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Novato, CA
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52,546 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 6 indicators

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

What needs attention 10 indicators

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

Big shifts 5 indicators

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

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 7% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 233 in April 2026, up from 218 a year earlier.
233 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 14 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%
Elyria, OH 179 (May 26) -30.4% 1st
Grand Island, NE 304 (May 26) -29.6% 2nd
Dunwoody, GA 125 (May 26) -26.1% 3rd
Lincoln, CA 92 (May 26) -14.8% 4th
Battle Creek, MI 1,142 (May 26) -13.2% 5th
Burleson, TX 164 (May 26) -13.2% 6th
West New York, NJ 230 (May 26) -10.9% 7th
Wake Forest, NC 106 (May 26) -10.4% 8th
Joplin, MO 563 (May 26) -9.3% 9th
Mooresville, NC 221 (May 26) -4.1% 10th
Minnetonka, MN 99 (Apr 26) -3.7% 11th
Novato, CA 233 (Apr 26) +7.0% 12th
Florissant, MO 335 (Mar 25) +14.7% 13th
Edina, MN 78 (May 26) +27.3% 14th

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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 85% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime is about 6% higher than in 2021 (1,166 then, 1,231 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,644 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,231 in April 2026, down from 1,275 a year earlier.
1,231 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 14 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%
Wake Forest, NC 909 (May 26) -35.9% 1st
Burleson, TX 649 (May 26) -33.2% 2nd
Minnetonka, MN 1,221 (Apr 26) -23.2% 3rd
West New York, NJ 1,125 (May 26) -20.0% 4th
Lincoln, CA 448 (May 26) -18.7% 5th
Florissant, MO 1,776 (Mar 25) -17.9% 6th
Mooresville, NC 1,798 (May 26) -17.7% 7th
Elyria, OH 1,237 (May 26) -15.9% 8th
Joplin, MO 3,613 (May 26) -12.2% 9th
Dunwoody, GA 2,753 (May 26) -8.7% 10th
Grand Island, NE 1,613 (May 26) -8.0% 11th
Novato, CA 1,231 (Apr 26) -3.4% 12th
Battle Creek, MI 2,724 (May 26) -1.0% 13th
Edina, MN 1,464 (May 26) -1.0% 14th

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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Appleton, WI down about 27% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Longer view: homicide held steady from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in April 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
Compare all 14 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%
Mooresville, NC 2 (May 26) +0.0% 1st
Lincoln, CA 2 (May 26) +0.0% 2nd
Elyria, OH 2 (May 26) +0.0% 3rd
Florissant, MO 6 (Mar 25) +0.0% 4th
Burleson, TX 5 (May 26) +199.4% 5th
Novato, CA 0 (Apr 26)
Joplin, MO 0 (May 26)
Battle Creek, MI 6 (May 26)
Wake Forest, NC 4 (May 26)
Grand Island, NE 2 (May 26)
Minnetonka, MN 0 (Apr 26)
West New York, NJ 0 (May 26)
Edina, MN 6 (May 26)
Dunwoody, GA 0 (May 26)

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 →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft rose about 34% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 172 in April 2026, up from 128 a year earlier.
172 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 14 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%
Burleson, TX 37 (May 26) -70.0% 1st
Wake Forest, NC 53 (May 26) -40.0% 2nd
Grand Island, NE 94 (May 26) -32.4% 3rd
Dunwoody, GA 124 (May 26) -31.9% 4th
Florissant, MO 573 (Mar 25) -20.1% 5th
Lincoln, CA 36 (May 26) -20.0% 6th
West New York, NJ 92 (May 26) -19.7% 7th
Mooresville, NC 96 (May 26) -16.4% 8th
Battle Creek, MI 228 (May 26) -15.0% 9th
Minnetonka, MN 74 (Apr 26) -9.3% 10th
Joplin, MO 407 (May 26) -4.4% 11th
Edina, MN 146 (May 26) -1.3% 12th
Novato, CA 172 (Apr 26) +34.3% 13th
Elyria, OH 118 (May 26) +37.0% 14th

Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yakima, WA down about 35% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 14% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $101,342 to $115,736 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$12,118). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 51% from 2014 to 2024 ($76,609 to $115,736).
$115,736
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%
Cathedral City, CA $73,572 22nd +58% 1st 22% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $59,996 28th +41% 2nd 36% below peers
Watsonville, CA $78,393 18th +41% 3rd 17% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $113,648 9th +36% 4th 21% above peers
Paramount, CA $75,250 21st +35% 5th 20% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 3rd +34% 6th 32% above peers
Battle Creek, MI $55,693 29th +32% 7th 41% below peers
Aloha, OR $101,934 15th +30% 8th 9% above peers
Wheaton, MD $111,478 12th +30% 9th 19% above peers
Westchester, FL $72,262 23rd +30% 10th 23% below peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 17th +30% 11th 5% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $77,513 19th +29% 12th 17% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD $111,575 11th +28% 13th 19% above peers
West New York, NJ $71,729 24th +27% 14th 24% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $121,903 4th +27% 15th 30% above peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 10th +26% 16th 19% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $119,517 5th +25% 17th 27% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ $115,304 8th +24% 18th 23% above peers
Elyria, OH $54,945 30th +24% 19th 42% below peers
Edina, MN $128,767 2nd +24% 20th 37% above peers
Columbus, IN $77,456 20th +22% 21st 18% below peers
Placentia, CA $115,929 6th +21% 22nd 23% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL $71,621 25th +21% 23rd 24% below peers
Florissant, MO $65,318 26th +19% 24th 30% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 16th +18% 25th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL $110,820 13th +17% 26th 18% above peers
Levittown, NY $146,068 1st +17% 27th 56% above peers
Grand Island, NE $63,795 27th +16% 28th 32% below peers
Joplin, MO $52,097 31st +15% 29th 45% below peers
Novato, CA $115,736 7th +14% 30th 23% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $108,281 14th +9% 31st 15% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 13 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$10,368 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 →

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 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.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.7% in May 2026, down from 4.0% a year earlier.
3.7%
1990May 2026
Compare all 24 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
Watsonville, CA 9.6% (May 26) 24th -2.5pp 1st 153% above peers
Elyria, OH 3.4% (May 26) 5th -1.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
West New York, NJ 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Joplin, MO 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 4th 5% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Lincoln, CA 3.7% (May 26) 10th -0.4pp 6th 3% below peers
Grand Island, NE 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 7th 24% below peers
Novato, CA 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.3pp 8th 3% below peers
Columbus, IN 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 9th 16% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -0.2pp 10th 21% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.2pp 11th 18% above peers
Mooresville, NC 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 12th 5% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 5.9% (May 26) 23rd -0.2pp 13th 55% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.2% (May 26) 22nd +0.0pp 14th 37% above peers
Florissant, MO 4.3% (May 26) 17th +0.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.8% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 16th 26% below peers
Placentia, CA 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.1pp 17th 3% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.8% (May 26) 14th +0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Burleson, TX 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 19th 8% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 4.9% (May 26) 20th +0.2pp 20th 29% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 4.7% (May 26) 19th +0.2pp 21st 24% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 3.9% (May 26) 15th +0.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Edina, MN 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Oak Park, IL 5.1% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 24th 34% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.9% to 9.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 2 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 9.6%).
9.6%
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 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 1st -3.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Westchester, FL 9.3% 14th -5.2pp 2nd 4% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.1% 24th -7.0pp 3rd 35% above peers
Aloha, OR 7.8% 12th -3.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.2% 10th -2.8pp 5th 25% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.5% 28th -6.3pp 6th 71% above peers
Paramount, CA 12.4% 22nd -4.1pp 7th 29% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 18.2% 30th -5.3pp 8th 88% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 4.5% 3rd -1.3pp 9th 54% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 17.3% 29th -4.4pp 10th 79% above peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 21st -2.5pp 11th 15% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.3% 19th -2.3pp 12th 6% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 10.9% 20th -2.2pp 13th 13% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.4% 2nd -0.9pp 14th 55% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.8% 8th -1.0pp 15th 29% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.1% 7th -0.9pp 16th 37% below peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 17th -0.8pp 17th 3% above peers
Joplin, MO 16.4% 27th -1.2pp 18th 70% above peers
Levittown, NY 4.7% 5th -0.3pp 19th 52% below peers
Edina, MN 4.6% 4th -0.2pp 20th 52% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 9.7% 16th -0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 7.4% 11th -0.2pp 22nd 23% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.3% 31st -0.5pp 23rd 100% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 13th -0.2pp 24th 18% below peers
Watsonville, CA 14.6% 25th -0.1pp 25th 51% above peers
Grand Island, NE 15.0% 26th +2.4pp 26th 55% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 9th +1.4pp 27th 26% below peers
Wheaton, MD 12.9% 23rd +2.8pp 28th 34% above peers
Novato, CA 9.6% 15th +2.7pp 29th 1% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.9% 6th +1.9pp 30th 39% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 10.0% 18th +3.9pp 31st 4% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±1.8pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty rose 6.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.1% to 13.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.2pp). 3 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; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.5% to 13.4%).
13.4%
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%
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.2% 1st -5.4pp 1st 79% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 2nd -6.2pp 2nd 66% below peers
Westchester, FL 10.0% 13th -10.7pp 3rd 4% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 17th -11.0pp 4th 7% above peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 9th -6.1pp 5th 38% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 7th -4.6pp 6th 40% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.4% 8th -4.4pp 7th 39% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.4% 16th -6.2pp 8th on par with peers
Cathedral City, CA 18.6% 23rd -10.5pp 9th 78% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.7% 11th -4.3pp 10th 26% below peers
Aloha, OR 10.2% 14th -5.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 22.6% 28th -12.2pp 12th 117% above peers
Elyria, OH 26.1% 30th -13.1pp 13th 150% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.4% 15th -4.2pp 14th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 3rd -1.3pp 15th 62% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 25.8% 29th -8.7pp 16th 148% above peers
Joplin, MO 19.1% 26th -5.3pp 17th 83% above peers
Paramount, CA 18.6% 22nd -5.1pp 18th 78% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 15.5% 20th -3.3pp 19th 49% above peers
West New York, NJ 28.7% 31st -3.0pp 20th 175% above peers
Watsonville, CA 19.5% 27th -1.9pp 21st 87% above peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 4th -0.4pp 22nd 57% below peers
Florissant, MO 18.4% 21st -0.0pp 23rd 77% above peers
Grand Island, NE 18.8% 25th +0.4pp 24th 80% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 10th +0.5pp 25th 27% below peers
Levittown, NY 5.6% 5th +0.5pp 26th 47% below peers
Wheaton, MD 18.6% 24th +3.0pp 27th 78% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.7% 6th +2.5pp 28th 45% below peers
Novato, CA 13.4% 18th +6.3pp 29th 28% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 13.6% 19th +7.2pp 30th 30% above peers
Oak Park, IL 8.6% 12th +4.9pp 31st 17% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 13 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

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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 ±3.7pp 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 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.8% to 94.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 29 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.5% to 94.7%).
94.7%
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%
Watsonville, CA 89.5% 27th +14.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 89.3% 28th +13.9pp 2nd 5% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 96.2% 6th +13.9pp 3rd 2% above peers
Elyria, OH 87.0% 30th +11.6pp 4th 8% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 90.6% 25th +11.8pp 5th 4% below peers
Paramount, CA 90.7% 24th +10.9pp 6th 4% below peers
Westchester, FL 91.4% 21st +10.7pp 7th 3% below peers
Columbus, IN 94.3% 17th +9.9pp 8th on par with peers
Joplin, MO 88.6% 29th +9.2pp 9th 6% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 91.4% 22nd +8.6pp 10th 3% below peers
West New York, NJ 87.0% 31st +8.1pp 11th 8% below peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 3rd +8.7pp 12th 3% above peers
Grand Island, NE 89.7% 26th +7.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Florissant, MO 92.7% 20th +7.0pp 14th 2% below peers
Oak Park, IL 94.4% 15th +6.7pp 15th on par with peers
Wheaton, MD 95.9% 9th +6.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 91.3% 23rd +6.1pp 17th 3% below peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 12th +5.9pp 18th 1% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 96.8% 5th +5.9pp 19th 3% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 94.3% 16th +5.0pp 20th on par with peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 18th +4.3pp 21st 1% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 98.4% 1st +4.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 2nd +4.3pp 23rd 4% above peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 19th +4.0pp 24th 1% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 95.8% 10th +3.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 96.8% 4th +3.3pp 26th 3% above peers
Levittown, NY 95.2% 13th +3.2pp 27th 1% above peers
Novato, CA 94.7% 14th +3.0pp 28th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 96.1% 7th +2.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Placentia, CA 95.4% 11th +2.4pp 30th 1% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 96.1% 8th +2.1pp 31st 2% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 13 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.48 to 0.47).
0.47
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
Cathedral City, CA 0.46 20th -0.059 1st 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 0.40 7th -0.017 2nd 9% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 0.45 17th -0.018 3rd 1% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 0.51 30th -0.020 4th 15% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.49 28th -0.018 5th 9% above peers
Watsonville, CA 0.43 14th -0.009 6th 4% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 0.41 10th -0.007 7th 8% below peers
Joplin, MO 0.48 25th -0.008 8th 7% above peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 9th 18% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 0.42 12th -0.006 10th 6% below peers
Oak Park, IL 0.48 27th -0.006 11th 8% above peers
Wheaton, MD 0.41 8th -0.005 12th 9% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 0.47 24th -0.006 13th 6% above peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 11th -0.005 14th 7% below peers
Aloha, OR 0.36 3rd -0.002 15th 20% below peers
Levittown, NY 0.35 2nd +0.002 16th 21% below peers
Westchester, FL 0.44 15th +0.002 17th 1% below peers
Elyria, OH 0.45 16th +0.003 18th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 5th +0.003 19th 12% below peers
Novato, CA 0.47 23rd +0.014 20th 5% above peers
Columbus, IN 0.46 21st +0.015 21st 3% above peers
Florissant, MO 0.38 4th +0.019 22nd 15% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 0.45 18th +0.024 23rd 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 0.42 13th +0.023 24th 5% below peers
Grand Island, NE 0.47 22nd +0.030 25th 5% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 0.45 19th +0.030 26th 2% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 6th +0.028 27th 11% below peers
Paramount, CA 0.41 9th +0.031 28th 9% below peers
West New York, NJ 0.51 29th +0.040 29th 14% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 0.48 26th +0.038 30th 8% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.33 1st +0.046 31st 27% below 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 about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 3.1% to 6.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 4 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 3.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (3.7% to 6.8%).
6.8%
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
Grand Island, NE 9.4% 16th -4.1pp 1st on par with peers
Levittown, NY 2.9% 4th -1.1pp 2nd 69% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 17.6% 27th -4.6pp 3rd 88% above peers
Columbus, IN 7.5% 15th -1.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Burleson, TX 4.9% 7th -1.1pp 5th 48% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.0% 24th -3.3pp 6th 71% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 16.8% 25th -3.2pp 7th 80% above peers
West New York, NJ 18.0% 28th -2.7pp 8th 93% above peers
Westchester, FL 23.4% 30th -3.5pp 9th 150% above peers
Aloha, OR 12.1% 21st -1.8pp 10th 29% above peers
Joplin, MO 15.7% 23rd -0.9pp 11th 67% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 8th +0.0pp 12th 39% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 3.4% 5th +0.0pp 13th 64% below peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 18th +0.4pp 14th 6% above peers
Paramount, CA 17.3% 26th +1.1pp 15th 85% above peers
Oak Park, IL 7.3% 14th +0.6pp 16th 23% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.8% 20th +0.9pp 17th 15% above peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 19th +0.9pp 18th 11% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.4% 1st +0.2pp 19th 74% below peers
Watsonville, CA 21.8% 29th +2.2pp 20th 133% above peers
Mooresville, NC 6.6% 11th +0.8pp 21st 29% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.6% 2nd +0.4pp 22nd 72% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.0% 31st +4.9pp 23rd 156% above peers
Edina, MN 2.7% 3rd +0.6pp 24th 71% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.8% 9th +1.2pp 25th 39% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.0% 13th +1.7pp 26th 26% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.3% 6th +1.3pp 27th 54% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.7% 22nd +4.7pp 28th 46% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 9.4% 17th +4.4pp 29th 1% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 6.2% 10th +3.4pp 30th 34% below peers
Novato, CA 6.8% 12th +3.7pp 31st 28% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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4 of 13 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

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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 ±1.5pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value is about 8% higher than in 2021 ($1,001,642 then, $1,084,524 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,133,165 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,084,524 in June 2026, up from $1,077,756 a year earlier.
$1,084,524
2000June 2026
Compare all 25 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%
Oak Park, IL $492,876 (Jun 26) 15th +10.7% 1st 4% below peers
West New York, NJ $469,254 (Jun 26) 18th +5.0% 2nd 8% below peers
Elyria, OH $191,593 (Jun 26) 24th +4.7% 3rd 63% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $185,143 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 4th 64% below peers
Edina, MN $635,999 (Jun 26) 10th +3.9% 5th 24% above peers
Levittown, NY $740,175 (Jun 26) 5th +3.6% 6th 44% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $496,328 (Jun 26) 14th +3.5% 7th 3% below peers
Paramount, CA $652,714 (Jun 26) 8th +3.0% 8th 27% above peers
Columbus, IN $282,968 (Jun 26) 20th +2.9% 9th 45% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $686,030 (Jun 26) 6th +2.5% 10th 34% above peers
Joplin, MO $207,698 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.3% 11th 59% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $674,652 (Jun 26) 7th +1.3% 12th 32% above peers
Placentia, CA $1,117,757 (Jun 26) 1st +1.0% 13th 118% above peers
Grand Island, NE $258,203 (Jun 26) 21st +1.0% 14th 50% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA $1,029,682 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.9% 15th 101% above peers
Florissant, MO $197,931 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.8% 16th 61% below peers
Watsonville, CA $833,282 (Jun 26) 4th +0.7% 17th 63% above peers
Novato, CA $1,084,524 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.6% 18th 112% above peers
Mooresville, NC $486,446 (Jun 26) 16th +0.1% 19th 5% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $512,413 (Jun 26) 13th +0.1% 20th on par with peers
Lincoln, CA $648,541 (Jun 26) 9th -0.6% 21st 27% above peers
Burleson, TX $342,356 (Jun 26) 19th -1.3% 22nd 33% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $515,729 (Jun 26) 12th -1.5% 23rd 1% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $545,953 (Jun 26) 11th -2.3% 24th 7% above peers
Cathedral City, CA $479,959 (Jun 26) 17th -3.8% 25th 6% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Multi-year view: starter homes is about 5% higher than in 2021 ($688,142 then, $724,341 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $772,538 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $724,341 in June 2026, up from $722,924 a year earlier.
$724,341
2000June 2026
Compare all 25 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%
Oak Park, IL $251,868 (Jun 26) 18th +6.4% 1st 30% below peers
Elyria, OH $130,769 (Jun 26) 24th +5.9% 2nd 64% below peers
Levittown, NY $673,158 (Jun 26) 4th +3.9% 3rd 87% above peers
Columbus, IN $198,468 (Jun 26) 20th +3.8% 4th 45% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $111,016 (Jun 26) 25th +2.5% 5th 69% below peers
Florissant, MO $152,361 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.2% 6th 58% below peers
Joplin, MO $135,847 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.0% 7th 62% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $465,587 (Jun 26) 9th +1.6% 8th 30% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $312,027 (Jun 26) 15th +1.3% 9th 13% below peers
Watsonville, CA $651,839 (Jun 26) 5th +1.2% 10th 81% above peers
Grand Island, NE $184,364 (Jun 26) 21st +1.1% 11th 49% below peers
West New York, NJ $286,292 (Jun 26) 16th +0.8% 12th 20% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $571,523 (Jun 26) 6th +0.8% 13th 59% above peers
Mooresville, NC $328,500 (Jun 26) 14th +0.7% 14th 9% below peers
Placentia, CA $819,310 (Jun 26) 1st +0.6% 15th 128% above peers
Novato, CA $724,341 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.2% 16th 102% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $421,900 (Jun 26) 10th +0.0% 17th 17% above peers
Paramount, CA $501,845 (Jun 26) 8th -0.0% 18th 40% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $719,346 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 19th 100% above peers
Lincoln, CA $530,010 (Jun 26) 7th -0.8% 20th 48% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $403,115 (Jun 26) 11th -1.9% 21st 12% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $364,168 (Jun 26) 12th -2.2% 22nd 1% above peers
Burleson, TX $263,855 (Jun 26) 17th -2.6% 23rd 27% below peers
Edina, MN $245,840 (Jun 26) 19th -2.7% 24th 32% below peers
Cathedral City, CA $359,214 (Jun 26) 13th -3.4% 25th on par with peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.1% then, 66.1% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.4% to 66.1%).
66.1%
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%
West New York, NJ 22.9% 31st +2.5pp 1st 65% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 66.0% 15th +6.4pp 2nd 1% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 66.5% 13th +5.7pp 3rd 2% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 71.0% 10th +5.3pp 4th 9% above peers
Lincoln, CA 83.9% 3rd +4.2pp 5th 29% above peers
Paramount, CA 43.0% 29th +2.0pp 6th 34% below peers
Watsonville, CA 44.8% 28th +1.7pp 7th 31% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 71.6% 9th +2.6pp 8th 10% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 6th +2.6pp 9th 13% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 76.5% 5th +2.7pp 10th 17% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 65.0% 17th +2.2pp 11th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 67.1% 11th +1.9pp 12th 3% above peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 7th +1.6pp 13th 11% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 8th +1.5pp 14th 11% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 77.3% 4th +1.3pp 15th 19% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 56.2% 26th +0.6pp 16th 14% below peers
Elyria, OH 60.0% 23rd +0.6pp 17th 8% below peers
Oak Park, IL 60.0% 22nd +0.5pp 18th 8% below peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 24th +0.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Wheaton, MD 64.6% 19th +0.1pp 20th 1% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 64.8% 18th -0.8pp 21st 1% below peers
Grand Island, NE 57.8% 25th -1.0pp 22nd 11% below peers
Levittown, NY 92.2% 1st -1.7pp 23rd 41% above peers
Columbus, IN 60.8% 21st -1.1pp 24th 7% below peers
Placentia, CA 63.6% 20th -1.7pp 25th 2% below peers
Novato, CA 66.1% 14th -2.0pp 26th 1% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 84.7% 2nd -2.8pp 27th 30% above peers
Westchester, FL 65.2% 16th -2.9pp 28th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 67.1% 12th -3.1pp 29th 3% above peers
Joplin, MO 53.4% 27th -4.3pp 30th 18% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.2% 30th -3.0pp 31st 63% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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4 of 13 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2019 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,857 in June 2026, up from $3,654 a year earlier.
$3,857
2019June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Joplin, MO $1,306 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.9% 1st 35% below peers
Paramount, CA $2,723 (Jun 26) 7th +7.8% 2nd 36% above peers
Battle Creek, MI $1,146 (Jun 26) 24th +6.1% 3rd 43% below peers
Florissant, MO $1,613 (Jun 26) 20th +5.8% 4th 20% below peers
Novato, CA $3,857 (Jun 26) 1st +5.6% 5th 92% above peers
Oak Park, IL $2,160 (Jun 26) 12th +5.5% 6th 8% above peers
Huntington Park, CA $1,820 (Jun 26) 15th +3.7% 7th 9% below peers
Columbus, IN $1,399 (Jun 26) 21st +3.6% 8th 30% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $2,638 (Jun 26) 8th +3.6% 9th 31% above peers
Lincoln, CA $3,006 (Jun 26) 5th +3.3% 10th 50% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $1,857 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 11th 8% below peers
Edina, MN $2,009 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 12th on par with peers
Watsonville, CA $3,257 (Jun 26) 4th +3.1% 13th 62% above peers
Elyria, OH $1,126 (Jun 26) 25th +3.0% 14th 44% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $2,265 (Jun 26) 11th +2.9% 15th 13% above peers
Dunwoody, GA $1,767 (Jun 26) 17th +2.7% 16th 12% below peers
Placentia, CA $2,796 (Jun 26) 6th +1.9% 17th 39% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $3,301 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 18th 64% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $1,813 (Jun 26) 16th +0.9% 19th 10% below peers
Grand Island, NE $1,337 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.8% 20th 33% below peers
West New York, NJ $2,635 (Jun 26) 9th +0.4% 21st 31% above peers
Mooresville, NC $1,621 (Jun 26) 19th +0.2% 22nd 19% below peers
Cathedral City, CA $2,390 (Jun 26) 10th +0.1% 23rd 19% above peers
Burleson, TX $1,737 (Jun 26) 18th -1.4% 24th 14% below peers
Levittown, NY 2nd 80% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.9% then, 44.5% now; margin ±4.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.4% to 44.5%).
44.5%
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
Wheaton, MD 32.2% 17th -7.4pp 1st on par with peers
Aloha, OR 29.0% 8th -5.3pp 2nd 10% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.1% 18th -4.4pp 3rd 3% above peers
Watsonville, CA 45.6% 27th -4.8pp 4th 42% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.1% 31st -4.8pp 5th 59% above peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 6th -2.6pp 6th 12% below peers
Elyria, OH 30.2% 9th -2.4pp 7th 6% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 23.7% 2nd -1.6pp 8th 26% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 45.0% 25th -3.0pp 9th 40% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 32.0% 15th -1.7pp 10th on par with peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 11th 11% below peers
Levittown, NY 33.4% 19th -1.1pp 12th 4% above peers
Paramount, CA 46.8% 29th -1.1pp 13th 46% above peers
Oak Park, IL 32.1% 16th -0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Westchester, FL 45.4% 26th -0.5pp 15th 41% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 1st +0.0pp 16th 30% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 42.5% 22nd +0.3pp 17th 33% above peers
Florissant, MO 30.4% 11th +1.2pp 18th 5% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 27.7% 4th +1.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 28.1% 5th +1.5pp 20th 12% below peers
Novato, CA 44.5% 24th +2.6pp 21st 39% above peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 20th +2.4pp 22nd 15% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 40.8% 21st +2.7pp 23rd 27% above peers
West New York, NJ 50.0% 30th +3.6pp 24th 56% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 30.3% 10th +2.2pp 25th 6% below peers
Joplin, MO 31.7% 14th +2.6pp 26th 1% below peers
Columbus, IN 24.2% 3rd +2.0pp 27th 24% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 46.4% 28th +4.3pp 28th 45% above peers
Placentia, CA 43.0% 23rd +4.5pp 29th 34% above peers
Grand Island, NE 30.6% 12th +5.4pp 30th 5% below peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 13th +7.8pp 31st 3% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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

3
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
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.4% then, 5.0% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 5.0%).
5.0%
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
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 6th -1.6pp 1st 44% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 3.5% 11th -1.3pp 2nd 31% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 3.9% 12th -1.1pp 3rd 23% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.0% 8th -0.9pp 4th 40% below peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.5pp 5th 62% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.1% 13th -0.8pp 6th 19% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 10.7% 27th -1.9pp 7th 112% above peers
Oak Park, IL 11.7% 28th -1.7pp 8th 133% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.8% 5th -0.4pp 9th 45% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 5.0% 15th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.4% 4th -0.2pp 11th 53% below peers
Elyria, OH 8.9% 25th -0.9pp 12th 78% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 39% above peers
West New York, NJ 40.0% 31st -0.3pp 14th 696% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.7% 1st +0.0pp 15th 86% below peers
Aloha, OR 4.2% 14th +0.2pp 16th 16% below peers
Florissant, MO 6.5% 20th +0.4pp 17th 30% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 7th +0.2pp 18th 43% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 8.2% 24th +0.5pp 19th 63% above peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 19th +0.4pp 20th 29% above peers
Joplin, MO 9.6% 26th +0.8pp 21st 91% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.5% 17th +0.5pp 22nd 9% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.3% 30th +1.4pp 23rd 185% above peers
Levittown, NY 3.3% 10th +0.4pp 24th 35% below peers
Novato, CA 5.0% 16th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 9th +0.4pp 26th 37% below peers
Columbus, IN 6.0% 18th +1.3pp 27th 20% above peers
Westchester, FL 6.9% 21st +1.8pp 28th 36% above peers
Wheaton, MD 12.1% 29th +3.2pp 29th 141% above peers
Grand Island, NE 7.3% 23rd +2.2pp 30th 45% above peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 31st 57% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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

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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.5% to 4.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.9% to 4.8%).
4.9%
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 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Minnetonka, MN 1.3% 1st -1.1pp 1st 83% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 8.0% 17th -6.3pp 2nd 3% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 3.4% 6th -2.4pp 3rd 56% below peers
Westchester, FL 9.4% 23rd -4.5pp 4th 22% above peers
Columbus, IN 5.6% 12th -2.3pp 5th 27% below peers
Lincoln, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 68% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 9.1% 20th -3.5pp 7th 18% above peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 78% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.7% 15th -2.0pp 9th 13% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.5% 4th -0.4pp 10th 68% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 5.5% 11th -0.8pp 11th 29% below peers
Elyria, OH 6.7% 14th -0.9pp 12th 14% below peers
Florissant, MO 8.2% 18th -0.7pp 13th 6% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 5.2% 10th -0.3pp 14th 32% below peers
Oak Park, IL 3.0% 5th -0.1pp 15th 60% below peers
West New York, NJ 21.4% 31st +0.0pp 16th 177% above peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 24th +0.0pp 17th 38% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.7% 16th +0.0pp 18th on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA 17.9% 30th +0.5pp 19th 132% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.4% 13th +0.3pp 20th 17% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 13.6% 26th +0.6pp 21st 77% above peers
Joplin, MO 11.6% 25th +0.5pp 22nd 50% above peers
Wheaton, MD 14.3% 27th +1.4pp 23rd 86% above peers
Grand Island, NE 14.3% 28th +1.8pp 24th 86% above peers
Watsonville, CA 9.2% 21st +1.3pp 25th 19% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 8th +0.7pp 26th 39% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.5% 7th +0.6pp 27th 55% below peers
Aloha, OR 8.7% 19th +2.0pp 28th 12% above peers
Paramount, CA 15.1% 29th +3.6pp 29th 96% above peers
Novato, CA 4.8% 9th +1.3pp 30th 37% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 9.4% 22nd +2.9pp 31st 22% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 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

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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

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

25.3%
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%
Diamond Bar, CA 17.6% 1st 44% below peers
Edina, MN 23.8% 2nd 25% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 24.8% 3rd 22% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 25.0% 4th 21% below peers
Novato, CA 25.3% 5th 20% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 6th 19% below peers
Placentia, CA 26.0% 7th 18% below peers
Levittown, NY 26.2% 8th 17% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 26.3% 9th 17% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 10th 16% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 27.0% 11th 15% below peers
Wheaton, MD 27.4% 12th 14% below peers
Westchester, FL 28.7% 13th 9% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 29.0% 14th 9% below peers
Oak Park, IL 29.3% 15th 8% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 16th on par with peers
Paramount, CA 31.8% 17th on par with peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 31.8% 18th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 32.5% 19th 3% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 32.6% 20th 3% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 33.4% 21st 5% above peers
Columbus, IN 34.1% 22nd 8% above peers
Watsonville, CA 34.5% 23rd 9% above peers
West New York, NJ 34.9% 24th 10% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 35.8% 25th 13% above peers
Joplin, MO 36.4% 26th 15% above peers
Florissant, MO 37.4% 27th 18% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 28th 21% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.3% 29th 21% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 40.3% 30th 27% above peers
Elyria, OH 42.5% 31st 34% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.1% to 4.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.8% to 4.5%).
4.5%
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
Columbus, IN 1.5% 2nd -6.1pp 1st 62% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.0% 4th -2.6pp 2nd 50% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 3.0% 15th -3.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 4th 75% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.9% 13th -2.9pp 5th 30% below peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 6th -1.0pp 6th 49% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 2.5% 9th -1.1pp 7th 40% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.6% 22nd -2.1pp 8th 37% above peers
Elyria, OH 2.6% 10th -0.5pp 9th 36% below peers
Joplin, MO 4.1% 16th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Levittown, NY 2.1% 5th -0.3pp 11th 50% below peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 3rd -0.2pp 12th 54% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 8th -0.3pp 13th 44% below peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 27th -0.1pp 14th 72% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 14th +0.1pp 15th 29% below peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 25th +0.4pp 16th 64% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 6.6% 24th +0.5pp 17th 61% above peers
Westchester, FL 5.5% 21st +0.9pp 18th 33% above peers
Aloha, OR 5.5% 20th +0.9pp 19th 33% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.1% 30th +2.8pp 20th 97% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.0% 29th +3.0pp 21st 95% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.3% 23rd +2.7pp 22nd 54% above peers
Oak Park, IL 2.7% 11th +1.2pp 23rd 35% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 7th +1.0pp 24th 45% below peers
Wheaton, MD 7.0% 26th +3.2pp 25th 70% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 4.7% 18th +2.2pp 26th 15% above peers
West New York, NJ 10.3% 31st +4.9pp 27th 151% above peers
Paramount, CA 7.7% 28th +3.8pp 28th 88% above peers
Watsonville, CA 2.8% 12th +1.7pp 29th 31% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 5.4% 19th +3.5pp 30th 31% above peers
Novato, CA 4.5% 17th +3.4pp 31st 10% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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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 →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (46.4% then, 48.9% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.1% to 48.9%).
48.9%
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
Huntington Park, CA 8.5% 31st +2.1pp 1st 78% below peers
Paramount, CA 14.9% 29th +3.6pp 2nd 61% below peers
Burleson, TX 34.0% 19th +7.6pp 3rd 12% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 31.6% 21st +4.7pp 4th 18% below peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 13th +5.8pp 5th 4% above peers
Elyria, OH 17.8% 28th +2.3pp 6th 54% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 37.8% 17th +4.9pp 7th 2% below peers
Levittown, NY 38.6% 16th +4.5pp 8th on par with peers
Cathedral City, CA 24.5% 24th +2.8pp 9th 37% below peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 9th +5.3pp 10th 18% above peers
Placentia, CA 44.2% 10th +4.9pp 11th 15% above peers
Aloha, OR 34.5% 18th +3.4pp 12th 10% below peers
West New York, NJ 33.5% 20th +3.3pp 13th 13% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 40.7% 12th +3.8pp 14th 5% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 6th +4.9pp 15th 54% above peers
Wheaton, MD 38.7% 15th +3.1pp 16th on par with peers
Minnetonka, MN 65.0% 5th +4.8pp 17th 69% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 71.4% 4th +3.7pp 18th 85% above peers
Novato, CA 48.9% 8th +2.4pp 19th 27% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 20th 88% above peers
Westchester, FL 30.2% 22nd +1.1pp 21st 22% below peers
Oak Park, IL 72.5% 2nd +2.5pp 22nd 88% above peers
Grand Island, NE 20.9% 27th +0.3pp 23rd 46% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 43.3% 11th +0.3pp 24th 12% above peers
Watsonville, CA 12.4% 30th +0.1pp 25th 68% below peers
Joplin, MO 26.6% 23rd +0.2pp 26th 31% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 21.9% 26th +0.0pp 27th 43% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 72.2% 3rd -0.1pp 28th 87% above peers
Columbus, IN 40.0% 14th -1.3pp 29th 4% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 52.8% 7th -2.1pp 30th 37% above peers
Florissant, MO 22.4% 25th -1.5pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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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4 of 13 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 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 →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.3% then, 67.7% now; margin ±19.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 9.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.4% to 67.7%).
67.7%
20112024
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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%
Placentia, CA 60.8% 5th +21.8pp 1st 25% above peers
Wheaton, MD 50.5% 14th +15.9pp 2nd 4% above peers
Grand Island, NE 45.6% 19th +13.3pp 3rd 6% below peers
Columbus, IN 48.5% 17th +6.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Novato, CA 67.7% 1st +8.4pp 5th 39% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 59.4% 7th +6.5pp 6th 22% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 42.6% 21st +4.7pp 7th 13% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.9% 27th +3.6pp 8th 31% below peers
Elyria, OH 48.8% 16th +3.8pp 9th on par with peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 15th +0.3pp 10th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 64.8% 3rd -0.0pp 11th 33% above peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 18th -1.4pp 12th 2% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.4% 26th -2.5pp 13th 29% below peers
Paramount, CA 36.3% 24th -2.8pp 14th 26% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 35.2% 25th -3.0pp 15th 28% below peers
Westchester, FL 56.4% 10th -5.6pp 16th 16% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 41.3% 23rd -4.3pp 17th 15% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 52.8% 12th -6.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 2nd -7.9pp 19th 37% above peers
Florissant, MO 52.9% 11th -7.7pp 20th 8% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 13th -7.7pp 21st 8% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 60.6% 6th -10.0pp 22nd 24% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 29.5% 29th -5.6pp 23rd 40% below peers
Oak Park, IL 62.2% 4th -13.3pp 24th 28% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 56.7% 9th -12.4pp 25th 16% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.8% 28th -7.2pp 26th 39% below peers
Levittown, NY 58.5% 8th -15.7pp 27th 20% above peers
Joplin, MO 21.9% 31st -8.0pp 28th 55% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 45.1% 20th -20.2pp 29th 7% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 30th -19.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 41.7% 22nd -36.0pp 31st 14% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 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 ±14.8pp 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
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.0% then, 4.7% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.8% to 4.7%).
4.7%
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
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.0% 1st -3.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Westchester, FL 4.0% 10th -9.9pp 2nd 40% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% 11th -7.3pp 3rd 34% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.7% 6th -4.4pp 4th 60% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 3.6% 9th -2.9pp 5th 46% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.1% 19th -5.6pp 6th 5% above peers
Oak Park, IL 1.3% 2nd -0.9pp 7th 81% below peers
Novato, CA 4.7% 12th -3.3pp 8th 31% below peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 8th -2.3pp 9th 47% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.0% 3rd -0.7pp 10th 71% below peers
Columbus, IN 8.8% 23rd -1.1pp 11th 30% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 7.6% 21st -1.0pp 12th 12% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 12.1% 25th -0.9pp 13th 79% above peers
Aloha, OR 6.3% 14th -0.2pp 14th 7% below peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 27th +0.1pp 15th 110% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 18th +0.5pp 16th 5% above peers
Joplin, MO 5.2% 13th +0.8pp 17th 23% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 7.3% 20th +1.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Elyria, OH 18.2% 30th +3.6pp 19th 169% above peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 15th +1.8pp 20th 1% below peers
Florissant, MO 16.6% 29th +4.7pp 21st 145% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.2% 28th +5.0pp 22nd 110% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 2.6% 5th +1.0pp 23rd 61% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 13.1% 26th +5.9pp 24th 94% above peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 7th +1.5pp 25th 52% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.3% 4th +1.1pp 26th 66% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 24th +5.0pp 27th 53% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.8% 16th +3.9pp 28th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 23.0% 31st +13.5pp 29th 240% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 17th +4.2pp 30th 4% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 22nd +6.7pp 31st 21% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55,642 to 52,546 - more than the combined survey margin (±86). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 24 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (53,451 to 52,546).
52,546
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Westchester, FL 52,032 24th +75% 1st 1% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 53,290 3rd +64% 2nd 1% above peers
Mooresville, NC 52,381 20th +38% 3rd on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 52,844 13th +25% 4th on par with peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 11th +15% 5th 1% above peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 9th +12% 6th 1% above peers
Columbus, IN 51,824 28th +8% 7th 1% below peers
Wheaton, MD 52,926 10th +5% 8th 1% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 51,758 30th +5% 9th 2% below peers
Joplin, MO 52,593 16th +4% 10th on par with peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 52,593 17th +4% 11th on par with peers
Grand Island, NE 52,884 12th +3% 12th 1% above peers
Edina, MN 53,262 5th +3% 13th 1% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 52,374 21st +2% 14th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 53,292 2nd +2% 15th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 52,826 14th +2% 16th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 51,773 29th +1% 17th 2% below peers
Levittown, NY 51,904 27th +1% 18th 1% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 53,279 4th +0% 19th 1% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 53,064 7th +0% 20th 1% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 51,990 26th -1% 21st 1% below peers
West New York, NJ 52,004 25th -1% 22nd 1% below peers
Elyria, OH 53,035 8th -1% 23rd 1% above peers
Aloha, OR 52,389 19th -3% 24th on par with peers
Cathedral City, CA 52,267 22nd -4% 25th 1% below peers
Watsonville, CA 51,712 31st -4% 26th 2% below peers
Paramount, CA 52,050 23rd -5% 27th 1% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 53,355 1st -5% 28th 1% above peers
Novato, CA 52,546 18th -6% 29th on par with peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 52,622 15th -6% 30th on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA 53,108 6th -9% 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.7% to 20.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). None 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children held roughly steady from 2017 to 2024.
20.5%
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
Novato, CA 20.5% 23rd +1.8pp 1st 9% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 21.4% 20th +1.1pp 2nd 5% below peers
Levittown, NY 20.5% 24th +1.0pp 3rd 9% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 25.6% 6th +1.0pp 4th 14% above peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 15th +0.7pp 5th 2% above peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 3rd +0.9pp 6th 28% above peers
Grand Island, NE 28.2% 4th +0.2pp 7th 25% above peers
Columbus, IN 23.8% 13th -0.1pp 8th 6% above peers
Placentia, CA 23.2% 14th -0.2pp 9th 3% above peers
Oak Park, IL 23.9% 12th -0.4pp 10th 6% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 24.9% 8th -0.6pp 11th 10% above peers
Elyria, OH 21.9% 19th -0.8pp 12th 3% below peers
Watsonville, CA 29.1% 2nd -1.2pp 13th 29% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 17th -1.1pp 14th on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 19.0% 27th -1.1pp 15th 16% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 24.6% 10th -1.5pp 16th 9% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 15.6% 28th -1.1pp 17th 31% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.5% 26th -1.4pp 18th 13% below peers
Joplin, MO 20.9% 21st -1.6pp 19th 7% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 43.4% 1st -3.4pp 20th 93% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 11th -1.9pp 21st 8% above peers
Wheaton, MD 22.5% 16th -2.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA 12.8% 31st -1.6pp 23rd 43% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.7% 9th -3.4pp 24th 10% above peers
Florissant, MO 22.3% 18th -3.1pp 25th 1% below peers
Paramount, CA 25.1% 7th -3.5pp 26th 11% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 15.2% 29th -2.1pp 27th 32% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 5th -4.0pp 28th 18% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 20.0% 25th -3.2pp 29th 11% below peers
Aloha, OR 20.5% 22nd -4.2pp 30th 9% below peers
Westchester, FL 13.4% 30th -2.7pp 31st 40% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.6% then, 23.8% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.2% to 23.8%).
23.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Diamond Bar, CA 20.8% 22nd +5.0pp 1st 17% below peers
Oak Park, IL 22.7% 20th +5.5pp 2nd 9% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 28th +3.5pp 3rd 40% below peers
Joplin, MO 40.9% 6th +9.4pp 4th 63% above peers
Novato, CA 23.8% 19th +5.2pp 5th 5% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 37.2% 9th +7.9pp 6th 48% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.4% 1st +7.2pp 7th 105% above peers
Watsonville, CA 37.9% 8th +4.0pp 8th 51% above peers
Westchester, FL 35.7% 11th +3.5pp 9th 42% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 18.8% 23rd +1.6pp 10th 25% below peers
Paramount, CA 36.1% 10th +2.9pp 11th 44% above peers
West New York, NJ 42.1% 5th +2.8pp 12th 68% above peers
Florissant, MO 47.6% 4th +1.2pp 13th 90% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 18th +0.6pp 14th 4% below peers
Columbus, IN 27.8% 14th +0.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Wheaton, MD 31.2% 13th -1.1pp 16th 24% above peers
Aloha, OR 25.1% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Battle Creek, MI 49.1% 3rd -2.3pp 18th 96% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 33.2% 12th -1.7pp 19th 33% above peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 26th -1.0pp 20th 34% below peers
Grand Island, NE 38.2% 7th -4.4pp 21st 52% above peers
Elyria, OH 49.9% 2nd -7.7pp 22nd 99% above peers
Placentia, CA 18.5% 24th -3.2pp 23rd 26% below peers
Levittown, NY 9.5% 30th -2.1pp 24th 62% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 25th -4.5pp 25th 30% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 26.3% 15th -7.3pp 26th 5% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 16.2% 27th -4.7pp 27th 36% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 21st -7.2pp 28th 10% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 14.3% 29th -4.8pp 29th 43% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 24.4% 17th -9.0pp 30th 2% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.5% 31st -4.0pp 31st 74% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 ±5.8pp 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 →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.8% then, 69.8% now; margin ±14.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.7% to 69.8%).
69.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Dunwoody, GA 78.7% 7th +25.5pp 1st 9% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 66.5% 23rd +16.4pp 2nd 8% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 72.6% 14th +15.1pp 3rd 1% above peers
Aloha, OR 72.3% 15th +13.7pp 4th on par with peers
Joplin, MO 73.6% 13th +13.7pp 5th 2% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 74.6% 10th +13.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 69.8% 17th +12.0pp 7th 3% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 49.8% 31st +8.6pp 8th 31% below peers
Columbus, IN 67.7% 21st +11.3pp 9th 6% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 82.2% 2nd +13.4pp 10th 14% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 20th +10.2pp 11th 6% below peers
Oak Park, IL 79.5% 5th +10.1pp 12th 10% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 64.8% 26th +7.6pp 13th 10% below peers
West New York, NJ 63.3% 27th +7.1pp 14th 12% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 82.0% 3rd +9.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 16th +6.5pp 16th on par with peers
Elyria, OH 67.5% 22nd +3.0pp 17th 6% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 74.2% 12th +3.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 68.6% 19th +2.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 24th +1.8pp 20th 8% below peers
Placentia, CA 69.4% 18th +1.8pp 21st 4% below peers
Paramount, CA 60.9% 29th +1.5pp 22nd 16% below peers
Wheaton, MD 74.7% 9th +1.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 78.9% 6th +1.7pp 24th 9% above peers
Florissant, MO 83.5% 1st +1.6pp 25th 16% above peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 25th -0.5pp 26th 9% below peers
Westchester, FL 81.7% 4th -1.1pp 27th 13% above peers
Grand Island, NE 75.0% 8th -3.0pp 28th 4% above peers
Levittown, NY 74.5% 11th -3.0pp 29th 3% above peers
Watsonville, CA 56.7% 30th -5.9pp 30th 21% below peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 28th -10.5pp 31st 13% below peers
Where is this changing? 13 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 ±11.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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