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Mission Viejo, CA
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Mission Viejo, CA

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92,151 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Mission Viejo, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.1%
2020-24
▼ 44%
relative change
3.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
737 /100k
May 2026
▼ 35%
relative change
1,126 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.2%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$136,123
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
$118,477 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
52.1%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
49.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
97.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
94.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
May 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
2 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.1%
2020-24
▼ 57%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
76.9%
2020-24
flat
relative change
76.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
2.8%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
2.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Mission Viejo, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.9%
2019-23
▲ 186%
relative change
1.7% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
44.0%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
69.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
90 /100k
May 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
107 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.6%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
5.5%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
10.4%
2020-24
▼ 35%
relative change
15.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,074
Jun 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$2,855 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
92,151
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
95,516 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,224,499
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$1,215,178 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$879,254
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$877,871 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 2% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 110 in May 2026, up from 108 a year earlier.
110 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Roswell, GA 86 (May 26) 3rd -41.5% 1st 73% below peers
Bellingham, WA 46 (May 26) 1st -36.6% 2nd 85% below peers
Champaign, IL 382 (May 26) 13th -18.0% 3rd 21% above peers
Avondale, AZ 343 (May 26) 12th -14.6% 4th 9% above peers
Norwalk, CT 57 (Apr 26) 2nd -14.3% 5th 82% below peers
Livonia, MI 203 (May 26) 8th -9.6% 6th 36% below peers
Erie, PA 327 (May 26) 11th -8.5% 7th 4% above peers
Merced, CA 708 (May 26) 17th -5.9% 8th 124% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 646 (May 26) 16th -3.2% 9th 105% above peers
Greenville, NC 442 (May 26) 15th +0.9% 10th 40% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 110 (May 26) 5th +1.8% 11th 65% below peers
Chino, CA 316 (May 26) 10th +3.1% 12th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 412 (May 26) 14th +4.2% 13th 31% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 846 (May 26) 19th +5.3% 14th 168% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 147 (May 26) 6th +9.2% 15th 53% below peers
Fall River, MA 777 (Apr 26) 18th +9.7% 16th 146% above peers
Sandy, UT 221 (May 26) 9th +17.3% 17th 30% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 97 (May 26) 4th +17.7% 18th 69% below peers
Nashua, NH 155 (Jan 25) 7th +25.4% 19th 51% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 35% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 737 in May 2026, down from 1,126 a year earlier.
737 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Mission Viejo, CA 737 (May 26) 3rd -34.5% 1st 60% below peers
Roswell, GA 663 (May 26) 2nd -30.9% 2nd 64% below peers
Norwalk, CT 997 (Apr 26) 5th -25.8% 3rd 46% below peers
Westminster, CA 2,047 (May 26) 13th -19.4% 4th 10% above peers
Bellingham, WA 2,356 (May 26) 15th -17.4% 5th 27% above peers
Livonia, MI 1,085 (May 26) 6th -16.8% 6th 42% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 3,848 (May 26) 19th -14.5% 7th 107% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 3,123 (May 26) 18th -12.7% 8th 68% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 961 (May 26) 4th -10.1% 9th 48% below peers
Avondale, AZ 2,026 (May 26) 12th -9.9% 10th 9% above peers
Erie, PA 1,858 (May 26) 10th -7.0% 11th on par with peers
Merced, CA 2,452 (May 26) 16th -6.1% 12th 32% above peers
Greenville, NC 2,481 (May 26) 17th -4.4% 13th 34% above peers
Chino, CA 1,988 (May 26) 11th -4.1% 14th 7% above peers
Champaign, IL 2,092 (May 26) 14th -3.8% 15th 13% above peers
Sandy, UT 1,744 (May 26) 9th -1.6% 16th 6% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 528 (May 26) 1st +8.1% 17th 72% below peers
Fall River, MA 1,539 (Apr 26) 8th +11.3% 18th 17% below peers
Nashua, NH 1,267 (Jan 25) 7th +12.8% 19th 32% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, down from 2 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Mission Viejo, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Nashua, NH 0 (Jan 25) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Roswell, GA 1 (May 26) 7th -50.2% 3rd 48% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 4 (May 26) 14th -50.1% 4th 115% above peers
Sandy, UT 1 (May 26) 9th -50.0% 5th 47% below peers
Chino, CA 1 (May 26) 6th -49.8% 6th 49% below peers
Bellingham, WA 2 (May 26) 10th -33.5% 7th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 2 (May 26) 11th -33.3% 8th 9% above peers
Erie, PA 5 (May 26) 15th -16.6% 9th 163% above peers
Greenville, NC 7 (May 26) 18th -12.4% 10th 253% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 1 (May 26) 5th +0.0% 11th 50% below peers
Fall River, MA 3 (Apr 26) 12th +0.0% 12th 54% above peers
Champaign, IL 6 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 13th 214% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 4 (May 26) 13th +0.0% 14th 114% above peers
Avondale, AZ 6 (May 26) 16th +99.7% 15th 196% above peers
Merced, CA 12 (May 26) 19th +100.2% 16th 492% above peers
Norwalk, CT 0 (Apr 26) 3rd 100% below peers
Livonia, MI 1 (May 26) 8th 48% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 1 (May 26) 4th 50% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 90 in May 2026, down from 107 a year earlier.
90 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Bellingham, WA 66 (May 26) 3rd -57.6% 1st 43% below peers
Chino, CA 125 (May 26) 11th -39.5% 2nd 8% above peers
Livonia, MI 93 (May 26) 8th -38.6% 3rd 20% below peers
Merced, CA 274 (May 26) 18th -31.8% 4th 137% above peers
Champaign, IL 152 (May 26) 13th -29.5% 5th 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 375 (May 26) 19th -29.3% 6th 224% above peers
Avondale, AZ 190 (May 26) 15th -27.8% 7th 64% above peers
Erie, PA 80 (May 26) 5th -27.5% 8th 31% below peers
Sandy, UT 102 (May 26) 9th -26.0% 9th 11% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 227 (May 26) 16th -24.3% 10th 96% above peers
Fall River, MA 126 (Apr 26) 12th -21.7% 11th 9% above peers
Roswell, GA 49 (May 26) 2nd -21.1% 12th 58% below peers
Norwalk, CT 116 (Apr 26) 10th -18.7% 13th on par with peers
Mission Viejo, CA 90 (May 26) 7th -15.6% 14th 22% below peers
Greenville, NC 159 (May 26) 14th -5.0% 15th 38% above peers
Westminster, CA 250 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 16th 116% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43 (May 26) 1st +20.6% 17th 63% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 70 (May 26) 4th +21.4% 18th 39% below peers
Nashua, NH 86 (Jan 25) 6th +36.2% 19th 26% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 15% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $118,477 to $136,123 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,321). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 39% from 2014 to 2024 ($98,157 to $136,123).
$136,123
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 29th +48% 1st 39% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 18th +48% 2nd 9% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 24th +45% 3rd 33% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 19th +44% 4th 10% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 20th +43% 5th 13% below peers
Merced, CA $63,122 23rd +40% 6th 27% below peers
Avondale, AZ $86,123 16th +39% 7th on par with peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 17th +37% 8th 1% below peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 13th +34% 9th 17% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 10th +32% 10th 26% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 27th +31% 11th 36% below peers
Fall River, MA $56,673 25th +30% 12th 34% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 21st +30% 13th 18% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 3rd +29% 14th 49% above peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 15th +28% 15th 12% above peers
Kirkland, WA $150,414 1st +28% 16th 75% above peers
Chino, CA $104,682 12th +28% 17th 22% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 11th +25% 18th 25% above peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 22nd +25% 19th 22% below peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 5th +24% 20th 36% above peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 14th +23% 21st 14% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 8th +23% 22nd 28% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 9th +22% 23rd 27% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 30th +22% 24th 42% below peers
Erie, PA $46,113 31st +22% 25th 46% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $124,755 4th +21% 26th 45% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 7th +19% 27th 30% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 6th +19% 28th 33% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 26th +16% 29th 35% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 2nd +15% 30th 58% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 28th +14% 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,839 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening faster than 64% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.6% in May 2026, down from 3.8% a year earlier.
3.6%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Trenton, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 27th -1.5pp 1st 47% above peers
Merced, CA 6.8% (May 26) 29th -0.9pp 2nd 58% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.8% (May 26) 10th -0.7pp 3rd 12% below peers
Indio, CA 4.5% (May 26) 17th -0.5pp 4th 5% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.6% (May 26) 19th -0.4pp 5th 7% above peers
Hemet, CA 6.3% (May 26) 28th -0.4pp 6th 47% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 7th 35% below peers
Nashua, NH 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 8th 26% below peers
Redding, CA 4.2% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 9th 2% below peers
Fall River, MA 5.4% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 10th 26% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.2pp 11th 16% below peers
Compton, CA 5.9% (May 26) 26th -0.2pp 12th 37% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.4% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 13th 26% above peers
Sandy, UT 3.4% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 14th 21% below peers
Chino, CA 4.0% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Greenville, NC 4.3% (May 26) 15th +0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.8% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 17th 35% below peers
Roswell, GA 2.9% (May 26) 4th +0.1pp 18th 33% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 3.7% (May 26) 9th +0.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Carson, CA 5.5% (May 26) 25th +0.2pp 20th 28% above peers
Avondale, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Livonia, MI 3.3% (May 26) 6th +0.3pp 22nd 23% below peers
Bellingham, WA 4.1% (May 26) 13th +0.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
Erie, PA 4.6% (May 26) 20th +0.6pp 24th 7% above peers
Champaign, IL 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.6% (May 26) 1st +0.7pp 26th 40% below peers
Kirkland, WA 4.6% (May 26) 21st +0.8pp 27th 7% above peers
Norwalk, CT 4.5% (May 26) 18th +1.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.2% (May 26) 22nd +1.6pp 29th 21% 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 5.6% now; margin ±1.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.3% to 5.6%).
5.6%
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 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Indio, CA 11.4% 17th -5.0pp 1st 3% above peers
Hemet, CA 14.8% 21st -6.2pp 2nd 33% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 18th -4.4pp 3rd 15% above peers
Trenton, NJ 20.9% 27th -6.8pp 4th 89% above peers
Redding, CA 13.8% 19th -3.3pp 5th 25% above peers
Merced, CA 23.6% 31st -5.3pp 6th 114% above peers
Avondale, AZ 10.8% 15th -2.4pp 7th 3% below peers
Greenville, NC 23.2% 29th -5.0pp 8th 110% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 2nd -1.1pp 9th 54% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.7% 10th -1.4pp 10th 30% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 11th 58% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.0% 24th -2.7pp 12th 62% above peers
Compton, CA 17.8% 23rd -2.6pp 13th 61% above peers
Erie, PA 21.9% 28th -3.0pp 14th 98% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 14th -1.2pp 15th 16% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 9th -1.0pp 16th 30% below peers
Bellingham, WA 17.8% 22nd -2.0pp 17th 61% above peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 13th -1.0pp 18th 18% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.3% 20th -1.1pp 19th 29% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 8th -0.1pp 20th 33% below peers
Carson, CA 8.6% 11th -0.1pp 21st 22% below peers
Kirkland, WA 6.0% 6th -0.0pp 22nd 46% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.3% 26th -0.1pp 23rd 75% above peers
Champaign, IL 23.4% 30th +0.7pp 24th 112% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 5th +0.3pp 25th 49% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 4th +0.3pp 26th 51% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.1% 16th +1.2pp 27th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 18.9% 25th +2.4pp 28th 71% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.3% 3rd +0.9pp 29th 52% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 12th +2.2pp 30th 20% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% 7th +1.5pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 5.5% now; margin ±2.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 5.5%).
5.5%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 1st 78% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 16th -9.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Chino, CA 8.8% 12th -5.3pp 3rd 40% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 22nd -10.7pp 4th 21% above peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 10th -4.7pp 5th 43% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 2nd -2.8pp 6th 64% below peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 24th -10.8pp 7th 49% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 8th -3.7pp 8th 49% below peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 18th -7.5pp 9th 5% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 27th -12.2pp 10th 80% above peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 21st -6.4pp 11th 20% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 25th -7.5pp 12th 55% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 13th -2.3pp 13th 34% below peers
Avondale, AZ 15.1% 17th -3.4pp 14th 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 11th -1.8pp 15th 42% below peers
Fall River, MA 26.6% 28th -4.8pp 16th 82% above peers
Merced, CA 33.4% 30th -5.5pp 17th 128% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 20th -2.4pp 18th 17% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 6th -0.6pp 19th 61% below peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 26th -2.6pp 20th 77% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 31st -3.1pp 21st 138% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 14th -1.1pp 22nd 13% below peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 19th -1.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 5th -0.3pp 24th 62% below peers
Kirkland, WA 5.3% 3rd +0.2pp 25th 64% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 7th +0.5pp 26th 58% below peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 27th 96% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 9th +2.4pp 28th 47% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 5.4% 4th +1.9pp 29th 63% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 23rd +6.9pp 30th 28% above peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 15th +5.2pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 94.6% to 97.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 3.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.1% to 97.1%).
97.1%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Fall River, MA 86.5% 27th +16.1pp 2nd 8% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 28th +14.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 25th +11.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 26th +10.7pp 6th 6% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 13th +11.0pp 7th on par with peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 18th +10.4pp 8th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 24th +8.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 21st +7.2pp 10th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 22nd +7.0pp 11th 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 23rd +6.5pp 12th 4% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 8th +6.8pp 13th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 15th +6.6pp 14th on par with peers
Merced, CA 94.3% 11th +6.6pp 15th 1% above peers
Chino, CA 95.9% 6th +6.0pp 16th 2% above peers
Avondale, AZ 92.5% 20th +5.6pp 17th 1% below peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 14th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 10th +5.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 17th +3.8pp 20th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 2nd +3.9pp 21st 3% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 16th +3.7pp 22nd on par with peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 9th +3.4pp 23rd 1% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 12th +3.0pp 24th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 4th +3.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 19th +2.6pp 26th 1% below peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 3rd +2.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 1st +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Kirkland, WA 96.4% 5th +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 7th +1.6pp 30th 2% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 84.1% 30th -8.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.41).
0.41
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 12th -0.036 1st 5% below peers
Avondale, AZ 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 21st -0.019 3rd 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 3rd -0.014 4th 15% below peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 13th -0.013 5th 4% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 2nd -0.009 6th 16% below peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 6th -0.009 7th 11% below peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 16th -0.009 8th on par with peers
Merced, CA 0.47 20th -0.008 9th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 10th 20% above peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 26th -0.006 11th 9% above peers
Redding, CA 0.46 17th -0.003 12th 1% above peers
Fall River, MA 0.46 18th -0.003 13th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 14th -0.001 14th 4% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 4th +0.000 15th 14% below peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 27th +0.001 16th 15% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 19th +0.003 17th 2% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 7th +0.003 18th 10% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 15th +0.005 19th 2% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 8th +0.004 20th 9% below peers
Chino, CA 0.40 5th +0.005 21st 12% below peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 23rd +0.005 22nd 5% above peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 23rd 16% above peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 24th 24% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 9th +0.018 25th 7% below peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 22nd +0.027 26th 4% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 27th 15% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 11th +0.028 28th 6% below peers
Carson, CA 0.43 10th +0.031 29th 6% below peers
Kirkland, WA 0.49 25th +0.043 30th 9% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 0.49 24th +0.045 31st 7% 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 →

SNAP rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 1.7% to 4.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 3.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (1.1% to 4.9%).
4.9%
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
Roswell, GA 3.2% 3rd -2.8pp 1st 73% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 90% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 10th -2.6pp 3rd 40% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 20th -3.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 5th 76% below peers
Avondale, AZ 12.0% 16th -2.6pp 6th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 17th -1.8pp 7th 2% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 12th -0.8pp 8th 28% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 11th -0.4pp 9th 36% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.6% 4th -0.1pp 10th 70% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 28th -0.1pp 11th 118% above peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 22nd +0.1pp 12th 24% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 30th +1.0pp 13th 153% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 14th +0.3pp 14th 19% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 13th +0.4pp 15th 26% below peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 5th +0.2pp 16th 66% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 24th +1.0pp 17th 56% above peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 7th +0.4pp 18th 60% below peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 25th +2.5pp 19th 66% above peers
Fall River, MA 31.6% 31st +4.0pp 20th 164% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 19th +1.8pp 21st 6% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 6th +0.6pp 22nd 63% below peers
Merced, CA 30.0% 29th +4.9pp 23rd 150% above peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 26th +3.6pp 24th 69% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 21st +2.8pp 25th 21% above peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 15th +2.3pp 26th 15% below peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 27th +5.7pp 27th 109% above peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 18th +5.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 9th +3.2pp 29th 50% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 23rd +9.4pp 30th 44% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 8th +3.2pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,224,499 in June 2026, up from $1,215,178 a year earlier.
$1,224,499
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Erie, PA $209,960 (Jun 26) 27th +5.9% 1st 59% below peers
Lawton, OK $142,204 (Jun 26) 29th +5.6% 2nd 72% below peers
Norwalk, CT $679,881 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 3rd 32% above peers
Champaign, IL $241,516 (Jun 26) 25th +4.9% 4th 53% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $197,471 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 5th 62% below peers
Nashua, NH $517,357 (Jun 26) 14th +3.3% 6th 1% above peers
Westminster, CA $1,104,016 (Jun 26) 4th +3.3% 7th 115% above peers
Hoover, AL $445,051 (Jun 26) 18th +2.9% 8th 13% below peers
Livonia, MI $323,035 (Jun 26) 24th +2.8% 9th 37% below peers
Compton, CA $640,999 (Jun 26) 13th +2.6% 10th 25% above peers
South Gate, CA $701,329 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 11th 36% above peers
Fall River, MA $459,250 (Jun 26) 16th +2.3% 12th 11% below peers
Sandy, UT $670,855 (Jun 26) 11th +1.8% 13th 31% above peers
Greenville, NC $238,644 (Jun 26) 26th +1.3% 14th 54% below peers
Carson, CA $798,573 (Jun 26) 6th +1.1% 15th 55% above peers
Roswell, GA $666,641 (Jun 26) 12th +0.9% 16th 30% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,698,037 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 17th 230% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,224,499 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.8% 18th 138% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $887,149 (Jun 26) 5th +0.4% 19th 73% above peers
Hemet, CA $445,921 (Jun 26) 17th -0.1% 20th 13% below peers
Bellingham, WA $674,798 (Jun 26) 10th -0.3% 21st 31% above peers
Chino, CA $758,989 (Jun 26) 7th -0.7% 22nd 48% above peers
Redding, CA $394,739 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.0% 23rd 23% below peers
Merced, CA $397,690 (Jun 26) 21st -1.5% 24th 23% below peers
Indio, CA $513,884 (Jun 26) 15th -1.5% 25th on par with peers
Avondale, AZ $398,215 (Jun 26) 20th -1.8% 26th 23% below peers
Trenton, NJ $356,470 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.9% 27th 31% below peers
Germantown, MD $425,701 (Jun 26) 19th -2.8% 28th 17% below peers
Kirkland, WA $1,227,283 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.3% 29th 139% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $879,254 in June 2026, up from $877,871 a year earlier.
$879,254
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Champaign, IL $157,490 (Jun 26) 26th +6.8% 1st 59% below peers
Erie, PA $129,940 (Jun 26) 27th +6.8% 2nd 67% below peers
Lawton, OK $74,294 (Jun 26) 29th +5.6% 3rd 81% below peers
Norwalk, CT $439,024 (Jun 26) 13th +4.8% 4th 13% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $114,649 (Jun 26) 28th +4.5% 5th 70% below peers
Compton, CA $570,408 (Jun 26) 8th +3.9% 6th 47% above peers
Westminster, CA $934,008 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.7% 7th 141% above peers
Nashua, NH $387,942 (Jun 26) 15th +3.5% 8th on par with peers
Hoover, AL $316,421 (Jun 26) 20th +3.4% 9th 18% below peers
Fall River, MA $370,359 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 10th 5% below peers
Livonia, MI $248,896 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.4% 11th 36% below peers
South Gate, CA $637,011 (Jun 26) 6th +3.0% 12th 64% above peers
Sandy, UT $511,817 (Jun 26) 10th +1.3% 13th 32% above peers
Greenville, NC $157,988 (Jun 26) 25th +0.9% 14th 59% below peers
Bellingham, WA $486,485 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 15th 25% above peers
Roswell, GA $477,657 (Jun 26) 12th +0.5% 16th 23% above peers
Carson, CA $668,515 (Jun 26) 5th +0.4% 17th 72% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $879,254 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.2% 18th 127% above peers
Indio, CA $394,123 (Jun 26) 14th +0.0% 19th 2% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $557,254 (Jun 26) 9th -0.1% 20th 44% above peers
Chino, CA $619,935 (Jun 26) 7th -0.4% 21st 60% above peers
Merced, CA $324,862 (Jun 26) 19th -0.6% 22nd 16% below peers
Redding, CA $304,862 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.8% 23rd 21% below peers
Hemet, CA $345,970 (Jun 26) 18th -0.9% 24th 11% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $956,112 (Jun 26) 1st -1.2% 25th 146% above peers
Avondale, AZ $347,883 (Jun 26) 17th -1.8% 26th 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ $208,402 (Jun 26) 24th -2.5% 27th 46% below peers
Germantown, MD $311,886 (Jun 26) 21st -3.7% 28th 20% below peers
Kirkland, WA $698,475 (Jun 26) 4th -5.2% 29th 80% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (76.9% then, 76.9% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (77.2% to 76.9%).
76.9%
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 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Avondale, AZ 61.6% 14th +6.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Merced, CA 45.9% 23rd +4.6pp 2nd 19% below peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 13th +3.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 9th +4.1pp 4th 19% above peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 20th +3.3pp 5th 4% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 24th +2.5pp 6th 20% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 22nd +2.7pp 7th 5% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 28th +1.9pp 8th 33% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 7th +3.6pp 9th 27% above peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 16th +2.6pp 10th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 27th +1.2pp 11th 22% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 21st +1.4pp 12th 5% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 11th +1.7pp 13th 14% above peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 8th +1.7pp 14th 26% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 17th +1.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 73.6% 6th +1.2pp 16th 30% above peers
Chino, CA 64.0% 12th +0.9pp 17th 13% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 18th 55% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 5th +0.9pp 19th 31% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 19th +0.6pp 20th 3% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 3rd -0.0pp 21st 36% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 25th -0.1pp 22nd 21% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 2nd -1.1pp 23rd 44% above peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 30th -0.5pp 24th 42% below peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 26th -0.8pp 25th 21% below peers
Fall River, MA 35.3% 29th -1.0pp 26th 37% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 27th 51% below peers
Kirkland, WA 60.8% 15th -2.6pp 28th 8% above peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 18th -2.4pp 29th 1% below peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 4th -3.4pp 30th 33% above peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 10th -3.5pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 8% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,074 in June 2026, up from $2,855 a year earlier.
$3,074
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
South Gate, CA $2,002 (Jun 26) 14th +9.0% 1st 1% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $3,074 (Jun 26) 3rd +7.7% 2nd 56% above peers
Indio, CA $2,616 (Jun 26) 8th +7.2% 3rd 32% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,410 (Jun 26) 24th +5.7% 4th 29% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,071 (Jun 26) 28th +5.2% 5th 46% below peers
Lawton, OK $1,086 (Jun 26) 27th +5.1% 6th 45% below peers
Greenville, NC $1,346 (Jun 26) 26th +4.5% 7th 32% below peers
Fall River, MA $1,811 (Jun 26) 18th +3.3% 8th 8% below peers
Erie, PA $1,036 (Jun 26) 29th +3.3% 9th 48% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,662 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.2% 10th 16% below peers
Redding, CA $1,642 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.9% 11th 17% below peers
Nashua, NH $2,216 (Jun 26) 11th +2.7% 12th 12% above peers
Chino, CA $3,388 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.7% 13th 71% above peers
Merced, CA $1,964 (Jun 26) 16th +2.3% 14th 1% below peers
Kirkland, WA $2,626 (Jun 26) 7th +2.2% 15th 33% above peers
Norwalk, CT $2,718 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 16th 38% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,629 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 17th 33% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $2,425 (Jun 26) 10th +1.6% 18th 23% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,139 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 19th 8% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,517 (Jun 26) 1st +1.5% 20th 78% above peers
Bellingham, WA $1,976 (Jun 26) 15th +1.2% 21st on par with peers
Hoover, AL $1,378 (Jun 26) 25th +1.0% 22nd 30% below peers
Roswell, GA $1,730 (Jun 26) 20th +0.3% 23rd 12% below peers
Hemet, CA $1,939 (Jun 26) 17th +0.2% 24th 2% below peers
Germantown, MD $2,137 (Jun 26) 13th +0.0% 25th 8% above peers
Carson, CA $2,953 (Jun 26) 4th -0.1% 26th 49% above peers
Avondale, AZ $1,809 (Jun 26) 19th -0.6% 27th 8% below peers
Sandy, UT $1,681 (Jun 26) 21st -0.9% 28th 15% below peers
Compton, CA $2,500 (Jun 26) 9th -3.8% 29th 27% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.7% then, 37.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 37.5%).
37.5%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Germantown, MD 29.9% 7th -4.0pp 1st 20% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 2nd 20% above peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 3rd 22% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 31st -4.4pp 4th 28% above peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 20th -3.4pp 5th 10% above peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 19th -2.9pp 6th 9% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 6th -0.8pp 7th 25% below peers
Merced, CA 43.4% 24th -0.6pp 8th 16% above peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 28th -0.5pp 9th 24% above peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 13th -0.4pp 10th 8% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 5th -0.3pp 11th 29% below peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 21st -0.4pp 12th 11% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 12th -0.3pp 13th 10% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 18th -0.2pp 14th 6% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 3rd +0.0pp 15th 35% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 9th +0.4pp 16th 15% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 23rd +1.0pp 17th 13% above peers
Chino, CA 42.5% 22nd +1.2pp 18th 13% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 30th +1.4pp 19th 27% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 10th +1.0pp 20th 13% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 17th +1.2pp 21st 1% above peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 15th +1.5pp 22nd 4% below peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 4th +1.1pp 23rd 35% below peers
Avondale, AZ 35.2% 14th +1.6pp 24th 6% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 25th 45% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 26th 44% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Fall River, MA 44.8% 25th +3.8pp 28th 19% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 31.2% 8th +2.8pp 29th 17% below peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 29th +4.9pp 30th 25% above peers
Kirkland, WA 32.9% 11th +4.0pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.9% then, 2.8% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 2.8%).
2.8%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sandy, UT 2.5% 2nd -1.8pp 1st 67% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.6% 3rd -1.6pp 2nd 65% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 3rd 79% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 7th -0.9pp 4th 54% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 24th -2.3pp 5th 26% above peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 5th -0.7pp 6th 58% below peers
Merced, CA 8.9% 22nd -1.8pp 7th 18% above peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 19th -1.1pp 8th 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 17th -1.0pp 9th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 10th 253% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 28th -2.0pp 11th 117% above peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 30th -1.4pp 12th 127% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 14th -0.6pp 13th 7% below peers
Avondale, AZ 4.6% 10th -0.2pp 14th 39% below peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 18th -0.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 26th -0.4pp 16th 42% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% 13th -0.2pp 17th 37% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 4th -0.0pp 18th 63% below peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 8th -0.0pp 19th 47% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 20th -0.0pp 20th 4% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 23rd -0.0pp 21st 19% above peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 25th +0.4pp 22nd 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 27th +0.9pp 23rd 51% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 16th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 21st +1.7pp 25th 12% above peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 26th 121% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 9th +1.0pp 27th 40% below peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 6th +0.9pp 28th 56% below peers
Chino, CA 4.6% 11th +1.2pp 29th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 15th +2.0pp 30th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 12th +1.6pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.2% to 3.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.1% to 3.2%).
3.2%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 25th -6.3pp 1st 56% above peers
Roswell, GA 8.4% 22nd -3.8pp 2nd 28% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.3% 10th -1.9pp 3rd 19% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 52% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 3rd -1.0pp 5th 47% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.0% 18th -1.8pp 6th 6% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 21st -1.8pp 7th 23% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 29th -2.3pp 8th 93% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.0% 6th -0.7pp 9th 39% below peers
Erie, PA 5.7% 11th -0.8pp 10th 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 10.9% 26th -1.3pp 11th 65% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.2pp 12th 62% below peers
Chino, CA 6.7% 17th -0.5pp 13th 2% above peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 16th -0.5pp 14th on par with peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 5th -0.3pp 15th 41% below peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 13th -0.5pp 16th 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 7th -0.3pp 17th 24% below peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 14th -0.3pp 18th 5% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.8% 4th -0.1pp 19th 42% below peers
Greenville, NC 9.4% 24th +0.0pp 20th 42% above peers
Merced, CA 7.5% 19th +0.1pp 21st 14% above peers
Trenton, NJ 17.2% 31st +0.2pp 22nd 160% above peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 8th +0.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.6% 28th +0.5pp 24th 90% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 27th +0.8pp 25th 88% above peers
Redding, CA 6.5% 15th +0.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Indio, CA 9.0% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 36% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.3% 9th +0.8pp 28th 20% below peers
Avondale, AZ 13.3% 30th +2.1pp 29th 101% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 20th +1.9pp 30th 19% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.7% 12th +1.4pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

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

25.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Kirkland, WA 22.4% 1st 29% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 2nd 28% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 3rd 27% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 4th 21% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 5th 21% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 25.3% 6th 20% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 7th 18% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 8th 16% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 9th 16% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 10th 8% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 11th 8% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 12th 7% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 13th 4% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 14th 2% below peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 15th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Chino, CA 31.9% 17th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 18th 3% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 19th 8% above peers
Merced, CA 34.4% 20th 9% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 21st 11% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 22nd 12% above peers
Fall River, MA 36.0% 23rd 14% above peers
Avondale, AZ 36.2% 24th 15% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 25th 16% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 26th 18% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 27th 21% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 28th 23% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 29th 29% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 35% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 31st 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.8% to 2.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 2.1%).
2.1%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 26th -17.1pp 1st 58% above peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 18th -3.9pp 2nd 6% above peers
Chino, CA 3.4% 13th -3.4pp 3rd 5% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 4th -2.0pp 4th 38% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 2nd -1.7pp 5th 41% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 6th 74% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 3rd -1.2pp 7th 40% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 14th -1.9pp 8th 2% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 23rd -2.3pp 9th 23% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 21st -2.1pp 10th 16% above peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 20th -1.9pp 11th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 7th -1.0pp 12th 34% below peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 9th -0.4pp 13th 29% below peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 11th +0.3pp 14th 12% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 5th +0.3pp 15th 36% below peers
Merced, CA 3.4% 12th +0.5pp 16th 5% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 8th +0.4pp 17th 29% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 17th +0.6pp 18th 1% above peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 25th +1.0pp 19th 29% above peers
Fall River, MA 2.3% 6th +0.6pp 20th 35% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 28th +1.9pp 21st 121% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 24th +1.2pp 22nd 28% above peers
Avondale, AZ 11.4% 31st +3.4pp 23rd 220% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 16th +1.4pp 24th on par with peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 15th +1.4pp 25th 1% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2% 22nd +1.6pp 26th 16% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 30th +4.0pp 27th 178% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 19th +1.8pp 28th 11% above peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 29th +5.5pp 29th 175% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 10th +1.9pp 30th 13% below peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 27th +5.1pp 31st 89% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 49.0% to 52.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 17 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.6% to 52.1%).
52.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hemet, CA 15.5% 29th +4.4pp 1st 60% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 28th +4.0pp 2nd 59% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 3rd 73% below peers
Merced, CA 20.2% 26th +3.7pp 4th 48% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 5th 71% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 25th +3.3pp 6th 48% below peers
Chino, CA 27.2% 18th +4.2pp 7th 30% below peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 9th +6.8pp 8th 28% above peers
Avondale, AZ 21.3% 24th +2.8pp 9th 45% below peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 15th +5.1pp 10th 6% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 4th +7.9pp 11th 69% above peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 14th +4.5pp 12th 7% above peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 11th +4.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 10th +4.2pp 14th 24% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 21st +2.0pp 15th 39% below peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 5th +5.0pp 16th 60% above peers
Kirkland, WA 66.3% 3rd +5.0pp 17th 70% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 68.4% 2nd +4.5pp 18th 75% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 22nd +1.5pp 19th 41% below peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 20th 58% below peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 6th +3.2pp 21st 35% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 7th +3.0pp 22nd 33% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 23rd +1.3pp 23rd 42% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 19th +1.2pp 24th 31% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 13th +1.8pp 25th 11% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 1st +2.8pp 26th 81% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 17th +1.1pp 27th 25% below peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 16th +1.4pp 28th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 12th +1.4pp 29th 15% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 8th +0.3pp 30th 29% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 20th -1.2pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 25.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.8% to 44.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±11.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 15.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.2% to 44.0%).
44.0%
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%
Greenville, NC 53.1% 11th +4.9pp 1st 18% above peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 10th +4.6pp 2nd 20% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 4th +5.2pp 3rd 40% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 6th +4.5pp 4th 37% above peers
Chino, CA 45.2% 15th +3.2pp 5th 1% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 6th 68% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 3rd +2.3pp 7th 48% above peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 8th +1.1pp 8th 26% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 13th -0.2pp 9th 13% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 16th -1.2pp 10th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 19th -1.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 14th -2.2pp 12th 11% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 9th -3.5pp 13th 24% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 2nd -5.0pp 14th 60% above peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 12th -4.6pp 15th 14% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 62.6% 5th -8.9pp 16th 39% above peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 18th -8.1pp 17th 3% below peers
Kirkland, WA 57.9% 7th -11.4pp 18th 29% above peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 23rd -7.4pp 19th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 22nd -11.7pp 20th 16% below peers
Fall River, MA 37.1% 24th -11.9pp 21st 18% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 28th -13.1pp 22nd 29% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 21st -19.0pp 23rd 14% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 29th -11.4pp 24th 50% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 20th -20.5pp 25th 13% below peers
Merced, CA 36.2% 25th -19.4pp 26th 19% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 17th -25.8pp 27th 2% below peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 26th -24.8pp 28th 20% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 30th -16.3pp 29th 52% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 27th -31.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Avondale, AZ 14.8% 31st -22.2pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.6% then, 1.1% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.6% to 1.1%).
1.1%
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 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chino, CA 2.7% 6th -7.8pp 1st 53% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 4th -5.1pp 2nd 65% below peers
Avondale, AZ 4.2% 9th -6.6pp 3rd 27% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 2nd -2.2pp 4th 74% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 5th 80% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 20th -5.8pp 6th 37% above peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 70% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 8th -1.5pp 8th 38% below peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 5th -0.5pp 9th 54% below peers
Fall River, MA 7.2% 19th -1.4pp 10th 25% above peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 15th -0.4pp 11th 6% below peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 29th -0.3pp 12th 130% above peers
Merced, CA 11.9% 27th +0.8pp 13th 107% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 22nd +0.6pp 14th 58% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 7th +0.3pp 15th 46% below peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 23rd +1.0pp 16th 63% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 31st +2.1pp 17th 138% above peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 24th +1.6pp 18th 70% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 21st +1.4pp 19th 45% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 25th +2.1pp 20th 74% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 30th +3.0pp 21st 137% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 14th +1.4pp 22nd 12% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 16% below peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 18th +2.1pp 24th 17% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 10th +1.5pp 25th 26% below peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 12th +1.6pp 26th 22% below peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 27th 24% below peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 16th +3.3pp 28th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 17th +3.7pp 29th 11% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 30th 122% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 10.8% 26th +9.9pp 31st 88% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 95,516 to 92,151 - more than the combined survey margin (±98). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (95,246 to 92,151).
92,151
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Merced, CA 91,953 20th +11% 1st 1% below peers
Avondale, AZ 92,477 16th +9% 2nd on par with peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 13th +9% 3rd on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 28th +8% 4th 2% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 93,993 3rd +8% 5th 2% above peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 23rd +8% 6th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 6th +8% 7th 1% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 7th +5% 8th 1% above peers
Fall River, MA 94,082 2nd +5% 9th 2% above peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 18th +4% 10th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 92,621 14th +4% 11th on par with peers
Chino, CA 92,652 12th +3% 12th on par with peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 24th +3% 13th 1% below peers
Indio, CA 91,950 21st +3% 14th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 29th +3% 15th 3% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 31st +2% 16th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 93,409 8th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 17th +2% 18th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 10th +1% 19th on par with peers
Carson, CA 92,871 9th +1% 20th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 26th +0% 21st 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 4th -0% 22nd 1% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 25th -0% 23rd 1% below peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 30th -1% 24th 3% below peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 1st -2% 25th 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 15th -2% 26th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 22nd -3% 27th 1% below peers
Erie, PA 93,850 5th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 19th -4% 29th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 27th -4% 30th 2% below peers
Compton, CA 92,698 11th -4% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±77 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.4% then, 20.4% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.8% to 20.4%).
20.4%
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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 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Chino, CA 24.6% 7th +4.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Indio, CA 24.8% 6th +2.4pp 2nd 9% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 21st +1.1pp 3rd 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 2nd +1.3pp 4th 23% above peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 5th +1.2pp 5th 17% above peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 26th +0.6pp 6th 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 20th +0.4pp 7th 9% below peers
Merced, CA 29.9% 1st +0.4pp 8th 32% above peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 27th +0.2pp 9th 17% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 17th +0.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 22nd -0.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 11th -0.4pp 12th 5% above peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 8th -0.6pp 13th 8% above peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 13th -0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 29th -0.6pp 15th 30% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.9% 23rd -0.8pp 16th 12% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 22.8% 15th -1.0pp 17th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 28th -0.8pp 18th 18% below peers
Kirkland, WA 19.3% 24th -1.1pp 19th 15% below peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 25th -1.3pp 20th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 3rd -1.9pp 21st 21% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 18th -1.6pp 22nd 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 9th -1.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 19th -1.6pp 24th 6% below peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 30th -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 26th 39% below peers
Avondale, AZ 26.8% 4th -2.4pp 27th 18% above peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 14th -2.8pp 28th 2% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 10th -2.9pp 29th 7% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 12th -3.1pp 30th 2% above peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 16th -4.4pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent fell 5.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.9% to 10.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). None of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.5% to 10.4%).
10.4%
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
Sandy, UT 20.5% 23rd +5.2pp 1st 29% below peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 27th +3.6pp 2nd 34% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 20th +4.4pp 3rd 11% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 8th +6.6pp 4th 35% above peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 4th +8.4pp 5th 93% above peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 6th +6.7pp 6th 63% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 7th 115% above peers
Merced, CA 48.8% 5th +3.9pp 8th 68% above peers
Fall River, MA 57.9% 3rd +3.5pp 9th 99% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 11th +2.1pp 10th 21% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 25th +1.2pp 11th 32% below peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 12th 121% above peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 16th +1.3pp 13th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 10th +1.7pp 14th 28% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 24th +0.7pp 15th 30% below peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 15th +0.8pp 16th 5% above peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 17th +0.5pp 17th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 7th +0.7pp 18th 39% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 19th +0.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Kirkland, WA 15.2% 29th +0.0pp 20th 48% below peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 21st -0.1pp 21st 20% below peers
Avondale, AZ 34.9% 12th -0.6pp 22nd 20% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 13.9% 30th -0.3pp 23rd 52% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 9th -1.2pp 24th 31% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 14th -1.5pp 25th 5% above peers
Chino, CA 21.2% 22nd -2.7pp 26th 27% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 13th -4.7pp 27th 12% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 18th -5.4pp 28th 3% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 26th -4.1pp 29th 34% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 28th -7.1pp 30th 36% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 31st -5.5pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.4pp 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

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.2% then, 70.3% now; margin ±11.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.7% to 70.3%).
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 26% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 22nd +10.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Merced, CA 64.6% 24th +10.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 4th +9.7pp 4th 12% above peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 5th +9.3pp 5th 11% above peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 7th +8.0pp 6th 10% above peers
Kirkland, WA 65.8% 21st +6.7pp 7th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 17th +6.8pp 8th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 11th +7.4pp 9th 7% above peers
Fall River, MA 75.5% 9th +7.1pp 10th 10% above peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 31st +5.0pp 11th 11% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 3rd +6.2pp 12th 12% above peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 2nd +6.0pp 13th 14% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 23rd +4.9pp 14th 6% below peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 16th +5.1pp 15th on par with peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 14th +5.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 15th +4.4pp 17th 1% above peers
Chino, CA 63.5% 28th +4.0pp 18th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 27th +3.6pp 19th 7% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 6th +4.2pp 20th 10% above peers
Avondale, AZ 67.6% 18th +2.9pp 21st 2% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 8th +2.7pp 22nd 10% above peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 10th +2.5pp 23rd 8% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 12th +1.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 19th +0.7pp 25th 3% below peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 13th -1.6pp 26th 4% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 29th -1.8pp 27th 9% below peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 20th -4.5pp 28th 4% below peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 25th -5.4pp 29th 6% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 64.4% 26th -6.0pp 30th 6% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 30th -9.1pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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