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La Mesa, CA
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La Mesa, CA

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60,797 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where La Mesa, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
0 homicides
12 mo to May 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
3 in the prior 12 months
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$95,028
2020-24
▲ 44%
relative change
$66,051 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.8%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
6.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
47.7%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
41.5% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.5%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
91.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.8%
May 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
3.9% a year earlier
Dropping fast Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.1%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
8.0% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
40.6%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
37.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
11.4%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
12.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.3%
2019-23
▼ 7%
relative change
8.9% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.9%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where La Mesa, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
38.6%
2020-24
▼ 30%
relative change
54.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,484 /100k
May 2026
▲ 18%
relative change
1,254 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
44.9%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
46.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
179 /100k
May 2026
▼ 17%
relative change
216 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
408 /100k
May 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
405 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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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 →
Population
60,797
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
59,556 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,662
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,616 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$900,788
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$903,939 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$663,940
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$665,499 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
59.5%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
65.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 408 in May 2026, up from 405 a year earlier.
408 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
San Rafael, CA 297 (Apr 26) -42.8% 1st
Revere, MA 282 (May 26) -34.0% 2nd
Chapel Hill, NC 94 (May 26) -24.0% 3rd
Taunton, MA 392 (May 26) -12.9% 4th
Great Falls, MT 572 (May 26) -7.5% 5th
Springfield, OR 279 (Mar 26) -7.1% 6th
Santa Cruz, CA 564 (May 26) -6.9% 7th
Wylie, TX 70 (Apr 26) -4.4% 8th
Meriden, CT 130 (May 26) -3.7% 9th
Euless, TX 165 (May 26) -2.9% 10th
Corvallis, OR 161 (Apr 26) -2.9% 11th
La Mesa, CA 408 (May 26) +0.8% 12th
Dearborn Heights, MI 396 (May 26) +0.8% 13th
Blue Springs, MO 230 (May 26) +7.6% 14th
Casa Grande, AZ 453 (May 26) +8.0% 15th
Parker, CO 223 (May 26) +10.6% 16th
Owensboro, KY 414 (May 26) +12.1% 17th
Bristol, CT 59 (May 26) +37.0% 18th
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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. 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 →
  • Appleton, WI down about 21% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2023-2026
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime rose about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,484 in May 2026, up from 1,254 a year earlier.
1,484 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Wylie, TX 550 (Apr 26) -29.8% 1st
Revere, MA 965 (May 26) -29.7% 2nd
Parker, CO 1,054 (May 26) -27.4% 3rd
Springfield, OR 2,125 (Mar 26) -25.1% 4th
Blue Springs, MO 1,731 (May 26) -24.0% 5th
Casa Grande, AZ 1,074 (May 26) -23.7% 6th
San Rafael, CA 1,771 (Apr 26) -22.7% 7th
Corvallis, OR 1,895 (Apr 26) -22.7% 8th
Chapel Hill, NC 1,801 (May 26) -22.0% 9th
Santa Cruz, CA 2,061 (May 26) -17.9% 10th
Bristol, CT 608 (May 26) -14.3% 11th
Euless, TX 1,658 (May 26) -12.1% 12th
Owensboro, KY 2,358 (May 26) -8.9% 13th
Dearborn Heights, MI 1,168 (May 26) +2.6% 14th
Meriden, CT 1,693 (May 26) +8.2% 15th
Great Falls, MT 3,658 (May 26) +10.2% 16th
La Mesa, CA 1,484 (May 26) +18.4% 17th
Taunton, MA 1,049 (May 26) +27.2% 18th
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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. 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 →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Multi-year view: homicide fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent reading: 0 homicides in the 12 months ending May 2026, down from 3 in the prior 12 months. That is 0 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
0 homicides
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
La Mesa, CA 0 (May 26) -100.0% 1st
Taunton, MA 0 (May 26) -100.0% 2nd
Chapel Hill, NC 0 (May 26) -100.0% 3rd
Casa Grande, AZ 1 (May 26) -50.0% 4th
Great Falls, MT 2 (May 26) +0.0% 5th
Santa Cruz, CA 2 (May 26) +0.0% 6th
Dearborn Heights, MI 2 (May 26) +0.0% 7th
Owensboro, KY 10 (May 26) +199.7% 8th
Meriden, CT 3 (May 26)
San Rafael, CA 3 (Apr 26)
Euless, TX 2 (May 26)
Wylie, TX 0 (Apr 26)
Bristol, CT 0 (May 26)
Springfield, OR 3 (Mar 26)
Revere, MA 0 (May 26)
Blue Springs, MO 0 (May 26)
Corvallis, OR 0 (Apr 26)
Parker, CO 6 (May 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Harlingen, TX down about 24% a year · faster than 95% of this group · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 179 in May 2026, down from 216 a year earlier.
179 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Wylie, TX 13 (Apr 26) -61.9% 1st
Casa Grande, AZ 104 (May 26) -52.6% 2nd
Parker, CO 46 (May 26) -50.8% 3rd
Euless, TX 112 (May 26) -42.7% 4th
Blue Springs, MO 163 (May 26) -39.8% 5th
Corvallis, OR 65 (Apr 26) -36.5% 6th
Chapel Hill, NC 108 (May 26) -34.9% 7th
Bristol, CT 117 (May 26) -31.8% 8th
Springfield, OR 144 (Mar 26) -30.7% 9th
San Rafael, CA 264 (Apr 26) -30.1% 10th
Santa Cruz, CA 129 (May 26) -19.8% 11th
Meriden, CT 174 (May 26) -19.1% 12th
La Mesa, CA 179 (May 26) -16.8% 13th
Owensboro, KY 236 (May 26) -10.6% 14th
Revere, MA 107 (May 26) -9.7% 15th
Dearborn Heights, MI 254 (May 26) -5.5% 16th
Great Falls, MT 207 (May 26) -0.8% 17th
Taunton, MA 116 (May 26) +56.5% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yakima, WA down about 35% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 44% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $66,051 to $95,028 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$9,347). 30 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 74% from 2014 to 2024 ($54,630 to $95,028).
$95,028
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 6th +48% 1st 44% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA $65,132 25th +47% 2nd 19% below peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 23rd +44% 3rd 14% below peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 10th +44% 4th 19% above peers
Montebello, CA $79,971 16th +42% 5th on par with peers
Encinitas, CA $162,229 1st +40% 6th 103% above peers
Revere, MA $86,969 13th +39% 7th 9% above peers
North Miami, FL $57,188 30th +37% 8th 28% below peers
Madison, AL $134,655 2nd +36% 9th 68% above peers
Great Falls, MT $63,373 28th +35% 10th 21% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 19th +33% 11th 1% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $69,983 22nd +32% 12th 12% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $88,201 12th +30% 13th 10% above peers
San Rafael, CA $119,435 5th +30% 14th 49% above peers
Owensboro, KY $56,357 31st +30% 15th 30% below peers
Shoreline, WA $112,751 7th +30% 16th 41% above peers
Stonecrest, GA $64,591 27th +30% 17th 19% below peers
Wylie, TX $119,522 4th +29% 18th 49% above peers
Taunton, MA $79,283 17th +26% 19th 1% below peers
Euless, TX $82,167 15th +25% 20th 3% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 24th +25% 21st 15% below peers
Corvallis, OR $65,012 26th +23% 22nd 19% below peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 20th +23% 23rd 4% below peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 8th +22% 24th 39% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 9th +22% 25th 34% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391 29th +21% 26th 24% below peers
Meriden, CT $71,253 21st +21% 27th 11% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 3rd +20% 28th 67% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 11th +17% 29th 11% above peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 18th +17% 30th 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 14th +17% 31st 8% 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.
EconomyMedian household income
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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,968 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in May 2026, down from 3.9% a year earlier.
3.8%
1990May 2026
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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
Vineland, NJ 6.1% (May 26) 28th -1.2pp 1st 49% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
San Rafael, CA 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.4pp 3rd 24% below peers
Parker, CO 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.4pp 4th 22% below peers
Revere, MA 4.2% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 5th 2% above peers
Hanford, CA 6.8% (May 26) 29th -0.3pp 6th 66% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 5.3% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 7th 29% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 4.1% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 8th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 3.8% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 9th 7% below peers
Great Falls, MT 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 10th 32% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.2% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 11th 22% below peers
Springfield, OR 4.9% (May 26) 20th +0.0pp 12th 20% above peers
Corvallis, OR 4.1% (May 26) 16th +0.1pp 13th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 3.0% (May 26) 3rd +0.1pp 14th 27% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.1pp 15th 5% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 3.6% (May 26) 9th +0.1pp 16th 12% below peers
Taunton, MA 4.9% (May 26) 21st +0.1pp 17th 20% above peers
Montebello, CA 5.3% (May 26) 25th +0.2pp 18th 29% above peers
Owensboro, KY 4.5% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 19th 10% above peers
Wylie, TX 3.8% (May 26) 11th +0.4pp 20th 7% below peers
Euless, TX 4.0% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 21st 2% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.5% (May 26) 26th +0.6pp 22nd 34% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 23rd +0.6pp 23rd 27% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.8pp 24th 15% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.0% (May 26) 14th +0.9pp 25th 2% below peers
Madison, AL 2.7% (May 26) 1st +0.9pp 26th 34% below peers
Shoreline, WA 4.8% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 27th 17% above peers
Bristol, CT 5.1% (May 26) 22nd +1.2pp 28th 24% above peers
Meriden, CT 6.0% (May 26) 27th +1.3pp 29th 46% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.5% then, 11.4% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.9% to 11.4%).
11.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Madison, AL 4.2% 1st -1.3pp 1st 64% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.8% 24th -4.3pp 2nd 24% above peers
Euless, TX 7.8% 7th -2.1pp 3rd 35% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 20.0% 29th -4.9pp 4th 67% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 14.4% 22nd -3.3pp 5th 21% above peers
Montebello, CA 11.9% 16th -1.9pp 6th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.4% 19th -2.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Owensboro, KY 18.3% 27th -2.6pp 8th 53% above peers
Wylie, TX 5.6% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 53% below peers
Revere, MA 11.4% 15th -1.2pp 10th 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 11.4% 13th -1.1pp 11th 5% below peers
White Plains, NY 11.1% 12th -1.0pp 12th 7% below peers
Taunton, MA 12.9% 17th -1.2pp 13th 8% above peers
North Miami, FL 18.4% 28th -1.5pp 14th 54% above peers
Corvallis, OR 21.8% 31st -1.4pp 15th 82% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.4% 21st -0.8pp 16th 21% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 15.3% 25th -0.8pp 17th 28% above peers
San Rafael, CA 11.4% 14th -0.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 6.9% 4th -0.2pp 19th 42% below peers
Great Falls, MT 14.2% 20th -0.1pp 20th 19% above peers
Bristol, CT 10.6% 11th +0.6pp 21st 11% below peers
Vineland, NJ 14.4% 23rd +1.1pp 22nd 21% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 16.6% 26th +1.3pp 23rd 39% above peers
Encinitas, CA 7.3% 6th +0.9pp 24th 39% below peers
Shoreline, WA 8.7% 8th +1.1pp 25th 27% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.2% 5th +1.0pp 26th 40% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 10.2% 10th +1.5pp 27th 14% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 21.7% 30th +3.3pp 28th 82% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.0% 18th +2.7pp 29th 9% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 63% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.1% 9th +3.0pp 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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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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
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
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 (13.9% then, 14.6% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.8% to 14.6%).
14.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Madison, AL 3.4% 1st -4.6pp 1st 80% below peers
Euless, TX 7.6% 7th -5.3pp 2nd 55% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 8th -5.1pp 3rd 43% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 16.8% 16th -5.8pp 4th on par with peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 21st -6.1pp 5th 9% above peers
Wylie, TX 6.8% 4th -1.8pp 6th 59% below peers
Owensboro, KY 25.4% 28th -6.6pp 7th 51% above peers
Revere, MA 14.3% 13th -3.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Montebello, CA 18.7% 23rd -3.8pp 9th 12% above peers
North Miami, FL 27.7% 29th -5.5pp 10th 65% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 5th -1.2pp 11th 59% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 30.1% 30th -4.2pp 12th 80% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 20th -2.1pp 13th 8% above peers
Taunton, MA 20.4% 27th -2.2pp 14th 22% above peers
Corvallis, OR 16.8% 17th -1.8pp 15th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 19.4% 26th -0.9pp 16th 15% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 9th -0.4pp 17th 39% below peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 14th +0.6pp 18th 13% below peers
San Rafael, CA 18.6% 22nd +1.0pp 19th 11% above peers
Great Falls, MT 19.3% 24th +1.2pp 20th 15% above peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 2nd +0.2pp 21st 80% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 18th +1.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 19th +1.3pp 23rd 7% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 12.3% 12th +1.4pp 24th 27% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 32.1% 31st +4.0pp 25th 91% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 15th +2.5pp 26th 3% below peers
Meriden, CT 19.4% 25th +3.0pp 27th 15% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.4% 6th +1.3pp 28th 56% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 10th +2.9pp 29th 36% below peers
Encinitas, CA 11.0% 11th +4.5pp 30th 35% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.2% 3rd +3.5pp 31st 63% 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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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 ±5.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.1% to 93.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 27 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 5.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.1% to 93.5%).
93.5%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
North Miami, FL 84.2% 31st +14.4pp 1st 9% below peers
Great Falls, MT 90.3% 24th +12.9pp 2nd 2% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 86.9% 30th +12.2pp 3rd 6% below peers
Montebello, CA 89.6% 27th +12.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Meriden, CT 90.1% 25th +12.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 21st +11.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 91.3% 19th +11.3pp 7th 1% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 91.2% 20th +11.1pp 8th 1% below peers
Taunton, MA 90.7% 22nd +10.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 15th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 91.5% 18th +9.3pp 11th 1% below peers
Revere, MA 89.8% 26th +8.3pp 12th 3% below peers
Owensboro, KY 89.5% 28th +7.9pp 13th 3% below peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 16th +7.7pp 14th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 92.9% 14th +7.4pp 15th 1% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 10th +6.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 23rd +5.5pp 17th 2% below peers
San Rafael, CA 94.7% 9th +5.6pp 18th 3% above peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 29th +4.9pp 19th 4% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 4th +5.0pp 20th 4% above peers
Euless, TX 95.5% 7th +4.4pp 21st 3% above peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 8th +4.0pp 22nd 3% above peers
Wylie, TX 97.1% 2nd +4.0pp 23rd 5% above peers
Encinitas, CA 96.4% 3rd +3.9pp 24th 4% above peers
Shoreline, WA 93.8% 11th +3.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 13th +3.5pp 26th 1% above peers
Madison, AL 95.7% 5th +2.8pp 27th 4% above peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 12th +2.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 95.6% 6th +2.3pp 29th 4% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 1st +2.0pp 30th 7% above peers
Corvallis, OR 92.3% 17th +1.6pp 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: 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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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 (0.43 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.43).
0.43
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
North Miami, FL 0.44 15th -0.058 1st 1% below peers
Madison, AL 0.38 3rd -0.030 2nd 13% below peers
Encinitas, CA 0.46 21st -0.034 3rd 4% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 8th -0.025 4th 8% below peers
Great Falls, MT 0.46 20th -0.022 5th 4% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 26th -0.020 6th 11% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 5th -0.013 7th 10% below peers
Taunton, MA 0.43 9th -0.014 8th 3% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 0.41 7th -0.010 9th 9% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 17th -0.011 10th 2% above peers
Euless, TX 0.40 4th -0.007 11th 10% below peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 27th -0.009 12th 15% above peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 10th -0.006 13th 3% below peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 11th -0.004 14th 3% below peers
Revere, MA 0.45 19th -0.001 15th 2% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 30th +0.000 16th 24% above peers
Montebello, CA 0.44 13th +0.002 17th 1% below peers
Owensboro, KY 0.49 25th +0.007 18th 10% above peers
Corvallis, OR 0.51 29th +0.009 19th 16% above peers
San Rafael, CA 0.51 28th +0.012 20th 15% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 0.46 22nd +0.020 21st 4% above peers
Meriden, CT 0.43 12th +0.021 22nd 2% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 0.55 31st +0.027 23rd 24% above peers
Shoreline, WA 0.45 18th +0.022 24th 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 23rd +0.024 25th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 6th +0.022 26th 9% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 0.44 16th +0.028 27th on par with peers
Parker, CO 0.38 2nd +0.026 28th 15% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 0.44 14th +0.038 29th 1% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 0.48 24th +0.045 30th 7% above peers
Wylie, TX 0.37 1st +0.051 31st 17% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (8.9% then, 8.3% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.1% to 8.3%).
8.3%
20102023
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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
Meriden, CT 20.3% 27th -8.3pp 1st 55% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 4th -1.2pp 2nd 67% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.1% 16th -3.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 7th -1.2pp 4th 59% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.9% 6th -0.9pp 5th 62% below peers
Shoreline, WA 7.7% 12th -1.4pp 6th 41% below peers
Encinitas, CA 2.0% 1st -0.3pp 7th 85% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 9th -1.0pp 8th 52% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 8th -0.8pp 9th 58% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 21.5% 28th -3.0pp 10th 64% above peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 11th -0.7pp 11th 49% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 18.5% 25th -1.8pp 12th 41% above peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 19th -1.5pp 13th 15% above peers
North Miami, FL 25.4% 30th -2.2pp 14th 93% above peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 13th -0.6pp 15th 37% below peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 31st -1.5pp 16th 103% above peers
Madison, AL 4.6% 5th -0.2pp 17th 65% below peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 21st -0.3pp 18th 17% above peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 22nd -0.0pp 19th 17% above peers
Corvallis, OR 13.6% 17th +0.4pp 20th 4% above peers
Owensboro, KY 15.3% 20th +0.8pp 21st 16% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2.7% 2nd +0.2pp 22nd 79% below peers
Great Falls, MT 12.5% 15th +0.9pp 23rd 5% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 19.3% 26th +1.8pp 24th 47% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 14th +2.1pp 25th 20% below peers
Taunton, MA 24.5% 29th +5.2pp 26th 87% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.5% 10th +1.7pp 27th 51% below peers
Revere, MA 17.9% 24th +4.7pp 28th 36% above peers
Montebello, CA 17.4% 23rd +5.7pp 29th 33% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 14.3% 18th +5.1pp 30th 9% above peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 3rd +1.3pp 31st 74% 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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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 →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $900,788 in June 2026, down from $903,939 a year earlier.
$900,788
2000June 2026
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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%
Bristol, CT $353,528 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.7% 1st 33% below peers
Meriden, CT $329,605 (Jun 26) 25th +4.6% 2nd 38% below peers
White Plains, NY $804,471 (Jun 26) 7th +4.4% 3rd 52% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,365,773 (Jun 26) 2nd +4.3% 4th 158% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $221,126 (Jun 26) 29th +4.1% 5th 58% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,937,012 (Jun 26) 1st +4.0% 6th 266% above peers
Taunton, MA $528,720 (Jun 26) 15th +3.7% 7th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT $342,814 (Jun 26) 24th +3.6% 8th 35% below peers
Vineland, NJ $314,721 (Jun 26) 27th +2.6% 9th 40% below peers
Owensboro, KY $216,394 (Jun 26) 30th +2.6% 10th 59% below peers
Hanford, CA $384,771 (Jun 26) 20th +2.4% 11th 27% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $314,477 (Jun 26) 28th +1.8% 12th 41% below peers
San Rafael, CA $1,340,153 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 13th 153% above peers
Montebello, CA $831,401 (Jun 26) 5th +1.5% 14th 57% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA $756,477 (Jun 26) 8th +1.0% 15th 43% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA $599,360 (Jun 26) 13th +0.9% 16th 13% above peers
Madison, AL $379,055 (Jun 26) 21st +0.8% 17th 28% below peers
Springfield, OR $423,728 (Jun 26) 17th +0.5% 18th 20% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $696,721 (Jun 26) 9th +0.5% 19th 32% above peers
Revere, MA $624,318 (Jun 26) 12th +0.4% 20th 18% above peers
La Mesa, CA $900,788 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 21st 70% above peers
Corvallis, OR $566,552 (Jun 26) 14th -0.4% 22nd 7% above peers
Euless, TX $359,527 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.8% 23rd 32% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $642,319 (Jun 26) 11th -1.1% 24th 21% above peers
North Miami, FL $424,771 (Jun 26) 16th -1.1% 25th 20% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $319,278 (Jun 26) 26th -1.6% 26th 40% below peers
Parker, CO $687,773 (Jun 26) 10th -2.5% 27th 30% above peers
Shoreline, WA $812,220 (Jun 26) 6th -2.8% 28th 54% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $402,681 (Jun 26) 19th -3.5% 29th 24% below peers
Wylie, TX $423,647 (Jun 26) 18th -6.3% 30th 20% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $663,940 in June 2026, down from $665,499 a year earlier.
$663,940
2000June 2026
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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%
Bristol, CT $273,177 (Jun 26) 21st +6.3% 1st 28% below peers
White Plains, NY $462,610 (Jun 26) 10th +6.0% 2nd 23% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $969,823 (Jun 26) 2nd +5.8% 3rd 157% above peers
Meriden, CT $253,295 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.6% 4th 33% below peers
Vineland, NJ $249,107 (Jun 26) 26th +5.0% 5th 34% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $158,956 (Jun 26) 29th +4.4% 6th 58% below peers
Taunton, MA $414,629 (Jun 26) 13th +4.3% 7th 10% above peers
Great Falls, MT $258,298 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.3% 8th 32% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,257,106 (Jun 26) 1st +3.9% 9th 233% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA $528,148 (Jun 26) 9th +3.1% 10th 40% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $251,538 (Jun 26) 24th +2.4% 11th 33% below peers
Hanford, CA $299,303 (Jun 26) 18th +2.3% 12th 21% below peers
Owensboro, KY $141,998 (Jun 26) 30th +1.9% 13th 62% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $685,452 (Jun 26) 4th +1.6% 14th 82% above peers
Montebello, CA $677,771 (Jun 26) 5th +1.4% 15th 80% above peers
Madison, AL $273,783 (Jun 26) 20th +1.4% 16th 27% below peers
San Rafael, CA $816,898 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 17th 116% above peers
Springfield, OR $348,584 (Jun 26) 16th +0.1% 18th 8% below peers
La Mesa, CA $663,940 (Jun 26) 6th -0.2% 19th 76% above peers
Revere, MA $452,278 (Jun 26) 11th -0.3% 20th 20% above peers
Corvallis, OR $442,641 (Jun 26) 12th -1.0% 21st 17% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $377,442 (Jun 26) 15th -1.5% 22nd on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ $250,624 (Jun 26) 25th -1.9% 23rd 34% below peers
Euless, TX $277,422 (Jun 26) 19th -2.0% 24th 26% below peers
Shoreline, WA $614,110 (Jun 26) 7th -2.0% 25th 63% above peers
Parker, CO $552,311 (Jun 26) 8th -2.2% 26th 46% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $380,362 (Jun 26) 14th -2.4% 27th 1% above peers
Wylie, TX $331,918 (Jun 26) 17th -5.9% 28th 12% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $224,256 (Jun 26) 27th -6.4% 29th 41% below peers
North Miami, FL $197,133 (Jun 26) 28th -6.8% 30th 48% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership rose 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.5% to 47.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.9% to 47.7%).
47.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Stonecrest, GA 56.2% 19th +11.6pp 1st 9% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 24th +6.1pp 2nd 23% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 72.8% 5th +7.2pp 3rd 17% above peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 16th +5.0pp 4th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 1st +5.1pp 5th 25% above peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 26th +2.7pp 6th 26% below peers
San Rafael, CA 53.0% 21st +3.0pp 7th 15% below peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 9th +4.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Great Falls, MT 66.1% 13th +3.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Encinitas, CA 66.5% 11th +3.2pp 10th 7% above peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 20th +2.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Madison, AL 74.0% 3rd +3.1pp 12th 19% above peers
Shoreline, WA 66.3% 12th +2.6pp 13th 7% above peers
Meriden, CT 60.1% 17th +2.1pp 14th 3% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 70.5% 7th +2.3pp 15th 14% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 23rd +1.4pp 16th 22% below peers
North Miami, FL 43.5% 28th +1.2pp 17th 30% below peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 14th +1.3pp 18th 5% above peers
Owensboro, KY 57.4% 18th +0.5pp 19th 7% below peers
Taunton, MA 62.1% 15th -0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 73.0% 4th -0.9pp 21st 18% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 36.6% 31st -0.5pp 22nd 41% below peers
Wylie, TX 77.4% 2nd -1.1pp 23rd 25% above peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 22nd -0.8pp 24th 18% below peers
Corvallis, OR 41.8% 29th -0.9pp 25th 33% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 70.5% 8th -1.7pp 26th 14% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 10th -2.4pp 27th 11% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 25th -2.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 6th -4.7pp 29th 16% above peers
Revere, MA 45.5% 27th -4.3pp 30th 27% below peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 30th -4.1pp 31st 36% 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,662 in June 2026, up from $2,616 a year earlier.
$2,662
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Taunton, MA $2,124 (Jun 26) 13th +5.8% 1st 4% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA $2,169 (Jun 26) 12th +5.6% 2nd 6% above peers
White Plains, NY $3,228 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.4% 3rd 58% above peers
Great Falls, MT $1,367 (Jun 26) 29th +5.4% 4th 33% below peers
Owensboro, KY $1,121 (Jun 26) 30th +4.3% 5th 45% below peers
Bristol, CT $1,679 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 6th 18% below peers
Encinitas, CA $4,498 (Jun 26) 1st +3.9% 7th 120% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $2,725 (Jun 26) 6th +3.7% 8th 33% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,649 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.6% 9th 79% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,730 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.4% 10th 15% below peers
Corvallis, OR $1,803 (Jun 26) 19th +2.9% 11th 12% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $1,459 (Jun 26) 27th +2.9% 12th 29% below peers
Shoreline, WA $2,042 (Jun 26) 15th +2.8% 13th on par with peers
Meriden, CT $1,748 (Jun 26) 21st +2.5% 14th 14% below peers
San Rafael, CA $2,992 (Jun 26) 4th +2.4% 15th 47% above peers
Hanford, CA $2,053 (Jun 26) 14th +1.9% 16th 1% above peers
La Mesa, CA $2,662 (Jun 26) 8th +1.7% 17th 30% above peers
North Miami, FL $2,330 (Jun 26) 10th +1.6% 18th 14% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $1,711 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.6% 19th 16% below peers
Springfield, OR $1,693 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 20th 17% below peers
Montebello, CA $2,289 (Jun 26) 11th +1.2% 21st 12% above peers
Madison, AL $1,442 (Jun 26) 28th +1.2% 22nd 29% below peers
Revere, MA $2,826 (Jun 26) 5th +0.9% 23rd 38% above peers
Euless, TX $1,567 (Jun 26) 26th +0.4% 24th 23% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $1,763 (Jun 26) 20th -0.1% 25th 14% below peers
Wylie, TX $1,859 (Jun 26) 17th -0.6% 26th 9% below peers
Parker, CO $2,332 (Jun 26) 9th -2.5% 27th 14% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,845 (Jun 26) 18th -3.2% 28th 10% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 7th 31% above peers
Vineland, NJ 16th 1% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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 (46.8% then, 44.9% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.9% to 44.9%).
44.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 21st -7.0pp 1st 9% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 50.0% 30th -6.7pp 2nd 35% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 42.1% 24th -2.6pp 3rd 14% above peers
Encinitas, CA 35.5% 8th -2.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Owensboro, KY 30.2% 4th -1.4pp 5th 18% below peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 22nd -1.9pp 6th 11% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 18th -1.7pp 7th 6% above peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 27th -1.9pp 8th 22% above peers
Great Falls, MT 28.0% 3rd -1.2pp 9th 24% below peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 17th -1.1pp 10th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 46.3% 28th -1.4pp 11th 26% above peers
Taunton, MA 36.5% 14th -1.0pp 12th 1% below peers
North Miami, FL 56.8% 31st -0.2pp 13th 54% above peers
Corvallis, OR 43.0% 25th +0.2pp 14th 16% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 2nd +0.2pp 15th 39% below peers
Wylie, TX 30.4% 5th +0.4pp 16th 18% below peers
Revere, MA 47.6% 29th +0.6pp 17th 29% above peers
San Rafael, CA 43.9% 26th +0.7pp 18th 19% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 41.2% 23rd +0.8pp 19th 12% above peers
Shoreline, WA 36.9% 16th +0.9pp 20th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 32.7% 7th +2.2pp 21st 11% below peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 11th +3.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 10th +3.2pp 23rd 4% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 35.5% 9th +3.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 20th +4.0pp 25th 9% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 13th +3.7pp 26th 2% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 36.3% 12th +5.0pp 27th 2% below peers
Madison, AL 18.9% 1st +2.9pp 28th 49% below peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 6th +5.3pp 29th 16% below peers
Euless, TX 36.6% 15th +6.6pp 30th 1% below peers
Meriden, CT 39.6% 19th +7.6pp 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: 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 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
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.0% then, 6.1% now; margin ±1.9pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 6.1%).
6.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Encinitas, CA 3.0% 4th -2.4pp 1st 60% below peers
Wylie, TX 1.3% 1st -0.8pp 2nd 83% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 4.1% 7th -1.7pp 3rd 47% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 11th -1.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 5th -0.9pp 5th 60% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 9th -1.0pp 6th 23% below peers
Meriden, CT 10.1% 28th -1.6pp 7th 33% above peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 16th -1.1pp 8th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 12th -1.0pp 9th 8% below peers
Madison, AL 2.0% 3rd -0.2pp 10th 74% below peers
Taunton, MA 9.5% 24th -0.9pp 11th 24% above peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 21st -0.8pp 12th 8% above peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 20th -0.7pp 13th 7% above peers
Montebello, CA 7.5% 15th -0.6pp 14th 1% below peers
North Miami, FL 11.9% 29th -0.8pp 15th 56% above peers
Corvallis, OR 9.7% 25th +0.1pp 16th 27% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 30th +0.2pp 17th 123% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.8% 26th +0.1pp 18th 28% above peers
Revere, MA 18.4% 31st +0.5pp 19th 141% above peers
Owensboro, KY 9.8% 27th +0.3pp 20th 28% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.0% 10th +0.3pp 21st 21% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 19th +0.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.1% 13th +0.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 2nd +0.2pp 24th 78% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 8.6% 22nd +1.1pp 25th 13% above peers
San Rafael, CA 8.7% 23rd +1.8pp 26th 13% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 7.4% 14th +1.6pp 27th 3% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.8% 8th +1.0pp 28th 37% below peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 18th +1.9pp 29th 2% above peers
Euless, TX 3.5% 6th +1.4pp 30th 55% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 17th +3.1pp 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: 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 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.0% to 4.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 9.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.0% to 4.8%).
4.8%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
White Plains, NY 5.8% 14th -3.6pp 1st 9% below peers
Shoreline, WA 3.7% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 42% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.5% 17th -2.8pp 3rd 1% above peers
North Miami, FL 18.5% 31st -7.5pp 4th 187% above peers
Encinitas, CA 3.8% 4th -1.2pp 5th 41% below peers
La Mesa, CA 4.8% 8th -1.3pp 6th 26% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 12.4% 27th -3.1pp 7th 92% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 41% below peers
Great Falls, MT 6.8% 19th -1.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Hanford, CA 5.6% 12th -0.9pp 10th 13% below peers
Corvallis, OR 5.2% 11th -0.6pp 11th 19% below peers
Madison, AL 3.9% 5th -0.4pp 12th 40% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 15.4% 29th -1.2pp 13th 139% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 8.8% 23rd -0.3pp 14th 37% above peers
Montebello, CA 10.8% 25th -0.3pp 15th 67% above peers
Springfield, OR 7.1% 21st -0.2pp 16th 10% above peers
Wylie, TX 13.0% 28th -0.3pp 17th 101% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.7% 18th -0.1pp 18th 3% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 16th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Revere, MA 5.1% 10th -0.0pp 20th 21% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.0% 9th +0.3pp 21st 22% below peers
Vineland, NJ 9.5% 24th +0.6pp 22nd 48% above peers
Euless, TX 15.5% 30th +1.1pp 23rd 140% above peers
Owensboro, KY 5.9% 15th +0.4pp 24th 8% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.9% 20th +0.6pp 25th 8% above peers
Bristol, CT 4.5% 7th +0.5pp 26th 30% below peers
Meriden, CT 5.6% 13th +0.9pp 27th 13% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 11.2% 26th +2.0pp 28th 74% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 6th +0.8pp 29th 32% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 22nd +2.1pp 30th 16% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 43% 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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▸ 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp 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
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

26.6%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Parker, CO 21.9% 1st 31% below peers
Encinitas, CA 23.2% 2nd 27% below peers
Shoreline, WA 23.8% 3rd 25% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 4th 19% below peers
San Rafael, CA 25.7% 5th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 26.2% 6th 17% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 7th 16% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 8th 15% below peers
Corvallis, OR 27.5% 9th 13% below peers
Revere, MA 28.1% 10th 11% below peers
Montebello, CA 28.2% 11th 11% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 12th 8% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 29.9% 13th 5% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 14th 4% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 15th 3% below peers
Madison, AL 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 31.7% 17th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 18th 3% above peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 19th 7% above peers
North Miami, FL 34.1% 20th 8% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 34.4% 21st 9% above peers
Taunton, MA 34.6% 22nd 9% above peers
Meriden, CT 35.1% 23rd 11% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 35.2% 24th 11% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 25th 13% above peers
Euless, TX 35.9% 26th 14% above peers
Great Falls, MT 36.2% 27th 15% above peers
Owensboro, KY 36.5% 28th 16% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 29th 16% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 39.6% 30th 25% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 39.7% 31st 26% 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, 2.9% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.2% to 2.9%).
2.9%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Stonecrest, GA 2.6% 10th -6.0pp 1st 27% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 2nd -2.2pp 2nd 69% below peers
North Miami, FL 6.6% 27th -5.9pp 3rd 87% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 21st -3.3pp 4th 31% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 5th 73% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 12th -2.0pp 6th 19% below peers
San Rafael, CA 1.8% 5th -1.0pp 7th 51% below peers
Shoreline, WA 1.6% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 55% below peers
Meriden, CT 1.7% 4th -0.9pp 9th 53% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.8% 7th -0.4pp 10th 48% below peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 8th -0.2pp 11th 41% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.5% 16th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 15th -0.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 2.6% 11th +0.0pp 14th 27% below peers
Madison, AL 1.8% 6th +0.1pp 15th 50% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 24th +0.5pp 16th 57% above peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 13th +0.3pp 17th 17% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.8% 28th +1.3pp 18th 120% above peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 22nd +1.1pp 19th 47% above peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 17th +0.8pp 20th 3% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 6.4% 26th +1.5pp 21st 80% above peers
Euless, TX 14.9% 31st +3.6pp 22nd 320% above peers
Wylie, TX 10.2% 29th +2.5pp 23rd 188% above peers
Montebello, CA 4.6% 20th +1.4pp 24th 29% above peers
Revere, MA 2.6% 9th +1.1pp 25th 28% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.6% 25th +2.5pp 26th 58% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 10.5% 30th +4.7pp 27th 198% above peers
Owensboro, KY 4.5% 19th +2.1pp 28th 28% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.3% 23rd +2.5pp 29th 49% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 18th +2.6pp 30th 23% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.1% 14th +2.9pp 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: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (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

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 (37.7% then, 40.6% now; margin ±2.9pp).

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 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.7% to 40.6%).
40.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Florence-Graham, CA 7.4% 31st +2.0pp 1st 76% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 21.7% 28th +5.4pp 2nd 30% below peers
North Miami, FL 25.1% 20th +6.1pp 3rd 19% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 22nd +5.3pp 4th 22% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 16.4% 30th +3.4pp 5th 47% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 26th +4.6pp 6th 28% below peers
Wylie, TX 43.3% 11th +7.0pp 7th 40% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 12th +6.5pp 8th 31% above peers
Montebello, CA 22.9% 25th +3.2pp 9th 26% below peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 17th +3.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Owensboro, KY 26.1% 19th +3.1pp 11th 16% below peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 14th +4.0pp 12th 29% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 13th 23% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 57.4% 6th +5.0pp 14th 85% above peers
Great Falls, MT 27.8% 18th +2.4pp 15th 10% below peers
Encinitas, CA 67.7% 2nd +5.7pp 16th 119% above peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 8th +4.4pp 17th 74% above peers
Madison, AL 64.5% 3rd +5.1pp 18th 108% above peers
Shoreline, WA 52.8% 9th +3.9pp 19th 71% above peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 13th +2.8pp 20th 31% above peers
Revere, MA 24.6% 21st +1.7pp 21st 21% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 5th +3.8pp 22nd 86% above peers
Taunton, MA 23.9% 23rd +1.4pp 23rd 23% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 31.0% 16th +1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 7th +2.8pp 25th 81% above peers
Corvallis, OR 61.4% 4th +2.3pp 26th 98% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 15th +0.4pp 27th 13% above peers
Meriden, CT 22.2% 27th -0.1pp 28th 28% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 1st -0.3pp 29th 147% above peers
San Rafael, CA 49.7% 10th -2.5pp 30th 60% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 29th -1.0pp 31st 41% 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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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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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 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 16.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.9% to 38.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±14.1pp). 5 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 19.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.9% to 38.6%).
38.6%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Pico Rivera, CA 49.9% 13th +15.1pp 1st 11% above peers
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 2nd 72% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 49.2% 14th +12.6pp 3rd 9% above peers
Madison, AL 62.4% 6th +13.5pp 4th 39% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 10th +11.2pp 5th 20% above peers
Montebello, CA 42.2% 21st +6.1pp 6th 6% below peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 2nd +9.5pp 7th 50% above peers
Revere, MA 41.7% 22nd +5.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 18th +1.0pp 9th 3% below peers
San Rafael, CA 65.8% 3rd -0.2pp 10th 46% above peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 28th -1.0pp 11th 23% below peers
Taunton, MA 44.7% 17th -1.5pp 12th 1% below peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 8th -3.1pp 13th 24% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 26.7% 30th -2.2pp 14th 41% below peers
Wylie, TX 45.0% 16th -7.0pp 15th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 5th -11.2pp 16th 39% above peers
North Miami, FL 51.2% 12th -10.2pp 17th 14% above peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 4th -12.8pp 18th 40% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 46.2% 15th -10.3pp 19th 3% above peers
Encinitas, CA 55.3% 9th -12.6pp 20th 23% above peers
Corvallis, OR 40.8% 24th -10.4pp 21st 9% below peers
Meriden, CT 52.6% 11th -13.9pp 22nd 17% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 59.8% 7th -16.1pp 23rd 33% above peers
Great Falls, MT 35.1% 27th -10.5pp 24th 22% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 23rd -15.0pp 25th 8% below peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 26th -16.3pp 26th 14% below peers
Euless, TX 42.2% 20th -20.8pp 27th 6% below peers
Owensboro, KY 33.1% 29th -16.4pp 28th 26% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 19th -25.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 25th -25.1pp 30th 14% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 59% 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

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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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.7pp 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 (11.1% then, 6.0% now; margin ±8.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 97% below peers
Parker, CO 0.6% 2nd -3.1pp 2nd 91% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 4.8% 11th -22.4pp 3rd 24% below peers
Madison, AL 1.0% 3rd -1.3pp 4th 85% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 14th -5.1pp 5th 4% below peers
Taunton, MA 1.9% 6th -1.0pp 6th 70% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.7% 12th -2.2pp 7th 9% below peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 17th -2.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Encinitas, CA 1.7% 5th -0.5pp 9th 74% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 30th -4.7pp 10th 214% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.1% 24th -1.9pp 11th 44% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 8th -0.1pp 12th 47% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.7% 13th -0.2pp 13th 9% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 18th -0.0pp 14th 2% above peers
San Rafael, CA 7.8% 22nd +0.2pp 15th 24% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 7.3% 19th +0.2pp 16th 16% above peers
Great Falls, MT 8.4% 23rd +0.8pp 17th 33% above peers
Owensboro, KY 6.2% 15th +0.8pp 18th 2% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 16th +1.1pp 19th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 25th +2.0pp 20th 72% above peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% 9th +0.8pp 21st 31% below peers
North Miami, FL 12.9% 26th +3.5pp 22nd 106% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 4th +0.3pp 23rd 84% below peers
Corvallis, OR 2.1% 7th +0.9pp 24th 66% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 29th +6.4pp 25th 133% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.5% 10th +2.1pp 26th 28% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 20.8% 31st +10.2pp 27th 230% above peers
Revere, MA 14.4% 28th +9.7pp 28th 128% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 21st +5.3pp 29th 18% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 27th +10.1pp 30th 109% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 20th +6.8pp 31st 16% 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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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 →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.2pp 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 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59,556 to 60,797 - more than the combined survey margin (±60). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (58,239 to 60,797).
60,797
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Madison, AL 60,106 27th +22% 1st 1% below peers
Wylie, TX 60,334 23rd +21% 2nd 1% below peers
Parker, CO 61,783 1st +14% 3rd 2% above peers
Revere, MA 60,012 28th +12% 4th 1% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 60,501 18th +12% 5th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 61,771 2nd +11% 6th 2% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 60,905 13th +9% 7th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 29th +9% 8th 1% below peers
Shoreline, WA 61,431 9th +9% 9th 1% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 60,959 12th +8% 10th on par with peers
Euless, TX 60,421 21st +8% 11th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 31st +6% 12th 2% below peers
Taunton, MA 60,433 19th +6% 13th on par with peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 16th +4% 14th on par with peers
Corvallis, OR 59,960 30th +3% 15th 1% below peers
San Rafael, CA 60,433 20th +3% 16th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 60,329 24th +3% 17th 1% below peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 14th +2% 18th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 8th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 11th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Meriden, CT 60,545 17th +1% 21st on par with peers
Owensboro, KY 60,302 25th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 3rd +1% 23rd 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 6th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 5th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Encinitas, CA 61,480 7th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Montebello, CA 61,045 10th -3% 27th 1% above peers
North Miami, FL 60,344 22nd -3% 28th 1% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 60,272 26th -4% 29th 1% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 4th -5% 30th 2% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 60,690 15th -8% 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 ±45 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 (20.2% then, 21.7% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 1.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.2% to 21.7%).
21.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Meriden, CT 21.9% 14th +2.5pp 1st 1% above peers
Madison, AL 27.9% 3rd +2.7pp 2nd 29% above peers
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 15th +1.5pp 3rd 1% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 16.6% 28th +1.1pp 4th 23% below peers
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 7th +1.6pp 5th 18% above peers
Euless, TX 24.2% 9th +1.2pp 6th 12% above peers
North Miami, FL 23.3% 12th +1.0pp 7th 8% above peers
Corvallis, OR 14.1% 30th +0.6pp 8th 35% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 25.2% 8th +0.7pp 9th 16% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 27th +0.3pp 10th 21% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 1st +0.4pp 11th 33% above peers
Encinitas, CA 20.6% 20th +0.3pp 12th 4% below peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 22nd -0.2pp 13th 7% below peers
Shoreline, WA 18.8% 25th -0.2pp 14th 13% below peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 26th -0.3pp 15th 14% below peers
Owensboro, KY 23.8% 11th -0.5pp 16th 10% above peers
Great Falls, MT 21.4% 17th -0.4pp 17th 1% below peers
Revere, MA 19.6% 24th -0.6pp 18th 9% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 18th -0.9pp 19th 3% below peers
Taunton, MA 21.6% 16th -1.0pp 20th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 5th -1.3pp 21st 27% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 29th -1.3pp 22nd 31% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 20.8% 19th -1.9pp 23rd 4% below peers
Montebello, CA 20.4% 21st -2.0pp 24th 6% below peers
Wylie, TX 27.6% 4th -2.8pp 25th 28% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 24.2% 10th -2.6pp 26th 12% above peers
San Rafael, CA 19.7% 23rd -2.3pp 27th 9% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 22.5% 13th -3.1pp 28th 4% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 28.0% 2nd -3.8pp 29th 30% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 30th 48% below peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 6th -4.4pp 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: 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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.5% then, 28.6% now; margin ±6.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.4% to 28.6%).
28.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Meriden, CT 59.0% 1st +17.6pp 1st 93% above peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 5th +7.6pp 2nd 51% above peers
Madison, AL 20.4% 24th +3.1pp 3rd 33% below peers
Revere, MA 35.5% 11th +4.6pp 4th 17% above peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 6th +5.5pp 5th 42% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 48.5% 3rd +5.9pp 6th 59% above peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 15th +3.4pp 7th 7% above peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 29th +1.2pp 8th 45% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 16th +2.3pp 9th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 28.9% 18th +1.6pp 10th 5% below peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 21st +1.4pp 11th 8% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 10th +1.3pp 12th 17% above peers
Euless, TX 34.6% 14th +0.3pp 13th 14% above peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 19th +0.1pp 14th 6% below peers
Taunton, MA 47.5% 4th -0.1pp 15th 56% above peers
Shoreline, WA 19.4% 26th -0.4pp 16th 36% below peers
Corvallis, OR 29.3% 17th -1.0pp 17th 4% below peers
Great Falls, MT 34.7% 13th -1.3pp 18th 14% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 25th -1.3pp 19th 36% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 36.9% 9th -3.9pp 20th 21% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 22nd -2.9pp 21st 24% below peers
North Miami, FL 41.1% 8th -5.1pp 22nd 35% above peers
Owensboro, KY 41.8% 7th -5.8pp 23rd 37% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18.7% 28th -3.0pp 24th 39% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 20th -4.8pp 25th 7% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 12th -6.8pp 26th 14% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 54.2% 2nd -11.7pp 27th 78% above peers
San Rafael, CA 22.4% 23rd -7.5pp 28th 26% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 18.9% 27th -6.6pp 29th 38% below peers
Encinitas, CA 13.2% 30th -6.7pp 30th 57% below peers
Wylie, TX 12.6% 31st -12.9pp 31st 59% 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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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.2% then, 59.5% now; margin ±7.7pp).

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 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.7% to 59.5%).
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Corvallis, OR 65.5% 22nd +15.8pp 1st 7% below peers
San Rafael, CA 75.6% 6th +12.3pp 2nd 7% above peers
Meriden, CT 81.3% 2nd +11.9pp 3rd 15% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 31st +7.7pp 4th 23% below peers
Montebello, CA 75.4% 7th +9.9pp 5th 7% above peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 14th +6.6pp 6th 3% above peers
Encinitas, CA 78.4% 4th +6.4pp 7th 11% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 5th +6.1pp 8th 8% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 12th +5.5pp 9th 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 3rd +5.9pp 10th 14% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 61.8% 27th +4.0pp 11th 12% below peers
Wylie, TX 60.8% 28th +3.8pp 12th 14% below peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 10th +4.0pp 13th 5% above peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 13th +3.5pp 14th 4% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 15th 18% above peers
Great Falls, MT 70.5% 16th +2.8pp 16th on par with peers
Madison, AL 59.3% 30th +1.0pp 17th 16% below peers
Euless, TX 74.9% 8th +0.3pp 18th 6% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 21st -0.2pp 19th 6% below peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 18th -1.5pp 20th 4% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 64.2% 26th -2.3pp 21st 9% below peers
Owensboro, KY 65.0% 23rd -2.7pp 22nd 8% below peers
Revere, MA 71.2% 15th -3.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 64.6% 25th -4.9pp 24th 8% below peers
North Miami, FL 67.4% 19th -5.4pp 25th 4% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 67.2% 20th -5.9pp 26th 5% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 24th -5.9pp 27th 8% below peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 29th -5.7pp 28th 16% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 9th -7.8pp 29th 6% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 73.6% 11th -8.6pp 30th 4% above peers
Taunton, MA 69.0% 17th -8.6pp 31st 2% 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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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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