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99,789 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Norwalk, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.5%
2020-24
▼ 46%
relative change
12.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$100,085
2020-24
▲ 42%
relative change
$70,667 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
10.9%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
14.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.2%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
11.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
38.2%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
45.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
21.3%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
18.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.1%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
84.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
68.3%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
63.6% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.1%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
4.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.6%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
5.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Norwalk, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
12.7%
2019-23
▲ 27%
relative change
10.0% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
38.8%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
50.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.9%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
9.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
0.38 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
70.2%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
58.8% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
21.7%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
24.3% in 2019
Falling  
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Population
99,789
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
105,304 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$683,214
Jun 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$673,889 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$765,009
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$757,536 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,757
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$2,748 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 42% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $70,667 to $100,085 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,770). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 65% from 2014 to 2024 ($60,523 to $100,085).
$100,085
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Deltona, FL $76,924 17th +46% 1st 1% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 27th +43% 2nd 19% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 16th +42% 3rd on par with peers
Sunrise, FL $77,652 15th +42% 4th on par with peers
Norwalk, CA $100,085 7th +42% 5th 29% above peers
Beaverton, OR $98,622 9th +37% 6th 28% above peers
Yuma, AZ $65,482 26th +36% 7th 15% below peers
Albany, NY $61,986 28th +35% 8th 20% below peers
Hesperia, CA $72,160 21st +35% 9th 7% below peers
Lynn, MA $75,043 20th +34% 10th 3% below peers
Vista, CA $94,975 10th +32% 11th 23% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 18th +31% 12th 1% below peers
Daly City, CA $123,547 4th +31% 13th 60% above peers
Davenport, IA $66,200 24th +30% 14th 14% below peers
Federal Way, WA $86,909 13th +29% 15th 12% above peers
Orem, UT $83,342 14th +29% 16th 8% above peers
Kenosha, WI $71,239 22nd +29% 17th 8% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $106,273 6th +28% 18th 37% above peers
Quincy, MA $98,882 8th +27% 19th 28% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $159,307 1st +27% 20th 106% above peers
San Angelo, TX $65,864 25th +27% 21st 15% below peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 19th +26% 22nd 1% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 23rd +26% 23rd 13% below peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 2nd +25% 24th 83% above peers
Roanoke, VA $55,378 31st +25% 25th 28% below peers
Suffolk, VA $92,666 11th +24% 26th 20% above peers
New Bedford, MA $56,981 30th +23% 27th 26% below peers
Longmont, CO $90,671 12th +22% 28th 17% above peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 3rd +19% 29th 68% above peers
Atascocita, TX $118,226 5th +18% 30th 53% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $60,491 29th +16% 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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4 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,094 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening slower than 79% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.1% in May 2026, unchanged from 5.1% a year earlier.
5.1%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Davenport, IA 3.7% (May 26) 9th -0.7pp 1st 10% below peers
Hesperia, CA 5.6% (May 26) 27th -0.3pp 2nd 37% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.9% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 3rd 5% below peers
Longmont, CO 3.7% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 4th 10% below peers
Kenosha, WI 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 5th 24% below peers
Carmel, IN 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 6th 34% below peers
Lynn, MA 4.5% (May 26) 20th -0.3pp 7th 10% above peers
Daly City, CA 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 8th 24% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.6% (May 26) 1st -0.3pp 9th 37% below peers
New Bedford, MA 5.7% (May 26) 28th -0.2pp 10th 39% above peers
Chico, CA 4.3% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Vista, CA 3.9% (May 26) 14th -0.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 13th 22% below peers
Norwalk, CA 5.1% (May 26) 24th +0.0pp 14th 24% above peers
St. George, UT 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Orem, UT 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.0pp 16th 17% below peers
Beaverton, OR 4.7% (May 26) 21st +0.1pp 17th 15% above peers
San Angelo, TX 3.3% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 18th 20% below peers
Suffolk, VA 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 19th 10% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 21st 10% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 4.4% (May 26) 18th +0.3pp 22nd 7% above peers
Federal Way, WA 5.3% (May 26) 25th +0.5pp 23rd 29% above peers
Albany, NY 4.3% (May 26) 17th +0.8pp 24th 5% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 4.8% (May 26) 22nd +1.0pp 25th 17% above peers
Deltona, FL 5.0% (May 26) 23rd +1.0pp 26th 22% above peers
Sunrise, FL 4.4% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 27th 7% above peers
Yuma, AZ 11.1% (May 26) 29th +1.1pp 28th 171% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 5.3% (May 26) 26th +1.2pp 29th 29% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.1% to 9.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.3% to 9.2%).
9.2%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
San Angelo, TX 10.5% 15th -3.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.2% 12th -2.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Norwalk, CA 9.2% 7th -1.9pp 3rd 13% below peers
Lynn, MA 13.7% 22nd -2.9pp 4th 30% above peers
Vista, CA 10.4% 13th -1.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Hesperia, CA 16.8% 25th -3.0pp 6th 59% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.1% 24th -2.6pp 7th 43% above peers
Kenosha, WI 13.3% 21st -2.2pp 8th 26% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.5% 16th -1.7pp 9th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL 10.6% 17th -1.6pp 10th on par with peers
St. George, UT 11.2% 19th -1.7pp 11th 7% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 10th -1.4pp 12th 5% below peers
Roanoke, VA 18.0% 27th -2.4pp 13th 71% above peers
Beaverton, OR 10.1% 11th -1.2pp 14th 5% below peers
Longmont, CO 8.5% 6th -1.0pp 15th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 19.0% 28th -2.0pp 16th 80% above peers
Suffolk, VA 9.3% 8th -1.0pp 17th 12% below peers
Davenport, IA 14.8% 23rd -1.3pp 18th 40% above peers
Conroe, TX 11.1% 18th -0.9pp 19th 5% above peers
Quincy, MA 10.4% 14th -0.7pp 20th 1% below peers
Chico, CA 22.0% 31st -0.4pp 21st 109% above peers
Albany, NY 20.7% 30th -0.1pp 22nd 96% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.9% 1st +0.0pp 23rd 73% below peers
Daly City, CA 7.6% 5th +0.1pp 24th 28% below peers
New Bedford, MA 20.3% 29th +0.4pp 25th 93% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 16.9% 26th +0.8pp 26th 60% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 9.4% 9th +0.6pp 27th 11% below peers
Federal Way, WA 12.9% 20th +1.0pp 28th 23% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 2nd +0.4pp 29th 63% below peers
Atascocita, TX 7.2% 4th +1.2pp 30th 31% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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4 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.3% to 10.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.4% to 10.9%).
10.9%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
San Angelo, TX 12.5% 11th -9.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Beaverton, OR 11.3% 10th -5.4pp 2nd 14% below peers
Orem, UT 9.4% 5th -4.4pp 3rd 28% below peers
Vista, CA 13.8% 17th -4.6pp 4th 5% above peers
Norwalk, CA 10.9% 9th -3.4pp 5th 17% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 23rd -6.0pp 6th 51% above peers
Sunrise, FL 13.2% 16th -3.9pp 7th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 24.6% 28th -7.2pp 8th 87% above peers
Suffolk, VA 12.7% 14th -3.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Davenport, IA 19.3% 22nd -5.0pp 10th 46% above peers
Longmont, CO 10.7% 8th -2.7pp 11th 19% below peers
Deltona, FL 12.5% 12th -3.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 18th -3.3pp 13th 7% above peers
Kenosha, WI 19.1% 21st -4.3pp 14th 45% above peers
Yuma, AZ 21.8% 26th -4.8pp 15th 65% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.9% 20th -3.4pp 16th 36% above peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 15th -2.4pp 17th on par with peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.0% 1st -0.4pp 18th 85% below peers
Quincy, MA 12.6% 13th -2.3pp 19th 4% below peers
New Bedford, MA 25.9% 30th -4.4pp 20th 96% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.9% 29th -4.0pp 21st 89% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 19th -2.2pp 22nd 28% above peers
Albany, NY 28.3% 31st -3.1pp 23rd 115% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 24th 77% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 69% below peers
Federal Way, WA 20.4% 24th +1.9pp 26th 55% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 9.6% 6th +0.9pp 27th 28% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 25th +3.2pp 28th 58% above peers
Atascocita, TX 9.4% 4th +1.5pp 29th 29% below peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 27th +3.9pp 30th 69% above peers
Daly City, CA 10.0% 7th +2.4pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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4 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.1% to 94.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 19.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (74.4% to 94.1%).
94.1%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Sunrise, FL 92.1% 19th +15.2pp 1st 1% below peers
Davenport, IA 90.0% 25th +12.3pp 2nd 4% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 26th +11.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Lynn, MA 91.5% 22nd +11.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Roanoke, VA 85.9% 31st +10.5pp 5th 8% below peers
New Bedford, MA 86.7% 30th +9.8pp 6th 7% below peers
San Angelo, TX 87.9% 29th +9.8pp 7th 6% below peers
Deltona, FL 94.7% 9th +10.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Norwalk, CA 94.1% 13th +10.0pp 9th 1% above peers
Yuma, AZ 90.4% 23rd +9.1pp 10th 3% below peers
Kenosha, WI 92.5% 17th +9.3pp 11th 1% below peers
Suffolk, VA 90.2% 24th +8.8pp 12th 3% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 88.0% 28th +8.1pp 13th 6% below peers
Albany, NY 88.4% 27th +8.1pp 14th 5% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 10th +8.2pp 15th 1% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 20th +7.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Quincy, MA 94.6% 11th +7.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 95.0% 6th +7.6pp 18th 2% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 21st +5.7pp 19th 2% below peers
Daly City, CA 94.8% 8th +5.5pp 20th 2% above peers
Federal Way, WA 94.0% 14th +5.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 15th +5.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Vista, CA 95.3% 5th +4.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Hesperia, CA 94.1% 12th +4.5pp 24th 1% above peers
Beaverton, OR 94.8% 7th +4.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Orem, UT 92.5% 18th +2.7pp 26th 1% below peers
Atascocita, TX 97.4% 2nd +2.4pp 27th 4% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 93.3% 16th +1.9pp 28th on par with peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 98.1% 1st +1.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 4th -0.5pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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4 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.38 then, 0.40 now; margin ±0.02). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.40).
0.40
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Atascocita, TX 0.35 1st -0.040 1st 21% below peers
Conroe, TX 0.44 18th -0.029 2nd on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 29th -0.028 3rd 13% above peers
Kenosha, WI 0.43 7th -0.021 4th 4% below peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 4th -0.019 5th 10% below peers
San Angelo, TX 0.45 20th -0.021 6th 1% above peers
Davenport, IA 0.44 16th -0.019 7th on par with peers
Chico, CA 0.48 27th -0.017 8th 9% above peers
Deltona, FL 0.38 2nd -0.011 9th 15% below peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 21st -0.012 10th 2% above peers
New Bedford, MA 0.45 23rd -0.010 11th 2% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 0.38 3rd -0.008 12th 14% below peers
Albany, NY 0.49 28th -0.009 13th 10% above peers
Hesperia, CA 0.40 6th -0.008 14th 8% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 15th -0.007 15th 1% below peers
Sunrise, FL 0.44 13th -0.006 16th 1% below peers
Suffolk, VA 0.43 11th -0.000 17th 2% below peers
Beaverton, OR 0.43 9th +0.001 18th 3% below peers
Quincy, MA 0.45 19th +0.003 19th 1% above peers
Yuma, AZ 0.45 25th +0.008 20th 2% above peers
Longmont, CO 0.43 8th +0.009 21st 4% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 0.56 31st +0.012 22nd 26% above peers
Lynn, MA 0.47 26th +0.012 23rd 6% above peers
Federal Way, WA 0.43 10th +0.015 24th 2% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 0.45 22nd +0.017 25th 2% above peers
Orem, UT 0.44 14th +0.017 26th 1% below peers
Norwalk, CA 0.40 5th +0.022 27th 9% below peers
Roanoke, VA 0.51 30th +0.028 28th 15% above peers
Daly City, CA 0.44 12th +0.031 29th 1% below peers
Vista, CA 0.44 17th +0.043 30th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 24th +0.050 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 10.0% to 12.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 4.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (8.5% to 12.7%).
12.7%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
St. George, UT 5.6% 7th -3.1pp 1st 50% below peers
Orem, UT 4.9% 5th -2.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 2nd -0.5pp 3rd 87% below peers
Albany, NY 18.6% 27th -3.7pp 4th 66% above peers
Vista, CA 7.6% 9th -1.4pp 5th 32% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.2% 1st -0.2pp 6th 89% below peers
Suffolk, VA 11.2% 15th -1.7pp 7th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 10th -1.2pp 8th 32% below peers
Kenosha, WI 16.5% 23rd -2.4pp 9th 48% above peers
Sunrise, FL 14.4% 19th -1.6pp 10th 29% above peers
Roanoke, VA 16.6% 25th -1.9pp 11th 48% above peers
Federal Way, WA 16.6% 24th -1.4pp 12th 48% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.7% 22nd -1.2pp 13th 40% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 86% below peers
San Angelo, TX 9.8% 14th -0.2pp 15th 12% below peers
Beaverton, OR 11.2% 16th -0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 29th +0.1pp 17th 78% above peers
Deltona, FL 17.2% 26th +0.2pp 18th 54% above peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 12th +0.2pp 19th 21% below peers
Lynn, MA 28.9% 30th +0.9pp 20th 158% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 8th +0.2pp 21st 40% below peers
Longmont, CO 9.2% 13th +0.4pp 22nd 17% below peers
Atascocita, TX 5.3% 6th +0.4pp 23rd 53% below peers
Davenport, IA 14.6% 20th +1.2pp 24th 30% above peers
New Bedford, MA 31.0% 31st +5.4pp 25th 176% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 19.2% 28th +4.1pp 26th 72% above peers
Norwalk, CA 12.7% 17th +2.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.0% 4th +0.7pp 28th 73% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 21st +3.9pp 29th 32% above peers
Quincy, MA 13.8% 18th +4.1pp 30th 23% above peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 11th +2.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $765,009 in June 2026, up from $757,536 a year earlier.
$765,009
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Kenosha, WI $286,642 (Jun 26) 26th +6.7% 1st 36% below peers
Albany, NY $336,028 (Jun 26) 21st +4.5% 2nd 25% below peers
Carmel, IN $582,445 (Jun 26) 8th +4.4% 3rd 29% above peers
Fayetteville, AR $385,227 (Jun 26) 18th +4.3% 4th 15% below peers
New Bedford, MA $449,676 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 5th on par with peers
Orem, UT $511,940 (Jun 26) 12th +3.1% 6th 14% above peers
Davenport, IA $197,010 (Jun 26) 30th +3.0% 7th 56% below peers
Roanoke, VA $285,213 (Jun 26) 27th +3.0% 8th 37% below peers
Suffolk, VA $392,538 (Jun 26) 17th +2.3% 9th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN $450,919 (Jun 26) 15th +1.7% 10th on par with peers
Daly City, CA $1,132,134 (Jun 26) 1st +1.6% 11th 151% above peers
Hesperia, CA $463,982 (Jun 26) 14th +1.2% 12th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CA $765,009 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 13th 70% above peers
Quincy, MA $690,382 (Jun 26) 5th +0.9% 14th 53% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $269,835 (Jun 26) 28th +0.8% 15th 40% below peers
Yuma, AZ $298,230 (Jun 26) 25th +0.7% 16th 34% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $575,479 (Jun 26) 9th +0.7% 17th 28% above peers
Chico, CA $469,145 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 18th 4% above peers
Lynn, MA $595,053 (Jun 26) 7th +0.5% 19th 32% above peers
Vista, CA $883,373 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.1% 20th 96% above peers
Federal Way, WA $600,995 (Jun 26) 6th -1.0% 21st 33% above peers
San Angelo, TX $217,778 (Jun 26) 29th -1.4% 22nd 52% below peers
Atascocita, TX $311,344 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.8% 23rd 31% below peers
Conroe, TX $316,083 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.8% 24th 30% below peers
Deltona, FL $300,807 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 25th 33% below peers
Longmont, CO $557,628 (Jun 26) 10th -2.2% 26th 24% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $344,274 (Jun 26) 20th -2.5% 27th 24% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $710,472 (Jun 26) 4th -2.8% 28th 58% above peers
Beaverton, OR $532,257 (Jun 26) 11th -3.0% 29th 18% above peers
Sunrise, FL $363,431 (Jun 26) 19th -4.1% 30th 19% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $683,214 in June 2026, up from $673,889 a year earlier.
$683,214
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Kenosha, WI $225,725 (Jun 26) 24th +7.5% 1st 34% below peers
Albany, NY $249,962 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.3% 2nd 27% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $284,971 (Jun 26) 16th +4.9% 3rd 17% below peers
Davenport, IA $128,338 (Jun 26) 30th +4.9% 4th 63% below peers
New Bedford, MA $370,878 (Jun 26) 13th +4.1% 5th 8% above peers
Carmel, IN $404,679 (Jun 26) 10th +3.9% 6th 18% above peers
Suffolk, VA $257,172 (Jun 26) 19th +2.8% 7th 25% below peers
Fishers, IN $344,182 (Jun 26) 15th +2.0% 8th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA $188,328 (Jun 26) 27th +1.9% 9th 45% below peers
Hesperia, CA $403,764 (Jun 26) 11th +1.9% 10th 17% above peers
Chico, CA $358,894 (Jun 26) 14th +1.8% 11th 4% above peers
Orem, UT $382,402 (Jun 26) 12th +1.7% 12th 11% above peers
Norwalk, CA $683,214 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.4% 13th 99% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $203,980 (Jun 26) 26th +1.3% 14th 41% below peers
Vista, CA $693,753 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 15th 102% above peers
Yuma, AZ $211,379 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 16th 39% below peers
Quincy, MA $484,302 (Jun 26) 5th +0.3% 17th 41% above peers
Daly City, CA $889,723 (Jun 26) 1st +0.2% 18th 159% above peers
Lynn, MA $457,757 (Jun 26) 6th -0.0% 19th 33% above peers
Atascocita, TX $254,773 (Jun 26) 20th -1.3% 20th 26% below peers
Conroe, TX $228,370 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.6% 21st 34% below peers
Federal Way, WA $419,811 (Jun 26) 8th -1.9% 22nd 22% above peers
San Angelo, TX $139,277 (Jun 26) 29th -1.9% 23rd 60% below peers
Deltona, FL $251,065 (Jun 26) 21st -2.1% 24th 27% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $280,183 (Jun 26) 17th -2.2% 25th 19% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $582,184 (Jun 26) 4th -2.4% 26th 69% above peers
Longmont, CO $434,768 (Jun 26) 7th -2.8% 27th 26% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $266,220 (Jun 26) 18th -2.9% 28th 23% below peers
Beaverton, OR $407,484 (Jun 26) 9th -4.2% 29th 18% above peers
Sunrise, FL $140,986 (Jun 26) 28th -9.6% 30th 59% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.6% to 68.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.3% to 68.3%).
68.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 29th +5.2pp 1st 32% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 2nd +7.6pp 2nd 34% above peers
Hesperia, CA 67.2% 10th +5.8pp 3rd 10% above peers
Yuma, AZ 66.8% 11th +5.5pp 4th 9% above peers
Norwalk, CA 68.3% 9th +4.7pp 5th 12% above peers
Lynn, MA 48.1% 26th +3.2pp 6th 21% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 57.9% 19th +2.9pp 7th 5% below peers
Vista, CA 51.7% 24th +2.5pp 8th 16% below peers
Kenosha, WI 58.7% 18th +2.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Deltona, FL 80.2% 3rd +3.1pp 10th 31% above peers
Sunrise, FL 68.8% 8th +2.3pp 11th 12% above peers
Daly City, CA 60.2% 17th +1.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Atascocita, TX 82.5% 1st +2.4pp 13th 35% above peers
Longmont, CO 62.5% 15th +1.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Suffolk, VA 70.7% 7th +2.0pp 15th 16% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 22nd +1.5pp 16th 11% below peers
Beaverton, OR 50.5% 25th +1.2pp 17th 17% below peers
San Angelo, TX 61.2% 16th +1.4pp 18th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 52.4% 23rd +1.0pp 19th 14% below peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 31st +0.7pp 20th 38% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 12th +1.1pp 21st 9% above peers
Davenport, IA 62.9% 14th +0.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
New Bedford, MA 40.3% 30th +0.1pp 23rd 34% below peers
Federal Way, WA 55.3% 21st -0.4pp 24th 10% below peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 6th -1.3pp 25th 21% above peers
Quincy, MA 45.2% 27th -0.9pp 26th 26% below peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 5th -1.5pp 27th 25% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 78.1% 4th -2.1pp 28th 28% above peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 28th -1.3pp 29th 29% below peers
Orem, UT 57.8% 20th -2.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 65.7% 13th -5.5pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2019 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,757 in June 2026, up from $2,748 a year earlier.
$2,757
2019June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
New Bedford, MA $1,916 (Jun 26) 15th +6.6% 1st on par with peers
Daly City, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 4th +6.5% 2nd 41% above peers
Albany, NY $1,611 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.8% 3rd 16% below peers
San Angelo, TX $1,302 (Jun 26) 29th +5.2% 4th 32% below peers
Roanoke, VA $1,394 (Jun 26) 28th +4.8% 5th 27% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $1,617 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.3% 6th 16% below peers
Kenosha, WI $1,637 (Jun 26) 21st +4.3% 7th 15% below peers
Davenport, IA $949 (Jun 26) 30th +3.7% 8th 50% below peers
Carmel, IN $1,854 (Jun 26) 18th +3.7% 9th 3% below peers
Orem, UT $1,520 (Jun 26) 26th +3.5% 10th 21% below peers
Deltona, FL $2,023 (Jun 26) 10th +3.3% 11th 6% above peers
Suffolk, VA $1,993 (Jun 26) 11th +3.3% 12th 4% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $2,940 (Jun 26) 1st +3.0% 13th 53% above peers
Fishers, IN $1,883 (Jun 26) 16th +2.9% 14th 2% below peers
Yuma, AZ $1,473 (Jun 26) 27th +2.6% 15th 23% below peers
Hesperia, CA $2,224 (Jun 26) 9th +2.6% 16th 16% above peers
Chico, CA $1,577 (Jun 26) 24th +2.5% 17th 18% below peers
Lynn, MA $2,300 (Jun 26) 8th +2.5% 18th 20% above peers
Quincy, MA $2,750 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.3% 19th 44% above peers
Vista, CA $2,682 (Jun 26) 5th +1.7% 20th 40% above peers
Fayetteville, AR $1,720 (Jun 26) 20th +1.6% 21st 10% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $1,925 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 22nd 1% above peers
Federal Way, WA $1,935 (Jun 26) 13th +1.4% 23rd 1% above peers
Longmont, CO $1,961 (Jun 26) 12th +1.4% 24th 2% above peers
Sunrise, FL $2,566 (Jun 26) 7th +0.3% 25th 34% above peers
Norwalk, CA $2,757 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.3% 26th 44% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $2,650 (Jun 26) 6th -0.2% 27th 38% above peers
Beaverton, OR $1,871 (Jun 26) 17th -0.5% 28th 2% below peers
Conroe, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 25th -0.6% 29th 18% below peers
Atascocita, TX $1,812 (Jun 26) 19th -1.4% 30th 5% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45.1% to 38.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.3% to 38.2%).
38.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CA 38.2% 19th -6.8pp 1st 7% above peers
Roanoke, VA 33.6% 13th -3.8pp 2nd 6% below peers
Albany, NY 39.3% 20th -2.8pp 3rd 10% above peers
Deltona, FL 32.7% 11th -2.2pp 4th 8% below peers
Davenport, IA 29.4% 5th -1.9pp 5th 18% below peers
Yuma, AZ 30.9% 7th -1.8pp 6th 14% below peers
Kenosha, WI 32.0% 9th -1.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 15th -0.9pp 8th 1% below peers
Quincy, MA 39.8% 21st -0.7pp 9th 12% above peers
Daly City, CA 41.5% 22nd -0.5pp 10th 16% above peers
Beaverton, OR 35.7% 16th -0.1pp 11th on par with peers
Vista, CA 45.0% 27th -0.1pp 12th 26% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 10th -0.0pp 13th 10% below peers
Suffolk, VA 34.1% 14th +0.2pp 14th 5% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 12th +0.5pp 15th 7% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 24th +1.1pp 16th 25% above peers
Sunrise, FL 47.6% 30th +2.7pp 17th 33% above peers
Lynn, MA 49.7% 31st +2.9pp 18th 39% above peers
Orem, UT 30.0% 6th +1.8pp 19th 16% below peers
San Angelo, TX 32.0% 8th +2.1pp 20th 10% below peers
Federal Way, WA 42.3% 23rd +2.8pp 21st 18% above peers
Hesperia, CA 45.0% 26th +3.6pp 22nd 26% above peers
Atascocita, TX 25.7% 3rd +2.4pp 23rd 28% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 44.8% 25th +4.3pp 24th 25% above peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 17th +3.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Longmont, CO 37.1% 18th +3.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 2nd +2.5pp 27th 42% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 28th 44% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 45.1% 28th +6.1pp 29th 26% above peers
New Bedford, MA 45.9% 29th +6.5pp 30th 28% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 26.6% 4th +5.0pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.0% then, 4.6% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 4.6%).
4.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 14th -2.5pp 1st 10% below peers
Kenosha, WI 5.7% 18th -2.7pp 2nd 9% above peers
Longmont, CO 4.2% 9th -1.6pp 3rd 21% below peers
Sunrise, FL 5.9% 20th -2.0pp 4th 12% above peers
New Bedford, MA 16.6% 29th -4.4pp 5th 216% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.1% 28th -3.1pp 6th 168% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.2% 30th -3.8pp 7th 228% above peers
Deltona, FL 2.6% 3rd -0.5pp 8th 50% below peers
Yuma, AZ 5.8% 19th -1.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Roanoke, VA 11.0% 26th -2.1pp 10th 109% above peers
San Angelo, TX 5.5% 17th -1.0pp 11th 5% above peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 10th -0.7pp 12th 17% below peers
Federal Way, WA 6.3% 21st -1.0pp 13th 20% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 2nd -0.4pp 14th 52% below peers
Suffolk, VA 5.0% 15th -0.8pp 15th 4% below peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 8th -0.6pp 16th 21% below peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 22nd -0.8pp 17th 34% above peers
Norwalk, CA 4.6% 11th -0.4pp 18th 12% below peers
Albany, NY 24.0% 31st -2.2pp 19th 358% above peers
Atascocita, TX 1.5% 1st -0.0pp 20th 71% below peers
Beaverton, OR 8.7% 24th -0.0pp 21st 65% above peers
Davenport, IA 9.0% 25th +0.1pp 22nd 71% above peers
Daly City, CA 8.4% 23rd +0.2pp 23rd 61% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.7% 5th +0.2pp 24th 49% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.0% 27th +0.8pp 25th 129% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 5.2% 16th +0.7pp 26th on par with peers
Orem, UT 3.7% 6th +0.7pp 27th 30% below peers
Hesperia, CA 4.7% 13th +1.2pp 28th 11% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 7th +1.1pp 29th 25% below peers
Vista, CA 4.6% 12th +1.4pp 30th 12% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 4th +0.9pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.5% then, 8.9% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 13.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.5% to 8.9%).
8.9%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Beaverton, OR 6.0% 9th -2.4pp 1st 17% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 7.0% 13th -2.4pp 2nd 2% below peers
Sunrise, FL 9.8% 22nd -3.2pp 3rd 36% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 26th -3.1pp 4th 50% above peers
Lynn, MA 4.1% 5th -0.9pp 5th 43% below peers
Kenosha, WI 6.1% 10th -1.0pp 6th 14% below peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 23rd -1.1pp 7th 40% above peers
Roanoke, VA 9.7% 21st -1.0pp 8th 35% above peers
Conroe, TX 18.4% 31st -1.8pp 9th 156% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 28th -0.9pp 10th 60% above peers
Norwalk, CA 8.9% 19th -0.6pp 11th 24% above peers
Vista, CA 10.9% 27th -0.7pp 12th 52% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 7.1% 14th -0.3pp 13th 1% below peers
Yuma, AZ 10.7% 25th -0.0pp 14th 50% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.2% 17th +0.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.2% 11th +0.0pp 16th 14% below peers
Albany, NY 5.1% 6th +0.3pp 17th 29% below peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 16th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 3.5% 3rd +0.2pp 19th 51% below peers
Atascocita, TX 8.8% 18th +0.7pp 20th 22% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 1st +0.2pp 21st 56% below peers
Longmont, CO 7.1% 15th +0.6pp 22nd 1% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 55% below peers
Daly City, CA 5.5% 8th +0.5pp 24th 23% below peers
San Angelo, TX 14.7% 30th +1.7pp 25th 105% above peers
Deltona, FL 12.3% 29th +1.4pp 26th 71% above peers
Federal Way, WA 10.1% 24th +1.3pp 27th 41% above peers
New Bedford, MA 5.3% 7th +0.7pp 28th 26% below peers
Davenport, IA 6.5% 12th +1.0pp 29th 9% below peers
Hesperia, CA 9.5% 20th +1.8pp 30th 32% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 3.7% 4th +1.9pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

27.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Daly City, CA 19.1% 1st 41% below peers
Longmont, CO 19.7% 2nd 39% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 20.8% 3rd 36% below peers
Quincy, MA 25.5% 4th 22% below peers
Carmel, IN 26.5% 5th 18% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 26.9% 6th 17% below peers
Norwalk, CA 27.5% 7th 15% below peers
Federal Way, WA 27.8% 8th 14% below peers
Vista, CA 28.1% 9th 14% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 10th 13% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 11th 7% below peers
Beaverton, OR 31.1% 12th 4% below peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 13th 3% below peers
Atascocita, TX 32.1% 14th 1% below peers
Sunrise, FL 32.2% 15th 1% below peers
Orem, UT 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 33.7% 17th 4% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 34.2% 18th 5% above peers
Lynn, MA 34.3% 19th 6% above peers
Deltona, FL 35.2% 20th 8% above peers
Roanoke, VA 36.3% 21st 12% above peers
San Angelo, TX 37.0% 22nd 14% above peers
New Bedford, MA 37.3% 23rd 15% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 24th 15% above peers
Hesperia, CA 38.0% 25th 17% above peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 26th 18% above peers
Davenport, IA 41.2% 27th 27% above peers
Yuma, AZ 41.5% 28th 28% above peers
Suffolk, VA 41.7% 29th 28% above peers
Kenosha, WI 43.7% 30th 34% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 45.6% 31st 40% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.1% then, 3.1% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.9% to 3.1%).
3.1%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
New Bedford, MA 1.5% 1st -1.7pp 1st 72% below peers
Beaverton, OR 3.0% 5th -1.7pp 2nd 43% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 62% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 28th -3.8pp 4th 119% above peers
Norwalk, CA 3.1% 7th -1.0pp 5th 40% below peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 29th -2.0pp 6th 120% above peers
Yuma, AZ 7.7% 23rd -0.7pp 7th 48% above peers
Davenport, IA 3.3% 8th -0.0pp 8th 37% below peers
Orem, UT 8.1% 26th +0.3pp 9th 55% above peers
Vista, CA 5.4% 17th +0.3pp 10th 3% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 6.7% 21st +1.1pp 11th 28% above peers
Kenosha, WI 3.6% 9th +0.6pp 12th 31% below peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 31st +3.4pp 13th 194% above peers
Longmont, CO 4.1% 11th +1.1pp 14th 22% below peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 12th +1.2pp 15th 10% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 5.7% 18th +1.6pp 16th 9% above peers
Atascocita, TX 7.8% 24th +2.3pp 17th 50% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.9% 15th +1.7pp 18th 5% below peers
San Angelo, TX 12.7% 30th +4.5pp 19th 145% above peers
Federal Way, WA 3.9% 10th +1.4pp 20th 25% below peers
Sunrise, FL 7.9% 25th +3.0pp 21st 51% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 4th +1.1pp 22nd 44% below peers
Hesperia, CA 6.0% 19th +2.5pp 23rd 16% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.0% 6th +1.3pp 24th 42% below peers
Roanoke, VA 6.2% 20th +3.1pp 25th 20% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 22nd +3.8pp 26th 43% above peers
Lynn, MA 2.2% 3rd +1.2pp 27th 57% below peers
Albany, NY 4.7% 13th +3.0pp 28th 9% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.6% 27th +6.8pp 29th 103% above peers
Daly City, CA 5.2% 16th +3.6pp 30th on par with peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 4.9% 14th +4.0pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.7% to 21.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.2% to 21.3%).
21.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lynn, MA 24.1% 26th +5.5pp 1st 28% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.7% 21st +6.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Conroe, TX 34.1% 15th +7.8pp 3rd 1% above peers
Roanoke, VA 30.0% 19th +6.6pp 4th 11% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.6% 16th +6.9pp 5th on par with peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 14th +7.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Deltona, FL 19.9% 29th +3.7pp 7th 41% below peers
Vista, CA 29.3% 22nd +5.4pp 8th 13% below peers
Kenosha, WI 29.0% 23rd +4.6pp 9th 14% below peers
Davenport, IA 29.9% 20th +4.4pp 10th 11% below peers
Albany, NY 45.3% 9th +5.7pp 11th 35% above peers
Norwalk, CA 21.3% 27th +2.5pp 12th 37% below peers
Federal Way, WA 30.8% 18th +3.6pp 13th 9% below peers
Suffolk, VA 33.3% 17th +3.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 11th +4.8pp 15th 25% above peers
Yuma, AZ 20.9% 28th +2.4pp 16th 38% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 61.8% 4th +6.5pp 17th 84% above peers
Quincy, MA 50.3% 5th +5.2pp 18th 49% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.3% 25th +2.4pp 19th 28% below peers
Longmont, CO 47.0% 8th +4.1pp 20th 40% above peers
Orem, UT 43.6% 10th +3.6pp 21st 30% above peers
Beaverton, OR 50.1% 6th +3.6pp 22nd 49% above peers
Hesperia, CA 11.9% 31st +0.7pp 23rd 65% below peers
Carmel, IN 74.4% 1st +3.8pp 24th 121% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 67.8% 2nd +3.4pp 25th 102% above peers
Atascocita, TX 38.9% 13th +1.2pp 26th 16% above peers
Daly City, CA 38.9% 12th +1.2pp 27th 16% above peers
New Bedford, MA 17.0% 30th +0.0pp 28th 49% below peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 3rd +0.0pp 29th 98% above peers
San Angelo, TX 24.7% 24th +0.0pp 30th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 49.0% 7th -1.2pp 31st 46% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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 about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 11.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.5% to 38.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.3pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 10.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.1% to 38.8%).
38.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lynn, MA 32.8% 26th +6.9pp 1st 25% below peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 2nd +12.2pp 2nd 65% above peers
Roanoke, VA 49.8% 8th +7.3pp 3rd 14% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 5th +7.0pp 4th 40% above peers
Beaverton, OR 46.7% 11th +4.9pp 5th 7% above peers
Kenosha, WI 44.3% 15th +4.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Hesperia, CA 30.0% 28th +3.0pp 7th 31% below peers
Longmont, CO 72.5% 1st +7.1pp 8th 66% above peers
Davenport, IA 43.8% 16th +3.5pp 9th on par with peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 14th +3.0pp 10th 2% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 20th +1.3pp 11th 15% below peers
Deltona, FL 36.5% 22nd +1.0pp 12th 17% below peers
Albany, NY 57.2% 7th -0.5pp 13th 31% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 71.5% 3rd -1.8pp 14th 63% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 64.2% 4th -3.5pp 15th 47% above peers
Orem, UT 39.0% 18th -3.2pp 16th 11% below peers
Quincy, MA 59.9% 6th -8.1pp 17th 37% above peers
New Bedford, MA 36.5% 21st -5.5pp 18th 17% below peers
Sunrise, FL 48.9% 10th -8.2pp 19th 12% above peers
Suffolk, VA 45.8% 12th -7.9pp 20th 5% above peers
San Angelo, TX 34.5% 25th -7.8pp 21st 21% below peers
Vista, CA 36.3% 23rd -8.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 24th -8.3pp 23rd 20% below peers
Daly City, CA 49.4% 9th -12.7pp 24th 13% above peers
Norwalk, CA 38.8% 19th -11.6pp 25th 11% below peers
Atascocita, TX 45.1% 13th -13.6pp 26th 3% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 29.8% 29th -11.5pp 27th 32% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 27th -15.7pp 28th 27% below peers
Yuma, AZ 28.6% 30th -15.4pp 29th 35% below peers
Federal Way, WA 20.7% 31st -14.1pp 30th 53% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 17th -29.2pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth fell 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.2% to 6.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.3pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.9% to 6.5%).
6.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Federal Way, WA 5.3% 8th -7.4pp 1st 20% below peers
Norwalk, CA 6.5% 14th -5.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.4% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 79% below peers
Lynn, MA 5.7% 10th -3.6pp 4th 16% below peers
Davenport, IA 7.9% 20th -3.1pp 5th 17% above peers
Kenosha, WI 8.1% 21st -1.6pp 6th 21% above peers
Beaverton, OR 4.5% 6th -0.6pp 7th 32% below peers
Sunrise, FL 6.6% 15th -0.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 4th +0.0pp 9th 45% below peers
Daly City, CA 6.2% 13th +0.4pp 10th 8% below peers
Longmont, CO 10.8% 25th +0.7pp 11th 62% above peers
Orem, UT 6.7% 17th +0.8pp 12th on par with peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.4pp 13th 51% below peers
Yuma, AZ 12.3% 28th +1.7pp 14th 84% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.7% 16th +1.1pp 15th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 13.0% 29th +2.7pp 16th 94% above peers
New Bedford, MA 10.0% 23rd +2.2pp 17th 50% above peers
Hesperia, CA 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 18th 97% above peers
San Angelo, TX 6.8% 18th +1.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.2% 2nd +0.7pp 20th 52% below peers
Albany, NY 4.1% 5th +1.1pp 21st 38% below peers
Atascocita, TX 5.9% 12th +1.6pp 22nd 11% below peers
Vista, CA 10.2% 24th +3.1pp 23rd 53% above peers
Deltona, FL 7.3% 19th +2.4pp 24th 10% above peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 9th +1.9pp 25th 16% below peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 11th +2.2pp 26th 14% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.1% 27th +6.2pp 27th 80% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 28th 127% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 22nd +5.8pp 29th 47% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 7th +3.7pp 30th 22% below peers
Quincy, MA 11.0% 26th +9.1pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
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Population fell about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 105,304 to 99,789 - more than the combined survey margin (±179). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (106,455 to 99,789).
99,789
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Atascocita, TX 99,354 21st +22% 1st on par with peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 1st +21% 2nd 3% above peers
St. George, UT 101,995 6th +21% 3rd 2% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 22nd +17% 4th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 26th +14% 5th 2% below peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 2nd +13% 6th 3% above peers
Suffolk, VA 98,796 24th +10% 7th 1% below peers
Lynn, MA 101,709 8th +8% 8th 2% above peers
Quincy, MA 102,114 5th +8% 9th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 102,188 4th +8% 10th 2% above peers
Deltona, FL 97,334 29th +8% 11th 2% below peers
Hesperia, CA 100,775 12th +7% 12th 1% above peers
New Bedford, MA 100,998 10th +6% 13th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 99,406 19th +5% 14th on par with peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 9th +4% 15th 2% above peers
Sunrise, FL 97,918 27th +4% 16th 2% below peers
Yuma, AZ 100,139 15th +4% 17th on par with peers
Albany, NY 100,492 13th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Federal Way, WA 99,493 18th +3% 19th on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 100,234 14th +3% 20th on par with peers
Portsmouth, VA 97,190 30th +2% 21st 3% below peers
Orem, UT 97,182 31st +0% 22nd 3% below peers
Beaverton, OR 97,812 28th -0% 23rd 2% below peers
Kenosha, WI 99,372 20th -0% 24th on par with peers
San Angelo, TX 99,674 17th -0% 25th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 98,355 25th -1% 26th 1% below peers
Davenport, IA 100,913 11th -1% 27th 1% above peers
Vista, CA 99,114 23rd -2% 28th 1% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 102,257 3rd -3% 29th 2% above peers
Daly City, CA 101,964 7th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Norwalk, CA 99,789 16th -5% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
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Children fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.3% to 21.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.4% to 21.7%).
21.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Beaverton, OR 20.5% 23rd +1.0pp 1st 11% below peers
New Bedford, MA 23.9% 12th +1.0pp 2nd 3% above peers
Roanoke, VA 22.6% 19th +0.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 26th +0.3pp 4th 22% below peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 6th -0.1pp 5th 7% above peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 11th -0.1pp 6th 4% above peers
San Angelo, TX 23.2% 15th -0.2pp 7th 1% above peers
Atascocita, TX 28.7% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 24% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.4% 29th -0.2pp 9th 37% below peers
Deltona, FL 23.1% 16th -0.3pp 10th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL 20.7% 22nd -0.3pp 11th 10% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 23.0% 17th -0.4pp 12th on par with peers
Lynn, MA 24.1% 9th -0.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Suffolk, VA 23.6% 13th -0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Yuma, AZ 25.5% 5th -0.9pp 15th 10% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 16.2% 28th -0.6pp 16th 30% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 25th -0.8pp 17th 20% below peers
Vista, CA 24.3% 8th -1.2pp 18th 5% above peers
Hesperia, CA 29.1% 1st -1.5pp 19th 26% above peers
Federal Way, WA 22.8% 18th -1.3pp 20th 1% below peers
Kenosha, WI 23.3% 14th -1.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 27th -1.0pp 22nd 26% below peers
Orem, UT 26.4% 4th -1.9pp 23rd 14% above peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 7th -1.8pp 24th 6% above peers
Daly City, CA 14.4% 30th -1.3pp 25th 37% below peers
Davenport, IA 21.0% 21st -2.0pp 26th 9% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 27th 16% above peers
Norwalk, CA 21.7% 20th -2.5pp 28th 6% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 24.0% 10th -3.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Longmont, CO 18.8% 24th -5.0pp 30th 18% below peers
Albany, NY 13.9% 31st -3.8pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.2% then, 28.0% now; margin ±5.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.5% to 28.0%).
28.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Vista, CA 30.9% 15th +7.0pp 1st 1% above peers
Orem, UT 15.1% 28th +2.3pp 2nd 51% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 14.2% 29th +1.7pp 3rd 54% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 9th +3.6pp 4th 18% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 55.0% 2nd +4.8pp 5th 80% above peers
Lynn, MA 45.4% 4th +3.0pp 6th 48% above peers
San Angelo, TX 36.1% 8th +2.1pp 7th 18% above peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 30th +0.1pp 8th 56% below peers
Suffolk, VA 32.0% 13th -0.2pp 9th 5% above peers
Deltona, FL 34.2% 11th -0.3pp 10th 12% above peers
Davenport, IA 39.0% 7th -0.4pp 11th 27% above peers
New Bedford, MA 55.6% 1st -0.6pp 12th 82% above peers
Roanoke, VA 51.7% 3rd -1.4pp 13th 69% above peers
Longmont, CO 30.6% 16th -1.4pp 14th on par with peers
Daly City, CA 22.2% 23rd -1.2pp 15th 27% below peers
Beaverton, OR 26.7% 21st -1.6pp 16th 13% below peers
Atascocita, TX 19.6% 25th -1.3pp 17th 36% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 19.9% 24th -1.5pp 18th 35% below peers
Norwalk, CA 28.0% 19th -2.2pp 19th 9% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 14th -2.5pp 20th 2% above peers
Yuma, AZ 36.0% 10th -3.6pp 21st 18% above peers
Kenosha, WI 41.2% 6th -4.4pp 22nd 35% above peers
Sunrise, FL 33.7% 12th -4.3pp 23rd 10% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 17th -4.5pp 24th 4% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 27th -2.9pp 25th 43% below peers
Quincy, MA 18.4% 26th -3.2pp 26th 40% below peers
Federal Way, WA 27.5% 20th -5.9pp 27th 10% below peers
Hesperia, CA 28.8% 18th -7.3pp 28th 6% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 31st -3.8pp 29th 60% below peers
Albany, NY 44.6% 5th -14.5pp 30th 46% above peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 22nd -9.6pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents rose 11.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58.8% to 70.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.6pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.9% to 70.2%).
70.2%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vista, CA 74.0% 8th +14.1pp 1st 7% above peers
Deltona, FL 82.2% 1st +13.8pp 2nd 19% above peers
Norwalk, CA 70.2% 14th +11.4pp 3rd 1% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 69.2% 16th +10.2pp 4th on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 63.5% 24th +7.3pp 5th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 15th +7.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 66.4% 20th +6.6pp 7th 4% below peers
Atascocita, TX 74.2% 6th +7.2pp 8th 7% above peers
Quincy, MA 73.3% 9th +6.8pp 9th 6% above peers
San Angelo, TX 74.6% 5th +6.7pp 10th 8% above peers
New Bedford, MA 72.7% 10th +6.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Orem, UT 49.8% 30th +4.3pp 12th 28% below peers
Davenport, IA 78.9% 2nd +6.7pp 13th 14% above peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 3rd +4.8pp 14th 12% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 65.6% 22nd +3.4pp 15th 5% below peers
Suffolk, VA 69.2% 17th +2.5pp 16th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 21st +2.3pp 17th 4% below peers
Beaverton, OR 66.7% 19th +1.2pp 18th 4% below peers
Roanoke, VA 70.4% 13th +1.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 18th -1.4pp 20th 1% below peers
Lynn, MA 71.2% 12th -2.6pp 21st 3% above peers
Daly City, CA 74.1% 7th -2.8pp 22nd 7% above peers
Yuma, AZ 59.2% 28th -3.2pp 23rd 15% below peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 27th -3.8pp 24th 14% below peers
Sunrise, FL 75.5% 4th -4.9pp 25th 9% above peers
Federal Way, WA 60.3% 26th -4.1pp 26th 13% below peers
Albany, NY 71.7% 11th -5.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Hesperia, CA 53.9% 29th -4.6pp 28th 22% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 25th -6.0pp 29th 11% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 31st -7.2pp 30th 34% below peers
Kenosha, WI 65.6% 23rd -12.8pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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