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Lake Forest, CA
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86,281 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

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

Big shifts 5 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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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $109,492 to $135,175 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,126). 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: household income rose about 46% from 2014 to 2024 ($92,781 to $135,175).
$135,175
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%
Medford, OR $73,230 22nd +46% 1st 13% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 23rd +45% 2nd 14% below peers
Hawthorne, CA $75,848 19th +40% 3rd 10% below peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 24th +39% 4th 17% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 9th +39% 5th 26% above peers
Melbourne, FL $66,991 27th +38% 6th 20% below peers
Lehi, UT $131,299 6th +37% 7th 56% above peers
North Port, FL $84,049 16th +35% 8th on par with peers
Town 'n' Country, FL $73,538 21st +35% 9th 13% below peers
Auburn, WA $97,884 11th +34% 10th 16% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $82,314 18th +32% 11th 2% below peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 26th +31% 12th 18% below peers
San Leandro, CA $101,420 10th +30% 13th 21% above peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 31st +30% 14th 29% below peers
Georgetown, TX $95,062 13th +29% 15th 13% above peers
Livermore, CA $160,775 2nd +26% 16th 91% above peers
Whittier, CA $97,201 12th +26% 17th 16% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 28th +24% 18th 28% below peers
Sioux City, IA $68,906 25th +24% 19th 18% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 30th +24% 20th 29% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 14th +24% 21st 11% above peers
Kennewick, WA $73,576 20th +24% 22nd 12% below peers
Lake Forest, CA $135,175 5th +23% 23rd 61% above peers
Newport Beach, CA $156,867 3rd +23% 24th 87% above peers
Folsom, CA $139,804 4th +22% 25th 66% above peers
San Ramon, CA $196,161 1st +22% 26th 133% above peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 8th +22% 27th 42% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $89,891 15th +22% 28th 7% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 7th +18% 29th 43% above peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 17th +14% 30th 1% below peers
Baytown, TX $59,910 29th +5% 31st 29% 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

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 →
  • 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 ±$4,503 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 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 62% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.3% in May 2026, down from 3.6% a year earlier.
3.3%
1995May 2026
Compare all 30 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
Citrus Heights, CA 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.6pp 1st on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.4pp 3rd 12% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.3% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 4th 18% below peers
Sioux City, IA 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 5th 25% below peers
Livermore, CA 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 6th 12% below peers
San Ramon, CA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.2pp 7th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 8th 32% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 9th 38% below peers
Lehi, UT 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 10th 18% below peers
Whittier, CA 5.2% (May 26) 26th -0.1pp 11th 30% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 12th 20% below peers
Medford, OR 5.3% (May 26) 28th +0.0pp 13th 32% above peers
Mission, TX 5.3% (May 26) 29th +0.0pp 14th 32% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 5.2% (May 26) 27th +0.0pp 15th 30% above peers
Ogden, UT 3.8% (May 26) 11th +0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.0% (May 26) 4th +0.1pp 17th 25% below peers
Kennewick, WA 4.9% (May 26) 23rd +0.2pp 18th 23% above peers
Bryan, TX 3.5% (May 26) 10th +0.2pp 19th 12% below peers
Bloomington, MN 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 4.4% (May 26) 20th +0.5pp 21st 10% above peers
Auburn, WA 5.1% (May 26) 24th +0.6pp 22nd 27% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.6pp 23rd 7% above peers
Baytown, TX 6.9% (May 26) 30th +0.6pp 24th 73% above peers
Troy, MI 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.7pp 25th 3% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.8pp 26th 5% above peers
Danbury, CT 4.5% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 27th 12% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.3% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 28th 7% above peers
Melbourne, FL 4.7% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 29th 18% above peers
North Port, FL 5.1% (May 26) 25th +1.3pp 30th 27% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 8.5% now; margin ±2.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 8.5%).
8.5%
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%
Franklin, TN 4.6% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 51% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 11.2% 17th -4.4pp 2nd 19% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 8.5% 12th -2.9pp 3rd 10% below peers
Springdale, AR 13.2% 20th -4.2pp 4th 40% above peers
Medford, OR 13.0% 19th -4.0pp 5th 37% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.0% 4th -1.4pp 6th 48% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.3% 21st -3.5pp 7th 41% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.8% 13th -1.7pp 8th 7% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.2% 10th -1.3pp 9th 13% below peers
Mission, TX 19.3% 30th -3.1pp 10th 104% above peers
North Port, FL 6.7% 8th -0.8pp 11th 30% below peers
Whittier, CA 8.9% 14th -0.8pp 12th 6% below peers
Kennewick, WA 14.1% 23rd -1.2pp 13th 49% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 6.6% 7th -0.5pp 14th 30% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.8% 24th -1.1pp 15th 56% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.9% 28th -1.1pp 16th 69% above peers
Melbourne, FL 15.1% 26th -0.4pp 17th 60% above peers
Folsom, CA 5.0% 5th -0.1pp 18th 47% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 15.4% 27th +0.1pp 19th 63% above peers
Bryan, TX 22.1% 31st +0.4pp 20th 134% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.4% 18th +0.4pp 21st 20% above peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 43% below peers
Sioux City, IA 14.8% 25th +1.0pp 23rd 57% above peers
Livermore, CA 4.8% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 49% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 13.9% 22nd +1.5pp 25th 47% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 9.5% 16th +1.1pp 26th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 7.8% 9th +1.0pp 27th 18% below peers
San Ramon, CA 4.3% 1st +0.6pp 28th 54% below peers
Baytown, TX 18.1% 29th +3.1pp 29th 91% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 8.5% 11th +1.5pp 30th 10% below peers
Bloomington, MN 9.1% 15th +1.7pp 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: 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

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 →
  • 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 10.3% now; margin ±3.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 10.3%).
10.3%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 73% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 11.0% 13th -13.3pp 2nd 16% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 7.4% 10th -6.5pp 3rd 43% below peers
San Leandro, CA 7.0% 9th -5.7pp 4th 46% below peers
Livermore, CA 2.7% 1st -2.1pp 5th 79% below peers
Medford, OR 13.8% 18th -8.1pp 6th 6% above peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 23rd -8.7pp 7th 39% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.5% 7th -2.5pp 8th 58% below peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 5th -1.9pp 9th 68% below peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 3rd -1.4pp 10th 72% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 21st -6.5pp 11th 28% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 28th -7.2pp 12th 89% above peers
Georgetown, TX 6.2% 8th -1.5pp 13th 52% below peers
Kennewick, WA 18.6% 24th -2.7pp 14th 43% above peers
Auburn, WA 13.1% 17th -1.8pp 15th on par with peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 31st -3.3pp 16th 127% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 25th -1.9pp 17th 48% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 5.3% 6th -0.4pp 18th 60% below peers
North Port, FL 7.8% 11th -0.4pp 19th 40% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 21.2% 27th -0.8pp 20th 63% above peers
Whittier, CA 11.3% 14th -0.4pp 21st 14% below peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 22nd -0.4pp 22nd 28% above peers
Sioux City, IA 20.4% 26th +1.0pp 23rd 56% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 10.3% 12th +0.7pp 24th 21% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 12.4% 15th +1.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Melbourne, FL 25.9% 29th +3.3pp 26th 98% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 19th +2.2pp 27th 19% above peers
Baytown, TX 26.8% 30th +5.2pp 28th 106% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 16th +3.2pp 29th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 20th +4.4pp 30th 22% above peers
San Ramon, CA 3.6% 4th +1.0pp 31st 72% 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.
EconomyShare of children 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 →

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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.9% to 97.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp). 28 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 5.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.3% to 97.1%).
97.1%
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%
Springdale, AR 91.2% 24th +18.5pp 1st 3% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 26th +12.6pp 2nd 3% below peers
Baytown, TX 91.7% 21st +12.5pp 3rd 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 14th +12.4pp 4th on par with peers
Hawthorne, CA 93.7% 15th +10.1pp 5th on par with peers
Whittier, CA 92.3% 20th +9.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Sioux City, IA 87.1% 30th +9.0pp 7th 7% below peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 28th +8.8pp 8th 3% below peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 31st +8.4pp 9th 7% below peers
Kennewick, WA 91.2% 25th +7.6pp 10th 3% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 95.5% 9th +7.8pp 11th 2% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 93.7% 16th +7.1pp 12th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 90.4% 27th +6.5pp 13th 3% below peers
San Leandro, CA 93.5% 17th +6.4pp 14th on par with peers
Medford, OR 91.6% 22nd +6.2pp 15th 2% below peers
North Port, FL 94.8% 11th +6.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 13th +5.8pp 17th on par with peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 92.4% 19th +5.4pp 18th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 18th +5.1pp 19th 1% below peers
Georgetown, TX 95.1% 10th +5.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Auburn, WA 94.7% 12th +5.0pp 21st 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 23rd +4.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 29th +4.2pp 23rd 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 5th +3.9pp 24th 3% above peers
Livermore, CA 96.9% 4th +3.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 97.1% 1st +3.2pp 26th 4% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 6th +2.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Lehi, UT 97.1% 3rd +2.3pp 28th 4% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 96.0% 7th +2.0pp 29th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 95.8% 8th +1.1pp 30th 2% above peers
San Ramon, CA 97.1% 2nd +0.5pp 31st 4% 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.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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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

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 →
  • 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 ±3.1pp 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 (0.42 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.02).

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 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.42).
0.42
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
Citrus Heights, CA 0.38 2nd -0.022 1st 12% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 13th -0.024 2nd 1% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 0.52 31st -0.027 3rd 19% above peers
Mission, TX 0.48 28th -0.021 4th 11% above peers
Medford, OR 0.43 12th -0.018 5th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 0.44 20th -0.013 6th 2% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 0.40 3rd -0.010 7th 7% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 0.44 19th -0.010 8th 1% above peers
Auburn, WA 0.40 4th -0.005 9th 7% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.42 6th -0.002 10th 4% below peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 26th +0.002 11th 8% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 27th +0.002 12th 10% above peers
Lehi, UT 0.37 1st +0.004 13th 15% below peers
Whittier, CA 0.43 14th +0.006 14th 1% below peers
Sioux City, IA 0.44 18th +0.008 15th 1% above peers
Georgetown, TX 0.43 10th +0.007 16th 2% below peers
Troy, MI 0.42 9th +0.009 17th 2% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 16th +0.009 18th on par with peers
Kennewick, WA 0.44 17th +0.009 19th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 15th +0.011 20th on par with peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 23rd +0.012 21st 5% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 0.46 24th +0.015 22nd 6% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 30th +0.019 23rd 15% above peers
Baytown, TX 0.45 21st +0.019 24th 4% above peers
San Leandro, CA 0.45 22nd +0.020 25th 4% above peers
San Ramon, CA 0.41 5th +0.019 26th 6% below peers
North Port, FL 0.42 7th +0.021 27th 3% below peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 25th +0.029 28th 8% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.42 8th +0.027 29th 3% below peers
Livermore, CA 0.43 11th +0.027 30th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 29th +0.031 31st 14% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 3.7% to 5.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 6 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 3.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (2.2% to 5.3%).
5.3%
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
Lehi, UT 2.0% 1st -2.1pp 1st 81% below peers
Springdale, AR 6.0% 11th -5.2pp 2nd 45% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 4th -1.4pp 3rd 77% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 19th -4.4pp 4th 6% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 10.7% 15th -1.8pp 5th 2% below peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 17th -1.5pp 6th on par with peers
Medford, OR 21.1% 31st -2.8pp 7th 93% above peers
Auburn, WA 14.5% 24th -1.9pp 8th 32% above peers
Sioux City, IA 13.8% 23rd -1.8pp 9th 26% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 15.2% 26th -1.8pp 10th 39% above peers
Melbourne, FL 11.8% 20th -1.3pp 11th 8% above peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 30th -1.2pp 12th 85% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 22nd +0.1pp 13th 20% above peers
Kennewick, WA 18.2% 28th +0.5pp 14th 67% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 25th +0.4pp 15th 33% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 10th +0.2pp 16th 46% below peers
Baytown, TX 16.7% 27th +0.8pp 17th 53% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 16th +1.4pp 18th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 12.0% 21st +1.6pp 19th 10% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 2.1% 2nd +0.3pp 20th 81% below peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 7th +0.9pp 21st 52% below peers
North Port, FL 9.8% 14th +1.9pp 22nd 10% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.3% 9th +1.1pp 23rd 51% below peers
San Leandro, CA 11.3% 18th +2.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Livermore, CA 4.3% 6th +1.1pp 25th 61% below peers
Whittier, CA 6.8% 12th +1.8pp 26th 38% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 5.3% 8th +1.6pp 27th 52% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 13th +2.5pp 28th 33% below peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 5th +1.7pp 29th 61% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 18.7% 29th +8.0pp 30th 72% above peers
San Ramon, CA 2.4% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 78% 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 ±1.2pp 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 Falling recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,199,098 in June 2026, down from $1,208,032 a year earlier.
$1,199,098
2000June 2026
Compare all 30 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%
Newport Beach, CA $3,732,150 (Jun 26) 1st +10.5% 1st 690% above peers
Duluth, MN $303,635 (Jun 26) 24th +6.2% 2nd 36% below peers
Springdale, AR $342,727 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.9% 3rd 27% below peers
Danbury, CT $496,969 (Jun 26) 13th +3.8% 4th 5% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,834,551 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.0% 5th 288% above peers
Sioux City, IA $202,782 (Jun 26) 30th +2.9% 6th 57% below peers
Troy, MI $472,471 (Jun 26) 15th +2.6% 7th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN $370,580 (Jun 26) 20th +2.3% 8th 22% below peers
Lehi, UT $575,370 (Jun 26) 12th +1.7% 9th 22% above peers
Whittier, CA $827,319 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 10th 75% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $881,067 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 11th 86% above peers
Franklin, TN $928,567 (Jun 26) 6th +1.4% 12th 97% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $354,606 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.2% 13th 25% below peers
Medford, OR $412,749 (Jun 26) 18th +1.0% 14th 13% below peers
Bryan, TX $277,011 (Jun 26) 26th +0.9% 15th 41% below peers
Ogden, UT $401,774 (Jun 26) 19th +0.6% 16th 15% below peers
Kennewick, WA $435,176 (Jun 26) 16th +0.4% 17th 8% below peers
Mission, TX $221,111 (Jun 26) 29th -0.2% 18th 53% below peers
Auburn, WA $612,290 (Jun 26) 11th -0.6% 19th 30% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $1,199,098 (Jun 26) 4th -0.7% 20th 154% above peers
Baytown, TX $247,381 (Jun 26) 28th -1.1% 21st 48% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $478,999 (Jun 26) 14th -1.4% 22nd 1% above peers
Folsom, CA $767,454 (Jun 26) 10th -1.7% 23rd 62% above peers
Melbourne, FL $359,920 (Jun 26) 21st -2.2% 24th 24% below peers
San Leandro, CA $815,011 (Jun 26) 9th -3.1% 25th 72% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,664 (Jun 26) 27th -5.0% 26th 42% below peers
Livermore, CA $1,109,911 (Jun 26) 5th -5.1% 27th 135% above peers
Georgetown, TX $427,647 (Jun 26) 17th -5.2% 28th 9% below peers
San Ramon, CA $1,502,416 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.5% 29th 218% above peers
North Port, FL $303,256 (Jun 26) 25th -5.7% 30th 36% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $752,330 in June 2026, down from $763,675 a year earlier.
$752,330
2000June 2026
Compare all 30 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%
Newport Beach, CA $1,961,338 (Jun 26) 1st +8.4% 1st 473% above peers
Duluth, MN $204,230 (Jun 26) 25th +8.0% 2nd 40% below peers
Springdale, AR $263,332 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.0% 3rd 23% below peers
Sioux City, IA $135,195 (Jun 26) 29th +4.6% 4th 61% below peers
Danbury, CT $340,302 (Jun 26) 16th +3.5% 5th 1% below peers
Troy, MI $342,306 (Jun 26) 15th +3.3% 6th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,225,066 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.9% 7th 258% above peers
Whittier, CA $732,050 (Jun 26) 6th +2.6% 8th 114% above peers
Mission, TX $147,222 (Jun 26) 28th +2.5% 9th 57% below peers
Bloomington, MN $272,110 (Jun 26) 21st +2.2% 10th 21% below peers
Franklin, TN $609,863 (Jun 26) 9th +2.1% 11th 78% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $729,205 (Jun 26) 7th +2.0% 12th 113% above peers
Lehi, UT $437,618 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 13th 28% above peers
Kennewick, WA $344,173 (Jun 26) 14th +1.4% 14th 1% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $277,471 (Jun 26) 20th +1.2% 15th 19% below peers
Bryan, TX $189,999 (Jun 26) 26th +1.1% 16th 44% below peers
Ogden, UT $322,385 (Jun 26) 19th +1.0% 17th 6% below peers
Medford, OR $324,532 (Jun 26) 18th +0.9% 18th 5% below peers
Auburn, WA $465,022 (Jun 26) 11th -0.4% 19th 36% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $752,330 (Jun 26) 5th -1.5% 20th 120% above peers
Folsom, CA $609,152 (Jun 26) 10th -1.5% 21st 78% above peers
Baytown, TX $174,370 (Jun 26) 27th -1.7% 22nd 49% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $400,283 (Jun 26) 13th -1.8% 23rd 17% above peers
Melbourne, FL $232,849 (Jun 26) 24th -2.5% 24th 32% below peers
San Leandro, CA $654,632 (Jun 26) 8th -2.9% 25th 91% above peers
Georgetown, TX $328,911 (Jun 26) 17th -4.8% 26th 4% below peers
Livermore, CA $849,878 (Jun 26) 4th -4.8% 27th 148% above peers
San Ramon, CA $972,202 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.0% 28th 184% above peers
North Port, FL $237,674 (Jun 26) 23rd -6.3% 29th 31% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $124,254 (Jun 26) 30th -11.2% 30th 64% 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 (69.3% then, 70.5% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.3% to 70.5%).
70.5%
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%
Medford, OR 56.3% 24th +4.9pp 1st 8% below peers
Springdale, AR 53.4% 26th +4.0pp 2nd 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 13th +4.4pp 3rd 4% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 60.7% 17th +3.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 60.2% 19th +3.8pp 5th 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 16th +3.5pp 6th on par with peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 5th +3.7pp 7th 17% above peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 29th +2.5pp 8th 17% below peers
North Port, FL 80.9% 1st +3.3pp 9th 32% above peers
Sioux City, IA 65.3% 12th +2.5pp 10th 7% above peers
San Leandro, CA 58.1% 22nd +2.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Melbourne, FL 59.7% 20th +1.6pp 12th 3% below peers
Auburn, WA 60.6% 18th +1.5pp 13th 1% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 70.5% 7th +1.2pp 14th 15% above peers
Whittier, CA 57.9% 23rd +0.4pp 15th 6% below peers
Folsom, CA 69.8% 9th +0.2pp 16th 14% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 27.2% 31st -0.1pp 17th 56% below peers
Livermore, CA 72.0% 4th -0.5pp 18th 17% above peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 3rd -0.5pp 19th 20% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 21st -1.0pp 20th 3% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 30th -0.8pp 21st 35% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 70.2% 8th -1.5pp 22nd 15% above peers
San Ramon, CA 70.9% 6th -1.5pp 23rd 16% above peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 11th -1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Kennewick, WA 61.3% 15th -2.1pp 25th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 14th -2.6pp 26th 4% above peers
Georgetown, TX 69.5% 10th -2.8pp 27th 13% above peers
Lehi, UT 75.2% 2nd -4.7pp 28th 23% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 25th -4.3pp 29th 12% below peers
Baytown, TX 52.3% 27th -4.5pp 30th 15% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 52.1% 28th -4.6pp 31st 15% 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 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,299 in June 2026, up from $3,291 a year earlier.
$3,299
2016June 2026
Compare all 30 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%
Brooklyn Park, MN $1,649 (Jun 26) 21st +10.4% 1st 15% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $4,285 (Jun 26) 1st +4.8% 2nd 122% above peers
Duluth, MN $1,458 (Jun 26) 26th +3.9% 3rd 25% below peers
San Leandro, CA $2,468 (Jun 26) 7th +3.6% 4th 28% above peers
San Ramon, CA $3,352 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.5% 5th 74% above peers
Medford, OR $1,721 (Jun 26) 19th +3.5% 6th 11% below peers
Livermore, CA $3,082 (Jun 26) 5th +3.1% 7th 60% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,967 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.1% 8th 105% above peers
Folsom, CA $2,655 (Jun 26) 6th +3.1% 9th 37% above peers
Whittier, CA $2,388 (Jun 26) 10th +3.0% 10th 24% above peers
Baytown, TX $1,586 (Jun 26) 24th +2.4% 11th 18% below peers
Bloomington, MN $1,684 (Jun 26) 20th +2.2% 12th 13% below peers
Kennewick, WA $1,621 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.2% 13th 16% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,132 (Jun 26) 13th +2.2% 14th 10% above peers
Sioux City, IA $1,216 (Jun 26) 30th +2.1% 15th 37% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $1,931 (Jun 26) 15th +1.8% 16th on par with peers
Springdale, AR $1,513 (Jun 26) 25th +1.4% 17th 22% below peers
Lehi, UT $2,265 (Jun 26) 11th +1.3% 18th 17% above peers
Troy, MI $1,861 (Jun 26) 18th +1.3% 19th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT $2,439 (Jun 26) 9th +1.1% 20th 26% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $2,138 (Jun 26) 12th +1.1% 21st 11% above peers
Auburn, WA $1,953 (Jun 26) 14th +0.9% 22nd 1% above peers
Georgetown, TX $1,643 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.7% 23rd 15% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,440 (Jun 26) 8th +0.7% 24th 26% above peers
Bryan, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 27th +0.5% 25th 26% below peers
Lake Forest, CA $3,299 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 26th 71% above peers
Ogden, UT $1,310 (Jun 26) 29th +0.1% 27th 32% below peers
Melbourne, FL $1,862 (Jun 26) 17th -0.3% 28th 4% below peers
Mission, TX $1,341 (Jun 26) 28th -1.6% 29th 31% below peers
North Port, FL $1,903 (Jun 26) 16th -3.0% 30th 1% below 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 (37.0% then, 38.6% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.1% to 38.6%).
38.6%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Mission, TX 29.2% 7th -3.5pp 1st 16% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 29.0% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 17% below peers
Lehi, UT 22.0% 2nd -1.3pp 3rd 37% below peers
Medford, OR 39.9% 23rd -1.2pp 4th 15% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 29th -0.6pp 5th 30% above peers
Whittier, CA 43.1% 27th -0.3pp 6th 24% above peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 3rd +0.2pp 7th 28% below peers
San Leandro, CA 41.7% 26th +0.4pp 8th 20% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 40.5% 24th +0.6pp 9th 16% above peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 25th +0.8pp 10th 20% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 52.6% 31st +1.1pp 11th 51% above peers
San Ramon, CA 33.7% 15th +1.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 22nd +1.3pp 13th 14% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 12th +1.3pp 14th 6% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 38.6% 20th +1.6pp 15th 11% above peers
Kennewick, WA 32.0% 10th +1.5pp 16th 8% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 38.2% 18th +1.9pp 17th 10% above peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 5th +1.6pp 18th 17% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 19th 39% above peers
Auburn, WA 38.1% 17th +2.7pp 20th 10% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 43.5% 28th +3.1pp 21st 25% above peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 22nd 40% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.3% 4th +2.2pp 23rd 24% below peers
Folsom, CA 31.3% 9th +2.7pp 24th 10% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.5% 19th +3.4pp 25th 11% above peers
Livermore, CA 34.8% 16th +3.2pp 26th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 13th +3.4pp 27th 4% below peers
Georgetown, TX 33.4% 14th +3.8pp 28th 4% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 8th +5.4pp 29th 15% below peers
North Port, FL 32.8% 11th +6.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Baytown, TX 38.9% 21st +9.6pp 31st 12% 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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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 (3.0% then, 2.4% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% 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
Springdale, AR 3.9% 9th -1.9pp 1st 40% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 3.5% 7th -1.5pp 2nd 46% below peers
Sioux City, IA 7.0% 20th -2.1pp 3rd 8% above peers
Medford, OR 6.8% 18th -2.0pp 4th 4% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.1% 10th -1.1pp 5th 37% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.6pp 6th 63% below peers
North Port, FL 2.5% 3rd -0.5pp 7th 62% below peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% 6th -0.5pp 8th 46% below peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 31st -1.2pp 9th 56% above peers
Auburn, WA 6.9% 19th -0.6pp 10th 6% above peers
Georgetown, TX 3.5% 5th -0.3pp 11th 47% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 30th -0.6pp 12th 45% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 21% above peers
Melbourne, FL 8.7% 25th -0.3pp 14th 33% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 29th +0.0pp 15th 36% above peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 4th +0.0pp 16th 52% below peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 16th +0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 7.8% 21st +0.3pp 18th 19% above peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 23rd +0.5pp 19th 28% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.2% 15th +0.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 14th +0.3pp 21st 16% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 8.4% 24th +0.9pp 22nd 29% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 4.4% 11th +0.5pp 23rd 33% below peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 12th +0.6pp 24th 30% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 17th +0.9pp 25th 3% above peers
San Ramon, CA 3.7% 8th +0.5pp 26th 43% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.9% 27th +1.9pp 27th 36% above peers
Baytown, TX 8.7% 26th +2.1pp 28th 34% above peers
Livermore, CA 5.2% 13th +1.4pp 29th 21% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.9% 28th +2.5pp 30th 36% above peers
Lehi, UT 1.8% 1st +1.1pp 31st 72% 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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.0% to 4.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 8 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; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.1% to 4.1%).
4.1%
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
Medford, OR 5.6% 12th -3.4pp 1st 31% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.9% 1st -0.9pp 2nd 77% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% 6th -1.9pp 3rd 50% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.6% 8th -1.5pp 4th 43% below peers
North Port, FL 10.8% 23rd -2.9pp 5th 32% above peers
Melbourne, FL 9.7% 20th -2.4pp 6th 19% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 16th -1.8pp 7th on par with peers
Livermore, CA 2.5% 4th -0.5pp 8th 70% below peers
San Ramon, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 76% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 10.6% 22nd -2.0pp 10th 29% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 13.5% 25th -2.4pp 11th 66% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 28th -1.8pp 12th 105% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.6% 26th -1.4pp 13th 79% above peers
Bryan, TX 16.4% 27th -1.4pp 14th 101% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.0% 13th -0.3pp 15th 27% below peers
Mission, TX 26.4% 30th -1.3pp 16th 224% above peers
Lehi, UT 5.1% 9th -0.2pp 17th 38% below peers
San Leandro, CA 5.1% 10th -0.2pp 18th 37% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.4% 24th -0.0pp 19th 64% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.4% 18th -0.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 5th +0.0pp 21st 66% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 6.6% 14th +0.1pp 22nd 19% below peers
Folsom, CA 2.4% 3rd +0.1pp 23rd 71% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.7% 19th +0.7pp 24th 6% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.5% 11th +0.5pp 25th 32% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 6.6% 15th +0.8pp 26th 19% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.8% 29th +3.3pp 27th 155% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.5% 7th +0.9pp 28th 45% below peers
Baytown, TX 27.7% 31st +6.0pp 29th 240% above peers
Sioux City, IA 8.3% 17th +1.9pp 30th 2% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9.7% 21st +2.7pp 31st 19% 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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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 →
  • 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 ±0.7pp 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.

24.5%
20202022
Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Livermore, CA 20.2% 1st 34% below peers
San Leandro, CA 20.3% 2nd 34% below peers
San Ramon, CA 20.5% 3rd 33% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 23.8% 4th 22% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 24.5% 5th 20% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 6th 19% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 7th 11% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 8th 10% below peers
Auburn, WA 27.7% 9th 9% below peers
Whittier, CA 27.8% 10th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 11th 6% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.8% 12th 6% below peers
Lehi, UT 29.3% 13th 4% below peers
Folsom, CA 29.4% 14th 4% below peers
North Port, FL 29.5% 15th 4% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 30.6% 16th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 31.3% 17th 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 18th 3% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 32.2% 19th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 20th 6% above peers
Melbourne, FL 34.2% 21st 12% above peers
Medford, OR 35.5% 22nd 16% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 35.6% 23rd 16% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 24th 21% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 25th 22% above peers
Baytown, TX 37.4% 26th 22% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 27th 23% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 28th 29% above peers
Sioux City, IA 39.9% 29th 30% above peers
Kennewick, WA 41.7% 30th 36% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 46% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.3% to 0.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 0.8%).
0.8%
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
Newport Beach, CA 0.0% 1st -1.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.8% 3rd -3.5pp 2nd 79% below peers
Folsom, CA 0.8% 2nd -1.7pp 3rd 80% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 6th -2.0pp 4th 60% below peers
Whittier, CA 2.0% 7th -2.0pp 5th 50% below peers
Auburn, WA 3.1% 13th -2.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 3.9% 15th -2.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Medford, OR 2.9% 12th -1.6pp 8th 26% below peers
Lehi, UT 3.4% 14th -1.1pp 9th 14% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 20th -1.2pp 10th 36% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 17th -0.9pp 11th 31% above peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 25th -1.2pp 12th 153% above peers
San Ramon, CA 1.4% 4th -0.2pp 13th 66% below peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 24th -0.2pp 14th 128% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 28th -0.3pp 15th 232% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 6.5% 21st -0.1pp 16th 65% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 2.0% 8th +0.0pp 17th 49% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 26th +0.2pp 18th 187% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.2% 18th +0.4pp 19th 31% above peers
Livermore, CA 1.4% 5th +0.2pp 20th 66% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 29th +2.4pp 21st 243% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 30th +3.6pp 22nd 387% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 43% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 10th +0.5pp 24th 30% below peers
North Port, FL 13.1% 27th +4.3pp 25th 232% above peers
San Leandro, CA 2.8% 11th +0.9pp 26th 29% below peers
Melbourne, FL 7.0% 22nd +2.7pp 27th 76% above peers
Baytown, TX 22.7% 31st +9.5pp 28th 475% above peers
Sioux City, IA 5.3% 19th +3.2pp 29th 35% above peers
Kennewick, WA 4.0% 16th +2.7pp 30th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 7.9% 23rd +5.5pp 31st 100% 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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Peers worth a call

3
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 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.7% then, 50.8% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.1% to 50.8%).
50.8%
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
North Port, FL 29.9% 20th +8.1pp 1st 9% below peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 26th +5.1pp 2nd 21% below peers
Melbourne, FL 34.7% 13th +6.2pp 3rd 6% above peers
Medford, OR 30.1% 19th +4.9pp 4th 8% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 28th +3.9pp 5th 26% below peers
Livermore, CA 52.3% 6th +8.3pp 6th 60% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 23.9% 29th +3.6pp 7th 27% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 26.0% 25th +3.7pp 8th 21% below peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 12th +6.1pp 9th 34% above peers
Georgetown, TX 47.8% 10th +6.2pp 10th 46% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 22nd +3.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 18th +3.5pp 12th 8% below peers
Whittier, CA 29.5% 21st +3.1pp 13th 10% below peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 11th +4.2pp 14th 41% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 31.5% 17th +2.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 23rd +2.1pp 16th 12% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 32.7% 16th +2.4pp 17th on par with peers
Lehi, UT 50.0% 9th +3.6pp 18th 53% above peers
Folsom, CA 54.9% 5th +3.7pp 19th 68% above peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 14th +2.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 3rd +4.0pp 21st 98% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 7th +2.7pp 22nd 59% above peers
San Leandro, CA 33.3% 15th +1.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 4th +3.0pp 24th 97% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 50.8% 8th +2.1pp 25th 55% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 69.6% 2nd +2.6pp 26th 113% above peers
Sioux City, IA 22.9% 30th +0.8pp 27th 30% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.2% 24th +0.6pp 28th 20% below peers
San Ramon, CA 71.6% 1st +1.0pp 29th 119% above peers
Baytown, TX 14.8% 31st -0.2pp 30th 55% below peers
Auburn, WA 25.6% 27th -0.8pp 31st 22% 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.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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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 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 →
  • 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 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 24.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64.9% to 40.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 8 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, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.2% to 40.3%).
40.3%
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%
Auburn, WA 47.0% 16th +21.8pp 1st on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 5th +23.0pp 2nd 27% above peers
Medford, OR 53.8% 9th +14.6pp 3rd 14% above peers
Kennewick, WA 36.0% 25th +9.6pp 4th 23% below peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 8th +14.2pp 5th 16% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 4th +17.0pp 6th 39% above peers
Livermore, CA 75.3% 2nd +16.7pp 7th 60% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 23rd +6.9pp 8th 21% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 52.0% 10th +8.5pp 9th 11% above peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 19th +7.1pp 10th 6% below peers
Sioux City, IA 37.6% 22nd +2.9pp 11th 20% below peers
Whittier, CA 50.4% 15th +1.3pp 12th 7% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 79.1% 1st +1.5pp 13th 68% above peers
Lehi, UT 51.3% 11th +0.7pp 14th 9% above peers
Georgetown, TX 45.6% 18th +0.1pp 15th 3% below peers
Melbourne, FL 57.9% 6th -1.7pp 16th 23% above peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 3rd -4.4pp 17th 43% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 28th -5.2pp 18th 37% below peers
San Leandro, CA 50.6% 14th -10.0pp 19th 8% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 13th -13.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 7th -14.6pp 21st 18% above peers
North Port, FL 39.3% 21st -10.5pp 22nd 16% below peers
Folsom, CA 51.1% 12th -14.7pp 23rd 9% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 34.7% 26th -15.8pp 24th 26% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 26.5% 30th -12.1pp 25th 44% below peers
Baytown, TX 19.1% 31st -9.8pp 26th 59% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 29th -15.0pp 27th 39% below peers
San Ramon, CA 46.3% 17th -26.0pp 28th 2% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 33.6% 27th -19.4pp 29th 29% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 40.3% 20th -24.6pp 30th 14% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 24th -29.0pp 31st 23% 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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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 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 ±6.0pp 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 (4.7% then, 3.5% now; margin ±4.7pp).

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 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.2% to 3.5%).
3.5%
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
Folsom, CA 1.1% 2nd -3.0pp 1st 84% below peers
Livermore, CA 1.5% 4th -3.0pp 2nd 78% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.0% 10th -6.8pp 3rd 26% below peers
San Ramon, CA 0.9% 1st -1.0pp 4th 87% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.4% 3rd -1.5pp 5th 79% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 6th -1.9pp 6th 61% below peers
Auburn, WA 7.6% 19th -4.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Medford, OR 5.7% 14th -2.3pp 8th 16% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.5% 7th -1.2pp 9th 49% below peers
Baytown, TX 8.1% 22nd -1.6pp 10th 19% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.5% 12th -1.0pp 11th 20% below peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 24th -1.0pp 12th 29% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 9.0% 25th -0.3pp 13th 33% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 8th +0.2pp 14th 39% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 18th +0.4pp 15th 7% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 5th +0.1pp 16th 62% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 7.7% 20th +0.5pp 17th 14% above peers
Kennewick, WA 8.2% 23rd +0.8pp 18th 21% above peers
Lehi, UT 4.5% 9th +1.1pp 19th 33% below peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 21st +2.0pp 20th 19% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 6.8% 17th +2.3pp 21st 1% above peers
Melbourne, FL 5.7% 13th +2.1pp 22nd 17% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 11th +2.1pp 23rd 25% below peers
North Port, FL 9.2% 26th +4.2pp 24th 35% above peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 15th +2.7pp 25th 13% below peers
Sioux City, IA 6.8% 16th +3.1pp 26th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 30th +5.7pp 27th 79% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 28th +5.0pp 28th 52% above peers
Whittier, CA 9.6% 27th +4.7pp 29th 41% above peers
San Leandro, CA 10.9% 29th +5.9pp 30th 61% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 129% 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.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.6pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83,974 to 86,281 - more than the combined survey margin (±119). 22 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (78,940 to 86,281).
86,281
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
Lehi, UT 85,173 27th +33% 1st 1% below peers
North Port, FL 84,605 28th +27% 2nd 2% below peers
Georgetown, TX 85,999 19th +21% 3rd on par with peers
San Ramon, CA 85,993 20th +14% 4th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 10th +12% 5th 1% above peers
Baytown, TX 85,205 25th +11% 6th 1% below peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 2nd +11% 7th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 3rd +10% 8th 2% above peers
Folsom, CA 83,916 29th +7% 9th 3% below peers
Auburn, WA 85,676 22nd +7% 10th 1% below peers
Medford, OR 86,315 15th +6% 11th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 86,576 14th +6% 12th on par with peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 83,876 30th +5% 13th 3% below peers
Kennewick, WA 85,295 24th +5% 14th 1% below peers
Troy, MI 87,898 5th +5% 15th 2% above peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 4th +5% 16th 2% above peers
Sioux City, IA 86,101 18th +4% 17th on par with peers
Mission, TX 87,038 12th +4% 18th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 1st +4% 19th 3% above peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 9th +3% 20th 1% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 86,281 16th +3% 21st on par with peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 11th +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 8th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Whittier, CA 86,165 17th +0% 24th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 86,995 13th -0% 25th 1% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 85,928 21st -2% 26th on par with peers
Newport Beach, CA 83,845 31st -2% 27th 3% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 85,191 26th -2% 28th 1% below peers
San Leandro, CA 87,826 6th -2% 29th 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 7th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Livermore, CA 85,522 23rd -5% 31st 1% 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.
DemographicsPopulation
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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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±81 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.8% then, 21.3% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.2% to 21.3%).
21.3%
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
Georgetown, TX 19.8% 22nd +1.2pp 1st 13% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 27th +0.8pp 2nd 22% below peers
Melbourne, FL 17.6% 28th +0.2pp 3rd 22% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 21st +0.1pp 4th 12% below peers
Baytown, TX 27.6% 5th +0.0pp 5th 22% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.0% 4th -0.1pp 6th 24% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 20.4% 20th -0.2pp 7th 10% below peers
Whittier, CA 22.7% 16th -0.3pp 8th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 30th -0.2pp 9th 23% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.1% 7th -0.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Auburn, WA 24.9% 9th -0.4pp 11th 10% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 26th -0.3pp 12th 21% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 21.3% 18th -0.5pp 13th 6% below peers
Livermore, CA 23.0% 13th -0.6pp 14th 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 23rd -0.5pp 15th 14% below peers
Medford, OR 22.9% 14th -0.7pp 16th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 2nd -0.9pp 17th 31% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 24.7% 10th -1.0pp 18th 9% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 16.5% 31st -0.7pp 19th 27% below peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 19th -0.9pp 20th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 11th -1.2pp 21st 3% above peers
San Leandro, CA 18.1% 25th -1.0pp 22nd 20% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.1% 6th -1.5pp 23rd 15% above peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 12th -1.5pp 24th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 22.7% 15th -1.5pp 25th on par with peers
San Ramon, CA 25.8% 8th -2.5pp 26th 14% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 18.7% 24th -2.4pp 27th 18% below peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 3rd -4.3pp 28th 25% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 17th -3.6pp 29th on par with peers
North Port, FL 17.6% 29th -3.0pp 30th 22% below peers
Lehi, UT 35.2% 1st -7.1pp 31st 55% 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's share of the population
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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 →
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
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent fell 6.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.9% to 13.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.1pp). 1 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; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.9% to 13.2%).
13.2%
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
Newport Beach, CA 21.5% 23rd +5.6pp 1st 31% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 6th +6.8pp 2nd 23% above peers
Whittier, CA 28.0% 18th +4.7pp 3rd 10% below peers
Auburn, WA 31.7% 14th +5.2pp 4th 1% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 41.0% 1st +5.5pp 5th 31% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 38.3% 7th +4.9pp 6th 22% above peers
Baytown, TX 40.9% 2nd +4.7pp 7th 31% above peers
San Ramon, CA 10.8% 30th +1.2pp 8th 65% below peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 29th +0.6pp 9th 64% below peers
Lehi, UT 5.8% 31st +0.2pp 10th 81% below peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 13th +0.9pp 11th 2% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 12th +0.5pp 12th 5% above peers
Kennewick, WA 35.5% 10th +0.5pp 13th 14% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 11th +0.1pp 14th 8% above peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 20th -0.2pp 15th 20% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 39.4% 3rd -1.8pp 16th 26% above peers
Melbourne, FL 38.9% 5th -2.2pp 17th 24% above peers
Medford, OR 31.3% 16th -2.1pp 18th on par with peers
Livermore, CA 13.0% 27th -1.0pp 19th 58% below peers
Sioux City, IA 38.2% 8th -3.3pp 20th 22% above peers
Folsom, CA 13.2% 25th -1.3pp 21st 58% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 27.6% 19th -2.8pp 22nd 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 9th -4.0pp 23rd 19% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 15th -4.0pp 24th 1% above peers
San Leandro, CA 23.6% 21st -3.9pp 25th 24% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 4th -7.2pp 26th 26% above peers
Georgetown, TX 22.0% 22nd -4.2pp 27th 30% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 17th -6.8pp 28th 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 28th -2.9pp 29th 61% below peers
North Port, FL 21.2% 24th -7.5pp 30th 32% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 13.2% 26th -6.6pp 31st 58% 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 in single-parent families
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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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 (65.6% then, 69.4% now; margin ±9.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.5% to 69.4%).
69.4%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lehi, UT 49.3% 31st +13.0pp 1st 26% below peers
Folsom, CA 76.2% 3rd +13.3pp 2nd 15% above peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 12th +10.8pp 3rd 5% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 79.1% 2nd +11.0pp 4th 19% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 74.9% 5th +8.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Livermore, CA 72.0% 9th +6.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 29th +3.6pp 7th 12% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 84.5% 1st +5.0pp 8th 28% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 69.4% 13th +3.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 22nd +3.4pp 10th 5% below peers
Georgetown, TX 72.2% 8th +3.3pp 11th 9% above peers
Auburn, WA 63.1% 21st +2.9pp 12th 5% below peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 19th +2.9pp 13th on par with peers
Newport Beach, CA 60.1% 25th +2.5pp 14th 9% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 18th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Baytown, TX 59.0% 26th +1.9pp 16th 11% below peers
Kennewick, WA 62.1% 23rd +1.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 20th +1.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 10th +1.2pp 19th 8% above peers
San Ramon, CA 69.0% 14th +0.7pp 20th 4% above peers
North Port, FL 61.7% 24th -0.1pp 21st 7% below peers
Melbourne, FL 66.1% 17th -1.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 11th -3.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 15th -3.4pp 24th 4% above peers
Sioux City, IA 72.7% 7th -3.8pp 25th 10% above peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 6th -4.4pp 26th 11% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 66.3% 16th -4.2pp 27th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 4th -5.0pp 28th 15% above peers
Medford, OR 58.6% 27th -7.0pp 29th 12% below peers
Whittier, CA 56.4% 30th -12.6pp 30th 15% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.5% 28th -14.5pp 31st 12% 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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