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170,084 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Lancaster, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$81,511
2020-24
▲ 48%
relative change
$55,237 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
41.1%
2020-24
▲ 31%
relative change
31.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
20.3%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
28.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.6%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
21.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.8%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
78.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.5%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
60.4%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
53.0% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
20.0%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
17.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
7.1%
Jul 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
8.1% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
0.47 in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.6%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
3.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Lancaster, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
17.6%
2019-23
▲ 96%
relative change
9.0% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
13.4%
2020-24
▲ 40%
relative change
9.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
44.1%
2020-24
flat
relative change
44.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
61.8%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
52.3% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.7%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
28.7% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Population
169,169
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
159,028 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,420
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$2,407 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 48% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $55,237 to $81,511 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,533).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lancaster started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 66% from 2014 to 2024 ($49,057 to $81,511).
Bright spot $81,511
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 $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Salinas, CA $91,908 13th +49% 1st 8% above peers
Lancaster, CA $81,511 18th +48% 2nd 4% below peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 9th +40% 3rd 14% above peers
Kansas City, KS $62,401 25th +37% 4th 27% below peers
Paterson, NJ $55,997 27th +35% 5th 34% below peers
Charleston, SC $92,414 11th +35% 6th 9% above peers
Salem, OR $75,487 21st +35% 7th 11% below peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 14th +35% 8th 6% above peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 8th +34% 9th 15% above peers
Roseville, CA $119,288 3rd +34% 10th 40% above peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 29th +34% 11th 42% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 12th +33% 12th 8% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 7th +31% 13th 16% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 22nd +31% 14th 18% below peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 4th +31% 15th 33% above peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 24th +31% 16th 22% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 10th +31% 17th 10% above peers
Corona, CA $109,242 6th +30% 18th 28% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 17th +30% 19th 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 19th +29% 20th 6% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 16th +29% 21st on par with peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 22nd 59% above peers
Denton, TX $76,019 20th +27% 23rd 11% below peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 30th +25% 24th 43% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 28th +24% 25th 40% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 23rd +24% 26th 21% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 15th +24% 27th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 5th +23% 28th 32% above peers
Killeen, TX $60,977 26th +23% 29th 28% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR $31,750 31st +19% 30th 63% below peers
Alexandria, VA $119,681 2nd +19% 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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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15 of 38 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,094 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 →
What changed

Unemployment fell 1.0 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 7.1% in July 2026, down from 8.1% a year earlier.
Bright spot 7.1%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Paterson, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 30th -1.9pp 1st 69% above peers
Palmdale, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th -1.5pp 2nd 33% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 29th -1.0pp 3rd 58% above peers
Hayward, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.6pp 4th 2% above peers
Charleston, SC 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.6pp 5th 29% below peers
Springfield, MO 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 6th 13% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 7th 2% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.5pp 8th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 28th -0.4pp 9th 40% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Corona, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st -0.3pp 13th 4% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 14th 31% below peers
Roseville, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 15th 7% below peers
Aurora, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 16th 2% below peers
Kansas City, KS 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.3pp 17th 11% above peers
Cary, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 18th 33% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.2pp 19th 13% above peers
Salem, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 25th -0.2pp 20th 18% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 21st 4% below peers
Denton, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.0pp 22nd 2% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th +0.0pp 23rd 18% below peers
Alexandria, VA 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th +0.0pp 24th 29% below peers
Lakewood, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 25th 11% below peers
Newport News, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th +0.4pp 27th 33% above peers
Hollywood, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.6pp 28th 4% below peers
Surprise, AZ 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th +0.7pp 29th 13% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 30th 2% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty fell 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.7% to 15.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Lancaster started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.7% to 15.6%).
Bright spot 15.6%
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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 8th -5.8pp 1st 36% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.9% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 57% below peers
Lancaster, CA 15.6% 20th -6.2pp 3rd 14% above peers
Alexandria, VA 7.9% 3rd -2.4pp 4th 42% below peers
Paterson, NJ 21.2% 28th -5.4pp 5th 56% above peers
Springfield, MO 18.4% 26th -4.5pp 6th 35% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 5th -2.0pp 7th 39% below peers
Kansas City, KS 15.9% 24th -3.8pp 8th 17% above peers
Salinas, CA 13.6% 16th -3.2pp 9th on par with peers
Aurora, IL 9.5% 10th -1.9pp 10th 30% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.3% 15th -1.7pp 11th 10% below peers
Corona, CA 8.7% 7th -1.1pp 12th 36% below peers
Shreveport, LA 23.5% 29th -2.1pp 13th 73% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 17th -1.2pp 14th 5% above peers
Charleston, SC 12.3% 14th -0.9pp 15th 10% below peers
Eugene, OR 19.0% 27th -1.3pp 16th 40% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% 12th -0.6pp 17th 29% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 18th -0.8pp 18th 6% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.8% 22nd -0.5pp 19th 16% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.7% 30th -0.2pp 20th 81% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.2% 9th +0.1pp 21st 33% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 4th +0.1pp 22nd 41% below peers
Denton, TX 15.8% 23rd +0.2pp 23rd 16% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 34.2% 31st +0.3pp 24th 151% above peers
Palmdale, CA 15.7% 21st +0.2pp 25th 15% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 13th +0.6pp 26th 27% below peers
Hayward, CA 9.6% 11th +1.3pp 27th 29% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.7% 19th +2.1pp 28th 8% above peers
Surprise, AZ 8.6% 6th +1.2pp 29th 37% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 1st +0.9pp 30th 58% below peers
Killeen, TX 17.4% 25th +2.7pp 31st 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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15 of 38 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty fell 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.3% to 20.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Lancaster started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.0% to 20.2%).
Bright spot 20.3%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 1st -11.8pp 1st 64% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 6th -6.2pp 2nd 40% below peers
Alexandria, VA 11.5% 12th -7.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.5% 2nd -3.0pp 4th 62% below peers
Salinas, CA 17.8% 20th -7.8pp 5th 23% above peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 23rd -8.1pp 6th 40% above peers
Kansas City, KS 21.7% 25th -7.0pp 7th 50% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 15th -4.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 13th -3.7pp 9th 12% below peers
Paterson, NJ 29.4% 28th -8.2pp 10th 103% above peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 29th -8.4pp 11th 110% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 17th -4.0pp 12th 7% above peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 22nd -4.8pp 13th 33% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 10th -2.3pp 14th 22% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 5th -1.7pp 15th 40% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 18th -3.2pp 16th 15% above peers
Corona, CA 10.2% 7th -1.6pp 17th 30% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 4th -0.9pp 18th 49% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 24th -1.9pp 19th 40% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 30th -2.0pp 20th 145% above peers
Denton, TX 14.5% 16th +0.1pp 21st on par with peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 3rd +0.1pp 22nd 58% below peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 26th +0.5pp 23rd 53% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 24th 258% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 8th +0.6pp 25th 27% below peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 14th +1.2pp 26th 10% below peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 11th +1.3pp 27th 21% below peers
Charleston, SC 16.9% 19th +2.2pp 28th 17% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 21st +2.6pp 29th 32% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 9th +1.9pp 30th 25% below peers
Killeen, TX 26.0% 27th +6.1pp 31st 80% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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15 of 38 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 12.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 78.9% to 91.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lancaster started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 17.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (74.3% to 91.8%).
Bright spot 91.8%
20172024
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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 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Paterson, NJ 89.3% 26th +20.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 29th +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 22nd +15.1pp 3rd 1% below peers
Kansas City, KS 88.8% 27th +13.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Charleston, SC 92.9% 16th +13.6pp 5th on par with peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 21st +12.9pp 6th 1% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 7th 10% below peers
Salinas, CA 94.4% 8th +11.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 28th +10.4pp 9th 8% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +9.1pp 10th 8% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 11th +7.3pp 11th 1% above peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 23rd +5.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 13th +5.9pp 13th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 5th +5.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 14th +5.7pp 15th on par with peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 15th +5.7pp 16th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 19th +5.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Killeen, TX 91.4% 24th +5.0pp 18th 2% below peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 17th +5.0pp 19th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 3rd +5.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 7th +5.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 12th +4.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Corona, CA 94.3% 9th +4.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 25th +4.3pp 24th 2% below peers
Denton, TX 92.2% 20th +4.1pp 25th 1% below peers
Roseville, CA 95.5% 4th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 2nd +3.6pp 27th 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 94.1% 10th +2.5pp 28th 1% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 18th +2.4pp 29th 1% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 6th +2.4pp 30th 2% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 1st +1.3pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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
Loading tract map…
15 of 38 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality fell about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.47 to 0.43 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.43).
Bright spot 0.43
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lancaster, CA 0.43 15th -0.034 1st 1% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 4th -0.021 2nd 5% below peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 6th -0.019 3rd 5% below peers
Corona, CA 0.41 3rd -0.010 4th 5% below peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 24th -0.008 5th 6% above peers
Charleston, SC 0.49 27th -0.008 6th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 7th -0.006 7th 4% below peers
Roseville, CA 0.42 5th -0.004 8th 5% below peers
Paterson, NJ 0.47 25th -0.004 9th 8% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 17th -0.002 10th 1% above peers
Kansas City, KS 0.43 11th -0.001 11th 3% below peers
Salinas, CA 0.41 2nd -0.001 12th 6% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 10th +0.000 13th 3% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 30th +0.002 14th 19% above peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 28th +0.002 15th 13% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 23rd +0.002 16th 5% above peers
Denton, TX 0.46 22nd +0.003 17th 4% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 18th +0.003 18th 3% above peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 13th +0.003 19th 2% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 26th +0.005 20th 11% above peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 21st 23% above peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 16th +0.006 22nd on par with peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 19th +0.008 23rd 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 0.46 21st +0.009 24th 4% above peers
Cary, NC 0.43 12th +0.009 25th 3% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 29th +0.015 26th 16% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 8th +0.016 27th 4% below peers
Killeen, TX 0.42 9th +0.017 28th 4% below peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 1st +0.018 29th 11% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 14th +0.020 30th 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 20th +0.022 31st 3% above 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP rose 8.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 9.0% to 17.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 7.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.0% to 17.6%).
Needs attention 17.6%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Murfreesboro, TN 7.0% 8th -3.1pp 1st 37% below peers
Charleston, SC 5.2% 4th -2.0pp 2nd 53% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 2nd -1.5pp 3rd 55% below peers
Denton, TX 6.7% 6th -1.7pp 4th 39% below peers
Kansas City, KS 13.2% 17th -2.8pp 5th 20% above peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 24th -1.9pp 6th 53% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 21st -1.6pp 7th 32% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 8th 75% below peers
Paterson, NJ 34.1% 30th -3.1pp 9th 210% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 7th -0.4pp 10th 38% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 9th +0.0pp 11th 35% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 19th +0.1pp 12th 27% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 27th +0.2pp 13th 88% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.9% 23rd +0.2pp 14th 45% above peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 22nd +0.2pp 15th 40% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 15th +0.2pp 16th 4% below peers
Corona, CA 7.6% 11th +0.3pp 17th 31% below peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 20th +0.8pp 18th 31% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 28th +1.6pp 19th 96% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 29th +1.8pp 20th 101% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 10th +0.6pp 21st 34% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 14th +1.0pp 22nd 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 13th +0.9pp 23rd 17% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 18th +1.8pp 24th 26% above peers
Alexandria, VA 5.2% 3rd +0.8pp 25th 53% below peers
Salinas, CA 11.0% 16th +1.7pp 26th on par with peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 31st +7.7pp 27th 228% above peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 26th +4.9pp 28th 72% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 12th +2.4pp 29th 23% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.6% 5th +1.6pp 30th 49% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 25th +8.6pp 31st 60% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $461,962 in August 2026, down from $464,578 a year earlier.
$461,962
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Paterson, NJ $536,737 (Aug 26) 14th +4.8% 1st 7% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $1,007,401 (Aug 26) 1st +4.4% 2nd 102% above peers
Shreveport, LA $148,292 (Aug 26) 29th +3.9% 3rd 70% below peers
Aurora, IL $324,261 (Aug 26) 24th +3.2% 4th 35% below peers
Springfield, MO $245,882 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 5th 51% below peers
Newport News, VA $294,403 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 6th 41% below peers
Kansas City, KS $204,669 (Aug 26) 28th +2.2% 7th 59% below peers
Salinas, CA $748,418 (Aug 26) 6th +1.4% 8th 50% above peers
Charleston, SC $591,821 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 9th 18% above peers
Oceanside, CA $867,314 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.2% 10th 74% above peers
Alexandria, VA $666,031 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 11th 33% above peers
Eugene, OR $475,563 (Aug 26) 17th +0.8% 12th 5% below peers
Roseville, CA $645,119 (Aug 26) 9th +0.5% 13th 29% above peers
Salem, OR $435,095 (Aug 26) 20th +0.4% 14th 13% below peers
Palmdale, CA $499,832 (Aug 26) 15th +0.1% 15th on par with peers
Corona, CA $754,203 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 16th 51% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $781,865 (Aug 26) 4th -0.1% 17th 56% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $709,775 (Aug 26) 7th -0.2% 18th 42% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $560,192 (Aug 26) 12th -0.2% 19th 12% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $426,156 (Aug 26) 21st -0.4% 20th 15% below peers
Lancaster, CA $461,962 (Aug 26) 18th -0.6% 21st 8% below peers
Killeen, TX $219,533 (Aug 26) 27th -1.1% 22nd 56% below peers
Cary, NC $619,636 (Aug 26) 10th -1.4% 23rd 24% above peers
Surprise, AZ $415,995 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.8% 24th 17% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $488,121 (Aug 26) 16th -1.9% 25th 2% below peers
Lakewood, CO $556,597 (Aug 26) 13th -2.0% 26th 11% above peers
Hollywood, FL $444,268 (Aug 26) 19th -2.3% 27th 11% below peers
Denton, TX $346,719 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.2% 28th 31% below peers
Hayward, CA $820,844 (Aug 26) 3rd -3.2% 29th 64% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $382,507 in August 2026, down from $386,223 a year earlier.
$382,507
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Paterson, NJ $426,126 (Aug 26) 10th +6.9% 1st 11% above peers
Aurora, IL $249,096 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.8% 2nd 35% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $804,040 (Aug 26) 1st +3.9% 3rd 110% above peers
Kansas City, KS $140,601 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 4th 63% below peers
Springfield, MO $163,323 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 5th 57% below peers
Newport News, VA $209,825 (Aug 26) 25th +2.3% 6th 45% below peers
Salinas, CA $626,114 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.9% 7th 64% above peers
Charleston, SC $394,543 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 8th 3% above peers
Shreveport, LA $50,354 (Aug 26) 29th +0.8% 9th 87% below peers
Eugene, OR $377,092 (Aug 26) 16th +0.8% 10th 1% below peers
Roseville, CA $523,076 (Aug 26) 8th +0.8% 11th 37% above peers
Corona, CA $622,910 (Aug 26) 4th +0.5% 12th 63% above peers
Salem, OR $358,853 (Aug 26) 18th +0.4% 13th 6% below peers
Oceanside, CA $618,888 (Aug 26) 5th +0.1% 14th 62% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $553,737 (Aug 26) 7th -0.0% 15th 45% above peers
Palmdale, CA $418,496 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 16th 9% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $326,985 (Aug 26) 20th -0.2% 17th 15% below peers
Alexandria, VA $394,721 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 18th 3% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $611,808 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 19th 60% above peers
Killeen, TX $162,502 (Aug 26) 27th -0.6% 20th 58% below peers
Lancaster, CA $382,507 (Aug 26) 15th -1.0% 21st on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO $408,179 (Aug 26) 12th -1.4% 22nd 7% above peers
Surprise, AZ $351,070 (Aug 26) 19th -1.8% 23rd 8% below peers
Cary, NC $433,664 (Aug 26) 9th -2.6% 24th 13% above peers
Hayward, CA $636,981 (Aug 26) 2nd -2.9% 25th 67% above peers
Denton, TX $268,860 (Aug 26) 21st -3.2% 26th 30% below peers
Hollywood, FL $239,304 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.7% 27th 37% below peers
Lakewood, CO $367,696 (Aug 26) 17th -4.5% 28th 4% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $227,093 (Aug 26) 24th -6.2% 29th 41% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 7.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.0% to 60.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.3% to 60.4%).
Bright spot 60.4%
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 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lancaster, CA 60.4% 11th +7.4pp 1st 6% above peers
Killeen, TX 49.5% 25th +5.7pp 2nd 13% below peers
Hayward, CA 58.0% 15th +5.2pp 3rd 2% above peers
Kansas City, KS 60.9% 10th +4.6pp 4th 7% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 16th +2.7pp 5th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 47.0% 28th +2.2pp 6th 17% below peers
Roseville, CA 68.8% 4th +3.1pp 7th 21% above peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 8th 39% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 12th +2.3pp 9th 4% above peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 29th +1.6pp 10th 23% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 3rd +2.4pp 11th 22% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.9% 31st +0.8pp 12th 53% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 6th +1.9pp 13th 17% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 17th +1.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Denton, TX 50.0% 24th +1.3pp 15th 12% below peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 7th +0.9pp 16th 17% above peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 27th +0.6pp 17th 16% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 9th +0.8pp 18th 10% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 13th +0.7pp 19th 3% above peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 21st +0.1pp 21st 8% below peers
Charleston, SC 55.6% 18th +0.0pp 22nd 2% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 20th -0.1pp 23rd 6% below peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 14th -0.2pp 24th 2% above peers
Corona, CA 63.8% 8th -0.3pp 25th 12% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 26th -0.8pp 26th 15% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 23rd -0.9pp 27th 9% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 2nd -1.4pp 28th 23% above peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 5th -1.8pp 29th 17% above peers
Alexandria, VA 42.1% 30th -1.1pp 30th 26% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 22nd -1.8pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,420 in August 2026, up from $2,407 a year earlier.
Big move $2,420
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Newport News, VA $1,605 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.8% 1st 29% below peers
Shreveport, LA $1,184 (Aug 26) 29th +5.9% 2nd 47% below peers
Salinas, CA $2,501 (Aug 26) 10th +5.5% 3rd 11% above peers
Kansas City, KS $1,326 (Aug 26) 26th +5.4% 4th 41% below peers
Springfield, MO $1,200 (Aug 26) 28th +5.2% 5th 47% below peers
Charleston, SC $2,312 (Aug 26) 13th +5.0% 6th 3% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $2,767 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.4% 7th 23% above peers
Corona, CA $2,674 (Aug 26) 5th +3.2% 8th 19% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,560 (Aug 26) 9th +3.1% 9th 14% above peers
Hayward, CA $2,637 (Aug 26) 6th +3.0% 10th 17% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,253 (Aug 26) 15th +2.7% 11th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA $2,931 (Aug 26) 1st +2.6% 12th 30% above peers
Eugene, OR $1,806 (Aug 26) 19th +2.5% 13th 20% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,802 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 14th 24% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $1,675 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.7% 15th 26% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $1,960 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 16th 13% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $2,608 (Aug 26) 7th +1.4% 17th 16% above peers
Hollywood, FL $2,341 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 18th 4% above peers
Paterson, NJ $1,878 (Aug 26) 18th +1.0% 19th 17% below peers
Cary, NC $1,774 (Aug 26) 21st +1.0% 20th 21% below peers
Palmdale, CA $2,751 (Aug 26) 4th +0.7% 21st 22% above peers
Surprise, AZ $1,947 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 22nd 14% below peers
Lancaster, CA $2,420 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 23rd 7% above peers
Salem, OR $1,581 (Aug 26) 24th +0.4% 24th 30% below peers
Roseville, CA $2,569 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 25th 14% above peers
Killeen, TX $1,273 (Aug 26) 27th -1.0% 26th 44% below peers
Lakewood, CO $1,800 (Aug 26) 20th -1.3% 27th 20% below peers
Alexandria, VA $2,285 (Aug 26) 14th -1.3% 28th 1% above peers
Denton, TX $1,519 (Aug 26) 25th -2.7% 29th 33% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.2% then, 44.1% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.0% to 44.1%).
Needs attention 44.1%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Salinas, CA 41.2% 19th -5.9pp 1st 7% above peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 13th -2.8pp 2nd 3% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 4th -2.1pp 3rd 18% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 12th -2.4pp 4th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 3rd -1.7pp 5th 21% below peers
Kansas City, KS 33.0% 5th -1.5pp 6th 14% below peers
Corona, CA 41.7% 22nd -1.4pp 7th 8% above peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 17th -1.2pp 8th 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 28th -1.1pp 9th 17% above peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 27th -1.1pp 10th 16% above peers
Paterson, NJ 56.6% 31st -0.7pp 11th 47% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 24th -0.2pp 12th 12% above peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 26th -0.0pp 13th 15% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 16th +0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 8th +0.2pp 15th 6% below peers
Roseville, CA 36.2% 9th +0.5pp 16th 6% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 14th +0.7pp 17th 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 21st +0.9pp 18th 8% above peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 29th +1.4pp 19th 21% above peers
Charleston, SC 36.6% 10th +1.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 11th +1.9pp 21st 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 15th +2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 2nd +1.7pp 23rd 26% below peers
Alexandria, VA 35.3% 7th +2.2pp 24th 8% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 23rd +2.7pp 25th 9% above peers
Denton, TX 41.3% 20th +3.1pp 26th 7% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 25th +3.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 6th +3.1pp 28th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 30th +4.5pp 29th 30% above peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Killeen, TX 40.2% 18th +4.6pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 7.0% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 7.0%).
7.0%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Kansas City, KS 7.3% 21st -2.4pp 1st 17% above peers
Killeen, TX 5.0% 9th -1.5pp 2nd 20% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 6th -1.0pp 3rd 35% below peers
Paterson, NJ 26.1% 31st -5.2pp 4th 317% above peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 8th -0.9pp 5th 24% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 24th -0.9pp 6th 44% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 7th -0.5pp 7th 28% below peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 26th -1.0pp 8th 63% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 27th -1.1pp 9th 76% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 25th -0.8pp 10th 56% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 3rd -0.3pp 11th 44% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 30th -1.0pp 12th 96% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 28th -0.6pp 13th 80% above peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 18th -0.2pp 15th 11% above peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 23rd -0.2pp 16th 31% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 13th -0.1pp 17th 10% below peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 10th +0.0pp 18th 17% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 16th +0.0pp 19th on par with peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 22nd +0.2pp 20th 24% above peers
Charleston, SC 7.2% 20th +0.3pp 21st 16% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 17th +1.0pp 22nd 5% above peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 23rd 49% below peers
Alexandria, VA 11.4% 29th +2.0pp 24th 82% above peers
Corona, CA 3.7% 5th +0.8pp 25th 41% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.7% 14th +1.4pp 26th 9% below peers
Denton, TX 5.4% 12th +1.4pp 27th 13% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 11th +1.3pp 28th 16% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 19th +1.9pp 29th 12% above peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 47% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 4th +1.1pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Fayetteville, AR down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 0.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.3% to 4.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Lancaster started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 11.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.5% to 4.5%).
Bright spot 4.5%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Charleston, SC 6.0% 7th -2.1pp 1st 27% below peers
Newport News, VA 8.3% 17th -2.9pp 2nd 1% above peers
Roseville, CA 3.1% 1st -1.0pp 3rd 62% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.2% 5th -1.6pp 4th 37% below peers
Alexandria, VA 8.8% 20th -2.2pp 5th 8% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 10th -1.3pp 6th 24% below peers
Shreveport, LA 8.0% 15th -1.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Lancaster, CA 4.5% 2nd -0.8pp 8th 44% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 40% below peers
Aurora, IL 9.8% 23rd -1.3pp 10th 20% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.7% 11th -0.8pp 11th 18% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.4% 6th -0.6pp 12th 34% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 18th -0.9pp 13th 2% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 13th -0.7pp 14th 9% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.5% 29th -1.4pp 15th 90% above peers
Corona, CA 8.4% 19th -0.7pp 16th 3% above peers
Salinas, CA 12.3% 24th -0.8pp 17th 51% above peers
Springfield, MO 12.6% 25th -0.8pp 18th 55% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 22nd -0.6pp 19th 12% above peers
Kansas City, KS 17.8% 30th -1.0pp 20th 118% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 14th -0.3pp 21st 7% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.1% 8th -0.2pp 22nd 25% below peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 12th +0.0pp 23rd 9% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 21st +0.1pp 24th 8% above peers
Denton, TX 15.5% 28th +0.4pp 25th 90% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 16th +0.3pp 26th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 5.0% 4th +0.2pp 27th 39% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.6% 26th +0.6pp 28th 67% above peers
Paterson, NJ 19.5% 31st +1.6pp 29th 139% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.3% 27th +3.0pp 30th 88% above peers
Hayward, CA 6.2% 9th +1.4pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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What changed

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

31.1%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Hayward, CA 21.7% 1st 33% below peers
Cary, NC 21.8% 2nd 32% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 22.7% 3rd 30% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 24.1% 4th 25% below peers
Roseville, CA 24.6% 5th 24% below peers
Lakewood, CO 25.6% 6th 20% below peers
Oceanside, CA 26.8% 7th 17% below peers
Charleston, SC 29.1% 8th 10% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 9th 8% below peers
Alexandria, VA 29.5% 10th 8% below peers
Palmdale, CA 30.4% 11th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 12th 5% below peers
Lancaster, CA 31.1% 13th 3% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 14th 2% below peers
Hollywood, FL 31.5% 15th 2% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 16th on par with peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 17th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 32.5% 18th 1% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 33.4% 19th 4% above peers
Salinas, CA 34.2% 20th 6% above peers
Denton, TX 34.3% 21st 7% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.0% 22nd 15% above peers
Paterson, NJ 37.3% 23rd 16% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 24th 17% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 25th 19% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 26th 26% above peers
Killeen, TX 41.7% 27th 30% above peers
Kansas City, KS 42.3% 28th 31% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 29th 43% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 48.5% 30th 51% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 2.6% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.8% to 2.6%).
Bright spot 2.6%
20122024
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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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 9th -2.0pp 1st 33% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 60% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 8th -1.8pp 3rd 35% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 53% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 6th -1.2pp 5th 42% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 52% below peers
Alexandria, VA 4.8% 18th -1.9pp 7th 1% above peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 21st -1.9pp 8th 5% above peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 5th -0.7pp 9th 45% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 27th -1.9pp 10th 48% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 24th -1.7pp 11th 34% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 11th -0.8pp 12th 27% below peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 17th -0.7pp 13th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 28th -0.3pp 14th 52% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 20th -0.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Kansas City, KS 9.3% 30th +0.3pp 16th 97% above peers
Corona, CA 4.7% 15th +0.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 10th +0.3pp 18th 28% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 25th +0.5pp 19th 38% above peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% 23rd +0.7pp 20th 27% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 14th +0.6pp 21st 3% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 26th +1.2pp 22nd 44% above peers
Denton, TX 11.7% 31st +2.2pp 23rd 147% above peers
Roseville, CA 2.5% 4th +0.5pp 24th 48% below peers
Paterson, NJ 9.0% 29th +1.8pp 25th 90% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 7th +0.7pp 26th 38% below peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 12th +0.9pp 27th 22% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 13th +1.7pp 28th 4% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 16th +1.7pp 29th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 19th +1.9pp 30th 1% above peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 22nd +2.3pp 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.6% to 20.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lancaster started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.4% to 20.0%).
Bright spot 20.0%
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 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Salinas, CA 16.5% 29th +3.1pp 1st 52% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 11th +7.3pp 2nd 13% above peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 15th +6.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 33.8% 16th +5.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 17th +5.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 10th +5.9pp 6th 17% above peers
Kansas City, KS 20.8% 26th +3.1pp 7th 39% below peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 20th +4.4pp 8th 10% below peers
Oceanside, CA 36.1% 13th +5.1pp 9th 6% above peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 22nd +3.8pp 10th 16% below peers
Springfield, MO 31.4% 19th +4.0pp 11th 8% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 25.3% 24th +3.0pp 12th 26% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.0% 27th +2.3pp 13th 41% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 18th +3.1pp 14th 8% below peers
Lakewood, CO 45.3% 5th +4.4pp 15th 33% above peers
Palmdale, CA 17.1% 28th +1.6pp 16th 50% below peers
Charleston, SC 58.3% 4th +5.2pp 17th 71% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 60.7% 3rd +5.2pp 18th 78% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 43.0% 8th +3.4pp 19th 26% above peers
Killeen, TX 21.9% 25th +1.7pp 20th 36% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 6th +3.3pp 21st 32% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 14th +2.5pp 22nd 3% above peers
Denton, TX 41.8% 9th +2.9pp 23rd 23% above peers
Surprise, AZ 30.5% 21st +2.0pp 24th 10% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 12th +2.3pp 25th 10% above peers
Paterson, NJ 11.8% 30th +0.7pp 26th 65% below peers
Roseville, CA 44.3% 7th +2.6pp 27th 30% above peers
Alexandria, VA 66.2% 2nd +3.1pp 28th 94% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 29th 107% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 26.3% 23rd +0.9pp 30th 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 9.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.5% to 41.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.2pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 37% moved the other way. Lancaster started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.3% to 41.1%).
Bright spot 41.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lancaster, CA 41.1% 20th +9.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 10th +8.7pp 2nd 13% above peers
Charleston, SC 64.9% 1st +8.3pp 3rd 45% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 14th +4.7pp 4th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 23rd +3.3pp 5th 15% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 6th +3.2pp 6th 28% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 13th +1.5pp 7th 7% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 2nd +1.9pp 8th 37% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 3rd +1.5pp 9th 35% above peers
Oceanside, CA 43.6% 17th -1.0pp 10th 3% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 16th -1.7pp 11th on par with peers
Kansas City, KS 40.7% 21st -2.0pp 12th 9% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 4th -3.8pp 13th 32% above peers
Alexandria, VA 51.3% 9th -4.2pp 14th 14% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 19th -3.8pp 15th 8% below peers
Denton, TX 51.9% 8th -4.8pp 16th 15% above peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 12th -5.5pp 17th 10% above peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 11th -6.8pp 18th 12% above peers
Paterson, NJ 58.2% 5th -10.9pp 19th 29% above peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 18th -10.4pp 20th 6% below peers
Killeen, TX 26.2% 31st -7.3pp 21st 42% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 25th -9.8pp 22nd 22% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 27th -9.6pp 23rd 34% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 15th -14.8pp 24th 1% above peers
Salinas, CA 26.9% 30th -8.9pp 25th 40% below peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 24th -12.8pp 26th 17% below peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 7th -19.0pp 27th 22% above peers
Roseville, CA 39.2% 22nd -17.6pp 28th 13% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 26th -15.7pp 29th 23% below peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 29th -12.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Corona, CA 27.5% 28th -12.9pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.7pp 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 →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.5% then, 13.4% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.6% to 13.4%).
Needs attention 13.4%
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
Kansas City, KS 6.3% 12th -4.9pp 1st 10% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 2nd 50% below peers
Alexandria, VA 5.1% 5th -1.7pp 3rd 27% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 67% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 21st -1.9pp 5th 24% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 9th -0.9pp 6th 20% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 1st -0.3pp 7th 73% below peers
Paterson, NJ 6.8% 14th -0.5pp 8th 3% below peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 17th -0.5pp 9th 3% above peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 23rd -0.5pp 10th 29% above peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 19th -0.4pp 11th 16% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 13th +0.0pp 12th 8% below peers
Salinas, CA 8.4% 20th +0.0pp 13th 19% above peers
Corona, CA 7.0% 15th +0.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 6th +0.6pp 15th 25% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 16th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 11.9% 27th +2.3pp 17th 70% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 18th 109% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 18th +1.7pp 19th 14% above peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 11th +1.4pp 20th 15% below peers
Denton, TX 4.8% 4th +1.1pp 21st 31% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 30th +3.8pp 22nd 96% above peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 29th +3.9pp 23rd 91% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 7th +1.7pp 24th 23% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 8th +1.9pp 25th 21% below peers
Roseville, CA 8.8% 22nd +3.2pp 26th 26% above peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 28th +4.7pp 27th 81% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 26th +4.0pp 28th 52% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 10th +2.5pp 29th 15% below peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 25th +4.6pp 30th 47% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 24th +4.3pp 31st 34% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 159,028 to 169,169 - more than the combined survey margin (±84). 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.*

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (159,092 to 169,169).
Big move 169,169
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Murfreesboro, TN 161,445 18th +18% 1st 2% below peers
Roseville, CA 155,955 26th +15% 2nd 5% below peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 29th +14% 3rd 6% below peers
Charleston, SC 154,338 30th +14% 4th 6% below peers
Denton, TX 152,866 31st +12% 5th 7% below peers
Paterson, NJ 158,735 21st +9% 6th 4% below peers
Killeen, TX 158,159 22nd +9% 7th 4% below peers
Cary, NC 179,306 5th +8% 8th 9% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 4th +7% 9th 9% above peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 14th +6% 10th 3% above peers
Salem, OR 178,865 6th +6% 11th 9% above peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 16th +5% 12th on par with peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 15th +4% 13th 1% above peers
Salinas, CA 161,761 17th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 170,229 12th +3% 15th 3% above peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 1st +3% 16th 12% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 25th +2% 17th 5% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 9th +2% 18th 5% above peers
Springfield, MO 169,954 13th +2% 19th 3% above peers
Kansas City, KS 155,135 27th +2% 20th 6% below peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 28th +2% 21st 6% below peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 24th +1% 22nd 5% below peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 20th -0% 23rd 4% below peers
Alexandria, VA 156,976 23rd -0% 24th 5% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 8th -1% 25th 7% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 11th -1% 26th 4% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 7th -1% 27th 8% above peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 10th -2% 28th 5% above peers
Corona, CA 159,670 19th -4% 29th 3% below peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 2nd -6% 30th 10% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 3rd -10% 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.7% to 26.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.8% to 26.7%).
Big move 26.7%
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 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Charleston, SC 17.3% 27th +0.6pp 1st 23% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 11th +0.3pp 2nd 3% above peers
Paterson, NJ 27.6% 4th +0.4pp 3rd 23% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 12th +0.0pp 4th 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 18.1% 25th -0.0pp 5th 20% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 8th -0.2pp 6th 8% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 9th -0.2pp 7th 7% above peers
Kansas City, KS 27.6% 5th -0.2pp 8th 22% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 26th -0.2pp 9th 22% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 1st -0.5pp 10th 31% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 18th -0.5pp 11th 7% below peers
Killeen, TX 29.3% 3rd -1.0pp 12th 30% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 22nd -0.7pp 13th 15% below peers
Roseville, CA 22.6% 16th -1.1pp 14th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 29.4% 2nd -1.6pp 15th 30% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 17th -1.2pp 16th on par with peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 15th -1.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 14th -1.3pp 18th 2% above peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 19th -1.3pp 19th 10% below peers
Denton, TX 18.2% 24th -1.3pp 20th 19% below peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 6th -2.0pp 21st 18% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 20th -1.5pp 22nd 11% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 10th -1.8pp 23rd 4% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 23rd -1.5pp 24th 17% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 25th 30% below peers
Corona, CA 23.2% 13th -2.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 21st -1.9pp 27th 13% below peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 29th -2.1pp 28th 28% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 28th -2.3pp 29th 27% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 7th -3.6pp 30th 12% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 31st -2.7pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.4% then, 35.3% now; margin ±5.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.9% to 35.3%).
35.3%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Salinas, CA 43.8% 7th +9.2pp 1st 32% above peers
Aurora, IL 32.5% 17th +6.6pp 2nd 2% below peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 11th +5.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 14th +4.6pp 4th 4% above peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 12th +4.5pp 5th 8% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 77% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 1st +7.3pp 7th 90% above peers
Killeen, TX 43.1% 8th +4.5pp 8th 30% above peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 23rd +2.1pp 9th 23% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 18th +2.3pp 10th 14% below peers
Denton, TX 26.2% 21st +1.4pp 11th 21% below peers
Kansas City, KS 44.8% 6th +2.3pp 12th 35% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 3rd +2.2pp 13th 63% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 5th +1.2pp 14th 37% above peers
Corona, CA 22.5% 28th +0.3pp 15th 32% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 19th -0.1pp 16th 18% below peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 15th -0.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Paterson, NJ 54.0% 4th -0.6pp 18th 63% above peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 16th -0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 9th -1.1pp 20th 15% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 29th -0.6pp 21st 33% below peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 10th -1.3pp 22nd 15% above peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 23rd 49% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 27th -1.7pp 24th 30% below peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 22nd -2.0pp 25th 23% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 20th -2.3pp 26th 19% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 25th -2.1pp 27th 26% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 13th -4.2pp 28th 6% above peers
Alexandria, VA 24.6% 26th -3.9pp 29th 26% below peers
Roseville, CA 17.8% 30th -4.0pp 30th 47% below peers
Charleston, SC 24.8% 24th -6.3pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents rose 9.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.3% to 61.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.0pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 8.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.5% to 61.8%).
Big move 61.8%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Alexandria, VA 79.8% 1st +14.0pp 1st 18% above peers
Lancaster, CA 61.8% 28th +9.5pp 2nd 9% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 22nd +9.1pp 3rd 4% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 18th +8.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 5th +9.3pp 5th 9% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 4th +9.4pp 6th 12% above peers
Salinas, CA 59.9% 31st +6.0pp 7th 12% below peers
Corona, CA 67.8% 17th +5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 7th +6.0pp 9th 4% above peers
Killeen, TX 67.2% 19th +5.7pp 10th 1% below peers
Charleston, SC 79.5% 2nd +6.5pp 11th 17% above peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 8th +4.4pp 12th 3% above peers
Paterson, NJ 64.4% 23rd +3.7pp 13th 5% below peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 11th +4.0pp 14th 2% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 10th +3.9pp 15th 3% above peers
Roseville, CA 64.3% 25th +3.5pp 16th 5% below peers
Kansas City, KS 68.5% 13th +2.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 15th +2.7pp 18th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 21st +1.9pp 19th 2% below peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 9th +1.8pp 20th 3% above peers
Denton, TX 69.2% 12th +1.7pp 21st 2% above peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 26th +0.8pp 22nd 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 3rd +0.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 20th +0.2pp 24th 2% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 14th -0.1pp 25th on par with peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 24th -2.2pp 26th 5% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 27th -2.4pp 27th 7% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 6th -3.4pp 28th 7% above peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 29th -4.4pp 29th 10% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 16th -6.3pp 30th on par with peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 30th -10.2pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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