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Mission Viejo, CA
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90,484 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 4% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 115 in July 2026, down from 119 a year earlier.
115 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Danbury, CT 104 (Jul 26) -58.3% 1st
Roswell, GA 80 (Jul 26) -43.8% 2nd
Clifton, NJ 117 (Jun 26) -37.4% 3rd
Mission, TX 108 (Jul 26) -32.4% 4th
Bloomington, MN 226 (Jul 26) -18.6% 5th
Champaign, IL 384 (Jul 26) -15.7% 6th
Folsom, CA 133 (Jul 26) -15.3% 7th
Troy, MI 90 (Jul 26) -14.0% 8th
Mission Viejo, CA 115 (Jul 26) -3.7% 9th
Ogden, UT 452 (Jul 26) -0.7% 10th
Fort Smith, AR 851 (Jul 26) +3.6% 11th
Erie, PA 344 (Jul 26) +3.9% 12th
Santa Monica, CA 666 (Jul 26) +5.6% 13th
Westminster, CA 420 (Jun 26) +7.8% 14th
Leander, TX 63 (Jul 26) +9.6% 15th
Lawrence, MA 415 (Jul 26) +13.1% 16th
Sandy, UT 216 (Jun 26) +20.5% 17th
Franklin, TN 184 (Jul 26) +21.2% 18th
Newton, MA 78 (Dec 25) +60.6% 19th
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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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime fell about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 676 in July 2026, down from 1,094 a year earlier.
Bright spot 676 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Leander, TX 408 (Jul 26) -42.9% 1st
Mission Viejo, CA 676 (Jul 26) -38.2% 2nd
Danbury, CT 776 (Jul 26) -31.4% 3rd
Roswell, GA 652 (Jul 26) -28.5% 4th
Franklin, TN 643 (Jul 26) -25.2% 5th
Mission, TX 1,026 (Jul 26) -24.8% 6th
Lawrence, MA 761 (Jul 26) -24.5% 7th
Santa Fe, NM 3,761 (Jul 26) -20.4% 8th
Clifton, NJ 1,734 (Jun 26) -19.7% 9th
Troy, MI 931 (Jul 26) -16.2% 10th
Newton, MA 505 (Dec 25) -15.4% 11th
Santa Monica, CA 3,750 (Jul 26) -15.1% 12th
Westminster, CA 2,119 (Jun 26) -13.9% 13th
Folsom, CA 1,078 (Jul 26) -13.4% 14th
Erie, PA 1,827 (Jul 26) -11.4% 15th
Fort Smith, AR 3,153 (Jul 26) -8.7% 16th
Ogden, UT 1,607 (Jul 26) -8.2% 17th
Bloomington, MN 2,840 (Apr 26) -4.8% 18th
Champaign, IL 2,108 (Jul 26) -3.1% 19th
Sandy, UT 1,728 (Jun 26) -1.9% 20th
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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 →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 0 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 2 in the prior 12 months. That is 0 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 0 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Mission Viejo, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Bloomington, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Danbury, CT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Mission, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Folsom, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 5th
Troy, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 6th
Westminster, CA 1 (Jun 26) -75.1% 7th
Franklin, TN 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 8th
Leander, TX 1 (Jul 26) -49.8% 9th
Fort Smith, AR 3 (Jul 26) -40.0% 10th
Champaign, IL 5 (Jul 26) -28.6% 11th
Erie, PA 5 (Jul 26) -28.6% 12th
Santa Monica, CA 7 (Jul 26) -14.3% 13th
Clifton, NJ 1 (Jun 26) +0.0% 14th
Santa Fe, NM 9 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
Roswell, GA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 16th
Sandy, UT 1 (Jun 26) +0.0% 17th
Ogden, UT 7 (Jul 26) +49.9% 18th
Lawrence, MA 7 (Jul 26) +100.0% 19th
Newton, MA 0 (Dec 25)
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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 →
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 17% lower than in 2021 (92 then, 76 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 134 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 66 in July 2026, down from 125 a year earlier.
Bright spot 66 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Leander, TX 22 (Jul 26) -57.4% 1st
Santa Fe, NM 296 (Jul 26) -52.8% 2nd
Mission Viejo, CA 66 (Jul 26) -46.9% 3rd
Mission, TX 24 (Jul 26) -41.7% 4th
Clifton, NJ 155 (Jun 26) -34.4% 5th
Champaign, IL 146 (Jul 26) -33.8% 6th
Newton, MA 23 (Dec 25) -32.6% 7th
Sandy, UT 95 (Jun 26) -30.1% 8th
Bloomington, MN 115 (Apr 26) -29.8% 9th
Lawrence, MA 78 (Jul 26) -27.1% 10th
Roswell, GA 47 (Jul 26) -25.9% 11th
Danbury, CT 69 (Jul 26) -25.6% 12th
Santa Monica, CA 377 (Jul 26) -22.6% 13th
Troy, MI 62 (Jul 26) -20.3% 14th
Ogden, UT 130 (Jul 26) -16.5% 15th
Franklin, TN 49 (Jul 26) -15.4% 16th
Erie, PA 95 (Jul 26) -13.9% 17th
Fort Smith, AR 241 (Jul 26) -5.2% 18th
Westminster, CA 265 (Jun 26) +7.8% 19th
Folsom, CA 49 (Jul 26) +9.8% 20th
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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 →
  • Janesville, WI down about 52% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Mission Viejo started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 39% from 2014 to 2024 ($98,157 to $136,123).
Bright spot $136,123
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 30th +48% 1st 39% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 18th +48% 2nd 8% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 21st +45% 3rd 15% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 19th +43% 4th 13% below peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 22nd +39% 5th 18% below peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 16th +37% 6th on par with peers
Leander, TX $139,048 4th +36% 7th 63% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 24th +35% 8th 29% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 2nd +34% 9th 66% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 12th +32% 10th 27% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 28th +31% 11th 36% below peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 26th +30% 12th 31% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 6th +29% 13th 50% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 13th +28% 14th 15% above peers
Frederick, MD $97,069 14th +28% 15th 13% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 20th +27% 16th 14% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 17th 122% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 23rd +24% 18th 29% below peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 9th +24% 19th 37% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 25th +24% 20th 30% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 15th +24% 21st 9% above peers
Folsom, CA $139,804 3rd +22% 22nd 63% above peers
Erie, PA $46,113 31st +22% 23rd 46% below peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 8th +22% 24th 40% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 11th +19% 25th 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 10th +19% 26th 34% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 7th +18% 27th 40% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 27th +16% 28th 34% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 5th +15% 29th 59% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 29th +14% 30th 36% below peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 17th +14% 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.
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 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA 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 Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.4% in July 2026, down from 4.9% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.4%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Trenton, NJ 7.4% (Jul 26) 30th -1.8pp 1st 68% above peers
Clifton, NJ 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -1.3pp 2nd 2% above peers
Compton, CA 6.1% (Jul 26) 28th -1.2pp 3rd 39% above peers
South Gate, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.2pp 4th 14% above peers
Champaign, IL 3.8% (Jul 26) 6th -1.1pp 5th 14% below peers
Carson, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 25th -1.0pp 6th 20% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 7th 16% above peers
Westminster, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th -0.8pp 8th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.5pp 9th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 10th 39% below peers
Frederick, MD 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 11th 16% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 12th 20% below peers
Newton, MA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 13th 9% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 14th 5% below peers
Lawrence, MA 6.8% (Jul 26) 29th -0.2pp 15th 55% above peers
Mission, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th -0.2pp 16th 36% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th -0.2pp 17th 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 18th 23% below peers
Ogden, UT 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Erie, PA 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th -0.1pp 20th 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 2.7% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.0pp 21st 39% below peers
Bryan, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Troy, MI 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.2pp 23rd 9% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.4pp 24th 5% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st +0.5pp 25th 7% above peers
Leander, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th +0.5pp 26th 11% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.6pp 28th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th +1.3pp 29th 18% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.4% (Jul 26) 26th +1.5pp 30th 23% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.3% to 5.6%).
Needs attention 5.6%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Franklin, TN 4.7% 3rd -2.0pp 1st 60% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 17th -4.4pp 2nd 9% above peers
Trenton, NJ 21.6% 28th -7.1pp 3rd 84% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.4% 19th -4.2pp 4th 14% above peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 20th -3.5pp 5th 17% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.8% 1st -1.0pp 6th 68% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 10th -1.9pp 7th 32% below peers
Lawrence, MA 17.6% 23rd -3.8pp 8th 50% above peers
Frederick, MD 9.2% 13th -1.9pp 9th 22% below peers
Mission, TX 19.4% 26th -3.1pp 10th 66% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.3% 25th -2.8pp 11th 56% above peers
Compton, CA 17.9% 24th -2.6pp 12th 53% above peers
Erie, PA 23.3% 30th -2.9pp 13th 99% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.4% 21st -1.1pp 14th 23% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 15.1% 22nd -1.1pp 15th 28% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.9% 18th -0.6pp 16th 10% above peers
Folsom, CA 5.3% 4th -0.2pp 17th 54% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 9th -0.1pp 18th 36% below peers
Carson, CA 8.7% 11th -0.0pp 19th 26% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.1% 29th +0.3pp 20th 97% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.7% 16th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Champaign, IL 25.9% 31st +0.9pp 22nd 121% above peers
Newton, MA 4.5% 2nd +0.2pp 23rd 61% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 7th +0.3pp 24th 52% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.5% 6th +0.3pp 25th 53% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 5th +0.3pp 26th 54% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.2% 15th +1.3pp 27th 4% below peers
Lawton, OK 21.1% 27th +2.6pp 28th 80% above peers
Bloomington, MN 9.2% 14th +1.8pp 29th 22% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 12th +2.2pp 30th 25% below peers
Leander, TX 5.8% 8th +1.7pp 31st 50% 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.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (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.*

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 5.5%).
Needs attention 5.5%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 76% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 8th -7.8pp 2nd 49% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 16th -9.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 12th -4.7pp 4th 43% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 5th 87% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 9th -3.7pp 6th 49% below peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 21st -8.7pp 7th 24% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 28th -12.2pp 8th 80% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 5th -1.9pp 9th 72% below peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 3rd -1.4pp 10th 75% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 18th -6.5pp 11th 14% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 24th -7.5pp 12th 55% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 26th -7.2pp 13th 69% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 4th -1.0pp 14th 75% below peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 20th -2.4pp 15th 17% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 7th -0.6pp 16th 61% below peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 25th -2.7pp 17th 65% above peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 30th -3.3pp 18th 102% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 27th -2.6pp 19th 77% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 23rd -1.9pp 20th 32% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 31st -3.1pp 21st 138% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 17th -1.2pp 22nd 7% above peers
Frederick, MD 12.5% 13th -0.7pp 23rd 14% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 6th -0.3pp 24th 62% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 22nd -1.0pp 25th 30% above peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 19th -0.4pp 26th 15% above peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 27th 96% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 14th +3.2pp 28th 11% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 11th +2.4pp 29th 47% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 15th +5.2pp 30th 3% below peers
Leander, TX 7.6% 10th +3.4pp 31st 48% 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.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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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 →
  • 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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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Mission Viejo started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 3.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.1% to 97.1%).
Bright spot 97.1%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Springdale, AR 91.2% 21st +18.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 28th +14.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 30th +12.7pp 4th 8% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 23rd +12.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 12th +12.4pp 6th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 7th 8% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 25th +10.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 17th +9.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 27th +8.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 19th +8.4pp 11th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 18th +7.2pp 12th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 22nd +7.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 24th +6.5pp 14th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 10th +6.8pp 15th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 13th +6.6pp 16th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 15th +5.1pp 17th on par with peers
Frederick, MD 92.7% 16th +4.7pp 18th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 20th +4.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 26th +4.2pp 20th 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 7th +3.9pp 21st 4% above peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 5th +3.9pp 22nd 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 14th +3.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Leander, TX 97.3% 2nd +3.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 11th +3.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 4th +3.1pp 26th 5% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 27th 6% above peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 6th +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 3rd +2.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 8th +2.4pp 30th 4% above peers
Folsom, CA 95.8% 9th +1.1pp 31st 3% 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.
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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.41).
Bright spot 0.41
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 1st -0.022 1st 20% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 12th -0.024 2nd 5% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 25th -0.021 3rd 6% above peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 21st -0.019 4th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 15th -0.013 5th 4% below peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 2nd -0.009 6th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 19th -0.010 7th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 17th -0.009 8th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 9th 20% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 24th +0.000 10th 5% above peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 23rd +0.002 11th 4% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 20th +0.003 12th 2% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 3rd +0.003 13th 10% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 5th +0.004 14th 9% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 15th 16% above peers
Troy, MI 0.42 9th +0.009 16th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 14th +0.009 17th 4% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 13th +0.011 18th 4% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 26th +0.012 19th 8% above peers
Frederick, MD 0.41 4th +0.011 20th 10% below peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 18th +0.012 21st on par with peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 22nd 24% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 7th +0.018 23rd 7% below peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 16th +0.027 24th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 22nd +0.029 25th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.42 8th +0.027 26th 7% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 27th +0.031 27th 9% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 28th 15% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 11th +0.028 29th 6% below peers
Carson, CA 0.43 10th +0.031 30th 6% below peers
Leander, TX 0.41 6th +0.041 31st 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

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). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (1.1% to 4.9%).
Needs attention 4.9%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 1st -2.1pp 1st 89% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.2% 4th -2.8pp 2nd 71% below peers
Springdale, AR 6.0% 11th -5.2pp 3rd 47% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 77% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 17th -4.4pp 5th 3% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 22nd -3.6pp 6th 18% above peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 75% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Leander, TX 3.4% 5th -0.3pp 9th 69% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 26th -1.2pp 10th 80% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 29th -0.1pp 11th 133% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 21st +0.1pp 12th 17% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 23rd +0.4pp 13th 30% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 30th +1.0pp 14th 170% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 14th +0.3pp 15th 14% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 7th +0.2pp 16th 61% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 10th +0.2pp 17th 47% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 13th +0.4pp 18th 20% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 25th +1.0pp 19th 67% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 20th 292% above peers
Frederick, MD 11.6% 18th +1.0pp 21st 4% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 19th +1.2pp 22nd 11% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 15th +1.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 9th +0.9pp 24th 53% below peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 27th +3.6pp 25th 81% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 24th +2.8pp 26th 30% above peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 28th +5.7pp 27th 123% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 6th +1.7pp 28th 62% below peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 20th +5.1pp 29th 13% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 12th +3.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 8th +3.2pp 31st 56% 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

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,206,543 in August 2026, up from $1,178,770 a year earlier.
Big move $1,206,543
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Lawton, OK $146,805 (Aug 26) 31st +6.5% 1st 70% below peers
Erie, PA $208,111 (Aug 26) 29th +5.2% 2nd 58% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,095,037 (Aug 26) 4th +4.9% 3rd 122% above peers
Danbury, CT $492,946 (Aug 26) 16th +4.4% 4th on par with peers
Champaign, IL $238,960 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 5th 52% below peers
Springdale, AR $341,760 (Aug 26) 24th +3.9% 6th 31% below peers
Clifton, NJ $612,937 (Aug 26) 13th +3.9% 7th 24% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $195,029 (Aug 26) 30th +3.1% 8th 60% below peers
Compton, CA $638,376 (Aug 26) 11th +2.7% 9th 30% above peers
Franklin, TN $925,870 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 10th 88% above peers
Lawrence, MA $513,746 (Aug 26) 15th +2.4% 11th 4% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,206,543 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 12th 145% above peers
Newton, MA $1,509,055 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 13th 206% above peers
Troy, MI $458,678 (Aug 26) 18th +2.2% 14th 7% below peers
Sandy, UT $659,401 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 15th 34% above peers
South Gate, CA $692,930 (Aug 26) 8th +2.1% 16th 41% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,667,060 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 17th 238% above peers
Bloomington, MN $362,340 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 18th 26% below peers
Roswell, GA $653,146 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 19th 32% above peers
Carson, CA $785,721 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 20th 59% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $581,279 (Aug 26) 14th +0.8% 21st 18% above peers
Bryan, TX $273,941 (Aug 26) 25th +0.4% 22nd 44% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $627,355 (Aug 26) 12th +0.1% 23rd 27% above peers
Ogden, UT $395,517 (Aug 26) 21st -0.3% 24th 20% below peers
Folsom, CA $753,276 (Aug 26) 7th -0.5% 25th 53% above peers
Mission, TX $219,583 (Aug 26) 28th -0.9% 26th 55% below peers
Frederick, MD $459,795 (Aug 26) 17th -0.9% 27th 7% below peers
Trenton, NJ $348,502 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.7% 28th 29% below peers
Germantown, MD $416,884 (Aug 26) 20th -2.2% 29th 15% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,563 (Aug 26) 26th -3.0% 30th 45% below peers
Leander, TX $421,703 (Aug 26) 19th -6.2% 31st 14% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $864,518 in August 2026, up from $854,456 a year earlier.
Big move $864,518
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Lawton, OK $83,114 (Aug 26) 31st +9.2% 1st 76% below peers
Erie, PA $127,852 (Aug 26) 28th +6.7% 2nd 63% below peers
Champaign, IL $156,753 (Aug 26) 26th +6.6% 3rd 55% below peers
Springdale, AR $263,148 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.4% 4th 24% below peers
Clifton, NJ $524,292 (Aug 26) 10th +5.2% 5th 51% above peers
Westminster, CA $928,858 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.0% 6th 167% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $112,868 (Aug 26) 30th +5.0% 7th 68% below peers
Danbury, CT $338,397 (Aug 26) 17th +4.2% 8th 3% below peers
Compton, CA $566,727 (Aug 26) 9th +3.9% 9th 63% above peers
Newton, MA $961,541 (Aug 26) 1st +3.6% 10th 177% above peers
Lawrence, MA $373,423 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 11th 8% above peers
Franklin, TN $606,342 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 12th 75% above peers
South Gate, CA $628,812 (Aug 26) 6th +2.5% 13th 81% above peers
Troy, MI $330,983 (Aug 26) 18th +2.5% 14th 5% below peers
Sandy, UT $502,473 (Aug 26) 11th +1.9% 15th 45% above peers
Mission, TX $145,560 (Aug 26) 27th +1.8% 16th 58% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $402,732 (Aug 26) 14th +1.3% 17th 16% above peers
Bloomington, MN $267,412 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 18th 23% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $864,518 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 19th 149% above peers
Roswell, GA $466,689 (Aug 26) 13th +1.1% 20th 34% above peers
Bryan, TX $187,345 (Aug 26) 25th +1.1% 21st 46% below peers
Carson, CA $656,050 (Aug 26) 5th +0.6% 22nd 89% above peers
Ogden, UT $316,340 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 23rd 9% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $938,358 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.4% 24th 170% above peers
Frederick, MD $347,350 (Aug 26) 16th -0.6% 25th on par with peers
Folsom, CA $597,409 (Aug 26) 8th -0.7% 26th 72% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $476,013 (Aug 26) 12th -0.8% 27th 37% above peers
Germantown, MD $306,252 (Aug 26) 21st -3.2% 28th 12% below peers
Trenton, NJ $209,336 (Aug 26) 24th -3.3% 29th 40% below peers
Leander, TX $324,516 (Aug 26) 19th -5.1% 30th 7% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $122,749 (Aug 26) 29th -7.9% 31st 65% below peers
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (77.2% to 76.9%).
Bright spot 76.9%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Springdale, AR 53.4% 23rd +4.0pp 1st 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 13th +4.4pp 2nd 4% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 11th +4.1pp 3rd 10% above peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 20th +3.3pp 4th 12% below peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 16th +3.5pp 5th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 26th +2.5pp 6th 26% below peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 8th +3.7pp 7th 17% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 24th +2.7pp 8th 13% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 9th 38% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 7th +3.6pp 10th 17% above peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 25th +2.5pp 11th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 19th +2.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 13th 47% above peers
Frederick, MD 58.8% 18th +2.1pp 14th 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 28th +1.2pp 15th 29% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 22nd +1.4pp 16th 13% below peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 17th +1.6pp 17th 3% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 15th +0.9pp 18th 4% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 4th +0.9pp 19th 21% above peers
Folsom, CA 69.8% 10th +0.2pp 20th 14% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 2nd -0.0pp 21st 26% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 27th -0.1pp 22nd 27% below peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 6th -0.5pp 23rd 20% above peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 12th -1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 9th -2.0pp 25th 14% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 26th 54% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 14th -2.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 3rd -3.4pp 28th 23% above peers
Leander, TX 73.4% 5th -4.8pp 29th 20% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 21st -4.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 54% 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 · 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 →
What changed

Rent rose about 8% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,144 in August 2026, up from $2,903 a year earlier.
Big move $3,144
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Mission Viejo, CA $3,144 (Aug 26) 3rd +8.3% 1st 52% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,506 (Aug 26) 24th +4.7% 2nd 27% below peers
Clifton, NJ $2,672 (Aug 26) 6th +4.4% 3rd 29% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 5th +4.3% 4th 35% above peers
Folsom, CA $2,627 (Aug 26) 7th +4.1% 5th 27% above peers
Lawton, OK $1,118 (Aug 26) 29th +3.9% 6th 46% below peers
South Gate, CA $2,228 (Aug 26) 11th +3.4% 7th 8% above peers
Bloomington, MN $1,693 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.1% 8th 18% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,054 (Aug 26) 31st +3.0% 9th 49% below peers
Troy, MI $1,882 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 10th 9% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,380 (Aug 26) 10th +2.6% 11th 15% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,006 (Aug 26) 17th +2.6% 12th 3% below peers
Newton, MA $3,408 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 13th 65% above peers
Germantown, MD $2,065 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 14th on par with peers
Danbury, CT $2,546 (Aug 26) 8th +1.9% 15th 23% above peers
Frederick, MD $2,182 (Aug 26) 14th +1.9% 16th 6% above peers
Leander, TX $1,899 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 17th 8% below peers
Springdale, AR $1,426 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 18th 31% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,074 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 19th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,438 (Aug 26) 1st +1.4% 20th 67% above peers
Ogden, UT $1,305 (Aug 26) 28th +1.4% 21st 37% below peers
Erie, PA $1,103 (Aug 26) 30th +1.3% 22nd 47% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,426 (Aug 26) 9th +1.3% 23rd 18% above peers
Roswell, GA $1,724 (Aug 26) 21st +1.2% 24th 16% below peers
Carson, CA $2,989 (Aug 26) 4th +1.1% 25th 45% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 13th +1.0% 26th 6% above peers
Compton, CA $2,209 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 27th 7% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,925 (Aug 26) 18th +0.4% 28th 7% below peers
Bryan, TX $1,406 (Aug 26) 26th -0.9% 29th 32% below peers
Mission, TX $1,351 (Aug 26) 27th -0.9% 30th 35% below peers
Sandy, UT $1,691 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.3% 31st 18% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

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

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 37.5%).
Needs attention 37.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 2nd -3.9pp 1st 35% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 11th -4.0pp 2nd 12% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 3rd 33% above peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 9th -3.5pp 4th 14% below peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 5th 35% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 29th -4.4pp 6th 41% above peers
Leander, TX 25.6% 5th -1.7pp 7th 25% below peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 24th -2.0pp 8th 25% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 7th -0.8pp 9th 17% below peers
Frederick, MD 34.0% 16th -0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 17th -0.4pp 11th 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 6th -0.3pp 12th 21% below peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 4th +0.2pp 13th 26% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 14th +0.4pp 14th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 23rd +0.8pp 15th 23% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 25th +1.0pp 16th 25% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 17th 59% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 28th +1.4pp 18th 40% above peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 21st +1.2pp 19th 12% above peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 12th +1.0pp 20th 10% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 22nd +1.3pp 21st 16% above peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 19th +1.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 3rd +1.1pp 23rd 28% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 18th +1.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 8th +1.6pp 25th 15% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 26th 42% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 20th +2.8pp 27th 10% above peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 28th 38% below peers
Folsom, CA 31.3% 13th +2.7pp 29th 8% below peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 15th +3.4pp 30th 2% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 10th +5.4pp 31st 13% 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
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

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

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 2.8%).
Bright spot 2.8%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sandy, UT 2.5% 3rd -1.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.9% 8th -1.9pp 2nd 42% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 6th -0.9pp 3rd 48% below peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 30th -3.9pp 4th 201% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 20th -1.0pp 5th 13% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 6th 295% above peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% 7th -0.5pp 7th 48% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 9th -0.5pp 8th 34% below peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 29th -1.4pp 9th 154% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 17th -0.6pp 10th 4% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 24th -0.6pp 11th 40% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 26th -0.5pp 12th 48% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 21st -0.3pp 13th 14% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 4th -0.0pp 14th 58% below peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 23rd +0.0pp 15th 32% above peers
Leander, TX 1.8% 2nd +0.0pp 16th 73% below peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 5th +0.0pp 17th 54% below peers
Frederick, MD 6.7% 15th +0.1pp 18th 1% below peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 14th +0.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 25th +0.4pp 20th 47% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 13th +0.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 22nd +0.5pp 22nd 24% above peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 12th +0.3pp 23rd 19% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 27th +0.9pp 24th 70% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 19th +0.8pp 25th 12% above peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 10th +0.6pp 26th 32% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 16th +0.9pp 27th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 28th +3.6pp 28th 147% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 11th +1.0pp 29th 32% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 18th +2.0pp 30th 11% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 77% 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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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 3 indicators
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 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).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Mission Viejo started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.1% to 3.2%).
Bright spot 3.2%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 16th -3.7pp 1st on par with peers
Roswell, GA 8.5% 18th -3.8pp 2nd 25% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 7th -1.9pp 3rd 21% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 4th -1.0pp 4th 53% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 5th 31% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 10.0% 20th -3.1pp 6th 47% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 5th -1.0pp 7th 48% below peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 9th -1.2pp 8th 19% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 23rd -2.3pp 9th 88% above peers
Erie, PA 5.8% 11th -0.8pp 10th 15% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.9% 27th -1.8pp 11th 150% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.8% 24th -1.3pp 12th 89% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.8% 26th -1.5pp 13th 118% above peers
Bryan, TX 17.0% 28th -1.6pp 14th 151% above peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 15th -0.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 13th -0.5pp 16th 8% below peers
Leander, TX 9.2% 19th -0.5pp 17th 35% above peers
Mission, TX 26.5% 31st -1.3pp 18th 290% above peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 14th -0.3pp 19th 7% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 25th -0.1pp 20th 101% above peers
Trenton, NJ 17.6% 29th +0.1pp 21st 160% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 59% below peers
Folsom, CA 2.5% 2nd +0.0pp 23rd 63% below peers
Newton, MA 1.3% 1st +0.0pp 24th 81% below peers
Frederick, MD 7.6% 17th +0.2pp 25th 11% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.7% 22nd +0.5pp 26th 87% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 21st +0.8pp 27th 83% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.6% 10th +0.5pp 28th 17% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 12th +0.8pp 29th 14% below peers
Champaign, IL 5.4% 8th +0.8pp 30th 21% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.9% 30th +3.2pp 31st 208% 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 · 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 1.2pp 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
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

25.0%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Newton, MA 20.4% 1st 34% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 2nd 26% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 3rd 26% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 4th 23% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 5th 20% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 6th 20% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 7th 20% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 8th 17% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 9th 14% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 10th 13% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 11th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 12th 8% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 13th 7% below peers
Leander, TX 29.0% 14th 7% below peers
Folsom, CA 29.4% 15th 5% below peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 16th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 17th 1% above peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 18th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 19th 5% above peers
Frederick, MD 33.9% 20th 9% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 21st 10% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 22nd 13% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 23rd 19% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 24th 20% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 25th 21% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 26th 23% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 27th 27% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 28th 31% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 29th 37% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 30th 43% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 44% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Mission Viejo started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 2.1%).
Bright spot 2.1%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Folsom, CA 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 1st 81% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 3rd -2.0pp 2nd 62% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 15th -3.9pp 3rd 8% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 20th -5.2pp 4th 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 6th -2.0pp 5th 47% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 5th -1.7pp 6th 50% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 4th -1.4pp 7th 58% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 12th -1.9pp 8th 16% below peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 16th -2.1pp 9th on par with peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 8th -1.0pp 10th 43% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 14th -1.0pp 11th 10% below peers
Leander, TX 6.8% 22nd -1.6pp 12th 64% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 19th -1.2pp 13th 30% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 9th -0.4pp 14th 39% below peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 27th -1.2pp 15th 141% above peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 24th -0.2pp 16th 117% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 29th -0.3pp 17th 216% above peers
Frederick, MD 4.3% 17th +0.1pp 18th 4% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 28th +0.2pp 19th 173% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 11th +0.3pp 20th 25% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 7th +0.3pp 21st 45% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 13th +0.6pp 22nd 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 30th +2.4pp 23rd 227% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 31st +3.6pp 24th 364% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 10th +0.5pp 25th 33% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 23rd +1.9pp 26th 90% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 18th +1.2pp 27th 10% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 26th +4.0pp 28th 139% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 2nd +0.4pp 29th 79% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 21st +3.2pp 30th 58% above peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 25th +5.5pp 31st 137% 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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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 →
  • 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 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 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).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Mission Viejo started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.6% to 52.1%).
Bright spot 52.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 28th +6.0pp 1st 53% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 29th +4.0pp 2nd 54% below peers
Leander, TX 53.3% 7th +12.1pp 3rd 50% above peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 22nd +5.1pp 4th 27% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 5th 70% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 6th 68% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 24th +3.9pp 7th 32% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 14th +6.8pp 8th 27% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 11th +6.1pp 9th 34% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 3rd +7.9pp 10th 86% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 19th +3.5pp 11th 17% below peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 18th +3.5pp 12th 15% below peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 12th +4.2pp 13th 30% above peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 13th +4.2pp 14th 30% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 25th +2.0pp 15th 33% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 16th +2.9pp 16th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 21st +2.1pp 17th 19% below peers
Frederick, MD 43.2% 15th +3.0pp 18th 22% above peers
Folsom, CA 54.9% 6th +3.7pp 19th 55% above peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 17th +2.2pp 20th 4% below peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 26th +1.5pp 21st 35% below peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 4th +4.0pp 22nd 82% above peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 8th +3.2pp 23rd 48% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 9th +3.0pp 24th 47% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 27th +1.3pp 25th 37% below peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 5th +3.0pp 26th 81% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 27th 99% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 20th +1.1pp 28th 18% below peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 29th 128% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 10th +0.3pp 30th 42% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 23rd -1.2pp 31st 27% 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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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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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 →
What changed

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. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 15.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.2% to 44.0%).
Needs attention 44.0%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 8th +23.0pp 1st 33% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 5th +17.0pp 2nd 45% above peers
Leander, TX 64.4% 6th +14.7pp 3rd 43% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 27th +6.9pp 4th 18% below peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 17th +7.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 11th +4.6pp 6th 20% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 7th +4.5pp 7th 37% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 4th +2.3pp 8th 48% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 19th +1.5pp 9th 3% below peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 22nd +0.9pp 10th 6% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 9th +1.0pp 11th 29% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 14th -0.2pp 12th 13% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 16th -1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 21st -1.9pp 14th 3% below peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 3rd -4.4pp 15th 49% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 1st -5.0pp 16th 60% above peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 12th -4.6pp 17th 14% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 30th -5.2pp 18th 35% below peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 20th -8.1pp 19th 3% below peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 26th -7.4pp 20th 17% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 2nd -13.5pp 21st 49% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 10th -13.3pp 22nd 25% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 15th -13.1pp 23rd 13% above peers
Folsom, CA 51.1% 13th -14.7pp 24th 14% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 24th -11.7pp 25th 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 29th -13.1pp 26th 29% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 23rd -19.0pp 27th 14% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 31st -15.0pp 28th 36% below peers
Frederick, MD 37.8% 25th -21.1pp 29th 16% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 18th -25.8pp 30th 2% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 28th -29.0pp 31st 20% 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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▸

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 →
  • 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 92% 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
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

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

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.6% to 1.1%).
Bright spot 1.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Folsom, CA 1.1% 2nd -3.0pp 1st 84% below peers
Leander, TX 4.2% 7th -7.0pp 2nd 37% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 3rd -1.5pp 3rd 83% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 6th -3.1pp 4th 57% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 5th 90% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 5th -1.9pp 6th 60% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 25th -4.0pp 7th 70% above peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 20th -1.0pp 8th 31% above peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 28th -0.3pp 9th 96% above peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 18th +0.4pp 10th 8% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 4th +0.1pp 11th 62% below peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 22nd +1.0pp 12th 39% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 13th 103% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 14th 8% below peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 23rd +1.6pp 15th 45% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 24th +2.1pp 16th 49% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 29th +3.0pp 17th 103% above peers
Frederick, MD 6.9% 17th +1.6pp 18th 2% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 19th +2.0pp 19th 20% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 10th +1.4pp 20th 25% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 9th +1.4pp 21st 28% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 21st +2.9pp 22nd 36% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 16th +2.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 11th +2.1pp 24th 24% below peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 8th +2.0pp 25th 35% below peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 13th +2.7pp 26th 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 26th +5.7pp 27th 81% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 12th +3.3pp 28th 15% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 15th +3.7pp 29th 5% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 27th +7.5pp 30th 89% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 132% 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 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 70% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (95,246 to 92,151).
Big move 92,151
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 31st +67% 1st 19% below peers
Leander, TX 74,067 30th +38% 2nd 17% below peers
Frederick, MD 83,395 29th +18% 3rd 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 26th +12% 4th 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 18th +11% 5th on par with peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 20th +11% 6th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 21st +10% 7th 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 11th +8% 8th 1% above peers
Folsom, CA 83,916 28th +7% 9th 6% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 17th +6% 10th on par with peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 15th +5% 11th on par with peers
Troy, MI 87,898 23rd +5% 12th 1% below peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 22nd +5% 13th 1% below peers
Mission, TX 87,038 27th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 19th +4% 15th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 25th +3% 16th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 12th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 14th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Carson, CA 92,871 3rd +1% 19th 4% above peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 24th +1% 20th 2% below peers
Newton, MA 89,044 16th +1% 21st on par with peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 9th +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 8th -0% 23rd 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 13th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 1st -2% 25th 6% above peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 5th -2% 26th 4% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 7th -3% 27th 3% above peers
Erie, PA 93,850 2nd -4% 28th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 6th -4% 29th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 10th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Compton, CA 92,698 4th -4% 31st 4% 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: 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.8% to 20.4%).
20.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 23rd +1.1pp 1st 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 4th +1.3pp 2nd 23% above peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 7th +1.2pp 3rd 17% above peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 22nd +0.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 25th +0.1pp 5th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 8th +0.0pp 6th 16% above peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 24th -0.1pp 7th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.2pp 8th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 10th -0.4pp 9th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 28th -0.3pp 10th 21% below peers
Frederick, MD 21.9% 18th -0.4pp 11th 3% below peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 9th -0.6pp 12th 8% above peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 27th -0.5pp 13th 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 13th -0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 2nd -0.9pp 15th 31% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 30th -0.6pp 16th 30% below peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 20th -0.9pp 17th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 11th -1.2pp 18th 4% above peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 21st -1.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 12th -1.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 22.7% 15th -1.5pp 21st on par with peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 5th -1.9pp 22nd 21% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 19th -1.6pp 23rd 6% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 1st -2.3pp 24th 35% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 14th -2.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 3rd -4.3pp 27th 26% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 16th -3.6pp 28th on par with peers
Leander, TX 26.9% 6th -4.7pp 29th 19% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 29th -2.9pp 30th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 17th -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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.5% to 10.4%).
Big move 10.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sandy, UT 20.5% 22nd +5.2pp 1st 33% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 29th +1.9pp 2nd 63% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 19th +4.4pp 3rd 15% below peers
Frederick, MD 37.0% 11th +6.2pp 4th 22% above peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 4th +6.7pp 5th 55% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 6th 105% above peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 7th 111% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 3rd +3.5pp 8th 104% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 28th +0.6pp 9th 63% below peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 10th +1.7pp 10th 22% above peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 15th +0.9pp 11th 5% above peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 5th +0.7pp 12th 32% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 13th +0.5pp 13th 8% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 18th +0.3pp 14th 8% below peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 12th +0.1pp 15th 11% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 21st -0.1pp 16th 24% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 20th -0.2pp 17th 18% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 8th -1.2pp 18th 25% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 16th -1.5pp 19th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 7th -2.8pp 20th 28% above peers
Folsom, CA 13.2% 26th -1.3pp 21st 57% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 9th -4.0pp 22nd 22% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 14th -4.7pp 23rd 7% above peers
Leander, TX 14.6% 25th -2.2pp 24th 52% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 6th -7.2pp 25th 29% above peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 24th -4.1pp 26th 37% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 17th -6.8pp 27th 3% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 27th -2.9pp 28th 60% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 29th 66% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 23rd -7.6pp 30th 33% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 66% 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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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

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

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

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.7% to 70.3%).
70.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 25% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 20% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 10th +14.0pp 3rd 7% above peers
Folsom, CA 76.2% 6th +13.3pp 4th 10% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 24th +10.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 16th +10.8pp 6th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 5th +9.3pp 7th 10% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 31st +5.9pp 8th 20% below peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 8th +8.0pp 9th 9% above peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 29th +5.0pp 10th 12% below peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 25th +4.9pp 11th 7% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 14th +5.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 13th 16% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 17th +4.4pp 14th on par with peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 30th +3.6pp 15th 16% below peers
Leander, TX 70.0% 15th +4.0pp 16th 1% above peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 27th +3.4pp 17th 10% below peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 23rd +2.9pp 18th 5% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 22nd +2.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 9th +2.7pp 20th 9% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 12th +1.8pp 21st 6% above peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 26th +1.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 20th +0.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 24th 13% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 13th -1.6pp 25th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 28th -1.8pp 26th 10% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 18th -3.4pp 27th 1% below peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 11th -4.4pp 28th 6% above peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 7th -5.0pp 29th 9% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 21st -4.5pp 30th 5% below peers
Frederick, MD 67.8% 19th -7.8pp 31st 2% 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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