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318,764 people (2025) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Irvine, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Homicide
Homicide rate
0 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
3 in the prior 12 months
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$136,719
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$105,126 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
951 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 28%
relative change
1,321 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.8%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
13.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
50 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 17%
relative change
60 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.3%
Jul 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
4.6% a year earlier
Improving recently Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.9%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
93.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
70.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
68.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.0%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.4%
2020-24
▼ 32%
relative change
2.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.2%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
3.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
8.6%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
7.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.3%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
4.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.47 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Irvine, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.9%
2019-23
▲ 87%
relative change
2.6% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
59.6%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
72.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
44.5%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
46.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
42.5%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
42.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
17.7%
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
14.5% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Population
311,690
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
273,157 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
61.7%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
55.2% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,492,449
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$1,520,090 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$1,017,448
Aug 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$1,031,241 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,527
Aug 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$3,488 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 26% higher than in 2021 (62 then, 78 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 91 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 77 in July 2026, down from 78 a year earlier.
77 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Greensboro, NC 578 (Jul 26) -29.9% 1st
Newark, NJ 417 (Jul 26) -21.1% 2nd
Lexington, KY 304 (Apr 26) -12.9% 3rd
Jersey City, NJ 470 (Jul 26) -11.3% 4th
Henderson, NV 211 (Jul 26) -11.3% 5th
Corpus Christi, TX 716 (Jun 26) -11.2% 6th
Stockton, CA 978 (Jul 26) -9.3% 7th
Urban Honolulu, HI 188 (Jul 26) -7.5% 8th
Fort Wayne, IN 267 (Jul 26) -4.9% 9th
Saint Paul, MN 491 (Jul 26) -4.7% 10th
Durham, NC 535 (Jul 26) -4.7% 11th
St. Louis, MO 1,217 (Jul 26) -4.4% 12th
Cincinnati, OH 833 (Apr 26) -2.6% 13th
Pittsburgh, PA 504 (Jun 26) -1.9% 14th
Chandler, AZ 118 (Jul 26) -1.5% 15th
Chula Vista, CA 365 (Jul 26) -1.5% 16th
Irvine, CA 77 (Jul 26) -1.2% 17th
Gilbert, AZ 123 (Jul 26) -0.8% 18th
Madison, WI 227 (Jul 26) +0.2% 19th
Anaheim, CA 548 (Jul 26) +0.6% 20th
Plano, TX 145 (Jul 26) +1.0% 21st
Lincoln, NE 404 (Jul 26) +1.9% 22nd
Reno, NV 512 (May 26) +6.8% 23rd
Riverside, CA 586 (Jul 26) +7.6% 24th
Buffalo, NY 702 (May 26) +8.9% 25th
North Las Vegas, NV 367 (Jun 26) +15.1% 26th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Urban Honolulu, HI down about 8% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Irving, TX down about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime fell about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities. Irvine started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 951 in July 2026, down from 1,321 a year earlier.
Bright spot 951 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Irvine, CA 951 (Jul 26) -28.0% 1st
Reno, NV 1,827 (May 26) -24.9% 2nd
Greensboro, NC 2,445 (Jul 26) -22.4% 3rd
Newark, NJ 1,531 (Jul 26) -18.6% 4th
Urban Honolulu, HI 1,362 (Jul 26) -18.2% 5th
Chandler, AZ 1,146 (Jul 26) -16.1% 6th
Plano, TX 1,114 (Jul 26) -15.5% 7th
Fort Wayne, IN 1,686 (Jul 26) -14.4% 8th
Lincoln, NE 1,807 (Jul 26) -13.5% 9th
Gilbert, AZ 843 (Jul 26) -13.1% 10th
Anaheim, CA 1,706 (Jul 26) -12.7% 11th
Riverside, CA 2,144 (Jul 26) -12.3% 12th
Jersey City, NJ 1,697 (Jul 26) -12.2% 13th
Lexington, KY 2,110 (Jul 26) -11.1% 14th
Corpus Christi, TX 2,573 (Jun 26) -10.5% 15th
Cincinnati, OH 3,646 (Jul 26) -7.8% 16th
Pittsburgh, PA 2,847 (Jun 26) -7.7% 17th
Stockton, CA 2,241 (Jul 26) -7.4% 18th
Durham, NC 3,535 (Jul 26) -6.6% 19th
North Las Vegas, NV 1,593 (Jun 26) -6.1% 20th
St. Louis, MO 4,964 (Jul 26) -5.3% 21st
Henderson, NV 1,444 (Jul 26) -5.0% 22nd
Chula Vista, CA 1,080 (Jul 26) -1.4% 23rd
Madison, WI 1,956 (Jul 26) -1.3% 24th
Saint Paul, MN 2,766 (Jul 26) +1.1% 25th
Buffalo, NY 3,445 (May 26) +1.3% 26th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Irving, TX down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Arlington, TX down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 4% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 96% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Latest
Most recent reading: 0 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 3 in the prior 12 months. That is 0 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 0 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Irvine, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Henderson, NV 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
North Las Vegas, NV 0 (Jun 26) -95.8% 3rd
Reno, NV 0 (May 26) -94.4% 4th
Plano, TX 0 (Jul 26) -66.5% 5th
Corpus Christi, TX 3 (Jun 26) -52.4% 6th
Buffalo, NY 8 (May 26) -41.6% 7th
Lincoln, NE 1 (Jul 26) -40.1% 8th
Greensboro, NC 8 (Jul 26) -40.0% 9th
Newark, NJ 6 (Jul 26) -38.7% 10th
Cincinnati, OH 15 (Jul 26) -31.3% 11th
Fort Wayne, IN 10 (Jul 26) -22.2% 12th
Durham, NC 9 (Jul 26) -22.2% 13th
Stockton, CA 11 (Jul 26) -14.3% 14th
Madison, WI 2 (Jul 26) -14.3% 15th
Lexington, KY 6 (Apr 26) -12.6% 16th
Anaheim, CA 3 (Jul 26) -9.9% 17th
Jersey City, NJ 3 (Jul 26) -9.1% 18th
New Orleans, LA 28 (Jul 26) -1.9% 19th
St. Louis, MO 51 (Jul 26) +5.2% 20th
Urban Honolulu, HI 2 (Jul 26) +5.5% 21st
Saint Paul, MN 7 (Jul 26) +11.1% 22nd
Pittsburgh, PA 11 (Jun 26) +29.6% 23rd
Chandler, AZ 1 (Jul 26) +50.5% 24th
Chula Vista, CA 3 (Jul 26) +75.2% 25th
Riverside, CA 5 (Jul 26) +87.1% 26th
Gilbert, AZ 3 (Jul 26) +899.7% 27th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Henderson, NV down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Seattle, WA down about 39% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laredo, TX down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities. Irvine started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 50 in July 2026, down from 60 a year earlier.
Bright spot 50 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Plano, TX 63 (Jul 26) -42.6% 1st
Cincinnati, OH 614 (Jul 26) -32.3% 2nd
North Las Vegas, NV 431 (Jun 26) -30.6% 3rd
Greensboro, NC 389 (Jul 26) -30.1% 4th
Gilbert, AZ 44 (Jul 26) -29.2% 5th
Henderson, NV 210 (Jul 26) -29.2% 6th
Reno, NV 238 (May 26) -27.7% 7th
Riverside, CA 292 (Jul 26) -26.5% 8th
Stockton, CA 368 (Jul 26) -25.5% 9th
Durham, NC 451 (Jul 26) -23.9% 10th
Newark, NJ 597 (Jul 26) -20.7% 11th
Chula Vista, CA 203 (Jul 26) -20.7% 12th
Lincoln, NE 203 (Jul 26) -18.7% 13th
Buffalo, NY 413 (May 26) -17.9% 14th
Irvine, CA 50 (Jul 26) -16.7% 15th
Anaheim, CA 252 (Jul 26) -14.9% 16th
Chandler, AZ 74 (Jul 26) -14.1% 17th
Fort Wayne, IN 168 (Jul 26) -13.6% 18th
Lexington, KY 249 (Jul 26) -9.2% 19th
Urban Honolulu, HI 238 (Jul 26) -7.9% 20th
Saint Paul, MN 392 (Jul 26) -7.1% 21st
Pittsburgh, PA 379 (Jun 26) -6.7% 22nd
St. Louis, MO 1,174 (Jul 26) -4.1% 23rd
Jersey City, NJ 272 (Jul 26) -2.6% 24th
Corpus Christi, TX 317 (Jun 26) +1.9% 25th
Madison, WI 120 (Jul 26) +12.0% 26th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Boston, MA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Plano, TX down about 43% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Virginia Beach, VA down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $105,126 to $136,719 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,424).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Irvine started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 49% from 2014 to 2024 ($91,999 to $136,719).
Bright spot $136,719
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 $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Newark, NJ $52,060 29th +48% 1st 35% below peers
Stockton, CA $79,907 15th +46% 2nd on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA $93,999 9th +42% 3rd 18% above peers
Orlando, FL $72,336 19th +40% 4th 9% below peers
Durham, NC $81,619 13th +39% 5th 3% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $97,710 7th +38% 6th 23% above peers
Reno, NV $80,760 14th +37% 7th 2% above peers
New Orleans, LA $56,631 26th +36% 8th 29% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $65,742 23rd +35% 9th 17% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 30th +34% 10th 37% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 16th +33% 11th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 5th +33% 12th 36% above peers
Anaheim, CA $95,227 8th +33% 13th 20% above peers
Riverside, CA $91,045 10th +32% 14th 14% above peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 4th +30% 15th 36% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $52,909 28th +30% 16th 33% below peers
Irvine, CA $136,719 1st +30% 17th 72% above peers
St. Louis, MO $56,160 27th +28% 18th 29% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $73,394 18th +27% 19th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR $28,562 31st +27% 20th 64% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $122,551 2nd +27% 21st 54% above peers
Greensboro, NC $61,515 24th +26% 22nd 23% below peers
Lincoln, NE $71,867 20th +24% 23rd 10% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 25th +24% 24th 23% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $103,284 6th +22% 25th 30% above peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 11th +22% 26th 13% above peers
Lexington, KY $69,479 21st +21% 27th 13% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $86,504 12th +21% 28th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $67,394 22nd +20% 29th 15% below peers
Madison, WI $78,050 17th +19% 30th 2% below peers
Plano, TX $112,253 3rd +17% 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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24 of 48 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

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,709 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 50% 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 rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.3% in July 2026, down from 4.6% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.3%
1990July 2026
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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
Newark, NJ 6.9% (Jul 26) 28th -2.0pp 1st 60% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -1.6pp 2nd 9% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -1.1pp 3rd 2% below peers
St. Louis, MO 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th -0.7pp 4th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 5th 21% below peers
Greensboro, NC 4.4% (Jul 26) 17th -0.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.5pp 7th 2% below peers
Riverside, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 8th 19% above peers
Stockton, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 29th -0.5pp 9th 65% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.6% (Jul 26) 26th -0.5pp 10th 30% above peers
Reno, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 11th 9% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.3pp 12th 19% above peers
New Orleans, LA 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 13th 19% above peers
Durham, NC 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 14th 21% below peers
Irvine, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 16th 40% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 17th 26% below peers
Henderson, NV 5.5% (Jul 26) 25th -0.3pp 18th 28% above peers
Anaheim, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 21st 14% below peers
Madison, WI 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.2pp 22nd 33% below peers
Buffalo, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th +0.2pp 23rd 33% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 21st +0.4pp 24th 12% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 27th on par with peers
Orlando, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 28th on par with peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 29th 7% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.4% to 10.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Irvine started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.4% to 10.8%).
Bright spot 10.8%
20112024
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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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Santa Ana, CA 10.8% 7th -4.9pp 1st 26% below peers
Durham, NC 11.7% 9th -4.2pp 2nd 20% below peers
Irvine, CA 10.8% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 26% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.6% 19th -3.3pp 4th 7% above peers
Anaheim, CA 12.4% 13th -2.4pp 5th 15% below peers
Orlando, FL 14.7% 16th -2.6pp 6th on par with peers
Newark, NJ 23.4% 28th -4.0pp 7th 60% above peers
Buffalo, NY 26.0% 30th -4.1pp 8th 77% above peers
Stockton, CA 15.5% 18th -2.4pp 9th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 12.2% 12th -1.7pp 10th 17% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.1% 11th -1.7pp 11th 17% below peers
Lexington, KY 14.9% 17th -1.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.8% 4th -0.9pp 13th 40% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 15.6% 20th -1.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Greensboro, NC 17.0% 23rd -1.5pp 15th 16% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 38.2% 31st -2.9pp 16th 161% above peers
Reno, NV 12.7% 14th -0.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Lincoln, NE 12.7% 15th -0.8pp 18th 13% below peers
St. Louis, MO 20.6% 26th -1.2pp 19th 41% above peers
New Orleans, LA 22.6% 27th -1.0pp 20th 54% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 25.5% 29th -0.8pp 21st 74% above peers
Madison, WI 16.4% 22nd -0.5pp 22nd 12% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.1% 25th -0.4pp 23rd 37% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.9% 5th -0.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.3% 1st -0.0pp 25th 64% below peers
Plano, TX 6.8% 2nd -0.0pp 26th 54% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 16.0% 21st +0.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 3rd +0.3pp 28th 46% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.1% 24th +1.0pp 29th 17% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 11.9% 10th +1.3pp 30th 19% below peers
Henderson, NV 9.0% 6th +1.0pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 72% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 71% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 ★ National leader
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 (7.9% then, 8.6% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.9% to 8.6%).
Bright spot 8.6%
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 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Santa Ana, CA 14.6% 10th -8.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Durham, NC 16.6% 16th -7.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 15.3% 14th -6.9pp 3rd 8% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 15th -5.2pp 4th 7% below peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 29th -10.4pp 5th 114% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 22.0% 20th -5.6pp 6th 33% above peers
Riverside, CA 14.8% 11th -3.2pp 7th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 10.8% 7th -2.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Newark, NJ 31.2% 27th -6.6pp 9th 88% above peers
Orlando, FL 20.6% 18th -3.8pp 10th 24% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 19th -3.3pp 11th 26% above peers
Lexington, KY 17.9% 17th -2.6pp 12th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 29.7% 25th -4.2pp 13th 79% above peers
Greensboro, NC 23.5% 22nd -3.2pp 14th 42% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 5th -1.2pp 15th 40% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.0% 1st -0.4pp 16th 70% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 22.9% 21st -1.9pp 17th 38% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 36.2% 30th -2.7pp 18th 119% above peers
Plano, TX 7.9% 2nd -0.5pp 19th 52% below peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 13th -0.8pp 20th 10% below peers
New Orleans, LA 32.5% 28th -1.7pp 21st 96% above peers
Lincoln, NE 13.6% 8th -0.6pp 22nd 18% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.6% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 254% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 23rd -0.3pp 24th 44% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 4th +0.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 25.0% 24th +2.0pp 26th 50% above peers
Irvine, CA 8.6% 3rd +0.7pp 27th 48% below peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 6th +1.1pp 28th 36% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 30.8% 26th +3.7pp 29th 86% above peers
Madison, WI 13.9% 9th +2.1pp 30th 16% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 14.9% 12th +2.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Anchorage municipality, AK down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 71% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 70% 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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.9% to 95.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Irvine started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 3.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (92.6% to 95.8%).
Bright spot 95.9%
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 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
San Juan zona urbana, PR 75.7% 31st +18.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Greensboro, NC 91.0% 20th +17.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 86.5% 30th +16.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 27th +13.7pp 4th 4% below peers
New Orleans, LA 86.6% 29th +13.1pp 5th 6% below peers
St. Louis, MO 86.9% 28th +12.5pp 6th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 91.8% 17th +12.5pp 7th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 89.3% 26th +9.6pp 8th 3% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 90.6% 22nd +8.8pp 9th 2% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 10th +8.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 92.2% 16th +7.9pp 11th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 89.6% 24th +7.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 21st +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 92.6% 14th +6.8pp 14th on par with peers
Durham, NC 93.7% 9th +6.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 94.4% 8th +6.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 93.2% 11th +6.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 91.8% 18th +6.2pp 18th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 89.3% 25th +5.9pp 19th 3% below peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 23rd +5.8pp 20th 3% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 5th +6.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Lexington, KY 92.6% 15th +5.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 6th +5.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lincoln, NE 92.9% 13th +5.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 94.6% 7th +4.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA 93.1% 12th +3.7pp 26th 1% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 4th +3.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Madison, WI 91.5% 19th +2.8pp 28th 1% below peers
Plano, TX 96.7% 2nd +2.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA 95.8% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 97.0% 1st +1.1pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Bakersfield, CA up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 60% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC up 6.7pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 61% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 65% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.47 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.46).
Bright spot 0.46
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 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Stockton, CA 0.44 8th -0.031 1st 5% below peers
New Orleans, LA 0.55 30th -0.017 2nd 19% above peers
Irvine, CA 0.46 13th -0.011 3rd on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 0.51 27th -0.010 4th 10% above peers
Orlando, FL 0.49 21st -0.008 5th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 0.42 4th -0.007 6th 9% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 0.61 31st -0.009 7th 32% above peers
Newark, NJ 0.50 24th -0.007 8th 7% above peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 25th -0.007 9th 9% above peers
Greensboro, NC 0.49 22nd -0.005 10th 6% above peers
Durham, NC 0.46 14th -0.003 11th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 0.40 3rd -0.001 12th 13% below peers
St. Louis, MO 0.50 26th -0.001 13th 9% above peers
Plano, TX 0.45 10th -0.001 14th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 5th -0.001 15th 9% below peers
Lexington, KY 0.49 23rd -0.001 16th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 0.48 19th -0.000 17th 4% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 9th +0.001 18th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 0.52 28th +0.001 19th 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 0.43 7th +0.001 20th 7% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 0.54 29th +0.003 21st 17% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 6th +0.003 22nd 8% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 0.46 15th +0.003 23rd on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 0.45 12th +0.003 24th 3% below peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 16th +0.006 25th on par with peers
Madison, WI 0.47 17th +0.007 26th 1% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 2nd +0.008 27th 13% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 18th +0.011 28th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 0.48 20th +0.011 29th 5% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 0.39 1st +0.013 30th 15% below peers
Anaheim, CA 0.45 11th +0.015 31st 4% 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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 2.6% to 4.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 37% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (2.0% to 4.9%).
Needs attention 4.9%
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
Santa Ana, CA 11.3% 14th -4.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Durham, NC 9.3% 10th -2.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.4% 15th -2.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lexington, KY 8.5% 6th -1.9pp 4th 30% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 14.0% 18th -2.9pp 5th 14% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.0% 20th -2.9pp 6th 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.4% 1st -0.6pp 7th 72% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.0% 25th -3.3pp 8th 47% above peers
Orlando, FL 15.0% 19th -2.3pp 9th 23% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 18.3% 26th -2.6pp 10th 50% above peers
Newark, NJ 23.7% 29th -3.3pp 11th 93% above peers
Buffalo, NY 29.9% 30th -3.9pp 12th 145% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.1% 21st -1.2pp 13th 23% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 16.5% 22nd -0.7pp 14th 35% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.3% 4th -0.2pp 15th 57% below peers
Lincoln, NE 8.9% 8th -0.0pp 16th 27% below peers
New Orleans, LA 18.5% 27th +0.0pp 17th 51% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 7th +0.1pp 18th 28% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 23rd +0.3pp 19th 37% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 28th +0.8pp 20th 70% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.1% 13th +0.5pp 21st 9% below peers
Reno, NV 12.2% 16th +0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 10.8% 12th +1.0pp 23rd 12% below peers
Greensboro, NC 17.4% 24th +1.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Madison, WI 9.2% 9th +1.0pp 25th 24% below peers
Plano, TX 3.4% 2nd +0.5pp 26th 72% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 34.6% 31st +5.9pp 27th 183% above peers
Henderson, NV 7.7% 5th +1.4pp 28th 37% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.6% 11th +2.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Anaheim, CA 14.0% 17th +2.7pp 30th 14% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.9% 3rd +2.3pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Irving, TX down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lexington, KY down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.6pp 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,492,449 in August 2026, down from $1,520,090 a year earlier.
Big move $1,492,449
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Anchorage municipality, AK $422,785 (Aug 26) 16th +5.3% 1st 1% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $868,002 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.3% 2nd 103% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $248,442 (Aug 26) 24th +3.1% 3rd 42% below peers
Lincoln, NE $293,764 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 4th 31% below peers
Buffalo, NY $248,828 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.9% 5th 42% below peers
Anaheim, CA $946,371 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.7% 6th 121% above peers
Madison, WI $426,336 (Aug 26) 15th +2.5% 7th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $856,332 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 8th 100% above peers
Reno, NV $573,360 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 9th 34% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $849,526 (Aug 26) 5th +0.8% 10th 99% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $249,297 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.5% 11th 42% below peers
Riverside, CA $645,110 (Aug 26) 7th +0.5% 12th 51% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $223,078 (Aug 26) 27th +0.3% 13th 48% below peers
Greensboro, NC $263,264 (Aug 26) 21st +0.0% 14th 38% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $657,765 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 15th 54% above peers
St. Louis, MO $181,925 (Aug 26) 28th -0.3% 16th 57% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $566,873 (Aug 26) 9th -0.3% 17th 33% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $239,865 (Aug 26) 26th -1.0% 18th 44% below peers
Newark, NJ $481,850 (Aug 26) 12th -1.3% 19th 13% above peers
Chandler, AZ $515,351 (Aug 26) 10th -1.3% 20th 21% above peers
Orlando, FL $371,120 (Aug 26) 19th -1.4% 21st 13% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $402,439 (Aug 26) 17th -1.5% 22nd 6% below peers
Irvine, CA $1,492,449 (Aug 26) 1st -1.8% 23rd 249% above peers
New Orleans, LA $243,781 (Aug 26) 25th -1.9% 24th 43% below peers
Stockton, CA $427,285 (Aug 26) 14th -2.3% 25th on par with peers
Henderson, NV $479,263 (Aug 26) 13th -2.4% 26th 12% above peers
Durham, NC $389,634 (Aug 26) 18th -3.4% 27th 9% below peers
Plano, TX $493,092 (Aug 26) 11th -3.8% 28th 15% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,017,448 in August 2026, down from $1,031,241 a year earlier.
Big move $1,017,448
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Anchorage municipality, AK $288,422 (Aug 26) 17th +8.1% 1st 14% below peers
Buffalo, NY $168,997 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.1% 2nd 50% below peers
Lincoln, NE $216,087 (Aug 26) 20th +3.4% 3rd 36% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $602,608 (Aug 26) 4th +2.8% 4th 79% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $160,142 (Aug 26) 24th +2.7% 5th 52% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $128,731 (Aug 26) 27th +2.4% 6th 62% below peers
Anaheim, CA $759,338 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.1% 7th 126% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $165,811 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 8th 51% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $447,287 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 9th 33% above peers
Newark, NJ $384,631 (Aug 26) 11th +1.2% 10th 14% above peers
Madison, WI $312,158 (Aug 26) 16th +1.2% 11th 7% below peers
Riverside, CA $541,510 (Aug 26) 5th +1.0% 12th 61% above peers
Reno, NV $397,257 (Aug 26) 10th +0.8% 13th 18% above peers
New Orleans, LA $146,798 (Aug 26) 25th +0.5% 14th 56% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $658,593 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.1% 15th 96% above peers
Greensboro, NC $171,051 (Aug 26) 21st -0.2% 16th 49% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $461,495 (Aug 26) 6th -0.3% 17th 37% above peers
Gilbert, AZ $449,884 (Aug 26) 7th -1.0% 18th 34% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $140,307 (Aug 26) 26th -1.2% 19th 58% below peers
Irvine, CA $1,017,448 (Aug 26) 1st -1.3% 20th 202% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $333,778 (Aug 26) 15th -1.4% 21st 1% below peers
Stockton, CA $336,675 (Aug 26) 14th -1.6% 22nd on par with peers
Chandler, AZ $397,527 (Aug 26) 9th -2.3% 23rd 18% above peers
Henderson, NV $355,673 (Aug 26) 13th -2.5% 24th 6% above peers
Orlando, FL $236,142 (Aug 26) 19th -2.9% 25th 30% below peers
Durham, NC $282,309 (Aug 26) 18th -3.0% 26th 16% below peers
St. Louis, MO $75,581 (Aug 26) 28th -3.3% 27th 78% below peers
Plano, TX $362,238 (Aug 26) 12th -3.9% 28th 8% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 46.8% to 44.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 50% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.2% to 44.5%).
Needs attention 44.5%
20112024
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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 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Orlando, FL 39.5% 29th +4.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 53.9% 12th +5.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Newark, NJ 24.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 53% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 5th +5.5pp 4th 22% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 48.9% 20th +4.2pp 5th 6% below peers
New Orleans, LA 51.2% 17th +2.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 27th +2.3pp 7th 18% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 39.8% 28th +2.1pp 8th 24% below peers
Riverside, CA 56.8% 10th +2.8pp 9th 9% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 52.9% 14th +2.5pp 10th 1% above peers
Durham, NC 52.3% 16th +2.1pp 11th on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 63.9% 4th +2.6pp 12th 22% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 19th +1.9pp 13th 5% below peers
St. Louis, MO 45.3% 24th +1.6pp 14th 13% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 2nd +2.0pp 15th 26% above peers
Anaheim, CA 46.2% 22nd +1.4pp 16th 12% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 57.9% 8th +1.2pp 17th 11% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 7th +0.7pp 18th 14% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 47.7% 21st +0.5pp 19th 9% below peers
Greensboro, NC 50.5% 18th +0.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 3rd +0.1pp 21st 24% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 6th -0.1pp 22nd 18% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 73.1% 1st -0.7pp 23rd 40% above peers
Lexington, KY 53.8% 13th -0.7pp 24th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 52.5% 15th -0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 56.1% 11th -0.9pp 26th 7% above peers
Madison, WI 46.0% 23rd -1.0pp 27th 12% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 44.6% 25th -1.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Plano, TX 56.9% 9th -2.2pp 29th 9% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 27.9% 30th -1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Irvine, CA 44.5% 26th -2.4pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 ±1.2pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,527 in August 2026, up from $3,488 a year earlier.
Big move $3,527
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Reno, NV $1,967 (Aug 26) 11th +7.1% 1st 5% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $1,271 (Aug 26) 28th +5.9% 2nd 32% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $3,020 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.6% 3rd 62% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $1,802 (Aug 26) 16th +4.2% 4th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $1,545 (Aug 26) 21st +3.6% 5th 17% below peers
St. Louis, MO $1,330 (Aug 26) 26th +3.5% 6th 29% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $3,157 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.0% 7th 69% above peers
Buffalo, NY $1,425 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.9% 8th 24% below peers
Cincinnati, OH $1,414 (Aug 26) 24th +2.7% 9th 24% below peers
Anaheim, CA $2,759 (Aug 26) 6th +2.3% 10th 48% above peers
Greensboro, NC $1,392 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 11th 25% below peers
Riverside, CA $2,444 (Aug 26) 7th +2.1% 12th 31% above peers
Lincoln, NE $1,308 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 13th 30% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $1,424 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.9% 14th 24% below peers
Durham, NC $1,659 (Aug 26) 18th +1.8% 15th 11% below peers
Madison, WI $1,616 (Aug 26) 20th +1.8% 16th 13% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $2,812 (Aug 26) 5th +1.7% 17th 51% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $2,945 (Aug 26) 4th +1.5% 18th 58% above peers
New Orleans, LA $1,637 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 19th 12% below peers
Chandler, AZ $1,868 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 20th on par with peers
Irvine, CA $3,527 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 21st 89% above peers
Gilbert, AZ $2,075 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 22nd 11% above peers
Stockton, CA $2,010 (Aug 26) 10th +0.7% 23rd 8% above peers
Orlando, FL $1,896 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 24th 2% above peers
Newark, NJ $2,114 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 25th 13% above peers
Plano, TX $1,742 (Aug 26) 17th +0.3% 26th 7% below peers
Henderson, NV $1,806 (Aug 26) 15th -0.0% 27th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $1,889 (Aug 26) 13th -0.0% 28th 1% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.9% then, 42.5% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.2% to 42.5%).
Needs attention 42.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Ana, CA 42.6% 25th -4.5pp 1st 15% above peers
St. Louis, MO 34.2% 10th -3.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Newark, NJ 53.8% 31st -4.6pp 3rd 46% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 36.6% 15th -2.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.0% 21st -2.2pp 5th 11% above peers
Durham, NC 31.9% 7th -1.6pp 6th 13% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.1% 6th -0.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 18th -0.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 41.7% 22nd -0.8pp 9th 13% above peers
New Orleans, LA 45.3% 28th -0.8pp 10th 23% above peers
Irvine, CA 42.5% 23rd -0.4pp 11th 15% above peers
Anaheim, CA 47.3% 30th -0.3pp 12th 28% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 43.6% 26th +0.4pp 13th 18% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.9% 19th +0.4pp 14th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% 9th +0.4pp 15th 9% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 27th +1.0pp 16th 22% above peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 2nd +0.7pp 17th 26% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 25.3% 1st +0.6pp 18th 31% below peers
Riverside, CA 42.5% 24th +1.5pp 19th 15% above peers
Madison, WI 36.4% 14th +1.4pp 20th 1% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 35.7% 13th +1.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 46.0% 29th +2.0pp 22nd 25% above peers
Lexington, KY 32.1% 8th +1.6pp 23rd 13% below peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 17th +1.8pp 24th on par with peers
Greensboro, NC 36.9% 16th +2.0pp 25th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 30.3% 4th +1.9pp 26th 18% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 20th +2.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 35.1% 12th +2.6pp 28th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 3rd +2.2pp 29th 25% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 11th +3.6pp 30th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 30.5% 5th +3.4pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 (4.8% then, 5.3% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 5.3%).
Bright spot 5.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Stockton, CA 7.2% 14th -2.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.5% 5th -1.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 29th -5.3pp 3rd 213% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 20.4% 27th -4.8pp 4th 183% above peers
Durham, NC 7.2% 16th -1.4pp 5th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 17.1% 24th -2.8pp 6th 136% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.6% 28th -2.7pp 7th 185% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 2nd -0.4pp 8th 54% below peers
Newark, NJ 34.3% 30th -4.1pp 9th 375% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 15th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 20th -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Orlando, FL 7.4% 17th -0.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 7.0% 13th -0.5pp 13th 4% below peers
New Orleans, LA 17.4% 25th -1.1pp 14th 142% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.5% 26th -1.2pp 15th 156% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 7th -0.2pp 16th 28% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 5.8% 10th -0.2pp 17th 19% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 6th -0.1pp 18th 37% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 13.0% 22nd -0.3pp 19th 81% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.6% 23rd +0.0pp 20th 130% above peers
Anaheim, CA 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 40.3% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 458% above peers
Madison, WI 12.2% 21st +0.8pp 23rd 69% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.2% 19th +0.6pp 24th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 4th +0.3pp 25th 41% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.0% 11th +0.5pp 26th 17% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.3% 8th +0.5pp 27th 27% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.7% 12th +0.8pp 28th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 3.7% 3rd +0.5pp 29th 48% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 18th +1.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 2.3% 1st +0.6pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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24 of 48 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 4.0% now; margin ±0.6pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Jersey City, NJ 8.5% 18th -2.9pp 1st 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 12.2% 27th -3.5pp 2nd 45% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.4% 16th -1.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 9.9% 23rd -2.1pp 4th 18% above peers
Lincoln, NE 6.3% 7th -1.3pp 5th 24% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.4% 8th -1.0pp 6th 24% below peers
Durham, NC 10.7% 26th -1.8pp 7th 28% above peers
St. Louis, MO 9.3% 20th -1.5pp 8th 11% above peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 15th -1.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 9.8% 22nd -1.4pp 10th 17% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.0% 2nd -0.5pp 11th 52% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 8.5% 17th -1.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 3rd -0.5pp 13th 51% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 9th -0.7pp 14th 21% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.6% 1st -0.4pp 15th 57% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.8% 5th -0.5pp 16th 43% below peers
Orlando, FL 13.9% 29th -1.3pp 17th 65% above peers
Riverside, CA 8.9% 19th -0.5pp 18th 6% above peers
Plano, TX 10.7% 25th -0.5pp 19th 27% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.3% 28th -0.1pp 20th 59% above peers
Stockton, CA 6.9% 12th +0.1pp 21st 18% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.7% 10th +0.1pp 22nd 21% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.8% 30th +0.6pp 24th 112% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.4% 21st +0.5pp 25th 13% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 13th +0.4pp 26th 14% below peers
Madison, WI 4.2% 4th +0.3pp 27th 50% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.8% 14th +0.5pp 28th 7% below peers
Reno, NV 10.6% 24th +0.8pp 29th 26% above peers
Newark, NJ 19.7% 31st +2.3pp 30th 135% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.3% 6th +1.0pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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24 of 48 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about two-thirds of the peer median.

20.3%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Irvine, CA 20.3% 1st 40% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 24.4% 2nd 28% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 26.9% 3rd 20% below peers
Anaheim, CA 28.2% 4th 17% below peers
Plano, TX 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 29.1% 6th 14% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 29.8% 7th 12% below peers
Henderson, NV 30.1% 8th 11% below peers
Reno, NV 30.1% 9th 11% below peers
Chandler, AZ 30.2% 10th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 30.4% 11th 10% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 30.8% 12th 9% below peers
Madison, WI 32.1% 13th 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 33.2% 14th 2% below peers
Orlando, FL 33.6% 15th 1% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.8% 16th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 33.8% 17th on par with peers
Durham, NC 33.9% 18th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 34.5% 19th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 35.1% 20th 4% above peers
Newark, NJ 35.1% 21st 4% above peers
Greensboro, NC 35.1% 22nd 4% above peers
Stockton, CA 35.3% 23rd 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 35.5% 24th 5% above peers
New Orleans, LA 37.2% 25th 10% above peers
St. Louis, MO 37.4% 26th 11% above peers
Buffalo, NY 38.4% 27th 14% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.4% 28th 17% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 29th 24% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 42.7% 30th 26% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (3.0% then, 2.2% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 2.2%).
Bright spot 2.2%
20122024
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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
Lexington, KY 3.0% 6th -1.3pp 1st 42% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 3.9% 12th -1.6pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 11th -1.4pp 3rd 27% below peers
Irvine, CA 2.2% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 57% below peers
Greensboro, NC 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 5th 32% below peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% 8th -0.8pp 6th 32% below peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 23rd -1.2pp 7th 33% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 19th -0.9pp 8th 4% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 8.1% 28th -1.1pp 9th 57% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 7.3% 25th -0.8pp 10th 43% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.2% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 56% below peers
St. Louis, MO 4.9% 15th -0.2pp 12th 5% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 26th -0.1pp 13th 52% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.4% 14th -0.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 10th -0.0pp 15th 29% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 7th +0.2pp 16th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 3.9% 13th +0.3pp 17th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 8.0% 27th +0.6pp 18th 55% above peers
Plano, TX 9.1% 29th +0.8pp 19th 77% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.1% 16th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 5.2% 18th +0.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Stockton, CA 2.9% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 43% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 22nd +1.0pp 23rd 26% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 5.1% 17th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 1st +0.3pp 25th 62% below peers
Madison, WI 2.8% 4th +0.5pp 26th 46% below peers
Orlando, FL 9.7% 30th +2.1pp 27th 88% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 24th +1.7pp 28th 42% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 5.8% 21st +1.4pp 29th 14% above peers
Newark, NJ 11.3% 31st +3.2pp 30th 120% above peers
New Orleans, LA 5.4% 20th +1.9pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 0.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 Turning up (early signal) ★ National leader
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 (68.9% then, 70.6% now; margin ±2.1pp). 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
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.6% to 70.6%).
Bright spot 70.6%
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 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Newark, NJ 19.7% 28th +4.5pp 1st 52% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 18.3% 30th +3.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 23rd +4.2pp 3rd 28% below peers
Durham, NC 57.3% 4th +7.7pp 4th 38% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 54.8% 5th +7.2pp 5th 32% above peers
St. Louis, MO 41.1% 16th +4.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 33.2% 21st +3.8pp 7th 20% below peers
Buffalo, NY 31.2% 22nd +3.5pp 8th 25% below peers
New Orleans, LA 42.4% 12th +4.8pp 9th 2% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 13th +4.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Henderson, NV 37.4% 19th +4.0pp 11th 10% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 18.9% 29th +2.0pp 12th 55% below peers
Riverside, CA 25.7% 25th +2.7pp 13th 38% below peers
Orlando, FL 42.5% 11th +4.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 41.5% 15th +4.3pp 15th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 48.3% 7th +4.6pp 16th 16% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 24.4% 26th +2.3pp 17th 41% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 49.1% 6th +4.5pp 18th 18% above peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 20th +3.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Stockton, CA 20.0% 27th +1.7pp 20th 52% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 48.2% 8th +3.8pp 21st 16% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 43.8% 10th +3.0pp 22nd 5% above peers
Greensboro, NC 41.0% 17th +2.8pp 23rd 1% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 38.6% 18th +2.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Chandler, AZ 47.8% 9th +3.0pp 25th 15% above peers
Plano, TX 60.5% 2nd +3.3pp 26th 46% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.8% 14th +2.2pp 27th 1% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 29.0% 24th +1.2pp 28th 30% below peers
Madison, WI 59.9% 3rd +2.0pp 29th 44% above peers
Irvine, CA 70.6% 1st +1.8pp 30th 70% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 12.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 72.1% to 59.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.6pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.0% to 59.6%).
Needs attention 59.6%
20112024
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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 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Corpus Christi, TX 47.8% 13th +8.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Anaheim, CA 51.3% 9th +7.1pp 2nd 9% above peers
Riverside, CA 41.0% 22nd +4.8pp 3rd 12% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 10th +4.3pp 4th 9% above peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 19th +3.5pp 5th 7% below peers
Madison, WI 51.4% 8th +2.1pp 6th 10% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 24th +1.1pp 7th 15% below peers
St. Louis, MO 53.8% 7th +1.0pp 8th 15% above peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 16th +0.8pp 9th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 18th -0.1pp 10th 6% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 47.6% 15th -0.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 50.9% 11th -0.4pp 12th 9% above peers
New Orleans, LA 61.5% 3rd -2.4pp 13th 31% above peers
Plano, TX 47.7% 14th -2.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 73.2% 1st -3.6pp 15th 56% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 36.2% 29th -1.8pp 16th 23% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 43.0% 20th -2.8pp 17th 8% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 34.2% 30th -2.4pp 18th 27% below peers
Stockton, CA 39.5% 26th -2.8pp 19th 16% below peers
Newark, NJ 67.5% 2nd -5.8pp 20th 44% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.4% 21st -3.9pp 21st 12% below peers
Orlando, FL 55.1% 6th -6.2pp 22nd 17% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 50.1% 12th -6.6pp 23rd 7% above peers
Greensboro, NC 37.0% 27th -4.9pp 24th 21% below peers
Lexington, KY 41.0% 23rd -7.3pp 25th 13% below peers
Durham, NC 39.8% 25th -7.2pp 26th 15% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 28th -7.2pp 27th 22% below peers
Irvine, CA 59.6% 4th -12.5pp 28th 27% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 31st -6.6pp 29th 43% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.5% 5th -15.5pp 30th 25% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 44.8% 17th -14.2pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.8pp 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 ★ National leader
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 (2.0% then, 1.4% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.0% to 1.4%).
Bright spot 1.4%
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 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Orlando, FL 4.3% 7th -4.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 6th -3.9pp 2nd 36% below peers
St. Louis, MO 6.7% 15th -3.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Irvine, CA 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 4th 80% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 20th -2.3pp 5th 7% above peers
Durham, NC 4.5% 8th -1.2pp 6th 32% below peers
Greensboro, NC 5.1% 10th -1.3pp 7th 24% below peers
Newark, NJ 9.8% 26th -1.8pp 8th 47% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% 21st -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Madison, WI 2.2% 2nd -0.1pp 10th 67% below peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 23rd -0.4pp 11th 21% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 12th -0.2pp 12th 4% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 7.9% 22nd -0.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 9th -0.1pp 14th 26% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.4% 25th +0.1pp 15th 26% above peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 16th +0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% 4th +0.2pp 17th 44% below peers
Riverside, CA 6.3% 11th +0.3pp 18th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 10.1% 28th +1.0pp 19th 51% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.2% 5th +0.5pp 20th 37% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 12.1% 29th +1.5pp 21st 81% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.8% 18th +0.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 6.5% 14th +1.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 3rd +0.7pp 24th 48% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 25th 97% above peers
Anaheim, CA 8.2% 24th +2.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.7% 17th +1.9pp 27th on par with peers
Plano, TX 7.1% 19th +2.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 27th +3.1pp 29th 49% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.5% 13th +2.1pp 30th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 31st +5.0pp 31st 111% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 14% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 273,157 to 311,690 - more than the combined survey margin (±129).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 (229,850 to 311,690).
Big move 311,690
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 26th +15% 1st 9% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 280,262 24th +15% 2nd 8% below peers
Irvine, CA 311,690 12th +14% 3rd 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 319,758 7th +14% 4th 5% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 294,078 19th +12% 5th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 25th +11% 6th 8% below peers
Reno, NV 273,212 30th +11% 7th 10% below peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 4th +11% 8th 9% above peers
Newark, NJ 310,178 14th +10% 9th 2% above peers
Madison, WI 278,001 27th +9% 10th 9% below peers
Durham, NC 291,467 20th +8% 11th 4% below peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 28th +8% 12th 9% below peers
Stockton, CA 322,326 6th +4% 13th 6% above peers
Lincoln, NE 294,856 18th +4% 14th 3% below peers
Greensboro, NC 301,198 17th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 311,224 13th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 29th +3% 17th 9% below peers
Plano, TX 290,594 21st +1% 18th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 31st +1% 19th 12% below peers
Lexington, KY 323,725 5th +1% 20th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 307,284 15th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 304,759 16th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 345,482 2nd -1% 23rd 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 288,976 22nd -2% 24th 5% below peers
Anaheim, CA 344,521 3rd -2% 25th 13% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 317,995 9th -2% 26th 4% above peers
Riverside, CA 319,069 8th -2% 27th 5% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 317,419 10th -3% 28th 4% above peers
New Orleans, LA 371,853 1st -5% 29th 22% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 312,534 11th -6% 30th 3% above peers
St. Louis, MO 288,512 23rd -6% 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 ±103 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.0% then, 21.7% now; margin ±0.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.2% to 21.7%).
21.7%
20172024
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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 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Orlando, FL 21.4% 18th +0.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.8% 4th +0.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Lexington, KY 21.0% 19th +0.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Greensboro, NC 21.7% 16th -0.1pp 4th on par with peers
Madison, WI 16.1% 29th -0.2pp 5th 26% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 13th -0.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Irvine, CA 21.7% 17th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 19.7% 25th -0.4pp 8th 9% below peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 21st -0.5pp 9th 4% below peers
Lincoln, NE 21.9% 15th -0.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 14.6% 31st -0.5pp 11th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 23.1% 10th -0.8pp 12th 6% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 5th -0.8pp 13th 13% above peers
Stockton, CA 26.7% 2nd -1.0pp 14th 23% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 6th -1.0pp 15th 12% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.5% 28th -0.7pp 16th 24% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 23.5% 7th -1.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.9pp 18th 9% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 23.4% 9th -1.2pp 19th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.3% 27th -1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 20.7% 22nd -1.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 23.5% 8th -1.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 28.1% 1st -1.8pp 23rd 30% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 24th -1.4pp 24th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 20.9% 20th -1.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Durham, NC 20.1% 23rd -1.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Anaheim, CA 22.2% 14th -1.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 12th -2.4pp 28th 5% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 3rd -3.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 22.9% 11th -4.0pp 30th 5% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -2.9pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.5% to 17.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.2% to 17.7%).
Big move 17.7%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 25th +5.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Irvine, CA 17.7% 31st +3.2pp 2nd 52% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 19.9% 29th +3.5pp 3rd 46% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 27.7% 26th +3.9pp 4th 25% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.6% 19th +4.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Madison, WI 31.3% 20th +3.5pp 6th 16% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 24th +2.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 22nd +2.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.2% 9th +3.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 13th +2.6pp 10th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 68.2% 1st +3.3pp 11th 84% above peers
Plano, TX 19.4% 30th +0.7pp 12th 47% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.5% 23rd +0.9pp 13th 20% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 39.6% 11th +1.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Lincoln, NE 26.7% 27th +0.8pp 15th 28% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 10th +0.5pp 16th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 37.0% 16th +0.4pp 17th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 15th +0.3pp 18th 1% above peers
Newark, NJ 58.1% 2nd -0.2pp 19th 57% above peers
Riverside, CA 30.1% 21st -0.6pp 20th 19% below peers
Greensboro, NC 42.9% 7th -1.1pp 21st 16% above peers
Lexington, KY 31.7% 17th -1.2pp 22nd 14% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 42.6% 8th -2.1pp 23rd 15% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 5th -3.6pp 24th 41% above peers
New Orleans, LA 53.7% 4th -4.0pp 25th 45% above peers
St. Louis, MO 52.2% 6th -4.0pp 26th 41% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 56.2% 3rd -6.5pp 27th 52% above peers
Orlando, FL 38.9% 12th -5.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 28th -3.3pp 29th 36% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 31.6% 18th -4.9pp 30th 15% below peers
Durham, NC 37.4% 14th -5.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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24 of 48 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 ±2.2pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents rose 6.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55.2% to 61.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.7% to 61.7%).
Big move 61.7%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Gilbert, AZ 70.7% 10th +15.2pp 1st 4% above peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 20th +7.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 13th +8.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Irvine, CA 61.7% 28th +6.5pp 4th 10% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 68.2% 16th +6.0pp 5th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 67.2% 19th +5.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 9th +5.5pp 7th 5% above peers
Anaheim, CA 68.2% 17th +4.6pp 8th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 65.3% 22nd +4.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 18th +4.2pp 10th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 63.5% 25th +3.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 59.9% 31st +3.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 68.5% 15th +3.2pp 13th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 62.8% 26th +2.4pp 14th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 65.5% 21st +1.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 72.3% 7th +1.5pp 16th 6% above peers
Lexington, KY 74.2% 5th +1.1pp 17th 9% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Durham, NC 74.5% 4th -0.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Madison, WI 75.9% 1st -0.7pp 20th 11% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 69.1% 14th -0.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 69.6% 12th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 60.9% 30th -0.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
New Orleans, LA 70.2% 11th -1.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Orlando, FL 71.5% 8th -1.8pp 25th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 73.5% 6th -1.9pp 26th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 74.5% 3rd -2.2pp 27th 9% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 29th -3.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 64.9% 23rd -6.9pp 29th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 64.5% 24th -7.3pp 30th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 27th -8.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 48 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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24 of 48 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 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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