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Oceanside, CA
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Oceanside, CA

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172,242 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where Oceanside, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
8.7%
2020-24
▼ 41%
relative change
14.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$97,737
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
$72,697 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
122 /100k
May 2026
▼ 24%
relative change
160 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
8.2%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
10.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
36.2%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
31.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.1%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
9.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.9%
May 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
4.2% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.5%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
90.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.5%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
4.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
58.3%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
57.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.0%
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.6%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
4.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Oceanside, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.5%
2019-23
▲ 40%
relative change
6.0% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,509 /100k
May 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
1,719 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
44.8%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
45.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 7 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
20.2%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
21.5% in 2019
Falling  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,974
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$2,895 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
172,242
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
175,622 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$630,359
Jun 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$635,163 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$877,395
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$876,935 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
24.7%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
26.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
63.8%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
63.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime is about 10% lower than in 2021 (436 then, 391 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 491 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 407 in May 2026, down from 447 a year earlier.
407 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Lakewood, CO 203 (Mar 26) -73.5% 1st
Alexandria, VA 142 (May 26) -17.2% 2nd
Santa Rosa, CA 282 (Apr 26) -17.1% 3rd
Salem, OR 391 (Mar 26) -16.7% 4th
Cary, NC 65 (Mar 26) -16.2% 5th
Paterson, NJ 792 (May 26) -16.0% 6th
Chattanooga, TN 677 (May 26) -15.4% 7th
Newport News, VA 683 (Apr 26) -12.1% 8th
Clarksville, TN 342 (May 26) -11.9% 9th
Fort Collins, CO 264 (May 26) -11.0% 10th
Corona, CA 227 (May 26) -10.5% 11th
Oceanside, CA 407 (May 26) -9.0% 12th
Shreveport, LA 1,091 (May 26) -7.7% 13th
Killeen, TX 497 (Feb 26) -3.7% 14th
Springfield, MO 1,230 (May 26) +1.9% 15th
Hayward, CA 449 (May 26) +6.7% 16th
Elk Grove, CA 177 (May 26) +8.0% 17th
Eugene, OR 334 (Apr 26) +8.5% 18th
Murfreesboro, TN 453 (May 26) +10.0% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. 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 →
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Charleston, SC down about 15% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 13% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,509 in May 2026, down from 1,719 a year earlier.
1,509 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Lakewood, CO 1,335 (Mar 26) -72.5% 1st
Alexandria, VA 1,488 (May 26) -36.5% 2nd
Murfreesboro, TN 1,301 (May 26) -33.7% 3rd
Clarksville, TN 1,047 (May 26) -30.9% 4th
Salem, OR 2,042 (May 26) -29.1% 5th
Cary, NC 907 (Mar 26) -28.4% 6th
Eugene, OR 2,463 (May 26) -26.2% 7th
Fort Collins, CO 1,640 (May 26) -21.9% 8th
Newport News, VA 2,035 (Apr 26) -19.3% 9th
Corona, CA 1,463 (May 26) -14.0% 10th
Hayward, CA 2,601 (May 26) -13.6% 11th
Chattanooga, TN 3,252 (May 26) -13.1% 12th
Oceanside, CA 1,509 (May 26) -12.2% 13th
Paterson, NJ 2,117 (May 26) -11.3% 14th
Shreveport, LA 3,354 (May 26) -9.9% 15th
Springfield, MO 3,855 (May 26) -6.9% 16th
Santa Rosa, CA 1,335 (Apr 26) -2.8% 17th
Elk Grove, CA 1,229 (May 26) +1.7% 18th
Killeen, TX 1,588 (Feb 26) +10.4% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Boise, ID down about 22% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide is about 1% higher than in 2021 (2 then, 2 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 4 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: homicide fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in May 2026, down from 4 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Cary, NC 0 (Mar 26) -100.0% 1st
Eugene, OR 0 (May 26) -100.0% 2nd
Hayward, CA 3 (May 26) -63.7% 3rd
Lakewood, CO 1 (Mar 26) -60.2% 4th
Salem, OR 1 (May 26) -59.9% 5th
Santa Rosa, CA 2 (Apr 26) -55.6% 6th
Alexandria, VA 1 (May 26) -50.1% 7th
Newport News, VA 8 (Apr 26) -40.0% 8th
Chattanooga, TN 7 (May 26) -35.0% 9th
Springfield, MO 5 (May 26) -30.7% 10th
Oceanside, CA 3 (May 26) -16.8% 11th
Elk Grove, CA 3 (May 26) -16.5% 12th
Killeen, TX 12 (Feb 26) -13.6% 13th
Clarksville, TN 6 (May 26) -7.7% 14th
Paterson, NJ 9 (May 26) -6.7% 15th
Fort Collins, CO 2 (May 26) +0.0% 16th
Murfreesboro, TN 2 (May 26) +0.0% 17th
Shreveport, LA 25 (May 26) +22.2% 18th
Corona, CA 4 (May 26) +599.5% 19th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Carmel, IN down about 17% a year · faster than 86% of this group · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 122 in May 2026, down from 160 a year earlier.
122 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Lakewood, CO 193 (Mar 26) -73.5% 1st
Murfreesboro, TN 91 (May 26) -49.3% 2nd
Eugene, OR 164 (May 26) -45.1% 3rd
Salem, OR 218 (May 26) -43.6% 4th
Newport News, VA 181 (Apr 26) -39.6% 5th
Clarksville, TN 119 (May 26) -38.9% 6th
Fort Collins, CO 112 (May 26) -37.9% 7th
Corona, CA 141 (May 26) -37.5% 8th
Alexandria, VA 111 (May 26) -37.0% 9th
Cary, NC 71 (Mar 26) -36.1% 10th
Elk Grove, CA 67 (May 26) -32.2% 11th
Chattanooga, TN 375 (May 26) -32.2% 12th
Hayward, CA 714 (May 26) -31.6% 13th
Santa Rosa, CA 121 (Apr 26) -28.7% 14th
Paterson, NJ 396 (May 26) -26.0% 15th
Oceanside, CA 122 (May 26) -23.8% 16th
Killeen, TX 234 (Feb 26) -18.6% 17th
Shreveport, LA 490 (May 26) -10.6% 18th
Springfield, MO 419 (May 26) -4.4% 19th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. 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 →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Escondido, CA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $72,697 to $97,737 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,841). 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 67% from 2014 to 2024 ($58,385 to $97,737).
$97,737
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Salinas, CA $91,908 11th +49% 1st 11% above peers
Lancaster, CA $81,511 18th +48% 2nd 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 24th +42% 3rd 22% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 16th +40% 4th on par with peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 13th +37% 5th 7% above peers
Paterson, NJ $55,997 27th +35% 6th 33% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 20th +35% 7th 9% below peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 12th +35% 8th 8% above peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 8th +34% 9th 18% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 10th 51% above peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 29th +34% 11th 41% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 10th +33% 12th 11% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 7th +31% 13th 19% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 21st +31% 14th 16% below peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 4th +31% 15th 36% above peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 23rd +31% 16th 20% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 9th +31% 17th 13% above peers
Corona, CA $109,242 6th +30% 18th 31% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 17th +30% 19th 2% below peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 22nd +29% 20th 17% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 19th +29% 21st 4% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 15th +29% 22nd 2% above peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 23rd 62% above peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 30th +25% 24th 41% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 28th +24% 25th 38% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 14th +24% 26th 2% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 5th +23% 27th 35% above peers
Killeen, TX $60,977 25th +23% 28th 27% below peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 26th +23% 29th 29% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR $31,750 31st +19% 30th 62% below peers
Alexandria, VA $119,681 3rd +19% 31st 44% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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22 of 44 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

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,411 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 86% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.9% in May 2026, down from 4.2% a year earlier.
3.9%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Paterson, NJ 6.7% (May 26) 27th -1.4pp 1st 68% above peers
Salinas, CA 7.3% (May 26) 29th -0.9pp 2nd 82% above peers
Hayward, CA 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.6pp 3rd 5% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 4th 15% below peers
Springfield, MO 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 5th 10% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 3.4% (May 26) 6th -0.4pp 6th 15% below peers
Lakewood, CO 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.4pp 7th 12% below peers
Oceanside, CA 3.9% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 8th 3% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.7% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 10th on par with peers
Salem, OR 4.7% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 11th 18% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Cary, NC 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 13th 28% below peers
Alexandria, VA 2.9% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 14th 28% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 15th 32% below peers
Clarksville, TN 3.6% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 16th 10% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA 6.2% (May 26) 26th +0.0pp 18th 55% above peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +0.0pp 19th 15% above peers
Corona, CA 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.0pp 20th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.3% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 21st 18% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 4.2% (May 26) 18th +0.0pp 22nd 5% above peers
Eugene, OR 4.6% (May 26) 23rd +0.1pp 23rd 15% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% (May 26) 28th +0.2pp 24th 75% above peers
Newport News, VA 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 25th on par with peers
Aurora, IL 4.3% (May 26) 19th +0.4pp 26th 7% above peers
Killeen, TX 5.5% (May 26) 25th +0.5pp 27th 38% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 4.5% (May 26) 21st +1.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.4% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 29th 10% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.2% to 8.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 10 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.8% to 8.2%).
8.2%
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 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.5% 6th -5.6pp 1st 37% below peers
Lancaster, CA 15.1% 21st -5.6pp 2nd 12% above peers
Alexandria, VA 7.9% 2nd -2.4pp 3rd 42% below peers
Paterson, NJ 21.1% 28th -5.3pp 4th 56% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.2% 5th -2.0pp 5th 39% below peers
Salinas, CA 13.5% 16th -3.2pp 6th on par with peers
Springfield, MO 17.4% 25th -4.1pp 7th 29% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.4% 9th -1.8pp 8th 30% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.0% 13th -2.1pp 9th 11% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.2% 14th -1.7pp 10th 9% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 14.8% 19th -1.8pp 11th 10% above peers
Corona, CA 8.7% 7th -1.1pp 12th 36% below peers
Ontario, CA 12.3% 15th -1.2pp 13th 8% below peers
Shreveport, LA 22.9% 29th -2.1pp 14th 70% above peers
Salem, OR 13.7% 17th -1.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 18.3% 26th -1.4pp 16th 36% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.6% 11th -0.5pp 17th 29% below peers
Newport News, VA 13.9% 18th -0.6pp 18th 3% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.0% 20th -0.5pp 19th 11% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 7.9% 4th -0.1pp 20th 41% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 23.7% 30th -0.1pp 21st 76% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.0% 8th +0.1pp 22nd 33% below peers
Palmdale, CA 15.6% 22nd +0.2pp 23rd 16% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.4% 23rd +0.2pp 24th 29% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 7.9% 3rd +0.1pp 25th 42% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 33.4% 31st +0.6pp 26th 147% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 12th +0.6pp 27th 27% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 18.5% 27th +1.7pp 28th 37% above peers
Hayward, CA 9.5% 10th +1.3pp 29th 30% below peers
Cary, NC 5.6% 1st +0.9pp 30th 58% below peers
Killeen, TX 17.4% 24th +2.7pp 31st 29% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.9% to 8.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.9% to 8.7%).
8.7%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 1st -11.8pp 1st 68% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 5th -6.2pp 2nd 47% below peers
Alexandria, VA 11.5% 11th -7.3pp 3rd 30% below peers
Salinas, CA 17.8% 19th -7.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 21st -8.1pp 5th 23% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 14th -4.5pp 6th 14% below peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 12th -3.7pp 7th 22% below peers
Paterson, NJ 29.4% 27th -8.2pp 8th 79% above peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 28th -8.4pp 9th 85% above peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 18th -4.4pp 10th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 15th -4.0pp 11th 5% below peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 20th -4.8pp 12th 17% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 9th -2.3pp 13th 31% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 4th -1.7pp 14th 47% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 17th -3.2pp 15th 2% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 25th -4.1pp 16th 53% above peers
Corona, CA 10.2% 7th -1.6pp 17th 38% below peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 16th -2.0pp 18th on par with peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 3rd -0.9pp 19th 55% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 22nd -1.9pp 20th 23% above peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 24th -1.5pp 21st 46% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 30th -2.0pp 22nd 116% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 6th +0.1pp 23rd 44% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 2nd +0.1pp 24th 63% below peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 23rd +0.5pp 25th 34% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 26th 215% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 8th +0.6pp 27th 35% below peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 13th +1.2pp 28th 21% below peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 10th +1.3pp 29th 30% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 29th +4.6pp 30th 90% above peers
Killeen, TX 26.0% 26th +6.1pp 31st 58% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.4% to 95.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 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 8.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.6% to 95.5%).
95.5%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Paterson, NJ 89.3% 27th +20.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 29th +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 22nd +15.1pp 3rd 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 25th +12.9pp 4th 3% below peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 20th +12.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 26th +11.4pp 6th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 7th 10% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 6th +11.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 94.4% 8th +11.5pp 9th 2% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 28th +10.4pp 10th 8% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +9.1pp 11th 8% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 21st +8.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 12th +7.3pp 13th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 11th +6.9pp 14th 1% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 14th +5.9pp 15th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 4th +5.8pp 16th 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 15th +5.7pp 17th on par with peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 16th +5.7pp 18th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 19th +5.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Killeen, TX 91.4% 23rd +5.0pp 20th 2% below peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 17th +5.0pp 21st on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 3rd +5.1pp 22nd 3% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 7th +5.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 13th +4.6pp 24th on par with peers
Corona, CA 94.3% 9th +4.5pp 25th 1% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 24th +4.3pp 26th 2% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 27th 4% above peers
Alexandria, VA 94.1% 10th +2.5pp 28th 1% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 18th +2.4pp 29th 1% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 5th +2.4pp 30th 2% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.42 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.42).
0.42
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lancaster, CA 0.43 15th -0.034 1st 1% below peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 12% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 6th -0.021 3rd 5% below peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 7th -0.019 4th 5% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 5th 11% below peers
Corona, CA 0.41 5th -0.010 6th 5% below peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 23rd -0.008 7th 6% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 30th -0.009 8th 22% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 8th -0.006 9th 4% below peers
Paterson, NJ 0.47 24th -0.004 10th 8% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 17th -0.002 11th 1% above peers
Salinas, CA 0.41 4th -0.001 12th 6% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 27th -0.001 13th 15% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 11th +0.000 14th 3% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 29th +0.002 15th 19% above peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 26th +0.002 16th 13% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 22nd +0.002 17th 5% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 25th +0.003 18th 9% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 18th +0.003 19th 3% above peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 13th +0.003 20th 2% below peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 21st 23% above peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 16th +0.006 22nd on par with peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 19th +0.008 23rd 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 0.46 21st +0.009 24th 4% above peers
Cary, NC 0.43 12th +0.009 25th 3% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 28th +0.015 26th 16% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 9th +0.016 27th 4% below peers
Killeen, TX 0.42 10th +0.017 28th 4% below peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 3rd +0.017 29th 7% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 14th +0.020 30th 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 20th +0.022 31st 3% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 6.0% to 8.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 3.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.0% to 8.5%).
8.5%
20102023
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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
Murfreesboro, TN 7.0% 4th -3.1pp 1st 46% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 16th -4.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 11th -2.6pp 3rd 19% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 17th -2.6pp 4th 1% above peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 24th -1.9pp 5th 31% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 6th 79% below peers
Paterson, NJ 34.1% 30th -3.1pp 7th 165% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 3rd -0.4pp 8th 47% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 5th +0.0pp 9th 44% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 19th +0.1pp 10th 8% above peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 23rd +0.1pp 11th 29% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 27th +0.2pp 12th 60% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.9% 22nd +0.2pp 13th 24% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 15th +0.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 21st +0.2pp 15th 19% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 13th +0.2pp 16th 18% below peers
Corona, CA 7.6% 7th +0.3pp 17th 41% below peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 20th +0.8pp 18th 12% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 28th +1.6pp 19th 67% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 29th +1.8pp 20th 72% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 6th +0.6pp 21st 44% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 12th +1.0pp 22nd 19% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 10th +0.9pp 23rd 29% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 18th +1.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Alexandria, VA 5.2% 2nd +0.8pp 25th 60% below peers
Salinas, CA 11.0% 14th +1.7pp 26th 15% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 31st +7.7pp 27th 180% above peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 26th +4.9pp 28th 47% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 8th +2.4pp 29th 34% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 9th +3.1pp 30th 31% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 25th +8.6pp 31st 36% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $877,395 in June 2026, up from $876,935 a year earlier.
$877,395
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Paterson, NJ $541,017 (Jun 26) 14th +4.6% 1st on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA $1,016,134 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 2nd 88% above peers
Aurora, IL $327,932 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 3rd 39% below peers
Springfield, MO $248,023 (Jun 26) 26th +2.5% 4th 54% below peers
Newport News, VA $297,976 (Jun 26) 25th +2.4% 5th 45% below peers
Shreveport, LA $147,051 (Jun 26) 28th +2.1% 6th 73% below peers
Salinas, CA $754,292 (Jun 26) 6th +0.4% 7th 39% above peers
Salem, OR $440,407 (Jun 26) 20th +0.3% 8th 19% below peers
Oceanside, CA $877,395 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.1% 9th 62% above peers
Eugene, OR $484,308 (Jun 26) 18th +0.0% 10th 10% below peers
Alexandria, VA $679,077 (Jun 26) 8th +0.0% 11th 26% above peers
Palmdale, CA $505,741 (Jun 26) 16th -0.2% 12th 7% below peers
Clarksville, TN $322,202 (Jun 26) 24th -0.2% 13th 40% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $430,236 (Jun 26) 21st -0.3% 14th 20% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $789,064 (Jun 26) 4th -0.7% 15th 46% above peers
Lancaster, CA $467,567 (Jun 26) 19th -0.9% 16th 14% below peers
Corona, CA $762,689 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 17th 41% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $569,102 (Jun 26) 13th -1.0% 18th 5% above peers
Ontario, CA $670,587 (Jun 26) 9th -1.0% 19th 24% above peers
Killeen, TX $220,742 (Jun 26) 27th -1.0% 20th 59% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $324,364 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.1% 21st 40% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA $720,728 (Jun 26) 7th -1.5% 22nd 33% above peers
Cary, NC $631,158 (Jun 26) 11th -2.0% 23rd 17% above peers
Lakewood, CO $572,759 (Jun 26) 12th -2.4% 24th 6% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $637,106 (Jun 26) 10th -3.0% 25th 18% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $489,023 (Jun 26) 17th -3.0% 26th 10% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,582 (Jun 26) 15th -3.1% 27th 5% below peers
Hayward, CA $842,802 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.2% 28th 56% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $630,359 in June 2026, down from $635,163 a year earlier.
$630,359
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Paterson, NJ $424,376 (Jun 26) 12th +6.4% 1st 6% above peers
Aurora, IL $251,367 (Jun 26) 21st +4.2% 2nd 37% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $808,746 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 3rd 103% above peers
Springfield, MO $164,990 (Jun 26) 26th +2.2% 4th 59% below peers
Newport News, VA $212,134 (Jun 26) 24th +1.7% 5th 47% below peers
Salinas, CA $631,481 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.9% 6th 58% above peers
Salem, OR $362,862 (Jun 26) 18th +0.5% 7th 9% below peers
Eugene, OR $384,769 (Jun 26) 16th +0.2% 8th 4% below peers
Shreveport, LA $48,751 (Jun 26) 28th +0.1% 9th 88% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $330,473 (Jun 26) 19th -0.1% 10th 17% below peers
Corona, CA $628,508 (Jun 26) 5th -0.2% 11th 57% above peers
Alexandria, VA $399,151 (Jun 26) 14th -0.3% 12th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN $201,990 (Jun 26) 25th -0.4% 13th 49% below peers
Ontario, CA $543,241 (Jun 26) 8th -0.4% 14th 36% above peers
Palmdale, CA $424,425 (Jun 26) 11th -0.5% 15th 6% above peers
Oceanside, CA $630,359 (Jun 26) 4th -0.8% 16th 58% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $618,061 (Jun 26) 6th -0.8% 17th 55% above peers
Killeen, TX $163,831 (Jun 26) 27th -0.9% 18th 59% below peers
Clarksville, TN $243,006 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.2% 19th 39% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA $563,545 (Jun 26) 7th -1.2% 20th 41% above peers
Lancaster, CA $387,189 (Jun 26) 15th -1.3% 21st 3% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $414,514 (Jun 26) 13th -2.0% 22nd 4% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $536,250 (Jun 26) 9th -3.0% 23rd 34% above peers
Cary, NC $441,245 (Jun 26) 10th -3.2% 24th 11% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,773 (Jun 26) 20th -4.0% 25th 23% below peers
Hayward, CA $652,742 (Jun 26) 2nd -4.8% 26th 64% above peers
Lakewood, CO $379,181 (Jun 26) 17th -4.9% 27th 5% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $225,973 (Jun 26) 23rd -8.1% 28th 43% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.6% then, 58.3% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.3% to 58.3%).
58.3%
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 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lancaster, CA 60.4% 9th +7.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Killeen, TX 49.5% 24th +5.7pp 2nd 11% below peers
Hayward, CA 58.0% 12th +5.2pp 3rd 4% above peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 13th +4.5pp 4th 4% above peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 30th +2.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 14th +2.7pp 6th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 47.0% 27th +2.2pp 7th 15% below peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 16th +2.5pp 8th on par with peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 28th +1.6pp 9th 21% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 3rd +2.4pp 10th 25% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.9% 31st +0.8pp 11th 52% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 5th +1.9pp 12th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 15th +1.6pp 13th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 17th +1.4pp 14th 3% below peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 6th +0.9pp 15th 19% above peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 26th +0.6pp 16th 14% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 8th +0.8pp 17th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 10th +0.7pp 18th 5% above peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 18th +0.5pp 19th 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 21st +0.1pp 20th 6% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 19th -0.1pp 21st 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 20th -0.2pp 22nd 6% below peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 11th -0.2pp 23rd 5% above peers
Corona, CA 63.8% 7th -0.3pp 24th 15% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 1st -1.1pp 25th 33% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 25th -0.8pp 26th 13% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 23rd -0.9pp 27th 7% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 2nd -1.4pp 28th 25% above peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 4th -1.8pp 29th 20% above peers
Alexandria, VA 42.1% 29th -1.1pp 30th 24% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 22nd -1.8pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 →

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,974 in June 2026, up from $2,895 a year earlier.
$2,974
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Newport News, VA $1,587 (Jun 26) 22nd +6.5% 1st 32% below peers
Salinas, CA $2,498 (Jun 26) 12th +5.0% 2nd 8% above peers
Shreveport, LA $1,170 (Jun 26) 28th +3.7% 3rd 50% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,794 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.2% 4th 21% above peers
Springfield, MO $1,230 (Jun 26) 27th +3.1% 5th 47% below peers
Eugene, OR $1,842 (Jun 26) 18th +3.1% 6th 21% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $2,679 (Jun 26) 7th +2.9% 7th 16% above peers
Corona, CA $2,682 (Jun 26) 6th +2.8% 8th 16% above peers
Oceanside, CA $2,974 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 9th 28% above peers
Hayward, CA $2,615 (Jun 26) 9th +2.5% 10th 13% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,287 (Jun 26) 15th +2.5% 11th 1% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,534 (Jun 26) 11th +2.4% 12th 9% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,688 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 13th 16% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,505 (Jun 26) 24th +1.9% 14th 35% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $1,687 (Jun 26) 21st +1.7% 15th 27% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $1,938 (Jun 26) 17th +1.3% 16th 16% below peers
Ontario, CA $2,635 (Jun 26) 8th +1.1% 17th 14% above peers
Clarksville, TN $1,376 (Jun 26) 25th +0.7% 18th 41% below peers
Palmdale, CA $2,720 (Jun 26) 4th +0.6% 19th 17% above peers
Lancaster, CA $2,403 (Jun 26) 13th +0.5% 20th 4% above peers
Cary, NC $1,775 (Jun 26) 20th +0.4% 21st 23% below peers
Salem, OR $1,585 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.1% 22nd 32% below peers
Paterson, NJ $1,941 (Jun 26) 16th -0.1% 23rd 16% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,813 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.3% 24th 21% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $2,550 (Jun 26) 10th -0.8% 25th 10% above peers
Alexandria, VA $2,318 (Jun 26) 14th -1.2% 26th on par with peers
Killeen, TX $1,254 (Jun 26) 26th -1.7% 27th 46% below peers
Lakewood, CO $1,814 (Jun 26) 19th -2.2% 28th 22% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.9% then, 44.8% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.4% to 44.8%).
44.8%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Salinas, CA 41.2% 18th -5.9pp 1st 3% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 3rd -2.8pp 2nd 21% below peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 12th -2.8pp 3rd 7% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 4th -2.1pp 4th 21% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 11th -2.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 5th -1.8pp 6th 20% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 2nd -1.7pp 7th 24% below peers
Corona, CA 41.7% 20th -1.4pp 8th 4% above peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 16th -1.2pp 9th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 26th -1.1pp 10th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 25th -1.1pp 11th 11% above peers
Paterson, NJ 56.6% 31st -0.7pp 12th 41% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 22nd -0.2pp 13th 7% above peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 24th -0.0pp 14th 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 15th +0.2pp 15th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 9th +0.2pp 16th 10% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 27th +0.6pp 17th 13% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 6th +0.6pp 18th 17% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 13th +0.7pp 19th 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 19th +0.9pp 20th 3% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 29th +1.2pp 21st 16% above peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 30th +1.4pp 22nd 16% above peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 10th +1.9pp 23rd 8% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 14th +2.2pp 24th 5% below peers
Alexandria, VA 35.3% 8th +2.2pp 25th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 21st +2.7pp 26th 5% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 28th +3.5pp 27th 13% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 23rd +3.7pp 28th 9% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 7th +3.1pp 29th 14% below peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 30th 43% below peers
Killeen, TX 40.2% 17th +4.6pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.9% then, 4.5% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.0% to 4.5%).
4.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Killeen, TX 5.0% 11th -1.5pp 1st 20% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 7th -1.0pp 2nd 35% below peers
Paterson, NJ 26.1% 31st -5.2pp 3rd 317% above peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 10th -0.9pp 4th 24% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 23rd -0.9pp 5th 44% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 22nd -0.9pp 6th 37% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 9th -0.5pp 7th 28% below peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 25th -1.0pp 8th 63% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 26th -1.1pp 9th 76% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 21st -0.7pp 10th 32% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 24th -0.8pp 11th 56% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 2nd -0.3pp 12th 44% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 29th -1.0pp 13th 96% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 27th -0.6pp 14th 80% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 8th -0.2pp 15th 30% below peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 18th -0.2pp 17th 11% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 14th -0.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 12th +0.0pp 19th 17% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 16th +0.0pp 20th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 21st 134% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 20th +0.2pp 22nd 24% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.5pp 23rd 42% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 6th +0.6pp 24th 37% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 17th +1.0pp 25th 5% above peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 26th 49% below peers
Alexandria, VA 11.4% 28th +2.0pp 27th 82% above peers
Corona, CA 3.7% 5th +0.8pp 28th 41% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 13th +1.3pp 29th 16% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 19th +1.9pp 30th 12% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 4th +1.1pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.0% to 8.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.3% to 8.1%).
8.1%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 7.8% 14th -2.8pp 1st 4% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% 5th -1.6pp 2nd 37% below peers
Alexandria, VA 8.6% 18th -2.1pp 3rd 5% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.1% 8th -1.3pp 4th 25% below peers
Shreveport, LA 7.8% 13th -1.6pp 5th 5% below peers
Lancaster, CA 4.4% 2nd -0.7pp 6th 46% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 4th -0.8pp 7th 40% below peers
Aurora, IL 9.7% 23rd -1.3pp 8th 19% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.1% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 12% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.5% 28th -1.7pp 10th 66% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.5% 9th -0.8pp 11th 20% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.1% 15th -0.9pp 12th on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.3% 6th -0.6pp 13th 34% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 11th -0.7pp 14th 9% below peers
Corona, CA 8.3% 17th -0.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 12.2% 25th -0.8pp 16th 50% above peers
Springfield, MO 12.4% 26th -0.8pp 17th 52% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 21st -0.6pp 18th 12% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 12th -0.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Salem, OR 7.2% 10th +0.0pp 20th 12% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.7% 19th +0.1pp 21st 7% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 30th +0.4pp 22nd 86% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 16th +0.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.9% 3rd +0.2pp 24th 40% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.3% 27th +0.6pp 25th 63% above peers
Paterson, NJ 19.4% 31st +1.6pp 26th 138% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 27th 64% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.0% 20th +1.3pp 28th 11% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.0% 24th +1.8pp 29th 47% above peers
Killeen, TX 14.2% 29th +2.7pp 30th 75% above peers
Hayward, CA 6.1% 7th +1.4pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

26.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Hayward, CA 21.7% 1st 33% below peers
Cary, NC 21.8% 2nd 33% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 22.7% 3rd 30% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 24.1% 4th 26% below peers
Lakewood, CO 25.6% 5th 21% below peers
Oceanside, CA 26.8% 6th 17% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 7th 9% below peers
Alexandria, VA 29.5% 8th 9% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 9th 8% below peers
Palmdale, CA 30.4% 10th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 11th 5% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 12th 4% below peers
Lancaster, CA 31.1% 13th 4% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 14th 3% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 15th 1% below peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 16th on par with peers
Murfreesboro, TN 33.4% 17th 3% above peers
Salinas, CA 34.2% 18th 6% above peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 19th 7% above peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 20th 10% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 21st 10% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.0% 22nd 14% above peers
Paterson, NJ 37.3% 23rd 15% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 24th 16% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 25th 18% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 26th 25% above peers
Killeen, TX 41.7% 27th 29% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 28th 34% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 29th 42% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 48.5% 30th 50% 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 →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 4.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.1% to 4.6%).
4.6%
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
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 8th -2.0pp 1st 33% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 60% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 35% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 3rd -1.1pp 4th 53% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 5th -1.2pp 5th 42% below peers
Alexandria, VA 4.8% 18th -1.9pp 6th 1% above peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 22nd -1.9pp 7th 5% above peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 4th -0.7pp 8th 45% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 27th -1.9pp 9th 48% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 30th -2.3pp 10th 86% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 25th -1.7pp 11th 34% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 10th -0.8pp 12th 27% below peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 17th -0.7pp 13th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 29th -1.0pp 14th 80% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 20th -0.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Corona, CA 4.7% 15th +0.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 14th +0.3pp 17th 3% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 9th +0.3pp 18th 28% below peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% 24th +0.7pp 19th 27% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 13th +0.6pp 20th 3% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 26th +1.2pp 21st 44% above peers
Paterson, NJ 9.0% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 90% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 6th +0.7pp 23rd 38% below peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 11th +0.9pp 24th 22% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 21st +1.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 26th 56% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 12th +1.7pp 27th 4% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 16th +1.7pp 28th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 19th +1.9pp 29th 1% above peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 23rd +2.3pp 30th 10% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 28th +3.8pp 31st 59% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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College attainment rose 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.1% to 36.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 26 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 10.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.4% to 36.1%).
36.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 25th +5.4pp 1st 34% below peers
Salinas, CA 16.5% 29th +3.1pp 2nd 52% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 10th +7.3pp 3rd 13% above peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 15th +6.3pp 4th on par with peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 16th +5.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 13th +5.9pp 6th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 8th +5.9pp 7th 17% above peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 19th +4.4pp 8th 10% below peers
Oceanside, CA 36.1% 12th +5.1pp 9th 6% above peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 21st +3.8pp 10th 16% below peers
Springfield, MO 31.4% 18th +4.0pp 11th 8% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 25.3% 23rd +3.0pp 12th 26% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.0% 27th +2.3pp 13th 41% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 17th +3.1pp 14th 8% below peers
Lakewood, CO 45.3% 4th +4.4pp 15th 33% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 7th +3.8pp 16th 20% above peers
Palmdale, CA 17.1% 28th +1.6pp 17th 50% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 60.7% 3rd +5.2pp 18th 78% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 43.0% 6th +3.4pp 19th 26% above peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 20th +2.4pp 20th 12% below peers
Killeen, TX 21.9% 26th +1.7pp 21st 36% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 5th +3.3pp 22nd 32% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 14th +2.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 24th +1.7pp 24th 29% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 11th +2.3pp 25th 10% above peers
Paterson, NJ 11.8% 30th +0.7pp 26th 65% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 9th +2.0pp 27th 14% above peers
Alexandria, VA 66.2% 2nd +3.1pp 28th 94% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 29th 107% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 26.3% 22nd +0.9pp 30th 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.6% then, 43.6% now; margin ±8.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.7% to 43.6%).
43.6%
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%
Lancaster, CA 41.1% 19th +9.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 9th +8.7pp 2nd 17% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 13th +4.7pp 3rd 4% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 5th +3.2pp 4th 31% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 12th +1.5pp 5th 10% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 1st +1.9pp 6th 40% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 2nd +1.5pp 7th 39% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 8th +1.1pp 8th 17% above peers
Oceanside, CA 43.6% 16th -1.0pp 9th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 15th -1.7pp 10th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 6th -2.9pp 11th 22% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 3rd -3.8pp 12th 36% above peers
Alexandria, VA 51.3% 7th -4.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 18th -3.8pp 14th 5% below peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 21st -4.0pp 15th 16% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 11th -5.5pp 16th 13% above peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 10th -6.8pp 17th 15% above peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 26th -4.3pp 18th 34% below peers
Paterson, NJ 58.2% 4th -10.9pp 19th 33% above peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 17th -10.4pp 20th 3% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 24th -8.6pp 21st 27% below peers
Killeen, TX 26.2% 30th -7.3pp 22nd 40% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 22nd -9.8pp 23rd 20% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 25th -9.6pp 24th 32% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 14th -14.8pp 25th 4% above peers
Salinas, CA 26.9% 29th -8.9pp 26th 38% below peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 20th -12.8pp 27th 15% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 23rd -15.7pp 28th 20% below peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 28th -12.3pp 29th 38% below peers
Corona, CA 27.5% 27th -12.9pp 30th 37% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 6.0% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 2nd -1.6pp 1st 56% below peers
Alexandria, VA 5.1% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 36% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 20th -1.9pp 3rd 8% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 9th -0.9pp 4th 30% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 1st -0.3pp 5th 76% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 19th -1.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 3rd -0.5pp 7th 43% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 6th -0.4pp 8th 33% below peers
Paterson, NJ 6.8% 13th -0.5pp 9th 15% below peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 15th -0.5pp 10th 10% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 21st -0.5pp 11th 13% above peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 17th -0.4pp 12th 1% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 12th +0.0pp 13th 19% below peers
Salinas, CA 8.4% 18th +0.0pp 14th 4% above peers
Corona, CA 7.0% 14th +0.6pp 15th 13% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 5th +0.6pp 16th 35% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 23rd +1.4pp 17th 24% above peers
Killeen, TX 11.9% 27th +2.3pp 18th 49% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 19th 83% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 26th +2.4pp 20th 42% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 16th +1.7pp 21st on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 11th +1.4pp 22nd 25% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 30th +3.8pp 23rd 71% above peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 29th +3.9pp 24th 67% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 7th +1.7pp 25th 32% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 8th +1.9pp 26th 31% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 28th +4.7pp 27th 59% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 25th +4.5pp 28th 37% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 10th +2.5pp 29th 26% below peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 24th +4.6pp 30th 29% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 22nd +4.3pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 175,622 to 172,242 - more than the combined survey margin (±157). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 8 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
172,242
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Murfreesboro, TN 161,445 24th +18% 1st 6% below peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 13th +15% 2nd 2% above peers
Paterson, NJ 158,735 27th +9% 3rd 8% below peers
Killeen, TX 158,159 28th +9% 4th 8% below peers
Cary, NC 179,306 9th +8% 5th 4% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 8th +7% 6th 4% above peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 20th +6% 7th 2% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 11th +6% 8th 4% above peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 22nd +5% 9th 4% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 10th +5% 10th 4% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 21st +4% 11th 3% below peers
Salinas, CA 161,761 23rd +4% 12th 6% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 2nd +3% 13th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 3rd +3% 14th 8% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 170,229 18th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 4th +3% 16th 7% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 31st +2% 17th 9% below peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 6th +2% 18th 5% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 15th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Springfield, MO 169,954 19th +2% 20th 1% below peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 30th +1% 21st 9% below peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 26th -0% 22nd 8% below peers
Alexandria, VA 156,976 29th -0% 23rd 9% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 14th -1% 24th 2% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 17th -1% 25th 1% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 12th -1% 26th 3% above peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 16th -2% 27th on par with peers
Corona, CA 159,670 25th -4% 28th 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 5th -6% 29th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 7th -10% 30th 4% above peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 1st -21% 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.5% to 20.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 16 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; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.4% to 20.2%).
20.2%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 18th +1.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 13th +0.3pp 2nd 2% above peers
Paterson, NJ 27.6% 4th +0.4pp 3rd 21% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 14th +0.0pp 4th 2% above peers
Alexandria, VA 18.1% 25th -0.0pp 5th 20% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 10th -0.2pp 6th 7% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 11th -0.2pp 7th 6% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 26th -0.2pp 8th 23% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 6th -0.4pp 9th 17% above peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 1st -0.5pp 10th 30% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 22nd -0.4pp 11th 14% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 19th -0.5pp 12th 8% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 8th -0.7pp 13th 10% above peers
Killeen, TX 29.3% 3rd -1.0pp 14th 28% above peers
Salinas, CA 29.4% 2nd -1.6pp 15th 29% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 17th -1.2pp 16th 1% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 27th -0.9pp 17th 24% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 16th -1.3pp 18th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 20th -1.3pp 19th 11% below peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 5th -2.0pp 20th 17% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 9th -1.8pp 21st 7% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 21st -1.5pp 22nd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 12th -1.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 24th -1.5pp 24th 17% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 25th 31% below peers
Corona, CA 23.2% 15th -2.1pp 26th 2% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 23rd -1.9pp 27th 14% below peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 29th -2.1pp 28th 28% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 28th -2.3pp 29th 28% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 7th -3.6pp 30th 11% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 31st -2.7pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.8% then, 24.7% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.0% to 24.7%).
24.7%
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Salinas, CA 43.8% 6th +9.2pp 1st 27% above peers
Aurora, IL 32.5% 20th +6.6pp 2nd 6% below peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 12th +5.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 16th +4.6pp 4th on par with peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 13th +4.5pp 5th 4% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 70% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 1st +7.3pp 7th 83% above peers
Killeen, TX 43.1% 8th +4.5pp 8th 25% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 21st +2.3pp 9th 17% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 19th +2.0pp 10th 6% below peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 15th +1.8pp 11th 1% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 3rd +2.2pp 12th 57% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 5th +1.2pp 13th 32% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 30th +0.5pp 14th 39% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 7th +1.0pp 15th 27% above peers
Corona, CA 22.5% 28th +0.3pp 16th 35% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 9th +0.5pp 17th 22% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 22nd -0.1pp 18th 21% below peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 17th -0.1pp 19th 2% below peers
Paterson, NJ 54.0% 4th -0.6pp 20th 56% above peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 18th -0.6pp 21st 4% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 29th -0.6pp 22nd 35% below peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 11th -1.3pp 23rd 10% above peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 24th 51% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 27th -1.7pp 25th 33% below peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 24th -2.0pp 26th 26% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 23rd -2.3pp 27th 22% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 25th -2.1pp 28th 29% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 14th -4.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Alexandria, VA 24.6% 26th -3.9pp 30th 29% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 10th -8.3pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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22 of 44 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.1% then, 63.8% now; margin ±8.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.3% to 63.8%).
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Alexandria, VA 79.8% 1st +14.0pp 1st 18% above peers
Lancaster, CA 61.8% 26th +9.5pp 2nd 8% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 20th +9.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 16th +8.8pp 4th on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 5th +9.3pp 5th 10% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 3rd +9.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Salinas, CA 59.9% 30th +6.0pp 7th 11% below peers
Corona, CA 67.8% 15th +5.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Killeen, TX 67.2% 17th +5.7pp 9th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 4th +5.9pp 10th 10% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 22nd +4.4pp 11th 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 7th +4.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Paterson, NJ 64.4% 21st +3.7pp 13th 4% below peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 10th +4.0pp 14th 3% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 9th +3.9pp 15th 3% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 14th +2.7pp 16th 1% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 19th +1.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 8th +1.8pp 18th 4% above peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 24th +0.8pp 19th 5% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 2nd +0.8pp 20th 13% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 18th +0.2pp 21st 1% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 13th -0.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 11th -0.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 23rd -2.2pp 24th 5% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 25th -2.4pp 25th 6% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 6th -3.4pp 26th 8% above peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 21% below peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 28th -4.4pp 28th 9% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 12th -8.1pp 29th 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 27th -7.6pp 30th 9% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 29th -10.2pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 44 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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22 of 44 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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