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52,050 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Paramount, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.1%
2020-24
▼ 44%
relative change
12.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$75,250
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$55,670 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
14.9%
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
11.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
12.4%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
16.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
18.6%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
23.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.7%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
79.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
0.38 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Paramount, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.7%
2020-24
▲ 95%
relative change
3.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
15.1%
2020-24
▲ 31%
relative change
11.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
17.3%
2019-23
▲ 7%
relative change
16.2% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
46.8%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
47.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
43.0%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
41.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.3%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
39.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
25.1%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
28.5% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Population
52,050
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
54,513 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$652,714
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$633,655 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$501,845
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$501,888 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
60.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
59.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $55,670 to $75,250 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$7,659). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 72% from 2014 to 2024 ($43,784 to $75,250).
$75,250
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%
Cathedral City, CA $73,572 20th +58% 1st 5% below peers
Country Club, FL $75,212 19th +56% 2nd 3% below peers
Delano, CA $67,010 24th +54% 3rd 14% below peers
Middletown, OH $57,102 28th +42% 4th 26% below peers
Watsonville, CA $78,393 15th +41% 5th 1% above peers
Summerville, SC $81,046 14th +37% 6th 5% above peers
Burien, WA $91,318 12th +35% 7th 18% above peers
Paramount, CA $75,250 18th +35% 8th 3% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 4th +34% 9th 60% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA $62,254 27th +33% 10th 20% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $55,693 30th +32% 11th 28% below peers
Aloha, OR $101,934 10th +30% 12th 32% above peers
Westchester, FL $72,262 21st +30% 13th 7% below peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 13th +30% 14th 16% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $77,513 16th +29% 15th on par with peers
West New York, NJ $71,729 22nd +27% 16th 7% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $121,903 5th +27% 17th 57% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ $115,304 8th +24% 18th 49% above peers
La Crosse, WI $55,866 29th +24% 19th 28% below peers
Columbus, IN $77,456 17th +22% 20th on par with peers
Collierville, TN $138,598 3rd +22% 21st 79% above peers
Placentia, CA $115,929 6th +21% 22nd 50% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL $71,621 23rd +21% 23rd 8% below peers
East Honolulu, HI $159,518 1st +20% 24th 106% above peers
Florissant, MO $65,318 25th +19% 25th 16% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 11th +18% 26th 21% above peers
Levittown, NY $146,068 2nd +17% 27th 88% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $106,806 9th +16% 28th 38% above peers
Grand Island, NE $63,795 26th +16% 29th 18% below peers
Joplin, MO $52,097 31st +15% 30th 33% below peers
Novato, CA $115,736 7th +14% 31st 49% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$6,365 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 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.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.2% in May 2026, unchanged from 5.2% a year earlier.
5.2%
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
Watsonville, CA 9.6% (May 26) 23rd -2.5pp 1st 159% above peers
Middletown, OH 3.3% (May 26) 8th -1.5pp 2nd 11% below peers
Delano, CA 23.3% (May 26) 24th -1.4pp 3rd 530% above peers
West New York, NJ 3.8% (May 26) 15th -0.7pp 4th 3% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.5pp 5th 3% below peers
Joplin, MO 3.6% (May 26) 11th -0.5pp 6th 3% below peers
Grand Island, NE 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 7th 22% below peers
Columbus, IN 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 8th 14% below peers
Novato, CA 3.7% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 9th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% (May 26) 17th -0.2pp 10th 22% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.0% (May 26) 5th -0.2pp 11th 19% below peers
Mooresville, NC 3.6% (May 26) 12th -0.2pp 12th 3% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 5.9% (May 26) 22nd -0.2pp 13th 59% above peers
Collierville, TN 2.9% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 14th 22% below peers
Paramount, CA 5.2% (May 26) 20th +0.0pp 15th 41% above peers
Florissant, MO 4.3% (May 26) 16th +0.0pp 16th 16% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.8% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 17th 24% below peers
La Crosse, WI 2.9% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 18th 22% below peers
Summerville, SC 3.2% (May 26) 7th +0.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Placentia, CA 3.7% (May 26) 14th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Burleson, TX 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.2pp 21st 5% below peers
Burien, WA 5.2% (May 26) 21st +0.7pp 22nd 41% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.5% (May 26) 18th +0.8pp 23rd 22% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 4.5% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 24th 22% 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 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.6% to 12.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 11.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.3% to 12.4%).
12.4%
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%
Westchester, FL 9.3% 12th -5.2pp 1st 10% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.1% 22nd -7.0pp 2nd 27% above peers
Aloha, OR 7.8% 10th -3.9pp 3rd 25% below peers
Middletown, OH 16.8% 27th -8.0pp 4th 64% above peers
Country Club, FL 11.7% 19th -4.8pp 5th 14% above peers
Delano, CA 13.8% 23rd -5.4pp 6th 34% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.2% 9th -2.8pp 7th 30% below peers
Paramount, CA 12.4% 20th -4.1pp 8th 21% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 4.5% 3rd -1.3pp 9th 56% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 17.3% 28th -4.4pp 10th 69% above peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 18th -2.5pp 11th 8% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.3% 16th -2.3pp 12th on par with peers
Collierville, TN 3.2% 1st -0.7pp 13th 69% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 10.9% 17th -2.2pp 14th 6% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.4% 2nd -0.9pp 15th 57% below peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 15th -1.5pp 16th 2% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.1% 6th -0.9pp 17th 41% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 22.1% 31st -2.3pp 18th 116% above peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 14th -0.8pp 19th 3% below peers
Joplin, MO 16.4% 26th -1.2pp 20th 59% above peers
Levittown, NY 4.7% 4th -0.3pp 21st 55% below peers
La Crosse, WI 19.7% 30th -1.4pp 22nd 92% above peers
West New York, NJ 19.3% 29th -0.5pp 23rd 88% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 11th -0.2pp 24th 23% below peers
Watsonville, CA 14.6% 24th -0.1pp 25th 42% above peers
Burien, WA 12.8% 21st +0.4pp 26th 24% above peers
Grand Island, NE 15.0% 25th +2.4pp 27th 46% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 8th +1.4pp 28th 31% below peers
Novato, CA 9.6% 13th +2.7pp 29th 7% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.1% 7th +2.6pp 30th 31% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 5.3% 5th +2.0pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.7% to 18.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.9pp). 16 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 14.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.4% to 18.6%).
18.6%
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%
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.2% 1st -5.4pp 1st 83% below peers
Westchester, FL 10.0% 11th -10.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 14th -11.0pp 3rd 16% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 7th -6.1pp 4th 51% below peers
Collierville, TN 3.0% 2nd -2.5pp 5th 77% below peers
Middletown, OH 24.3% 30th -19.1pp 6th 83% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.4% 6th -4.4pp 7th 52% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.4% 13th -6.2pp 8th 21% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 18.6% 23rd -10.5pp 9th 40% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.7% 9th -4.3pp 10th 42% below peers
Aloha, OR 10.2% 12th -5.7pp 11th 23% below peers
Country Club, FL 13.2% 16th -7.2pp 12th on par with peers
Battle Creek, MI 22.6% 28th -12.2pp 13th 71% above peers
Summerville, SC 11.5% 15th -5.9pp 14th 14% below peers
Delano, CA 23.2% 29th -9.8pp 15th 75% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 3rd -1.3pp 16th 70% below peers
Joplin, MO 19.1% 25th -5.3pp 17th 44% above peers
Paramount, CA 18.6% 22nd -5.1pp 18th 40% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 15.5% 19th -3.3pp 19th 17% above peers
Burien, WA 16.7% 20th -2.4pp 20th 26% above peers
West New York, NJ 28.7% 31st -3.0pp 21st 117% above peers
Watsonville, CA 19.5% 26th -1.9pp 22nd 47% above peers
La Crosse, WI 14.3% 18th -0.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Florissant, MO 18.4% 21st -0.0pp 24th 39% above peers
Grand Island, NE 18.8% 24th +0.4pp 25th 42% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 8th +0.5pp 26th 43% below peers
Levittown, NY 5.6% 5th +0.5pp 27th 58% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 21.8% 27th +3.4pp 28th 64% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 9.8% 10th +4.5pp 29th 26% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 4.8% 4th +2.2pp 30th 64% below peers
Novato, CA 13.4% 17th +6.3pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79.8% to 90.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 17.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.1% to 90.7%).
90.7%
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%
Delano, CA 88.0% 29th +24.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Watsonville, CA 89.5% 25th +14.0pp 2nd 4% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 96.2% 7th +13.9pp 3rd 3% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 90.6% 23rd +11.8pp 4th 3% below peers
Middletown, OH 88.4% 28th +10.6pp 5th 5% below peers
Paramount, CA 90.7% 22nd +10.9pp 6th 3% below peers
Westchester, FL 91.4% 19th +10.7pp 7th 2% below peers
Columbus, IN 94.3% 15th +9.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Joplin, MO 88.6% 26th +9.2pp 9th 5% below peers
Country Club, FL 95.5% 10th +9.4pp 10th 3% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 91.4% 20th +8.6pp 11th 2% below peers
West New York, NJ 87.0% 30th +8.1pp 12th 7% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 85.9% 31st +7.7pp 13th 8% below peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 3rd +8.7pp 14th 4% above peers
Grand Island, NE 89.7% 24th +7.8pp 15th 4% below peers
Summerville, SC 93.1% 16th +7.9pp 16th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 92.7% 18th +7.0pp 17th on par with peers
La Crosse, WI 88.5% 27th +6.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 91.3% 21st +6.1pp 19th 2% below peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 12th +5.9pp 20th 2% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 96.8% 5th +5.9pp 21st 4% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 96.3% 6th +4.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 1st +4.3pp 23rd 5% above peers
Collierville, TN 97.8% 2nd +4.1pp 24th 5% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 96.8% 4th +3.3pp 25th 4% above peers
Burien, WA 92.9% 17th +3.2pp 26th on par with peers
Levittown, NY 95.2% 13th +3.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 95.8% 9th +3.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 94.7% 14th +3.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Aloha, OR 96.1% 8th +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
Placentia, CA 95.4% 11th +2.4pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.38 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.05).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.38 to 0.41).
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
Cathedral City, CA 0.46 23rd -0.059 1st 4% above peers
Country Club, FL 0.39 5th -0.036 2nd 10% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 0.45 22nd -0.030 3rd 3% above peers
La Crosse, WI 0.45 21st -0.026 4th 3% above peers
Summerville, SC 0.42 12th -0.022 5th 5% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 0.45 18th -0.018 6th 2% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 0.51 31st -0.020 7th 16% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.49 29th -0.018 8th 11% above peers
Delano, CA 0.42 10th -0.015 9th 6% below peers
Watsonville, CA 0.43 14th -0.009 10th 3% below peers
Middletown, OH 0.45 17th -0.008 11th 2% above peers
Joplin, MO 0.48 27th -0.008 12th 8% above peers
Burien, WA 0.45 20th -0.005 13th 3% above peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 11th -0.005 14th 5% below peers
Collierville, TN 0.41 9th -0.004 15th 7% below peers
Aloha, OR 0.36 2nd -0.002 16th 18% below peers
Levittown, NY 0.35 1st +0.002 17th 20% below peers
Westchester, FL 0.44 16th +0.002 18th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 4th +0.003 19th 11% below peers
Novato, CA 0.47 26th +0.014 20th 7% above peers
Columbus, IN 0.46 24th +0.015 21st 4% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 0.43 15th +0.020 22nd 1% below peers
Florissant, MO 0.38 3rd +0.019 23rd 14% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 0.45 19th +0.024 24th 3% above peers
Placentia, CA 0.42 13th +0.023 25th 4% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 0.41 7th +0.023 26th 7% below peers
Grand Island, NE 0.47 25th +0.030 27th 6% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 6th +0.028 28th 10% below peers
Paramount, CA 0.41 8th +0.031 29th 7% below peers
West New York, NJ 0.51 30th +0.040 30th 16% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 0.48 28th +0.038 31st 9% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.05 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (16.2% then, 17.3% now; margin ±2.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 3.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.7% to 17.3%).
17.3%
20102023
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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 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
East Honolulu, HI 1.3% 1st -0.8pp 1st 87% below peers
Grand Island, NE 9.4% 14th -4.1pp 2nd 6% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.9% 4th -1.1pp 3rd 70% below peers
Summerville, SC 8.1% 13th -3.0pp 4th 18% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.6% 17th -2.8pp 5th 6% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 17.6% 25th -4.6pp 6th 77% above peers
Columbus, IN 7.5% 12th -1.9pp 7th 25% below peers
Burleson, TX 4.9% 6th -1.1pp 8th 51% below peers
Middletown, OH 19.5% 28th -4.2pp 9th 97% above peers
Country Club, FL 22.6% 30th -4.5pp 10th 128% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 16.8% 23rd -3.2pp 11th 69% above peers
West New York, NJ 18.0% 26th -2.7pp 12th 82% above peers
Westchester, FL 23.4% 31st -3.5pp 13th 135% above peers
Aloha, OR 12.1% 18th -1.8pp 14th 22% above peers
Burien, WA 13.5% 20th -1.7pp 15th 36% above peers
Joplin, MO 15.7% 22nd -0.9pp 16th 58% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 7th +0.0pp 17th 42% below peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 16th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Paramount, CA 17.3% 24th +1.1pp 19th 75% above peers
Collierville, TN 3.3% 5th +0.3pp 20th 66% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.4% 2nd +0.2pp 21st 76% below peers
Watsonville, CA 21.8% 29th +2.2pp 22nd 120% above peers
Delano, CA 18.9% 27th +2.2pp 23rd 91% above peers
Mooresville, NC 6.6% 8th +0.8pp 24th 33% below peers
La Crosse, WI 12.6% 19th +1.8pp 25th 26% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.6% 3rd +0.4pp 26th 74% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.0% 10th +1.7pp 27th 30% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.1% 11th +1.8pp 28th 28% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.7% 21st +4.7pp 29th 38% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 9.4% 15th +4.4pp 30th 5% below peers
Novato, CA 6.8% 9th +3.7pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 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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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $652,714 in June 2026, up from $633,655 a year earlier.
$652,714
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Hoffman Estates, IL $412,866 (Jun 26) 14th +5.5% 1st 12% below peers
West New York, NJ $469,254 (Jun 26) 13th +5.0% 2nd on par with peers
La Crosse, WI $288,612 (Jun 26) 19th +4.5% 3rd 38% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $356,744 (Jun 26) 16th +4.2% 4th 24% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $185,143 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 5th 61% below peers
Levittown, NY $740,175 (Jun 26) 4th +3.6% 6th 58% above peers
Paramount, CA $652,714 (Jun 26) 6th +3.0% 7th 39% above peers
Columbus, IN $282,968 (Jun 26) 20th +2.9% 8th 40% below peers
Middletown, OH $266,121 (Jun 26) 21st +2.6% 9th 43% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $686,030 (Jun 26) 5th +2.5% 10th 46% above peers
Joplin, MO $207,698 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.3% 11th 56% below peers
Delano, CA $337,005 (Jun 26) 18th +1.1% 12th 28% below peers
Placentia, CA $1,117,757 (Jun 26) 1st +1.0% 13th 138% above peers
Grand Island, NE $258,203 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.0% 14th 45% below peers
Florissant, MO $197,931 (Jun 26) 24th +0.8% 15th 58% below peers
Watsonville, CA $833,282 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.7% 16th 78% above peers
Novato, CA $1,084,524 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.6% 17th 131% above peers
Mooresville, NC $486,446 (Jun 26) 11th +0.1% 18th 4% above peers
Burien, WA $647,575 (Jun 26) 7th -0.9% 19th 38% above peers
Summerville, SC $383,532 (Jun 26) 15th -1.2% 20th 18% below peers
Burleson, TX $342,356 (Jun 26) 17th -1.3% 21st 27% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $515,729 (Jun 26) 10th -1.5% 22nd 10% above peers
Collierville, TN $516,172 (Jun 26) 9th -1.9% 23rd 10% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $545,953 (Jun 26) 8th -2.3% 24th 16% above peers
Cathedral City, CA $479,959 (Jun 26) 12th -3.8% 25th 2% 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $501,845 in June 2026, down from $501,888 a year earlier.
$501,845
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%
La Crosse, WI $220,978 (Jun 26) 19th +7.3% 1st 26% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $281,740 (Jun 26) 15th +5.6% 2nd 6% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $267,371 (Jun 26) 17th +5.3% 3rd 11% below peers
Levittown, NY $673,158 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.9% 4th 125% above peers
Columbus, IN $198,468 (Jun 26) 20th +3.8% 5th 34% below peers
Delano, CA $274,644 (Jun 26) 16th +2.6% 6th 8% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $111,016 (Jun 26) 25th +2.5% 7th 63% below peers
Florissant, MO $152,361 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.2% 8th 49% below peers
Joplin, MO $135,847 (Jun 26) 24th +2.0% 9th 55% below peers
Dunwoody, GA $465,587 (Jun 26) 7th +1.6% 10th 55% above peers
Watsonville, CA $651,839 (Jun 26) 4th +1.2% 11th 118% above peers
Grand Island, NE $184,364 (Jun 26) 21st +1.1% 12th 38% below peers
West New York, NJ $286,292 (Jun 26) 14th +0.8% 13th 4% below peers
Mooresville, NC $328,500 (Jun 26) 12th +0.7% 14th 10% above peers
Placentia, CA $819,310 (Jun 26) 1st +0.6% 15th 174% above peers
Middletown, OH $149,623 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.4% 16th 50% below peers
Novato, CA $724,341 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.2% 17th 142% above peers
Paramount, CA $501,845 (Jun 26) 5th -0.0% 18th 68% above peers
Summerville, SC $299,461 (Jun 26) 13th -0.3% 19th on par with peers
Burien, WA $491,703 (Jun 26) 6th -0.6% 20th 64% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $403,115 (Jun 26) 8th -1.9% 21st 35% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $364,168 (Jun 26) 10th -2.2% 22nd 22% above peers
Collierville, TN $376,281 (Jun 26) 9th -2.3% 23rd 26% above peers
Burleson, TX $263,855 (Jun 26) 18th -2.6% 24th 12% below peers
Cathedral City, CA $359,214 (Jun 26) 11th -3.4% 25th 20% above 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 (41.0% then, 43.0% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.3% to 43.0%).
43.0%
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%
West New York, NJ 22.9% 31st +2.5pp 1st 65% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 66.0% 14th +6.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Country Club, FL 45.6% 27th +4.4pp 3rd 30% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 66.5% 12th +5.7pp 4th 2% above peers
Summerville, SC 69.1% 9th +5.4pp 5th 6% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 71.0% 8th +5.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Delano, CA 62.8% 18th +4.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Middletown, OH 54.0% 24th +2.8pp 8th 17% below peers
Paramount, CA 43.0% 29th +2.0pp 9th 34% below peers
Watsonville, CA 44.8% 28th +1.7pp 10th 31% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 6th +2.6pp 11th 14% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 76.5% 4th +2.7pp 12th 18% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 65.0% 16th +2.2pp 13th on par with peers
Burien, WA 56.6% 22nd +1.7pp 14th 13% below peers
Florissant, MO 67.1% 10th +1.9pp 15th 3% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 7th +1.5pp 16th 11% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 84.5% 2nd +1.5pp 17th 30% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 56.2% 23rd +0.6pp 18th 13% below peers
Collierville, TN 79.9% 3rd +0.7pp 19th 23% above peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 20th +0.1pp 20th 10% below peers
La Crosse, WI 46.1% 26th +0.0pp 21st 29% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.5% 30th -0.1pp 22nd 39% below peers
Grand Island, NE 57.8% 21st -1.0pp 23rd 11% below peers
Levittown, NY 92.2% 1st -1.7pp 24th 42% above peers
Columbus, IN 60.8% 19th -1.1pp 25th 6% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 74.2% 5th -1.5pp 26th 14% above peers
Placentia, CA 63.6% 17th -1.7pp 27th 2% below peers
Novato, CA 66.1% 13th -2.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Westchester, FL 65.2% 15th -2.9pp 29th on par with peers
Aloha, OR 67.1% 11th -3.1pp 30th 3% above peers
Joplin, MO 53.4% 25th -4.3pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys 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 (47.9% then, 46.8% now; margin ±5.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 11.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.4% to 46.8%).
46.8%
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
Delano, CA 34.0% 19th -11.3pp 1st 4% above peers
Country Club, FL 46.8% 29th -10.6pp 2nd 43% above peers
Aloha, OR 29.0% 7th -5.3pp 3rd 11% below peers
Collierville, TN 19.0% 1st -2.9pp 4th 42% below peers
Watsonville, CA 45.6% 27th -4.8pp 5th 40% above peers
Summerville, SC 31.1% 11th -3.2pp 6th 5% below peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 5th -2.6pp 7th 14% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.0% 18th -2.7pp 8th 4% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 23.7% 3rd -1.6pp 9th 27% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 45.0% 25th -3.0pp 10th 38% above peers
Burien, WA 37.4% 21st -2.1pp 11th 15% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 32.0% 14th -1.7pp 12th 2% below peers
Middletown, OH 32.7% 16th -1.6pp 13th on par with peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 28.6% 6th -1.2pp 14th 13% below peers
Levittown, NY 33.4% 17th -1.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Paramount, CA 46.8% 30th -1.1pp 16th 43% above peers
Westchester, FL 45.4% 26th -0.5pp 17th 39% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 2nd +0.0pp 18th 31% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 42.5% 22nd +0.3pp 19th 30% above peers
La Crosse, WI 36.0% 20th +0.5pp 20th 10% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 32.0% 15th +0.7pp 21st 2% below peers
Florissant, MO 30.4% 9th +1.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Novato, CA 44.5% 24th +2.6pp 23rd 36% above peers
West New York, NJ 50.0% 31st +3.6pp 24th 53% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 30.3% 8th +2.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Joplin, MO 31.7% 13th +2.6pp 26th 3% below peers
Columbus, IN 24.2% 4th +2.0pp 27th 26% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 46.4% 28th +4.3pp 28th 42% above peers
Placentia, CA 43.0% 23rd +4.5pp 29th 32% above peers
Grand Island, NE 30.6% 10th +5.4pp 30th 6% below peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 12th +7.8pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.8pp 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 (5.0% then, 5.5% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 5.5%).
5.5%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 4th -1.6pp 1st 44% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 3.5% 10th -1.3pp 2nd 31% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 6.5% 21st -2.0pp 3rd 30% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 3.9% 11th -1.1pp 4th 23% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.0% 6th -0.9pp 5th 40% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.3% 9th -0.9pp 6th 34% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 10.7% 30th -1.9pp 7th 112% above peers
Middletown, OH 8.7% 26th -1.1pp 8th 73% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.8% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 45% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 5.0% 16th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Delano, CA 4.5% 13th -0.5pp 11th 11% below peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 24th -0.3pp 12th 39% above peers
La Crosse, WI 9.8% 29th -0.4pp 13th 94% above peers
Country Club, FL 5.7% 19th -0.1pp 14th 12% above peers
West New York, NJ 40.0% 31st -0.3pp 15th 696% above peers
Aloha, OR 4.2% 12th +0.2pp 16th 16% below peers
Florissant, MO 6.5% 22nd +0.4pp 17th 30% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 5th +0.2pp 18th 43% below peers
Burien, WA 8.9% 27th +0.7pp 19th 77% above peers
Joplin, MO 9.6% 28th +0.8pp 20th 91% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.5% 18th +0.5pp 21st 9% above peers
Levittown, NY 3.3% 8th +0.4pp 22nd 35% below peers
Novato, CA 5.0% 17th +0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 7th +0.4pp 24th 37% below peers
Summerville, SC 4.6% 14th +0.7pp 25th 9% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.6% 2nd +0.5pp 26th 49% below peers
Columbus, IN 6.0% 20th +1.3pp 27th 20% above peers
Westchester, FL 6.9% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 36% above peers
Grand Island, NE 7.3% 25th +2.2pp 29th 45% above peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 1st +0.7pp 30th 57% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.8% 15th +1.9pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Worsening
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Uninsured rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.5% to 15.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 12.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.5% to 15.1%).
15.1%
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
Kendale Lakes, FL 8.0% 13th -6.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Westchester, FL 9.4% 22nd -4.5pp 2nd 9% above peers
Columbus, IN 5.6% 9th -2.3pp 3rd 35% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 9.1% 19th -3.5pp 4th 5% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.3% 25th -1.9pp 5th 19% above peers
Levittown, NY 2.5% 2nd -0.4pp 6th 71% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 5.5% 8th -0.8pp 7th 37% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.8% 5th -0.5pp 8th 44% below peers
Country Club, FL 14.4% 29th -1.3pp 9th 67% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.2% 14th -0.7pp 10th 6% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 5.2% 7th -0.3pp 11th 40% below peers
Burien, WA 10.3% 24th -0.5pp 12th 19% above peers
West New York, NJ 21.4% 31st +0.0pp 13th 147% above peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 26th +0.0pp 14th 22% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.7% 12th +0.0pp 15th 11% below peers
Placentia, CA 6.4% 11th +0.3pp 16th 26% below peers
Joplin, MO 11.6% 27th +0.5pp 17th 34% above peers
Summerville, SC 10.0% 23rd +1.0pp 18th 15% above peers
Grand Island, NE 14.3% 28th +1.8pp 19th 66% above peers
Middletown, OH 8.8% 18th +1.1pp 20th 2% above peers
Watsonville, CA 9.2% 20th +1.3pp 21st 6% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 4th +0.7pp 22nd 46% below peers
Delano, CA 8.3% 15th +1.5pp 23rd 4% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.5% 3rd +0.6pp 24th 60% below peers
Aloha, OR 8.7% 16th +2.0pp 25th on par with peers
Paramount, CA 15.1% 30th +3.6pp 26th 74% above peers
Novato, CA 4.8% 6th +1.3pp 27th 44% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 8.7% 17th +2.6pp 28th on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 9.4% 21st +2.9pp 29th 8% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 2.1% 1st +0.7pp 30th 76% below peers
Collierville, TN 6.0% 10th +2.1pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

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Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

31.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
East Honolulu, HI 22.1% 1st 32% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 25.0% 2nd 23% below peers
Novato, CA 25.3% 3rd 22% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 4th 21% below peers
Placentia, CA 26.0% 5th 20% below peers
Levittown, NY 26.2% 6th 19% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 26.3% 7th 19% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 26.5% 8th 18% below peers
Burien, WA 27.2% 9th 16% below peers
Westchester, FL 28.7% 10th 12% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 29.0% 11th 11% below peers
Country Club, FL 29.7% 12th 9% below peers
Collierville, TN 30.9% 13th 5% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 14th 2% below peers
Paramount, CA 31.8% 15th 2% below peers
Aloha, OR 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA 32.6% 17th on par with peers
Columbus, IN 34.1% 18th 5% above peers
Watsonville, CA 34.5% 19th 6% above peers
West New York, NJ 34.9% 20th 7% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 35.8% 21st 10% above peers
Joplin, MO 36.4% 22nd 12% above peers
Summerville, SC 36.6% 23rd 13% above peers
La Crosse, WI 37.2% 24th 14% above peers
Delano, CA 37.3% 25th 15% above peers
Florissant, MO 37.4% 26th 15% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 27th 18% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.3% 28th 18% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.7% 29th 22% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 40.3% 30th 24% above peers
Middletown, OH 40.4% 31st 24% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Worsening
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Child uninsured rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.0% to 7.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.8% to 7.7%).
7.7%
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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Columbus, IN 1.5% 1st -6.1pp 1st 66% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 3.0% 11th -3.8pp 2nd 34% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.9% 9th -2.9pp 3rd 37% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 2.5% 6th -1.1pp 4th 45% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 7.0% 26th -2.2pp 5th 54% above peers
Joplin, MO 4.1% 14th -0.6pp 6th 9% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.1% 2nd -0.3pp 7th 55% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 4th -0.3pp 8th 49% below peers
Burien, WA 2.8% 7th -0.2pp 9th 38% below peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 27th -0.1pp 10th 55% above peers
Country Club, FL 6.8% 25th +0.1pp 11th 50% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 10th +0.1pp 12th 36% below peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 24th +0.4pp 13th 48% above peers
La Crosse, WI 3.0% 12th +0.5pp 14th 34% below peers
Westchester, FL 5.5% 21st +0.9pp 15th 21% above peers
Aloha, OR 5.5% 20th +0.9pp 16th 21% above peers
Middletown, OH 5.4% 19th +1.3pp 17th 19% above peers
Summerville, SC 6.4% 23rd +1.8pp 18th 41% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.1% 30th +2.8pp 19th 78% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.2% 15th +1.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.3% 22nd +2.7pp 21st 40% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 3rd +1.0pp 22nd 50% below peers
Delano, CA 2.5% 5th +1.1pp 23rd 46% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 4.7% 17th +2.2pp 24th 4% above peers
West New York, NJ 10.3% 31st +4.9pp 25th 128% above peers
Paramount, CA 7.7% 29th +3.8pp 26th 70% above peers
Watsonville, CA 2.8% 8th +1.7pp 27th 37% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 5.4% 18th +3.5pp 28th 19% above peers
Novato, CA 4.5% 16th +3.4pp 29th on par with peers
Collierville, TN 7.2% 28th +5.7pp 30th 59% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.6% 13th +3.2pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.2pp 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 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.3% to 14.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 14.9%).
14.9%
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 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Country Club, FL 33.3% 19th +10.2pp 1st 2% below peers
Paramount, CA 14.9% 29th +3.6pp 2nd 56% below peers
Burleson, TX 34.0% 16th +7.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Burien, WA 33.2% 20th +5.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 31.6% 21st +4.7pp 5th 7% below peers
Levittown, NY 38.6% 12th +4.5pp 6th 13% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 24.5% 24th +2.8pp 7th 28% below peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 8th +5.3pp 8th 34% above peers
Summerville, SC 33.5% 17th +3.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Placentia, CA 44.2% 9th +4.9pp 10th 30% above peers
Middletown, OH 17.6% 28th +1.8pp 11th 48% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.5% 15th +3.4pp 12th 1% above peers
West New York, NJ 33.5% 18th +3.3pp 13th 2% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 40.7% 10th +3.8pp 14th 20% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 5th +4.9pp 15th 75% above peers
Collierville, TN 62.5% 3rd +5.1pp 16th 84% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 71.4% 2nd +3.7pp 17th 110% above peers
Novato, CA 48.9% 6th +2.4pp 18th 44% above peers
Westchester, FL 30.2% 22nd +1.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 37.5% 13th +1.2pp 20th 10% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 59.9% 4th +1.6pp 21st 76% above peers
Grand Island, NE 20.9% 27th +0.3pp 22nd 39% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 48.5% 7th +0.7pp 23rd 42% above peers
Watsonville, CA 12.4% 30th +0.1pp 24th 64% below peers
Joplin, MO 26.6% 23rd +0.2pp 25th 22% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 21.9% 26th +0.0pp 26th 36% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 72.2% 1st -0.1pp 27th 112% above peers
La Crosse, WI 35.0% 14th -0.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Columbus, IN 40.0% 11th -1.3pp 29th 18% above peers
Delano, CA 7.3% 31st -0.4pp 30th 79% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.4% 25th -1.5pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
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Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.1% then, 36.3% now; margin ±14.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.0% to 36.3%).
36.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Placentia, CA 60.8% 4th +21.8pp 1st 26% above peers
Grand Island, NE 45.6% 19th +13.3pp 2nd 6% below peers
Delano, CA 45.6% 20th +12.9pp 3rd 6% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 45.2% 21st +7.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Country Club, FL 54.0% 11th +6.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Burien, WA 42.9% 22nd +5.5pp 6th 11% below peers
Columbus, IN 48.5% 16th +6.2pp 7th on par with peers
Novato, CA 67.7% 1st +8.4pp 8th 40% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 59.4% 6th +6.5pp 9th 23% above peers
La Crosse, WI 52.8% 14th +5.0pp 10th 9% above peers
West New York, NJ 64.8% 2nd -0.0pp 11th 34% above peers
Collierville, TN 47.0% 18th -0.4pp 12th 3% below peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 17th -1.4pp 13th 1% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.4% 25th -2.5pp 14th 29% below peers
Paramount, CA 36.3% 23rd -2.8pp 15th 25% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 35.2% 24th -3.0pp 16th 27% below peers
Westchester, FL 56.4% 9th -5.6pp 17th 16% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 52.8% 13th -6.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Florissant, MO 52.9% 12th -7.7pp 19th 9% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 15th -7.7pp 20th 9% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 60.6% 5th -10.0pp 21st 25% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 29.5% 28th -5.6pp 22nd 39% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 55.9% 10th -11.9pp 23rd 15% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 56.7% 8th -12.4pp 24th 17% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.8% 27th -7.2pp 25th 38% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 63.0% 3rd -16.7pp 26th 30% above peers
Levittown, NY 58.5% 7th -15.7pp 27th 21% above peers
Joplin, MO 21.9% 30th -8.0pp 28th 55% below peers
Summerville, SC 33.1% 26th -14.4pp 29th 32% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 29th -19.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Middletown, OH 21.6% 31st -27.3pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth fell 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.8% to 7.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.6pp). None of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 7.1%).
7.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.0% 1st -3.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Westchester, FL 4.0% 8th -9.9pp 2nd 40% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% 10th -7.3pp 3rd 34% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.7% 5th -4.4pp 4th 60% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.5% 4th -2.1pp 5th 63% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.1% 19th -5.6pp 6th 5% above peers
Novato, CA 4.7% 12th -3.3pp 7th 31% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.0% 3rd -0.7pp 8th 71% below peers
Burien, WA 4.6% 11th -1.7pp 9th 33% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 1.1% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 83% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 3.7% 7th -0.6pp 11th 45% below peers
Columbus, IN 8.8% 23rd -1.1pp 12th 30% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 7.6% 21st -1.0pp 13th 12% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 12.1% 26th -0.9pp 14th 79% above peers
La Crosse, WI 4.4% 9th -0.2pp 15th 36% below peers
Aloha, OR 6.3% 14th -0.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Country Club, FL 11.6% 25th -0.1pp 17th 71% above peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 28th +0.1pp 18th 110% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 18th +0.5pp 19th 5% above peers
Joplin, MO 5.2% 13th +0.8pp 20th 23% below peers
Middletown, OH 11.4% 24th +2.9pp 21st 69% above peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 15th +1.8pp 22nd 1% below peers
Florissant, MO 16.6% 30th +4.7pp 23rd 145% above peers
Summerville, SC 7.5% 20th +2.5pp 24th 11% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.2% 6th +1.3pp 25th 52% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 13.1% 27th +5.9pp 26th 94% above peers
Delano, CA 14.4% 29th +7.6pp 27th 113% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.8% 16th +3.9pp 28th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 23.0% 31st +13.5pp 29th 240% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 17th +4.2pp 30th 4% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 22nd +6.7pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54,513 to 52,050 - more than the combined survey margin (±68). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (54,813 to 52,050).
52,050
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
Westchester, FL 52,032 14th +75% 1st on par with peers
Mooresville, NC 52,381 10th +38% 2nd 1% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 52,844 3rd +25% 3rd 2% above peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 1st +15% 4th 2% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 51,360 28th +8% 5th 1% below peers
Columbus, IN 51,824 18th +8% 6th on par with peers
Middletown, OH 51,617 24th +6% 7th 1% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 51,758 20th +5% 8th on par with peers
Joplin, MO 52,593 6th +4% 9th 1% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 52,593 7th +4% 10th 1% above peers
Grand Island, NE 52,884 2nd +3% 11th 2% above peers
Collierville, TN 51,515 25th +3% 12th 1% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 52,374 11th +2% 13th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 52,826 4th +2% 14th 2% above peers
Country Club, FL 51,296 30th +2% 15th 1% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 51,175 31st +1% 16th 2% below peers
Florissant, MO 51,773 19th +1% 17th on par with peers
Levittown, NY 51,904 17th +1% 18th on par with peers
Burien, WA 51,513 26th +0% 19th 1% below peers
La Crosse, WI 51,356 29th -1% 20th 1% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 51,990 16th -1% 21st on par with peers
West New York, NJ 52,004 15th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Delano, CA 51,679 22nd -2% 23rd 1% below peers
Summerville, SC 51,654 23rd -3% 24th 1% below peers
Aloha, OR 52,389 9th -3% 25th 1% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 51,392 27th -4% 26th 1% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 52,267 12th -4% 27th 1% above peers
Watsonville, CA 51,712 21st -4% 28th 1% below peers
Paramount, CA 52,050 13th -5% 29th on par with peers
Novato, CA 52,546 8th -6% 30th 1% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 52,622 5th -6% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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 through 2024 ±59 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
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Children fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.5% to 25.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 12 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; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (29.1% to 25.1%).
25.1%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Novato, CA 20.5% 20th +1.8pp 1st 6% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 17.3% 26th +0.9pp 2nd 21% below peers
Levittown, NY 20.5% 21st +1.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
Collierville, TN 26.8% 4th +0.8pp 4th 23% above peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 2nd +0.9pp 5th 32% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 24.0% 10th +0.5pp 6th 10% above peers
Grand Island, NE 28.2% 3rd +0.2pp 7th 29% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 19.6% 24th +0.1pp 8th 10% below peers
Columbus, IN 23.8% 11th -0.1pp 9th 9% above peers
Placentia, CA 23.2% 12th -0.2pp 10th 7% above peers
La Crosse, WI 14.6% 29th -0.2pp 11th 33% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 24.9% 7th -0.6pp 12th 14% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.1% 1st -1.2pp 13th 34% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 24.6% 8th -1.5pp 14th 13% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 15.6% 27th -1.1pp 15th 29% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.5% 25th -1.4pp 16th 11% below peers
Joplin, MO 20.9% 17th -1.6pp 17th 4% below peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 9th -1.9pp 18th 11% above peers
Middletown, OH 21.8% 16th -1.8pp 19th on par with peers
Burien, WA 20.6% 18th -1.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Summerville, SC 22.9% 14th -2.4pp 21st 5% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 12.8% 31st -1.6pp 22nd 41% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.3% 15th -3.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Paramount, CA 25.1% 6th -3.5pp 24th 15% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 15.2% 28th -2.1pp 25th 30% below peers
Delano, CA 22.9% 13th -3.4pp 26th 5% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 5th -4.0pp 27th 21% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 20.0% 22nd -3.2pp 28th 8% below peers
Country Club, FL 19.7% 23rd -3.3pp 29th 10% below peers
Aloha, OR 20.5% 19th -4.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Westchester, FL 13.4% 30th -2.7pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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 through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 (33.2% then, 36.1% now; margin ±6.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.9% to 36.1%).
36.1%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
La Crosse, WI 43.4% 5th +12.3pp 1st 26% above peers
Burien, WA 39.1% 8th +10.4pp 2nd 14% above peers
Delano, CA 37.5% 11th +9.2pp 3rd 9% above peers
Joplin, MO 40.9% 7th +9.4pp 4th 19% above peers
Novato, CA 23.8% 22nd +5.2pp 5th 31% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 37.2% 12th +7.9pp 6th 8% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 20.0% 24th +2.3pp 7th 42% below peers
Watsonville, CA 37.9% 10th +4.0pp 8th 10% above peers
Westchester, FL 35.7% 14th +3.5pp 9th 4% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 18.8% 25th +1.6pp 10th 45% below peers
Paramount, CA 36.1% 13th +2.9pp 11th 5% above peers
West New York, NJ 42.1% 6th +2.8pp 12th 23% above peers
Country Club, FL 45.1% 4th +2.7pp 13th 31% above peers
Middletown, OH 56.1% 1st +3.1pp 14th 63% above peers
Florissant, MO 47.6% 3rd +1.2pp 15th 38% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 21st +0.6pp 16th 30% below peers
Summerville, SC 34.4% 16th +0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Columbus, IN 27.8% 18th +0.0pp 18th 19% below peers
Aloha, OR 25.1% 20th -1.0pp 19th 27% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 49.1% 2nd -2.3pp 20th 43% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 33.2% 17th -1.7pp 21st 3% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.6% 15th -3.4pp 22nd 1% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.2% 9th -4.4pp 23rd 11% above peers
Placentia, CA 18.5% 26th -3.2pp 24th 46% below peers
Levittown, NY 9.5% 30th -2.1pp 25th 72% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 27th -4.5pp 26th 49% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 12.8% 29th -3.4pp 27th 63% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 26.3% 19th -7.3pp 28th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 23rd -7.2pp 29th 35% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 14.3% 28th -4.8pp 30th 58% below peers
Collierville, TN 8.6% 31st -4.5pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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 ±5.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.3% then, 60.9% now; margin ±12.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.5% to 60.9%).
60.9%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Dunwoody, GA 78.7% 8th +25.5pp 1st 9% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 66.5% 24th +16.4pp 2nd 8% below peers
Country Club, FL 84.3% 1st +16.0pp 3rd 17% above peers
Aloha, OR 72.3% 16th +13.7pp 4th on par with peers
Joplin, MO 73.6% 15th +13.7pp 5th 2% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 74.6% 12th +13.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 69.8% 20th +12.0pp 7th 3% below peers
Collierville, TN 64.5% 28th +10.9pp 8th 11% below peers
Columbus, IN 67.7% 23rd +11.3pp 9th 6% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 70.9% 19th +10.7pp 10th 2% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 22nd +10.2pp 11th 6% below peers
La Crosse, WI 80.2% 6th +11.3pp 12th 11% above peers
Burien, WA 78.8% 7th +10.8pp 13th 9% above peers
Delano, CA 75.3% 9th +9.7pp 14th 4% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 64.8% 27th +7.6pp 15th 10% below peers
West New York, NJ 63.3% 29th +7.1pp 16th 12% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 82.0% 3rd +9.0pp 17th 13% above peers
Summerville, SC 81.2% 5th +7.8pp 18th 12% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 17th +6.5pp 19th on par with peers
Middletown, OH 74.9% 11th +5.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 74.2% 14th +3.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Placentia, CA 69.4% 21st +1.8pp 22nd 4% below peers
Paramount, CA 60.9% 30th +1.5pp 23rd 16% below peers
Florissant, MO 83.5% 2nd +1.6pp 24th 16% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 71.2% 18th -0.5pp 25th 1% below peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 25th -0.5pp 26th 9% below peers
Westchester, FL 81.7% 4th -1.1pp 27th 13% above peers
Grand Island, NE 75.0% 10th -3.0pp 28th 4% above peers
Levittown, NY 74.5% 13th -3.0pp 29th 3% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 64.9% 26th -6.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Watsonville, CA 56.7% 31st -5.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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 ±9.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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