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Pomona, CA
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147,943 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Pomona, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
3 /100k
May 2026
▼ 61%
relative change
9 a year earlier
Dropping fast Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
17.3%
2020-24
▼ 34%
relative change
26.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$79,479
2020-24
▲ 31%
relative change
$60,598 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
14.1%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
17.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
20.3%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
18.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.9%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
12.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,259 /100k
May 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
2,545 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.7%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
85.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.7%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
47.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.3%
May 2026
▼ 4%
relative change
5.5% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.8%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
4.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Pomona, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
17.8%
2019-23
▲ 12%
relative change
15.8% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
467 /100k
May 2026
▼ 10%
relative change
519 a year earlier
Behind peers, dropping too slowly Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
39.6%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
44.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
22.9%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
25.0% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Population
147,943
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
152,209 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$576,836
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$571,932 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,385
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$2,370 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$687,948
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$688,117 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 649 in May 2026, down from 714 a year earlier.
649 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Pasadena, TX 352 (May 26) 12th -36.7% 1st 13% above peers
Fullerton, CA 311 (May 26) 10th -35.0% 2nd on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 242 (May 26) 6th -27.5% 3rd 22% below peers
Charleston, SC 267 (May 26) 8th -24.3% 4th 14% below peers
Torrance, CA 276 (May 26) 9th -19.5% 5th 11% below peers
Escondido, CA 334 (May 26) 11th -18.0% 6th 8% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 179 (May 26) 3rd -17.6% 7th 43% below peers
Visalia, CA 373 (May 26) 13th -16.4% 8th 20% above peers
Mesquite, TX 401 (May 26) 14th -14.2% 9th 29% above peers
Rockford, IL 871 (May 26) 17th -13.8% 10th 180% above peers
Pomona, CA 649 (May 26) 16th -9.0% 11th 109% above peers
Roseville, CA 184 (May 26) 4th -4.9% 12th 41% below peers
Waco, TX 402 (May 26) 15th -3.9% 13th 29% above peers
Thornton, CO 246 (May 26) 7th -2.7% 14th 21% below peers
McAllen, TX 132 (May 26) 2nd -0.5% 15th 57% below peers
Springfield, MA 918 (May 26) 18th +5.0% 16th 195% above peers
Denton, TX 201 (Apr 26) 5th +10.9% 17th 35% below peers
Surprise, AZ 101 (May 26) 1st +12.8% 18th 67% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • North Charleston, SC down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fayetteville, NC down about 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • New Haven, CT down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,259 in May 2026, down from 2,545 a year earlier.
2,259 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Charleston, SC 1,472 (May 26) 6th -28.3% 1st 10% below peers
Pasadena, TX 1,607 (May 26) 9th -24.4% 2nd 2% below peers
Fullerton, CA 1,547 (May 26) 7th -21.1% 3rd 6% below peers
Visalia, CA 1,577 (May 26) 8th -20.8% 4th 4% below peers
Roseville, CA 1,094 (May 26) 2nd -20.8% 5th 33% below peers
McAllen, TX 1,340 (May 26) 4th -20.4% 6th 18% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 1,180 (May 26) 3rd -19.5% 7th 28% below peers
Mesquite, TX 2,179 (May 26) 13th -15.7% 8th 33% above peers
Torrance, CA 2,409 (May 26) 17th -14.5% 9th 47% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1,638 (May 26) 10th -13.8% 10th on par with peers
Thornton, CO 2,337 (May 26) 15th -12.0% 11th 43% above peers
Springfield, MA 2,365 (May 26) 16th -11.9% 12th 44% above peers
Pomona, CA 2,259 (May 26) 14th -11.2% 13th 38% above peers
Escondido, CA 1,381 (May 26) 5th -10.6% 14th 16% below peers
Waco, TX 1,753 (May 26) 12th -9.0% 15th 7% above peers
Rockford, IL 2,451 (May 26) 18th -8.2% 16th 50% above peers
Surprise, AZ 785 (May 26) 1st +6.3% 17th 52% below peers
Denton, TX 1,736 (Apr 26) 11th +7.5% 18th 6% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 61% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in May 2026, down from 9 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Surprise, AZ 1 (May 26) 1st -91.7% 1st 80% below peers
McAllen, TX 1 (May 26) 3rd -66.6% 2nd 77% below peers
Pomona, CA 3 (May 26) 12th -61.5% 3rd 18% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 3 (May 26) 11th -49.9% 4th 13% above peers
Springfield, MA 7 (May 26) 17th -45.0% 5th 146% above peers
Waco, TX 3 (May 26) 9th -42.8% 6th 7% below peers
Rockford, IL 6 (May 26) 15th -40.0% 7th 111% above peers
Charleston, SC 6 (May 26) 16th -10.4% 8th 117% above peers
Escondido, CA 1 (May 26) 6th +0.0% 9th 53% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1 (May 26) 2nd +0.0% 10th 78% below peers
Fullerton, CA 1 (May 26) 4th +0.0% 11th 75% below peers
Roseville, CA 1 (May 26) 5th +0.0% 12th 58% below peers
Visalia, CA 5 (May 26) 13th +16.7% 13th 64% above peers
Denton, TX 3 (Apr 26) 10th +25.1% 14th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 8 (May 26) 18th +33.2% 15th 176% above peers
Pasadena, TX 3 (May 26) 8th +33.3% 16th 7% below peers
Thornton, CO 5 (May 26) 14th +166.5% 17th 87% above peers
Torrance, CA 1 (May 26) 7th 50% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Richmond, VA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 10% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 467 in May 2026, down from 519 a year earlier.
467 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
McAllen, TX 17 (May 26) 1st -66.7% 1st 91% below peers
Surprise, AZ 51 (May 26) 2nd -50.6% 2nd 74% below peers
Escondido, CA 115 (May 26) 4th -41.0% 3rd 41% below peers
Visalia, CA 193 (May 26) 10th -34.5% 4th on par with peers
Charleston, SC 133 (May 26) 5th -31.5% 5th 31% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 182 (May 26) 9th -30.4% 6th 6% below peers
Springfield, MA 409 (May 26) 16th -29.2% 7th 111% above peers
Fullerton, CA 140 (May 26) 6th -26.7% 8th 28% below peers
Mesquite, TX 377 (May 26) 15th -26.5% 9th 95% above peers
Torrance, CA 347 (May 26) 13th -25.0% 10th 79% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 342 (May 26) 12th -24.9% 11th 77% above peers
Roseville, CA 72 (May 26) 3rd -22.6% 12th 63% below peers
Thornton, CO 349 (May 26) 14th -22.3% 13th 81% above peers
Pasadena, TX 272 (May 26) 11th -17.8% 14th 40% above peers
Rockford, IL 422 (May 26) 17th -13.1% 15th 118% above peers
Pomona, CA 467 (May 26) 18th -10.1% 16th 141% above peers
Waco, TX 168 (May 26) 8th -4.6% 17th 13% below peers
Denton, TX 168 (Apr 26) 7th +13.7% 18th 13% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Boulder, CO down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 53% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $60,598 to $79,479 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,833). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 62% from 2014 to 2024 ($48,993 to $79,479).
$79,479
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Escondido, CA $91,967 12th +44% 1st 26% above peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 9th +40% 2nd 32% above peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 3rd 127% above peers
Kansas City, KS $62,401 20th +37% 4th 15% below peers
Waco, TX $54,365 26th +35% 5th 26% below peers
Charleston, SC $92,414 10th +35% 6th 27% above peers
Roseville, CA $119,288 4th +34% 7th 63% above peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 27th +34% 8th 28% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 9th 155% above peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 23rd +32% 10th 22% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 13th +32% 11th 12% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 21st +32% 12th 16% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 14th +31% 13th 9% above peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 11th +31% 14th 26% above peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 7th +30% 15th 43% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 8th +30% 16th 41% above peers
Denton, TX $76,019 15th +27% 17th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 6th +26% 18th 56% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 22nd +26% 19th 20% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 17th +25% 20th 1% below peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 29th +25% 21st 35% below peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 5th +24% 22nd 59% above peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 30th +24% 23rd 37% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 28th +24% 24th 30% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 18th +24% 25th 8% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 25th +24% 26th 25% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 27th 112% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 16th +23% 28th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 19th +18% 29th 11% below peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 24th +17% 30th 24% below peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 31st +8% 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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7 of 32 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,248 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 55% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.3% in May 2026, down from 5.5% a year earlier.
5.3%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Visalia, CA 4.8% (May 26) 22nd -0.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Roseville, CA 3.4% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 2nd 23% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.7% (May 26) 7th -0.3pp 3rd 16% below peers
Pomona, CA 5.3% (May 26) 25th -0.2pp 4th 20% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.2pp 5th 2% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 6th 32% below peers
Columbia, SC 4.5% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 7th 2% above peers
Escondido, CA 3.6% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 8th 18% below peers
Springfield, MA 6.4% (May 26) 29th -0.2pp 9th 45% above peers
Savannah, GA 2.9% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 10th 34% below peers
Charleston, SC 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 11th 32% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 12th 14% below peers
Kansas City, KS 4.5% (May 26) 20th -0.1pp 13th 2% above peers
Jackson, MS 4.0% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 14th 9% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 4.2% (May 26) 12th +0.0pp 15th 5% below peers
Pasadena, TX 5.0% (May 26) 23rd +0.1pp 16th 14% above peers
Olathe, KS 3.5% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Waco, TX 4.1% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 18th 7% below peers
McAllen, TX 4.7% (May 26) 21st +0.2pp 19th 7% above peers
Denton, TX 4.0% (May 26) 10th +0.3pp 20th 9% below peers
Mesquite, TX 4.2% (May 26) 13th +0.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Rockford, IL 5.7% (May 26) 27th +0.4pp 22nd 30% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.3% (May 26) 15th +0.6pp 23rd 2% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.4% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (May 26) 26th +0.8pp 25th 20% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.4% (May 26) 17th +0.8pp 26th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 5.1% (May 26) 24th +0.9pp 27th 16% above peers
Hollywood, FL 4.2% (May 26) 14th +1.1pp 28th 5% below peers
Gainesville, FL 6.2% (May 26) 28th +1.4pp 29th 41% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.6% (May 26) 30th +1.5pp 30th 50% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.4% to 14.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.0% to 14.1%).
14.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Roseville, CA 5.8% 4th -2.5pp 1st 58% below peers
Visalia, CA 11.4% 10th -4.6pp 2nd 19% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 51% below peers
Kansas City, KS 15.8% 19th -3.8pp 4th 12% above peers
Pomona, CA 14.1% 16th -3.4pp 5th on par with peers
Escondido, CA 12.1% 12th -1.9pp 6th 14% below peers
McAllen, TX 19.8% 22nd -3.1pp 7th 41% above peers
Waco, TX 21.8% 26th -2.7pp 8th 55% above peers
Savannah, GA 18.3% 20th -2.0pp 9th 30% above peers
Syracuse, NY 25.5% 29th -2.5pp 10th 81% above peers
Charleston, SC 11.8% 11th -0.8pp 11th 16% below peers
Springfield, MA 24.9% 28th -1.1pp 12th 77% above peers
Rockford, IL 20.8% 25th -0.9pp 13th 48% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 2nd -0.2pp 14th 61% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.5% 24th -0.7pp 15th 46% above peers
Gainesville, FL 27.3% 31st -0.2pp 16th 94% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 23.7% 27th -0.1pp 17th 69% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.1% 13th +0.0pp 18th 14% below peers
Joliet, IL 10.8% 9th +0.2pp 19th 23% below peers
Denton, TX 14.9% 18th +0.4pp 20th 6% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.4% 1st +0.2pp 21st 69% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.3% 15th +0.6pp 22nd 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 14th +0.7pp 23rd 11% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 59% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 6th +0.6pp 25th 49% below peers
Jackson, MS 26.8% 30th +2.4pp 26th 90% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.8% 21st +1.9pp 27th 33% above peers
Torrance, CA 7.7% 7th +0.9pp 28th 45% below peers
Columbia, SC 19.8% 23rd +2.6pp 29th 41% above peers
Surprise, AZ 8.5% 8th +1.2pp 30th 39% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.6% 17th +2.1pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 8.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.1% to 17.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 14.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.6% to 17.3%).
17.3%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Roseville, CA 5.5% 3rd -3.0pp 1st 68% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 2nd 80% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 16th -8.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 9th -6.8pp 4th 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 2nd -2.5pp 5th 69% below peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 10th -5.5pp 6th 17% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 6th -2.8pp 7th 50% below peers
Kansas City, KS 21.7% 19th -7.0pp 8th 25% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 21st -6.4pp 9th 57% above peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 23rd -3.4pp 10th 63% above peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 14th -1.9pp 11th 6% below peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 26th -3.4pp 12th 76% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 13th -1.7pp 13th 10% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 29th -3.3pp 14th 108% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 12th -1.0pp 15th 10% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 28th -2.0pp 16th 105% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 17th 154% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 20th -0.7pp 18th 34% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 25th -0.8pp 19th 74% above peers
Denton, TX 14.5% 11th +0.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 30th +1.0pp 21st 136% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 27th +2.1pp 22nd 93% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 22nd +2.6pp 23rd 62% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 24th +3.0pp 24th 72% above peers
Charleston, SC 16.9% 15th +2.2pp 25th 2% below peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 17th +2.6pp 26th 11% above peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 5th +1.1pp 27th 54% below peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 8th +1.9pp 28th 37% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 18th +3.9pp 29th 22% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 4th +1.5pp 30th 67% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 7th +3.6pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oceanside, CA down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.0% to 92.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.3% to 92.8%).
92.7%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 26th +19.0pp 1st 4% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 29th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 23rd +13.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Kansas City, KS 88.8% 24th +13.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Charleston, SC 92.9% 13th +13.6pp 5th 1% above peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 22nd +12.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 30th +10.4pp 7th 7% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 16th +10.9pp 8th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 20th +9.7pp 9th 2% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 21st +9.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 27th +9.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 28th +8.0pp 12th 6% below peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 25th +7.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 12th +7.8pp 14th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 14th +7.8pp 15th 1% above peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 11th +7.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 9th +7.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 4th +6.5pp 18th 5% above peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 19th +5.9pp 19th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 15th +6.0pp 20th 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 18th +4.7pp 21st 1% below peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 7th +4.4pp 22nd 4% above peers
Denton, TX 92.2% 17th +4.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Roseville, CA 95.5% 8th +4.0pp 24th 4% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 6th +3.6pp 26th 4% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 10th +3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 5th +2.3pp 28th 4% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 30th 6% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 31st +0.8pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.42).
0.42
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Visalia, CA 0.41 6th -0.037 1st 14% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 21st -0.026 2nd 2% above peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 17th -0.011 3rd on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 24th -0.011 4th 5% above peers
Charleston, SC 0.49 23rd -0.008 5th 4% above peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 18th -0.006 6th on par with peers
Roseville, CA 0.42 7th -0.004 7th 12% below peers
Kansas City, KS 0.43 9th -0.001 8th 10% below peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 8th -0.000 9th 12% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 29th +0.002 10th 10% above peers
Waco, TX 0.51 28th +0.002 11th 8% above peers
Denton, TX 0.46 14th +0.003 12th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 4th +0.003 13th 15% below peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 10th +0.004 14th 7% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 22nd +0.005 15th 3% above peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 16th 12% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 17th 17% above peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 12th +0.008 18th 5% below peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 27th +0.010 19th 7% above peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 20th +0.011 20th 2% above peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 1st +0.010 21st 18% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 25th +0.018 22nd 5% above peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 26th +0.018 23rd 6% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 16th +0.020 24th on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 15th +0.020 25th 3% below peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 3rd +0.017 26th 15% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 19th +0.022 27th 2% above peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 2nd +0.018 28th 18% below peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 13th +0.023 29th 4% below peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 5th +0.021 30th 15% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 11th +0.031 31st 6% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 15.8% to 17.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 4.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.1% to 17.8%).
17.8%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 82% below peers
Charleston, SC 5.2% 6th -2.0pp 2nd 61% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 5th -1.5pp 3rd 63% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 12th -2.5pp 4th 33% below peers
Denton, TX 6.7% 9th -1.7pp 5th 49% below peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 23rd -4.1pp 6th 39% above peers
Kansas City, KS 13.2% 16th -2.8pp 7th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 15th -2.7pp 8th 1% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 68% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 21st -2.4pp 10th 31% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 28th -3.1pp 11th 83% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 26th -2.4pp 12th 48% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 19th -1.7pp 13th 13% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 18th -1.6pp 14th 10% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 15th 114% above peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 10th -0.4pp 16th 37% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 17th 175% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 17th -0.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 20th -0.2pp 19th 24% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 11th +0.2pp 20th 34% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 25th +1.1pp 21st 42% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 14th +0.8pp 22nd 15% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 27th +1.8pp 23rd 68% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 24th +1.6pp 24th 41% above peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 22nd +2.0pp 25th 35% above peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 29th +3.6pp 26th 113% above peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 13th +1.4pp 27th 30% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 28th 78% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.6% 8th +1.6pp 29th 57% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 4th +1.8pp 30th 63% below peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 7th +2.5pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $687,948 in June 2026, down from $688,117 a year earlier.
$687,948
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Rockford, IL $187,245 (Jun 26) 29th +9.9% 1st 49% below peers
Metairie, LA $334,224 (Jun 26) 17th +8.4% 2nd 9% below peers
Syracuse, NY $225,918 (Jun 26) 25th +5.3% 3rd 39% below peers
Olathe, KS $441,698 (Jun 26) 12th +5.0% 4th 20% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $368,276 (Jun 26) 15th +4.7% 5th on par with peers
Naperville, IL $636,281 (Jun 26) 8th +4.4% 6th 73% above peers
Springfield, MA $308,418 (Jun 26) 19th +3.7% 7th 16% below peers
Torrance, CA $1,123,531 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 8th 205% above peers
Kansas City, KS $206,133 (Jun 26) 27th +1.5% 9th 44% below peers
Columbia, SC $232,810 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.3% 10th 37% below peers
Jackson, MS $85,739 (Jun 26) 30th +1.2% 11th 77% below peers
Joliet, IL $270,919 (Jun 26) 21st +1.1% 12th 26% below peers
Fullerton, CA $1,053,680 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 13th 186% above peers
Charleston, SC $598,419 (Jun 26) 9th +0.8% 14th 62% above peers
Visalia, CA $401,692 (Jun 26) 14th +0.7% 15th 9% above peers
McAllen, TX $231,417 (Jun 26) 24th +0.5% 16th 37% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $2,077,157 (Jun 26) 1st +0.5% 17th 464% above peers
Pomona, CA $687,948 (Jun 26) 6th -0.0% 18th 87% above peers
Roseville, CA $652,216 (Jun 26) 7th -0.6% 19th 77% above peers
Escondido, CA $798,611 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 20th 117% above peers
Gainesville, FL $299,992 (Jun 26) 20th -1.3% 21st 19% below peers
Waco, TX $200,115 (Jun 26) 28th -2.1% 22nd 46% below peers
Surprise, AZ $420,221 (Jun 26) 13th -2.2% 23rd 14% above peers
Savannah, GA $326,616 (Jun 26) 18th -2.9% 24th 11% below peers
Thornton, CO $503,275 (Jun 26) 10th -3.0% 25th 37% above peers
Pasadena, TX $219,864 (Jun 26) 26th -3.0% 26th 40% below peers
Mesquite, TX $262,798 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.3% 27th 29% below peers
Denton, TX $353,757 (Jun 26) 16th -3.8% 28th 4% below peers
Bellevue, WA $1,470,486 (Jun 26) 2nd -3.9% 29th 299% above peers
Hollywood, FL $444,344 (Jun 26) 11th -4.1% 30th 21% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $576,836 in June 2026, up from $571,932 a year earlier.
$576,836
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Metairie, LA $237,310 (Jun 26) 17th +13.6% 1st 9% below peers
Rockford, IL $118,324 (Jun 26) 29th +13.1% 2nd 55% below peers
Jackson, MS $37,837 (Jun 26) 30th +7.6% 3rd 86% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $231,698 (Jun 26) 18th +6.3% 4th 11% below peers
Olathe, KS $338,266 (Jun 26) 12th +6.3% 5th 29% above peers
Syracuse, NY $156,060 (Jun 26) 25th +6.2% 6th 40% below peers
Springfield, MA $261,744 (Jun 26) 15th +4.9% 7th on par with peers
Naperville, IL $401,276 (Jun 26) 9th +3.2% 8th 53% above peers
Kansas City, KS $141,040 (Jun 26) 27th +2.1% 9th 46% below peers
Fullerton, CA $798,210 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 10th 205% above peers
Columbia, SC $142,816 (Jun 26) 26th +1.3% 11th 45% below peers
Joliet, IL $201,630 (Jun 26) 21st +1.2% 12th 23% below peers
Pomona, CA $576,836 (Jun 26) 6th +0.9% 13th 120% above peers
McAllen, TX $162,158 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 14th 38% below peers
Torrance, CA $822,837 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 15th 214% above peers
Visalia, CA $320,428 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 16th 22% above peers
Charleston, SC $401,346 (Jun 26) 8th +0.5% 17th 53% above peers
Roseville, CA $529,103 (Jun 26) 7th -0.1% 18th 102% above peers
Escondido, CA $617,762 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 19th 136% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,264,284 (Jun 26) 1st -1.3% 20th 383% above peers
Waco, TX $127,137 (Jun 26) 28th -2.1% 21st 51% below peers
Surprise, AZ $355,108 (Jun 26) 11th -2.2% 22nd 36% above peers
Gainesville, FL $185,459 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.2% 23rd 29% below peers
Thornton, CO $393,280 (Jun 26) 10th -3.5% 24th 50% above peers
Bellevue, WA $772,400 (Jun 26) 4th -3.8% 25th 195% above peers
Denton, TX $274,740 (Jun 26) 14th -3.8% 26th 5% above peers
Mesquite, TX $211,677 (Jun 26) 20th -4.0% 27th 19% below peers
Pasadena, TX $168,991 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.1% 28th 35% below peers
Savannah, GA $217,206 (Jun 26) 19th -4.1% 29th 17% below peers
Hollywood, FL $240,956 (Jun 26) 16th -6.1% 30th 8% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.7% then, 54.0% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.6% to 54.0%).
54.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Kansas City, KS 60.9% 10th +4.6pp 1st 12% above peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 24th +3.3pp 2nd 9% below peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 30th +2.7pp 3rd 24% below peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 23rd +3.0pp 4th 9% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 7th +3.7pp 5th 15% above peers
Roseville, CA 68.8% 6th +3.1pp 6th 26% above peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 18th +2.2pp 7th 2% below peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 4th +3.0pp 8th 35% above peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 9th 45% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 12th +2.3pp 10th 8% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 27th +1.6pp 11th 17% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 2nd +2.6pp 12th 37% above peers
Denton, TX 50.0% 22nd +1.3pp 13th 8% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 29th +1.0pp 14th 21% below peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 9th +1.4pp 15th 12% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 17th +1.2pp 16th 1% below peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 8th +1.1pp 17th 14% above peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 16th +0.9pp 18th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 15th +0.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Charleston, SC 55.6% 13th +0.0pp 20th 2% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 20th -0.4pp 21st 5% below peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 26th -0.5pp 22nd 16% below peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 3rd -0.8pp 23rd 37% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 14th -0.9pp 24th 1% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 21st -0.9pp 25th 6% below peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 5th -1.4pp 26th 31% above peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 11th -1.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 25th -1.3pp 28th 11% below peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 31st -1.2pp 29th 31% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 28th -1.6pp 30th 20% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 19th -2.1pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,385 in June 2026, up from $2,370 a year earlier.
$2,385
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Rockford, IL $1,208 (Jun 26) 30th +8.8% 1st 36% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $3,821 (Jun 26) 1st +6.4% 2nd 101% above peers
Olathe, KS $1,900 (Jun 26) 15th +4.5% 3rd on par with peers
Springfield, MA $1,786 (Jun 26) 17th +4.4% 4th 6% below peers
Jackson, MS $1,270 (Jun 26) 29th +4.3% 5th 33% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,614 (Jun 26) 19th +3.8% 6th 15% below peers
Charleston, SC $2,245 (Jun 26) 10th +3.7% 7th 18% above peers
Syracuse, NY $1,546 (Jun 26) 21st +3.5% 8th 19% below peers
Pasadena, TX $1,372 (Jun 26) 25th +3.4% 9th 28% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,997 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.3% 10th 58% above peers
Kansas City, KS $1,319 (Jun 26) 27th +3.2% 11th 31% below peers
Visalia, CA $1,909 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 12th on par with peers
Naperville, IL $2,310 (Jun 26) 9th +3.1% 13th 22% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $2,105 (Jun 26) 11th +2.9% 14th 11% above peers
Fullerton, CA $2,872 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.6% 15th 51% above peers
Roseville, CA $2,645 (Jun 26) 5th +2.2% 16th 39% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,478 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.6% 17th 22% below peers
Gainesville, FL $1,657 (Jun 26) 18th +1.6% 18th 13% below peers
Hollywood, FL $2,375 (Jun 26) 8th +1.6% 19th 25% above peers
Escondido, CA $2,504 (Jun 26) 6th +1.2% 20th 32% above peers
Bellevue, WA $2,796 (Jun 26) 4th +0.7% 21st 47% above peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Jun 26) 28th +0.7% 22nd 32% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,385 (Jun 26) 7th +0.7% 23rd 26% above peers
Waco, TX $1,369 (Jun 26) 26th +0.4% 24th 28% below peers
Surprise, AZ $1,927 (Jun 26) 12th -0.5% 25th 1% above peers
Thornton, CO $1,910 (Jun 26) 13th -1.1% 26th 1% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,807 (Jun 26) 16th -1.3% 27th 5% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,437 (Jun 26) 24th -1.3% 28th 24% below peers
Metairie, LA $1,605 (Jun 26) 20th -1.4% 29th 16% below peers
Denton, TX $1,480 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.1% 30th 22% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.7% to 43.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 10.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.0% to 43.7%).
43.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Joliet, IL 28.5% 3rd -3.9pp 1st 26% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 25th -4.0pp 2nd 14% above peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 28th -3.0pp 3rd 21% above peers
Kansas City, KS 33.0% 8th -1.5pp 4th 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 5th 33% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 6th -0.7pp 6th 23% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 7th 36% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 27th -0.8pp 8th 21% above peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 9th -0.6pp 9th 12% below peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 26th -0.7pp 10th 16% above peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 24th -0.3pp 11th 9% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 5th -0.1pp 12th 23% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 23rd +0.1pp 13th 9% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 7th +0.1pp 14th 16% below peers
Roseville, CA 36.2% 14th +0.5pp 15th 6% below peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 13th +0.6pp 16th 6% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 10th +0.7pp 17th 10% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 18th +1.0pp 18th 6% above peers
Charleston, SC 36.6% 15th +1.2pp 19th 4% below peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 20th +1.4pp 20th 6% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 16th +2.2pp 21st on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 4th +1.7pp 22nd 25% below peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 19th +2.8pp 23rd 6% above peers
Denton, TX 41.3% 21st +3.1pp 24th 8% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 25th 38% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 11th +3.2pp 26th 7% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 29th +4.5pp 27th 30% above peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 22nd +4.0pp 28th 9% above peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 17th +4.6pp 29th 4% above peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 30th 34% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 12th +5.5pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.6% then, 6.5% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 6.5%).
6.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 1st 49% below peers
Kansas City, KS 7.3% 20th -2.4pp 2nd 7% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 24th -3.2pp 3rd 54% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 16th -1.9pp 4th on par with peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 29th -3.7pp 5th 167% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 9th -0.9pp 6th 22% below peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 14th -0.9pp 7th 11% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 53% below peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 12th -0.5pp 9th 14% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 1st -0.2pp 10th 56% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 31st -1.4pp 11th 278% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 26th -0.6pp 12th 65% above peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 5th -0.1pp 13th 44% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 30th -0.6pp 14th 186% above peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 21st -0.2pp 15th 20% above peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 15th -0.1pp 16th 4% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 27th -0.0pp 17th 69% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 28th +0.1pp 18th 87% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 7th +0.0pp 19th 28% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 8th +0.1pp 20th 23% below peers
Charleston, SC 7.2% 19th +0.3pp 21st 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 17th +0.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 6th +0.2pp 23rd 29% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 13th +0.5pp 24th 11% below peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 23rd +0.9pp 25th 41% above peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 25th +1.7pp 26th 58% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 18th +1.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 22nd +1.7pp 28th 34% above peers
Roseville, CA 5.7% 11th +1.4pp 29th 16% below peers
Denton, TX 5.4% 10th +1.4pp 30th 20% below peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.3% to 10.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 13.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.9% to 10.9%).
10.9%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Charleston, SC 5.9% 8th -2.1pp 1st 27% below peers
Roseville, CA 3.1% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 62% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 64% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.3% 22nd -3.1pp 4th 66% above peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 17th -1.9pp 5th 22% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.3% 15th -1.0pp 6th 9% below peers
Escondido, CA 10.7% 19th -1.5pp 7th 34% above peers
Pomona, CA 10.9% 20th -1.4pp 8th 36% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 5th -0.5pp 9th 48% below peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 10th 70% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.4% 27th -1.4pp 11th 92% above peers
Columbia, SC 6.9% 12th -0.6pp 12th 14% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 6th -0.4pp 13th 47% below peers
Kansas City, KS 17.6% 28th -1.0pp 14th 120% above peers
McAllen, TX 23.9% 30th -1.2pp 15th 198% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 4th -0.2pp 16th 52% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.0% 10th -0.2pp 17th 25% below peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 25th -0.2pp 18th 86% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.1% 14th -0.0pp 19th 11% below peers
Syracuse, NY 4.9% 7th +0.0pp 20th 39% below peers
Joliet, IL 8.0% 16th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Denton, TX 15.3% 26th +0.5pp 23rd 91% above peers
Mesquite, TX 21.4% 29th +0.7pp 24th 167% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.3% 21st +0.6pp 25th 65% above peers
Rockford, IL 7.1% 13th +0.4pp 26th 11% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.3% 31st +2.1pp 27th 253% above peers
Jackson, MS 14.7% 24th +1.1pp 28th 84% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 9th +0.5pp 29th 25% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.7% 23rd +1.2pp 30th 83% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 18th +1.5pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

29.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Bellevue, WA 19.1% 1st 44% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.4% 2nd 43% below peers
Torrance, CA 20.0% 3rd 42% below peers
Roseville, CA 24.6% 4th 28% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 5th 26% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 6th 20% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 7th 17% below peers
Charleston, SC 29.1% 8th 15% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 9th 14% below peers
Hollywood, FL 31.5% 10th 8% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 11th 7% below peers
Surprise, AZ 32.5% 12th 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 13th 3% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 14th 1% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 15th on par with peers
Denton, TX 34.3% 16th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 17th 1% above peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 18th 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 19th 6% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 20th 6% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 21st 7% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 22nd 13% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 23rd 16% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 24th 18% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 25th 19% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 26th 20% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 27th 20% above peers
Kansas City, KS 42.3% 28th 23% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 29th 30% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 40% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 48.5% 31st 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.9% then, 3.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 3.8%).
3.8%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Torrance, CA 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 1st 61% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 7th -1.0pp 2nd 57% below peers
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 3rd 74% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 13th -1.1pp 4th 28% below peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 21st -1.0pp 5th 26% above peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 2nd -0.1pp 6th 67% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 25th -0.3pp 7th 37% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 15th +0.1pp 8th 13% below peers
Kansas City, KS 9.3% 27th +0.3pp 9th 77% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 16th +0.2pp 10th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 11th 177% above peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 12th 233% above peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 20th +0.5pp 13th 24% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 26th +0.8pp 14th 66% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 29th +1.4pp 15th 162% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 10th +0.4pp 16th 45% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 22nd +1.0pp 17th 28% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 18th +0.8pp 18th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 12th +0.6pp 19th 30% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 11th +0.6pp 20th 38% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 24th +1.2pp 21st 30% above peers
Denton, TX 11.7% 28th +2.2pp 22nd 122% above peers
Roseville, CA 2.5% 9th +0.5pp 23rd 53% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 8th +0.6pp 24th 56% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 14th +1.1pp 25th 23% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 5th +0.6pp 26th 60% below peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 6th +0.6pp 27th 60% below peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 19th +1.9pp 28th 19% above peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 23rd +2.7pp 29th 28% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 17th +2.3pp 30th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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College attainment rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.0% to 20.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.5% to 20.3%).
20.3%
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 26th +4.6pp 1st 28% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 19th +5.1pp 2nd 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 33.8% 13th +5.9pp 3rd 4% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 6th +8.6pp 4th 65% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 14th +5.1pp 5th 3% above peers
Kansas City, KS 20.8% 27th +3.1pp 6th 36% below peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 23rd +3.4pp 7th 21% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 21st +3.8pp 8th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 15th +3.7pp 9th 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 31st +1.8pp 10th 50% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 29th +2.2pp 11th 38% below peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 12th +4.2pp 12th 27% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 28th +1.9pp 13th 37% below peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 17th +2.8pp 14th 4% below peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 30th +1.8pp 15th 40% below peers
Charleston, SC 58.3% 4th +5.2pp 16th 79% above peers
Denton, TX 41.8% 11th +2.9pp 17th 29% above peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 16th +2.2pp 18th on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 30.5% 18th +2.0pp 19th 6% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 69.3% 3rd +4.3pp 20th 114% above peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 5th +3.3pp 21st 66% above peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 22nd 123% above peers
Roseville, CA 44.3% 9th +2.6pp 23rd 36% above peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 20th +1.6pp 24th 11% below peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 25th +1.1pp 25th 28% below peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 26th 122% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 8th +2.1pp 27th 41% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 24th +0.9pp 28th 26% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 26.3% 22nd +0.9pp 29th 19% below peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 10th +1.0pp 30th 34% above peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 7th +0.8pp 31st 56% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
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Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.2% then, 39.6% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.0% to 39.6%).
39.6%
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 20th +11.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 2nd 47% above peers
Charleston, SC 64.9% 4th +8.3pp 3rd 34% above peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 6th +7.7pp 4th 29% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 14th +5.9pp 5th 5% above peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 13th +5.8pp 6th 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 16th +4.3pp 7th on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 25th +3.3pp 8th 21% below peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 19th +3.8pp 9th 4% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 29th +1.7pp 10th 31% below peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 31st +1.0pp 11th 37% below peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 15th -1.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 18th -1.5pp 13th 1% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 2nd -2.2pp 14th 37% above peers
Kansas City, KS 40.7% 22nd -2.0pp 15th 16% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 8th -4.1pp 16th 14% above peers
Denton, TX 51.9% 12th -4.8pp 17th 7% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 7th -5.9pp 18th 24% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 5th -6.5pp 19th 33% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 17th -4.9pp 20th 1% below peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 26th -3.8pp 21st 24% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 23rd -4.5pp 22nd 18% below peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 3rd -9.7pp 23rd 36% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 10th -9.6pp 24th 10% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 11th -12.0pp 25th 9% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 21st -13.1pp 26th 14% below peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 9th -19.0pp 27th 13% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 28th -12.3pp 28th 30% below peers
Roseville, CA 39.2% 24th -17.6pp 29th 19% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 27th -15.7pp 30th 28% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 30th -23.1pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.8% then, 6.0% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.7% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 75% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 3rd -3.1pp 3rd 68% below peers
Kansas City, KS 6.3% 16th -4.9pp 4th on par with peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 12th -2.4pp 5th 17% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 14th -2.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 17th -2.2pp 7th 1% above peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 4th -0.6pp 8th 64% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 23rd -1.6pp 9th 15% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 25th -1.9pp 10th 38% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 18th -1.4pp 11th 2% above peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 12th 8% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 15th -0.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 21st -0.9pp 14th 6% above peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 19th -0.8pp 15th 2% above peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 10th -0.4pp 16th 29% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 9th -0.1pp 17th 35% below peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 27th +0.1pp 18th 47% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 30th +0.7pp 19th 98% above peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 6th +0.5pp 20th 39% below peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 31st +2.3pp 21st 105% above peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 22nd +1.3pp 22nd 12% above peers
Denton, TX 4.8% 11th +1.1pp 23rd 23% below peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 29th +2.6pp 24th 73% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 8th +1.2pp 25th 39% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 20th +2.1pp 26th 5% above peers
Roseville, CA 8.8% 26th +3.2pp 27th 41% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 28th +4.0pp 28th 70% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 24th +3.6pp 29th 33% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 7th +1.9pp 30th 39% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 5th +1.7pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 152,209 to 147,943 - more than the combined survey margin (±119). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (151,142 to 147,943).
147,943
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Roseville, CA 155,955 2nd +15% 1st 5% above peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 5th +14% 2nd 4% above peers
Charleston, SC 154,338 7th +14% 3rd 3% above peers
Denton, TX 152,866 9th +12% 4th 2% above peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 22nd +10% 5th 2% below peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 26th +9% 6th 3% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 27th +6% 7th 4% below peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 24th +5% 8th 3% below peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 25th +5% 9th 3% below peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 10th +5% 10th 2% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 31st +5% 11th 6% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 15th +4% 12th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 21st +2% 13th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 16th +2% 14th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 23rd +2% 15th 3% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 1st +2% 16th 5% above peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 11th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 12th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 18th +2% 19th 1% below peers
Kansas City, KS 155,135 3rd +2% 20th 4% above peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 4th +2% 21st 4% above peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 29th +1% 22nd 5% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 8th +1% 23rd 3% above peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 6th +0% 24th 4% above peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 19th +0% 25th 1% below peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 13th -1% 26th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 30th -2% 27th 6% below peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 28th -2% 28th 5% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 14th -3% 29th on par with peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 17th -3% 30th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 20th -12% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.0% to 22.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 16 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.8% to 22.9%).
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 21st +1.6pp 1st 9% below peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 30th +0.9pp 2nd 25% below peers
Charleston, SC 17.3% 29th +0.6pp 3rd 24% below peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 19th +0.3pp 4th 3% below peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 22nd +0.2pp 5th 9% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 24th -0.0pp 6th 11% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 1st -0.1pp 7th 24% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 8th 43% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 9th -0.2pp 9th 7% above peers
Kansas City, KS 27.6% 5th -0.2pp 10th 21% above peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 8th -0.6pp 11th 9% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 11th -0.6pp 12th 6% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 12th -0.8pp 13th 6% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 27th -0.7pp 14th 16% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 16th -1.0pp 15th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 3rd -1.3pp 16th 22% above peers
Roseville, CA 22.6% 18th -1.1pp 17th 1% below peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 23rd -1.0pp 18th 10% below peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 13th -1.2pp 19th 5% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 25th -1.1pp 20th 15% below peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 4th -1.6pp 21st 22% above peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 14th -1.3pp 22nd 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 2nd -1.8pp 23rd 23% above peers
Denton, TX 18.2% 28th -1.3pp 24th 20% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 26th -1.5pp 25th 15% below peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 17th -1.8pp 26th 1% below peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 15th -2.2pp 27th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 6th -2.4pp 28th 14% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 20th -2.3pp 29th 9% below peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 7th -3.1pp 30th 9% above peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 10th -3.3pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.5% then, 38.3% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.0% to 38.3%).
38.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 27th +3.8pp 1st 54% below peers
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 12th +7.2pp 2nd 19% above peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 22nd +2.3pp 3rd 24% below peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 24th +2.1pp 4th 25% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 11th +3.3pp 5th 28% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 15th +2.8pp 6th 12% above peers
Denton, TX 26.2% 21st +1.4pp 7th 23% below peers
Kansas City, KS 44.8% 10th +2.3pp 8th 31% above peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 23rd +1.3pp 9th 24% below peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 9th +2.1pp 10th 35% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 6th +2.4pp 11th 58% above peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 16th +1.5pp 12th on par with peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 5th +2.2pp 13th 59% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 14th 85% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 15th 59% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 18th +0.2pp 16th 8% below peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 7th -0.1pp 17th 50% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 8th -0.6pp 18th 36% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 17th -0.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 4th -1.0pp 20th 62% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 21st 85% above peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 14th -1.1pp 22nd 12% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 23rd 62% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 3rd -3.0pp 24th 66% above peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 13th -3.3pp 25th 14% above peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 19th -2.7pp 26th 13% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 20th -3.3pp 27th 15% below peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 29th -1.7pp 28th 57% below peers
Roseville, CA 17.8% 26th -4.0pp 29th 48% below peers
Charleston, SC 24.8% 25th -6.3pp 30th 28% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 28th -5.8pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.4pp 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
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.4% then, 69.1% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 15.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.4% to 69.1%).
69.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 26th +10.0pp 1st 8% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 15th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 21st +7.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 3rd +7.8pp 4th 13% above peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 4th +7.3pp 5th 12% above peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 13th +6.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 12th +6.0pp 7th 2% above peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 22nd +5.6pp 8th 5% below peers
Charleston, SC 79.5% 2nd +6.5pp 9th 16% above peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 6th +4.7pp 10th 8% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 29th +3.5pp 11th 9% below peers
Roseville, CA 64.3% 24th +3.5pp 12th 7% below peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 1st +3.3pp 13th 17% above peers
Kansas City, KS 68.5% 17th +2.8pp 14th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 27th +2.4pp 15th 9% below peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 11th +2.5pp 16th 4% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 16th +2.2pp 17th on par with peers
Denton, TX 69.2% 14th +1.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 10th -0.8pp 19th 4% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 20th 24% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 19th -1.3pp 21st 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 8th -1.7pp 22nd 5% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 23rd -1.6pp 23rd 6% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 5th -2.0pp 24th 10% above peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 9th -2.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 7th -3.4pp 26th 6% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 28th -3.2pp 27th 9% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 25th -3.9pp 28th 8% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 29th 18% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 18th -6.3pp 30th 1% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 20th -7.7pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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