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Riverside, CA
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319,069 people (2024) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 15 indicators

Where Riverside, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
271 /100k
May 2026
▼ 36%
relative change
424 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Household income
Median household income
$91,045
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
$69,045 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,032 /100k
May 2026
▼ 22%
relative change
2,602 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.5%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
5.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
14.8%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
17.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
11.7%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
13.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
25.7%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
23.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.4%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
87.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
56.8%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
54.0% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.2%
May 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
4.4% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.3%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
6.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
11.1%
2019-23
▲ 5%
relative change
10.6% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.9%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
3 /100k
May 2026
▲ 22%
relative change
3 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Riverside, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
42.5%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
41.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
41.1%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
36.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.9%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
9.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
67.2%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
61.5% in 2019
Rising  
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.1%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
23.8% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Population
319,069
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
326,414 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,420
Jun 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$2,386 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$648,360
Jun 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$651,644 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$544,639
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$544,675 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 5% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 4% 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: 546 in May 2026, down from 578 a year earlier.
546 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Greensboro, NC 731 (Oct 25) -19.6% 1st
Newark, NJ 456 (May 26) -18.6% 2nd
Jersey City, NJ 469 (May 26) -15.2% 3rd
Cleveland, OH 1,417 (Mar 26) -15.0% 4th
Madison, WI 224 (May 26) -11.6% 5th
Fort Wayne, IN 268 (May 26) -10.8% 6th
Stockton, CA 973 (May 26) -10.3% 7th
Lexington, KY 307 (May 26) -9.9% 8th
Durham, NC 526 (May 26) -9.7% 9th
Saint Paul, MN 501 (May 26) -9.1% 10th
Gilbert, AZ 118 (May 26) -8.6% 11th
Chula Vista, CA 349 (May 26) -8.6% 12th
Corpus Christi, TX 785 (Feb 26) -6.5% 13th
Henderson, NV 228 (May 26) -5.8% 14th
St. Louis, MO 1,216 (May 26) -5.8% 15th
Riverside, CA 546 (May 26) -5.5% 16th
Urban Honolulu, HI 193 (May 26) -5.2% 17th
Anaheim, CA 539 (May 26) -3.3% 18th
Pittsburgh, PA 508 (May 26) -2.1% 19th
Plano, TX 145 (May 26) -0.7% 20th
Cincinnati, OH 838 (May 26) +0.0% 21st
Irvine, CA 78 (May 26) +0.8% 22nd
Chandler, AZ 124 (May 26) +2.4% 23rd
Lincoln, NE 413 (May 26) +8.1% 24th
Buffalo, NY 697 (May 26) +8.9% 25th
Reno, NV 543 (Mar 26) +9.4% 26th
North Las Vegas, NV 371 (Apr 26) +12.6% 27th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami, FL down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fort Worth, TX down about 19% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Arlington, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 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 Improving recently, leading peers
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Property crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,032 in May 2026, down from 2,602 a year earlier.
2,032 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Irvine, CA 1,004 (May 26) -26.2% 1st
Riverside, CA 2,032 (May 26) -21.9% 2nd
Urban Honolulu, HI 1,386 (May 26) -18.9% 3rd
Fort Wayne, IN 1,708 (May 26) -18.4% 4th
Greensboro, NC 2,859 (Oct 25) -18.1% 5th
Anaheim, CA 1,676 (May 26) -17.6% 6th
Newark, NJ 1,615 (May 26) -17.3% 7th
Chandler, AZ 1,169 (May 26) -16.7% 8th
Lincoln, NE 1,828 (May 26) -15.9% 9th
Plano, TX 1,140 (May 26) -15.6% 10th
Jersey City, NJ 1,676 (May 26) -14.6% 11th
Cleveland, OH 4,247 (Mar 26) -14.4% 12th
Reno, NV 2,105 (Mar 26) -13.7% 13th
Stockton, CA 2,196 (May 26) -11.4% 14th
North Las Vegas, NV 1,624 (Apr 26) -9.2% 15th
Gilbert, AZ 859 (May 26) -9.0% 16th
Corpus Christi, TX 2,715 (Feb 26) -8.4% 17th
St. Louis, MO 4,958 (May 26) -7.7% 18th
Henderson, NV 1,469 (May 26) -7.6% 19th
Pittsburgh, PA 2,853 (May 26) -6.8% 20th
Madison, WI 1,918 (May 26) -5.8% 21st
Cincinnati, OH 3,711 (May 26) -5.7% 22nd
Durham, NC 3,642 (May 26) -4.5% 23rd
Lexington, KY 2,309 (May 26) -3.3% 24th
Buffalo, NY 3,420 (May 26) +1.3% 25th
Chula Vista, CA 1,091 (May 26) +1.9% 26th
Saint Paul, MN 2,834 (May 26) +4.8% 27th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Tucson, AZ down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • San Francisco, CA down about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Aurora, CO down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homicide rose about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view: homicide fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in May 2026, up from 3 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Irvine, CA 0 (May 26) -100.0% 1st
Reno, NV 1 (Mar 26) -85.1% 2nd
North Las Vegas, NV 2 (Apr 26) -77.8% 3rd
Henderson, NV 1 (May 26) -71.4% 4th
Corpus Christi, TX 3 (Feb 26) -71.4% 5th
Lincoln, NE 1 (May 26) -50.1% 6th
Plano, TX 0 (May 26) -50.0% 7th
Buffalo, NY 8 (May 26) -41.7% 8th
Stockton, CA 9 (May 26) -40.4% 9th
Lexington, KY 5 (May 26) -37.1% 10th
Greensboro, NC 10 (Oct 25) -34.7% 11th
Newark, NJ 8 (May 26) -25.1% 12th
Saint Paul, MN 5 (May 26) -23.9% 13th
Cincinnati, OH 17 (May 26) -15.6% 14th
Urban Honolulu, HI 2 (May 26) -11.0% 15th
Durham, NC 10 (May 26) -8.8% 16th
Fort Wayne, IN 11 (May 26) -6.0% 17th
Cleveland, OH 28 (Mar 26) -1.0% 18th
Jersey City, NJ 3 (May 26) +0.0% 19th
Madison, WI 2 (May 26) +0.0% 20th
St. Louis, MO 51 (May 26) +3.0% 21st
Anaheim, CA 3 (May 26) +11.1% 22nd
Chula Vista, CA 2 (May 26) +20.1% 23rd
Riverside, CA 3 (May 26) +22.3% 24th
Pittsburgh, PA 12 (May 26) +37.0% 25th
Chandler, AZ 1 (May 26) +99.7% 26th
Gilbert, AZ 3 (May 26) +899.1% 27th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Glendale, AZ down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Saint Paul, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 36% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 81% 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: vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 271 in May 2026, down from 424 a year earlier.
271 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Plano, TX 68 (May 26) -44.1% 1st
Riverside, CA 271 (May 26) -36.1% 2nd
Stockton, CA 366 (May 26) -30.7% 3rd
Cincinnati, OH 663 (May 26) -28.2% 4th
North Las Vegas, NV 479 (Apr 26) -27.5% 5th
Henderson, NV 233 (May 26) -27.2% 6th
Newark, NJ 610 (May 26) -27.0% 7th
Reno, NV 264 (Mar 26) -23.7% 8th
Chula Vista, CA 206 (May 26) -23.2% 9th
Fort Wayne, IN 168 (May 26) -22.9% 10th
Durham, NC 473 (May 26) -22.2% 11th
Lincoln, NE 209 (May 26) -21.7% 12th
Cleveland, OH 927 (Mar 26) -20.3% 13th
Chandler, AZ 72 (May 26) -20.2% 14th
Buffalo, NY 410 (May 26) -17.9% 15th
Irvine, CA 51 (May 26) -17.6% 16th
Corpus Christi, TX 295 (Feb 26) -17.5% 17th
Anaheim, CA 252 (May 26) -16.3% 18th
Greensboro, NC 482 (Oct 25) -14.8% 19th
Urban Honolulu, HI 237 (May 26) -11.7% 20th
Gilbert, AZ 52 (May 26) -10.7% 21st
Pittsburgh, PA 384 (May 26) -7.1% 22nd
St. Louis, MO 1,172 (May 26) -6.8% 23rd
Madison, WI 109 (May 26) -5.8% 24th
Saint Paul, MN 424 (May 26) -1.1% 25th
Jersey City, NJ 279 (May 26) +2.3% 26th
Lexington, KY 272 (May 26) +3.0% 27th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Aurora, CO down about 45% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 21% a year · 2021-2026
  • San Francisco, CA down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Denver, CO down about 36% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% 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 32% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $69,045 to $91,045 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,563). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; 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 ($56,089 to $91,045).
$91,045
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%
Newark, NJ $52,060 28th +48% 1st 35% below peers
Stockton, CA $79,907 15th +46% 2nd on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA $93,999 9th +42% 3rd 18% above peers
Orlando, FL $72,336 19th +40% 4th 9% below peers
Durham, NC $81,619 13th +39% 5th 3% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $97,710 7th +38% 6th 23% above peers
Reno, NV $80,760 14th +37% 7th 2% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $65,742 23rd +35% 8th 17% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 29th +34% 9th 37% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 16th +33% 10th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 5th +33% 11th 36% above peers
Anaheim, CA $95,227 8th +33% 12th 20% above peers
Cleveland, OH $40,801 30th +32% 13th 49% below peers
Riverside, CA $91,045 10th +32% 14th 14% above peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 4th +30% 15th 36% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $52,909 27th +30% 16th 33% below peers
Irvine, CA $136,719 1st +30% 17th 72% above peers
St. Louis, MO $56,160 26th +28% 18th 29% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $73,394 18th +27% 19th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR $28,562 31st +27% 20th 64% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $122,551 2nd +27% 21st 54% above peers
Greensboro, NC $61,515 24th +26% 22nd 23% below peers
Lincoln, NE $71,867 20th +24% 23rd 10% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 25th +24% 24th 23% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $103,284 6th +22% 25th 30% above peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 11th +22% 26th 13% above peers
Lexington, KY $69,479 21st +21% 27th 13% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $86,504 12th +21% 28th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $67,394 22nd +20% 29th 15% below peers
Madison, WI $78,050 17th +19% 30th 2% below peers
Plano, TX $112,253 3rd +17% 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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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10 of 70 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have 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

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 83% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,764 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 71% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in May 2026, down from 4.4% a year earlier.
4.2%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
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
Cincinnati, OH 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -1.7pp 1st 25% below peers
Cleveland, OH 3.8% (May 26) 12th -1.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Newark, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 29th -1.2pp 3rd 57% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.9pp 4th on par with peers
Stockton, CA 6.1% (May 26) 28th -0.6pp 5th 52% above peers
St. Louis, MO 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Greensboro, NC 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 8th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 4.2% (May 26) 21st -0.2pp 9th 5% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 3.4% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 10th 15% below peers
Irvine, CA 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 11th 12% below peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.2pp 12th 12% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 13th 12% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.2% (May 26) 22nd -0.2pp 14th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 15th 35% below peers
Reno, NV 4.1% (May 26) 19th -0.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Madison, WI 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 17th 38% below peers
Durham, NC 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 18th 20% below peers
Henderson, NV 5.3% (May 26) 25th +0.0pp 19th 32% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.7% (May 26) 27th +0.0pp 20th 43% above peers
Plano, TX 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Lexington, KY 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 4.2% (May 26) 23rd +0.3pp 23rd 5% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 24th 7% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.6% (May 26) 10th +0.4pp 25th 10% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.2% (May 26) 24th +0.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.0% (May 26) 18th +0.7pp 27th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 5.3% (May 26) 26th +0.8pp 28th 32% above peers
Orlando, FL 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.9pp 29th 2% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.3% to 11.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 15 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.1% to 11.7%).
11.7%
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%
Santa Ana, CA 10.7% 8th -4.8pp 1st 26% below peers
Durham, NC 11.3% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 22% below peers
Irvine, CA 10.3% 7th -2.6pp 3rd 28% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.2% 18th -3.2pp 4th 6% above peers
Anaheim, CA 12.3% 14th -2.3pp 5th 14% below peers
Orlando, FL 14.5% 17th -2.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Newark, NJ 22.6% 27th -3.7pp 7th 57% above peers
Stockton, CA 15.3% 19th -2.3pp 8th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 25.3% 29th -3.8pp 9th 76% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.7% 11th -1.6pp 10th 19% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.0% 12th -1.6pp 11th 16% below peers
Lexington, KY 14.4% 16th -1.8pp 12th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.7% 4th -0.9pp 13th 39% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 15.5% 20th -1.5pp 14th 8% above peers
Greensboro, NC 16.1% 23rd -1.5pp 15th 12% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 37.8% 31st -2.8pp 16th 163% above peers
Reno, NV 12.4% 15th -0.9pp 17th 14% below peers
Cleveland, OH 29.7% 30th -2.0pp 18th 107% above peers
Lincoln, NE 12.2% 13th -0.7pp 19th 15% below peers
St. Louis, MO 20.0% 26th -1.2pp 20th 39% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 24.5% 28th -0.8pp 21st 70% above peers
Madison, WI 15.7% 21st -0.4pp 22nd 9% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 18.5% 25th -0.5pp 23rd 29% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.2% 1st -0.1pp 24th 64% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 5th -0.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Plano, TX 6.7% 2nd -0.0pp 26th 53% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 15.7% 22nd +0.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 3rd +0.3pp 28th 45% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 24th +1.0pp 29th 17% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 11.6% 10th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Henderson, NV 8.9% 6th +1.0pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Irvine, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% 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
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Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.9% to 14.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 14 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; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 10.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.5% to 14.8%).
14.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Santa Ana, CA 14.6% 10th -8.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Durham, NC 16.6% 16th -7.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 15.3% 14th -6.9pp 3rd 8% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 15th -5.2pp 4th 7% below peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 28th -10.4pp 5th 114% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 22.0% 20th -5.6pp 6th 33% above peers
Riverside, CA 14.8% 11th -3.2pp 7th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 10.8% 7th -2.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Newark, NJ 31.2% 27th -6.6pp 9th 88% above peers
Orlando, FL 20.6% 18th -3.8pp 10th 24% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 19th -3.3pp 11th 26% above peers
Lexington, KY 17.9% 17th -2.6pp 12th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 29.7% 25th -4.2pp 13th 79% above peers
Greensboro, NC 23.5% 22nd -3.2pp 14th 42% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 5th -1.2pp 15th 40% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.0% 1st -0.4pp 16th 70% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 22.9% 21st -1.9pp 17th 38% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 36.2% 29th -2.7pp 18th 119% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 30th -3.3pp 19th 171% above peers
Plano, TX 7.9% 2nd -0.5pp 20th 52% below peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 13th -0.8pp 21st 10% below peers
Lincoln, NE 13.6% 8th -0.6pp 22nd 18% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.6% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 254% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 23rd -0.3pp 24th 44% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 4th +0.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 25.0% 24th +2.0pp 26th 50% above peers
Irvine, CA 8.6% 3rd +0.7pp 27th 48% below peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 6th +1.1pp 28th 36% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 30.8% 26th +3.7pp 29th 86% above peers
Madison, WI 13.9% 9th +2.1pp 30th 16% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 14.9% 12th +2.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Santa Ana, CA down 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% 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
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.8% to 94.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; 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 9.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.9% to 94.4%).
94.4%
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%
San Juan zona urbana, PR 75.7% 31st +18.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Greensboro, NC 91.0% 20th +17.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 86.5% 29th +16.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Cleveland, OH 84.8% 30th +16.1pp 4th 8% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 27th +13.7pp 5th 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 86.9% 28th +12.5pp 6th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 91.8% 17th +12.5pp 7th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 89.3% 26th +9.6pp 8th 3% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 90.6% 22nd +8.8pp 9th 2% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 10th +8.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 92.2% 16th +7.9pp 11th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 89.6% 24th +7.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 21st +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 92.6% 14th +6.8pp 14th on par with peers
Durham, NC 93.7% 9th +6.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 94.4% 8th +6.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 93.2% 11th +6.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 91.8% 18th +6.2pp 18th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 89.3% 25th +5.9pp 19th 3% below peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 23rd +5.8pp 20th 3% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 5th +6.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Lexington, KY 92.6% 15th +5.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 6th +5.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lincoln, NE 92.9% 13th +5.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 94.6% 7th +4.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA 93.1% 12th +3.7pp 26th 1% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 4th +3.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Madison, WI 91.5% 19th +2.8pp 28th 1% below peers
Plano, TX 96.7% 2nd +2.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA 95.8% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 97.0% 1st +1.1pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bakersfield, CA up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 61% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC up 6.7pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 62% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ up 6.4pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 67% 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 (0.43 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 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
Stockton, CA 0.44 8th -0.031 1st 5% below peers
Irvine, CA 0.46 13th -0.011 2nd on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 0.51 27th -0.010 3rd 10% above peers
Orlando, FL 0.49 21st -0.008 4th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 0.42 4th -0.007 5th 9% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 0.61 31st -0.009 6th 32% above peers
Newark, NJ 0.50 24th -0.007 7th 7% above peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 25th -0.007 8th 9% above peers
Greensboro, NC 0.49 22nd -0.005 9th 6% above peers
Cleveland, OH 0.51 28th -0.005 10th 10% above peers
Durham, NC 0.46 14th -0.003 11th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 0.40 3rd -0.001 12th 13% below peers
St. Louis, MO 0.50 26th -0.001 13th 9% above peers
Plano, TX 0.45 10th -0.001 14th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 5th -0.001 15th 9% below peers
Lexington, KY 0.49 23rd -0.001 16th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 0.48 19th -0.000 17th 4% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 9th +0.001 18th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 0.52 29th +0.001 19th 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 0.43 7th +0.001 20th 7% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 0.54 30th +0.003 21st 17% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 6th +0.003 22nd 8% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 0.46 15th +0.003 23rd on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 0.45 12th +0.003 24th 3% below peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 16th +0.006 25th on par with peers
Madison, WI 0.47 17th +0.007 26th 1% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 2nd +0.008 27th 13% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 18th +0.011 28th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 0.48 20th +0.011 29th 5% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 0.39 1st +0.013 30th 15% below peers
Anaheim, CA 0.45 11th +0.015 31st 4% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (10.6% then, 11.1% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.2% to 11.1%).
11.1%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Santa Ana, CA 11.3% 14th -4.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Durham, NC 9.3% 10th -2.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.4% 15th -2.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lexington, KY 8.5% 6th -1.9pp 4th 30% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 14.0% 18th -2.9pp 5th 14% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.0% 20th -2.9pp 6th 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.4% 1st -0.6pp 7th 72% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.0% 25th -3.3pp 8th 47% above peers
Orlando, FL 15.0% 19th -2.3pp 9th 23% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 18.3% 26th -2.6pp 10th 50% above peers
Newark, NJ 23.7% 28th -3.3pp 11th 93% above peers
Buffalo, NY 29.9% 29th -3.9pp 12th 145% above peers
Cleveland, OH 31.5% 30th -3.1pp 13th 157% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.1% 21st -1.2pp 14th 23% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 16.5% 22nd -0.7pp 15th 35% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.3% 4th -0.2pp 16th 57% below peers
Lincoln, NE 8.9% 8th -0.0pp 17th 27% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 7th +0.1pp 18th 28% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 23rd +0.3pp 19th 37% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 27th +0.8pp 20th 70% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.1% 13th +0.5pp 21st 9% below peers
Reno, NV 12.2% 16th +0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 10.8% 12th +1.0pp 23rd 12% below peers
Greensboro, NC 17.4% 24th +1.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Madison, WI 9.2% 9th +1.0pp 25th 24% below peers
Plano, TX 3.4% 2nd +0.5pp 26th 72% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 34.6% 31st +5.9pp 27th 183% above peers
Henderson, NV 7.7% 5th +1.4pp 28th 37% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.6% 11th +2.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Anaheim, CA 14.0% 17th +2.7pp 30th 14% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.9% 3rd +2.3pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Falling recently
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Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $648,360 in June 2026, down from $651,644 a year earlier.
$648,360
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Anchorage municipality, AK $424,577 (Jun 26) 16th +4.6% 1st 2% below peers
Buffalo, NY $251,203 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 2nd 42% below peers
Lincoln, NE $297,539 (Jun 26) 20th +3.4% 3rd 32% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $250,668 (Jun 26) 24th +2.6% 4th 42% below peers
Madison, WI $435,430 (Jun 26) 14th +2.1% 5th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA $871,417 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.9% 6th 100% above peers
Anaheim, CA $954,662 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.5% 7th 119% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $254,955 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.1% 8th 41% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $858,250 (Jun 26) 4th +1.0% 9th 97% above peers
Greensboro, NC $266,364 (Jun 26) 21st +0.4% 10th 39% below peers
Reno, NV $576,913 (Jun 26) 8th +0.3% 11th 32% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $226,792 (Jun 26) 26th -0.3% 12th 48% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $849,516 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 13th 95% above peers
Riverside, CA $648,360 (Jun 26) 7th -0.5% 14th 49% above peers
St. Louis, MO $186,876 (Jun 26) 27th -0.6% 15th 57% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $246,117 (Jun 26) 25th -0.7% 16th 43% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $572,453 (Jun 26) 9th -0.8% 17th 31% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $665,140 (Jun 26) 6th -1.3% 18th 53% above peers
Newark, NJ $486,845 (Jun 26) 12th -1.8% 19th 12% above peers
Chandler, AZ $521,563 (Jun 26) 10th -1.8% 20th 20% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $408,280 (Jun 26) 17th -1.8% 21st 6% below peers
Irvine, CA $1,538,073 (Jun 26) 1st -1.9% 22nd 253% above peers
Cleveland, OH $121,435 (Jun 26) 28th -2.0% 23rd 72% below peers
Orlando, FL $375,175 (Jun 26) 19th -2.4% 24th 14% below peers
Henderson, NV $486,533 (Jun 26) 13th -2.6% 25th 12% above peers
Durham, NC $400,564 (Jun 26) 18th -3.2% 26th 8% below peers
Stockton, CA $431,217 (Jun 26) 15th -3.3% 27th 1% below peers
Plano, TX $504,391 (Jun 26) 11th -5.1% 28th 16% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $544,639 in June 2026, down from $544,675 a year earlier.
$544,639
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Anchorage municipality, AK $288,814 (Jun 26) 18th +7.4% 1st 15% below peers
Buffalo, NY $169,467 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.4% 2nd 50% below peers
Lincoln, NE $219,733 (Jun 26) 20th +4.0% 3rd 35% below peers
Cincinnati, OH $169,642 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.6% 4th 50% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $162,273 (Jun 26) 24th +2.2% 5th 52% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $607,664 (Jun 26) 4th +1.9% 6th 79% above peers
Anaheim, CA $768,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.3% 7th 126% above peers
Newark, NJ $386,067 (Jun 26) 11th +0.9% 8th 13% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $452,800 (Jun 26) 8th +0.7% 9th 33% above peers
Madison, WI $318,212 (Jun 26) 16th +0.6% 10th 6% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $131,713 (Jun 26) 26th +0.4% 11th 61% below peers
Greensboro, NC $172,928 (Jun 26) 21st +0.1% 12th 49% below peers
Riverside, CA $544,639 (Jun 26) 5th -0.0% 13th 60% above peers
Reno, NV $398,729 (Jun 26) 10th -0.4% 14th 17% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $145,549 (Jun 26) 25th -0.6% 15th 57% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $651,215 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.8% 16th 91% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $464,048 (Jun 26) 6th -1.3% 17th 36% above peers
Irvine, CA $1,044,470 (Jun 26) 1st -1.4% 18th 207% above peers
Gilbert, AZ $455,244 (Jun 26) 7th -1.4% 19th 34% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $337,697 (Jun 26) 15th -1.7% 20th 1% below peers
Cleveland, OH $74,389 (Jun 26) 28th -1.7% 21st 78% below peers
Chandler, AZ $402,435 (Jun 26) 9th -2.6% 22nd 18% above peers
Durham, NC $290,926 (Jun 26) 17th -2.7% 23rd 14% below peers
Henderson, NV $359,980 (Jun 26) 13th -2.8% 24th 6% above peers
Stockton, CA $340,220 (Jun 26) 14th -3.1% 25th on par with peers
St. Louis, MO $77,981 (Jun 26) 27th -3.8% 26th 77% below peers
Orlando, FL $238,928 (Jun 26) 19th -4.1% 27th 30% below peers
Plano, TX $370,468 (Jun 26) 12th -5.2% 28th 9% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.0% to 56.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.5% to 56.8%).
56.8%
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%
Orlando, FL 39.5% 29th +4.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 53.9% 12th +5.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Newark, NJ 24.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 53% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 5th +5.5pp 4th 22% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 48.9% 19th +4.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 26th +2.3pp 6th 18% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 39.8% 28th +2.1pp 7th 24% below peers
Riverside, CA 56.8% 10th +2.8pp 8th 9% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 52.9% 14th +2.5pp 9th 1% above peers
Durham, NC 52.3% 16th +2.1pp 10th on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 63.9% 4th +2.6pp 11th 22% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 18th +1.9pp 12th 5% below peers
St. Louis, MO 45.3% 23rd +1.6pp 13th 13% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 2nd +2.0pp 14th 26% above peers
Anaheim, CA 46.2% 21st +1.4pp 15th 12% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 57.9% 8th +1.2pp 16th 11% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 7th +0.7pp 17th 14% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 47.7% 20th +0.5pp 18th 9% below peers
Greensboro, NC 50.5% 17th +0.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Cleveland, OH 41.7% 27th +0.2pp 20th 20% below peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 3rd +0.1pp 21st 24% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 6th -0.1pp 22nd 18% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 73.1% 1st -0.7pp 23rd 40% above peers
Lexington, KY 53.8% 13th -0.7pp 24th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 52.5% 15th -0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 56.1% 11th -0.9pp 26th 7% above peers
Madison, WI 46.0% 22nd -1.0pp 27th 12% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 44.6% 24th -1.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Plano, TX 56.9% 9th -2.2pp 29th 9% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 27.9% 30th -1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Irvine, CA 44.5% 25th -2.4pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 ±1.1pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,420 in June 2026, up from $2,386 a year earlier.
$2,420
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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%
Fort Wayne, IN $1,281 (Jun 26) 28th +6.2% 1st 31% below peers
Reno, NV $1,932 (Jun 26) 11th +6.0% 2nd 5% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $3,038 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.4% 3rd 65% above peers
St. Louis, MO $1,394 (Jun 26) 26th +4.8% 4th 24% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $1,710 (Jun 26) 17th +4.5% 5th 7% below peers
Cleveland, OH $1,430 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.2% 6th 23% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $1,593 (Jun 26) 20th +3.7% 7th 14% below peers
Cincinnati, OH $1,475 (Jun 26) 21st +2.8% 8th 20% below peers
Buffalo, NY $1,430 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 9th 23% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $3,182 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.8% 10th 72% above peers
Madison, WI $1,656 (Jun 26) 19th +2.5% 11th 10% below peers
Lincoln, NE $1,345 (Jun 26) 27th +2.5% 12th 27% below peers
Greensboro, NC $1,415 (Jun 26) 24th +2.2% 13th 23% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $2,785 (Jun 26) 5th +1.8% 14th 51% above peers
Irvine, CA $3,390 (Jun 26) 1st +1.5% 15th 84% above peers
Riverside, CA $2,420 (Jun 26) 7th +1.4% 16th 31% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $1,415 (Jun 26) 25th +1.3% 17th 23% below peers
Stockton, CA $1,989 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 18th 8% above peers
Anaheim, CA $2,674 (Jun 26) 6th +0.7% 19th 45% above peers
Durham, NC $1,700 (Jun 26) 18th +0.6% 20th 8% below peers
Newark, NJ $2,130 (Jun 26) 8th +0.5% 21st 15% above peers
Chandler, AZ $1,903 (Jun 26) 13th +0.5% 22nd 3% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $3,008 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 23rd 63% above peers
Henderson, NV $1,826 (Jun 26) 15th +0.2% 24th 1% below peers
Orlando, FL $1,904 (Jun 26) 12th +0.2% 25th 3% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $1,846 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 26th on par with peers
Gilbert, AZ $2,019 (Jun 26) 9th -0.7% 27th 9% above peers
Plano, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 16th -1.0% 28th 7% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.0% then, 42.5% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.6% to 42.5%).
42.5%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Ana, CA 42.6% 26th -4.5pp 1st 15% above peers
St. Louis, MO 34.2% 10th -3.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Newark, NJ 53.8% 31st -4.6pp 3rd 46% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 36.6% 15th -2.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.0% 22nd -2.2pp 5th 11% above peers
Durham, NC 31.9% 7th -1.6pp 6th 13% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.1% 6th -0.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 18th -0.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 41.7% 23rd -0.8pp 9th 13% above peers
Irvine, CA 42.5% 24th -0.4pp 10th 15% above peers
Anaheim, CA 47.3% 30th -0.3pp 11th 28% above peers
Cleveland, OH 40.7% 21st +0.2pp 12th 10% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 43.6% 27th +0.4pp 13th 18% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.9% 19th +0.4pp 14th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% 9th +0.4pp 15th 9% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 28th +1.0pp 16th 22% above peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 2nd +0.7pp 17th 26% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 25.3% 1st +0.6pp 18th 31% below peers
Riverside, CA 42.5% 25th +1.5pp 19th 15% above peers
Madison, WI 36.4% 14th +1.4pp 20th 1% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 35.7% 13th +1.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 46.0% 29th +2.0pp 22nd 25% above peers
Lexington, KY 32.1% 8th +1.6pp 23rd 13% below peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 17th +1.8pp 24th on par with peers
Greensboro, NC 36.9% 16th +2.0pp 25th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 30.3% 4th +1.9pp 26th 18% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 20th +2.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 35.1% 12th +2.6pp 28th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 3rd +2.2pp 29th 25% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 11th +3.6pp 30th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 30.5% 5th +3.4pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.7% to 4.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; 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: no vehicle fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 4.5%).
4.5%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Stockton, CA 7.2% 14th -2.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.5% 5th -1.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 29th -5.3pp 3rd 213% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 20.4% 26th -4.8pp 4th 183% above peers
Durham, NC 7.2% 16th -1.4pp 5th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 17.1% 24th -2.8pp 6th 136% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.6% 27th -2.7pp 7th 185% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 2nd -0.4pp 8th 54% below peers
Newark, NJ 34.3% 30th -4.1pp 9th 375% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 15th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 20th -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Orlando, FL 7.4% 17th -0.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 7.0% 13th -0.5pp 13th 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.5% 25th -1.2pp 14th 156% above peers
Cleveland, OH 22.1% 28th -1.0pp 15th 205% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 7th -0.2pp 16th 28% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 5.8% 10th -0.2pp 17th 19% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 6th -0.1pp 18th 37% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 13.0% 22nd -0.3pp 19th 81% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.6% 23rd +0.0pp 20th 130% above peers
Anaheim, CA 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 40.3% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 458% above peers
Madison, WI 12.2% 21st +0.8pp 23rd 69% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.2% 19th +0.6pp 24th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 4th +0.3pp 25th 41% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.0% 11th +0.5pp 26th 17% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.3% 8th +0.5pp 27th 27% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.7% 12th +0.8pp 28th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 3.7% 3rd +0.5pp 29th 48% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 18th +1.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 2.3% 1st +0.6pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.3% then, 8.9% now; margin ±0.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 10.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.6% to 8.9%).
8.9%
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
Jersey City, NJ 8.5% 18th -2.8pp 1st 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 12.1% 27th -3.4pp 2nd 46% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.3% 16th -1.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 9.9% 23rd -2.1pp 4th 19% above peers
Lincoln, NE 6.2% 7th -1.3pp 5th 25% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.2% 6th -1.1pp 6th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 10.7% 26th -1.8pp 7th 28% above peers
St. Louis, MO 9.2% 20th -1.5pp 8th 11% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 9.4% 22nd -1.4pp 9th 13% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.0% 2nd -0.6pp 10th 52% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 8.4% 17th -1.1pp 11th 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 3rd -0.5pp 12th 51% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 9th -0.7pp 13th 21% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.4% 1st -0.4pp 14th 59% below peers
Orlando, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 15th 65% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.8% 5th -0.4pp 16th 43% below peers
Riverside, CA 8.9% 19th -0.5pp 17th 6% above peers
Plano, TX 10.6% 25th -0.5pp 18th 28% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.1% 28th -0.1pp 19th 58% above peers
Stockton, CA 6.9% 12th +0.1pp 20th 17% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.6% 10th +0.1pp 21st 21% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 20% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.5% 30th +0.5pp 23rd 110% above peers
Cleveland, OH 8.0% 15th +0.4pp 24th 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.3% 21st +0.5pp 25th 12% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.1% 13th +0.4pp 26th 14% below peers
Madison, WI 4.2% 4th +0.3pp 27th 49% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.7% 14th +0.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Reno, NV 10.5% 24th +0.8pp 29th 26% above peers
Newark, NJ 19.2% 31st +2.4pp 30th 131% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.3% 8th +1.0pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Oakland, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

35.1%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Irvine, CA 20.3% 1st 40% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 24.4% 2nd 28% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 26.9% 3rd 20% below peers
Anaheim, CA 28.2% 4th 17% below peers
Plano, TX 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 29.1% 6th 14% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 29.8% 7th 12% below peers
Henderson, NV 30.1% 8th 11% below peers
Reno, NV 30.1% 9th 11% below peers
Chandler, AZ 30.2% 10th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 30.4% 11th 10% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 30.8% 12th 9% below peers
Madison, WI 32.1% 13th 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 33.2% 14th 2% below peers
Orlando, FL 33.6% 15th 1% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.8% 16th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 33.8% 17th on par with peers
Durham, NC 33.9% 18th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 34.5% 19th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 35.1% 20th 4% above peers
Newark, NJ 35.1% 21st 4% above peers
Greensboro, NC 35.1% 22nd 4% above peers
Stockton, CA 35.3% 23rd 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 35.5% 24th 5% above peers
St. Louis, MO 37.4% 25th 11% above peers
Buffalo, NY 38.4% 26th 14% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.4% 27th 17% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 28th 24% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 42.7% 29th 26% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 30th 33% 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 (3.6% then, 3.9% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.0% to 3.9%).
3.9%
20122024
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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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lexington, KY 3.0% 6th -1.3pp 1st 38% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 3.9% 12th -1.6pp 2nd 20% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 11th -1.4pp 3rd 23% below peers
Irvine, CA 2.2% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 54% below peers
Greensboro, NC 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 5th 28% below peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% 8th -0.8pp 6th 28% below peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 23rd -1.2pp 7th 41% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 20th -0.9pp 8th 10% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 8.1% 28th -1.1pp 9th 66% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 7.3% 25th -0.8pp 10th 51% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.2% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 54% below peers
St. Louis, MO 4.9% 16th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 26th -0.1pp 13th 61% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.4% 14th -0.0pp 14th 10% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 10th -0.0pp 15th 25% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 7th +0.2pp 16th 29% below peers
Riverside, CA 3.9% 13th +0.3pp 17th 20% below peers
Durham, NC 8.0% 27th +0.6pp 18th 64% above peers
Plano, TX 9.1% 29th +0.8pp 19th 87% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.1% 17th +0.4pp 20th 6% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 5.2% 19th +0.5pp 21st 7% above peers
Stockton, CA 2.9% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 40% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 22nd +1.0pp 23rd 33% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 5.1% 18th +0.8pp 24th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 1st +0.3pp 25th 60% below peers
Madison, WI 2.8% 4th +0.5pp 26th 43% below peers
Orlando, FL 9.7% 30th +2.1pp 27th 99% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 24th +1.7pp 28th 50% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 5.8% 21st +1.4pp 29th 20% above peers
Newark, NJ 11.3% 31st +3.2pp 30th 133% above peers
Cleveland, OH 4.4% 15th +1.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 0.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.6pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.0% to 25.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 27 of the 29 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; 27 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.1% to 25.7%).
25.7%
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 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Newark, NJ 19.7% 28th +4.5pp 1st 52% below peers
Cleveland, OH 22.4% 26th +4.9pp 2nd 45% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 18.3% 30th +3.3pp 3rd 56% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 22nd +4.2pp 4th 28% below peers
Durham, NC 57.3% 4th +7.7pp 5th 39% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 54.8% 5th +7.2pp 6th 33% above peers
St. Louis, MO 41.1% 15th +4.8pp 7th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 33.2% 20th +3.8pp 8th 19% below peers
Buffalo, NY 31.2% 21st +3.5pp 9th 24% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 12th +4.7pp 10th 2% above peers
Henderson, NV 37.4% 18th +4.0pp 11th 9% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 18.9% 29th +2.0pp 12th 54% below peers
Riverside, CA 25.7% 24th +2.7pp 13th 37% below peers
Orlando, FL 42.5% 11th +4.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 41.5% 14th +4.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Lexington, KY 48.3% 7th +4.6pp 16th 17% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 24.4% 25th +2.3pp 17th 41% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 49.1% 6th +4.5pp 18th 19% above peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 19th +3.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Stockton, CA 20.0% 27th +1.7pp 20th 51% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 48.2% 8th +3.8pp 21st 17% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 43.8% 10th +3.0pp 22nd 6% above peers
Greensboro, NC 41.0% 16th +2.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 38.6% 17th +2.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Chandler, AZ 47.8% 9th +3.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Plano, TX 60.5% 2nd +3.3pp 26th 47% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.8% 13th +2.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 29.0% 23rd +1.2pp 28th 30% below peers
Madison, WI 59.9% 3rd +2.0pp 29th 46% above peers
Irvine, CA 70.6% 1st +1.8pp 30th 72% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Newark, NJ up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cleveland, OH up 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.2% then, 41.1% now; margin ±6.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.5% to 41.0%).
41.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Corpus Christi, TX 47.8% 12th +8.0pp 1st 7% above peers
Anaheim, CA 51.3% 8th +7.1pp 2nd 14% above peers
Riverside, CA 41.0% 21st +4.8pp 3rd 8% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 9th +4.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 18th +3.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Madison, WI 51.4% 7th +2.1pp 6th 15% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 23rd +1.1pp 7th 11% below peers
St. Louis, MO 53.8% 6th +1.0pp 8th 20% above peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 15th +0.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 17th -0.1pp 10th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 47.6% 14th -0.2pp 11th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 50.9% 10th -0.4pp 12th 14% above peers
Plano, TX 47.7% 13th -2.1pp 13th 6% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 73.2% 1st -3.6pp 14th 63% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 36.2% 28th -1.8pp 15th 19% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 43.0% 19th -2.8pp 16th 4% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 34.2% 29th -2.4pp 17th 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 39.5% 25th -2.8pp 18th 12% below peers
Newark, NJ 67.5% 2nd -5.8pp 19th 51% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.4% 20th -3.9pp 20th 8% below peers
Orlando, FL 55.1% 5th -6.2pp 21st 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 50.1% 11th -6.6pp 22nd 12% above peers
Greensboro, NC 37.0% 26th -4.9pp 23rd 18% below peers
Lexington, KY 41.0% 22nd -7.3pp 24th 9% below peers
Durham, NC 39.8% 24th -7.2pp 25th 11% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 27th -7.2pp 26th 18% below peers
Irvine, CA 59.6% 3rd -12.5pp 27th 33% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 31st -6.6pp 28th 41% below peers
Cleveland, OH 33.7% 30th -8.7pp 29th 25% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.5% 4th -15.5pp 30th 31% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 44.8% 16th -14.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Corpus Christi, TX up 8.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • El Paso, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Aurora, CO up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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 (6.0% then, 6.3% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 6.3%).
6.3%
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
Orlando, FL 4.3% 7th -4.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 6th -3.9pp 2nd 36% below peers
St. Louis, MO 6.7% 15th -3.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Irvine, CA 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 4th 80% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 20th -2.3pp 5th 7% above peers
Durham, NC 4.5% 8th -1.2pp 6th 32% below peers
Greensboro, NC 5.1% 10th -1.3pp 7th 24% below peers
Newark, NJ 9.8% 25th -1.8pp 8th 47% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% 21st -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Madison, WI 2.2% 2nd -0.1pp 10th 67% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 12th -0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 7.9% 22nd -0.2pp 12th 19% above peers
Cleveland, OH 10.4% 28th -0.2pp 13th 55% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 9th -0.1pp 14th 26% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.4% 24th +0.1pp 15th 26% above peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 16th +0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% 4th +0.2pp 17th 44% below peers
Riverside, CA 6.3% 11th +0.3pp 18th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 10.1% 27th +1.0pp 19th 51% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.2% 5th +0.5pp 20th 37% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 12.1% 29th +1.5pp 21st 81% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.8% 18th +0.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 6.5% 14th +1.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 3rd +0.7pp 24th 48% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 25th 97% above peers
Anaheim, CA 8.2% 23rd +2.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.7% 17th +1.9pp 27th on par with peers
Plano, TX 7.1% 19th +2.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 26th +3.1pp 29th 49% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.5% 13th +2.1pp 30th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 31st +5.0pp 31st 111% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 326,414 to 319,069 - more than the combined survey margin (±119). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (313,041 to 319,069).
319,069
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 26th +15% 1st 9% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 280,262 24th +15% 2nd 8% below peers
Irvine, CA 311,690 12th +14% 3rd 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 319,758 7th +14% 4th 5% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 294,078 19th +12% 5th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 25th +11% 6th 8% below peers
Reno, NV 273,212 30th +11% 7th 10% below peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 4th +11% 8th 9% above peers
Newark, NJ 310,178 14th +10% 9th 2% above peers
Madison, WI 278,001 27th +9% 10th 9% below peers
Durham, NC 291,467 20th +8% 11th 4% below peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 28th +8% 12th 9% below peers
Stockton, CA 322,326 6th +4% 13th 6% above peers
Lincoln, NE 294,856 18th +4% 14th 3% below peers
Greensboro, NC 301,198 17th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 311,224 13th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 29th +3% 17th 9% below peers
Plano, TX 290,594 21st +1% 18th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 31st +1% 19th 12% below peers
Lexington, KY 323,725 5th +1% 20th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 307,284 15th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 304,759 16th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 345,482 2nd -1% 23rd 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 288,976 22nd -2% 24th 5% below peers
Anaheim, CA 344,521 3rd -2% 25th 13% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 317,995 9th -2% 26th 4% above peers
Riverside, CA 319,069 8th -2% 27th 5% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 317,419 10th -3% 28th 4% above peers
Cleveland, OH 366,097 1st -5% 29th 20% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 312,534 11th -6% 30th 3% above peers
St. Louis, MO 288,512 23rd -6% 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±87 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 0.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.8% to 23.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). 19 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; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.6% to 23.1%).
23.1%
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 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Orlando, FL 21.4% 18th +0.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.8% 4th +0.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Lexington, KY 21.0% 20th +0.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Greensboro, NC 21.7% 16th -0.1pp 4th on par with peers
Madison, WI 16.1% 29th -0.2pp 5th 26% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 13th -0.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Irvine, CA 21.7% 17th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 22nd -0.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Lincoln, NE 21.9% 15th -0.7pp 9th 1% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 14.6% 31st -0.5pp 10th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 23.1% 10th -0.8pp 11th 6% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 5th -0.8pp 12th 13% above peers
Stockton, CA 26.7% 2nd -1.0pp 13th 23% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 6th -1.0pp 14th 12% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.5% 28th -0.7pp 15th 24% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 23.5% 7th -1.0pp 16th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.9pp 17th 9% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 23.4% 9th -1.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Cleveland, OH 21.0% 19th -1.1pp 19th 3% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.3% 27th -1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 20.7% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 23.5% 8th -1.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 28.1% 1st -1.8pp 23rd 30% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 25th -1.4pp 24th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 20.9% 21st -1.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Durham, NC 20.1% 24th -1.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Anaheim, CA 22.2% 14th -1.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 12th -2.4pp 28th 5% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 3rd -3.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 22.9% 11th -4.0pp 30th 5% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -2.9pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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 ±0.6pp 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 (30.6% then, 30.1% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.4% to 30.1%).
30.1%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 25th +5.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Irvine, CA 17.7% 31st +3.2pp 2nd 52% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 19.9% 29th +3.5pp 3rd 46% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 27.7% 26th +3.9pp 4th 25% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.6% 19th +4.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Madison, WI 31.3% 20th +3.5pp 6th 16% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 24th +2.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 22nd +2.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.2% 9th +3.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 13th +2.6pp 10th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 68.2% 2nd +3.3pp 11th 84% above peers
Plano, TX 19.4% 30th +0.7pp 12th 47% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.5% 23rd +0.9pp 13th 20% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 39.6% 11th +1.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Lincoln, NE 26.7% 27th +0.8pp 15th 28% below peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 1st +1.9pp 16th 94% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 10th +0.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 37.0% 16th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 15th +0.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Newark, NJ 58.1% 3rd -0.2pp 20th 57% above peers
Riverside, CA 30.1% 21st -0.6pp 21st 19% below peers
Greensboro, NC 42.9% 7th -1.1pp 22nd 16% above peers
Lexington, KY 31.7% 17th -1.2pp 23rd 14% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 42.6% 8th -2.1pp 24th 15% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 5th -3.6pp 25th 41% above peers
St. Louis, MO 52.2% 6th -4.0pp 26th 41% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 56.2% 4th -6.5pp 27th 52% above peers
Orlando, FL 38.9% 12th -5.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 28th -3.3pp 29th 36% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 31.6% 18th -4.9pp 30th 15% below peers
Durham, NC 37.4% 14th -5.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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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10 of 70 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Rising
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Working parents rose 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.5% to 67.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.5pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.7% to 67.2%).
67.2%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Gilbert, AZ 70.7% 11th +15.2pp 1st 4% above peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 20th +7.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 13th +8.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Irvine, CA 61.7% 28th +6.5pp 4th 10% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 68.2% 16th +6.0pp 5th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 67.2% 19th +5.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 10th +5.5pp 7th 5% above peers
Anaheim, CA 68.2% 17th +4.6pp 8th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 65.3% 22nd +4.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 18th +4.2pp 10th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 63.5% 25th +3.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 59.9% 31st +3.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 68.5% 15th +3.2pp 13th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 62.8% 26th +2.4pp 14th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 65.5% 21st +1.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 72.3% 7th +1.5pp 16th 6% above peers
Lexington, KY 74.2% 5th +1.1pp 17th 9% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Durham, NC 74.5% 4th -0.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Madison, WI 75.9% 1st -0.7pp 20th 11% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 69.1% 14th -0.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 69.6% 12th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 60.9% 30th -0.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 8th -1.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Orlando, FL 71.5% 9th -1.8pp 25th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 73.5% 6th -1.9pp 26th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 74.5% 3rd -2.2pp 27th 9% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 29th -3.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 64.9% 23rd -6.9pp 29th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 64.5% 24th -7.3pp 30th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 27th -8.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 70 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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10 of 70 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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