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Pleasanton, CA
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74,556 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 12 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

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

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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 90 in July 2026, down from 127 a year earlier.
Bright spot 90 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Pleasanton, CA 90 (Jul 26) -29.5% 1st
Arlington Heights, IL 38 (Jul 26) -23.7% 2nd
Noblesville, IN 59 (Jul 26) -22.4% 3rd
Johnson City, TN 334 (Jul 26) -21.1% 4th
Appleton, WI 168 (Jul 26) -19.1% 5th
Rock Hill, SC 378 (Jun 26) -17.8% 6th
Greenville, SC 521 (Jul 26) -15.3% 7th
Redlands, CA 255 (Feb 26) -14.9% 8th
Hammond, IN 585 (Feb 26) -13.0% 9th
Framingham, MA 293 (Apr 26) -12.5% 10th
Tulare, CA 482 (Jul 26) -10.6% 11th
Iowa City, IA 272 (Jul 26) -7.2% 12th
Southfield, MI 501 (Jul 25) -4.6% 13th
Maple Grove, MN 106 (Jul 26) -3.7% 14th
Bolingbrook, IL 197 (Jun 26) +7.3% 15th
Scranton, PA 332 (Jul 26) +11.1% 16th
West Des Moines, IA 191 (Jul 26) +35.2% 17th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 17% lower than in 2021 (1,438 then, 1,195 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,915 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,141 in July 2026, down from 1,473 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,141 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Tulare, CA 1,241 (Jul 26) -24.4% 1st
Johnson City, TN 1,736 (Jul 26) -22.9% 2nd
Pleasanton, CA 1,141 (Jul 26) -22.5% 3rd
West Des Moines, IA 1,310 (Jul 26) -21.2% 4th
Appleton, WI 901 (Jul 26) -21.1% 5th
Noblesville, IN 430 (Jul 26) -19.7% 6th
Greenville, SC 2,527 (Jul 26) -17.9% 7th
Hammond, IN 2,400 (Feb 26) -17.9% 8th
Maple Grove, MN 1,298 (Jul 26) -15.4% 9th
Framingham, MA 877 (Apr 26) -13.2% 10th
Bolingbrook, IL 623 (Jun 26) -11.9% 11th
Iowa City, IA 1,520 (Jul 26) -11.9% 12th
Southfield, MI 2,247 (Jul 26) -10.4% 13th
Redlands, CA 1,937 (Feb 26) -5.6% 14th
Scranton, PA 1,221 (Jul 26) -5.4% 15th
Rock Hill, SC 2,295 (Jun 26) -0.2% 16th
Arlington Heights, IL 880 (Jul 26) +11.6% 17th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 200% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide rose slightly from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent reading: 3 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 4 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 3 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Bolingbrook, IL 0 (Jun 26) -100.0% 1st
Appleton, WI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Iowa City, IA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Tulare, CA 1 (Jul 26) -83.4% 4th
Johnson City, TN 1 (Jul 26) -66.8% 5th
Redlands, CA 1 (Feb 26) -66.7% 6th
Rock Hill, SC 8 (Jun 26) -14.3% 7th
Greenville, SC 4 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Hammond, IN 15 (Feb 26) +10.2% 9th
Scranton, PA 4 (Jul 26) +49.8% 10th
Southfield, MI 8 (Jul 26) +199.6% 11th
Pleasanton, CA 4 (Jul 26) +200.0% 12th
West Des Moines, IA 0 (Jul 26)
Maple Grove, MN 0 (Jul 26)
Framingham, MA 0 (Apr 26)
Noblesville, IN 0 (Jul 26)
Arlington Heights, IL 1 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 13% higher than in 2021 (128 then, 145 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 249 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 142 in July 2026, down from 174 a year earlier.
142 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
West Des Moines, IA 66 (Jul 26) -47.9% 1st
Noblesville, IN 38 (Jul 26) -43.1% 2nd
Arlington Heights, IL 34 (Jul 26) -40.9% 3rd
Framingham, MA 66 (Apr 26) -29.0% 4th
Bolingbrook, IL 71 (Jun 26) -24.3% 5th
Iowa City, IA 109 (Jul 26) -20.2% 6th
Johnson City, TN 115 (Jul 26) -19.6% 7th
Pleasanton, CA 142 (Jul 26) -18.5% 8th
Southfield, MI 426 (Jul 26) -16.5% 9th
Rock Hill, SC 209 (Jun 26) -13.6% 10th
Redlands, CA 271 (Feb 26) -11.5% 11th
Greenville, SC 223 (Jul 26) -10.6% 12th
Tulare, CA 242 (Jul 26) -8.7% 13th
Scranton, PA 128 (Jul 26) -4.9% 14th
Appleton, WI 45 (Jul 26) -2.9% 15th
Maple Grove, MN 43 (Jul 26) +6.7% 16th
Hammond, IN 417 (Feb 26) +20.8% 17th
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Peers worth a call

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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $156,400 to $190,124 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$10,439).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Pleasanton started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 54% from 2014 to 2024 ($123,608 to $190,124).
Bright spot $190,124
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
St. Cloud, FL $83,174 13th +50% 1st 6% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $101,888 10th +43% 2nd 29% above peers
Redlands, CA $105,041 8th +40% 3rd 33% above peers
Turlock, CA $82,995 14th +39% 4th 5% above peers
Appleton, WI $80,483 15th +38% 5th 2% above peers
Johnson City, TN $57,254 27th +37% 6th 27% below peers
Poinciana, FL $68,015 23rd +36% 7th 14% below peers
Rock Hill, SC $68,771 20th +36% 8th 13% below peers
Tulare, CA $72,410 17th +34% 9th 8% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $83,887 12th +31% 10th 7% above peers
Bellflower, CA $78,722 16th +31% 11th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE $58,671 25th +30% 12th 25% below peers
Framingham, MA $107,419 7th +30% 13th 36% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $69,882 19th +28% 14th 11% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY $68,613 21st +27% 15th 13% below peers
Noblesville, IN $104,047 9th +27% 16th 32% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $107,504 6th +27% 17th 37% above peers
Greenville, SC $71,472 18th +26% 18th 9% below peers
Tamarac, FL $61,718 24th +26% 19th 22% below peers
Scranton, PA $50,739 30th +25% 20th 36% below peers
Lauderhill, FL $51,165 29th +23% 21st 35% below peers
Southfield, MI $68,166 22nd +22% 22nd 13% below peers
Pleasanton, CA $190,124 1st +22% 23rd 142% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL $116,723 4th +21% 24th 48% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $132,731 3rd +21% 25th 69% above peers
Hammond, IN $55,504 28th +20% 26th 29% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $156,964 2nd +19% 27th 99% above peers
Iowa City, IA $58,546 26th +19% 28th 26% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL $108,400 5th +19% 29th 38% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR $27,054 31st +17% 30th 66% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $86,594 11th +13% 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$9,119 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.5% in July 2026, down from 4.9% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.5%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 26 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
Bayonne, NJ 5.6% (Jul 26) 21st -1.4pp 1st 14% above peers
Bellflower, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 18th -0.9pp 2nd 8% above peers
Turlock, CA 6.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.9pp 3rd 24% above peers
Tulare, CA 7.8% (Jul 26) 26th -0.9pp 4th 59% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 5.1% (Jul 26) 15th -0.8pp 5th 4% above peers
Hammond, IN 4.6% (Jul 26) 11th -0.6pp 6th 6% below peers
Johnson City, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 7th 31% below peers
Greenville, SC 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.6pp 8th 29% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 16th -0.5pp 9th 4% above peers
Wilmington, DE 6.2% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 10th 27% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 10th -0.4pp 11th 8% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 12th 39% below peers
Redlands, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 13th 4% below peers
Noblesville, IN 3.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.2pp 14th 35% below peers
Iowa City, IA 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.2pp 15th 35% below peers
Framingham, MA 4.1% (Jul 26) 7th -0.1pp 16th 16% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 25th +0.0pp 17th 47% above peers
Appleton, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 18th 29% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 4.9% (Jul 26) 14th +0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Southfield, MI 6.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.4pp 20th 41% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 8th +0.4pp 21st 10% below peers
Tamarac, FL 4.6% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 22nd 6% below peers
Scranton, PA 5.2% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th +0.7pp 24th 10% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 25th 12% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 5.3% (Jul 26) 19th +0.8pp 26th 8% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 5.3% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.4% to 5.3%).
Bright spot 5.3%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Lake Elsinore, CA 9.4% 11th -5.1pp 1st 16% below peers
Turlock, CA 11.3% 16th -4.3pp 2nd on par with peers
St. Cloud, FL 10.1% 12th -3.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Appleton, WI 8.3% 7th -2.6pp 4th 27% below peers
Noblesville, IN 5.3% 3rd -1.3pp 5th 53% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 12.6% 17th -3.0pp 6th 12% above peers
Redlands, CA 9.1% 9th -2.1pp 7th 19% below peers
Wilmington, DE 21.4% 28th -4.7pp 8th 89% above peers
Hammond, IN 19.1% 25th -3.0pp 9th 70% above peers
Tulare, CA 17.9% 24th -2.3pp 10th 59% above peers
Poinciana, FL 14.9% 22nd -1.5pp 11th 32% above peers
Southfield, MI 10.2% 13th -1.0pp 12th 9% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.8% 1st -0.3pp 13th 67% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 19.4% 26th -1.5pp 14th 72% above peers
Iowa City, IA 26.3% 30th -1.3pp 15th 133% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 16.6% 23rd -0.7pp 16th 47% above peers
Johnson City, TN 20.3% 27th -0.6pp 17th 80% above peers
Scranton, PA 23.0% 29th -0.2pp 18th 104% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 39.8% 31st +0.0pp 19th 253% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 10.7% 15th +0.1pp 20th 5% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 6.4% 6th +0.0pp 21st 43% below peers
Bellflower, CA 13.3% 19th +0.4pp 22nd 18% above peers
Greenville, SC 14.0% 20th +0.6pp 23rd 24% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 14.4% 21st +0.9pp 24th 28% above peers
Tamarac, FL 13.0% 18th +1.4pp 25th 16% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 5.3% 4th +1.0pp 26th 53% below peers
Framingham, MA 10.4% 14th +2.0pp 27th 8% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.0% 2nd +1.0pp 28th 64% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 9.2% 10th +2.5pp 29th 18% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 8.4% 8th +2.5pp 30th 26% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 6.0% 5th +2.1pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 5.5% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 5.5%).
Bright spot 5.5%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Southfield, MI 5.9% 5th -8.2pp 1st 62% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 2.1% 1st -1.8pp 2nd 87% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.2% 12th -8.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
Turlock, CA 12.0% 11th -7.9pp 4th 24% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 13.1% 13th -6.6pp 5th 17% below peers
Appleton, WI 11.0% 10th -5.0pp 6th 30% below peers
Hammond, IN 26.2% 27th -8.6pp 7th 66% above peers
Johnson City, TN 21.1% 23rd -6.6pp 8th 34% above peers
Redlands, CA 10.6% 9th -2.8pp 9th 33% below peers
Iowa City, IA 14.2% 14th -3.6pp 10th 10% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 17.5% 20th -4.3pp 11th 11% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 29.0% 28th -6.4pp 12th 84% above peers
Noblesville, IN 6.1% 6th -1.3pp 13th 61% below peers
Bellflower, CA 15.8% 16th -2.4pp 14th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 37.2% 30th -2.7pp 15th 136% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 25.5% 26th -1.7pp 16th 62% above peers
Tulare, CA 24.5% 25th -1.1pp 17th 56% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.5% 3rd +0.1pp 18th 72% below peers
Poinciana, FL 21.6% 24th +0.3pp 19th 37% above peers
Scranton, PA 34.4% 29th +1.4pp 20th 118% above peers
Greenville, SC 18.3% 21st +0.9pp 21st 16% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 17.5% 19th +1.0pp 22nd 11% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 20.9% 22nd +1.7pp 23rd 33% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 8.3% 7th +0.9pp 24th 48% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 64.2% 31st +7.7pp 25th 308% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 5.5% 4th +0.8pp 26th 65% below peers
Tamarac, FL 16.9% 17th +2.8pp 27th 8% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 10.0% 8th +2.7pp 28th 36% below peers
Framingham, MA 15.2% 15th +4.5pp 29th 3% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 17.4% 18th +7.3pp 30th 11% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.3% 2nd +2.9pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 95.2% to 97.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Pleasanton started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 4.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.2% to 97.9%).
Bright spot 97.9%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lauderhill, FL 91.7% 20th +23.2pp 1st 1% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 85.8% 30th +15.7pp 2nd 8% below peers
Wilmington, DE 87.2% 28th +14.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
Hammond, IN 87.3% 27th +13.3pp 4th 6% below peers
Poinciana, FL 92.9% 16th +13.8pp 5th on par with peers
Tulare, CA 92.0% 18th +11.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Bellflower, CA 91.3% 21st +10.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 92.4% 17th +9.7pp 8th 1% below peers
Turlock, CA 93.1% 15th +9.3pp 9th on par with peers
Cheektowaga, NY 88.4% 24th +8.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Southfield, MI 91.9% 19th +8.3pp 11th 1% below peers
Greenville, SC 90.5% 23rd +7.9pp 12th 3% below peers
Redlands, CA 93.7% 12th +8.1pp 13th 1% above peers
Appleton, WI 94.3% 10th +7.7pp 14th 2% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 95.2% 9th +7.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Scranton, PA 84.2% 31st +6.2pp 16th 9% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 95.2% 8th +6.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 94.1% 11th +6.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Framingham, MA 95.7% 7th +5.8pp 19th 3% above peers
Tamarac, FL 87.9% 25th +5.1pp 20th 5% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 91.3% 22nd +5.2pp 21st 2% below peers
Johnson City, TN 87.9% 26th +4.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 95.7% 6th +4.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 93.6% 13th +4.2pp 24th 1% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 93.4% 14th +3.5pp 25th 1% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 96.5% 3rd +3.3pp 26th 4% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 97.9% 1st +2.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Noblesville, IN 95.9% 5th +2.7pp 28th 3% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 96.3% 4th +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 97.5% 2nd +2.5pp 30th 5% above peers
Iowa City, IA 86.5% 29th -0.6pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.44).
0.44
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Rock Hill, SC 0.43 11th -0.034 1st 3% below peers
Wilmington, DE 0.51 29th -0.032 2nd 16% above peers
Johnson City, TN 0.51 28th -0.030 3rd 16% above peers
Turlock, CA 0.44 13th -0.021 4th 1% below peers
Redlands, CA 0.46 22nd -0.019 5th 4% above peers
Bellflower, CA 0.42 10th -0.014 6th 4% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 12% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 0.38 1st -0.011 8th 13% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 0.40 4th -0.010 9th 10% below peers
Scranton, PA 0.46 23rd -0.010 10th 5% above peers
Tamarac, FL 0.44 14th -0.007 11th 1% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 0.46 21st -0.001 12th 4% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 0.50 26th -0.000 13th 13% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 0.39 3rd +0.000 14th 11% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 0.44 16th +0.001 15th on par with peers
Arlington Heights, IL 0.44 15th +0.002 16th on par with peers
Hammond, IN 0.44 18th +0.002 17th 1% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 0.41 7th +0.003 18th 7% below peers
Noblesville, IN 0.41 6th +0.003 19th 7% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 0.45 20th +0.005 20th 2% above peers
Southfield, MI 0.44 19th +0.009 21st 1% above peers
Tulare, CA 0.43 12th +0.010 22nd 3% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 0.44 17th +0.012 23rd on par with peers
Iowa City, IA 0.53 30th +0.015 24th 19% above peers
Greenville, SC 0.56 31st +0.016 25th 26% above peers
Framingham, MA 0.46 24th +0.015 26th 5% above peers
Poinciana, FL 0.41 5th +0.015 27th 8% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 0.41 8th +0.022 28th 7% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 0.47 25th +0.030 29th 7% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 0.42 9th +0.037 30th 5% below peers
Appleton, WI 0.50 27th +0.062 31st 13% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 1.2% to 3.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 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
Snap rose 1.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (1.2% to 3.1%).
Needs attention 3.1%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Rock Hill, SC 8.5% 10th -5.2pp 1st 32% below peers
Johnson City, TN 9.9% 13th -5.0pp 2nd 21% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 6.7% 7th -1.9pp 3rd 46% below peers
Greenville, SC 8.8% 11th -2.4pp 4th 30% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 27th -5.9pp 5th 82% above peers
Iowa City, IA 6.6% 6th -1.6pp 6th 48% below peers
Redlands, CA 7.1% 9th -1.7pp 7th 44% below peers
Hammond, IN 18.6% 24th -1.7pp 8th 48% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.2% 3rd -0.3pp 9th 74% below peers
Appleton, WI 9.5% 12th -0.8pp 10th 24% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 15.1% 21st -0.7pp 11th 20% above peers
Wilmington, DE 22.8% 26th -0.7pp 12th 81% above peers
Noblesville, IN 4.3% 4th -0.1pp 13th 65% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 26.3% 29th -0.3pp 14th 109% above peers
Tulare, CA 23.0% 28th +0.7pp 15th 83% above peers
Scranton, PA 26.9% 30th +1.1pp 16th 114% above peers
Tamarac, FL 12.2% 15th +0.7pp 17th 3% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 13.4% 18th +1.0pp 18th 7% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.8% 25th +1.8pp 19th 50% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.6% 16th +1.2pp 20th on par with peers
Southfield, MI 13.7% 19th +1.4pp 21st 9% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 15.7% 22nd +1.7pp 22nd 25% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.4% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 65% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 6.8% 8th +0.8pp 24th 45% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 11.2% 14th +1.4pp 25th 11% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.7% 1st +0.4pp 26th 79% below peers
Turlock, CA 14.7% 20th +3.0pp 27th 17% above peers
Framingham, MA 12.8% 17th +2.9pp 28th 2% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 46.0% 31st +10.9pp 29th 266% above peers
Bellflower, CA 17.9% 23rd +4.6pp 30th 43% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 3.1% 2nd +1.9pp 31st 76% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value fell about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 7% higher than in 2021 ($1,411,898 then, $1,511,109 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,677,592 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,511,109 in August 2026, down from $1,571,650 a year earlier.
Big move $1,511,109
2000August 2026
▸ 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%
Arlington Heights, IL $495,520 (Aug 26) 8th +8.9% 1st 33% above peers
Appleton, WI $305,667 (Aug 26) 20th +5.6% 2nd 18% below peers
Iowa City, IA $303,890 (Aug 26) 21st +3.4% 3rd 18% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL $371,926 (Aug 26) 14th +2.9% 4th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN $392,593 (Aug 26) 13th +2.0% 5th 6% above peers
Bayonne, NJ $592,916 (Aug 26) 6th +2.0% 6th 59% above peers
Greenville, SC $331,641 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 7th 11% below peers
Southfield, MI $253,902 (Aug 26) 25th +1.8% 8th 32% below peers
Tulare, CA $356,755 (Aug 26) 15th +1.7% 9th 4% below peers
Bellflower, CA $798,074 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 10th 115% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $424,047 (Aug 26) 11th +1.5% 11th 14% above peers
Hammond, IN $179,704 (Aug 26) 28th +1.5% 12th 52% below peers
Wilmington, DE $329,558 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 13th 11% below peers
Johnson City, TN $295,339 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 14th 21% below peers
Redlands, CA $635,663 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 15th 71% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $433,365 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 16th 17% above peers
Ellicott City, MD $735,463 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.7% 17th 98% above peers
Framingham, MA $663,061 (Aug 26) 4th +0.5% 18th 78% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $322,185 (Aug 26) 19th +0.5% 19th 13% below peers
Turlock, CA $481,653 (Aug 26) 9th +0.3% 20th 30% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $583,715 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 21st 57% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $323,886 (Aug 26) 18th -1.7% 22nd 13% below peers
Scranton, PA $201,486 (Aug 26) 27th -2.5% 23rd 46% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $400,424 (Aug 26) 12th -2.8% 24th 8% above peers
Pleasanton, CA $1,511,109 (Aug 26) 1st -3.9% 25th 306% above peers
Poinciana, FL $279,614 (Aug 26) 24th -4.2% 26th 25% below peers
Tamarac, FL $292,430 (Aug 26) 23rd -4.5% 27th 21% below peers
Lauderhill, FL $208,707 (Aug 26) 26th -5.4% 28th 44% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 8% higher than in 2021 ($930,112 then, $1,007,572 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,118,476 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,007,572 in August 2026, down from $1,051,469 a year earlier.
Big move $1,007,572
2000August 2026
▸ 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%
Appleton, WI $239,277 (Aug 26) 17th +6.4% 1st 16% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL $294,956 (Aug 26) 13th +6.1% 2nd 3% above peers
Greenville, SC $209,016 (Aug 26) 20th +4.4% 3rd 27% below peers
Iowa City, IA $198,732 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.0% 4th 30% below peers
Scranton, PA $148,126 (Aug 26) 25th +3.7% 5th 48% below peers
Hammond, IN $142,571 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 6th 50% below peers
Tulare, CA $285,185 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 7th on par with peers
Bolingbrook, IL $283,175 (Aug 26) 15th +2.4% 8th 1% below peers
Redlands, CA $506,003 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 9th 77% above peers
Noblesville, IN $298,391 (Aug 26) 12th +2.3% 10th 5% above peers
Johnson City, TN $192,230 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.0% 11th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, CA $359,766 (Aug 26) 9th +1.4% 12th 26% above peers
Turlock, CA $401,170 (Aug 26) 8th +1.2% 13th 41% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $310,653 (Aug 26) 10th +1.1% 14th 9% above peers
Bellflower, CA $663,564 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.9% 15th 133% above peers
Bayonne, NJ $415,840 (Aug 26) 7th +0.8% 16th 46% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $476,163 (Aug 26) 5th +0.4% 17th 67% above peers
Ellicott City, MD $509,785 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.3% 18th 79% above peers
Wilmington, DE $201,653 (Aug 26) 21st +0.1% 19th 29% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $209,544 (Aug 26) 19th -0.1% 20th 27% below peers
Framingham, MA $459,156 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 21st 61% above peers
Southfield, MI $170,307 (Aug 26) 24th -0.3% 22nd 40% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $309,038 (Aug 26) 11th -2.6% 23rd 8% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $211,869 (Aug 26) 18th -3.2% 24th 26% below peers
Poinciana, FL $243,383 (Aug 26) 16th -3.6% 25th 15% below peers
Pleasanton, CA $1,007,572 (Aug 26) 1st -4.2% 26th 253% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $103,759 (Aug 26) 28th -6.8% 27th 64% below peers
Tamarac, FL $147,016 (Aug 26) 26th -9.7% 28th 48% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.9% to 67.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.5% to 67.0%).
Needs attention 67.0%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Poinciana, FL 77.2% 3rd +8.7pp 1st 30% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 55.8% 21st +6.1pp 2nd 6% below peers
Southfield, MI 53.4% 24th +5.6pp 3rd 10% below peers
Wilmington, DE 48.0% 27th +4.7pp 4th 19% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 69.9% 12th +4.3pp 5th 17% above peers
Tamarac, FL 76.2% 5th +3.8pp 6th 28% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 70.9% 11th +3.1pp 7th 19% above peers
Turlock, CA 56.0% 20th +2.4pp 8th 6% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 77.1% 4th +3.1pp 9th 30% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 71.1% 10th +2.6pp 10th 19% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 54.2% 23rd +1.7pp 11th 9% below peers
Tulare, CA 58.5% 17th +1.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Hammond, IN 62.4% 15th +1.8pp 13th 5% above peers
Scranton, PA 49.9% 26th +1.3pp 14th 16% below peers
Johnson City, TN 51.3% 25th +1.1pp 15th 14% below peers
Appleton, WI 67.0% 13th +1.4pp 16th 13% above peers
Framingham, MA 54.8% 22nd +0.9pp 17th 8% below peers
Bellflower, CA 39.3% 30th +0.0pp 18th 34% below peers
Noblesville, IN 71.2% 9th -0.0pp 19th 20% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 74.0% 6th -0.6pp 20th 24% above peers
Iowa City, IA 47.2% 28th -0.5pp 21st 21% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 72.5% 7th -1.2pp 22nd 22% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 79.1% 2nd -1.8pp 23rd 33% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.0% 8th -2.1pp 24th 21% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 67.0% 14th -2.9pp 25th 13% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 82.3% 1st -3.8pp 26th 38% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 59.5% 16th -3.6pp 27th on par with peers
Bayonne, NJ 36.2% 31st -2.3pp 28th 39% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 57.4% 18th -3.7pp 29th 4% below peers
Greenville, SC 41.1% 29th -3.0pp 30th 31% below peers
Redlands, CA 56.8% 19th -4.4pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 7% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,264 in August 2026, up from $3,057 a year earlier.
Big move $3,264
2016August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Iowa City, IA $1,270 (Aug 26) 27th +8.8% 1st 33% below peers
Appleton, WI $1,215 (Aug 26) 28th +8.2% 2nd 36% below peers
Pleasanton, CA $3,264 (Aug 26) 1st +6.8% 3rd 71% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL $2,757 (Aug 26) 2nd +6.0% 4th 44% above peers
Hammond, IN $1,498 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.5% 5th 22% below peers
Noblesville, IN $1,741 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 6th 9% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $2,251 (Aug 26) 9th +4.6% 7th 18% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $2,438 (Aug 26) 4th +3.9% 8th 28% above peers
Tulare, CA $1,826 (Aug 26) 16th +3.7% 9th 4% below peers
Wilmington, DE $1,786 (Aug 26) 17th +3.2% 10th 6% below peers
Scranton, PA $1,354 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 11th 29% below peers
Southfield, MI $1,584 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 12th 17% below peers
Redlands, CA $2,430 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 13th 27% above peers
Poinciana, FL $1,909 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 14th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN $1,449 (Aug 26) 24th +2.6% 15th 24% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $2,660 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.5% 16th 39% above peers
Bayonne, NJ $2,401 (Aug 26) 6th +2.2% 17th 26% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $1,784 (Aug 26) 18th +1.9% 18th 7% below peers
Greenville, SC $1,572 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 19th 18% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $1,359 (Aug 26) 25th +1.7% 20th 29% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL $1,985 (Aug 26) 13th +1.3% 21st 4% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $1,488 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 22nd 22% below peers
Turlock, CA $2,075 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 23rd 9% above peers
Bellflower, CA $2,281 (Aug 26) 8th +1.1% 24th 19% above peers
Tamarac, FL $2,198 (Aug 26) 11th +0.3% 25th 15% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $2,220 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 26th 16% above peers
Framingham, MA $2,354 (Aug 26) 7th -2.6% 27th 23% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $1,878 (Aug 26) 15th -3.0% 28th 2% below peers
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 (30.0% then, 32.3% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.0% to 32.3%).
Bright spot 32.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Appleton, WI 21.8% 2nd -3.5pp 1st 39% below peers
Turlock, CA 37.9% 20th -3.8pp 2nd 5% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 25.8% 4th -2.4pp 3rd 28% below peers
Bellflower, CA 46.9% 29th -3.4pp 4th 30% above peers
Wilmington, DE 38.8% 21st -2.5pp 5th 8% above peers
Redlands, CA 35.4% 14th -1.8pp 6th 2% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 42.9% 27th -1.6pp 7th 19% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 44.1% 28th -1.4pp 8th 23% above peers
Scranton, PA 37.2% 19th -1.0pp 9th 3% above peers
Framingham, MA 35.4% 15th -0.9pp 10th 2% below peers
Tulare, CA 40.9% 23rd -0.8pp 11th 14% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 31.1% 9th -0.3pp 12th 14% below peers
Southfield, MI 40.0% 22nd +0.0pp 13th 11% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 36.0% 16th +0.1pp 14th on par with peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 34.0% 13th +0.5pp 15th 5% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 41.1% 25th +1.2pp 16th 14% above peers
Noblesville, IN 23.1% 3rd +0.7pp 17th 36% below peers
Poinciana, FL 41.1% 24th +1.7pp 18th 14% above peers
Iowa City, IA 42.2% 26th +1.9pp 19th 17% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 28.7% 6th +1.4pp 20th 20% below peers
Johnson City, TN 33.8% 12th +1.8pp 21st 6% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 36.4% 17th +2.3pp 22nd 1% above peers
Hammond, IN 32.2% 10th +2.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 32.3% 11th +2.3pp 24th 10% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 20.9% 1st +1.6pp 25th 42% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 58.1% 31st +4.4pp 26th 61% above peers
Tamarac, FL 48.8% 30th +4.4pp 27th 36% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 30.1% 8th +3.0pp 28th 16% below peers
Greenville, SC 36.4% 18th +3.9pp 29th 1% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 26.5% 5th +3.3pp 30th 26% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 29.6% 7th +3.9pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
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 (4.1% then, 4.0% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.0% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Tulare, CA 3.9% 8th -2.6pp 1st 37% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.0% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 51% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 10th -1.6pp 3rd 35% below peers
Greenville, SC 7.9% 20th -3.0pp 4th 29% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 14.1% 28th -4.7pp 5th 130% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 10.2% 26th -2.9pp 6th 67% above peers
Hammond, IN 8.3% 21st -2.1pp 7th 36% above peers
Johnson City, TN 7.3% 19th -1.4pp 8th 19% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 8.4% 22nd -1.6pp 9th 38% above peers
Framingham, MA 8.6% 23rd -1.6pp 10th 41% above peers
Poinciana, FL 3.1% 6th -0.6pp 11th 49% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 5.3% 14th -0.8pp 12th 13% below peers
Scranton, PA 14.2% 29th -2.0pp 13th 133% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 4.0% 11th -0.1pp 14th 34% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 3.0% 5th -0.0pp 15th 50% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 6.9% 18th -0.0pp 16th 13% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.0% 13th -0.0pp 17th 18% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.2% 31st -0.0pp 18th 279% above peers
Turlock, CA 6.7% 17th +0.1pp 19th 9% above peers
Southfield, MI 10.0% 25th +0.2pp 20th 63% above peers
Noblesville, IN 2.0% 1st +0.0pp 21st 67% below peers
Iowa City, IA 11.0% 27th +0.3pp 22nd 80% above peers
Appleton, WI 5.5% 15th +0.2pp 23rd 10% below peers
Bellflower, CA 6.1% 16th +0.3pp 24th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 22.5% 30th +1.0pp 25th 267% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.9% 9th +0.3pp 26th 37% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 3.3% 7th +0.5pp 27th 46% below peers
Tamarac, FL 9.0% 24th +1.4pp 28th 47% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 4.9% 12th +1.3pp 29th 20% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 2.5% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 60% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.8% 3rd +1.6pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.1% then, 2.2% now; margin ±0.6pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 2.2%).
Bright spot 2.2%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Cheektowaga, NY 2.7% 3rd -1.4pp 1st 57% below peers
Southfield, MI 3.9% 4th -1.5pp 2nd 39% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.3% 16th -2.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Iowa City, IA 4.5% 7th -1.3pp 4th 29% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.6% 19th -2.2pp 5th 20% above peers
Poinciana, FL 13.0% 30th -3.3pp 6th 105% above peers
Appleton, WI 4.3% 6th -0.9pp 7th 32% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 8.9% 22nd -1.6pp 8th 41% above peers
Bellflower, CA 8.9% 23rd -1.5pp 9th 41% above peers
Tamarac, FL 9.7% 26th -1.5pp 10th 53% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.1% 13th -0.9pp 11th 4% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 7.1% 17th -0.8pp 12th 13% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 9.1% 24th -0.9pp 13th 43% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 14th 62% below peers
Hammond, IN 10.3% 27th -1.0pp 15th 63% above peers
Greenville, SC 9.6% 25th -0.5pp 16th 53% above peers
Turlock, CA 4.8% 8th -0.2pp 17th 25% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 7.5% 18th -0.2pp 18th 19% above peers
Framingham, MA 5.6% 12th -0.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 14.9% 31st -0.3pp 20th 136% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 2.2% 1st +0.1pp 21st 65% below peers
Redlands, CA 5.2% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 18% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.8% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 23% below peers
Johnson City, TN 10.6% 29th +1.2pp 24th 68% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 6.3% 15th +0.9pp 25th 1% below peers
Noblesville, IN 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 26th 3% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.3% 28th +1.9pp 27th 63% above peers
Wilmington, DE 7.7% 21st +1.4pp 28th 22% above peers
Scranton, PA 7.7% 20th +1.9pp 29th 22% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.1% 5th +1.2pp 30th 35% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 4.8% 9th +1.9pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about half the peer median.

16.1%
20202022
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Pleasanton, CA 16.1% 1st 52% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 23.4% 2nd 31% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 25.2% 3rd 25% below peers
Framingham, MA 25.2% 4th 25% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 27.2% 5th 20% below peers
Bellflower, CA 28.7% 6th 15% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 30.5% 7th 10% below peers
Greenville, SC 30.8% 8th 9% below peers
Noblesville, IN 30.8% 9th 9% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 31.5% 10th 7% below peers
Redlands, CA 31.7% 11th 6% below peers
Iowa City, IA 32.4% 12th 4% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 32.6% 13th 4% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 32.8% 14th 3% below peers
Tamarac, FL 32.9% 15th 3% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 33.8% 16th on par with peers
Turlock, CA 34.3% 17th 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 35.0% 18th 4% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.3% 19th 4% above peers
Scranton, PA 35.6% 20th 5% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 36.6% 21st 8% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 36.9% 22nd 9% above peers
Tulare, CA 37.8% 23rd 12% above peers
Poinciana, FL 38.1% 24th 13% above peers
Johnson City, TN 38.5% 25th 14% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 38.5% 26th 14% above peers
Southfield, MI 38.8% 27th 15% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.5% 28th 17% above peers
Hammond, IN 41.8% 29th 24% above peers
Wilmington, DE 44.7% 30th 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (0.8% then, 0.6% now; margin ±0.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 0.6%).
Bright spot 0.6%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Southfield, MI 0.3% 1st -2.9pp 1st 90% below peers
Tamarac, FL 2.6% 11th -7.1pp 2nd 24% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 1.1% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 69% below peers
Turlock, CA 1.2% 4th -0.9pp 4th 64% below peers
Iowa City, IA 1.6% 5th -1.2pp 5th 53% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.8% 7th -1.2pp 6th 49% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 2.3% 10th -1.5pp 7th 34% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 5.3% 28th -2.8pp 8th 53% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 0.6% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 84% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 2.9% 12th -0.9pp 10th 16% below peers
Poinciana, FL 8.8% 31st -2.2pp 11th 154% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 21st -1.0pp 12th 17% above peers
Appleton, WI 2.0% 8th -0.5pp 13th 40% below peers
Hammond, IN 4.3% 25th -0.7pp 14th 26% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 4.2% 24th -0.6pp 15th 22% above peers
Bellflower, CA 4.4% 26th -0.6pp 16th 29% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 3.2% 15th -0.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 3.1% 14th +0.1pp 18th 10% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 1.7% 6th +0.1pp 19th 50% below peers
Redlands, CA 2.2% 9th +0.2pp 20th 36% below peers
Johnson City, TN 4.6% 27th +0.5pp 21st 35% above peers
Framingham, MA 3.8% 18th +0.5pp 22nd 10% above peers
Wilmington, DE 4.2% 23rd +0.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Noblesville, IN 3.4% 16th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 3.5% 17th +0.9pp 25th 1% above peers
Greenville, SC 6.5% 30th +2.3pp 26th 88% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 4.0% 20th +1.4pp 27th 16% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 3.1% 13th +1.3pp 28th 11% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.1% 22nd +2.0pp 29th 20% above peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 19th +2.0pp 30th 12% above peers
Scranton, PA 6.2% 29th +4.6pp 31st 79% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64.9% to 69.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
48% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Pleasanton started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 12.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.8% to 69.8%).
Bright spot 69.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 30 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
St. Cloud, FL 31.6% 19th +13.3pp 1st 20% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 29.6% 20th +6.0pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 24.3% 23rd +4.6pp 3rd 39% below peers
Hammond, IN 17.4% 29th +3.1pp 4th 56% below peers
Wilmington, DE 33.1% 18th +5.1pp 5th 16% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.1% 25th +3.4pp 6th 44% below peers
Bellflower, CA 21.6% 26th +3.1pp 7th 46% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.1% 17th +4.8pp 8th 11% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 47.8% 10th +6.2pp 9th 21% above peers
Appleton, WI 38.2% 16th +4.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Tamarac, FL 29.4% 21st +3.3pp 11th 26% below peers
Greenville, SC 55.5% 6th +5.2pp 12th 40% above peers
Noblesville, IN 51.6% 8th +4.2pp 13th 30% above peers
Tulare, CA 11.8% 30th +0.9pp 14th 70% below peers
Southfield, MI 40.7% 13th +2.9pp 15th 3% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 69.8% 1st +5.0pp 16th 76% above peers
Johnson City, TN 42.5% 11th +2.6pp 17th 7% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 39.6% 14th +2.4pp 18th on par with peers
Maple Grove, MN 57.1% 5th +3.1pp 19th 44% above peers
Turlock, CA 26.5% 22nd +1.4pp 20th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.9% 27th +0.9pp 21st 52% below peers
Scranton, PA 23.1% 24th +1.0pp 22nd 42% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 39.6% 15th +1.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Arlington Heights, IL 60.4% 4th +2.5pp 24th 52% above peers
Framingham, MA 48.7% 9th +1.2pp 25th 23% above peers
Iowa City, IA 60.5% 3rd +1.4pp 26th 53% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 68.8% 2nd +1.4pp 27th 73% above peers
Redlands, CA 41.5% 12th -0.3pp 28th 5% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 54.9% 7th -0.5pp 29th 39% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 18.6% 28th -1.6pp 30th 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 21.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 70.0% to 48.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.5pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 16.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.6% to 48.0%).
Needs attention 48.0%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Redlands, CA 47.6% 12th +5.0pp 1st 14% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.7% 18th +3.9pp 2nd 5% below peers
Framingham, MA 52.9% 9th +5.1pp 3rd 26% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 34.5% 24th +3.0pp 4th 18% below peers
Iowa City, IA 46.5% 13th +2.2pp 5th 11% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 66.4% 1st +0.9pp 6th 58% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 62.1% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 48% above peers
Noblesville, IN 46.3% 14th -0.6pp 8th 10% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 49.2% 10th -1.4pp 9th 17% above peers
Tamarac, FL 57.8% 4th -2.1pp 10th 38% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 54.1% 8th -3.8pp 11th 29% above peers
Wilmington, DE 55.3% 6th -4.6pp 12th 32% above peers
Tulare, CA 30.6% 26th -3.4pp 13th 27% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 46.2% 15th -6.1pp 14th 10% above peers
Greenville, SC 55.4% 5th -7.5pp 15th 32% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 61.7% 3rd -8.5pp 16th 47% above peers
Poinciana, FL 28.6% 29th -4.2pp 17th 32% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 54.8% 7th -8.1pp 18th 31% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 38.2% 21st -6.8pp 19th 9% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 39.8% 17th -7.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 37.6% 22nd -8.5pp 21st 10% below peers
Johnson City, TN 29.1% 28th -6.6pp 22nd 31% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 38.5% 19th -9.4pp 23rd 8% below peers
Turlock, CA 38.4% 20th -9.7pp 24th 8% below peers
Hammond, IN 29.5% 27th -8.9pp 25th 30% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 48.0% 11th -21.9pp 26th 15% above peers
Bellflower, CA 33.3% 25th -16.4pp 27th 21% below peers
Southfield, MI 41.9% 16th -22.6pp 28th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 27.9% 30th -16.7pp 29th 33% below peers
Scranton, PA 35.4% 23rd -21.9pp 30th 16% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.4% 31st -18.9pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.9pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.6% to 6.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 6.2%).
Needs attention 6.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
St. Cloud, FL 0.9% 1st -12.3pp 1st 85% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 1.3% 3rd -2.9pp 2nd 79% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 1.1% 2nd -2.4pp 3rd 83% below peers
Tamarac, FL 2.1% 6th -3.0pp 4th 66% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.4% 12th -3.8pp 5th 30% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.7% 18th -5.1pp 6th 7% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 8.5% 25th -6.0pp 7th 35% above peers
Bellflower, CA 6.3% 16th -3.7pp 8th on par with peers
Poinciana, FL 7.8% 22nd -4.6pp 9th 24% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 3.4% 10th -1.1pp 10th 47% below peers
Wilmington, DE 10.5% 31st -2.0pp 11th 67% above peers
Framingham, MA 2.8% 7th -0.5pp 12th 56% below peers
Southfield, MI 8.2% 23rd -1.3pp 13th 30% above peers
Appleton, WI 3.3% 9th -0.5pp 14th 48% below peers
Scranton, PA 7.3% 20th -1.0pp 15th 17% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.5% 17th -0.6pp 16th 3% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 9.1% 28th -0.1pp 17th 44% above peers
Tulare, CA 10.1% 30th +0.5pp 18th 60% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.5% 13th +0.6pp 19th 12% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 7.5% 21st +1.2pp 20th 20% above peers
Hammond, IN 9.6% 29th +2.9pp 21st 53% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.0% 19th +2.3pp 22nd 12% above peers
Greenville, SC 6.1% 14th +2.1pp 23rd 3% below peers
Johnson City, TN 4.4% 11th +2.3pp 24th 31% below peers
Iowa City, IA 2.0% 5th +1.2pp 25th 69% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 8.9% 26th +5.7pp 26th 42% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.9% 8th +1.9pp 27th 54% below peers
Noblesville, IN 9.0% 27th +7.1pp 28th 43% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 8.4% 24th +6.6pp 29th 34% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 6.2% 15th +5.7pp 30th 1% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.7% 4th 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81,717 to 76,960 - more than the combined survey margin (±47). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 77% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (73,164 to 76,960).
Big move 76,960
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 76,011 7th +31% 1st 3% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65,130 31st +27% 2nd 12% below peers
Noblesville, IN 73,362 18th +16% 3rd 1% below peers
Tulare, CA 70,945 30th +12% 4th 4% below peers
Tamarac, FL 73,019 19th +11% 5th 1% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 72,461 23rd +10% 6th 2% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 71,553 27th +10% 7th 3% below peers
Johnson City, TN 72,222 25th +9% 8th 3% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71,083 29th +8% 9th 4% below peers
Greenville, SC 72,935 20th +8% 10th 2% below peers
Poinciana, FL 75,068 13th +7% 11th 1% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 74,896 15th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Southfield, MI 76,236 4th +4% 13th 3% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 75,473 10th +4% 14th 2% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 75,257 12th +4% 15th 2% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 76,056 5th +3% 16th 3% above peers
Redlands, CA 73,375 17th +3% 17th 1% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 75,259 11th +3% 18th 2% above peers
Wilmington, DE 71,727 26th +2% 19th 3% below peers
Appleton, WI 75,023 14th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Iowa City, IA 75,752 9th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 71,173 28th +1% 22nd 4% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 76,005 8th +1% 23rd 3% above peers
Hammond, IN 76,768 3rd +0% 24th 4% above peers
Framingham, MA 72,399 24th +0% 25th 2% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 74,096 16th -0% 26th on par with peers
Bellflower, CA 76,819 2nd -0% 27th 4% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72,922 21st -1% 28th 2% below peers
Turlock, CA 72,502 22nd -1% 29th 2% below peers
Scranton, PA 76,033 6th -1% 30th 3% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 76,960 1st -6% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 ±34 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.4% then, 23.1% now; margin ±1.2pp). 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
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.7% to 23.1%).
23.1%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Framingham, MA 21.7% 21st +2.0pp 1st 6% below peers
Redlands, CA 23.9% 12th +1.9pp 2nd 3% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 18.5% 25th +1.2pp 3rd 20% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 22.6% 19th +1.2pp 4th 2% below peers
Scranton, PA 21.2% 22nd +0.6pp 5th 8% below peers
Southfield, MI 18.4% 26th -0.0pp 6th 20% below peers
Tamarac, FL 17.7% 28th -0.0pp 7th 23% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 24.7% 8th -0.3pp 8th 7% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 27.6% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 20% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.1% 16th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 18.4% 27th -0.5pp 11th 20% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 24.1% 9th -1.0pp 12th 5% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 21.7% 20th -0.9pp 13th 6% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 24.1% 10th -1.1pp 14th 4% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 26.5% 4th -1.3pp 15th 15% above peers
Noblesville, IN 26.0% 5th -1.3pp 16th 13% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 23.1% 14th -1.2pp 17th on par with peers
Iowa City, IA 14.3% 31st -0.9pp 18th 38% below peers
Hammond, IN 23.5% 13th -1.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Tulare, CA 31.9% 1st -2.1pp 20th 38% above peers
Turlock, CA 24.8% 7th -1.7pp 21st 8% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 24.9% 6th -1.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Appleton, WI 22.8% 18th -1.7pp 23rd 1% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 24.0% 11th -1.9pp 24th 4% above peers
Wilmington, DE 21.0% 24th -1.7pp 25th 9% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 21.0% 23rd -1.8pp 26th 9% below peers
Bellflower, CA 23.1% 15th -2.4pp 27th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 17.1% 29th -1.9pp 28th 26% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 17th -3.6pp 29th 1% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 27.3% 3rd -4.5pp 30th 18% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -3.3pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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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 (12.2% then, 11.3% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.6% to 11.3%).
Big move 11.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Arlington Heights, IL 15.3% 28th +4.7pp 1st 51% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 32.5% 13th +9.6pp 2nd 4% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 41.7% 6th +11.2pp 3rd 33% above peers
Redlands, CA 31.0% 18th +7.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Noblesville, IN 21.7% 27th +5.0pp 5th 31% below peers
Tulare, CA 39.6% 8th +7.9pp 6th 26% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 25.4% 23rd +4.5pp 7th 19% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 22.6% 25th +3.5pp 8th 28% below peers
Scranton, PA 50.3% 5th +6.9pp 9th 60% above peers
Appleton, WI 31.4% 15th +3.3pp 10th on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 24.2% 24th +2.2pp 11th 23% below peers
Iowa City, IA 28.5% 21st +2.6pp 12th 9% below peers
Poinciana, FL 35.3% 11th +3.0pp 13th 12% above peers
Bellflower, CA 38.2% 9th +3.1pp 14th 22% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 14.0% 29th +1.1pp 15th 55% below peers
Hammond, IN 51.2% 4th +3.5pp 16th 63% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72.4% 1st +4.7pp 17th 131% above peers
Tamarac, FL 38.0% 10th +1.8pp 18th 21% above peers
Framingham, MA 29.0% 20th +0.8pp 19th 8% below peers
Wilmington, DE 67.8% 2nd +1.1pp 20th 116% above peers
Turlock, CA 30.6% 19th -0.3pp 21st 2% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 54.7% 3rd -0.6pp 22nd 74% above peers
Greenville, SC 31.4% 16th -0.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 40.2% 7th -3.3pp 24th 28% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 11.3% 30th -1.0pp 25th 64% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 31.2% 17th -3.0pp 26th 1% below peers
Southfield, MI 34.5% 12th -6.6pp 27th 10% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.3% 26th -5.0pp 28th 29% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 32.4% 14th -7.6pp 29th 3% above peers
Johnson City, TN 26.8% 22nd -11.4pp 30th 15% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 11.0% 31st -5.8pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.6pp 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 (57.8% then, 65.9% now; margin ±9.5pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.8% to 65.9%).
65.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Redlands, CA 73.3% 11th +20.8pp 1st 3% above peers
Turlock, CA 71.1% 16th +16.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 65.3% 24th +14.8pp 3rd 8% below peers
Poinciana, FL 73.5% 10th +13.7pp 4th 3% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 77.4% 5th +11.4pp 5th 9% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 73.8% 9th +10.5pp 6th 4% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 77.5% 4th +10.1pp 7th 9% above peers
Wilmington, DE 78.9% 3rd +9.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 65.9% 23rd +8.1pp 9th 7% below peers
Johnson City, TN 59.4% 29th +7.3pp 10th 16% below peers
Greenville, SC 72.9% 12th +8.7pp 11th 2% above peers
Tamarac, FL 84.1% 1st +9.4pp 12th 18% above peers
Hammond, IN 62.3% 26th +6.4pp 13th 12% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 72.3% 13th +6.0pp 14th 2% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 70.0% 19th +5.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Tulare, CA 57.6% 30th +3.2pp 16th 19% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 81.3% 2nd +4.2pp 17th 14% above peers
Appleton, WI 74.8% 7th +3.5pp 18th 5% above peers
Iowa City, IA 68.9% 21st +2.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Bellflower, CA 67.4% 22nd +2.0pp 20th 5% below peers
Southfield, MI 74.2% 8th +2.1pp 21st 4% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65.0% 25th +1.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.2% 14th +0.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
Noblesville, IN 69.5% 20th -1.6pp 24th 2% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71.5% 15th -2.5pp 25th 1% above peers
Framingham, MA 76.0% 6th -3.2pp 26th 7% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 70.3% 17th -3.8pp 27th 1% below peers
Scranton, PA 61.8% 27th -3.6pp 28th 13% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 70.3% 18th -8.4pp 29th 1% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 61.4% 28th -14.1pp 30th 14% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 46.1% 31st -11.2pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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2 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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