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Laguna Niguel, CA
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64,139 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 14 indicators

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

What needs attention 3 indicators

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

Big shifts 7 indicators

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

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 8% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 103 in May 2026, down from 112 a year earlier.
103 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
West Hartford, CT 25 (May 26) 1st -64.5% 1st 87% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 99 (May 26) 4th -28.1% 2nd 48% below peers
Burnsville, MN 140 (May 26) 9th -27.2% 3rd 26% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 136 (May 26) 8th -24.3% 4th 28% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 53 (May 26) 2nd -19.5% 5th 72% below peers
Utica, NY 409 (May 26) 16th -16.2% 6th 115% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 284 (May 26) 13th -10.5% 7th 49% above peers
Brentwood, CA 190 (May 26) 10th -9.3% 8th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 496 (May 26) 18th -8.2% 9th 160% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 103 (May 26) 5th -7.9% 10th 46% below peers
Waltham, MA 222 (May 26) 11th -4.5% 11th 17% above peers
Porterville, CA 317 (May 26) 14th -2.9% 12th 67% above peers
Bellevue, NE 96 (Apr 26) 3rd +1.6% 13th 50% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 1,074 (May 26) 19th +4.7% 14th 464% above peers
Moore, OK 230 (May 26) 12th +7.3% 15th 21% above peers
Huntersville, NC 121 (May 26) 6th +7.8% 16th 36% below peers
Brookline, MA 122 (Apr 25) 7th +20.0% 17th 36% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 322 (May 26) 15th +27.8% 18th 69% above peers
Hamilton, OH 412 (May 26) 17th +42.7% 19th 117% above peers

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 585 in May 2026, down from 778 a year earlier.
585 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Brentwood, CA 1,420 (May 26) 13th -30.8% 1st 7% above peers
Muncie, IN 1,349 (May 26) 12th -24.9% 2nd 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 585 (May 26) 2nd -24.8% 3rd 56% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 567 (May 26) 1st -18.3% 4th 57% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 1,333 (May 26) 10th -17.5% 5th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 1,489 (May 26) 14th -14.9% 6th 12% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 2,437 (May 26) 16th -12.7% 7th 83% above peers
West Hartford, CT 1,991 (May 26) 15th -11.9% 8th 49% above peers
Huntersville, NC 1,018 (May 26) 5th -11.1% 9th 24% below peers
Utica, NY 2,711 (May 26) 18th -10.5% 10th 103% above peers
Moore, OK 1,333 (May 26) 11th -10.1% 11th on par with peers
Porterville, CA 1,218 (May 26) 9th -8.7% 12th 9% below peers
Bellevue, NE 1,078 (Apr 26) 6th -4.7% 13th 19% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 1,156 (May 26) 7th -3.6% 14th 13% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 1,160 (May 26) 8th -2.7% 15th 13% below peers
Waltham, MA 687 (May 26) 3rd -2.6% 16th 48% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 4,225 (May 26) 19th +7.2% 17th 217% above peers
Brookline, MA 860 (Apr 25) 4th +9.1% 18th 35% below peers
Hamilton, OH 2,459 (Apr 26) 17th +9.6% 19th 85% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lincoln, CA down about 19% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Flat
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
Compare all 19 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Waltham, MA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st
Hendersonville, TN 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd
Eden Prairie, MN 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd
Utica, NY 2 (May 26) 13th -66.7% 4th
Burnsville, MN 3 (May 26) 15th -50.0% 5th
Bellevue, NE 2 (Apr 26) 11th -49.8% 6th
North Little Rock, AR 17 (May 26) 19th -26.6% 7th
Huntersville, NC 3 (May 26) 14th +100.0% 8th
Muncie, IN 9 (May 26) 17th +100.0% 9th
Hamilton, OH 9 (May 26) 18th +500.0% 10th
Laguna Niguel, CA 0 (May 26) 4th
South San Francisco, CA 0 (May 26) 5th
West Hartford, CT 0 (May 26) 6th
Coon Rapids, MN 0 (May 26) 7th
Moore, OK 0 (May 26) 8th
Brookline, MA 0 (Apr 25) 9th
Porterville, CA 2 (May 26) 12th
Brentwood, CA 0 (May 26) 10th
Cheyenne, WY 5 (May 26) 16th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 47 in May 2026, down from 96 a year earlier.
47 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Laguna Niguel, CA 47 (May 26) 5th -51.3% 1st 59% below peers
West Hartford, CT 110 (May 26) 9th -46.2% 2nd 5% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 26 (May 26) 2nd -40.8% 3rd 78% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 138 (May 26) 13th -40.7% 4th 20% above peers
Brentwood, CA 139 (May 26) 14th -38.8% 5th 21% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 33 (May 26) 3rd -38.2% 6th 72% below peers
Moore, OK 91 (May 26) 6th -37.0% 7th 22% below peers
Porterville, CA 217 (May 26) 17th -36.1% 8th 88% above peers
Brookline, MA 20 (Apr 25) 1st -35.0% 9th 82% below peers
Huntersville, NC 101 (May 26) 8th -25.0% 10th 13% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 100 (May 26) 7th -21.0% 11th 13% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 160 (May 26) 15th -19.8% 12th 38% above peers
Hamilton, OH 169 (Apr 26) 16th -15.6% 13th 46% above peers
Muncie, IN 265 (May 26) 18th -12.2% 14th 129% above peers
Utica, NY 134 (May 26) 12th -7.6% 15th 16% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 431 (May 26) 19th +0.7% 16th 274% above peers
Bellevue, NE 124 (Apr 26) 11th +11.1% 17th 7% above peers
Burnsville, MN 115 (May 26) 10th +17.2% 18th on par with peers
Waltham, MA 45 (May 26) 4th +20.0% 19th 61% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Appleton, WI down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 29% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $108,537 to $140,452 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,576). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 42% from 2014 to 2024 ($98,957 to $140,452).
$140,452
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Brentwood, NY $111,572 12th +51% 1st 28% above peers
St. Cloud, FL $83,174 18th +50% 2nd 4% below peers
Lakewood, WA $74,720 22nd +44% 3rd 14% below peers
Port Orange, FL $74,426 23rd +43% 4th 14% below peers
Lynwood, CA $74,844 21st +43% 5th 14% below peers
Sanford, FL $66,891 25th +42% 6th 23% below peers
Utica, NY $52,484 30th +39% 7th 40% below peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 27th +38% 8th 31% below peers
Millcreek, UT $98,045 13th +36% 9th 13% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $97,200 14th +34% 10th 12% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $142,779 2nd +32% 11th 64% above peers
Muncie, IN $44,471 31st +31% 12th 49% below peers
Bellevue, NE $85,462 17th +31% 13th 2% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 3rd +31% 14th 64% above peers
South San Francisco, CA $136,578 7th +30% 15th 57% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $140,452 5th +29% 16th 61% above peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 24th +27% 17th 16% below peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 6th +27% 18th 61% above peers
Waltham, MA $120,216 11th +25% 19th 38% above peers
West Hartford, CT $129,890 9th +25% 20th 49% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $88,251 15th +24% 21st 1% above peers
Reston, VA $148,710 1st +24% 22nd 71% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 20th +22% 23rd 9% below peers
Moore, OK $80,420 19th +22% 24th 8% below peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 4th +21% 25th 63% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $52,707 29th +21% 26th 39% below peers
Burnsville, MN $87,024 16th +18% 27th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC $120,516 10th +18% 28th 38% above peers
Hamilton, OH $55,166 28th +17% 29th 37% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 8th +17% 30th 50% above peers
Kenner, LA $64,020 26th +16% 31st 26% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 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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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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$6,981 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 50% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.3% in May 2026, down from 3.6% a year earlier.
3.3%
1990May 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Hamilton, OH 3.0% (May 26) 4th -1.6pp 1st 23% below peers
Porterville, CA 13.4% (May 26) 25th -0.6pp 2nd 244% above peers
Muncie, IN 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.5pp 3rd 3% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.4pp 4th 21% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% (May 26) 6th -0.4pp 5th 21% below peers
Brentwood, CA 4.1% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 7th 15% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 8th 28% below peers
Bellevue, NE 2.9% (May 26) 3rd -0.2pp 9th 26% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.1% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 10th 21% below peers
Waltham, MA 3.7% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 11th 5% below peers
Millcreek, UT 3.3% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 12th 15% below peers
Kenner, LA 3.8% (May 26) 12th +0.0pp 13th 3% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 14th 31% below peers
Lynwood, CA 5.7% (May 26) 23rd +0.1pp 15th 46% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 16th 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.4pp 17th 5% below peers
Burnsville, MN 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.5pp 18th 5% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 19th on par with peers
Utica, NY 4.9% (May 26) 21st +0.7pp 20th 26% above peers
Port Orange, FL 4.5% (May 26) 19th +0.9pp 21st 15% above peers
Lakewood, WA 5.7% (May 26) 24th +0.9pp 22nd 46% above peers
Sanford, FL 4.6% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 23rd 18% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (May 26) 15th +1.2pp 24th 3% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 5.1% (May 26) 22nd +1.3pp 25th 31% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 6.4% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 6.4%).
6.4%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Brentwood, NY 6.5% 8th -5.5pp 1st 24% below peers
Sanford, FL 11.7% 23rd -7.1pp 2nd 36% above peers
Porterville, CA 17.1% 26th -10.0pp 3rd 99% above peers
Brookline, MA 8.6% 16th -3.3pp 4th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 3.0% 1st -1.2pp 5th 65% below peers
Port Orange, FL 10.9% 21st -3.9pp 6th 28% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.7% 12th -2.6pp 7th 10% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 10.0% 18th -3.1pp 8th 17% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 19th -3.3pp 9th 22% above peers
Lakewood, WA 12.9% 24th -3.4pp 10th 51% above peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 3rd -1.2pp 11th 34% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.6% 17th -1.5pp 12th 1% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 2nd -0.8pp 13th 47% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.1% 29th -3.4pp 14th 134% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 6.4% 7th -0.8pp 15th 26% below peers
Kenner, LA 15.3% 25th -1.9pp 16th 79% above peers
Millcreek, UT 7.7% 11th -0.7pp 17th 11% below peers
Muncie, IN 25.9% 30th -2.1pp 18th 202% above peers
Utica, NY 26.6% 31st -1.6pp 19th 210% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 6.7% 10th -0.2pp 20th 22% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 6.7% 9th -0.1pp 21st 22% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.2% 5th -0.0pp 22nd 28% below peers
Waltham, MA 8.3% 14th +0.1pp 23rd 3% below peers
Lynwood, CA 17.4% 27th +0.2pp 24th 103% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.3% 6th +0.1pp 25th 27% below peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 4th +0.5pp 26th 33% below peers
Hamilton, OH 19.1% 28th +2.4pp 27th 122% above peers
Moore, OK 11.3% 22nd +2.8pp 28th 32% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 8.2% 13th +2.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 15th +2.5pp 30th 3% below peers
Burnsville, MN 10.8% 20th +3.2pp 31st 26% above peers
Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.2% then, 7.5% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 7.5%).
7.5%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Huntersville, NC 2.0% 1st -2.8pp 1st 80% below peers
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 9th -9.9pp 2nd 26% below peers
Sanford, FL 14.8% 22nd -15.1pp 3rd 52% above peers
Bellevue, NE 8.1% 14th -5.8pp 4th 16% below peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 20th -10.0pp 5th 46% above peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 3rd -2.8pp 6th 51% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 26th -13.0pp 7th 129% above peers
Port Orange, FL 12.7% 18th -6.8pp 8th 31% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 13th -4.0pp 9th 21% below peers
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 23rd -8.0pp 10th 59% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 13.1% 19th -6.6pp 11th 35% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.7% 5th -2.7pp 12th 42% below peers
Reston, VA 6.6% 8th -2.9pp 13th 32% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 15th -3.7pp 14th 8% below peers
Kenner, LA 20.1% 25th -8.2pp 15th 107% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 7th -2.5pp 16th 34% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.2% 4th -2.0pp 17th 46% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 27.8% 28th -8.5pp 18th 187% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.8% 6th -1.7pp 19th 40% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 7.5% 12th -1.6pp 20th 22% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 11th -1.5pp 21st 23% below peers
Muncie, IN 30.3% 30th -4.3pp 22nd 212% above peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 23rd 306% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 24th 67% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 7.2% 10th -0.6pp 25th 25% below peers
Lynwood, CA 29.0% 29th +2.3pp 26th 198% above peers
Hamilton, OH 27.6% 27th +3.0pp 27th 185% above peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 16th +1.5pp 28th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 14.4% 21st +2.6pp 29th 49% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 12.3% 17th +3.8pp 30th 27% above peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 24th +7.9pp 31st 80% above peers
Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 94.5% to 96.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 3.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.4% to 96.6%).
96.6%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lynwood, CA 91.0% 24th +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 86.8% 30th +14.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 29th +11.7pp 3rd 7% below peers
Muncie, IN 87.7% 27th +11.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Kenner, LA 87.7% 28th +10.9pp 5th 7% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 25th +10.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 14th +11.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 93.3% 17th +9.9pp 8th 1% below peers
Sanford, FL 92.2% 21st +9.4pp 9th 2% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 95.2% 11th +7.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Hamilton, OH 88.6% 26th +6.8pp 11th 6% below peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 22nd +7.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Burnsville, MN 95.4% 9th +7.1pp 13th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 95.7% 7th +6.3pp 14th 2% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 23rd +6.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 95.4% 10th +6.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 96.7% 4th +5.9pp 17th 3% above peers
Millcreek, UT 93.3% 19th +5.6pp 18th 1% below peers
Waltham, MA 94.0% 16th +5.4pp 19th on par with peers
Bellevue, NE 93.3% 18th +5.3pp 20th 1% below peers
West Hartford, CT 94.3% 15th +5.1pp 21st on par with peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 13th +5.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Huntersville, NC 96.8% 3rd +4.4pp 23rd 3% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 92.9% 20th +4.2pp 24th 1% below peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 1st +3.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 8th +2.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 6th +2.3pp 27th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 12th +2.2pp 28th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 96.6% 5th +2.2pp 29th 3% above peers
Reston, VA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 30th 3% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 31st 17% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% 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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.04).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.47).
0.47
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Sanford, FL 0.40 8th -0.062 1st 4% below peers
Porterville, CA 0.42 13th -0.061 2nd 1% below peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 5th -0.036 3rd 6% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0.41 10th -0.033 4th 3% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 25th -0.035 5th 12% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 0.47 24th -0.030 6th 11% above peers
Muncie, IN 0.46 22nd -0.024 7th 9% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 16th -0.016 8th on par with peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 0.47 23rd -0.017 9th 11% above peers
Reston, VA 0.41 12th -0.014 10th 2% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.39 2nd -0.011 11th 8% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 31st -0.013 12th 22% above peers
Port Orange, FL 0.42 14th -0.008 13th 1% below peers
Lynwood, CA 0.40 7th -0.006 14th 5% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 20th -0.005 15th 6% above peers
Burnsville, MN 0.40 6th +0.002 16th 5% below peers
Bellevue, NE 0.39 3rd +0.004 17th 6% below peers
West Hartford, CT 0.47 26th +0.007 18th 12% above peers
Millcreek, UT 0.47 28th +0.009 19th 13% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 0.37 1st +0.008 20th 12% below peers
Huntersville, NC 0.41 9th +0.010 21st 4% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 0.43 17th +0.012 22nd 1% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 29th +0.015 23rd 16% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 11th +0.016 24th 3% below peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 27th +0.019 25th 13% above peers
Kenner, LA 0.49 30th +0.022 26th 16% above peers
Hamilton, OH 0.44 18th +0.022 27th 5% above peers
Moore, OK 0.40 4th +0.024 28th 6% below peers
Waltham, MA 0.44 19th +0.032 29th 5% above peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 15th +0.054 30th on par with peers
South San Francisco, CA 0.46 21st +0.059 31st 9% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 2.6% to 4.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (1.3% to 4.2%).
4.2%
20102023
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Hendersonville, TN 4.5% 6th -2.6pp 1st 38% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 7th -2.2pp 2nd 34% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.1% 9th -2.2pp 3rd 30% below peers
Reston, VA 3.6% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 51% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 18th -2.3pp 5th 22% above peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 21st -3.1pp 6th 74% above peers
Millcreek, UT 4.9% 8th -1.2pp 7th 33% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 7.2% 15th -1.6pp 8th 2% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.4% 13th -1.2pp 9th 12% below peers
Bellevue, NE 7.3% 16th -1.3pp 10th on par with peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 25th -2.8pp 11th 122% above peers
Hamilton, OH 17.8% 27th -2.8pp 12th 144% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.5% 23rd -1.4pp 13th 86% above peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 31st -3.0pp 14th 313% above peers
Kenner, LA 13.0% 22nd -0.8pp 15th 79% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 15.1% 24th -0.7pp 16th 108% above peers
Port Orange, FL 9.2% 19th -0.2pp 17th 26% above peers
Sanford, FL 16.9% 26th -0.1pp 18th 132% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 30th +0.3pp 19th 266% above peers
Lynwood, CA 21.4% 29th +1.2pp 20th 194% above peers
Muncie, IN 20.5% 28th +1.8pp 21st 182% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 3rd +0.5pp 22nd 45% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 4th +0.8pp 23rd 44% below peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 17th +1.5pp 24th 5% above peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 20th +2.7pp 25th 67% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 12th +1.4pp 26th 18% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.9% 1st +0.8pp 27th 60% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.7% 11th +1.6pp 28th 22% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 5.3% 10th +1.5pp 29th 28% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 14th +2.1pp 30th 9% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.2% 5th +1.6pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

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.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,500,893 in June 2026, up from $1,443,833 a year earlier.
$1,500,893
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Utica, NY $213,412 (Jun 26) 27th +8.8% 1st 59% below peers
Kenner, LA $274,207 (Jun 26) 25th +6.2% 2nd 47% below peers
West Hartford, CT $515,170 (Jun 26) 15th +5.2% 3rd on par with peers
Brentwood, NY $633,120 (Jun 26) 11th +4.0% 4th 23% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $1,500,893 (Jun 26) 2nd +4.0% 5th 191% above peers
Lynwood, CA $693,082 (Jun 26) 8th +3.7% 6th 35% above peers
Hamilton, OH $310,584 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.6% 7th 40% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $391,685 (Jun 26) 17th +3.5% 8th 24% below peers
Muncie, IN $158,760 (Jun 26) 29th +3.4% 9th 69% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $170,641 (Jun 26) 28th +3.2% 10th 67% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $337,326 (Jun 26) 21st +3.0% 11th 35% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $512,269 (Jun 26) 16th +2.9% 12th 1% below peers
Millcreek, UT $645,592 (Jun 26) 9th +2.9% 13th 25% above peers
Bellevue, NE $302,976 (Jun 26) 24th +2.8% 14th 41% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,750,993 (Jun 26) 1st +2.8% 15th 240% above peers
Burnsville, MN $375,754 (Jun 26) 18th +2.7% 16th 27% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $1,230,345 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 17th 139% above peers
Waltham, MA $841,319 (Jun 26) 6th +1.0% 18th 63% above peers
Moore, OK $224,317 (Jun 26) 26th +0.6% 19th 56% below peers
Huntersville, NC $555,686 (Jun 26) 12th +0.6% 20th 8% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $526,106 (Jun 26) 14th +0.4% 21st 2% above peers
Porterville, CA $332,606 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.2% 22nd 35% below peers
Lakewood, WA $526,659 (Jun 26) 13th -0.2% 23rd 2% above peers
Reston, VA $639,126 (Jun 26) 10th -0.9% 24th 24% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $1,118,381 (Jun 26) 4th -1.0% 25th 117% above peers
Brentwood, CA $799,857 (Jun 26) 7th -2.5% 26th 55% above peers
Sanford, FL $344,300 (Jun 26) 19th -3.1% 27th 33% below peers
Port Orange, FL $339,981 (Jun 26) 20th -3.8% 28th 34% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,111,679 (Jun 26) 5th -4.9% 29th 116% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $902,991 in June 2026, up from $881,238 a year earlier.
$902,991
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Kenner, LA $201,552 (Jun 26) 24th +12.4% 1st 45% below peers
Brentwood, NY $585,859 (Jun 26) 9th +11.3% 2nd 61% above peers
Utica, NY $151,337 (Jun 26) 27th +8.2% 3rd 58% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $301,669 (Jun 26) 17th +5.4% 4th 17% below peers
West Hartford, CT $363,171 (Jun 26) 15th +5.3% 5th on par with peers
Lynwood, CA $628,142 (Jun 26) 7th +4.6% 6th 73% above peers
Hamilton, OH $176,003 (Jun 26) 26th +4.5% 7th 52% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,204,443 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 8th 232% above peers
Bellevue, NE $234,974 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.7% 9th 35% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $93,319 (Jun 26) 28th +2.5% 10th 74% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $902,991 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.5% 11th 149% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $267,898 (Jun 26) 18th +2.3% 12th 26% below peers
Porterville, CA $267,524 (Jun 26) 19th +2.1% 13th 26% below peers
Muncie, IN $90,589 (Jun 26) 29th +2.0% 14th 75% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $949,881 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.9% 15th 162% above peers
Waltham, MA $627,268 (Jun 26) 8th +1.8% 16th 73% above peers
Brookline, MA $722,138 (Jun 26) 5th +1.8% 17th 99% above peers
Millcreek, UT $433,444 (Jun 26) 10th +1.6% 18th 19% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $324,679 (Jun 26) 16th +1.3% 19th 11% below peers
Moore, OK $177,056 (Jun 26) 25th +0.1% 20th 51% below peers
Burnsville, MN $252,223 (Jun 26) 20th +0.1% 21st 31% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $376,561 (Jun 26) 14th +0.0% 22nd 4% above peers
Lakewood, WA $412,118 (Jun 26) 11th +0.0% 23rd 13% above peers
Huntersville, NC $400,021 (Jun 26) 12th -0.2% 24th 10% above peers
Reston, VA $396,080 (Jun 26) 13th -1.2% 25th 9% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $864,144 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 26th 138% above peers
Brentwood, CA $643,588 (Jun 26) 6th -3.2% 27th 77% above peers
Port Orange, FL $247,460 (Jun 26) 21st -3.7% 28th 32% below peers
Sanford, FL $239,384 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.1% 29th 34% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.0% then, 67.4% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.8% to 67.4%).
67.4%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 2nd +7.5pp 1st 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 63.1% 17th +5.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 29th +4.1pp 3rd 27% below peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 1st +5.1pp 4th 27% above peers
Bellevue, NE 65.5% 15th +3.4pp 5th 1% above peers
Muncie, IN 52.0% 23rd +2.6pp 6th 20% below peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 21st +2.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Port Orange, FL 75.6% 4th +3.2pp 8th 17% above peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 28th +2.0pp 9th 26% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 3rd +3.1pp 10th 18% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.0% 24th +2.1pp 11th 20% below peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 26th +1.7pp 12th 23% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 71.7% 8th +1.7pp 13th 11% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 72.5% 6th +1.3pp 14th 12% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 13th +1.2pp 15th 4% above peers
Millcreek, UT 61.4% 18th +0.8pp 16th 5% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64.7% 16th +0.4pp 17th on par with peers
Coon Rapids, MN 74.8% 5th +0.3pp 18th 16% above peers
Hamilton, OH 54.3% 22nd -0.2pp 19th 16% below peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 10th -0.4pp 20th 5% above peers
Reston, VA 60.6% 19th -1.0pp 21st 6% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 72.5% 7th -1.2pp 22nd 12% above peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 14th -1.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 67.4% 12th -1.6pp 24th 4% above peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 25th -1.3pp 25th 20% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 59.0% 20th -2.2pp 26th 9% below peers
Waltham, MA 49.7% 27th -2.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Huntersville, NC 71.7% 9th -3.0pp 28th 11% above peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 30th -2.1pp 29th 28% below peers
West Hartford, CT 67.4% 11th -3.6pp 30th 4% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 44.6% 31st -2.7pp 31st 31% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,289 in June 2026, up from $3,112 a year earlier.
$3,289
2015June 2026
Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Utica, NY $1,365 (Jun 26) 26th +10.0% 1st 21% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $4,084 (Jun 26) 1st +8.8% 2nd 136% above peers
Muncie, IN $973 (Jun 26) 28th +6.5% 3rd 44% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $3,289 (Jun 26) 5th +5.7% 4th 90% above peers
Porterville, CA $1,377 (Jun 26) 25th +5.6% 5th 21% below peers
Hamilton, OH $1,617 (Jun 26) 19th +5.5% 6th 7% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $1,700 (Jun 26) 16th +5.3% 7th 2% below peers
San Clemente, CA $3,442 (Jun 26) 3rd +4.7% 8th 99% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $1,494 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.2% 9th 14% below peers
Brentwood, CA $3,365 (Jun 26) 4th +4.0% 10th 94% above peers
West Hartford, CT $2,437 (Jun 26) 9th +3.9% 11th 41% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,772 (Jun 26) 13th +3.0% 12th 2% above peers
Moore, OK $1,536 (Jun 26) 20th +2.7% 13th 11% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,708 (Jun 26) 15th +2.7% 14th 1% below peers
Waltham, MA $3,042 (Jun 26) 6th +2.6% 15th 76% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $2,767 (Jun 26) 7th +2.3% 16th 60% above peers
Brookline, MA $3,523 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.1% 17th 103% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $1,678 (Jun 26) 17th +1.7% 18th 3% below peers
Reston, VA $2,598 (Jun 26) 8th +1.6% 19th 50% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $1,122 (Jun 26) 27th +1.3% 20th 35% below peers
Burnsville, MN $1,486 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.9% 21st 14% below peers
Sanford, FL $1,837 (Jun 26) 12th +0.7% 22nd 6% above peers
Bellevue, NE $1,384 (Jun 26) 24th +0.7% 23rd 20% below peers
Huntersville, NC $1,891 (Jun 26) 11th +0.5% 24th 9% above peers
Millcreek, UT $1,531 (Jun 26) 21st +0.4% 25th 12% below peers
Kenner, LA $1,629 (Jun 26) 18th +0.2% 26th 6% below peers
Lynwood, CA $2,035 (Jun 26) 10th +0.2% 27th 17% above peers
Port Orange, FL $1,732 (Jun 26) 14th -0.8% 28th on par with peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.4% then, 41.4% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.0% to 41.4%).
41.4%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 14th -14.5pp 1st 3% below peers
Muncie, IN 31.9% 11th -4.9pp 2nd 8% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 31st -6.4pp 3rd 38% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 25th -5.1pp 4th 13% above peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 20th -3.2pp 5th 4% above peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 27th -3.3pp 6th 15% above peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 23rd -2.6pp 7th 10% above peers
West Hartford, CT 28.0% 6th -1.6pp 8th 19% below peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 26th -2.0pp 9th 14% above peers
Reston, VA 25.9% 3rd -1.1pp 10th 25% below peers
Bellevue, NE 26.0% 4th -1.1pp 11th 25% below peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 22nd -1.1pp 12th 7% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 41.4% 29th -1.1pp 13th 20% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 34.6% 16th -0.1pp 14th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 22.1% 1st +0.1pp 15th 36% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 2nd +0.2pp 16th 36% below peers
Hamilton, OH 32.9% 13th +1.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 35.6% 18th +1.1pp 18th 3% above peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 5th +1.1pp 19th 21% below peers
Port Orange, FL 33.9% 15th +1.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Sanford, FL 41.1% 28th +1.8pp 21st 19% above peers
Kenner, LA 35.9% 19th +1.8pp 22nd 4% above peers
Waltham, MA 35.1% 17th +2.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 29.5% 7th +1.8pp 24th 15% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 36.4% 21st +2.3pp 25th 5% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 38.7% 24th +2.6pp 26th 12% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 10th +3.0pp 27th 10% below peers
Burnsville, MN 32.0% 12th +3.2pp 28th 7% below peers
Millcreek, UT 30.4% 9th +3.2pp 29th 12% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 29.6% 8th +3.9pp 30th 14% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 30th +5.6pp 31st 22% above peers
Where is this changing? 14 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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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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.5% then, 2.4% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.8% to 2.4%).
2.4%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Port Orange, FL 2.9% 4th -2.1pp 1st 49% below peers
Millcreek, UT 4.3% 12th -2.3pp 2nd 26% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 11th -1.6pp 3rd 31% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.0% 17th -2.0pp 4th 4% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 8.2% 23rd -2.0pp 5th 42% above peers
Sanford, FL 6.7% 19th -1.5pp 6th 16% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.6% 15th -1.1pp 7th 3% below peers
Bellevue, NE 3.8% 10th -0.5pp 8th 33% below peers
Hamilton, OH 8.1% 22nd -1.0pp 9th 41% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 16th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 5th -0.2pp 11th 46% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 12th 367% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.4% 1st -0.1pp 13th 59% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 54% below peers
Muncie, IN 10.6% 28th -0.3pp 15th 83% above peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 30th -0.4pp 16th 279% above peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 26th -0.1pp 17th 53% above peers
Lynwood, CA 7.1% 20th -0.0pp 18th 24% above peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 8th +0.1pp 19th 38% below peers
Waltham, MA 8.6% 25th +0.7pp 20th 49% above peers
Kenner, LA 8.3% 24th +0.7pp 21st 44% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 45% below peers
Reston, VA 4.6% 13th +0.5pp 23rd 20% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.5% 14th +0.8pp 24th 5% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.8% 3rd +0.5pp 25th 52% below peers
West Hartford, CT 8.9% 27th +1.6pp 26th 55% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 21st +1.4pp 27th 30% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 18th +1.4pp 28th 9% above peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 9th +0.9pp 29th 34% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 29th +2.9pp 30th 84% above peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 7th +1.1pp 31st 40% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.8% then, 3.9% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.9% to 3.9%).
3.9%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 86% below peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 9th -2.0pp 2nd 47% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% 6th -1.5pp 3rd 57% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.1% 13th -2.2pp 4th 15% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.2% 28th -3.8pp 5th 57% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.6% 17th -2.0pp 6th 6% above peers
Port Orange, FL 8.3% 20th -1.9pp 7th 16% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.9% 4th -0.6pp 8th 60% below peers
Sanford, FL 12.2% 29th -2.5pp 9th 71% above peers
Huntersville, NC 4.9% 11th -0.9pp 10th 32% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 8.8% 22nd -1.7pp 11th 23% above peers
Lynwood, CA 13.2% 30th -1.9pp 12th 85% above peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 15th -0.9pp 13th 9% below peers
Muncie, IN 7.8% 18th -1.1pp 14th 10% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 8th -0.4pp 15th 50% below peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 12th -0.5pp 16th 21% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.1% 16th -0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 2nd -0.2pp 18th 70% below peers
Moore, OK 9.7% 25th -0.1pp 19th 36% above peers
Kenner, LA 14.5% 31st +0.2pp 20th 103% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.9% 10th +0.1pp 21st 45% below peers
Lakewood, WA 9.5% 24th +0.6pp 22nd 33% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 10.3% 26th +0.7pp 23rd 45% above peers
Hamilton, OH 8.4% 21st +0.6pp 24th 18% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.3% 7th +0.2pp 25th 54% below peers
West Hartford, CT 2.6% 3rd +0.3pp 26th 64% below peers
Four Corners, FL 10.3% 27th +2.3pp 27th 45% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 5th +0.7pp 28th 58% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.1% 23rd +2.7pp 29th 28% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 14th +2.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Burnsville, MN 7.9% 19th +4.1pp 31st 11% above peers
Where is this changing? 14 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

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

24.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Castro Valley, CA 19.3% 1st 42% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 21.4% 2nd 36% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 3rd 29% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.1% 4th 28% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 5th 27% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 24.8% 6th 26% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 7th 23% below peers
West Hartford, CT 27.7% 8th 17% below peers
Reston, VA 27.9% 9th 16% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 10th 13% below peers
Huntersville, NC 29.9% 11th 10% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 30.5% 12th 8% below peers
Millcreek, UT 31.2% 13th 6% below peers
Port Orange, FL 32.5% 14th 2% below peers
Lynwood, CA 33.1% 15th 1% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 16th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 17th 1% above peers
Sanford, FL 34.5% 18th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 19th 5% above peers
Burnsville, MN 35.3% 20th 6% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 21st 10% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 36.8% 22nd 11% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 37.7% 23rd 13% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 24th 14% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 25th 16% above peers
Kenner, LA 39.8% 26th 20% above peers
Bellevue, NE 40.3% 27th 21% above peers
Hamilton, OH 40.4% 28th 21% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 41.1% 29th 23% above peers
Muncie, IN 41.6% 30th 25% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 31st 27% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.6% then, 2.0% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 2.0%).
2.0%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Port Orange, FL 2.4% 10th -4.3pp 1st 41% below peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 3rd -1.1pp 2nd 70% below peers
Sanford, FL 6.0% 25th -3.2pp 3rd 48% above peers
Muncie, IN 3.8% 15th -1.5pp 4th 6% below peers
Bellevue, NE 3.4% 14th -1.3pp 5th 16% below peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 8th -0.8pp 6th 50% below peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 2nd -0.3pp 7th 78% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.0% 7th -0.6pp 8th 51% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% 13th -1.0pp 9th 20% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 16th -1.0pp 10th on par with peers
South San Francisco, CA 1.4% 4th -0.3pp 11th 66% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 6th -0.4pp 12th 52% below peers
Waltham, MA 2.1% 9th -0.3pp 13th 47% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.8% 18th -0.5pp 14th 18% above peers
Lynwood, CA 5.4% 22nd -0.5pp 15th 35% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.3% 20th +0.2pp 16th 31% above peers
Reston, VA 5.3% 21st +0.4pp 17th 32% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 18th 90% below peers
West Hartford, CT 1.8% 5th +0.4pp 19th 56% below peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 17th +0.9pp 20th 4% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 5.8% 24th +1.4pp 21st 43% above peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 30th +2.1pp 22nd 114% above peers
Kenner, LA 7.1% 27th +1.9pp 23rd 75% above peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 28th +2.8pp 24th 92% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.1% 12th +1.2pp 25th 23% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 29th +3.2pp 26th 106% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 11th +1.2pp 27th 24% below peers
Hamilton, OH 5.5% 23rd +3.0pp 28th 37% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% 19th +2.8pp 29th 19% above peers
Burnsville, MN 6.8% 26th +5.0pp 30th 69% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 31st +8.1pp 31st 164% above peers
Where is this changing? 14 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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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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.6% to 59.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). 16 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.5% to 59.8%).
59.8%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
St. Cloud, FL 31.6% 18th +13.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 28th +4.2pp 2nd 50% below peers
Lynwood, CA 9.8% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 71% below peers
Sanford, FL 29.5% 21st +6.5pp 4th 14% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 30th +3.0pp 5th 58% below peers
Port Orange, FL 31.4% 19th +5.6pp 6th 9% below peers
Bellevue, NE 34.5% 16th +6.0pp 7th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 14th +6.2pp 8th 14% above peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 27th +3.4pp 9th 35% below peers
Kenner, LA 29.1% 23rd +4.0pp 10th 15% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.9% 11th +6.0pp 11th 28% above peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 15th +4.6pp 12th 2% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 40.8% 12th +5.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 59.8% 5th +6.2pp 14th 74% above peers
Muncie, IN 26.1% 24th +2.6pp 15th 24% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 30.6% 20th +3.0pp 16th 11% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 17th +3.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 22nd +2.5pp 18th 15% below peers
Millcreek, UT 54.2% 8th +3.6pp 19th 57% above peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 9th +2.9pp 20th 56% above peers
Waltham, MA 57.3% 7th +3.0pp 21st 66% above peers
Reston, VA 72.0% 2nd +3.2pp 22nd 109% above peers
Huntersville, NC 57.5% 6th +1.7pp 23rd 67% above peers
West Hartford, CT 66.6% 3rd +1.9pp 24th 93% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 26th +0.7pp 25th 33% below peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 26th 148% above peers
Burnsville, MN 39.8% 13th +0.8pp 27th 15% above peers
Hamilton, OH 16.5% 29th +0.3pp 28th 52% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 4th +1.2pp 29th 88% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 25.7% 25th -0.1pp 30th 25% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 44.5% 10th -0.3pp 31st 29% above peers
Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.5% then, 63.8% now; margin ±18.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.3% to 63.9%).
63.8%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 25th +13.5pp 1st 29% below peers
Hamilton, OH 51.3% 13th +20.4pp 2nd 7% above peers
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 14th +18.5pp 3rd 4% above peers
Bellevue, NE 43.1% 21st +12.3pp 4th 10% below peers
Reston, VA 76.1% 1st +15.0pp 5th 59% above peers
Waltham, MA 74.0% 4th +13.1pp 6th 55% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.4% 17th +7.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 20th +6.5pp 8th 9% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 63.2% 7th +9.0pp 9th 32% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 52.9% 11th +7.5pp 10th 11% above peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 8th +5.5pp 11th 23% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 34.5% 23rd +3.0pp 12th 28% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.5% 19th +2.2pp 13th 9% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 63.9% 6th +2.3pp 14th 34% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 5th +2.4pp 15th 53% above peers
Burnsville, MN 48.9% 15th +1.3pp 16th 2% above peers
Port Orange, FL 28.5% 28th +0.7pp 17th 40% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 53.6% 10th +1.4pp 18th 12% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 29th -0.3pp 19th 42% below peers
West Hartford, CT 75.2% 2nd -1.1pp 20th 57% above peers
Huntersville, NC 55.6% 9th -1.7pp 21st 16% above peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 3rd -2.6pp 22nd 56% above peers
Millcreek, UT 47.8% 16th -2.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Sanford, FL 52.3% 12th -3.4pp 24th 9% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 24th -3.0pp 25th 29% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 36.0% 22nd -5.3pp 26th 25% below peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 27th -12.3pp 27th 37% below peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 18th -21.5pp 28th 7% below peers
Kenner, LA 30.6% 26th -17.0pp 29th 36% below peers
Lynwood, CA 27.0% 30th -17.1pp 30th 43% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 31st -19.3pp 31st 56% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±15.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.1% then, 3.6% now; margin ±4.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 3.6%).
3.6%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
St. Cloud, FL 0.9% 3rd -12.3pp 1st 82% below peers
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 2nd -4.5pp 2nd 84% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 96% below peers
Sanford, FL 3.7% 9th -6.2pp 4th 30% below peers
Bellevue, NE 5.2% 15th -3.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Port Orange, FL 5.9% 18th -3.1pp 6th 12% above peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 22nd -3.2pp 7th 30% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.6% 8th -1.0pp 8th 31% below peers
Muncie, IN 3.1% 6th -0.9pp 9th 41% below peers
Kenner, LA 9.1% 23rd -1.9pp 10th 72% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.9% 29th -0.6pp 11th 164% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.4% 4th +0.1pp 12th 54% below peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 19th +0.9pp 13th 17% above peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 24th +1.8pp 14th 79% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.6% 13th +1.1pp 15th 13% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.3% 16th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 30th +3.9pp 17th 168% above peers
Waltham, MA 4.3% 11th +1.3pp 18th 18% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 4.1% 10th +1.2pp 19th 22% below peers
Hamilton, OH 10.2% 26th +3.5pp 20th 94% above peers
Lynwood, CA 14.4% 31st +5.3pp 21st 174% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 27th +3.8pp 22nd 96% above peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 12th +2.0pp 23rd 17% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.0% 5th +1.4pp 24th 43% below peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 28th +4.9pp 25th 98% above peers
Millcreek, UT 6.7% 21st +3.3pp 26th 27% above peers
Reston, VA 6.2% 20th +3.1pp 27th 18% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 14th +2.6pp 28th 12% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.7% 17th +3.2pp 29th 8% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 25th +7.7pp 30th 86% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.6% 7th +3.5pp 31st 32% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 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 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 65,808 to 64,139 - more than the combined survey margin (±87). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
64,139
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 4th +54% 1st 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65,130 3rd +27% 2nd 1% above peers
Bellevue, NE 64,510 13th +21% 3rd on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 63,969 19th +14% 4th 1% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 63,091 29th +11% 5th 2% below peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 27th +7% 6th 2% below peers
Sanford, FL 63,730 20th +7% 7th 1% below peers
Utica, NY 64,217 17th +6% 8th on par with peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 28th +6% 9th 2% below peers
Reston, VA 64,414 15th +5% 10th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 2nd +5% 11th 1% above peers
Burnsville, MN 64,463 14th +5% 12th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 63,648 21st +5% 13th 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 31st +5% 14th 2% below peers
Moore, OK 63,420 25th +4% 15th 1% below peers
Waltham, MA 64,902 8th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 64,767 9th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 65,001 6th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 5th +3% 19th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 1st +3% 20th 1% above peers
Hamilton, OH 63,468 23rd +2% 21st 1% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 63,468 24th +2% 22nd 1% below peers
West Hartford, CT 63,620 22nd +1% 23rd 1% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 30th -2% 24th 2% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 64,538 12th -2% 25th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 26th -2% 26th 2% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 64,139 18th -3% 27th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 64,904 7th -3% 28th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 64,305 16th -5% 29th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 64,751 10th -6% 30th 1% above peers
Lynwood, CA 64,578 11th -9% 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 14 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 ±72 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.6% to 17.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.3% to 17.9%).
17.9%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Moore, OK 25.7% 4th +1.3pp 1st 20% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 5th +0.6pp 2nd 18% above peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 25th +0.1pp 3rd 13% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 21.5% 16th -0.1pp 4th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 3rd -0.2pp 5th 22% above peers
Waltham, MA 13.6% 31st -0.1pp 6th 37% below peers
Bellevue, NE 24.2% 7th -0.2pp 7th 13% above peers
Hamilton, OH 23.3% 10th -0.2pp 8th 9% above peers
Burnsville, MN 22.4% 14th -0.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 17th -0.5pp 10th 1% below peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 1st -0.7pp 11th 42% above peers
West Hartford, CT 21.5% 15th -0.5pp 12th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 23.6% 9th -0.6pp 13th 10% above peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 19th -0.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 20.8% 20th -0.8pp 15th 3% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 26.5% 2nd -1.3pp 16th 24% above peers
Muncie, IN 15.8% 30th -0.9pp 17th 27% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 17.2% 28th -1.2pp 18th 20% below peers
Millcreek, UT 20.9% 18th -1.4pp 19th 3% below peers
Reston, VA 18.6% 26th -1.3pp 20th 14% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 22.5% 13th -1.6pp 21st 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 11th -1.7pp 22nd 7% above peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 24th -1.6pp 23rd 8% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 21st -1.7pp 24th 4% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 17.9% 27th -1.7pp 25th 17% below peers
Lynwood, CA 25.4% 6th -2.9pp 26th 18% above peers
Port Orange, FL 16.5% 29th -2.1pp 27th 23% below peers
Huntersville, NC 24.2% 8th -3.7pp 28th 13% above peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 12th -3.9pp 29th 5% above peers
Sanford, FL 20.4% 23rd -4.1pp 30th 5% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.6% 22nd -4.5pp 31st 4% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.9% to 22.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.6pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.7% to 22.8%).
22.8%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Laguna Niguel, CA 22.8% 21st +7.9pp 1st 25% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.0% 19th +7.3pp 2nd 21% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 32.5% 13th +9.6pp 3rd 7% above peers
Lynwood, CA 53.3% 1st +14.9pp 4th 76% above peers
Huntersville, NC 20.7% 24th +4.3pp 5th 32% below peers
Port Orange, FL 34.0% 10th +6.0pp 6th 12% above peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 6th +7.9pp 7th 52% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 28th +2.7pp 8th 43% below peers
Reston, VA 23.3% 20th +3.2pp 9th 23% below peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 8th +1.6pp 10th 24% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 16th +1.2pp 11th on par with peers
Hamilton, OH 47.6% 3rd +1.7pp 12th 57% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 34.7% 9th +0.5pp 13th 15% above peers
Kenner, LA 38.0% 7th +0.1pp 14th 26% above peers
Bellevue, NE 30.1% 17th -0.1pp 15th 1% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 52.3% 2nd -0.3pp 16th 73% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.5% 4th -0.4pp 17th 57% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 22.4% 22nd -0.4pp 18th 26% below peers
West Hartford, CT 22.4% 23rd -0.8pp 19th 26% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 30th -0.6pp 20th 50% below peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 27th -0.7pp 21st 41% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 31st -0.8pp 22nd 51% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 12th -2.2pp 23rd 9% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 11th -2.9pp 24th 10% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 5th -4.6pp 25th 54% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 18th -3.4pp 26th 3% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 18.8% 25th -2.6pp 27th 38% below peers
Burnsville, MN 30.4% 15th -6.9pp 28th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 16.0% 29th -3.9pp 29th 47% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 18.0% 26th -5.4pp 30th 41% below peers
Sanford, FL 32.4% 14th -15.1pp 31st 7% above peers
Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.5% then, 61.3% now; margin ±11.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.9% to 61.3%).
61.3%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Kenner, LA 79.3% 1st +20.2pp 1st 11% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 78.8% 3rd +18.5pp 2nd 10% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 74.0% 11th +13.2pp 3rd 4% above peers
Muncie, IN 71.6% 15th +10.7pp 4th on par with peers
Lynwood, CA 64.2% 24th +8.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 14th +9.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 6th +8.0pp 7th 7% above peers
West Hartford, CT 79.3% 2nd +6.7pp 8th 11% above peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 17th +5.9pp 9th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 65.9% 22nd +5.1pp 10th 8% below peers
Huntersville, NC 73.8% 12th +5.6pp 11th 3% above peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 18th +4.5pp 12th 1% below peers
Waltham, MA 78.3% 5th +4.6pp 13th 10% above peers
Millcreek, UT 57.3% 30th +3.1pp 14th 20% below peers
Bellevue, NE 71.5% 16th +3.6pp 15th on par with peers
South San Francisco, CA 78.4% 4th +2.7pp 16th 10% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65.0% 23rd +1.5pp 17th 9% below peers
Hamilton, OH 75.5% 8th +1.6pp 18th 6% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 13th +1.3pp 19th 3% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 61.3% 26th +0.8pp 20th 14% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 27th +0.7pp 21st 16% below peers
Sanford, FL 66.4% 21st +0.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 10th +0.2pp 23rd 4% above peers
Reston, VA 66.7% 20th -1.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 75.3% 9th -3.4pp 25th 5% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 28th -3.3pp 26th 16% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 68.7% 19th -5.2pp 27th 4% below peers
Burnsville, MN 76.1% 7th -6.4pp 28th 6% above peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 31st -5.4pp 29th 21% below peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 29th -7.5pp 30th 17% below peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 25th -9.4pp 31st 14% below peers
Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
See all Demographics data →