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Menifee, CA

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118,592 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Menifee, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$93,454
2020-24
▲ 33%
relative change
$70,224 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
22.5%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
19.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.5%
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
5.8% a year earlier
Improving recently Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
80.2%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
77.0% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.7%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
5.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.5%
2020-24
flat
relative change
9.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.6%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
11.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.2%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
3.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Menifee, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.2%
2020-24
▲ 40%
relative change
3.7% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.8%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
39.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
27.9%
2020-24
▼ 27%
relative change
38.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.0%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
89.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.3%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
8.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.6%
2019-23
▲ 22%
relative change
7.1% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 7 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 →
Population
110,305
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
90,349 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,909
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$2,783 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$441,027
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$442,059 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$580,698
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$581,281 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
20.4%
2020-24
low
vs peers
21.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
25.0%
2020-24
high
vs peers
25.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
48.0%
2020-24
low
vs peers
56.8% in 2019
No measurable change 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 33% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $70,224 to $93,454 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,497).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Menifee started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 65% from 2014 to 2024 ($56,671 to $93,454).
Bright spot $93,454
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%
Nampa, ID $74,279 21st +52% 1st 10% below peers
Richmond, CA $95,391 11th +39% 2nd 16% above peers
Lowell, MA $78,658 19th +38% 3rd 4% below peers
High Point, NC $64,561 26th +37% 4th 21% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL $67,195 25th +36% 5th 18% below peers
West Jordan, UT $108,153 5th +34% 6th 32% above peers
Manchester, NH $81,007 17th +33% 7th 1% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 24th +33% 8th 17% below peers
Menifee, CA $93,454 12th +33% 9th 14% above peers
Evansville, IN $53,387 29th +33% 10th 35% below peers
Westminster, CO $100,272 8th +32% 11th 22% above peers
Elgin, IL $90,282 13th +31% 12th 10% above peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 18th +30% 13th 3% below peers
Las Cruces, NM $55,422 28th +29% 14th 33% below peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 15th 44% below peers
Concord, NC $86,921 14th +28% 16th 6% above peers
Antioch, CA $97,465 10th +27% 17th 19% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 6th +26% 18th 31% above peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 20th +26% 19th 7% below peers
Temecula, CA $121,063 4th +26% 20th 47% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 16th +25% 21st on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 22nd 65% above peers
Billings, MT $73,712 22nd +24% 23rd 10% below peers
Waterbury, CT $51,886 30th +22% 24th 37% below peers
Greeley, CO $69,881 23rd +21% 25th 15% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 15th +21% 26th 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 7th +21% 27th 24% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 27th +19% 28th 27% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 29th 71% above peers
Richardson, TX $98,111 9th +15% 30th 19% above peers
League City, TX $121,099 3rd +11% 31st 47% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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2 of 17 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 (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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,473 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.5% in July 2026, down from 5.8% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.5%
2000July 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Independence, MO 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -1.0pp 1st 17% below peers
Manchester, NH 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.8pp 2nd 41% below peers
High Point, NC 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th -0.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Elgin, IL 3.9% (Jul 26) 9th -0.7pp 4th 15% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.6pp 5th 7% below peers
Berkeley, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th -0.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.5pp 7th 24% below peers
West Jordan, UT 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 8th 28% below peers
Evansville, IN 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 9th 17% below peers
Richmond, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th -0.4pp 10th 9% above peers
Temecula, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.4pp 11th 7% above peers
Menifee, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 12th 20% above peers
Antioch, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th -0.3pp 13th 24% above peers
Billings, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Concord, NC 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 15th 22% below peers
Lowell, MA 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.2pp 16th 15% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.2pp 17th 15% above peers
Greeley, CO 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 18th 11% above peers
Nampa, ID 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.1pp 19th 24% below peers
Westminster, CO 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 20th 15% below peers
Richardson, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.3pp 21st 11% below peers
League City, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th +0.6pp 24th 11% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.6pp 25th 2% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th +0.8pp 26th 30% above peers
Hartford, CT 9.0% (Jul 26) 28th +2.1pp 27th 96% above peers
Waterbury, CT 8.9% (Jul 26) 27th +2.4pp 28th 93% 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.5% then, 9.5% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.3% to 9.5%).
Bright spot 9.5%
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%
Nampa, ID 11.5% 18th -3.5pp 1st 1% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 15.2% 22nd -4.1pp 2nd 33% above peers
Manchester, NH 11.2% 14th -2.9pp 3rd 2% below peers
Antioch, CA 11.4% 16th -2.5pp 4th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.8% 19th -2.3pp 5th 3% above peers
Evansville, IN 18.4% 27th -3.4pp 6th 61% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.4% 6th -1.2pp 7th 35% below peers
Elgin, IL 9.8% 11th -1.5pp 8th 14% below peers
High Point, NC 15.7% 23rd -2.1pp 9th 38% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 10th -1.2pp 10th 15% below peers
Lowell, MA 16.9% 25th -2.0pp 11th 48% above peers
Berkeley, CA 17.3% 26th -1.9pp 12th 52% above peers
Concord, NC 9.6% 9th -1.0pp 13th 16% below peers
Conroe, TX 11.2% 15th -1.0pp 14th 1% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.1% 3rd -0.5pp 15th 47% below peers
Richmond, CA 13.6% 20th -1.1pp 16th 19% above peers
Greeley, CO 15.1% 21st -1.1pp 17th 33% above peers
Hartford, CT 26.3% 31st -1.8pp 18th 131% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 22.6% 28th -1.0pp 19th 99% above peers
League City, TX 5.4% 1st -0.1pp 20th 52% below peers
Billings, MT 9.8% 12th -0.2pp 21st 14% below peers
Menifee, CA 9.5% 8th -0.0pp 22nd 16% below peers
Westminster, CO 7.3% 5th +0.1pp 23rd 36% below peers
Independence, MO 15.8% 24th +0.8pp 24th 39% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.4% 17th +0.6pp 25th on par with peers
Waterbury, CT 24.7% 30th +1.3pp 26th 117% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 23.8% 29th +1.5pp 27th 109% above peers
Temecula, CA 7.3% 4th +0.5pp 28th 36% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.2% 13th +1.6pp 29th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 51% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.9% 7th +3.7pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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2 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.2% then, 9.6% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.5% to 9.6%).
Bright spot 9.6%
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%
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 3rd -4.6pp 1st 55% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 22.8% 26th -8.4pp 2nd 64% above peers
Elgin, IL 13.9% 15th -4.8pp 3rd on par with peers
League City, TX 5.3% 2nd -1.7pp 4th 62% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 18th -4.6pp 5th 8% above peers
Antioch, CA 16.3% 20th -5.0pp 6th 17% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.2% 13th -3.8pp 7th 5% below peers
Evansville, IN 27.2% 29th -7.3pp 8th 95% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 9th -2.5pp 9th 31% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 1st -0.9pp 10th 74% below peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 17th -3.3pp 11th 1% above peers
High Point, NC 22.8% 25th -4.9pp 12th 64% above peers
West Jordan, UT 7.1% 4th -1.4pp 13th 49% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 26.3% 28th -5.1pp 14th 89% above peers
Menifee, CA 9.6% 8th -1.7pp 15th 31% below peers
Lowell, MA 21.8% 23rd -2.6pp 16th 56% above peers
Westminster, CO 9.5% 7th -0.6pp 17th 31% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 27th -1.3pp 18th 71% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 19th 156% above peers
Manchester, NH 18.9% 22nd -0.9pp 20th 36% above peers
Greeley, CO 18.8% 21st -0.8pp 21st 35% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 19th -0.6pp 22nd 10% above peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 11th -0.2pp 23rd 22% below peers
Waterbury, CT 34.9% 30th +0.0pp 24th 151% above peers
Richmond, CA 22.2% 24th +0.8pp 25th 60% above peers
Concord, NC 13.9% 16th +0.5pp 26th on par with peers
Temecula, CA 8.6% 6th +0.4pp 27th 38% below peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 14th +1.9pp 28th 2% below peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 5th +1.9pp 29th 45% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 12th +3.4pp 30th 5% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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3 of 17 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (89.1% then, 92.0% now; margin ±3.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 7 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.4% to 92.0%).
Needs attention 92.0%
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%
Hartford, CT 86.7% 30th +14.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Waterbury, CT 85.6% 31st +13.9pp 2nd 9% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 91.6% 23rd +13.5pp 3rd 2% below peers
Lowell, MA 87.4% 29th +11.8pp 4th 7% below peers
Nampa, ID 95.1% 6th +12.8pp 5th 1% above peers
Evansville, IN 89.6% 28th +11.4pp 6th 5% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 91.5% 24th +11.4pp 7th 3% below peers
High Point, NC 91.0% 26th +9.5pp 8th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 27th +9.0pp 9th 4% below peers
Greeley, CO 91.2% 25th +8.3pp 10th 3% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 9th +8.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Elgin, IL 94.0% 13th +8.1pp 12th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 7th +7.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 17th +7.0pp 14th on par with peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 21st +6.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Antioch, CA 96.0% 5th +7.0pp 16th 2% above peers
Concord, NC 94.0% 14th +5.8pp 17th on par with peers
Richmond, CA 93.3% 18th +5.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Westminster, CO 94.2% 11th +4.9pp 19th on par with peers
Manchester, NH 91.7% 22nd +4.4pp 20th 2% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 16th +3.7pp 21st on par with peers
Temecula, CA 97.5% 1st +3.4pp 22nd 4% above peers
West Jordan, UT 96.3% 4th +3.1pp 23rd 3% above peers
Menifee, CA 92.0% 20th +2.9pp 24th 2% below peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 10th +2.8pp 25th on par with peers
League City, TX 96.4% 3rd +2.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 15th +2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Richardson, TX 95.0% 8th +2.0pp 28th 1% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 2nd +1.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 12th +1.2pp 30th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 19th +0.9pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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2 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.42).
Bright spot 0.42
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 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Elgin, IL 0.40 4th -0.027 1st 11% below peers
Conroe, TX 0.44 17th -0.029 2nd on par with peers
Lowell, MA 0.45 18th -0.013 3rd 1% above peers
Temecula, CA 0.38 2nd -0.009 4th 15% below peers
Independence, MO 0.44 13th -0.007 5th 1% below peers
Manchester, NH 0.42 8th -0.006 6th 5% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 0.48 26th -0.007 7th 8% above peers
West Jordan, UT 0.35 1st -0.005 8th 22% below peers
Menifee, CA 0.42 7th -0.000 9th 6% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 0.47 25th -0.000 10th 7% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 27th +0.000 11th 11% above peers
Concord, NC 0.44 15th +0.001 12th on par with peers
Evansville, IN 0.46 21st +0.002 13th 3% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 6th +0.002 14th 7% below peers
High Point, NC 0.47 24th +0.004 15th 7% above peers
Nampa, ID 0.38 3rd +0.005 16th 14% below peers
Greeley, CO 0.44 16th +0.005 17th on par with peers
Billings, MT 0.46 23rd +0.008 18th 5% above peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 29th +0.011 19th 17% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 31st +0.012 20th 22% above peers
Richmond, CA 0.45 19th +0.010 21st 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 14th +0.011 22nd 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 30th +0.014 23rd 18% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 12th +0.012 24th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 22nd +0.016 25th 4% above peers
Antioch, CA 0.43 10th +0.015 26th 4% below peers
League City, TX 0.40 5th +0.015 27th 10% below peers
Westminster, CO 0.42 9th +0.017 28th 5% below peers
Richardson, TX 0.45 20th +0.020 29th 3% above peers
Waterbury, CT 0.50 28th +0.035 30th 13% above peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 11th +0.035 31st 2% 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (7.1% then, 8.6% now; margin ±1.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.7% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
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
Nampa, ID 9.9% 15th -6.4pp 1st 8% below peers
West Jordan, UT 4.4% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 59% below peers
Richardson, TX 3.5% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 68% below peers
Manchester, NH 10.7% 17th -3.6pp 4th on par with peers
Pompano Beach, FL 13.8% 23rd -4.4pp 5th 29% above peers
League City, TX 3.9% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 64% below peers
High Point, NC 17.6% 27th -2.7pp 7th 64% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 24th -1.9pp 8th 29% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 9th 76% below peers
Evansville, IN 14.6% 26th -1.7pp 10th 36% above peers
Waterbury, CT 28.6% 30th -3.2pp 11th 167% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 12th 241% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 6th -0.3pp 13th 57% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 7th -0.3pp 14th 54% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 14th -0.5pp 15th 9% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 19th -0.6pp 16th 8% above peers
Antioch, CA 13.5% 21st -0.7pp 17th 26% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 12th -0.2pp 18th 17% below peers
Westminster, CO 6.2% 9th +0.1pp 19th 43% below peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 13th +0.2pp 20th 17% below peers
Elgin, IL 14.0% 25th +0.5pp 21st 30% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 23.5% 28th +1.4pp 22nd 119% above peers
Lowell, MA 25.3% 29th +2.1pp 23rd 136% above peers
Greeley, CO 13.6% 22nd +1.3pp 24th 27% above peers
Richmond, CA 12.2% 20th +1.3pp 25th 14% above peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 18th +1.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Temecula, CA 6.1% 8th +0.8pp 27th 43% below peers
Menifee, CA 8.6% 11th +1.6pp 28th 19% below peers
Concord, NC 10.7% 16th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 5th +1.5pp 30th 59% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 10th +3.7pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp 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 *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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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% 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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $580,698 in August 2026, down from $581,281 a year earlier.
Big move $580,698
2000August 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 $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Berkeley, CA $1,445,049 (Aug 26) 1st +6.9% 1st 248% above peers
Elgin, IL $339,753 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.4% 2nd 18% below peers
Evansville, IN $204,516 (Aug 26) 29th +4.3% 3rd 51% below peers
Independence, MO $212,613 (Aug 26) 28th +3.6% 4th 49% below peers
Waterbury, CT $287,514 (Aug 26) 26th +3.4% 5th 31% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $526,592 (Aug 26) 9th +3.2% 6th 27% above peers
Billings, MT $400,819 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 7th 3% below peers
Hartford, CT $203,792 (Aug 26) 30th +1.9% 8th 51% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,035,291 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 9th 149% above peers
Nampa, ID $415,249 (Aug 26) 14th +1.5% 10th on par with peers
West Jordan, UT $554,733 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 11th 34% above peers
Manchester, NH $441,115 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 12th 6% above peers
Lowell, MA $486,078 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 13th 17% above peers
League City, TX $373,552 (Aug 26) 18th +0.7% 14th 10% below peers
Richardson, TX $438,611 (Aug 26) 13th +0.3% 15th 6% above peers
High Point, NC $250,100 (Aug 26) 27th +0.1% 16th 40% below peers
Temecula, CA $756,787 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.0% 17th 82% above peers
Menifee, CA $580,698 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 18th 40% above peers
Concord, NC $380,870 (Aug 26) 17th -0.5% 19th 8% below peers
Brandon, FL $355,560 (Aug 26) 19th -0.6% 20th 14% below peers
Las Cruces, NM $290,170 (Aug 26) 25th -0.7% 21st 30% below peers
Fairfield, CA $599,253 (Aug 26) 5th -1.2% 22nd 44% above peers
Greeley, CO $415,216 (Aug 26) 15th -1.2% 23rd on par with peers
Antioch, CA $591,983 (Aug 26) 6th -1.4% 24th 43% above peers
Richmond, CA $601,802 (Aug 26) 4th -1.7% 25th 45% above peers
Conroe, TX $312,928 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.8% 26th 25% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL $351,953 (Aug 26) 20th -1.9% 27th 15% below peers
Westminster, CO $514,932 (Aug 26) 10th -1.9% 28th 24% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $346,475 (Aug 26) 21st -2.1% 29th 17% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $305,201 (Aug 26) 24th -2.2% 30th 26% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $441,027 in August 2026, down from $442,059 a year earlier.
Big move $441,027
2000August 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 $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Berkeley, CA $979,123 (Aug 26) 1st +6.1% 1st 191% above peers
Elgin, IL $263,382 (Aug 26) 20th +5.4% 2nd 22% below peers
Independence, MO $156,466 (Aug 26) 27th +4.7% 3rd 54% below peers
Evansville, IN $116,755 (Aug 26) 29th +4.5% 4th 65% below peers
Waterbury, CT $209,519 (Aug 26) 25th +4.4% 5th 38% below peers
Billings, MT $299,452 (Aug 26) 16th +3.4% 6th 11% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $346,265 (Aug 26) 10th +1.9% 7th 3% above peers
Nampa, ID $344,139 (Aug 26) 11th +1.6% 8th 2% above peers
Manchester, NH $336,955 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 9th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $775,327 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 10th 130% above peers
West Jordan, UT $451,324 (Aug 26) 7th +0.6% 11th 34% above peers
Hartford, CT $108,951 (Aug 26) 30th +0.5% 12th 68% below peers
Lowell, MA $342,061 (Aug 26) 13th +0.4% 13th 2% above peers
League City, TX $282,657 (Aug 26) 17th +0.2% 14th 16% below peers
Richardson, TX $336,551 (Aug 26) 15th +0.1% 15th on par with peers
Temecula, CA $626,858 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.0% 16th 86% above peers
High Point, NC $145,426 (Aug 26) 28th -0.2% 17th 57% below peers
Menifee, CA $441,027 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 18th 31% above peers
Concord, NC $274,252 (Aug 26) 19th -0.6% 19th 19% below peers
Las Cruces, NM $211,804 (Aug 26) 24th -0.9% 20th 37% below peers
Greeley, CO $343,271 (Aug 26) 12th -1.3% 21st 2% above peers
Richmond, CA $465,008 (Aug 26) 6th -1.4% 22nd 38% above peers
Fairfield, CA $479,655 (Aug 26) 4th -1.4% 23rd 43% above peers
Brandon, FL $275,230 (Aug 26) 18th -1.6% 24th 18% below peers
Conroe, TX $226,328 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.8% 25th 33% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $245,620 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.8% 26th 27% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $261,219 (Aug 26) 21st -2.0% 27th 22% below peers
Antioch, CA $479,600 (Aug 26) 5th -2.2% 28th 43% above peers
Westminster, CO $391,904 (Aug 26) 9th -2.7% 29th 16% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL $204,123 (Aug 26) 26th -4.5% 30th 39% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.0% to 80.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.1% to 80.2%).
Bright spot 80.2%
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%
Waterbury, CT 47.2% 27th +5.8pp 1st 22% below peers
Manchester, NH 48.7% 26th +4.6pp 2nd 20% below peers
Richmond, CA 54.7% 22nd +4.9pp 3rd 10% below peers
Nampa, ID 70.2% 8th +6.1pp 4th 15% above peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 5th 58% below peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 19th +3.5pp 6th 8% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 7th 32% above peers
High Point, NC 57.8% 18th +3.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Antioch, CA 63.6% 13th +3.4pp 9th 4% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 10th +3.1pp 10th 7% above peers
Temecula, CA 68.0% 9th +3.0pp 11th 12% above peers
Menifee, CA 80.2% 2nd +3.2pp 12th 32% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 55.5% 21st +2.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 55.9% 20th +2.0pp 14th 8% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 15th +2.0pp 15th 1% above peers
West Jordan, UT 77.2% 3rd +2.4pp 16th 27% above peers
Elgin, IL 72.0% 6th +2.1pp 17th 18% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 12th +1.8pp 18th 6% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 29th +1.2pp 19th 27% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 5th +2.0pp 20th 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 24th +1.5pp 21st 10% below peers
Lowell, MA 43.2% 30th +0.9pp 22nd 29% below peers
Greeley, CO 60.9% 16th +1.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 24th 16% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 28th +0.3pp 25th 25% below peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 17th +0.2pp 26th on par with peers
Evansville, IN 54.6% 23rd -0.5pp 27th 10% below peers
League City, TX 74.7% 4th -1.4pp 28th 23% above peers
Concord, NC 65.2% 11th -2.5pp 29th 7% above peers
Westminster, CO 61.9% 14th -3.2pp 30th 2% above peers
Richardson, TX 50.7% 25th -7.9pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,909 in August 2026, up from $2,783 a year earlier.
Big move $2,909
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%
Nampa, ID $1,624 (Aug 26) 20th +5.2% 1st 12% below peers
Menifee, CA $2,909 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.5% 2nd 58% above peers
Elgin, IL $1,976 (Aug 26) 12th +4.0% 3rd 8% above peers
Manchester, NH $2,094 (Aug 26) 10th +3.7% 4th 14% above peers
Waterbury, CT $1,540 (Aug 26) 24th +3.5% 5th 16% below peers
Temecula, CA $3,020 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.2% 6th 64% above peers
High Point, NC $1,372 (Aug 26) 29th +3.2% 7th 25% below peers
Billings, MT $1,426 (Aug 26) 27th +3.2% 8th 22% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,818 (Aug 26) 5th +3.0% 9th 53% above peers
Hartford, CT $1,600 (Aug 26) 21st +2.9% 10th 13% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL $2,355 (Aug 26) 8th +2.8% 11th 28% above peers
Independence, MO $1,385 (Aug 26) 28th +2.6% 12th 25% below peers
Evansville, IN $1,076 (Aug 26) 30th +2.6% 13th 41% below peers
Richmond, CA $2,575 (Aug 26) 6th +2.3% 14th 40% above peers
Fairfield, CA $2,389 (Aug 26) 7th +2.1% 15th 30% above peers
Concord, NC $1,813 (Aug 26) 16th +2.1% 16th 1% below peers
League City, TX $1,838 (Aug 26) 15th +2.0% 17th on par with peers
Antioch, CA $2,851 (Aug 26) 4th +1.9% 18th 55% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,361 (Aug 26) 1st +1.6% 19th 83% above peers
Lowell, MA $2,308 (Aug 26) 9th +1.1% 20th 26% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,086 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 21st 13% above peers
Westminster, CO $1,884 (Aug 26) 14th +0.6% 22nd 2% above peers
Richardson, TX $1,669 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 23rd 9% below peers
Las Cruces, NM $1,446 (Aug 26) 26th +0.5% 24th 21% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,892 (Aug 26) 13th +0.3% 25th 3% above peers
West Jordan, UT $1,687 (Aug 26) 17th +0.1% 26th 8% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,570 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.5% 27th 15% below peers
Conroe, TX $1,561 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.5% 28th 15% below peers
Greeley, CO $1,456 (Aug 26) 25th -1.0% 29th 21% below peers
Brandon, FL $1,643 (Aug 26) 19th -2.7% 30th 11% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.5% to 43.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.1% to 43.8%).
Needs attention 43.8%
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
High Point, NC 32.5% 10th -3.6pp 1st 12% below peers
Richmond, CA 43.1% 23rd -1.9pp 2nd 17% above peers
Elgin, IL 31.9% 8th -1.2pp 3rd 13% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 1st -0.7pp 4th 31% below peers
Evansville, IN 32.5% 9th -0.9pp 5th 12% below peers
Nampa, ID 29.9% 6th -0.8pp 6th 19% below peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 5th -0.2pp 7th 19% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 19th -0.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Manchester, NH 38.3% 18th +0.0pp 9th 4% above peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 25th +0.3pp 10th 19% above peers
Waterbury, CT 48.3% 30th +0.6pp 11th 31% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 4th +0.4pp 12th 20% below peers
Antioch, CA 45.0% 28th +0.9pp 13th 22% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 47.8% 29th +0.9pp 14th 30% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 36.1% 15th +1.2pp 15th 2% below peers
Westminster, CO 33.0% 12th +1.5pp 16th 10% below peers
Temecula, CA 39.3% 20th +1.9pp 17th 7% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 18th 48% above peers
Lowell, MA 44.2% 27th +2.5pp 19th 20% above peers
West Jordan, UT 27.3% 2nd +1.9pp 20th 26% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 17th +2.9pp 21st 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 22nd +4.0pp 22nd 12% above peers
Menifee, CA 43.8% 26th +4.2pp 23rd 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 16th +3.7pp 24th on par with peers
Concord, NC 31.2% 7th +3.6pp 25th 15% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 13th +4.5pp 26th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 24th +6.0pp 27th 17% above peers
Richardson, TX 34.2% 14th +5.0pp 28th 7% below peers
Greeley, CO 40.4% 21st +6.2pp 29th 10% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 11th +5.1pp 30th 11% below peers
League City, TX 28.6% 3rd +6.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.7% to 5.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 5.2%).
Needs attention 5.2%
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
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 51% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 7.9% 23rd -1.8pp 2nd 51% above peers
Manchester, NH 7.4% 20th -1.6pp 3rd 42% above peers
Lowell, MA 13.8% 28th -2.9pp 4th 164% above peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 14th -0.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 9th -0.7pp 6th 16% below peers
Antioch, CA 5.2% 16th -0.5pp 7th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 6th -0.3pp 8th 24% below peers
Waterbury, CT 18.6% 29th -1.3pp 9th 259% above peers
Evansville, IN 10.2% 26th -0.7pp 10th 96% above peers
Nampa, ID 3.8% 5th -0.2pp 11th 28% below peers
Concord, NC 4.5% 10th -0.2pp 12th 13% below peers
Richmond, CA 8.3% 25th -0.3pp 13th 59% above peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 7th -0.1pp 14th 23% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 15th 8% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 27th -0.1pp 16th 145% above peers
Greeley, CO 5.6% 19th +0.0pp 17th 7% above peers
Elgin, IL 5.5% 18th +0.1pp 18th 7% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 31st +0.9pp 19th 489% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 7.4% 21st +0.2pp 20th 43% above peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 30th +0.8pp 21st 298% above peers
High Point, NC 7.7% 22nd +0.4pp 22nd 48% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 8th +0.4pp 23rd 23% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 24th +1.2pp 24th 56% above peers
Westminster, CO 4.9% 13th +0.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 11th +0.9pp 26th 13% below peers
Richardson, TX 5.5% 17th +1.5pp 27th 6% above peers
Temecula, CA 2.7% 4th +0.8pp 28th 47% below peers
Menifee, CA 5.2% 15th +1.5pp 29th on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 30th 48% below peers
League City, TX 2.2% 1st +0.9pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.9% then, 5.7% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.0% to 5.7%).
Bright spot 5.7%
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 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Richmond, CA 7.4% 10th -2.7pp 1st 12% below peers
Manchester, NH 7.5% 11th -2.4pp 2nd 10% below peers
West Jordan, UT 8.0% 12th -2.2pp 3rd 5% below peers
Nampa, ID 10.6% 21st -2.8pp 4th 26% above peers
Lowell, MA 4.1% 3rd -1.0pp 5th 51% below peers
Evansville, IN 8.2% 14th -1.7pp 6th 3% below peers
Temecula, CA 5.3% 5th -1.0pp 7th 36% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.6% 23rd -1.7pp 8th 27% above peers
Conroe, TX 18.6% 30th -1.9pp 9th 123% above peers
Elgin, IL 10.8% 25th -0.6pp 10th 29% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.3% 26th -0.6pp 11th 35% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 19.6% 31st -0.9pp 12th 134% above peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 66% below peers
Menifee, CA 5.7% 6th -0.2pp 14th 32% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 1st -0.1pp 15th 69% below peers
Brandon, FL 12.5% 27th -0.1pp 16th 49% above peers
High Point, NC 10.7% 24th -0.1pp 17th 27% above peers
Richardson, TX 13.2% 29th -0.1pp 18th 58% above peers
Concord, NC 8.6% 17th +0.0pp 19th 3% above peers
Antioch, CA 6.4% 8th +0.1pp 20th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 4th +0.1pp 21st 42% below peers
Waterbury, CT 8.4% 16th +0.2pp 22nd on par with peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 18% below peers
Independence, MO 12.6% 28th +1.0pp 24th 50% above peers
Billings, MT 8.1% 13th +1.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Hartford, CT 10.6% 22nd +1.5pp 26th 26% above peers
Greeley, CO 10.3% 20th +1.8pp 27th 23% above peers
League City, TX 8.7% 18th +1.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 9.5% 19th +2.0pp 29th 13% above peers
Westminster, CO 8.2% 15th +1.8pp 30th 2% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.8% 7th +1.3pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 37% below peers
Lowell, MA 26.2% 2nd 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 3rd 22% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 4th 16% below peers
Westminster, CO 28.3% 5th 16% below peers
Richardson, TX 29.7% 6th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 7th 10% below peers
Temecula, CA 30.4% 8th 9% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 9th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 10th 4% below peers
West Jordan, UT 32.6% 11th 3% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 33.0% 12th 1% below peers
Richmond, CA 33.1% 13th 1% below peers
Menifee, CA 33.3% 14th 1% below peers
Manchester, NH 33.3% 15th 1% below peers
Antioch, CA 33.5% 16th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 17th on par with peers
High Point, NC 33.6% 18th on par with peers
Greeley, CO 33.8% 19th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 20th 1% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 35.3% 21st 5% above peers
Concord, NC 35.3% 22nd 5% above peers
League City, TX 36.0% 23rd 7% above peers
Nampa, ID 37.2% 24th 11% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 25th 11% above peers
Elgin, IL 38.0% 26th 13% above peers
Waterbury, CT 38.1% 27th 14% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 28th 17% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 29th 19% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 23% above peers
Evansville, IN 41.6% 31st 24% 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 →
What changed

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.9% then, 4.2% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.4% to 4.2%).
Bright spot 4.2%
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
Richardson, TX 8.2% 29th -4.5pp 1st 76% above peers
Richmond, CA 3.2% 5th -1.5pp 2nd 31% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 2.4% 3rd -1.1pp 3rd 49% below peers
Lowell, MA 1.3% 1st -0.3pp 4th 72% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 21st -1.5pp 5th 25% above peers
Westminster, CO 3.3% 6th -0.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 24th -1.2pp 7th 41% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 22nd -1.1pp 8th 38% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 23rd -1.1pp 9th 40% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 17th -0.8pp 10th 7% above peers
West Jordan, UT 6.7% 25th -0.8pp 11th 44% above peers
Temecula, CA 4.1% 12th -0.5pp 12th 11% below peers
Concord, NC 3.8% 8th -0.4pp 13th 19% below peers
Elgin, IL 3.8% 10th -0.2pp 14th 17% below peers
Menifee, CA 4.2% 13th +0.3pp 15th 11% below peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 2nd +0.2pp 16th 61% below peers
Manchester, NH 4.3% 15th +0.6pp 17th 8% below peers
Greeley, CO 5.4% 20th +1.1pp 18th 16% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 31st +3.4pp 19th 230% above peers
High Point, NC 4.6% 16th +1.1pp 20th on par with peers
League City, TX 7.9% 28th +2.0pp 21st 70% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 14.5% 30th +4.1pp 22nd 212% above peers
Evansville, IN 5.0% 18th +1.5pp 23rd 8% above peers
Antioch, CA 4.2% 14th +1.3pp 24th 10% below peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 19th +1.9pp 25th 14% above peers
Waterbury, CT 3.8% 9th +1.5pp 26th 18% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 7th +1.8pp 27th 21% below peers
Nampa, ID 7.7% 27th +4.1pp 28th 67% above peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 11th +2.1pp 29th 17% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 4th +1.4pp 30th 47% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 26th +4.3pp 31st 57% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 →
  • 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.8% to 22.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Menifee 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 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.3% to 22.6%).
Bright spot 22.5%
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
Conroe, TX 34.1% 13th +7.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Lowell, MA 30.0% 19th +5.9pp 2nd 11% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 30.8% 18th +5.8pp 3rd 9% below peers
Nampa, ID 23.4% 25th +4.4pp 4th 31% below peers
Richmond, CA 33.0% 17th +4.8pp 5th 2% below peers
West Jordan, UT 29.1% 20th +4.1pp 6th 14% below peers
Westminster, CO 44.6% 7th +6.0pp 7th 32% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 30th +2.5pp 8th 43% below peers
Antioch, CA 23.9% 24th +3.0pp 9th 29% below peers
Menifee, CA 22.6% 27th +2.8pp 10th 33% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 36.7% 12th +4.5pp 11th 9% above peers
Temecula, CA 38.8% 9th +4.8pp 12th 15% above peers
Manchester, NH 34.0% 15th +3.9pp 13th 1% above peers
Greeley, CO 27.8% 21st +3.0pp 14th 18% below peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 15th 35% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 29th +2.0pp 16th 41% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 10th +3.8pp 17th 14% above peers
Elgin, IL 27.0% 22nd +2.5pp 18th 20% below peers
Waterbury, CT 17.3% 31st +1.6pp 19th 49% below peers
Concord, NC 40.9% 8th +3.4pp 20th 21% above peers
High Point, NC 34.0% 14th +2.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Richardson, TX 57.0% 4th +3.8pp 22nd 69% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 16th +2.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Evansville, IN 22.8% 26th +1.2pp 24th 33% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 11th +1.8pp 25th 9% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 3rd +2.3pp 26th 96% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 1st +1.9pp 27th 131% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 2nd +1.0pp 28th 122% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 5th +0.6pp 29th 52% above peers
League City, TX 47.6% 6th +0.4pp 30th 41% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 23rd -1.6pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.4% then, 27.9% now; margin ±10.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 13.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 27.9%).
Needs attention 27.9%
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%
Nampa, ID 33.9% 27th +14.9pp 1st 21% below peers
High Point, NC 45.6% 14th +9.4pp 2nd 6% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 43.0% 16th +8.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Antioch, CA 43.7% 15th +7.8pp 4th 2% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 17th +7.0pp 5th 1% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 53.4% 4th +6.7pp 6th 24% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 18th +5.0pp 7th 2% below peers
Elgin, IL 51.2% 10th +3.7pp 8th 19% above peers
Concord, NC 51.2% 9th +2.0pp 9th 19% above peers
Westminster, CO 52.0% 7th +2.0pp 10th 21% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 1st +3.0pp 11th 82% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 25th +1.3pp 12th 14% below peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 6th +1.8pp 13th 21% above peers
Greeley, CO 38.3% 23rd -0.8pp 14th 11% below peers
Manchester, NH 47.2% 13th -2.2pp 15th 10% above peers
Temecula, CA 41.0% 19th -3.2pp 16th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 5th -4.7pp 17th 24% above peers
League City, TX 54.5% 3rd -5.0pp 18th 27% above peers
Richmond, CA 38.9% 21st -4.6pp 19th 9% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 2nd -8.2pp 20th 50% above peers
Richardson, TX 51.4% 8th -6.7pp 21st 20% above peers
Waterbury, CT 47.7% 12th -8.1pp 22nd 11% above peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 30th -5.4pp 23rd 31% below peers
Evansville, IN 34.3% 26th -6.4pp 24th 20% below peers
West Jordan, UT 38.4% 22nd -8.5pp 25th 11% below peers
Lowell, MA 37.9% 24th -9.6pp 26th 12% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 29th -9.7pp 27th 29% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 28th -10.7pp 28th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 11th -18.7pp 29th 19% above peers
Menifee, CA 27.9% 31st -10.6pp 30th 35% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 20th -31.0pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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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 ±8.5pp 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 (8.1% then, 7.3% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 7.3%).
Needs attention 7.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Temecula, CA 2.5% 4th -4.0pp 1st 61% below peers
Manchester, NH 4.0% 6th -5.2pp 2nd 37% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 10th -4.3pp 3rd 16% below peers
Richmond, CA 8.0% 23rd -5.6pp 4th 26% above peers
Lowell, MA 4.2% 7th -2.9pp 5th 35% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 5.6% 11th -3.8pp 6th 13% below peers
Richardson, TX 1.8% 2nd -0.9pp 7th 72% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 1st -0.6pp 8th 75% below peers
Evansville, IN 5.8% 13th -2.1pp 9th 9% below peers
High Point, NC 5.1% 9th -1.7pp 10th 19% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 14th -2.0pp 11th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 28th -1.5pp 12th 44% above peers
Menifee, CA 7.3% 20th -0.9pp 13th 14% above peers
Concord, NC 6.4% 15th -0.7pp 14th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 18th -0.8pp 15th 10% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.2pp 16th 61% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.6% 17th -0.0pp 17th 4% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 8.8% 26th -0.0pp 18th 39% above peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 25th +0.1pp 19th 36% above peers
Elgin, IL 6.4% 16th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 24th +1.6pp 21st 32% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.1% 29th +3.9pp 22nd 105% above peers
Greeley, CO 7.9% 22nd +2.9pp 23rd 24% above peers
Antioch, CA 7.7% 21st +2.9pp 24th 21% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 27th +3.8pp 25th 40% above peers
Waterbury, CT 14.2% 30th +6.2pp 26th 124% above peers
Westminster, CO 7.1% 19th +3.4pp 27th 12% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 28th 139% above peers
League City, TX 4.8% 8th +2.7pp 29th 25% below peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 5th +2.4pp 30th 45% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 12th +4.5pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±2.9pp 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 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90,349 to 110,305 - more than the combined survey margin (±145).

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 35% from 2014 to 2024 (81,658 to 110,305).
Big move 110,305
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 30th +32% 1st 10% below peers
Menifee, CA 110,305 28th +22% 2nd 5% below peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 31st +21% 3rd 12% below peers
Concord, NC 108,719 29th +18% 4th 6% below peers
Nampa, ID 110,319 27th +17% 5th 5% below peers
League City, TX 116,215 16th +12% 6th on par with peers
Las Cruces, NM 114,197 23rd +12% 7th 2% below peers
Billings, MT 119,434 10th +9% 8th 3% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 8th +8% 9th 3% above peers
Lowell, MA 118,368 12th +6% 10th 2% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 5th +6% 11th 4% above peers
Waterbury, CT 114,869 22nd +6% 12th 1% below peers
Richmond, CA 115,505 19th +5% 13th 1% below peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 6th +5% 14th 4% above peers
Antioch, CA 116,477 14th +5% 15th on par with peers
Greeley, CO 110,806 26th +5% 16th 5% below peers
High Point, NC 116,245 15th +4% 17th on par with peers
Independence, MO 121,740 3rd +4% 18th 5% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 114,147 24th +4% 19th 2% below peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 9th +3% 20th 3% above peers
Manchester, NH 115,643 18th +3% 21st on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 116,692 13th +2% 22nd on par with peers
Westminster, CO 115,484 20th +2% 23rd 1% below peers
Elgin, IL 114,934 21st +2% 24th 1% below peers
Richardson, TX 118,731 11th +2% 25th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 2nd +1% 26th 5% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 7th -1% 27th 3% above peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 4th -2% 28th 4% above peers
Temecula, CA 111,167 25th -2% 29th 4% below peers
Evansville, IN 116,116 17th -2% 30th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 1st -2% 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±71 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 →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.1% then, 25.0% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.1% to 25.0%).
Big move 25.0%
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
Brandon, FL 21.2% 22nd +0.6pp 1st 7% below peers
Concord, NC 26.8% 3rd +0.7pp 2nd 18% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.7% 20th +0.5pp 3rd 5% below peers
Evansville, IN 21.3% 21st +0.3pp 4th 6% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 1st +0.4pp 5th 23% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 30th +0.2pp 6th 44% below peers
Greeley, CO 25.0% 8th +0.2pp 7th 10% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 19.1% 28th +0.1pp 8th 16% below peers
Menifee, CA 25.0% 9th -0.0pp 9th 10% above peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 11th -0.1pp 10th 5% above peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 14th -0.2pp 11th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 31st -0.3pp 12th 45% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 22.4% 17th -0.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 16th -0.8pp 14th on par with peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 19th -1.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Elgin, IL 25.3% 6th -1.2pp 16th 11% above peers
Richmond, CA 20.8% 23rd -1.0pp 17th 9% below peers
League City, TX 26.4% 5th -1.4pp 18th 16% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 10th -1.3pp 19th 6% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 25th -1.1pp 20th 13% below peers
Waterbury, CT 23.2% 13th -1.5pp 21st 2% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 12th -1.7pp 22nd 3% above peers
Temecula, CA 26.8% 4th -2.1pp 23rd 18% above peers
Manchester, NH 18.0% 29th -1.5pp 24th 21% below peers
Antioch, CA 22.8% 15th -2.1pp 25th on par with peers
High Point, NC 22.0% 18th -2.1pp 26th 3% below peers
Richardson, TX 20.2% 24th -2.0pp 27th 11% below peers
West Jordan, UT 27.7% 2nd -2.8pp 28th 22% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 26th -2.1pp 29th 14% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.2% 7th -2.9pp 30th 11% above peers
Westminster, CO 19.3% 27th -2.7pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±1.2pp 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 →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.7% then, 20.4% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.2% to 20.4%).
Big move 20.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
West Jordan, UT 21.4% 24th +4.7pp 1st 31% below peers
Concord, NC 33.0% 14th +6.6pp 2nd 6% above peers
Greeley, CO 34.7% 12th +6.4pp 3rd 11% above peers
Manchester, NH 44.7% 6th +3.9pp 4th 43% above peers
Elgin, IL 31.2% 16th +2.4pp 5th on par with peers
Temecula, CA 20.5% 25th +1.5pp 6th 34% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 46.6% 5th +3.3pp 7th 49% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 41.6% 7th +2.7pp 8th 33% above peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 17th +1.8pp 9th 6% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 20th +1.0pp 10th 15% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 27th +0.4pp 11th 36% below peers
Waterbury, CT 57.5% 2nd +1.0pp 12th 84% above peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 9th +0.5pp 13th 29% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 10th +0.4pp 14th 15% above peers
Westminster, CO 28.4% 18th +0.2pp 15th 9% below peers
Lowell, MA 46.8% 3rd +0.1pp 16th 50% above peers
Richmond, CA 35.5% 11th -0.0pp 17th 14% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 8th -1.0pp 18th 30% above peers
Evansville, IN 46.7% 4th -2.7pp 19th 49% above peers
Menifee, CA 20.4% 26th -1.3pp 20th 35% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.0% 21st -1.8pp 21st 20% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 19th -2.1pp 22nd 12% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 23rd 68% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 24th 98% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 29th -1.8pp 25th 55% below peers
Richardson, TX 23.0% 22nd -3.5pp 26th 26% below peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 28th -3.8pp 27th 39% below peers
High Point, NC 33.9% 13th -8.6pp 28th 9% above peers
Antioch, CA 32.9% 15th -8.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 23rd -9.6pp 30th 29% below peers
League City, TX 10.8% 30th -5.1pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±3.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (56.8% then, 48.0% now; margin ±9.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.6% to 48.0%).
Big move 48.0%
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
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 30th +13.0pp 1st 15% below peers
West Jordan, UT 70.4% 12th +12.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Nampa, ID 66.2% 20th +9.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Greeley, CO 63.8% 26th +8.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Richardson, TX 64.3% 25th +8.0pp 5th 6% below peers
Temecula, CA 61.4% 27th +7.2pp 6th 10% below peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 1st +7.4pp 7th 14% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 68.6% 15th +6.1pp 8th 1% above peers
League City, TX 67.1% 18th +5.9pp 9th 2% below peers
Richmond, CA 66.2% 21st +4.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Waterbury, CT 74.6% 4th +5.5pp 11th 9% above peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 2nd +4.8pp 12th 13% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 16th +4.2pp 13th on par with peers
Antioch, CA 70.3% 13th +3.7pp 14th 3% above peers
Westminster, CO 71.5% 9th +3.8pp 15th 5% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 22nd +3.3pp 16th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 17th +3.0pp 17th 1% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 7th +3.0pp 18th 6% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 19th +1.9pp 19th 2% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 24th +1.6pp 20th 5% below peers
High Point, NC 69.2% 14th +1.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Elgin, IL 70.7% 11th +0.3pp 22nd 4% above peers
Manchester, NH 71.1% 10th +0.3pp 23rd 4% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 3rd +0.0pp 24th 11% above peers
Concord, NC 73.8% 5th -0.3pp 25th 8% above peers
Lowell, MA 72.2% 6th -0.5pp 26th 6% above peers
Evansville, IN 71.8% 8th -0.6pp 27th 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 29th -3.7pp 28th 14% below peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 28th -3.8pp 29th 13% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 65.7% 23rd -9.0pp 30th 4% below peers
Menifee, CA 48.0% 31st -8.8pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±7.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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