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187,013 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Ontario, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$88,941
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
$65,046 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
22.5%
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
17.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
16.8%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
21.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.0%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
83.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.2%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
10.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.9%
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
5.4% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
58.0%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
53.6% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
12.4%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
13.6% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.0%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
12.5%
2019-23
▲ 1%
relative change
12.3% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Ontario, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
0.39 in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
46.5%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
45.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.5%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
40.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
24.4%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
26.3% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$661,918
Aug 2026
high
vs peers
$664,317 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$535,254
Aug 2026
high
vs peers
$535,997 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
64.4%
2020-24
low
vs peers
60.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $65,046 to $88,941 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,533).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Ontario started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 64% from 2014 to 2024 ($54,156 to $88,941).
Bright spot $88,941
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 20th +49% 1st 10% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 22nd +42% 2nd 15% below peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 6th +40% 3rd 28% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 13th +40% 4th 10% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 19th +38% 5th 8% below peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 15th +37% 6th 6% above peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 10th +37% 7th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 24th +35% 8th 23% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 28th +35% 9th 31% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 16th +35% 10th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 11th 67% above peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 11th +34% 12th 17% above peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 7th +32% 13th 27% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 14th +32% 14th 8% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 5th +31% 15th 31% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 17th +31% 16th 8% below peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 21st +31% 17th 12% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 9th +31% 18th 24% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 26th +30% 19th 26% below peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 18th +29% 20th 8% below peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 21st 79% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 22nd 60% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 8th +27% 23rd 27% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 27th +27% 24th 29% below peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 29th +25% 25th 35% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 30th +24% 26th 36% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 12th +24% 27th 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 28th 39% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 4th +23% 29th 48% above peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 23rd +23% 30th 22% below peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 25th +18% 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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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2 of 35 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,081 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.9% in July 2026, down from 5.4% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.9%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Akron, OH 4.1% (Jul 26) 4th -1.7pp 1st 11% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% (Jul 26) 28th -1.7pp 2nd 61% above peers
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 8th -1.2pp 3rd 7% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.1pp 4th 11% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.8pp 5th 15% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 25th -0.8pp 6th 13% above peers
Ontario, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 7th 7% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th -0.4pp 9th 4% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 27th -0.4pp 10th 17% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.1% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 11th 11% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 13th 4% above peers
Cary, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 15th 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 16th 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 17th 17% below peers
Salem, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.2pp 18th 15% above peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.2pp 19th 11% above peers
Newport News, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th +0.1pp 20th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th +0.7pp 22nd 11% above peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 6th +0.7pp 23rd 11% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.7pp 25th 2% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 26th 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 27th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 28th 2% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.6% then, 12.4% now; margin ±1.7pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 10 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.3% to 12.4%).
Bright spot 12.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 18th -4.0pp 1st 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 10th -2.5pp 2nd 29% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 11th -2.7pp 3rd 24% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 30th -5.6pp 4th 64% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 26th -4.8pp 5th 43% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 19th -3.5pp 6th 17% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.5% 7th -1.9pp 7th 34% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 12th -2.1pp 8th 15% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 24th -3.0pp 9th 38% above peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 21st -2.3pp 10th 27% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 17th -1.9pp 11th 4% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.4% 13th -1.2pp 12th 14% below peers
Shreveport, LA 23.5% 29th -2.1pp 13th 63% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 15th -1.2pp 14th 1% below peers
Eugene, OR 19.0% 22nd -1.3pp 15th 31% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 25th -1.2pp 16th 40% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% 8th -0.6pp 17th 33% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 16th -0.8pp 18th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 31st -1.2pp 19th 71% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.9% 14th -0.6pp 20th 11% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 2nd -0.3pp 21st 46% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.0% 3rd -0.1pp 22nd 45% below peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 28th -0.1pp 23rd 61% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 4th +0.1pp 24th 45% below peers
Paradise, NV 17.6% 20th +0.2pp 25th 22% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 27th +0.9pp 26th 49% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 9th +0.6pp 27th 31% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 23rd +1.5pp 28th 32% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 5th +0.9pp 29th 42% below peers
Surprise, AZ 8.6% 6th +1.2pp 30th 41% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 1st +0.9pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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2 of 35 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.2% to 16.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Ontario started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.4% to 16.8%).
Bright spot 16.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 9th -6.5pp 1st 29% below peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 26th -10.4pp 2nd 82% above peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 10th -3.7pp 3rd 24% below peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 25th -8.4pp 4th 80% above peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 17th -4.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 15th -4.4pp 6th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 12th -4.0pp 7th 8% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 19th -5.9pp 8th 36% above peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 23rd -6.8pp 9th 66% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 3rd -1.8pp 10th 51% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 22nd -5.7pp 11th 63% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 8th -2.3pp 12th 33% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 14th -3.2pp 13th 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 16th -2.9pp 14th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 21st -4.1pp 15th 49% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 27th -4.8pp 16th 85% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 11th -2.0pp 17th 16% below peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 13th -2.0pp 18th 3% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 2nd -0.9pp 19th 56% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 18th -1.9pp 20th 20% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 24th -2.1pp 21st 73% above peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 20th -1.5pp 22nd 42% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 30th -1.3pp 23rd 107% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 31st -0.4pp 24th 140% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 29th +0.1pp 25th 92% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 5th +0.1pp 26th 45% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 1st +0.1pp 27th 64% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 6th +0.6pp 28th 37% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 4th +0.6pp 29th 45% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 28th +4.6pp 30th 85% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 7th +1.9pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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2 of 35 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 11.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.4% to 95.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Ontario started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 17.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (77.2% to 95.0%).
Bright spot 95.0%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 30th +32.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 31st +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 29th +15.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 18th +15.1pp 5th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 21st +12.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 26th +12.6pp 7th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 27th +11.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 24th +11.4pp 9th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 25th +11.0pp 10th 3% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 6th +11.5pp 11th 3% above peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 22nd +10.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 23rd +10.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 12th +10.9pp 14th 1% above peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 15th +9.1pp 15th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 17th +8.7pp 16th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 20th +7.8pp 17th 2% below peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 10th +6.9pp 18th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +6.2pp 19th 4% above peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 13th +5.7pp 20th 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 9th +5.7pp 21st 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 16th +5.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 11th +5.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 14th +5.0pp 24th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 8th +5.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 19th +4.3pp 26th 1% below peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 7th +4.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 4th +3.6pp 29th 4% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 5th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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
Loading tract map…
2 of 35 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 75% 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
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.39 to 0.41 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.41).
Needs attention 0.41
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 12% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 15% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 19th -0.026 3rd 2% above peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 6th -0.019 4th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 9th -0.017 5th 4% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 15th -0.017 6th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 14% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 25th -0.012 8th 10% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 20th -0.011 9th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 30th -0.009 10th 19% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 12th -0.006 11th 2% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 10th -0.005 12th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 23rd -0.003 13th 9% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 14th -0.002 14th 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 26th -0.001 15th 12% above peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 24th +0.002 16th 10% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 21st +0.003 17th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 16th +0.003 18th on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 4th +0.003 19th 10% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 20th 13% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 21st 12% above peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 22nd 19% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 17th +0.008 23rd 1% above peers
Cary, NC 0.43 7th +0.009 24th 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 13th +0.010 25th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 22nd +0.014 26th 9% above peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 5th +0.017 27th 10% below peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 3rd +0.018 28th 13% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 8th +0.020 29th 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 18th +0.022 30th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 11th +0.025 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (12.3% then, 12.5% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.4% to 12.5%).
Bright spot 12.5%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 12th -4.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 2nd -1.5pp 2nd 68% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 30th -7.4pp 3rd 65% above peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 9th -2.6pp 4th 32% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 4th -1.4pp 5th 61% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 17th -3.5pp 6th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 13th -2.6pp 7th 15% below peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 20th -1.9pp 8th 9% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 9th 82% below peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 27th -1.6pp 10th 42% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 5th -0.4pp 11th 56% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 18th -0.7pp 12th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 22nd -0.2pp 13th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 24th -0.1pp 14th 37% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 29th -0.1pp 15th 63% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 6th +0.0pp 16th 55% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 14th +0.1pp 17th 9% below peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 19th +0.1pp 18th 8% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 23rd +0.2pp 19th 34% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 11th +0.2pp 20th 19% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 16th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 15th +0.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 28th +1.1pp 23rd 61% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 31st +1.9pp 24th 89% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 25th +1.6pp 25th 40% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 26th +1.6pp 26th 41% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 10th +1.0pp 27th 32% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 8th +0.9pp 28th 41% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 63% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 7th +3.1pp 30th 42% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 21st +10.5pp 31st 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $661,918 in August 2026, down from $664,317 a year earlier.
Big move $661,918
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Huntington Beach, CA $1,351,762 (Aug 26) 1st +5.4% 1st 193% above peers
Shreveport, LA $148,292 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 2nd 68% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $307,094 (Aug 26) 21st +3.2% 3rd 33% below peers
Aurora, IL $324,261 (Aug 26) 18th +3.2% 4th 30% below peers
Newport News, VA $294,403 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.9% 5th 36% below peers
Akron, OH $141,681 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 6th 69% below peers
Providence, RI $434,698 (Aug 26) 16th +2.3% 7th 6% below peers
Montgomery, AL $152,837 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 8th 67% below peers
Brownsville, TX $199,327 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 9th 57% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,180,773 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 10th 156% above peers
Oxnard, CA $759,573 (Aug 26) 4th +1.0% 11th 65% above peers
Eugene, OR $475,563 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 12th 3% above peers
Salem, OR $435,095 (Aug 26) 15th +0.4% 13th 6% below peers
Clarksville, TN $319,419 (Aug 26) 19th +0.3% 14th 31% below peers
Vancouver, WA $501,696 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 15th 9% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $781,865 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.1% 16th 69% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $709,775 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 17th 54% above peers
Ontario, CA $661,918 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 18th 43% above peers
Tempe, AZ $461,342 (Aug 26) 14th -0.6% 19th on par with peers
Mobile, AL $198,189 (Aug 26) 24th -0.6% 20th 57% below peers
Peoria, AZ $480,596 (Aug 26) 12th -0.8% 21st 4% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $319,185 (Aug 26) 20th -1.2% 22nd 31% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,473 (Aug 26) 9th -1.3% 23rd 11% above peers
Cary, NC $619,636 (Aug 26) 8th -1.4% 24th 34% above peers
Surprise, AZ $415,995 (Aug 26) 17th -1.8% 25th 10% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $488,121 (Aug 26) 11th -1.9% 26th 6% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $626,316 (Aug 26) 7th -2.0% 27th 36% above peers
Birmingham, AL $136,876 (Aug 26) 28th -2.3% 28th 70% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $535,254 in August 2026, down from $535,997 a year earlier.
Big move $535,254
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Aurora, IL $249,096 (Aug 26) 17th +4.8% 1st 29% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $919,906 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 2nd 162% above peers
Montgomery, AL $67,882 (Aug 26) 26th +4.2% 3rd 81% below peers
Brownsville, TX $135,515 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.5% 4th 61% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $230,222 (Aug 26) 19th +3.3% 5th 34% below peers
Akron, OH $89,235 (Aug 26) 25th +3.2% 6th 75% below peers
Providence, RI $351,330 (Aug 26) 13th +2.9% 7th on par with peers
Newport News, VA $209,825 (Aug 26) 21st +2.3% 8th 40% below peers
Oxnard, CA $642,182 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.0% 9th 83% above peers
Mobile, AL $94,677 (Aug 26) 24th +1.0% 10th 73% below peers
Shreveport, LA $50,354 (Aug 26) 28th +0.8% 11th 86% below peers
Eugene, OR $377,092 (Aug 26) 10th +0.8% 12th 7% above peers
Salem, OR $358,853 (Aug 26) 12th +0.4% 13th 2% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $553,737 (Aug 26) 5th -0.0% 14th 58% above peers
Birmingham, AL $63,068 (Aug 26) 27th -0.1% 15th 82% below peers
Ontario, CA $535,254 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 16th 52% above peers
Glendale, CA $727,876 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.3% 17th 107% above peers
Vancouver, WA $408,333 (Aug 26) 9th -0.4% 18th 16% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $611,808 (Aug 26) 4th -0.4% 19th 74% above peers
Clarksville, TN $240,564 (Aug 26) 18th -0.5% 20th 31% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $198,250 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.9% 21st 44% below peers
Peoria, AZ $364,173 (Aug 26) 11th -1.3% 22nd 4% above peers
Surprise, AZ $351,070 (Aug 26) 14th -1.8% 23rd on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA $528,286 (Aug 26) 7th -2.0% 24th 50% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,400 (Aug 26) 16th -2.2% 25th 13% below peers
Tempe, AZ $333,045 (Aug 26) 15th -2.3% 26th 5% below peers
Cary, NC $433,664 (Aug 26) 8th -2.6% 27th 24% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $227,093 (Aug 26) 20th -6.2% 28th 35% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.6% to 58.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.7% to 58.0%).
Bright spot 58.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Providence, RI 41.4% 30th +5.3pp 1st 24% below peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 9th +4.5pp 2nd 7% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 35% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 29th +2.6pp 4th 23% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 10th +2.7pp 5th 5% above peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 12th +2.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 28th +1.7pp 7th 22% below peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 8th 46% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 21st +1.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 6th +1.9pp 10th 23% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 11th +1.6pp 11th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 16th +1.4pp 12th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 2nd +1.8pp 13th 40% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 14th +1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 8th +1.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 27th +0.6pp 16th 16% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 18th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 26th +0.6pp 18th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 7th +0.8pp 19th 15% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 24th +0.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 21st 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 20th -0.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 15th -0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 3rd -1.1pp 24th 36% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 25th -0.8pp 25th 11% below peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 23rd -0.9pp 26th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 4th -1.4pp 27th 29% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 13th -1.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 17th -1.4pp 29th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 22nd -1.3pp 30th 6% below peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 5th -1.8pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,580 in August 2026, up from $2,550 a year earlier.
$2,580
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Newport News, VA $1,605 (Aug 26) 18th +6.8% 1st 12% below peers
Shreveport, LA $1,184 (Aug 26) 27th +5.9% 2nd 35% below peers
Providence, RI $2,213 (Aug 26) 11th +4.9% 3rd 21% above peers
Brownsville, TX $1,583 (Aug 26) 19th +4.7% 4th 13% below peers
Akron, OH $1,167 (Aug 26) 28th +4.3% 5th 36% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,580 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 6th 14% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,280 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 7th 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,081 (Aug 26) 1st +3.5% 8th 69% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,560 (Aug 26) 9th +3.1% 9th 40% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,253 (Aug 26) 10th +2.7% 10th 23% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,338 (Aug 26) 24th +2.6% 11th 27% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,736 (Aug 26) 5th +2.5% 12th 50% above peers
Eugene, OR $1,806 (Aug 26) 15th +2.5% 13th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,513 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.2% 14th 17% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,802 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.2% 15th 53% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,716 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 16th 49% above peers
Clarksville, TN $1,374 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.7% 17th 25% below peers
Birmingham, AL $1,322 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 18th 28% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $2,608 (Aug 26) 7th +1.4% 19th 43% above peers
Ontario, CA $2,580 (Aug 26) 8th +1.2% 20th 41% above peers
Cary, NC $1,774 (Aug 26) 16th +1.0% 21st 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA $2,864 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 22nd 57% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,828 (Aug 26) 14th +0.6% 23rd on par with peers
Peoria, AZ $1,870 (Aug 26) 13th +0.5% 24th 2% above peers
Surprise, AZ $1,947 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 25th 6% above peers
Salem, OR $1,581 (Aug 26) 20th +0.4% 26th 14% below peers
Tempe, AZ $1,649 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 27th 10% below peers
Glendale, CA $2,790 (Aug 26) 4th +0.2% 28th 53% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.3% then, 46.5% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.8% to 46.5%).
Needs attention 46.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 6th -2.8pp 1st 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 7th -2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 3rd 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 13th -2.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 12th -2.4pp 5th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 8th -1.8pp 6th 14% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 4th -1.7pp 7th 19% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 22nd -1.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 5th -1.3pp 9th 17% below peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 15th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 25th -0.2pp 11th 15% above peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 12th 42% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 28th +0.6pp 13th 21% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 9th +0.6pp 14th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 15th 22% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 16th +0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 21st +0.9pp 17th 11% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 30th +1.2pp 18th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 20th +1.1pp 19th 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 18th +1.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 19th +1.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 14th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 17th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 11th +1.5pp 24th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 10th +2.0pp 25th 6% below peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 2nd +1.7pp 26th 24% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 23rd +2.7pp 27th 12% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 27th +3.3pp 28th 18% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 29th +3.5pp 29th 21% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 26th +3.7pp 30th 16% above peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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2 of 35 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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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 99% 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 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.4% then, 4.0% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 14th -1.8pp 1st 8% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 17th -1.9pp 2nd 1% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 16th -1.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 27th -1.7pp 4th 57% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 24th -1.4pp 5th 34% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 15th -0.9pp 6th 3% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 20th -0.9pp 7th 12% above peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 23rd -1.0pp 8th 33% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 26th -1.1pp 9th 43% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 19th -0.7pp 10th 7% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 21st -0.8pp 11th 27% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 25th -0.8pp 12th 43% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 31st -1.3pp 13th 123% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 7th -0.3pp 14th 43% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 8th -0.2pp 15th 43% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 13th -0.2pp 16th 10% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 11th +0.0pp 17th 19% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 18th 90% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 19th 86% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 18th +0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 22nd +0.6pp 21st 30% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 28th +1.0pp 22nd 58% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 41% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.4pp 24th 53% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 4th +0.5pp 25th 53% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 6th +0.6pp 26th 48% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 12th +1.0pp 27th 14% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 28th 59% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 10th +1.3pp 29th 31% below peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 57% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 5th +1.1pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.4% to 9.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Ontario started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 14.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.6% to 9.2%).
Bright spot 9.2%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 8.3% 15th -2.9pp 1st 3% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.2% 4th -1.6pp 2nd 39% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.7% 6th -1.6pp 3rd 34% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.3pp 4th 61% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 8th -1.3pp 5th 27% below peers
Shreveport, LA 8.0% 14th -1.6pp 6th 6% below peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 7th 208% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 9th -1.3pp 8th 15% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 2nd -0.8pp 9th 42% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 21st -1.5pp 10th 16% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.8% 20th -1.3pp 11th 15% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.2% 18th -1.2pp 12th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 27th -1.7pp 13th 60% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 24th -1.1pp 14th 39% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 17th -0.6pp 15th 7% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 13th -0.3pp 16th 11% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.1% 7th -0.2pp 17th 28% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 10th -0.2pp 18th 13% below peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 16th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 11th +0.0pp 20th 13% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 21st 107% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 29th +0.4pp 22nd 78% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 26th +0.4pp 23rd 50% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 5.0% 3rd +0.2pp 24th 42% below peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 23rd +0.5pp 25th 30% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 26th 35% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 22nd +1.1pp 27th 16% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 66% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 19th +1.3pp 29th 14% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 25th +1.8pp 30th 43% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 12th +1.2pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

35.5%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Cary, NC 21.8% 1st 38% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 2nd 31% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 3rd 28% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 4th 16% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 5th 15% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 6th 13% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 7th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 8th 11% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 9th 9% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 10th 9% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 11th 9% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 12th 8% below peers
Surprise, AZ 32.5% 13th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 14th 2% below peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 15th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 16th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 17th 1% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 18th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 19th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 20th 7% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 21st 7% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 22nd 8% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 23rd 15% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 24th 23% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 25th 24% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 26th 25% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 27th 27% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 28th 27% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 29th 29% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 30th 30% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 35% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 4.6% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 4.6%).
4.6%
20122024
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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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 61% below peers
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 10th -2.5pp 2nd 24% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 60% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 6th -1.8pp 4th 36% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 5th -1.1pp 5th 54% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 6th 56% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 7th -1.6pp 7th 29% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 20th -1.9pp 8th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 29th -2.3pp 9th 84% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 23rd -1.7pp 10th 32% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 11th 189% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 8th -0.8pp 12th 27% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 21st -0.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 28th -1.0pp 14th 78% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 9th +0.1pp 15th 26% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 15th +0.3pp 16th 4% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 24th +0.5pp 17th 36% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 18th 144% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 17th +0.9pp 19th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 18th +1.0pp 20th 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 27th +1.7pp 21st 71% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 11th +0.9pp 22nd 23% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 19th +1.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 12th +1.2pp 24th 18% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 57% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 14th +1.7pp 26th 5% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 13th +1.8pp 27th 6% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 16th +1.9pp 28th on par with peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 22nd +2.3pp 29th 14% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 26th +3.9pp 30th 70% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 25th +3.8pp 31st 57% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

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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 99% 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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.1% to 22.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Ontario started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.2% to 22.5%).
Bright spot 22.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 29th +5.4pp 1st 33% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 26th +5.6pp 2nd 27% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 10th +7.3pp 3rd 14% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 13th +5.9pp 4th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 8th +5.9pp 5th 18% above peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 21st +4.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 4th +6.7pp 7th 40% above peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 24th +3.8pp 8th 16% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 3rd +6.4pp 9th 45% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 15th +4.5pp 10th 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 6th +5.2pp 11th 23% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 12th 27% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 13th 64% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 20th +3.7pp 14th 8% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 19th +3.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 28th +2.3pp 16th 30% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 17th +3.1pp 17th 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 12th +3.4pp 18th 7% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 7th +3.8pp 19th 21% above peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 18th +2.6pp 20th 5% below peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 23rd +2.4pp 21st 11% below peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 30th +1.5pp 22nd 42% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 5th +3.3pp 23rd 33% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 14th +2.5pp 24th 4% above peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 27th +1.7pp 25th 29% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 2nd +3.4pp 26th 48% above peers
Surprise, AZ 30.5% 22nd +2.0pp 27th 10% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 11th +2.3pp 28th 11% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 9th +2.0pp 29th 15% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 30th 109% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 16th +1.0pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brownsville, TX up 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.5% then, 36.5% now; margin ±7.6pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.2% to 36.5%).
Needs attention 36.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 6th +6.1pp 1st 22% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 13th +5.0pp 2nd 4% above peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 21st +3.3pp 3rd 15% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 4th 41% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 4th +4.2pp 5th 26% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 18th +2.1pp 6th 7% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 12th +1.5pp 7th 7% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 2nd +1.9pp 8th 37% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 3rd +1.5pp 9th 35% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 8th +1.1pp 10th 14% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 9th +0.8pp 11th 10% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 5th +0.2pp 12th 24% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 16th -1.7pp 13th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 7th -2.9pp 14th 18% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 19th -2.4pp 15th 7% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 20th -3.0pp 16th 7% below peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 23rd -4.0pp 17th 19% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 10th -5.5pp 18th 10% above peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 14th -6.0pp 19th 1% above peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 11th -6.6pp 20th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 29th -3.2pp 21st 46% below peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 27th -4.3pp 22nd 36% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 24th -6.3pp 23rd 22% below peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 17th -10.4pp 24th 6% below peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 22nd -10.1pp 25th 16% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 26th -8.6pp 26th 29% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 25th -9.8pp 27th 22% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 15th -14.8pp 28th 1% above peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 28th -12.3pp 29th 40% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 30th 50% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.9pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.7% then, 8.4% now; margin ±3.3pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.3% to 8.4%).
8.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 1st -2.1pp 1st 71% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 15th -4.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 10th -2.9pp 3rd 28% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 2nd -1.6pp 4th 61% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 16th -2.3pp 5th on par with peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 5th -0.8pp 6th 45% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 14th -1.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 4th -0.5pp 8th 49% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 6th -0.4pp 9th 40% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 22nd -0.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 20th -0.4pp 11th 9% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 12th -0.3pp 12th 13% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 3rd +0.0pp 13th 55% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 30th +0.4pp 14th 61% above peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 21st +1.4pp 15th 11% above peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 19th +1.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 17th 64% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 28th +2.4pp 18th 27% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 13th +1.7pp 19th 10% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 17th +2.7pp 20th 3% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 7th +1.7pp 21st 40% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 8th +1.9pp 22nd 39% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 11th +2.3pp 23rd 26% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 29th +4.7pp 24th 42% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 24th +4.0pp 25th 19% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 27th +4.5pp 26th 23% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 25th +4.4pp 27th 20% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 9th +2.5pp 28th 33% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 26th +4.7pp 29th 22% above peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 23rd +4.6pp 30th 15% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 18th +4.3pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 176,760 to 180,547 - more than the combined survey margin (±98).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 37% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (166,892 to 180,547).
180,547
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 8th +17% 1st 6% above peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 28th +15% 2nd 5% below peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 31st +14% 3rd 17% below peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 9th +8% 4th 5% above peers
Cary, NC 179,306 24th +8% 5th 4% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 11th +7% 6th 3% above peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 1st +7% 7th 9% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 23rd +7% 8th 3% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 26th +6% 9th 4% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 25th +5% 10th 4% below peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 14th +4% 11th 2% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 17th +3% 12th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 4th +3% 13th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 18th +3% 14th on par with peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 19th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 2nd +2% 16th 8% above peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 21st +2% 17th 3% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 30th +2% 18th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 15th +0% 19th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 5th +0% 20th 7% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 29th -1% 21st 6% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 7th -1% 22nd 6% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 27th -1% 23rd 5% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 10th -3% 24th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 3rd -3% 25th 8% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 13th -4% 26th 2% above peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 12th -5% 27th 3% above peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 20th -6% 28th 3% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 6th -7% 29th 7% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 22nd -10% 30th 3% below peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 16th -21% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±75 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.3% to 24.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 2.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.2% to 24.4%).
Big move 24.4%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 7% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 17th +1.1pp 2nd 1% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 27th +0.8pp 3rd 18% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 18th +0.4pp 4th 4% below peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 9th +0.2pp 5th 6% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 11th +0.0pp 6th 3% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 7th 21% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 8th -0.2pp 8th 8% above peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 18% above peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 14th -0.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 24th -0.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 6th -0.7pp 12th 12% above peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 13th 37% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 15th -1.0pp 14th 1% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 16th -1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 29th -0.9pp 16th 23% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 17th 7% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 13th -1.3pp 18th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 12th -1.3pp 19th 2% above peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 20th 14% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 25th -1.2pp 21st 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 22nd 26% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 7th -1.8pp 23rd 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 21st -1.6pp 24th 8% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 23rd -1.5pp 25th 11% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 10th -1.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 26th -1.5pp 27th 16% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 28th 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 28th -1.6pp 29th 22% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 22nd -2.3pp 30th 11% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 5th -3.6pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.1% then, 34.9% now; margin ±4.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.6% to 34.9%).
34.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Aurora, IL 32.5% 23rd +6.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 18th +4.6pp 2nd 2% below peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 15th +4.5pp 3rd 2% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 4th +7.4pp 4th 67% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 21st +2.8pp 5th 4% below peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 25th +2.1pp 6th 27% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 24th +2.3pp 7th 19% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 16th +2.7pp 8th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 26th +1.7pp 9th 28% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 22nd +2.0pp 10th 8% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 5th +3.3pp 11th 57% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 7th +3.0pp 12th 43% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 2nd +3.2pp 13th 69% above peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 17th +1.8pp 14th 1% below peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 9th +1.2pp 15th 29% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 16th 41% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 10th +1.0pp 17th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 1st +1.4pp 18th 90% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 3rd +1.0pp 19th 68% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 27th +0.3pp 20th 36% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 11th +0.5pp 21st 20% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 14th -0.0pp 22nd 3% above peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 20th -0.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 19th -0.5pp 24th 3% below peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 6th -1.1pp 25th 50% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 28th -0.6pp 26th 36% below peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 8th -1.6pp 27th 36% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 13th -2.2pp 28th 11% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 30th -1.1pp 29th 49% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 30th 52% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 12th -8.3pp 31st 11% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.0% then, 64.4% now; margin ±6.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.9% to 64.4%).
Big move 64.4%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 22nd +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 30th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 23rd +8.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 2nd +9.4pp 4th 10% above peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 5th +7.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 12th +6.0pp 6th 2% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 3rd +5.9pp 7th 7% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 25th +4.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 13th +4.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 7th +4.2pp 10th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 10th +3.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 11th +3.4pp 12th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 21st +2.7pp 13th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 4th +2.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 17th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 24th +1.9pp 16th 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 8th +2.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 14th +1.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 19th +1.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 1st +0.8pp 20th 10% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 18th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 28th +0.2pp 22nd 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 20th -0.1pp 23rd 2% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 9th -0.1pp 24th 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 26th -0.4pp 25th 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 15th -0.8pp 26th on par with peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 27th -2.4pp 27th 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 6th -7.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 16th -8.1pp 30th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 29th -7.6pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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