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440,838 people (2025) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Oakland, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Household income
Median household income
$101,600
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
$73,692 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
16.6%
2020-24
▼ 33%
relative change
24.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.6%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
7.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
13.4%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
16.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
48.7%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
44.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.7%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
83.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.9%
Jul 2026
▼ 8%
relative change
5.3% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
42.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
40.7% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.5%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Oakland, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.7%
2019-23
▲ 35%
relative change
10.2% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
51.0%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
57.9% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
16.2%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
16.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.1%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
43.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.51 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.9%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
8.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
71.6%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
64.6% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,735
Aug 2026
▲ 10%
relative change
$2,484 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
18.9%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
19.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$470,071
Aug 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$483,491 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$708,610
Aug 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$714,811 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 38% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $73,692 to $101,600 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,650).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Oakland started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 92% from 2014 to 2024 ($52,962 to $101,600).
Bright spot $101,600
20102024
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▸ Compare all 22 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%
Miami, FL $62,462 18th +60% 1st 23% below peers
Atlanta, GA $85,652 7th +43% 2nd 6% above peers
Mesa, AZ $82,752 10th +42% 3rd 2% above peers
Tampa, FL $75,475 13th +40% 4th 7% below peers
Sacramento, CA $87,321 6th +40% 5th 8% above peers
Long Beach, CA $87,430 5th +39% 6th 8% above peers
Oakland, CA $101,600 1st +38% 7th 26% above peers
New Orleans, LA $56,631 21st +36% 8th 30% below peers
Aurora, CO $88,368 4th +36% 9th 9% above peers
Cleveland, OH $40,801 22nd +32% 10th 50% below peers
Tucson, AZ $57,073 20th +31% 11th 29% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $84,818 9th +31% 12th 5% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $80,846 11th +29% 13th on par with peers
Kansas City, MO $69,166 16th +28% 14th 14% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $80,540 12th +28% 15th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC $85,395 8th +27% 16th 6% above peers
Tulsa, OK $59,838 19th +26% 17th 26% below peers
Arlington, TX $75,171 14th +24% 18th 7% below peers
Wichita, KS $64,620 17th +23% 19th 20% below peers
Omaha, NE $73,201 15th +22% 20th 9% below peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 3rd +22% 21st 11% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA $92,968 2nd +21% 22nd 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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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6 of 116 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,146 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.9% in July 2026, down from 5.3% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.9%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Cleveland, OH 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -1.5pp 1st 19% below peers
Long Beach, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 17th -0.9pp 2nd 9% above peers
Kansas City, MO 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.8pp 3rd 21% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 6.9% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 4th 47% above peers
Miami, FL 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 5th 53% below peers
Oakland, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 15th -0.4pp 6th 4% above peers
New Orleans, LA 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 7th 9% above peers
Omaha, NE 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 8th 30% below peers
Raleigh, NC 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 9th 30% below peers
Henderson, NV 5.5% (Jul 26) 20th -0.3pp 10th 17% above peers
Atlanta, GA 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 11th 26% below peers
Sacramento, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 19th -0.2pp 12th 13% above peers
Wichita, KS 4.7% (Jul 26) 12th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th +0.1pp 14th 11% below peers
Aurora, CO 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 15th 6% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th +0.4pp 16th 26% below peers
Arlington, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 18th 2% below peers
Tucson, AZ 5.6% (Jul 26) 21st +0.6pp 19th 19% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th +0.6pp 20th 6% below peers
Tampa, FL 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 21st 4% above peers
Tulsa, OK 4.8% (Jul 26) 14th +1.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.7% to 13.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Oakland started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.0% to 13.4%).
Bright spot 13.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Mesa, AZ 10.3% 4th -4.5pp 1st 30% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.1% 3rd -2.6pp 2nd 39% below peers
Oakland, CA 13.4% 8th -3.4pp 3rd 10% below peers
Atlanta, GA 16.9% 17th -3.9pp 4th 14% above peers
Miami, FL 19.4% 20th -4.0pp 5th 31% above peers
Tampa, FL 15.4% 13th -3.2pp 6th 4% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 16.0% 15th -3.2pp 7th 8% above peers
Tucson, AZ 18.9% 19th -3.6pp 8th 27% above peers
Sacramento, CA 13.9% 10th -2.6pp 9th 6% below peers
Long Beach, CA 14.8% 12th -2.0pp 10th on par with peers
Arlington, TX 12.9% 7th -1.7pp 11th 13% below peers
Kansas City, MO 14.7% 11th -1.5pp 12th 1% below peers
Cleveland, OH 30.6% 22nd -2.1pp 13th 107% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.3% 16th -1.1pp 14th 10% above peers
Raleigh, NC 11.9% 5th -0.7pp 15th 20% below peers
New Orleans, LA 22.6% 21st -1.0pp 16th 53% above peers
Tulsa, OK 18.7% 18th -0.7pp 17th 27% above peers
Wichita, KS 15.9% 14th +0.0pp 18th 7% above peers
Omaha, NE 13.5% 9th +0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Aurora, CO 11.9% 6th +1.2pp 20th 19% below peers
Henderson, NV 9.0% 2nd +1.0pp 21st 39% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 8.6% 1st +1.3pp 22nd 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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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6 of 116 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.8% to 16.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
71% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 5% moved the other way. Oakland started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 12.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.5% to 16.6%).
Bright spot 16.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 22 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%
Mesa, AZ 13.4% 4th -8.8pp 1st 28% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 10.2% 1st -5.6pp 2nd 45% below peers
Oakland, CA 16.6% 6th -8.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Atlanta, GA 23.3% 17th -10.2pp 4th 25% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 17.9% 10th -7.6pp 5th 4% below peers
Tampa, FL 19.2% 13th -7.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Long Beach, CA 18.6% 12th -5.7pp 7th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 17.0% 7th -4.9pp 8th 8% below peers
Miami, FL 25.2% 19th -6.6pp 9th 36% above peers
Tucson, AZ 24.2% 18th -6.3pp 10th 31% above peers
Arlington, TX 17.7% 9th -4.4pp 11th 5% below peers
Kansas City, MO 20.3% 14th -3.9pp 12th 10% above peers
Raleigh, NC 16.0% 5th -1.8pp 13th 14% below peers
Omaha, NE 17.2% 8th -1.5pp 14th 8% below peers
Tulsa, OK 27.4% 20th -2.4pp 15th 47% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 22nd -3.3pp 16th 142% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 22.0% 16th -1.2pp 17th 19% above peers
New Orleans, LA 32.5% 21st -1.7pp 18th 75% above peers
Wichita, KS 21.8% 15th -0.2pp 19th 18% above peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 2nd +1.1pp 20th 42% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 11.4% 3rd +1.3pp 21st 38% below peers
Aurora, CO 18.1% 11th +3.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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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6 of 116 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Santa Ana, CA down 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 8.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.0% to 91.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Oakland started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (79.4% to 91.7%).
Bright spot 91.7%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 22 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%
Miami, FL 83.7% 22nd +17.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Cleveland, OH 84.8% 21st +16.1pp 2nd 8% below peers
New Orleans, LA 86.6% 20th +13.1pp 3rd 6% below peers
Atlanta, GA 91.7% 12th +10.5pp 4th 1% below peers
Wichita, KS 91.6% 14th +10.2pp 5th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 90.5% 18th +8.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Oakland, CA 91.7% 13th +8.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Long Beach, CA 93.4% 9th +8.8pp 8th 1% above peers
Tulsa, OK 89.8% 19th +8.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Tampa, FL 93.6% 8th +8.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Omaha, NE 91.6% 15th +7.1pp 11th 1% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 90.9% 16th +7.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Tucson, AZ 90.5% 17th +6.7pp 13th 2% below peers
Sacramento, CA 93.7% 7th +6.8pp 14th 1% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 94.1% 5th +6.8pp 15th 2% above peers
Arlington, TX 92.4% 11th +6.6pp 16th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 93.3% 10th +6.4pp 17th 1% above peers
Aurora, CO 93.7% 6th +6.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 1st +5.7pp 19th 3% above peers
Raleigh, NC 94.7% 2nd +4.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 94.5% 4th +4.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 94.6% 3rd +4.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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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6 of 116 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI up 21.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Laredo, TX up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.51 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.51).
Needs attention 0.51
20102024
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▸ Compare all 22 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
Atlanta, GA 0.56 22nd -0.024 1st 18% above peers
Mesa, AZ 0.43 2nd -0.017 2nd 9% below peers
Sacramento, CA 0.45 6th -0.016 3rd 6% below peers
New Orleans, LA 0.55 20th -0.017 4th 17% above peers
Tulsa, OK 0.51 16th -0.012 5th 7% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 0.43 3rd -0.009 6th 8% below peers
Miami, FL 0.56 21st -0.009 7th 17% above peers
Long Beach, CA 0.46 10th -0.005 8th 2% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 0.45 7th -0.005 9th 5% below peers
Cleveland, OH 0.51 17th -0.005 10th 8% above peers
Kansas City, MO 0.47 11th -0.003 11th 1% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 0.50 15th -0.003 12th 4% above peers
Oakland, CA 0.51 18th -0.000 13th 8% above peers
Tucson, AZ 0.46 8th +0.001 14th 3% below peers
Tampa, FL 0.54 19th +0.001 15th 15% above peers
Arlington, TX 0.44 5th +0.005 16th 8% below peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 9th +0.006 17th 2% below peers
Wichita, KS 0.47 12th +0.009 18th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 0.49 14th +0.015 19th 3% above peers
Raleigh, NC 0.48 13th +0.018 20th 2% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 0.44 4th +0.019 21st 8% below peers
Aurora, CO 0.43 1st +0.020 22nd 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 10.2% to 13.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
19% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 57% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.7% to 13.7%).
Needs attention 13.7%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Mesa, AZ 8.1% 3rd -1.9pp 1st 41% below peers
Tampa, FL 15.7% 17th -3.6pp 2nd 15% above peers
Miami, FL 25.4% 21st -5.6pp 3rd 86% above peers
Kansas City, MO 10.5% 8th -2.2pp 4th 23% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 12.4% 11th -2.3pp 5th 9% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.4% 5th -1.4pp 6th 31% below peers
Arlington, TX 10.4% 7th -1.4pp 7th 24% below peers
Omaha, NE 10.2% 6th -1.3pp 8th 26% below peers
Atlanta, GA 14.3% 14th -1.6pp 9th 5% above peers
Tucson, AZ 16.2% 18th -1.7pp 10th 19% above peers
Cleveland, OH 31.5% 22nd -3.1pp 11th 130% above peers
Wichita, KS 11.1% 10th -1.0pp 12th 19% below peers
Raleigh, NC 8.3% 4th -0.3pp 13th 40% below peers
New Orleans, LA 18.5% 20th +0.0pp 14th 35% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.5% 1st +0.1pp 15th 53% below peers
Tulsa, OK 15.6% 16th +0.5pp 16th 14% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.8% 19th +1.1pp 17th 23% above peers
Aurora, CO 10.8% 9th +1.0pp 18th 21% below peers
Sacramento, CA 14.7% 15th +2.2pp 19th 7% above peers
Henderson, NV 7.7% 2nd +1.4pp 20th 44% below peers
Long Beach, CA 13.8% 13th +2.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Oakland, CA 13.7% 12th +3.5pp 22nd on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Irving, TX down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lexington, KY down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 1% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $708,610 in August 2026, down from $714,811 a year earlier.
Big move $708,610
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Virginia Beach, VA $427,730 (Aug 26) 10th +3.3% 1st 10% above peers
Tulsa, OK $220,221 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 2nd 43% below peers
Wichita, KS $207,080 (Aug 26) 21st +2.7% 3rd 47% below peers
Long Beach, CA $850,917 (Aug 26) 1st +2.5% 4th 119% above peers
Omaha, NE $296,615 (Aug 26) 17th +1.9% 5th 24% below peers
Kansas City, MO $253,549 (Aug 26) 18th +1.7% 6th 35% below peers
Miami, FL $580,866 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 7th 50% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $328,529 (Aug 26) 14th +0.6% 8th 15% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $388,250 (Aug 26) 11th -0.0% 9th on par with peers
Tampa, FL $377,566 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 10th 3% below peers
Arlington, TX $309,891 (Aug 26) 16th -0.8% 11th 20% below peers
Oakland, CA $708,610 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.9% 12th 83% above peers
Sacramento, CA $473,797 (Aug 26) 5th -0.9% 13th 22% above peers
Mesa, AZ $429,657 (Aug 26) 8th -0.9% 14th 11% above peers
Cleveland, OH $120,419 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.4% 15th 69% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $441,553 (Aug 26) 7th -1.5% 16th 14% above peers
Raleigh, NC $428,671 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 17th 10% above peers
New Orleans, LA $243,781 (Aug 26) 19th -1.9% 18th 37% below peers
Tucson, AZ $321,918 (Aug 26) 15th -2.0% 19th 17% below peers
Atlanta, GA $381,948 (Aug 26) 12th -2.0% 20th 2% below peers
Henderson, NV $479,263 (Aug 26) 4th -2.4% 21st 23% above peers
Aurora, CO $452,698 (Aug 26) 6th -2.8% 22nd 17% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $470,071 in August 2026, down from $483,491 a year earlier.
Big move $470,071
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Virginia Beach, VA $306,966 (Aug 26) 9th +4.0% 1st 6% above peers
Wichita, KS $125,010 (Aug 26) 21st +3.2% 2nd 57% below peers
Tulsa, OK $130,721 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 3rd 55% below peers
Omaha, NE $202,029 (Aug 26) 17th +1.7% 4th 30% below peers
Kansas City, MO $137,976 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 5th 52% below peers
Long Beach, CA $579,985 (Aug 26) 1st +0.7% 6th 100% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $215,674 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 7th 26% below peers
New Orleans, LA $146,798 (Aug 26) 18th +0.5% 8th 49% below peers
Cleveland, OH $73,450 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.2% 9th 75% below peers
Tampa, FL $242,802 (Aug 26) 14th +0.0% 10th 16% below peers
Sacramento, CA $372,061 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.1% 11th 28% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $290,276 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 12th on par with peers
Arlington, TX $248,825 (Aug 26) 12th -0.5% 13th 14% below peers
Miami, FL $351,367 (Aug 26) 5th -1.5% 14th 21% above peers
Mesa, AZ $324,316 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 15th 12% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $332,027 (Aug 26) 6th -1.7% 16th 14% above peers
Henderson, NV $355,673 (Aug 26) 4th -2.5% 17th 23% above peers
Oakland, CA $470,071 (Aug 26) 2nd -2.8% 18th 62% above peers
Tucson, AZ $243,236 (Aug 26) 13th -2.9% 19th 16% below peers
Raleigh, NC $294,789 (Aug 26) 10th -3.2% 20th 2% above peers
Aurora, CO $325,627 (Aug 26) 7th -4.3% 21st 12% above peers
Atlanta, GA $215,285 (Aug 26) 16th -4.6% 22nd 26% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.7% to 42.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
71% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 5% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.8% to 42.3%).
Bright spot 42.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Atlanta, GA 46.4% 18th +2.9pp 1st 11% below peers
Sacramento, CA 51.7% 13th +3.2pp 2nd on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 51.2% 14th +2.9pp 3rd 1% below peers
Mesa, AZ 64.4% 3rd +3.3pp 4th 24% above peers
Aurora, CO 62.4% 4th +2.5pp 5th 20% above peers
Miami, FL 30.8% 22nd +1.2pp 6th 41% below peers
Kansas City, MO 55.4% 9th +2.1pp 7th 7% above peers
Oakland, CA 42.3% 19th +1.6pp 8th 18% below peers
Tampa, FL 50.3% 16th +1.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Long Beach, CA 41.2% 21st +1.3pp 10th 21% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 1st +2.0pp 11th 27% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 60.9% 5th +1.8pp 12th 17% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 60.6% 6th +1.5pp 13th 17% above peers
Tucson, AZ 51.9% 12th +1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 51.9% 11th +1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Virginia Beach, VA 65.2% 2nd +1.4pp 16th 25% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 47.7% 17th +0.5pp 17th 8% below peers
Cleveland, OH 41.7% 20th +0.2pp 18th 20% below peers
Wichita, KS 58.9% 7th +0.1pp 19th 13% above peers
Raleigh, NC 50.8% 15th -0.8pp 20th 2% below peers
Arlington, TX 54.3% 10th -0.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Omaha, NE 57.4% 8th -1.3pp 22nd 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 10% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 1% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,735 in August 2026, up from $2,484 a year earlier.
Big move $2,735
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Oakland, CA $2,735 (Aug 26) 2nd +10.1% 1st 57% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA $2,086 (Aug 26) 4th +6.7% 2nd 20% above peers
Cleveland, OH $1,391 (Aug 26) 20th +4.6% 3rd 20% below peers
Kansas City, MO $1,428 (Aug 26) 17th +4.3% 4th 18% below peers
Wichita, KS $1,158 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.2% 5th 33% below peers
Tulsa, OK $1,287 (Aug 26) 21st +3.5% 6th 26% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $1,682 (Aug 26) 12th +3.5% 7th 3% below peers
Atlanta, GA $1,944 (Aug 26) 7th +3.4% 8th 12% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $1,858 (Aug 26) 8th +2.4% 9th 7% above peers
Omaha, NE $1,414 (Aug 26) 19th +2.2% 10th 19% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $1,740 (Aug 26) 11th +2.1% 11th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA $2,422 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.0% 12th 39% above peers
New Orleans, LA $1,637 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 13th 6% below peers
Tucson, AZ $1,425 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 14th 18% below peers
Sacramento, CA $2,056 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 15th 18% above peers
Arlington, TX $1,462 (Aug 26) 16th +0.9% 16th 16% below peers
Miami, FL $3,008 (Aug 26) 1st +0.8% 17th 73% above peers
Raleigh, NC $1,577 (Aug 26) 14th +0.5% 18th 9% below peers
Mesa, AZ $1,538 (Aug 26) 15th +0.2% 19th 12% below peers
Henderson, NV $1,806 (Aug 26) 9th -0.0% 20th 4% above peers
Tampa, FL $1,957 (Aug 26) 6th -0.8% 21st 12% above peers
Aurora, CO $1,758 (Aug 26) 10th -1.8% 22nd 1% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.8% then, 43.1% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
29% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.6% to 43.1%).
Needs attention 43.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Miami, FL 54.7% 22nd -1.6pp 1st 41% above peers
Wichita, KS 28.1% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 27% below peers
Long Beach, CA 45.7% 21st -0.8pp 3rd 18% above peers
New Orleans, LA 45.3% 20th -0.8pp 4th 17% above peers
Oakland, CA 43.1% 19th -0.6pp 5th 11% above peers
Cleveland, OH 40.7% 16th +0.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.1% 7th +0.4pp 7th 9% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.2% 3rd +0.4pp 8th 14% below peers
Tulsa, OK 33.2% 4th +0.5pp 9th 14% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 35.2% 8th +0.6pp 10th 9% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.7% 12th +0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Atlanta, GA 38.5% 11th +0.8pp 12th 1% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 39.7% 14th +1.0pp 13th 2% above peers
Sacramento, CA 41.4% 18th +1.4pp 14th 7% above peers
Tampa, FL 40.9% 17th +1.7pp 15th 6% above peers
Aurora, CO 39.7% 15th +1.7pp 16th 3% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 35.8% 10th +1.6pp 17th 8% below peers
Omaha, NE 32.8% 2nd +1.9pp 18th 15% below peers
Kansas City, MO 33.9% 5th +2.1pp 19th 12% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 6th +3.6pp 20th 10% below peers
Raleigh, NC 35.6% 9th +4.7pp 21st 8% below peers
Arlington, TX 39.6% 13th +5.5pp 22nd 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.1% then, 16.2% now; margin ±1.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
52% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.7% to 16.2%).
Needs attention 16.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Mesa, AZ 5.2% 5th -1.2pp 1st 38% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.4% 2nd -0.8pp 2nd 48% below peers
Tampa, FL 8.5% 13th -1.4pp 3rd 1% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.4% 7th -1.0pp 4th 24% below peers
Kansas City, MO 9.0% 15th -1.3pp 5th 7% above peers
Tucson, AZ 10.1% 16th -1.5pp 6th 20% above peers
Atlanta, GA 14.2% 17th -1.6pp 7th 69% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.9% 14th -0.7pp 8th 6% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 15.6% 18th -1.2pp 9th 85% above peers
New Orleans, LA 17.4% 20th -1.1pp 10th 107% above peers
Miami, FL 17.9% 21st -0.9pp 11th 112% above peers
Omaha, NE 7.5% 10th -0.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Cleveland, OH 22.1% 22nd -1.0pp 13th 162% above peers
Tulsa, OK 8.3% 11th -0.3pp 14th 1% below peers
Sacramento, CA 8.4% 12th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Oakland, CA 16.2% 19th +0.1pp 16th 92% above peers
Raleigh, NC 6.0% 6th +0.3pp 17th 28% below peers
Aurora, CO 6.6% 8th +0.5pp 18th 22% below peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 1st +0.3pp 19th 49% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.6% 3rd +0.4pp 20th 45% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 9th +1.3pp 21st 12% below peers
Arlington, TX 5.0% 4th +0.9pp 22nd 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Buffalo, NY down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.9% to 5.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 5% moved the other way. Oakland started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 5.6%).
Bright spot 5.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Oakland, CA 5.6% 2nd -2.3pp 1st 40% below peers
Miami, FL 16.3% 21st -3.4pp 2nd 75% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.3% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 32% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 5.7% 3rd -0.9pp 4th 39% below peers
Mesa, AZ 10.6% 15th -1.7pp 5th 14% above peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 9th -1.1pp 6th 13% below peers
Omaha, NE 9.2% 11th -1.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Raleigh, NC 9.3% 12th -0.9pp 8th on par with peers
Tampa, FL 10.6% 16th -1.0pp 9th 14% above peers
Sacramento, CA 5.4% 1st -0.5pp 10th 42% below peers
Tucson, AZ 10.6% 14th -0.9pp 11th 14% above peers
Kansas City, MO 11.0% 17th -0.8pp 12th 18% above peers
Tulsa, OK 16.1% 20th -0.5pp 13th 72% above peers
Atlanta, GA 10.1% 13th -0.2pp 14th 8% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.4% 10th -0.1pp 15th 10% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 7.7% 7th -0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 6th -0.0pp 17th 21% below peers
Wichita, KS 12.4% 18th +0.2pp 18th 33% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 5th +0.2pp 19th 28% below peers
Arlington, TX 19.0% 22nd +0.7pp 20th 104% above peers
Cleveland, OH 8.1% 8th +0.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Aurora, CO 13.7% 19th +2.4pp 22nd 47% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about two-thirds of the peer median.

23.7%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Oakland, CA 23.7% 1st 30% below peers
Long Beach, CA 27.6% 2nd 19% below peers
Raleigh, NC 28.2% 3rd 17% below peers
Aurora, CO 28.3% 4th 17% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 28.3% 5th 17% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 29.6% 6th 13% below peers
Henderson, NV 30.1% 7th 11% below peers
Miami, FL 30.3% 8th 11% below peers
Tampa, FL 32.3% 9th 5% below peers
Atlanta, GA 32.5% 10th 4% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 33.8% 11th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 33.9% 12th on par with peers
Bakersfield, CA 34.7% 13th 2% above peers
Wichita, KS 34.7% 14th 2% above peers
Sacramento, CA 34.7% 15th 2% above peers
Tucson, AZ 34.8% 16th 3% above peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 17th 7% above peers
New Orleans, LA 37.2% 18th 10% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.2% 19th 16% above peers
Tulsa, OK 39.4% 20th 16% above peers
Kansas City, MO 40.0% 21st 18% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 22nd 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 3.5% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 3.5%).
Bright spot 3.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mesa, AZ 8.3% 19th -1.7pp 1st 33% above peers
Oakland, CA 3.5% 3rd -0.7pp 2nd 44% below peers
Miami, FL 7.3% 16th -1.3pp 3rd 18% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 3.0% 1st -0.5pp 4th 52% below peers
Tucson, AZ 7.8% 17th -0.2pp 5th 26% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.5% 15th -0.1pp 6th 5% above peers
Raleigh, NC 5.4% 10th -0.1pp 7th 13% below peers
Long Beach, CA 3.7% 4th +0.1pp 8th 41% below peers
Tulsa, OK 8.4% 20th +0.2pp 9th 36% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.0% 6th +0.2pp 10th 35% below peers
Omaha, NE 6.4% 13th +0.6pp 11th 3% above peers
Tampa, FL 6.2% 12th +0.8pp 12th on par with peers
Arlington, TX 13.1% 22nd +1.8pp 13th 111% above peers
Atlanta, GA 5.8% 11th +0.9pp 14th 6% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 14th +1.0pp 15th 4% above peers
Kansas City, MO 8.1% 18th +1.5pp 16th 31% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.9% 21st +1.8pp 17th 44% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 5.3% 8th +1.1pp 18th 14% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 3.8% 5th +1.0pp 19th 39% below peers
Sacramento, CA 3.1% 2nd +0.9pp 20th 50% below peers
Cleveland, OH 4.4% 7th +1.3pp 21st 29% below peers
New Orleans, LA 5.4% 9th +1.9pp 22nd 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 0.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.0% to 48.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
95% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Oakland started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.6% to 48.8%).
Bright spot 48.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Cleveland, OH 22.4% 22nd +4.9pp 1st 40% below peers
Miami, FL 37.4% 11th +7.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 32.5% 18th +5.1pp 3rd 13% below peers
Tampa, FL 45.7% 5th +7.1pp 4th 22% above peers
Atlanta, GA 59.2% 1st +7.4pp 5th 58% above peers
Long Beach, CA 35.6% 14th +4.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 40.9% 8th +4.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Tucson, AZ 31.1% 19th +3.7pp 8th 17% below peers
Aurora, CO 33.6% 15th +3.9pp 9th 10% below peers
New Orleans, LA 42.4% 7th +4.8pp 10th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV 37.4% 12th +4.0pp 11th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 37.1% 13th +4.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Oakland, CA 48.8% 4th +4.7pp 13th 30% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 55.5% 2nd +5.1pp 14th 48% above peers
Kansas City, MO 38.4% 10th +3.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 23.6% 21st +1.7pp 16th 37% below peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 17th +2.3pp 17th 13% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 42.7% 6th +2.9pp 18th 14% above peers
Tulsa, OK 33.6% 16th +2.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 40.1% 9th +2.4pp 20th 7% above peers
Raleigh, NC 54.0% 3rd +3.1pp 21st 44% above peers
Wichita, KS 31.1% 20th +1.0pp 22nd 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 6.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57.9% to 51.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
38% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 5% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.9% to 51.0%).
Needs attention 51.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Aurora, CO 44.2% 9th +6.0pp 1st 1% above peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 11th +3.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Tampa, FL 58.2% 4th +4.6pp 3rd 33% above peers
Miami, FL 67.7% 1st +4.3pp 4th 55% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.7% 15th +2.0pp 5th 9% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.6% 16th +0.4pp 6th 12% below peers
Atlanta, GA 62.2% 2nd -0.9pp 7th 42% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 43.4% 12th -1.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Mesa, AZ 32.1% 21st -1.2pp 9th 27% below peers
New Orleans, LA 61.5% 3rd -2.4pp 10th 40% above peers
Wichita, KS 36.5% 18th -1.5pp 11th 17% below peers
Kansas City, MO 42.2% 14th -2.4pp 12th 4% below peers
Tulsa, OK 42.5% 13th -4.3pp 13th 3% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 50.2% 6th -5.2pp 14th 15% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 47.6% 7th -6.1pp 15th 9% above peers
Oakland, CA 51.0% 5th -6.9pp 16th 17% above peers
Long Beach, CA 44.0% 10th -7.0pp 17th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 19th -6.0pp 18th 17% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.3% 22nd -5.1pp 19th 33% below peers
Raleigh, NC 45.6% 8th -9.7pp 20th 4% above peers
Sacramento, CA 38.0% 17th -8.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Cleveland, OH 33.7% 20th -8.7pp 22nd 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 11.5pp 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
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.5% then, 7.9% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
19% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.9% to 7.9%).
Needs attention 7.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kansas City, MO 5.7% 6th -3.3pp 1st 20% below peers
Tulsa, OK 5.8% 7th -3.4pp 2nd 19% below peers
Miami, FL 8.5% 18th -4.1pp 3rd 18% above peers
Arlington, TX 6.3% 8th -1.0pp 4th 13% below peers
Sacramento, CA 7.2% 12th -0.7pp 5th on par with peers
Atlanta, GA 4.5% 1st -0.4pp 6th 37% below peers
Oakland, CA 7.9% 15th -0.6pp 7th 10% above peers
Omaha, NE 5.6% 5th -0.3pp 8th 22% below peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 16th -0.4pp 9th 12% above peers
Long Beach, CA 7.3% 14th -0.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 9th -0.2pp 11th 11% below peers
Cleveland, OH 10.4% 22nd -0.2pp 12th 44% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.1% 17th -0.1pp 13th 13% above peers
Tucson, AZ 7.3% 13th -0.0pp 14th 1% above peers
Raleigh, NC 4.7% 2nd -0.0pp 15th 35% below peers
Tampa, FL 5.2% 4th +0.0pp 16th 27% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.5% 19th +0.3pp 17th 18% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 6.7% 10th +0.5pp 18th 8% below peers
Wichita, KS 9.0% 20th +1.7pp 19th 25% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.9% 3rd +1.0pp 20th 32% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 10.0% 21st +2.0pp 21st 39% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.8% 11th +1.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Orlando, FL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kansas City, MO down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tulsa, OK down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 425,097 to 439,418 - more than the combined survey margin (±145).

Broader trend
81% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (402,339 to 439,418).
439,418
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 22nd +11% 1st 27% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 411,986 15th +9% 2nd 10% below peers
Aurora, CO 394,432 19th +7% 3rd 13% below peers
Sacramento, CA 528,706 2nd +6% 4th 16% above peers
Kansas City, MO 510,612 4th +5% 5th 12% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 487,887 7th +5% 6th 7% above peers
Raleigh, NC 481,031 8th +4% 7th 6% above peers
Tampa, FL 401,618 16th +4% 8th 12% below peers
Atlanta, GA 505,268 5th +3% 9th 11% above peers
Oakland, CA 439,418 12th +3% 10th 4% below peers
Tulsa, OK 413,794 14th +3% 11th 9% below peers
Omaha, NE 488,837 6th +3% 12th 7% above peers
Mesa, AZ 511,764 3rd +2% 13th 12% above peers
Wichita, KS 397,945 17th +2% 14th 13% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 427,246 13th +2% 15th 6% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 456,349 10th +1% 16th on par with peers
Miami, FL 459,745 9th +1% 17th 1% above peers
Tucson, AZ 547,073 1st +1% 18th 20% above peers
Arlington, TX 397,742 18th +1% 19th 13% below peers
Long Beach, CA 455,548 11th -2% 20th on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 371,853 20th -5% 21st 18% below peers
Cleveland, OH 366,097 21st -5% 22nd 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±102 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.9% to 18.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp).

Broader trend
86% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.0% to 18.9%).
Big move 18.9%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Tulsa, OK 24.1% 4th -0.4pp 1st 12% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 21.9% 9th -0.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
New Orleans, LA 19.7% 16th -0.4pp 3rd 9% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.2% 1st -0.7pp 4th 36% above peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 13th -0.5pp 5th 3% below peers
Kansas City, MO 22.5% 8th -0.6pp 6th 4% above peers
Arlington, TX 24.8% 2nd -0.8pp 7th 15% above peers
Omaha, NE 24.2% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 12% above peers
Wichita, KS 24.1% 5th -1.2pp 9th 12% above peers
Cleveland, OH 21.0% 12th -1.1pp 10th 2% below peers
Raleigh, NC 19.8% 15th -1.0pp 11th 8% below peers
Oakland, CA 18.9% 19th -1.0pp 12th 12% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 18.8% 20th -1.0pp 13th 13% below peers
Miami, FL 16.5% 22nd -1.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 21.8% 10th -1.4pp 15th 1% above peers
Aurora, CO 23.9% 6th -1.5pp 16th 11% above peers
Sacramento, CA 21.5% 11th -1.6pp 17th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 22.5% 7th -1.8pp 18th 5% above peers
Tucson, AZ 19.4% 18th -1.8pp 19th 10% below peers
Atlanta, GA 16.6% 21st -1.6pp 20th 23% below peers
Tampa, FL 19.4% 17th -2.1pp 21st 10% below peers
Long Beach, CA 19.9% 14th -2.5pp 22nd 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.4% then, 35.8% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.9% to 35.8%).
35.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Aurora, CO 34.0% 16th +4.7pp 1st 5% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 30.6% 19th +2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 21st +2.4pp 3rd 20% below peers
Sacramento, CA 36.9% 10th +2.8pp 4th 3% above peers
Long Beach, CA 40.2% 6th +2.8pp 5th 12% above peers
Omaha, NE 33.3% 17th +1.9pp 6th 7% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 35.5% 13th +1.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Oakland, CA 35.8% 12th +1.3pp 8th on par with peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 1st +1.9pp 9th 101% above peers
Raleigh, NC 34.8% 14th -0.5pp 10th 3% below peers
Mesa, AZ 30.4% 20th -0.5pp 11th 15% below peers
Kansas City, MO 38.8% 9th -1.3pp 12th 8% above peers
Tucson, AZ 43.2% 4th -1.7pp 13th 20% above peers
Wichita, KS 34.6% 15th -1.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Tampa, FL 40.1% 7th -2.4pp 15th 12% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.9% 11th -2.3pp 16th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 39.2% 8th -2.7pp 17th 9% above peers
New Orleans, LA 53.7% 2nd -4.0pp 18th 50% above peers
Miami, FL 42.6% 5th -3.5pp 19th 19% above peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 18th -3.0pp 20th 9% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 26.4% 22nd -2.6pp 21st 26% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.5% 3rd -6.6pp 22nd 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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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6 of 116 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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What changed

Working parents rose 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64.6% to 71.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.0pp).

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.9% to 71.6%).
Big move 71.6%
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Sacramento, CA 71.9% 4th +7.6pp 1st 2% above peers
Oakland, CA 71.6% 7th +7.0pp 2nd 2% above peers
Tampa, FL 74.3% 3rd +6.3pp 3rd 6% above peers
Long Beach, CA 71.3% 8th +5.9pp 4th 1% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 68.8% 13th +3.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Arlington, TX 67.2% 15th +1.8pp 6th 4% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 62.0% 21st +1.6pp 7th 12% below peers
Mesa, AZ 63.5% 17th +1.6pp 8th 10% below peers
Atlanta, GA 75.7% 1st +1.7pp 9th 8% above peers
Raleigh, NC 70.5% 10th +1.4pp 10th on par with peers
Wichita, KS 70.3% 11th +1.2pp 11th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 63.8% 16th +0.9pp 12th 9% below peers
Miami, FL 67.6% 14th +0.3pp 13th 4% below peers
Kansas City, MO 71.9% 6th -0.3pp 14th 2% above peers
New Orleans, LA 70.2% 12th -1.0pp 15th on par with peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 5th -1.7pp 16th 2% above peers
Aurora, CO 63.5% 18th -1.9pp 17th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 70.8% 9th -2.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 62.4% 20th -1.9pp 19th 11% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 74.6% 2nd -3.9pp 20th 6% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 22nd -3.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Tucson, AZ 62.5% 19th -3.9pp 22nd 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 116 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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6 of 116 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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