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Huntington Beach, CA
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191,451 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

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

What needs attention 2 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

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

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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $95,046 to $120,919 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,520).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Huntington Beach started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 46% from 2014 to 2024 ($82,554 to $120,919).
Bright spot $120,919
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 18th +49% 1st 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 20th +42% 2nd 7% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 11th +40% 3rd 20% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 17th +38% 4th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 13th +37% 5th 15% above peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 9th +37% 6th 28% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 22nd +35% 7th 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 29th +35% 8th 25% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 14th +35% 9th 9% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 10th 82% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 27th +34% 11th 22% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 10th +34% 12th 28% above peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 6th +32% 13th 39% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 12th +32% 14th 17% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 5th +31% 15th 43% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 15th +31% 16th on par with peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 19th +31% 17th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 8th +31% 18th 35% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 26th +30% 19th 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 16th +29% 20th on par with peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 21st 95% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 22nd 74% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 7th +27% 23rd 38% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 28th +27% 24th 23% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 24th +26% 25th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 23rd +25% 26th 16% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 30th +24% 27th 31% below peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 28th 34% below peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 21st +23% 29th 15% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 4th +21% 30th 51% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 25th +18% 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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2 of 44 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,965 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in July 2026, down from 4.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.2%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Akron, OH 4.1% (Jul 26) 7th -1.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% (Jul 26) 28th -1.7pp 2nd 64% above peers
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -1.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.1pp 4th 13% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 4th -0.8pp 5th 13% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 6th 16% above peers
Ontario, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 7th 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 8th 24% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 26th -0.4pp 9th 20% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 12th 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 13th 16% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 14th 7% above peers
Cary, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 15th 33% below peers
Aurora, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 16th 2% below peers
Salem, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 25th -0.2pp 17th 18% above peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 18th 11% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.2pp 19th 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.1pp 20th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 21st 11% below peers
Tempe, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.7pp 23rd 9% below peers
Birmingham, AL 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 25th 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 27th +0.8pp 27th 22% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 28th 4% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.1% then, 7.8% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 7.8%).
Bright spot 7.8%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 16th -4.0pp 1st on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 8th -2.5pp 2nd 35% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 9th -2.7pp 3rd 30% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 30th -5.6pp 4th 50% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 26th -4.8pp 5th 31% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 17th -3.5pp 6th 7% above peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 24th -4.1pp 7th 28% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.5% 6th -1.9pp 8th 40% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 10th -2.1pp 9th 22% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 23rd -3.0pp 10th 27% above peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 19th -2.3pp 11th 16% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 15th -1.9pp 12th 5% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 29th -2.7pp 13th 50% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.4% 11th -1.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 21st -1.6pp 15th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 13th -1.2pp 16th 9% below peers
Eugene, OR 19.0% 20th -1.3pp 17th 20% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 25th -1.2pp 18th 28% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% 7th -0.6pp 19th 39% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 14th -0.8pp 20th 8% below peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 31st -1.2pp 21st 56% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.9% 12th -0.6pp 22nd 18% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.3pp 23rd 51% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.0% 4th -0.1pp 24th 50% below peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 28th -0.1pp 25th 48% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.6% 18th +0.2pp 26th 11% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 27th +0.9pp 27th 36% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 22nd +1.5pp 28th 21% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 5th +0.9pp 29th 47% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 30th 64% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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2 of 44 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.1% then, 8.3% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.1% to 8.3%).
Bright spot 8.3%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 7th -6.5pp 1st 41% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 19th -9.1pp 2nd 18% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 26th -10.4pp 3rd 51% above peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 8th -3.7pp 4th 37% below peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 15th -4.5pp 5th 16% below peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 13th -4.4pp 6th 17% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 10th -4.0pp 7th 23% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 18th -5.9pp 8th 13% above peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 24th -6.8pp 9th 38% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 3rd -1.8pp 10th 59% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 23rd -5.7pp 11th 36% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 6th -2.3pp 12th 44% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 12th -3.2pp 13th 18% below peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 14th -2.9pp 14th 17% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 21st -4.1pp 15th 24% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 27th -4.8pp 16th 54% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 9th -2.0pp 17th 30% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 17th -2.8pp 18th 6% above peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 22nd -3.2pp 19th 26% above peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 11th -2.0pp 20th 19% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 16th -1.9pp 21st on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 25th -2.1pp 22nd 44% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 23rd 75% below peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 20th -1.5pp 24th 18% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 30th -1.3pp 25th 72% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 31st -0.4pp 26th 99% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 29th +0.1pp 27th 60% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 5th +0.1pp 28th 54% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 2nd +0.1pp 29th 70% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 4th +0.6pp 30th 55% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 28th +4.6pp 31st 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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2 of 44 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.8% to 95.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Huntington Beach started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 8.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.5% to 96.0%).
Bright spot 95.9%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 30th +32.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 29th +15.0pp 2nd 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 17th +15.1pp 4th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 20th +12.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 26th +12.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 27th +11.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 23rd +11.4pp 8th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 25th +11.0pp 9th 3% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 5th +11.5pp 10th 3% above peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 24th +10.8pp 11th 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 21st +10.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 22nd +10.6pp 13th 2% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 11th +10.9pp 14th 2% above peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 14th +9.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 16th +8.7pp 16th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 17th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 19th +7.8pp 18th 1% below peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 9th +6.9pp 19th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 4th +6.2pp 20th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 12th +5.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 8th +5.7pp 22nd 3% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 15th +5.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 10th +5.5pp 24th 2% above peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 13th +5.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 7th +5.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 6th +4.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 18th +2.8pp 29th 1% below peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 5% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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2 of 44 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

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.44).
Bright spot 0.44
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 11% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 15% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 17th -0.026 3rd 1% above peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 5th -0.019 4th 8% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 7th -0.017 5th 4% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 14th -0.017 6th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 14% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 25th -0.012 8th 10% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 18th -0.011 9th 3% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 21st -0.010 10th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 31st -0.009 11th 18% above peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 22nd -0.007 12th 9% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 10th -0.006 13th 3% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 8th -0.005 14th 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 23rd -0.003 15th 9% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 12th -0.002 16th 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 26th -0.001 17th 11% above peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 24th +0.002 18th 9% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 19th +0.003 19th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 20th 11% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 21st 13% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 22nd 12% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 30th +0.009 23rd 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 15th +0.008 24th on par with peers
Cary, NC 0.43 6th +0.009 25th 6% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 11th +0.010 26th 2% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 13th +0.011 27th 1% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 20th +0.014 28th 8% above peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 4th +0.017 29th 10% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 16th +0.022 30th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 9th +0.025 31st 3% 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
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 4.6% to 5.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 37% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (3.7% to 5.7%).
Needs attention 5.7%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 11th -4.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 15th -4.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 30th -7.4pp 3rd 65% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 87% below peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 8th -2.6pp 5th 32% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 4th -1.4pp 6th 61% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 17th -3.5pp 7th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 12th -2.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 18th -2.3pp 9th 8% above peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 21st -1.9pp 10th 9% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 2nd -0.3pp 11th 82% below peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 27th -1.6pp 12th 42% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 10th -0.9pp 13th 19% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 19th -0.7pp 14th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 23rd -0.2pp 15th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 25th -0.1pp 16th 37% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 29th -0.1pp 17th 63% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 5th +0.0pp 18th 55% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 13th +0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 20th +0.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 24th +0.2pp 21st 34% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 9th +0.2pp 22nd 19% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 16th +0.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 14th +0.3pp 24th 8% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 28th +1.1pp 25th 61% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 31st +1.9pp 26th 89% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 26th +1.6pp 27th 41% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 7th +0.9pp 28th 41% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 63% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 6th +3.1pp 30th 42% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 22nd +10.5pp 31st 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,351,762 in August 2026, up from $1,282,355 a year earlier.
Big move $1,351,762
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Overland Park, KS $483,940 (Aug 26) 10th +5.5% 1st 11% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $1,351,762 (Aug 26) 1st +5.4% 2nd 211% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $307,094 (Aug 26) 20th +3.2% 3rd 29% below peers
Aurora, IL $324,261 (Aug 26) 17th +3.2% 4th 25% below peers
Columbus, GA $175,951 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 5th 60% below peers
Newport News, VA $294,403 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.9% 6th 32% below peers
Akron, OH $141,681 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 7th 67% below peers
Providence, RI $434,698 (Aug 26) 15th +2.3% 8th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL $152,837 (Aug 26) 26th +2.1% 9th 65% below peers
Brownsville, TX $199,327 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 10th 54% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $294,444 (Aug 26) 21st +1.4% 11th 32% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,180,773 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 12th 171% above peers
Knoxville, TN $370,699 (Aug 26) 16th +1.1% 13th 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA $759,573 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 14th 75% above peers
Eugene, OR $475,563 (Aug 26) 12th +0.8% 15th 9% above peers
Salem, OR $435,095 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 16th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN $319,419 (Aug 26) 18th +0.3% 17th 27% below peers
Vancouver, WA $501,696 (Aug 26) 9th -0.1% 18th 15% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $709,775 (Aug 26) 4th -0.2% 19th 63% above peers
Ontario, CA $661,918 (Aug 26) 5th -0.4% 20th 52% above peers
Tempe, AZ $461,342 (Aug 26) 13th -0.6% 21st 6% above peers
Mobile, AL $198,189 (Aug 26) 24th -0.6% 22nd 54% below peers
Peoria, AZ $480,596 (Aug 26) 11th -0.8% 23rd 10% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $319,185 (Aug 26) 19th -1.2% 24th 27% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,473 (Aug 26) 8th -1.3% 25th 18% above peers
Cary, NC $619,636 (Aug 26) 7th -1.4% 26th 42% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $626,316 (Aug 26) 6th -2.0% 27th 44% above peers
Birmingham, AL $136,876 (Aug 26) 28th -2.3% 28th 69% below peers
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 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $919,906 in August 2026, up from $879,995 a year earlier.
Big move $919,906
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Overland Park, KS $335,304 (Aug 26) 13th +5.7% 1st 1% above peers
Aurora, IL $249,096 (Aug 26) 16th +4.8% 2nd 25% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $919,906 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 3rd 176% above peers
Montgomery, AL $67,882 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 4th 80% below peers
Brownsville, TX $135,515 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.5% 5th 59% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $230,222 (Aug 26) 19th +3.3% 6th 31% below peers
Akron, OH $89,235 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 7th 73% below peers
Providence, RI $351,330 (Aug 26) 12th +2.9% 8th 5% above peers
Newport News, VA $209,825 (Aug 26) 20th +2.3% 9th 37% below peers
Oxnard, CA $642,182 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.0% 10th 93% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $181,951 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 11th 45% below peers
Columbus, GA $92,045 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 12th 72% below peers
Knoxville, TN $248,842 (Aug 26) 17th +1.1% 13th 25% below peers
Mobile, AL $94,677 (Aug 26) 24th +1.0% 14th 72% below peers
Eugene, OR $377,092 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 15th 13% above peers
Salem, OR $358,853 (Aug 26) 11th +0.4% 16th 8% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $553,737 (Aug 26) 4th -0.0% 17th 66% above peers
Birmingham, AL $63,068 (Aug 26) 28th -0.1% 18th 81% below peers
Ontario, CA $535,254 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 19th 61% above peers
Glendale, CA $727,876 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.3% 20th 119% above peers
Vancouver, WA $408,333 (Aug 26) 8th -0.4% 21st 23% above peers
Clarksville, TN $240,564 (Aug 26) 18th -0.5% 22nd 28% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $198,250 (Aug 26) 21st -0.9% 23rd 40% below peers
Peoria, AZ $364,173 (Aug 26) 10th -1.3% 24th 9% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $528,286 (Aug 26) 6th -2.0% 25th 59% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,400 (Aug 26) 15th -2.2% 26th 8% below peers
Tempe, AZ $333,045 (Aug 26) 14th -2.3% 27th on par with peers
Cary, NC $433,664 (Aug 26) 7th -2.6% 28th 30% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (56.7% then, 55.4% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.1% to 55.4%).
Bright spot 55.4%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Providence, RI 41.4% 29th +5.3pp 1st 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 7th +4.5pp 2nd 8% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 35% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 28th +2.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 19th +2.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 8th +2.7pp 6th 5% above peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 10th +2.5pp 7th 3% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 27th +1.7pp 8th 22% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 18th +1.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 4th +1.9pp 10th 23% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 9th +1.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 14th +1.4pp 12th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 13th 41% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 12th +1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 25th +0.8pp 15th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 5th +1.0pp 16th 14% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 17th 25% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 26th +0.6pp 18th 16% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 16th +0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 24th +0.6pp 20th 11% below peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 22nd +0.5pp 21st 6% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 17th -0.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 13th -0.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 2nd -1.1pp 24th 37% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 23rd -0.8pp 25th 11% below peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 21st -0.9pp 26th 6% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 11th -1.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 15th -1.4pp 28th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 20th -1.3pp 29th 6% below peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 3rd -1.8pp 30th 23% above peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 6th -2.8pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,081 in August 2026, up from $2,977 a year earlier.
Big move $3,081
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Newport News, VA $1,605 (Aug 26) 17th +6.8% 1st 9% below peers
Providence, RI $2,213 (Aug 26) 9th +4.9% 2nd 26% above peers
Brownsville, TX $1,583 (Aug 26) 18th +4.7% 3rd 10% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,308 (Aug 26) 26th +4.6% 4th 26% below peers
Akron, OH $1,167 (Aug 26) 28th +4.3% 5th 34% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,580 (Aug 26) 20th +4.2% 6th 10% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,280 (Aug 26) 27th +3.9% 7th 27% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,081 (Aug 26) 1st +3.5% 8th 75% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,757 (Aug 26) 14th +3.2% 9th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,560 (Aug 26) 7th +3.1% 10th 46% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,253 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 11th 28% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,338 (Aug 26) 24th +2.6% 12th 24% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,736 (Aug 26) 4th +2.5% 13th 56% above peers
Eugene, OR $1,806 (Aug 26) 12th +2.5% 14th 3% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,513 (Aug 26) 21st +2.2% 15th 14% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,716 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 16th 55% above peers
Clarksville, TN $1,374 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.7% 17th 22% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,470 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.5% 18th 16% below peers
Birmingham, AL $1,322 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 19th 25% below peers
Ontario, CA $2,580 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 20th 47% above peers
Cary, NC $1,774 (Aug 26) 13th +1.0% 21st 1% above peers
Oxnard, CA $2,864 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 22nd 63% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,828 (Aug 26) 11th +0.6% 23rd 4% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,870 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 24th 6% above peers
Salem, OR $1,581 (Aug 26) 19th +0.4% 25th 10% below peers
Tempe, AZ $1,649 (Aug 26) 16th +0.4% 26th 6% below peers
Knoxville, TN $1,712 (Aug 26) 15th +0.3% 27th 3% below peers
Glendale, CA $2,790 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.2% 28th 59% above peers
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 (38.7% then, 40.1% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.1% to 40.1%).
Needs attention 40.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 6th -2.8pp 1st 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 7th -2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 3rd 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 13th -2.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 8th -1.8pp 5th 14% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 4th -1.7pp 6th 19% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 23rd -1.9pp 7th 11% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 5th -1.3pp 8th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 11th -1.5pp 9th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 15th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 26th -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 25th -0.2pp 12th 15% above peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 13th 42% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 28th +0.6pp 14th 21% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 9th +0.6pp 15th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 16th 22% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 16th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 22nd +0.9pp 18th 11% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 30th +1.2pp 19th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 21st +1.1pp 20th 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 19th +1.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 20th +1.4pp 22nd 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 14th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 17th +1.4pp 24th on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 12th +1.5pp 25th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 18th +1.6pp 26th 1% above peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 10th +2.0pp 27th 6% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 27th +3.3pp 28th 18% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 29th +3.5pp 29th 21% above peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 30th 39% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (3.1% then, 3.6% now; margin ±0.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 3.6%).
Bright spot 3.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 12th -1.8pp 1st 9% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 15th -1.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 14th -1.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 20th -1.3pp 4th 18% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 27th -1.7pp 5th 55% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 24th -1.4pp 6th 33% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 13th -0.9pp 7th 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 19th -0.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 23rd -1.0pp 9th 31% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 17th -0.7pp 10th 6% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 21st -0.8pp 11th 26% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 26th -0.8pp 12th 41% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 31st -1.3pp 13th 121% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 6th -0.3pp 14th 44% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 7th -0.2pp 15th 44% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 11th -0.2pp 16th 11% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 10th +0.0pp 17th 19% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 18th 89% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 19th 84% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 16th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 25th +0.4pp 21st 40% above peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 29% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 28th +1.0pp 23rd 57% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 8th +0.4pp 24th 42% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 18th +0.9pp 25th 10% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 2nd +0.4pp 26th 54% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.5pp 27th 53% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 4th +0.6pp 28th 49% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 29th 59% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 9th +1.3pp 30th 32% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 5th +1.2pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.1% then, 5.6% now; margin ±0.7pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.6% to 5.5%).
Bright spot 5.6%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 8.3% 14th -2.9pp 1st 10% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.2% 4th -1.6pp 2nd 44% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.7% 6th -1.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.3pp 4th 50% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 7th -1.3pp 5th 32% below peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 6th 186% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 8th -1.3pp 7th 21% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 8th 50% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 46% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 19th -1.5pp 10th 7% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.8% 18th -1.3pp 11th 6% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.2% 16th -1.2pp 12th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 27th -1.7pp 13th 49% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 24th -1.1pp 14th 29% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 13th -0.6pp 15th 15% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 22nd -0.4pp 16th 21% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 12th -0.3pp 17th 17% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 9th -0.2pp 18th 20% below peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 15th -0.1pp 19th 7% below peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 10th +0.0pp 20th 19% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 21st 92% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 29th +0.4pp 22nd 66% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 26th +0.4pp 23rd 40% above peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 21st +0.5pp 24th 20% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 25th 39% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 20th +1.1pp 26th 8% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 23rd +1.5pp 27th 27% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 68% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 17th +1.3pp 29th 6% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 25th +1.8pp 30th 33% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 11th +1.2pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

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

25.3%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Cary, NC 21.8% 1st 39% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 2nd 32% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 3rd 29% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 4th 17% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 5th 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 6th 14% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 7th 13% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 8th 10% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 9th 10% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 10th 9% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 11th 9% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 12th 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 13th 3% below peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 14th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 15th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 16th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 17th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 18th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 19th 6% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 20th 7% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 21st 8% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 22nd 14% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 23rd 15% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 24th 17% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 25th 23% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 26th 23% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 27th 25% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 28th 26% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 29th 26% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 30th 28% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 34% 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 (2.7% then, 3.9% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 3.9%).
Bright spot 3.9%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 58% below peers
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 11th -2.5pp 2nd 19% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 58% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 6th -1.8pp 4th 32% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 5th -1.1pp 5th 51% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 6th 53% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 8th -1.6pp 7th 25% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 22nd -1.9pp 8th 10% above peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 7th -0.9pp 9th 28% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 29th -2.3pp 10th 95% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 11th 207% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 9th -0.8pp 12th 23% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 23rd -0.7pp 13th 10% above peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 28th -1.0pp 14th 90% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 14th +0.1pp 15th 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 10th +0.1pp 16th 21% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 17th +0.3pp 17th 2% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 18th 159% above peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 15th +0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 19th +0.9pp 20th 8% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 20th +1.0pp 21st 8% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 27th +1.7pp 22nd 81% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 12th +0.9pp 23rd 18% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 21st +1.5pp 24th 9% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 13th +1.2pp 25th 13% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 26th 54% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 16th +1.8pp 27th on par with peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 24th +2.3pp 28th 21% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 18th +2.0pp 29th 3% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 26th +3.9pp 30th 81% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 25th +3.8pp 31st 67% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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 Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 42.6% to 49.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Huntington Beach started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.9% to 49.0%).
Bright spot 49.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 29th +5.4pp 1st 35% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 26th +5.6pp 2nd 29% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 11th +7.3pp 3rd 11% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 13th +5.9pp 4th 4% above peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 23rd +4.7pp 5th 12% below peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 22nd +4.4pp 6th 11% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 6th +6.7pp 7th 36% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 5th +6.4pp 8th 42% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 15th +4.5pp 9th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 8th +5.2pp 10th 20% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 11th 29% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 12th 65% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 21st +3.7pp 13th 10% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 20th +3.1pp 14th 9% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 28th +2.3pp 15th 32% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 18th +3.1pp 16th 7% below peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 12th +3.4pp 17th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 9th +3.8pp 18th 18% above peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 19th +2.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 24th +2.4pp 20th 13% below peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 30th +1.5pp 21st 44% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 7th +3.3pp 22nd 30% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 14th +2.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 27th +1.7pp 24th 30% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 4th +3.4pp 25th 44% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 16th +2.2pp 26th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 3rd +3.2pp 27th 48% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 10th +2.0pp 28th 12% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 29th 104% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 84% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 17th +1.0pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (58.3% then, 63.1% now; margin ±10.2pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.4% to 63.1%).
Bright spot 63.1%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 5th +6.1pp 1st 30% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 14th +5.0pp 2nd 11% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 3rd 50% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 3rd +4.2pp 4th 34% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 17th +2.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 13th +1.5pp 6th 14% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 2nd +1.5pp 7th 44% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 8th +1.1pp 8th 21% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 10th +0.8pp 9th 18% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 4th +0.2pp 10th 32% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 6th -2.9pp 11th 26% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 18th -2.4pp 12th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 20th -2.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 19th -3.0pp 14th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 22nd -4.0pp 15th 13% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 11th -5.5pp 16th 17% above peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 15th -6.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 12th -6.6pp 18th 17% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 29th -3.2pp 19th 43% below peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 26th -4.3pp 20th 32% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 23rd -6.3pp 21st 17% below peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 16th -10.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 7th -13.6pp 23rd 23% above peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 21st -10.1pp 24th 10% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 25th -8.6pp 25th 25% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 24th -9.8pp 26th 17% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 9th -16.5pp 27th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 28th -12.3pp 28th 36% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 29th 47% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 30th 54% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 27th -24.6pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (4.1% then, 4.1% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 4.1%).
Bright spot 4.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 85% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 88% below peers
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 3rd -2.1pp 3rd 70% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 16th -4.5pp 4th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 5th 60% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 12th -2.9pp 6th 26% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 17th -2.3pp 7th 3% above peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 7th -0.8pp 8th 43% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 15th -1.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 10th 48% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 8th -0.4pp 11th 38% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 23rd -0.7pp 12th 16% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 21st -0.4pp 13th 12% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 14th -0.3pp 14th 11% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 5th +0.0pp 15th 53% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 30th +0.4pp 16th 65% above peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 22nd +1.4pp 17th 14% above peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 20th +1.4pp 18th 8% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 28th +2.4pp 19th 31% above peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 18th +2.7pp 20th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 9th +1.7pp 21st 38% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 10th +1.9pp 22nd 37% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 13th +2.3pp 23rd 24% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 29th +4.7pp 24th 46% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 27th +4.5pp 25th 26% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 25th +4.4pp 26th 23% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 11th +2.5pp 27th 32% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 26th +4.7pp 28th 26% above peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 24th +4.6pp 29th 18% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 19th +4.3pp 30th 7% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 31st +7.7pp 31st 71% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 200,259 to 195,240 - more than the combined survey margin (±139). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 67% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Big move 195,240
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 11th +17% 1st 3% above peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 31st +15% 2nd 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 12th +8% 3rd 2% above peers
Cary, NC 179,306 27th +8% 4th 6% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 15th +7% 5th 1% above peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 2nd +7% 6th 7% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 26th +7% 7th 6% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 29th +6% 8th 6% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 3rd +6% 9th 6% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 28th +5% 10th 6% below peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 6th +5% 11th 5% above peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 14th +5% 12th 2% above peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 1st +4% 13th 7% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 18th +4% 14th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 21st +3% 15th 3% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 7th +3% 16th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 22nd +3% 17th 3% below peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 23rd +3% 18th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 4th +2% 19th 6% above peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 24th +2% 20th 5% below peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 19th +0% 21st 1% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 8th +0% 22nd 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 10th -1% 23rd 4% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 30th -1% 24th 7% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 13th -3% 25th 2% above peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 5th -3% 26th 5% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 17th -4% 27th 1% below peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 16th -5% 28th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 9th -7% 29th 4% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 25th -10% 30th 6% below peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 20th -21% 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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 ±107 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 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.2% to 17.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 2.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.5% to 17.6%).
Big move 17.5%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 18th +1.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 15th +1.1pp 2nd 1% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 25th +0.8pp 3rd 16% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 17th +0.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 9th +0.2pp 5th 9% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 7th +0.2pp 6th 14% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 11th +0.0pp 7th 6% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 29th -0.1pp 9th 24% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 3rd -0.4pp 10th 21% above peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 13th -0.3pp 11th 4% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 23rd -0.4pp 12th 10% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 6th -0.7pp 13th 15% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 16th -1.0pp 14th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 15th 36% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 14th -1.0pp 16th 4% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 26th -0.9pp 17th 18% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 28th -0.9pp 18th 21% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 19th -1.2pp 19th 4% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 12th -1.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 21st 17% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 24th -1.2pp 22nd 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 23rd 30% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 8th -1.8pp 24th 12% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 20th -1.6pp 25th 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 22nd -1.5pp 26th 8% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 10th -1.8pp 27th 7% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 28th 28% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 27th -1.6pp 29th 20% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 21st -2.3pp 30th 8% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 5th -3.6pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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2 of 44 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.4% then, 22.7% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.9% to 22.7%).
Big move 22.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Aurora, IL 32.5% 25th +6.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 20th +4.6pp 2nd 5% below peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 17th +4.5pp 3rd 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 7th +5.2pp 4th 34% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 23rd +2.8pp 5th 7% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 18th +2.7pp 6th 3% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 26th +1.7pp 7th 30% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 24th +2.0pp 8th 10% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 4th +3.3pp 9th 52% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 6th +3.0pp 10th 39% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 2nd +3.2pp 11th 64% above peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 19th +1.8pp 12th 4% below peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 9th +2.0pp 13th 31% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 10th +1.2pp 14th 25% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 15th 42% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 12th +1.0pp 16th 21% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 1st +1.4pp 17th 85% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 3rd +1.0pp 18th 63% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 27th +0.3pp 19th 37% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 13th +0.5pp 20th 16% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 16th -0.0pp 21st on par with peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 22nd -0.1pp 22nd 6% below peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 21st -0.5pp 23rd 6% below peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 5th -1.1pp 24th 45% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 11th -1.3pp 25th 22% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 8th -1.6pp 26th 32% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 15th -2.2pp 27th 8% above peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 30th -1.1pp 28th 50% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 29th 50% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 30th 53% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 14th -8.3pp 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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2 of 44 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.9pp 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 (68.9% then, 69.1% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.5% to 69.1%).
69.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 21st +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 30th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 22nd +8.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 1st +9.4pp 4th 10% above peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 4th +7.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 10th +6.3pp 6th 4% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 2nd +5.9pp 7th 7% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 23rd +4.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 13th +4.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 6th +4.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 7th +4.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 11th +3.6pp 12th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 12th +3.4pp 13th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 20th +2.7pp 14th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 3rd +2.7pp 15th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 16th +2.5pp 16th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 8th +2.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 18th +1.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 17th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 27th +0.2pp 20th 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 19th -0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 9th -0.1pp 22nd 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 14th -0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 26th -2.4pp 26th 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 28th -3.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 5th -7.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 15th -8.1pp 30th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 29th -7.6pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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2 of 44 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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