The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. Redondo Beach is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Violent crime rose about 3% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||
| Malden, MA | 169 (Jul 26) | -35.3% | 1st | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 133 (Jul 26) | -29.7% | 2nd | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 197 (Jul 26) | -25.0% | 3rd | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 182 (Jul 26) | -15.4% | 4th | ||
| Skokie, IL | 129 (Jul 26) | -14.9% | 5th | ||
| Albany, GA | 898 (Jul 26) | -11.9% | 6th | ||
| Eagan, MN | 112 (Jul 26) | -9.6% | 7th | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 168 (Jul 26) | -8.0% | 8th | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 269 (Jul 26) | -6.8% | 9th | ||
| Ames, IA | 119 (Jul 26) | -5.8% | 10th | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 341 (Jul 26) | -4.5% | 11th | ||
| Janesville, WI | 120 (Jul 26) | -3.6% | 12th | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 450 (Jul 26) | -2.0% | 13th | ||
| Victoria, TX | 377 (Jul 26) | +1.2% | 14th | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 236 (Jul 26) | +2.6% | 15th | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 161 (Jul 26) | +2.8% | 16th | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 277 (Jul 26) | +9.4% | 17th | ||
| Novi, MI | 110 (Jul 26) | +13.8% | 18th | ||
| Decatur, IL | 725 (Jul 26) | +21.5% | 19th | ||
| Westfield, IN | 68 (Jul 26) | +55.2% | 20th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Redondo Beach is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Property crime fell about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||
| Ames, IA | 1,017 (Jul 26) | -32.6% | 1st | ||
| Malden, MA | 930 (Jul 26) | -31.4% | 2nd | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 1,362 (Jul 26) | -30.4% | 3rd | ||
| Janesville, WI | 1,427 (Jul 26) | -20.9% | 4th | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 1,980 (Jul 26) | -19.4% | 5th | ||
| Westfield, IN | 429 (Jul 26) | -15.0% | 6th | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 2,288 (Jul 26) | -14.7% | 7th | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 1,297 (Jul 26) | -14.5% | 8th | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 676 (Jul 26) | -12.7% | 9th | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 907 (Jul 26) | -11.0% | 10th | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 2,491 (Jul 26) | -10.9% | 11th | ||
| Skokie, IL | 2,302 (Jul 26) | -7.8% | 12th | ||
| Decatur, IL | 2,581 (Jul 26) | -5.9% | 13th | ||
| Novi, MI | 527 (Jul 26) | -4.8% | 14th | ||
| Eagan, MN | 1,360 (Jul 26) | -4.3% | 15th | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 2,463 (Jul 26) | -2.9% | 16th | ||
| Victoria, TX | 1,786 (Jul 26) | -2.6% | 17th | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 1,200 (Jul 26) | -1.3% | 18th | ||
| Albany, GA | 3,711 (Jul 26) | +1.3% | 19th | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 1,430 (Jul 26) | +6.2% | 20th |
No meaningful movement over the window.
Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||
| Novi, MI | 0 (Jul 26) | -100.0% | 1st | ||
| Janesville, WI | 0 (Jul 26) | -100.0% | 2nd | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 0 (Jul 26) | -100.0% | 3rd | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 1 (Jul 26) | -66.7% | 4th | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 3 (Jul 26) | -33.3% | 5th | ||
| Victoria, TX | 8 (Jul 26) | -28.6% | 6th | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 6 (Jul 26) | +0.0% | 7th | ||
| Albany, GA | 30 (Jul 26) | +33.3% | 8th | ||
| Ames, IA | 3 (Jul 26) | +99.3% | 9th | ||
| Decatur, IL | 16 (Jul 26) | +266.5% | 10th | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 0 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Eagan, MN | 0 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Palo Alto, CA | 0 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Rowlett, TX | 1 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Brentwood, CA | 0 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Skokie, IL | 2 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Cheyenne, WY | 5 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Malden, MA | 0 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Westfield, IN | 3 (Jul 26) | ||||
| Haverhill, MA | 0 (Jul 26) |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Vehicle theft fell about 27% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||
| Malden, MA | 84 (Jul 26) | -59.1% | 1st | ||
| Ames, IA | 53 (Jul 26) | -55.0% | 2nd | ||
| Janesville, WI | 37 (Jul 26) | -51.9% | 3rd | ||
| Eagan, MN | 30 (Jul 26) | -48.7% | 4th | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 70 (Jul 26) | -47.8% | 5th | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 123 (Jul 26) | -43.1% | 6th | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 56 (Jul 26) | -38.7% | 7th | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 33 (Jul 26) | -31.3% | 8th | ||
| Novi, MI | 37 (Jul 26) | -30.6% | 9th | ||
| Skokie, IL | 149 (Jul 26) | -28.8% | 10th | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 195 (Jul 26) | -27.2% | 11th | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 158 (Jul 26) | -18.6% | 12th | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 113 (Jul 26) | -14.4% | 13th | ||
| Decatur, IL | 298 (Jul 26) | -6.9% | 14th | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 58 (Jul 26) | -4.9% | 15th | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 51 (Jul 26) | -2.8% | 16th | ||
| Albany, GA | 326 (Jul 26) | +0.0% | 17th | ||
| Victoria, TX | 108 (Jul 26) | +7.5% | 18th | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 303 (Jul 26) | +16.7% | 19th | ||
| Westfield, IN | 29 (Jul 26) | +18.8% | 20th |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 32% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $113,499 to $150,245 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$11,655).
| 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% | |||||
| Malden, MA | $100,606 | 16th | +52% | 1st | on par with peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | $231,101 | 1st | +46% | 2nd | 130% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | $74,426 | 20th | +43% | 3rd | 26% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | $66,891 | 23rd | +42% | 4th | 34% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | $63,844 | 25th | +37% | 5th | 37% below peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | $113,648 | 10th | +36% | 6th | 13% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | $134,655 | 5th | +36% | 7th | 34% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | $150,245 | 2nd | +32% | 8th | 49% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | $64,310 | 24th | +31% | 9th | 36% below peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | $142,494 | 4th | +31% | 10th | 42% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | $113,130 | 11th | +31% | 11th | 12% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | $95,337 | 17th | +31% | 12th | 5% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | $73,446 | 21st | +30% | 13th | 27% below peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | $112,751 | 12th | +30% | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | $147,612 | 3rd | +30% | 15th | 47% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | $127,335 | 7th | +30% | 16th | 27% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | $47,240 | 30th | +29% | 17th | 53% below peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | $88,326 | 18th | +27% | 18th | 12% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | $60,991 | 27th | +27% | 19th | 39% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | $117,799 | 9th | +26% | 20th | 17% above peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | $122,789 | 8th | +25% | 21st | 22% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | $67,226 | 22nd | +24% | 22nd | 33% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | $62,188 | 26th | +22% | 23rd | 38% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | $78,839 | 19th | +22% | 24th | 22% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | $57,480 | 28th | +21% | 25th | 43% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | $38,731 | 31st | +21% | 26th | 62% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | $51,592 | 29th | +21% | 27th | 49% below peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | $128,649 | 6th | +21% | 28th | 28% above peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | $108,690 | 15th | +20% | 29th | 8% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | $110,723 | 14th | +13% | 30th | 10% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | $112,081 | 13th | +11% | 31st | 11% above peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Redondo Beach is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Unemployment fell 0.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 5.1% (Jul 26) | -0.4pp | ||||
| United States ref | 4.1% (Aug 26) | -0.2pp | ||||
| Gary, IN | 7.6% (Jul 26) | 28th | -1.6pp | 1st | 69% above peers | |
| Union City, NJ | 4.6% (Jul 26) | 17th | -1.3pp | 2nd | 2% above peers | |
| Decatur, IL | 5.7% (Jul 26) | 27th | -1.2pp | 3rd | 27% above peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | 4.5% (Jul 26) | 14th | -0.8pp | 4th | on par with peers | |
| Redondo Beach, CA | 4.7% (Jul 26) | 19th | -0.7pp | 5th | 4% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | 4.8% (Jul 26) | 22nd | -0.6pp | 6th | 7% above peers | |
| Rockville, MD | 3.8% (Jul 26) | 8th | -0.4pp | 7th | 16% below peers | |
| Brentwood, CA | 5.0% (Jul 26) | 24th | -0.4pp | 8th | 11% above peers | |
| Westfield, IN | 2.9% (Jul 26) | 3rd | -0.4pp | 9th | 36% below peers | |
| Malden, MA | 4.5% (Jul 26) | 15th | -0.2pp | 10th | on par with peers | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 3.9% (Jul 26) | 10th | -0.2pp | 11th | 13% below peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 2.6% (Jul 26) | 1st | -0.2pp | 12th | 42% below peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | 2.6% (Jul 26) | 2nd | -0.2pp | 13th | 42% below peers | |
| Ames, IA | 3.7% (Jul 26) | 7th | -0.2pp | 14th | 18% below peers | |
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 4.2% (Jul 26) | 12th | -0.1pp | 15th | 7% below peers | |
| Haverhill, MA | 5.0% (Jul 26) | 25th | +0.0pp | 16th | 11% above peers | |
| Victoria, TX | 4.6% (Jul 26) | 18th | +0.1pp | 17th | 2% above peers | |
| Novi, MI | 3.8% (Jul 26) | 9th | +0.2pp | 18th | 16% below peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | 3.4% (Jul 26) | 5th | +0.2pp | 19th | 24% below peers | |
| Janesville, WI | 3.5% (Jul 26) | 6th | +0.2pp | 20th | 22% below peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | 4.5% (Jul 26) | 16th | +0.3pp | 21st | on par with peers | |
| Skokie, IL | 4.9% (Jul 26) | 23rd | +0.3pp | 22nd | 9% above peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | 4.3% (Jul 26) | 13th | +0.4pp | 23rd | 4% below peers | |
| Port Orange, FL | 4.7% (Jul 26) | 20th | +0.4pp | 24th | 4% above peers | |
| Eagan, MN | 4.1% (Jul 26) | 11th | +0.5pp | 25th | 9% below peers | |
| Sanford, FL | 4.7% (Jul 26) | 21st | +0.5pp | 26th | 4% above peers | |
| Madison, AL | 2.9% (Jul 26) | 4th | +0.6pp | 27th | 36% below peers | |
| Shoreline, WA | 5.0% (Jul 26) | 26th | +0.7pp | 28th | 11% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Poverty rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.9% to 5.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 12.0% | -1.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.4% | ||||||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 3.6% | 1st | -3.8pp | 1st | 60% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 3.6% | 2nd | -2.3pp | 2nd | 59% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 11.9% | 23rd | -7.2pp | 3rd | 35% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 9.6% | 18th | -4.2pp | 4th | 9% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 11.4% | 22nd | -4.1pp | 5th | 29% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 11.0% | 20th | -3.9pp | 6th | 24% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 4.3% | 3rd | -1.3pp | 7th | 52% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 9.0% | 17th | -2.5pp | 8th | 2% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 8.7% | 15th | -1.6pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 7.3% | 12th | -1.1pp | 10th | 18% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 19.4% | 27th | -2.7pp | 11th | 119% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 27.5% | 30th | -3.3pp | 12th | 211% above peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 11.3% | 21st | -1.2pp | 13th | 28% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 25.4% | 29th | -2.6pp | 14th | 188% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 16.6% | 24th | -0.9pp | 15th | 87% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 6.1% | 10th | -0.2pp | 16th | 31% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 6.0% | 8th | -0.1pp | 17th | 32% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 17.5% | 25th | +0.4pp | 18th | 98% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 5.6% | 6th | +0.2pp | 19th | 37% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 9.7% | 19th | +0.3pp | 20th | 10% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 18.4% | 26th | +0.9pp | 21st | 108% above peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 5.9% | 7th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 33% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 33.1% | 31st | +2.5pp | 23rd | 275% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 7.2% | 11th | +0.7pp | 24th | 19% below peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 8.8% | 16th | +1.2pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 23.1% | 28th | +3.5pp | 26th | 161% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 6.1% | 9th | +1.0pp | 27th | 31% below peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 7.6% | 13th | +1.3pp | 28th | 14% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 5.4% | 4th | +1.4pp | 29th | 39% below peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 5.4% | 5th | +1.5pp | 30th | 39% below peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 8.3% | 14th | +2.5pp | 31st | 6% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.6% then, 2.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Westfield, IN | 2.2% | 1st | -6.7pp | 1st | 78% below peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 3.6% | 4th | -6.2pp | 2nd | 63% below peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 3.4% | 3rd | -4.6pp | 3rd | 65% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 14.8% | 23rd | -15.1pp | 4th | 52% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 12.7% | 19th | -6.8pp | 5th | 31% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 13.2% | 20th | -5.7pp | 6th | 36% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 9.0% | 14th | -3.7pp | 7th | 8% below peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 14.9% | 24th | -5.9pp | 8th | 53% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 11.7% | 18th | -4.6pp | 9th | 21% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 7.3% | 9th | -2.8pp | 10th | 25% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 14.3% | 22nd | -5.5pp | 11th | 48% above peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 28.1% | 28th | -5.7pp | 12th | 190% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 6.2% | 7th | -1.2pp | 13th | 36% below peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 6.0% | 6th | -1.0pp | 14th | 38% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 22.6% | 26th | -3.2pp | 15th | 132% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 38.8% | 30th | -5.1pp | 16th | 300% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 8.0% | 13th | -0.9pp | 17th | 17% below peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 9.3% | 15th | -0.8pp | 18th | 5% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 11.4% | 17th | -0.8pp | 19th | 17% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 23.8% | 27th | +0.2pp | 20th | 146% above peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 53.1% | 31st | +3.6pp | 21st | 447% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 7.4% | 10th | +0.5pp | 22nd | 24% below peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 2.8% | 2nd | +0.3pp | 23rd | 71% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 30.5% | 29th | +2.9pp | 24th | 214% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 20.9% | 25th | +2.9pp | 25th | 115% above peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 9.7% | 16th | +1.5pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 7.4% | 11th | +1.3pp | 27th | 24% below peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 5.8% | 5th | +1.3pp | 28th | 40% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 7.2% | 8th | +2.1pp | 29th | 26% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 13.3% | 21st | +4.7pp | 30th | 37% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 7.6% | 12th | +4.7pp | 31st | 22% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.3% to 96.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Gary, IN | 82.3% | 28th | +17.4pp | 1st | 13% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 88.5% | 25th | +12.8pp | 2nd | 6% below peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 82.1% | 29th | +9.5pp | 3rd | 13% below peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 93.4% | 18th | +10.0pp | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 93.3% | 19th | +9.9pp | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 92.2% | 20th | +9.4pp | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 87.5% | 26th | +8.8pp | 7th | 7% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 80.6% | 30th | +7.9pp | 8th | 14% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 91.3% | 24th | +8.6pp | 9th | 3% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 94.3% | 15th | +8.6pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 91.6% | 22nd | +8.3pp | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 91.6% | 21st | +8.2pp | 12th | 3% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 94.2% | 16th | +7.1pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 91.5% | 23rd | +6.0pp | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 85.2% | 27th | +4.1pp | 15th | 10% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 96.8% | 9th | +4.5pp | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 98.4% | 1st | +4.5pp | 17th | 4% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 97.3% | 4th | +4.3pp | 18th | 3% above peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 93.8% | 17th | +3.8pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 97.0% | 8th | +3.8pp | 20th | 3% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 96.7% | 10th | +3.4pp | 21st | 3% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 95.7% | 12th | +2.8pp | 22nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 95.0% | 14th | +2.8pp | 23rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 98.1% | 2nd | +2.9pp | 24th | 4% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 96.2% | 11th | +2.8pp | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 97.3% | 5th | +2.7pp | 26th | 3% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 97.1% | 6th | +2.5pp | 27th | 3% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 95.3% | 13th | +2.3pp | 28th | 1% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 97.4% | 3rd | +2.3pp | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 97.1% | 7th | +1.6pp | 30th | 3% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 74.3% | 31st | -0.8pp | 31st | 21% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 6 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.02). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 6 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Sanford, FL | 0.40 | 7th | -0.062 | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 0.44 | 19th | -0.044 | 2nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 0.43 | 15th | -0.040 | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 0.38 | 5th | -0.030 | 4th | 11% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 0.44 | 20th | -0.024 | 5th | 3% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 0.39 | 6th | -0.019 | 6th | 9% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 0.41 | 11th | -0.019 | 7th | 3% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 0.35 | 2nd | -0.016 | 8th | 19% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 0.49 | 30th | -0.020 | 9th | 15% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 0.45 | 22nd | -0.018 | 10th | 4% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 0.42 | 13th | -0.016 | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 0.48 | 28th | -0.013 | 12th | 13% above peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 0.47 | 27th | -0.011 | 13th | 10% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 0.47 | 26th | -0.010 | 14th | 9% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 0.42 | 12th | -0.008 | 15th | 2% below peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 0.41 | 10th | -0.007 | 16th | 3% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 0.45 | 24th | +0.007 | 17th | 6% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 0.38 | 3rd | +0.006 | 18th | 12% below peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 0.43 | 18th | +0.007 | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 0.43 | 17th | +0.007 | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 0.42 | 14th | +0.010 | 21st | 1% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 0.41 | 9th | +0.010 | 22nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 0.46 | 25th | +0.015 | 23rd | 8% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 0.48 | 29th | +0.017 | 24th | 13% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 0.45 | 21st | +0.016 | 25th | 4% above peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 0.41 | 8th | +0.016 | 26th | 4% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 0.51 | 31st | +0.024 | 27th | 19% above peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 0.45 | 23rd | +0.022 | 28th | 5% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 0.38 | 4th | +0.022 | 29th | 12% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 0.43 | 16th | +0.032 | 30th | on par with peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 0.33 | 1st | +0.046 | 31st | 24% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
SNAP rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 1.6% to 3.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Horizon West, FL | 2.1% | 1st | -1.5pp | 1st | 72% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 2.4% | 2nd | -1.1pp | 2nd | 69% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 4.8% | 9th | -2.2pp | 3rd | 38% below peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 3.3% | 4th | -1.4pp | 4th | 57% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 4.3% | 7th | -1.2pp | 5th | 45% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 12.8% | 22nd | -2.4pp | 6th | 66% above peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 7.7% | 16th | -1.4pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 16.0% | 25th | -2.1pp | 8th | 108% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 11.8% | 20th | -1.0pp | 9th | 52% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 8.7% | 17th | -0.7pp | 10th | 12% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 10.8% | 19th | -0.7pp | 11th | 40% above peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 29.1% | 30th | -1.4pp | 12th | 277% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 4.6% | 8th | -0.2pp | 13th | 40% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 22.8% | 28th | -0.9pp | 14th | 195% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 9.2% | 18th | -0.2pp | 15th | 19% above peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 16.9% | 26th | -0.1pp | 16th | 119% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 6.4% | 13th | +0.1pp | 17th | 17% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 32.0% | 31st | +2.4pp | 18th | 314% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 14.7% | 23rd | +1.1pp | 19th | 90% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 5.9% | 12th | +0.6pp | 20th | 23% below peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 7.0% | 15th | +0.7pp | 21st | 9% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 24.6% | 29th | +2.8pp | 22nd | 219% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 15.9% | 24th | +2.3pp | 23rd | 106% above peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 20.9% | 27th | +3.6pp | 24th | 171% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 12.6% | 21st | +2.6pp | 25th | 63% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 5.8% | 11th | +1.2pp | 26th | 25% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 5.2% | 10th | +1.5pp | 27th | 33% below peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 6.6% | 14th | +2.1pp | 28th | 14% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 4.1% | 6th | +1.4pp | 29th | 47% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 2.6% | 3rd | +1.1pp | 30th | 66% below peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 3.6% | 5th | +2.0pp | 31st | 53% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. Redondo Beach is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | $764,158 (Aug 26) | +0.4% | ||||
| United States ref | $368,697 (Aug 26) | +1.2% | ||||
| Skokie, IL | $433,130 (Aug 26) | 13th | +7.7% | 1st | 10% above peers | |
| Janesville, WI | $298,166 (Aug 26) | 22nd | +5.6% | 2nd | 24% below peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | $260,641 (Aug 26) | 24th | +5.6% | 3rd | 34% below peers | |
| Palo Alto, CA | $3,563,763 (Aug 26) | 1st | +5.5% | 4th | 809% above peers | |
| Union City, NJ | $563,754 (Aug 26) | 8th | +5.3% | 5th | 44% above peers | |
| Decatur, IL | $107,246 (Aug 26) | 28th | +4.9% | 6th | 73% below peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | $392,134 (Aug 26) | 15th | +3.5% | 7th | on par with peers | |
| Westfield, IN | $473,286 (Aug 26) | 11th | +3.2% | 8th | 21% above peers | |
| Novi, MI | $470,805 (Aug 26) | 12th | +3.0% | 9th | 20% above peers | |
| Redondo Beach, CA | $1,473,182 (Aug 26) | 2nd | +2.8% | 10th | 276% above peers | |
| Ames, IA | $303,902 (Aug 26) | 21st | +2.8% | 11th | 23% below peers | |
| Haverhill, MA | $548,436 (Aug 26) | 9th | +2.2% | 12th | 40% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | $133,518 (Aug 26) | 27th | +2.0% | 13th | 66% below peers | |
| Malden, MA | $674,568 (Aug 26) | 6th | +1.9% | 14th | 72% above peers | |
| Eagan, MN | $401,493 (Aug 26) | 14th | +1.8% | 15th | 2% above peers | |
| Victoria, TX | $218,636 (Aug 26) | 25th | +0.9% | 16th | 44% below peers | |
| Madison, AL | $376,375 (Aug 26) | 16th | +0.9% | 17th | 4% below peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | $147,780 (Aug 26) | 26th | +0.2% | 18th | 62% below peers | |
| Eagle Mountain, UT | $504,093 (Aug 26) | 10th | -0.2% | 19th | 29% above peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | $716,629 (Aug 26) | 5th | -0.2% | 20th | 83% above peers | |
| Rockville, MD | $608,002 (Aug 26) | 7th | -0.4% | 21st | 55% above peers | |
| Brentwood, CA | $785,641 (Aug 26) | 3rd | -1.3% | 22nd | 100% above peers | |
| Gary, IN | $92,352 (Aug 26) | 29th | -1.3% | 23rd | 76% below peers | |
| Sanford, FL | $340,196 (Aug 26) | 19th | -2.1% | 24th | 13% below peers | |
| Port Orange, FL | $337,510 (Aug 26) | 20th | -2.4% | 25th | 14% below peers | |
| Shoreline, WA | $785,498 (Aug 26) | 4th | -2.4% | 26th | 100% above peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | $364,063 (Aug 26) | 18th | -2.8% | 27th | 7% below peers | |
| Port Charlotte, FL | $267,275 (Aug 26) | 23rd | -4.6% | 28th | 32% below peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | $366,482 (Aug 26) | 17th | -4.9% | 29th | 7% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | $467,879 (Aug 26) | -0.0% | ||||
| United States ref | $200,550 (Aug 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Gary, IN | $59,218 (Aug 26) | 28th | +10.2% | 1st | 80% below peers | |
| Skokie, IL | $308,412 (Aug 26) | 12th | +7.3% | 2nd | 4% above peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | $191,451 (Aug 26) | 23rd | +7.3% | 3rd | 35% below peers | |
| Janesville, WI | $222,300 (Aug 26) | 21st | +6.4% | 4th | 25% below peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | $303,416 (Aug 26) | 14th | +5.3% | 5th | 3% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | $61,850 (Aug 26) | 27th | +4.8% | 6th | 79% below peers | |
| Palo Alto, CA | $2,182,270 (Aug 26) | 1st | +4.7% | 7th | 639% above peers | |
| Decatur, IL | $45,966 (Aug 26) | 29th | +4.1% | 8th | 84% below peers | |
| Ames, IA | $205,525 (Aug 26) | 22nd | +3.3% | 9th | 30% below peers | |
| Westfield, IN | $347,187 (Aug 26) | 11th | +3.0% | 10th | 18% above peers | |
| Redondo Beach, CA | $1,075,662 (Aug 26) | 2nd | +2.5% | 11th | 264% above peers | |
| Union City, NJ | $360,334 (Aug 26) | 10th | +2.4% | 12th | 22% above peers | |
| Haverhill, MA | $417,611 (Aug 26) | 7th | +2.0% | 13th | 41% above peers | |
| Novi, MI | $295,476 (Aug 26) | 15th | +2.0% | 14th | on par with peers | |
| Malden, MA | $499,623 (Aug 26) | 5th | +1.6% | 15th | 69% above peers | |
| Madison, AL | $271,231 (Aug 26) | 17th | +1.5% | 16th | 8% below peers | |
| Victoria, TX | $122,022 (Aug 26) | 25th | +0.8% | 17th | 59% below peers | |
| Eagan, MN | $265,753 (Aug 26) | 18th | +0.5% | 18th | 10% below peers | |
| Eagle Mountain, UT | $413,350 (Aug 26) | 8th | -0.2% | 19th | 40% above peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | $82,150 (Aug 26) | 26th | -0.5% | 20th | 72% below peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | $474,353 (Aug 26) | 6th | -1.2% | 21st | 61% above peers | |
| Shoreline, WA | $600,193 (Aug 26) | 4th | -1.7% | 22nd | 103% above peers | |
| Brentwood, CA | $632,015 (Aug 26) | 3rd | -2.0% | 23rd | 114% above peers | |
| Port Orange, FL | $246,084 (Aug 26) | 19th | -2.1% | 24th | 17% below peers | |
| Sanford, FL | $237,760 (Aug 26) | 20th | -2.6% | 25th | 20% below peers | |
| Rockville, MD | $361,472 (Aug 26) | 9th | -2.6% | 26th | 22% above peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | $293,617 (Aug 26) | 16th | -3.5% | 27th | 1% below peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | $304,395 (Aug 26) | 13th | -5.1% | 28th | 3% above peers | |
| Port Charlotte, FL | $179,507 (Aug 26) | 24th | -5.7% | 29th | 39% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (51.9% then, 53.4% now; margin ±3.1pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Haverhill, MA | 62.8% | 19th | +5.7pp | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 83.2% | 2nd | +7.4pp | 2nd | 27% above peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 82.2% | 3rd | +5.1pp | 3rd | 25% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 74.7% | 7th | +4.3pp | 4th | 14% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 75.6% | 5th | +3.2pp | 5th | 15% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 74.0% | 8th | +3.1pp | 6th | 13% above peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 52.0% | 26th | +2.1pp | 7th | 21% below peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 66.3% | 14th | +2.6pp | 8th | 1% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 42.1% | 28th | +1.4pp | 9th | 36% below peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 53.4% | 24th | +1.4pp | 10th | 19% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 62.9% | 18th | +1.5pp | 11th | 4% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 67.3% | 12th | +1.3pp | 12th | 2% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 62.1% | 20th | +1.2pp | 13th | 6% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 67.1% | 13th | +1.2pp | 14th | 2% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 41.3% | 29th | +0.3pp | 15th | 37% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 54.6% | 23rd | +0.1pp | 16th | 17% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 55.0% | 22nd | -0.0pp | 17th | 16% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 66.3% | 15th | -0.4pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 65.1% | 17th | -1.3pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 65.7% | 16th | -1.4pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 79.5% | 4th | -1.8pp | 21st | 21% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 57.9% | 21st | -1.6pp | 22nd | 12% below peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 67.7% | 11th | -2.0pp | 23rd | 3% above peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 49.0% | 27th | -1.5pp | 24th | 25% below peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 84.7% | 1st | -2.8pp | 25th | 29% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 70.5% | 9th | -3.6pp | 26th | 7% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 52.6% | 25th | -2.8pp | 27th | 20% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 69.9% | 10th | -4.6pp | 28th | 6% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 37.7% | 30th | -2.6pp | 29th | 43% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 19.1% | 31st | -1.7pp | 30th | 71% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 75.2% | 6th | -10.7pp | 31st | 15% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,948 (Aug 26) | +2.5% | ||||
| Palo Alto, CA | $4,678 (Aug 26) | 1st | +8.3% | 1st | 164% above peers | |
| Janesville, WI | $1,211 (Aug 26) | 24th | +6.4% | 2nd | 32% below peers | |
| Skokie, IL | $2,361 (Aug 26) | 7th | +6.0% | 3rd | 33% above peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | $1,532 (Aug 26) | 20th | +5.8% | 4th | 13% below peers | |
| Gary, IN | $1,363 (Aug 26) | 22nd | +5.5% | 5th | 23% below peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | $945 (Aug 26) | 29th | +5.1% | 6th | 47% below peers | |
| Victoria, TX | $1,193 (Aug 26) | 25th | +4.8% | 7th | 33% below peers | |
| Westfield, IN | $1,928 (Aug 26) | 13th | +4.3% | 8th | 9% above peers | |
| Union City, NJ | $2,396 (Aug 26) | 6th | +4.2% | 9th | 35% above peers | |
| Brentwood, CA | $3,406 (Aug 26) | 3rd | +4.0% | 10th | 92% above peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | $1,246 (Aug 26) | 23rd | +3.2% | 11th | 30% below peers | |
| Eagle Mountain, UT | $2,236 (Aug 26) | 9th | +2.9% | 12th | 26% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | $1,008 (Aug 26) | 28th | +2.5% | 13th | 43% below peers | |
| Decatur, IL | $1,067 (Aug 26) | 27th | +2.4% | 14th | 40% below peers | |
| Ames, IA | $1,193 (Aug 26) | 26th | +2.3% | 15th | 33% below peers | |
| Redondo Beach, CA | $3,521 (Aug 26) | 2nd | +2.1% | 16th | 99% above peers | |
| Novi, MI | $1,931 (Aug 26) | 12th | +2.1% | 17th | 9% above peers | |
| Eagan, MN | $1,702 (Aug 26) | 17th | +2.1% | 18th | 4% below peers | |
| Shoreline, WA | $2,003 (Aug 26) | 11th | +1.8% | 19th | 13% above peers | |
| Sanford, FL | $1,836 (Aug 26) | 14th | +1.8% | 20th | 4% above peers | |
| Malden, MA | $2,895 (Aug 26) | 4th | +1.8% | 21st | 64% above peers | |
| Madison, AL | $1,411 (Aug 26) | 21st | +1.3% | 22nd | 20% below peers | |
| Port Orange, FL | $1,745 (Aug 26) | 16th | +0.3% | 23rd | 1% below peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | $1,639 (Aug 26) | 18th | -0.1% | 24th | 7% below peers | |
| Haverhill, MA | $2,305 (Aug 26) | 8th | -0.1% | 25th | 30% above peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | $2,137 (Aug 26) | 10th | -0.1% | 26th | 21% above peers | |
| Rockville, MD | $2,405 (Aug 26) | 5th | -0.4% | 27th | 36% above peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | $1,586 (Aug 26) | 19th | -1.9% | 28th | 10% below peers | |
| Port Charlotte, FL | $1,770 (Aug 26) | 15th | -2.0% | 29th | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.2% then, 36.8% now; margin ±3.7pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Union City, NJ | 50.5% | 31st | -6.1pp | 1st | 53% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 35.5% | 22nd | -4.2pp | 2nd | 7% above peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 26.2% | 7th | -3.0pp | 3rd | 21% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 40.7% | 28th | -3.6pp | 4th | 23% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 34.8% | 21st | -3.0pp | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 38.1% | 25th | -2.6pp | 6th | 15% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 25.6% | 5th | -1.5pp | 7th | 22% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 28.1% | 8th | -0.6pp | 8th | 15% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 31.4% | 13th | -0.7pp | 9th | 5% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 28.5% | 11th | -0.5pp | 10th | 14% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 39.8% | 26th | -0.6pp | 11th | 21% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 34.6% | 20th | -0.5pp | 12th | 5% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 33.9% | 18th | +0.7pp | 13th | 3% above peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 36.9% | 24th | +0.9pp | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 40.1% | 27th | +1.2pp | 15th | 21% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 32.6% | 14th | +1.2pp | 16th | 1% below peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 33.0% | 16th | +1.3pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 36.8% | 23rd | +1.6pp | 18th | 11% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 33.9% | 19th | +1.5pp | 19th | 3% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 25.9% | 6th | +1.1pp | 20th | 22% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 41.1% | 29th | +1.8pp | 21st | 25% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 25.2% | 4th | +1.2pp | 22nd | 24% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 28.1% | 10th | +1.3pp | 23rd | 15% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 24.4% | 2nd | +1.2pp | 24th | 26% below peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 28.1% | 9th | +1.5pp | 25th | 15% below peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 24.8% | 3rd | +2.1pp | 26th | 25% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 42.8% | 30th | +3.7pp | 27th | 30% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 31.3% | 12th | +3.0pp | 28th | 5% below peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 33.6% | 17th | +3.5pp | 29th | 2% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 18.9% | 1st | +2.9pp | 30th | 43% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 33.0% | 15th | +8.6pp | 31st | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 4 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.5% then, 3.4% now; margin ±1.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Port Orange, FL | 2.9% | 7th | -2.1pp | 1st | 56% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 7.8% | 23rd | -3.1pp | 2nd | 15% above peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 1.9% | 3rd | -0.7pp | 3rd | 71% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 13.6% | 29th | -4.0pp | 4th | 102% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 5.0% | 12th | -1.4pp | 5th | 26% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 6.7% | 16th | -1.5pp | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 8.6% | 25th | -1.8pp | 7th | 27% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 17.5% | 30th | -2.4pp | 8th | 160% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 12.4% | 28th | -1.6pp | 9th | 84% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 7.2% | 20th | -0.9pp | 10th | 8% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 2.0% | 4th | -0.2pp | 11th | 70% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 7.0% | 17th | -0.7pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 5.8% | 14th | -0.4pp | 13th | 14% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 5.9% | 15th | -0.2pp | 14th | 12% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 41.3% | 31st | -0.3pp | 15th | 516% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 7.7% | 22nd | -0.0pp | 16th | 14% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 7.2% | 19th | +0.0pp | 17th | 7% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 0.7% | 1st | +0.0pp | 18th | 90% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 3.2% | 8th | +0.0pp | 19th | 53% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 12.1% | 27th | +0.2pp | 20th | 81% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 5.1% | 13th | +0.2pp | 21st | 24% below peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 3.5% | 10th | +0.1pp | 22nd | 47% below peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 2.8% | 6th | +0.2pp | 23rd | 59% below peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 7.1% | 18th | +0.4pp | 24th | 5% above peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 3.7% | 11th | +0.3pp | 25th | 45% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 8.5% | 24th | +1.5pp | 26th | 26% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 11.1% | 26th | +2.1pp | 27th | 65% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 3.4% | 9th | +0.8pp | 28th | 50% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 1.6% | 2nd | +0.5pp | 29th | 76% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 2.4% | 5th | +1.1pp | 30th | 64% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 7.6% | 21st | +4.1pp | 31st | 14% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 3.3% now; margin ±0.9pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 6.6% | -0.9pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.4% | -0.4pp | |||||
| Horizon West, FL | 6.3% | 19th | -4.9pp | 1st | 17% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 5.1% | 14th | -3.1pp | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 3.8% | 7th | -1.8pp | 3rd | 30% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 4.8% | 11th | -1.7pp | 4th | 10% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 8.2% | 22nd | -2.7pp | 5th | 52% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 6.7% | 20th | -2.0pp | 6th | 25% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 3.4% | 4th | -0.9pp | 7th | 36% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 13.6% | 29th | -3.2pp | 8th | 154% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 8.3% | 23rd | -1.9pp | 9th | 55% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 5.3% | 16th | -1.2pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 12.4% | 27th | -2.6pp | 11th | 132% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 5.4% | 17th | -1.0pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 4.4% | 9th | -0.8pp | 13th | 17% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 4.7% | 10th | -0.7pp | 14th | 12% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 1.9% | 1st | -0.2pp | 15th | 64% below peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 3.9% | 8th | -0.4pp | 16th | 27% below peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 2.1% | 2nd | -0.2pp | 17th | 60% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 9.4% | 24th | -0.5pp | 18th | 77% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 17.6% | 30th | -1.0pp | 19th | 229% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 5.1% | 15th | -0.1pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 12.6% | 28th | -0.3pp | 21st | 136% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 3.3% | 3rd | +0.0pp | 22nd | 38% below peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 3.7% | 6th | +0.1pp | 23rd | 30% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 24.0% | 31st | +0.6pp | 24th | 348% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 12.4% | 26th | +0.6pp | 25th | 131% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 5.6% | 18th | +0.4pp | 26th | 5% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 7.0% | 21st | +0.6pp | 27th | 32% above peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 3.6% | 5th | +0.4pp | 28th | 32% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 4.9% | 12th | +0.6pp | 29th | 9% below peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 5.1% | 13th | +1.0pp | 30th | 4% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 9.5% | 25th | +2.8pp | 31st | 77% above peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is about two-thirds of the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 28.4% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Palo Alto, CA | 19.8% | 1st | 38% below peers | |
| Redondo Beach, CA | 21.7% | 2nd | 32% below peers | |
| Rockville, MD | 22.5% | 3rd | 30% below peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 23.4% | 4th | 27% below peers | |
| Shoreline, WA | 23.8% | 5th | 26% below peers | |
| Malden, MA | 24.2% | 6th | 25% below peers | |
| Novi, MI | 25.2% | 7th | 21% below peers | |
| Skokie, IL | 26.6% | 8th | 17% below peers | |
| Horizon West, FL | 28.2% | 9th | 12% below peers | |
| Brentwood, CA | 29.1% | 10th | 9% below peers | |
| Westfield, IN | 29.3% | 11th | 9% below peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | 29.6% | 12th | 8% below peers | |
| Madison, AL | 31.6% | 13th | 2% below peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | 31.7% | 14th | 1% below peers | |
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 31.8% | 15th | 1% below peers | |
| Eagan, MN | 32.1% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Haverhill, MA | 32.4% | 17th | 1% above peers | |
| Port Orange, FL | 32.5% | 18th | 1% above peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | 33.5% | 19th | 4% above peers | |
| Sanford, FL | 34.5% | 20th | 7% above peers | |
| South Hill, WA | 35.6% | 21st | 11% above peers | |
| Port Charlotte, FL | 35.6% | 22nd | 11% above peers | |
| Ames, IA | 35.7% | 23rd | 11% above peers | |
| Union City, NJ | 36.6% | 24th | 14% above peers | |
| Janesville, WI | 36.9% | 25th | 15% above peers | |
| Decatur, IL | 38.6% | 26th | 20% above peers | |
| Victoria, TX | 40.6% | 27th | 26% above peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | 41.0% | 28th | 28% above peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | 41.1% | 29th | 28% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | 45.1% | 30th | 40% above peers | |
| Gary, IN | 49.8% | 31st | 55% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed. Margins at this size are wide (low-reliability estimate); read the level, not the pace.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.8% then, 2.3% now; margin ±1.5pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Horizon West, FL | 2.5% | 14th | -7.3pp | 1st | 16% below peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 2.4% | 11th | -4.3pp | 2nd | 21% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 1.7% | 7th | -1.7pp | 3rd | 42% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 3.0% | 17th | -2.3pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 1.6% | 5th | -0.9pp | 5th | 47% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 1.4% | 3rd | -0.8pp | 6th | 52% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 6.0% | 25th | -3.2pp | 7th | 99% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 3.0% | 15th | -1.5pp | 8th | 2% below peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 5.6% | 24th | -2.1pp | 9th | 87% above peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 0.9% | 1st | -0.3pp | 10th | 70% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 4.2% | 21st | -1.5pp | 11th | 41% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 4.6% | 22nd | -1.4pp | 12th | 51% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 1.7% | 6th | -0.5pp | 13th | 45% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 9.8% | 29th | -2.6pp | 14th | 225% above peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 1.0% | 2nd | -0.2pp | 15th | 68% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 1.5% | 4th | -0.3pp | 16th | 51% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 5.0% | 23rd | -0.8pp | 17th | 65% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 7.3% | 26th | -1.1pp | 18th | 144% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 2.5% | 13th | -0.4pp | 19th | 18% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 3.8% | 19th | -0.1pp | 20th | 27% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 3.0% | 16th | -0.1pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 2.4% | 12th | -0.0pp | 22nd | 21% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 8.4% | 27th | -0.0pp | 23rd | 180% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 3.5% | 18th | +0.0pp | 24th | 15% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 2.0% | 9th | +0.1pp | 25th | 35% below peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 1.8% | 8th | +0.1pp | 26th | 41% below peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 14.5% | 31st | +2.3pp | 27th | 381% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 2.3% | 10th | +0.4pp | 28th | 24% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 9.2% | 28th | +2.5pp | 29th | 204% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 4.1% | 20th | +2.3pp | 30th | 37% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 10.7% | 30th | +8.1pp | 31st | 254% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60.8% to 67.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Union City, NJ | 28.4% | 23rd | +6.8pp | 1st | 25% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 29.5% | 22nd | +6.5pp | 2nd | 22% below peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 31.4% | 21st | +5.6pp | 3rd | 17% below peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 39.3% | 15th | +6.2pp | 4th | 4% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 32.9% | 19th | +5.0pp | 5th | 13% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 27.3% | 25th | +3.7pp | 6th | 28% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 45.1% | 13th | +6.1pp | 7th | 19% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 37.8% | 17th | +4.9pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 53.8% | 11th | +6.2pp | 9th | 42% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 20.8% | 29th | +2.0pp | 10th | 45% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 33.5% | 18th | +3.2pp | 11th | 12% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 43.0% | 14th | +4.0pp | 12th | 13% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 67.0% | 3rd | +6.1pp | 13th | 77% above peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 32.6% | 20th | +2.8pp | 14th | 14% below peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 64.5% | 6th | +5.1pp | 15th | 70% above peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 52.8% | 12th | +3.9pp | 16th | 39% above peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 21.6% | 27th | +1.5pp | 17th | 43% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 27.4% | 24th | +1.8pp | 18th | 28% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 14.8% | 31st | +0.9pp | 19th | 61% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 37.9% | 16th | +2.4pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 21.4% | 28th | +1.3pp | 21st | 44% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 64.1% | 7th | +3.5pp | 22nd | 69% above peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 54.7% | 10th | +2.9pp | 23rd | 44% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 65.8% | 4th | +3.1pp | 24th | 73% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 70.7% | 2nd | +1.5pp | 25th | 87% above peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 59.8% | 8th | +1.2pp | 26th | 58% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 57.6% | 9th | +1.2pp | 27th | 52% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 65.6% | 5th | +0.7pp | 28th | 73% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 82.3% | 1st | -0.5pp | 29th | 117% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 20.3% | 30th | -0.4pp | 30th | 47% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 21.8% | 26th | -1.6pp | 31st | 42% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (81.7% then, 79.4% now; margin ±11.4pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Eagan, MN | 55.1% | 14th | +18.6pp | 1st | 5% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 52.8% | 15th | +16.8pp | 2nd | 1% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 45.0% | 18th | +13.1pp | 3rd | 14% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 72.7% | 2nd | +20.2pp | 4th | 39% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 62.4% | 8th | +13.5pp | 5th | 19% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 41.8% | 23rd | +9.0pp | 6th | 20% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 44.8% | 19th | +7.2pp | 7th | 14% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 65.8% | 5th | +9.9pp | 8th | 26% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 65.3% | 6th | +9.8pp | 9th | 25% above peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 67.6% | 4th | +9.5pp | 10th | 29% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 42.6% | 22nd | +4.7pp | 11th | 19% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 56.2% | 13th | +5.2pp | 12th | 8% above peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 57.6% | 11th | +3.7pp | 13th | 10% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 61.5% | 9th | +3.6pp | 14th | 18% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 28.5% | 29th | +0.7pp | 15th | 45% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 44.2% | 21st | +0.8pp | 16th | 15% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 36.8% | 26th | -0.7pp | 17th | 30% below peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 79.4% | 1st | -2.3pp | 18th | 52% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 69.5% | 3rd | -3.4pp | 19th | 33% above peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 52.3% | 16th | -3.4pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 56.4% | 12th | -4.7pp | 21st | 8% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 31.3% | 28th | -4.4pp | 22nd | 40% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 32.0% | 27th | -4.9pp | 23rd | 39% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 65.3% | 7th | -15.5pp | 24th | 25% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 58.4% | 10th | -18.6pp | 25th | 12% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 46.9% | 17th | -15.7pp | 26th | 10% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 39.2% | 24th | -17.6pp | 27th | 25% below peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 44.5% | 20th | -21.5pp | 28th | 15% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 20.2% | 31st | -9.9pp | 29th | 61% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 37.0% | 25th | -19.5pp | 30th | 29% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 20.8% | 30th | -19.3pp | 31st | 60% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed. Margins at this size are wide (low-reliability estimate); read the level, not the pace.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.4% then, 1.2% now; margin ±5.0pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Alpharetta, GA | 0.4% | 2nd | -6.6pp | 1st | 90% below peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 0.3% | 1st | -4.8pp | 2nd | 93% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 1.9% | 6th | -6.2pp | 3rd | 58% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 3.7% | 12th | -6.2pp | 4th | 18% below peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 1.0% | 4th | -1.3pp | 5th | 79% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 0.7% | 3rd | -0.8pp | 6th | 85% below peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 2.9% | 11th | -3.0pp | 7th | 35% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 6.0% | 19th | -5.2pp | 8th | 34% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 2.6% | 9th | -2.1pp | 9th | 41% below peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 5.9% | 18th | -3.1pp | 10th | 31% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 2.9% | 10th | -0.8pp | 11th | 35% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 9.1% | 24th | -2.3pp | 12th | 102% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 1.2% | 5th | -0.2pp | 13th | 73% below peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 6.5% | 21st | -0.7pp | 14th | 45% above peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 12.5% | 30th | -1.1pp | 15th | 178% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 7.4% | 23rd | -0.6pp | 16th | 64% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 4.1% | 13th | -0.2pp | 17th | 8% below peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 5.7% | 17th | -0.2pp | 18th | 27% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 4.4% | 15th | +0.1pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 10.6% | 28th | +0.3pp | 20th | 136% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 9.7% | 26th | +1.2pp | 21st | 116% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 7.3% | 22nd | +1.2pp | 22nd | 63% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 6.4% | 20th | +1.6pp | 23rd | 42% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 16.5% | 31st | +4.1pp | 24th | 267% above peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 2.5% | 8th | +0.9pp | 25th | 43% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 10.3% | 27th | +3.8pp | 26th | 129% above peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 4.3% | 14th | +2.0pp | 27th | 3% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 2.5% | 7th | +1.4pp | 28th | 44% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 9.6% | 25th | +5.4pp | 29th | 113% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 4.5% | 16th | +3.3pp | 30th | on par with peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 11.8% | 29th | +9.8pp | 31st | 163% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 67,423 to 69,291 - more than the combined survey margin (±80). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon West, FL | 67,416 | 9th | +73% | 1st | 1% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 53,290 | 31st | +64% | 2nd | 20% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 54,677 | 30th | +38% | 3rd | 18% below peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 60,106 | 29th | +22% | 4th | 10% below peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 68,025 | 4th | +13% | 5th | 2% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 66,717 | 15th | +11% | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 61,431 | 28th | +9% | 7th | 8% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 65,906 | 21st | +8% | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 65,971 | 20th | +7% | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 63,730 | 27th | +7% | 10th | 4% below peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 67,698 | 6th | +7% | 11th | 2% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 66,133 | 18th | +6% | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 65,208 | 25th | +5% | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 66,219 | 17th | +4% | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 64,767 | 26th | +3% | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 66,030 | 19th | +3% | 16th | 1% below peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 69,291 | 2nd | +3% | 17th | 4% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 65,463 | 23rd | +3% | 18th | 2% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 65,239 | 24th | +3% | 19th | 2% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 67,669 | 8th | +2% | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 68,000 | 5th | +2% | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 66,855 | 13th | +2% | 22nd | 1% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 67,237 | 10th | +1% | 23rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 67,671 | 7th | +0% | 24th | 2% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 66,729 | 14th | -0% | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 67,008 | 12th | -1% | 26th | 1% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 65,625 | 22nd | -2% | 27th | 1% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 66,463 | 16th | -3% | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 69,815 | 1st | -4% | 29th | 5% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 67,224 | 11th | -9% | 30th | 1% above peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 68,113 | 3rd | -10% | 31st | 2% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.0% then, 14.2% now; margin ±4.3pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Pflugerville, TX | 25.8% | 16th | +11.3pp | 1st | on par with peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 26.5% | 15th | +6.2pp | 2nd | 3% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 29.7% | 13th | +5.8pp | 3rd | 15% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 34.0% | 9th | +6.0pp | 4th | 32% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 16.8% | 25th | +2.8pp | 5th | 35% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 50.1% | 4th | +8.0pp | 6th | 94% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 23.1% | 17th | +3.6pp | 7th | 11% below peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 20.4% | 21st | +3.1pp | 8th | 21% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 50.0% | 5th | +7.5pp | 9th | 93% above peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 81.1% | 1st | +4.6pp | 10th | 214% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 31.6% | 12th | +1.0pp | 11th | 22% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 71.5% | 2nd | +1.8pp | 12th | 177% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 36.7% | 7th | +0.5pp | 13th | 42% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 33.9% | 10th | +0.1pp | 14th | 31% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 22.1% | 18th | -0.3pp | 15th | 15% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 12.7% | 30th | -0.2pp | 16th | 51% below peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 51.1% | 3rd | -1.0pp | 17th | 98% above peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 19.4% | 22nd | -0.4pp | 18th | 25% below peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 17.9% | 24th | -0.7pp | 19th | 31% below peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 39.9% | 6th | -2.7pp | 20th | 55% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 35.3% | 8th | -3.6pp | 21st | 37% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 13.8% | 28th | -1.5pp | 22nd | 47% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 20.8% | 20th | -2.4pp | 23rd | 20% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 29.5% | 14th | -3.4pp | 24th | 14% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 14.2% | 27th | -1.9pp | 25th | 45% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 18.2% | 23rd | -3.4pp | 26th | 30% below peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 21.6% | 19th | -5.2pp | 27th | 16% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 16.6% | 26th | -4.5pp | 28th | 36% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 13.6% | 29th | -6.2pp | 29th | 48% below peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 32.4% | 11th | -15.1pp | 30th | 25% above peers | ||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 6.5% | 31st | -4.0pp | 31st | 75% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.4% then, 72.8% now; margin ±6.5pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Eagle Mountain, UT | 49.8% | 31st | +8.6pp | 1st | 26% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 70.2% | 13th | +9.2pp | 2nd | 4% above peers | ||
| South Hill, WA | 60.6% | 23rd | +7.7pp | 3rd | 10% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 62.5% | 22nd | +7.9pp | 4th | 8% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 67.6% | 17th | +7.8pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 68.9% | 15th | +6.5pp | 6th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 69.9% | 14th | +6.2pp | 7th | 3% above peers | ||
| Port Orange, FL | 65.9% | 20th | +5.1pp | 8th | 2% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 59.8% | 27th | +4.5pp | 9th | 12% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 72.6% | 9th | +5.4pp | 10th | 7% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 74.0% | 3rd | +5.3pp | 11th | 9% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 73.5% | 5th | +4.8pp | 12th | 9% above peers | ||
| Eagan, MN | 80.5% | 2nd | +4.5pp | 13th | 19% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 73.8% | 4th | +1.3pp | 14th | 9% above peers | ||
| Madison, AL | 59.3% | 28th | +1.0pp | 15th | 12% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 64.9% | 21st | +0.6pp | 16th | 4% below peers | ||
| Haverhill, MA | 82.0% | 1st | +0.5pp | 17th | 21% above peers | ||
| Redondo Beach, CA | 72.8% | 8th | +0.4pp | 18th | 8% above peers | ||
| Sanford, FL | 66.4% | 19th | +0.3pp | 19th | 2% below peers | ||
| Shoreline, WA | 67.6% | 16th | -1.5pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 70.8% | 12th | -1.8pp | 21st | 5% above peers | ||
| Rockville, MD | 71.0% | 11th | -2.2pp | 22nd | 5% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 56.3% | 30th | -1.8pp | 23rd | 17% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 72.0% | 10th | -3.6pp | 24th | 6% above peers | ||
| Brentwood, CA | 60.2% | 26th | -3.3pp | 25th | 11% below peers | ||
| Gary, IN | 60.6% | 24th | -4.7pp | 26th | 10% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 72.9% | 7th | -6.4pp | 27th | 8% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 73.3% | 6th | -7.2pp | 28th | 8% above peers | ||
| Decatur, IL | 66.6% | 18th | -10.2pp | 29th | 2% below peers | ||
| Westfield, IN | 60.2% | 25th | -11.2pp | 30th | 11% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 58.9% | 29th | -11.7pp | 31st | 13% below peers |