% 24th -0.9pp 26th 25% below peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 3rd -1.5pp 27th 27% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 78.1% 2nd -2.1pp 28th 30% above peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 25th -1.3pp 29th 28% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 65.7% 9th -5.5pp 30th 9% above peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 21st -4.5pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,229 in August 2026, up from $2,171 a year earlier.
Big move $2,229
2022August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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%
Daly City, CA $2,962 (Aug 26) 2nd +9.8% 1st 45% above peers
San Mateo, CA $3,917 (Aug 26) 1st +9.6% 2nd 91% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $1,362 (Aug 26) 28th +7.6% 3rd 34% below peers
Suffolk, VA $2,049 (Aug 26) 16th +6.3% 4th on par with peers
San Angelo, TX $1,304 (Aug 26) 29th +5.1% 5th 36% below peers
Albany, NY $1,631 (Aug 26) 25th +4.9% 6th 20% below peers
Deltona, FL $2,039 (Aug 26) 17th +4.7% 7th 1% below peers
Fishers, IN $1,911 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 8th 7% below peers
New Bedford, MA $1,841 (Aug 26) 20th +4.5% 9th 10% below peers
Davenport, IA $971 (Aug 26) 31st +4.3% 10th 53% below peers
Columbia, MD $2,259 (Aug 26) 13th +3.9% 11th 10% above peers
Yuma, AZ $1,459 (Aug 26) 27th +3.1% 12th 29% below peers
South Bend, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 30th +3.0% 13th 37% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $2,949 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.0% 14th 44% above peers
Renton, WA $2,236 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 15th 9% above peers
Hesperia, CA $2,229 (Aug 26) 15th +2.7% 16th 9% above peers
Lynn, MA $2,313 (Aug 26) 11th +2.3% 17th 13% above peers
Edmond, OK $1,690 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.2% 18th 18% below peers
Vacaville, CA $2,614 (Aug 26) 7th +1.5% 19th 28% above peers
El Monte, CA $2,361 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 20th 15% above peers
Longmont, CO $1,923 (Aug 26) 18th +1.2% 21st 6% below peers
Chico, CA $1,544 (Aug 26) 26th +1.1% 22nd 25% below peers
Burbank, CA $2,783 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 23rd 36% above peers
Quincy, MA $2,770 (Aug 26) 5th +0.8% 24th 35% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $2,597 (Aug 26) 8th +0.7% 25th 27% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $1,706 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.6% 26th 17% below peers
Tracy, CA $2,701 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 27th 32% above peers
El Cajon, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 28th 11% above peers
Inglewood, CA $2,492 (Aug 26) 9th -0.8% 29th 22% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $1,745 (Aug 26) 21st -1.1% 30th 15% below peers
Avondale, AZ $1,688 (Aug 26) 24th -1.2% 31st 18% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
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 (41.4% then, 45.0% now; margin ±4.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.5% to 45.0%).
Needs attention 45.0%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
El Monte, CA 48.1% 28th -3.9pp 1st 24% above peers
Albany, NY 39.3% 19th -2.8pp 2nd 2% above peers
Deltona, FL 32.7% 11th -2.2pp 3rd 15% below peers
Davenport, IA 29.4% 5th -1.9pp 4th 24% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 30.1% 6th -1.9pp 5th 22% below peers
Yuma, AZ 30.9% 8th -1.8pp 6th 20% below peers
Tracy, CA 35.3% 14th -1.2pp 7th 9% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 4th -0.7pp 8th 29% below peers
Quincy, MA 39.8% 20th -0.7pp 9th 3% above peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 7th -0.5pp 10th 21% below peers
Daly City, CA 41.5% 21st -0.5pp 11th 7% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 32.3% 10th -0.2pp 12th 17% below peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 16th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 34.1% 12th +0.2pp 14th 12% below peers
Edmond, OK 27.7% 3rd +0.6pp 15th 29% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 23rd +1.1pp 16th 15% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 17th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Burbank, CA 47.7% 27th +2.1pp 18th 23% above peers
Avondale, AZ 35.2% 13th +1.6pp 19th 9% below peers
Lynn, MA 49.7% 29th +2.9pp 20th 28% above peers
Inglewood, CA 54.9% 30th +3.4pp 21st 42% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 18th +2.5pp 22nd on par with peers
San Angelo, TX 32.0% 9th +2.1pp 23rd 17% below peers
Hesperia, CA 45.0% 24th +3.6pp 24th 16% above peers
El Cajon, CA 55.4% 31st +5.6pp 25th 43% above peers
Longmont, CO 37.1% 15th +3.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 27th 48% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 44.6% 22nd +5.7pp 28th 15% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 45.1% 25th +6.1pp 29th 16% above peers
New Bedford, MA 45.9% 26th +6.5pp 30th 18% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 26.6% 2nd +5.0pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.4% then, 4.7% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 4.7%).
Bright spot 4.7%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Longmont, CO 4.2% 7th -1.6pp 1st 41% below peers
New Bedford, MA 16.6% 29th -4.4pp 2nd 136% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.1% 28th -3.1pp 3rd 100% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.2% 30th -3.8pp 4th 144% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 25th -2.0pp 5th 39% above peers
Deltona, FL 2.6% 1st -0.5pp 6th 63% below peers
Yuma, AZ 5.8% 13th -1.1pp 7th 18% below peers
San Angelo, TX 5.5% 12th -1.0pp 8th 22% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 10.2% 27th -1.7pp 9th 45% above peers
Suffolk, VA 5.0% 10th -0.8pp 10th 29% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.3% 4th -0.5pp 11th 53% below peers
El Cajon, CA 8.1% 19th -1.0pp 12th 15% above peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 16th -0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Albany, NY 24.0% 31st -2.2pp 14th 241% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 6th -0.3pp 15th 43% below peers
Avondale, AZ 4.6% 8th -0.2pp 16th 35% below peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 24th -0.2pp 17th 31% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 7.4% 18th -0.1pp 18th 5% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 7.2% 17th -0.1pp 19th 3% above peers
Tracy, CA 3.4% 5th -0.0pp 20th 52% below peers
Davenport, IA 9.0% 23rd +0.1pp 21st 28% above peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 14th +0.1pp 22nd 17% below peers
Burbank, CA 8.3% 20th +0.2pp 23rd 18% above peers
Daly City, CA 8.4% 22nd +0.2pp 24th 20% above peers
Inglewood, CA 9.9% 26th +0.5pp 25th 40% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.7% 3rd +0.2pp 26th 62% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 5.2% 11th +0.7pp 27th 26% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 21st +1.6pp 28th 19% above peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 15th +1.8pp 29th 3% below peers
Hesperia, CA 4.7% 9th +1.2pp 30th 34% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.7% to 9.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 10.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.7% to 9.5%).
Needs attention 9.5%
20132024
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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 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Vacaville, CA 2.6% 1st -1.6pp 1st 63% below peers
Burbank, CA 4.0% 5th -2.3pp 2nd 44% below peers
Inglewood, CA 9.6% 24th -2.8pp 3rd 34% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 22nd -2.1pp 4th 23% above peers
Lynn, MA 4.1% 7th -0.9pp 5th 43% below peers
El Cajon, CA 6.5% 14th -1.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Tracy, CA 5.4% 11th -0.8pp 7th 24% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.6% 21st -1.0pp 8th 21% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.9% 27th -0.7pp 9th 81% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 7.2% 17th -0.3pp 10th on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 11th 44% below peers
Yuma, AZ 11.3% 25th +0.0pp 12th 57% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.4% 13th +0.1pp 13th 10% below peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 19th +0.4pp 14th 7% above peers
Albany, NY 5.2% 9th +0.3pp 15th 28% below peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 18th +0.4pp 16th 1% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.5% 3rd +0.2pp 17th 51% below peers
Longmont, CO 7.2% 16th +0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.3pp 19th 55% below peers
Edmond, OK 7.8% 20th +0.7pp 20th 9% above peers
Daly City, CA 5.6% 12th +0.6pp 21st 22% below peers
San Angelo, TX 15.3% 29th +1.7pp 22nd 114% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 16.8% 30th +1.9pp 23rd 134% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 17.8% 31st +2.1pp 24th 149% above peers
Deltona, FL 12.3% 26th +1.5pp 25th 72% above peers
New Bedford, MA 5.4% 10th +0.7pp 26th 25% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.6% 8th +0.7pp 27th 36% below peers
Davenport, IA 6.6% 15th +1.0pp 28th 8% below peers
Avondale, AZ 13.4% 28th +2.2pp 29th 88% above peers
Hesperia, CA 9.5% 23rd +1.8pp 30th 33% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 3.8% 4th +1.9pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

38.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Daly City, CA 19.1% 1st 41% below peers
Longmont, CO 19.7% 2nd 39% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 20.8% 3rd 36% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 4th 32% below peers
Renton, WA 24.4% 5th 25% below peers
Burbank, CA 24.6% 6th 24% below peers
Quincy, MA 25.5% 7th 21% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 26.1% 8th 19% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.4% 9th 19% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 26.9% 10th 17% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 11th 12% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 12th 10% below peers
El Cajon, CA 29.6% 13th 9% below peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 14th 2% below peers
Tracy, CA 32.4% 15th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 16th on par with peers
Inglewood, CA 33.0% 17th 2% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.9% 18th 5% above peers
Lynn, MA 34.3% 19th 6% above peers
Edmond, OK 34.7% 20th 7% above peers
Deltona, FL 35.2% 21st 9% above peers
Avondale, AZ 36.2% 22nd 12% above peers
San Angelo, TX 37.0% 23rd 14% above peers
New Bedford, MA 37.3% 24th 15% above peers
Hesperia, CA 38.0% 25th 17% above peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 26th 18% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 38.8% 27th 20% above peers
Davenport, IA 41.2% 28th 27% above peers
Yuma, AZ 41.5% 29th 28% above peers
Suffolk, VA 41.7% 30th 29% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 31st 30% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.5% to 6.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.9% to 6.0%).
Needs attention 6.0%
20122024
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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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Burbank, CA 1.7% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 59% below peers
New Bedford, MA 1.5% 1st -1.7pp 2nd 65% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.2% 16th -1.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Inglewood, CA 4.3% 17th -1.8pp 4th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 4th -0.8pp 5th 52% below peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 14th -1.0pp 6th 3% below peers
El Cajon, CA 3.2% 9th -0.5pp 7th 24% below peers
Tracy, CA 3.3% 11th -0.4pp 8th 20% below peers
Yuma, AZ 7.7% 26th -0.7pp 9th 86% above peers
Davenport, IA 3.3% 10th -0.0pp 10th 21% below peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 7th +0.3pp 11th 43% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 10.4% 27th +1.6pp 12th 150% above peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 13th +0.6pp 13th 4% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 6.7% 25th +1.1pp 14th 61% above peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 15th 59% below peers
Longmont, CO 4.1% 15th +1.1pp 16th 2% below peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 18th +1.2pp 17th 12% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.2% 31st +4.2pp 18th 267% above peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 12th +0.9pp 19th 19% below peers
Avondale, AZ 11.4% 29th +3.4pp 20th 175% above peers
Edmond, OK 5.0% 22nd +1.6pp 21st 21% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.9% 21st +1.7pp 22nd 19% above peers
San Angelo, TX 12.7% 30th +4.5pp 23rd 207% above peers
Hesperia, CA 6.0% 24th +2.5pp 24th 45% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.0% 8th +1.3pp 25th 28% below peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 5th +1.0pp 26th 51% below peers
Lynn, MA 2.2% 6th +1.2pp 27th 47% below peers
Albany, NY 4.7% 19th +3.0pp 28th 13% above peers
Deltona, FL 10.6% 28th +6.8pp 29th 154% above peers
Daly City, CA 5.2% 23rd +3.6pp 30th 25% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 4.9% 20th +4.0pp 31st 18% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.2% then, 11.9% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 11.9%).
Needs attention 11.9%
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 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lynn, MA 24.1% 24th +5.5pp 1st 25% below peers
Tracy, CA 28.5% 19th +6.5pp 2nd 11% below peers
El Monte, CA 15.2% 30th +2.9pp 3rd 53% below peers
Deltona, FL 19.9% 28th +3.7pp 4th 38% below peers
Inglewood, CA 25.2% 22nd +4.0pp 5th 21% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 20th +4.3pp 6th 13% below peers
Davenport, IA 29.9% 17th +4.4pp 7th 6% below peers
Avondale, AZ 21.3% 26th +2.8pp 8th 33% below peers
Albany, NY 45.3% 11th +5.7pp 9th 42% above peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 18th +3.6pp 10th 8% below peers
Suffolk, VA 33.3% 15th +3.9pp 11th 4% above peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 12th +4.8pp 12th 32% above peers
Yuma, AZ 20.9% 27th +2.4pp 13th 35% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 61.8% 5th +6.5pp 14th 93% above peers
Quincy, MA 50.3% 8th +5.2pp 15th 57% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.1% 9th +4.8pp 16th 47% above peers
El Cajon, CA 23.0% 25th +2.1pp 17th 28% below peers
Longmont, CO 47.0% 10th +4.1pp 18th 47% above peers
Renton, WA 39.5% 13th +3.0pp 19th 23% above peers
Edmond, OK 57.6% 7th +4.2pp 20th 80% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 32.0% 16th +2.3pp 21st on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 6th +3.6pp 22nd 81% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 25.4% 21st +1.6pp 23rd 21% below peers
Hesperia, CA 11.9% 31st +0.7pp 24th 63% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 69.2% 1st +4.1pp 25th 116% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 67.8% 2nd +3.4pp 26th 112% above peers
Daly City, CA 38.9% 14th +1.2pp 27th 22% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 4th +0.9pp 28th 99% above peers
New Bedford, MA 17.0% 29th +0.0pp 29th 47% below peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 3rd +0.0pp 30th 108% above peers
San Angelo, TX 24.7% 23rd +0.0pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.0% then, 30.0% now; margin ±9.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.5% to 30.0%).
Needs attention 30.0%
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%
Sandy Springs, GA 68.2% 3rd +18.3pp 1st 49% above peers
Lynn, MA 32.8% 28th +6.9pp 2nd 28% below peers
El Cajon, CA 52.0% 12th +6.0pp 3rd 14% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 6th +7.0pp 4th 34% above peers
Hesperia, CA 30.0% 29th +3.0pp 5th 35% below peers
Longmont, CO 72.5% 1st +7.1pp 6th 58% above peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 21st +3.5pp 7th 19% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 14th +4.4pp 8th 5% above peers
Davenport, IA 43.8% 18th +3.5pp 9th 4% below peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 17th +3.0pp 10th 2% below peers
Edmond, OK 52.5% 11th +3.5pp 11th 15% above peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 5th +1.8pp 12th 38% above peers
Deltona, FL 36.5% 23rd +1.0pp 13th 20% below peers
Albany, NY 57.2% 8th -0.5pp 14th 25% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 45.8% 15th -0.8pp 15th on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 71.5% 2nd -1.8pp 16th 56% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 64.2% 4th -3.5pp 17th 40% above peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 9th -4.3pp 18th 23% above peers
Quincy, MA 59.9% 7th -8.1pp 19th 31% above peers
New Bedford, MA 36.5% 22nd -5.5pp 20th 20% below peers
Suffolk, VA 45.8% 16th -7.9pp 21st on par with peers
Tracy, CA 37.7% 20th -7.0pp 22nd 18% below peers
San Angelo, TX 34.5% 25th -7.8pp 23rd 25% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.6% 19th -10.2pp 24th 9% below peers
Daly City, CA 49.4% 13th -12.7pp 25th 8% above peers
Burbank, CA 53.0% 10th -21.8pp 26th 16% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 27th -14.3pp 27th 28% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 24th -17.8pp 28th 24% below peers
Yuma, AZ 28.6% 30th -15.4pp 29th 37% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.2% 26th -23.2pp 30th 27% below peers
Avondale, AZ 14.8% 31st -22.2pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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 (10.3% then, 13.2% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.3% to 13.2%).
Needs attention 13.2%
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
Avondale, AZ 4.2% 6th -6.6pp 1st 38% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.4% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 79% below peers
Lynn, MA 5.7% 12th -3.6pp 3rd 16% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.7% 4th -2.0pp 4th 44% below peers
Davenport, IA 7.9% 22nd -3.1pp 5th 17% above peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 18th -2.5pp 6th 4% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 25th -2.7pp 7th 31% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.3% 7th -1.3pp 8th 35% below peers
El Cajon, CA 4.9% 8th -1.2pp 9th 27% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6.7% 16th -1.4pp 10th on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 10th -0.9pp 11th 23% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 8.6% 24th -0.5pp 12th 29% above peers
Daly City, CA 6.2% 13th +0.4pp 13th 8% below peers
Longmont, CO 10.8% 27th +0.7pp 14th 61% above peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.4pp 15th 51% below peers
Yuma, AZ 12.3% 29th +1.7pp 16th 83% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.7% 14th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
New Bedford, MA 10.0% 26th +2.2pp 18th 49% above peers
Hesperia, CA 13.2% 31st +2.9pp 19th 97% above peers
San Angelo, TX 6.8% 17th +1.5pp 20th on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.2% 2nd +0.7pp 21st 52% below peers
Albany, NY 4.1% 5th +1.1pp 22nd 38% below peers
Burbank, CA 5.0% 9th +1.3pp 23rd 26% below peers
Deltona, FL 7.3% 19th +2.4pp 24th 9% above peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 11th +1.9pp 25th 16% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.9% 21st +2.8pp 26th 17% above peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 15th +3.0pp 27th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 20th +3.5pp 28th 10% above peers
Inglewood, CA 12.4% 30th +6.7pp 29th 84% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 23rd +4.8pp 30th 25% above peers
Quincy, MA 11.0% 28th +9.1pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.5pp 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 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 94,203 to 100,775 - more than the combined survey margin (±106).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (91,757 to 100,775).
Big move 100,775
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Fort Myers, FL 95,051 30th +19% 1st 7% below peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 12th +13% 2nd on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 98,796 26th +10% 3rd 3% below peers
Avondale, AZ 92,477 31st +9% 4th 9% below peers
Lynn, MA 101,709 17th +8% 5th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 102,114 15th +8% 6th on par with peers
Chico, CA 102,188 14th +8% 7th on par with peers
Deltona, FL 97,334 27th +8% 8th 5% below peers
Hesperia, CA 100,775 20th +7% 9th 1% below peers
Tracy, CA 96,966 28th +7% 10th 5% below peers
New Bedford, MA 100,998 18th +6% 11th 1% below peers
Longmont, CO 99,406 25th +5% 12th 3% below peers
Edmond, OK 96,825 29th +5% 13th 5% below peers
Yuma, AZ 100,139 23rd +4% 14th 2% below peers
Renton, WA 105,317 3rd +4% 15th 3% above peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 10th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Albany, NY 100,492 21st +3% 17th 1% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 100,234 22nd +3% 18th 2% below peers
El Cajon, CA 104,449 6th +1% 19th 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 9th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Burbank, CA 104,546 5th +1% 21st 3% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 7th +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 107,087 1st +0% 23rd 5% above peers
San Angelo, TX 99,674 24th -0% 24th 2% below peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 8th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Davenport, IA 100,913 19th -1% 26th 1% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 102,581 11th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 102,257 13th -3% 28th on par with peers
Daly City, CA 101,964 16th -4% 29th on par with peers
Inglewood, CA 104,569 4th -5% 30th 3% above peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 2nd -8% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±44 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.6% then, 29.1% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (31.2% to 29.1%).
Big move 29.1%
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
Burbank, CA 19.1% 23rd +1.0pp 1st 14% below peers
New Bedford, MA 23.9% 11th +1.0pp 2nd 7% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 22.3% 16th +0.3pp 3rd on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 25.6% 5th +0.3pp 4th 15% above peers
Edmond, OK 25.4% 8th -0.1pp 5th 14% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 15th -0.2pp 6th 2% above peers
San Angelo, TX 23.2% 13th -0.2pp 7th 4% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.4% 29th -0.2pp 8th 35% below peers
Deltona, FL 23.1% 14th -0.3pp 9th 3% above peers
Lynn, MA 24.1% 9th -0.4pp 10th 8% above peers
Suffolk, VA 23.6% 12th -0.7pp 11th 6% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 17th -0.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Yuma, AZ 25.5% 7th -0.9pp 13th 14% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 16.2% 28th -0.6pp 14th 27% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 26th -0.8pp 15th 17% below peers
Hesperia, CA 29.1% 1st -1.5pp 16th 30% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 18th -1.1pp 17th 6% below peers
Tracy, CA 26.5% 4th -1.6pp 18th 19% above peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 20th -1.3pp 19th 7% below peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 6th -1.7pp 20th 14% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 21st -1.3pp 21st 12% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 18.4% 27th -1.4pp 22nd 17% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 19.1% 24th -1.6pp 23rd 15% below peers
Avondale, AZ 26.8% 2nd -2.4pp 24th 20% above peers
Daly City, CA 14.4% 30th -1.3pp 25th 35% below peers
Davenport, IA 21.0% 19th -2.0pp 26th 6% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 27th 20% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 24.0% 10th -3.1pp 28th 7% above peers
Inglewood, CA 19.4% 22nd -4.2pp 29th 13% below peers
Longmont, CO 18.8% 25th -5.0pp 30th 16% below peers
Albany, NY 13.9% 31st -3.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent fell 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.0% to 28.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.5pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.8% to 28.8%).
Big move 28.8%
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
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 23rd +6.8pp 1st 24% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 43.8% 7th +9.0pp 2nd 42% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 3rd +6.1pp 3rd 51% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 14.2% 30th +1.7pp 4th 54% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 27.1% 21st +3.2pp 5th 12% below peers
Burbank, CA 22.5% 24th +2.7pp 6th 27% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 11th +3.6pp 7th 17% above peers
Lynn, MA 45.4% 4th +3.0pp 8th 47% above peers
Tracy, CA 19.0% 28th +1.2pp 9th 38% below peers
San Angelo, TX 36.1% 10th +2.1pp 10th 17% above peers
El Cajon, CA 28.9% 18th +1.3pp 11th 6% below peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 16th +1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 20th +0.2pp 13th 9% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 2nd +0.1pp 14th 57% above peers
Suffolk, VA 32.0% 15th -0.2pp 15th 4% above peers
Deltona, FL 34.2% 14th -0.3pp 16th 11% above peers
Davenport, IA 39.0% 9th -0.4pp 17th 27% above peers
New Bedford, MA 55.6% 1st -0.6pp 18th 81% above peers
Avondale, AZ 34.9% 13th -0.6pp 19th 13% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 45.2% 5th -1.8pp 20th 47% above peers
Longmont, CO 30.6% 17th -1.4pp 21st 1% below peers
Daly City, CA 22.2% 25th -1.2pp 22nd 28% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 19.9% 26th -1.5pp 23rd 35% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.7% 8th -3.9pp 24th 35% above peers
Yuma, AZ 36.0% 12th -3.6pp 25th 17% above peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 22nd -4.0pp 26th 20% below peers
Quincy, MA 18.4% 29th -3.2pp 27th 40% below peers
Edmond, OK 19.1% 27th -4.0pp 28th 38% below peers
Hesperia, CA 28.8% 19th -7.3pp 29th 7% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 31st -3.8pp 30th 61% below peers
Albany, NY 44.6% 6th -14.5pp 31st 45% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±3.9pp 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 (58.5% then, 53.9% now; margin ±11.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.2% to 53.9%).
Big move 53.9%
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
Deltona, FL 82.2% 1st +13.8pp 1st 19% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 69.2% 14th +10.2pp 2nd 1% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 72.2% 10th +10.4pp 3rd 5% above peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 18th +9.2pp 4th on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 63.5% 24th +7.3pp 5th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 13th +7.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Longmont, CO 66.4% 21st +6.6pp 7th 4% below peers
Quincy, MA 73.3% 8th +6.8pp 8th 6% above peers
San Angelo, TX 74.6% 6th +6.7pp 9th 8% above peers
New Bedford, MA 72.7% 9th +6.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Davenport, IA 78.9% 2nd +6.7pp 11th 15% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 68.8% 16th +5.6pp 12th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 54.3% 30th +3.8pp 13th 21% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 4th +4.8pp 14th 12% above peers
Avondale, AZ 67.6% 19th +2.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Edmond, OK 64.3% 23rd +2.5pp 16th 7% below peers
Tracy, CA 57.8% 29th +2.1pp 17th 16% below peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 3rd +2.9pp 18th 14% above peers
Suffolk, VA 69.2% 15th +2.5pp 19th on par with peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 25th +1.8pp 20th 8% below peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 5th +2.0pp 21st 11% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 17th -1.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 28th -1.4pp 23rd 14% below peers
Lynn, MA 71.2% 12th -2.6pp 24th 3% above peers
Daly City, CA 74.1% 7th -2.8pp 25th 8% above peers
Yuma, AZ 59.2% 27th -3.2pp 26th 14% below peers
Burbank, CA 62.6% 26th -4.7pp 27th 9% below peers
Albany, NY 71.7% 11th -5.7pp 28th 4% above peers
Hesperia, CA 53.9% 31st -4.6pp 29th 22% below peers
Inglewood, CA 67.4% 20th -6.8pp 30th 2% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 65.4% 22nd -7.2pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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