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62,226 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where San Clemente, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Household income
Median household income
$140,062
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$110,434 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.0%
Jul 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
4.5% a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
92.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
0.9%
2020-24
▼ 84%
relative change
5.4% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
3.2%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.6%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
4.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.8%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.0%
2019-23
▲ 14%
relative change
3.5% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.1%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
3.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.9%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
2.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
53.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
50.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
58.7%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
53.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
66.5%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
68.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where San Clemente, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.49
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.47 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.5%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
41.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,426
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$3,246 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,743,951
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$1,660,094 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$1,201,516
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$1,145,863 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
63,273
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
64,878 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
15.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
15.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
20.8%
2020-24
low
vs peers
21.4% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $110,434 to $140,062 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$13,053).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. San Clemente started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 53% from 2014 to 2024 ($91,749 to $140,062).
Bright spot $140,062
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%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 6th +48% 1st 46% above peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 20th +44% 2nd 13% below peers
Lakewood, WA $74,720 18th +44% 3rd 5% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 7th +40% 4th 43% above peers
Utica, NY $52,484 30th +39% 5th 34% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 19th +38% 6th 6% below peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 26th +38% 7th 23% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 16th +33% 8th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 9th 44% below peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 28th +32% 10th 28% below peers
Woodland, CA $90,180 12th +30% 11th 14% above peers
Stonecrest, GA $64,591 23rd +30% 12th 18% below peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 10th +28% 13th 40% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $59,648 27th +28% 14th 24% below peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 1st +27% 15th 77% above peers
Taunton, MA $79,283 14th +26% 16th on par with peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $128,802 3rd +26% 17th 63% above peers
Wellington, FL $115,632 5th +25% 18th 46% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 21st +25% 19th 14% below peers
Spring Hill, TN $112,013 8th +23% 20th 42% above peers
Corvallis, OR $65,012 22nd +23% 21st 18% below peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 17th +23% 22nd 3% below peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 9th +22% 23rd 40% above peers
Taylor, MI $61,081 25th +22% 24th 23% below peers
Little Elm, TX $119,219 4th +21% 25th 51% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $64,578 24th +21% 26th 18% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 13th +17% 27th 13% above peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 15th +17% 28th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 2nd +17% 29th 65% above peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 11th +16% 30th 16% above peers
Bossier City, LA $55,819 29th +11% 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$10,984 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in July 2026, down from 4.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.0%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Vineland, NJ 7.2% (Jul 26) 27th -2.0pp 1st 60% above peers
Porterville, CA 12.8% (Jul 26) 30th -1.2pp 2nd 184% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Burlington, NC 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.7pp 4th 7% below peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 5th 11% below peers
Woodland, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th -0.5pp 6th 31% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 7th 11% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 8th 20% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 18th -0.4pp 9th 22% above peers
Corvallis, OR 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Hanford, CA 8.1% (Jul 26) 28th -0.3pp 12th 80% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 13th 24% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.8% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 14th 38% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 15th 16% below peers
Bentonville, AR 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 16th 33% below peers
Springfield, OR 5.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 17th 22% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th +0.1pp 18th 4% below peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 19th 22% below peers
Taunton, MA 5.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.1pp 20th 27% above peers
Little Elm, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Taylor, MI 5.8% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.3pp 22nd 29% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.4pp 23rd 9% below peers
Utica, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 21st +0.4pp 24th 27% above peers
Lakewood, WA 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th +0.5pp 25th 31% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th +0.6pp 26th 33% above peers
Pontiac, MI 10.6% (Jul 26) 29th +0.6pp 27th 136% above peers
Jupiter, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.6pp 28th 7% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 29th 7% above peers
Bristol, CT 5.8% (Jul 26) 23rd +1.4pp 30th 29% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 5.8%).
Bright spot 5.8%
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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Porterville, CA 17.3% 26th -10.2pp 1st 33% above peers
Bentonville, AR 5.2% 4th -2.4pp 2nd 60% below peers
Woodland, CA 8.2% 9th -3.0pp 3rd 36% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.9% 20th -4.4pp 4th 15% above peers
Pontiac, MI 24.4% 30th -6.4pp 5th 88% above peers
Lakewood, WA 13.2% 17th -3.4pp 6th 2% above peers
Burlington, NC 16.4% 22nd -4.0pp 7th 26% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 17.0% 25th -3.9pp 8th 31% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 2nd -0.8pp 9th 65% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.6% 15th -1.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Taunton, MA 13.0% 16th -1.2pp 11th on par with peers
White Plains, NY 11.2% 14th -1.1pp 12th 14% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.4% 23rd -1.1pp 13th 27% above peers
Utica, NY 27.5% 31st -1.9pp 14th 112% above peers
Corvallis, OR 24.3% 29th -1.3pp 15th 88% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.5% 18th -0.7pp 16th 12% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.0% 7th -0.2pp 17th 46% below peers
Bossier City, LA 20.8% 28th +1.1pp 18th 60% above peers
Bristol, CT 10.7% 13th +0.6pp 19th 17% below peers
Vineland, NJ 14.6% 19th +0.9pp 20th 13% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 16.7% 24th +1.2pp 21st 29% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 6th +0.5pp 22nd 55% below peers
Wellington, FL 7.8% 8th +0.7pp 23rd 40% below peers
Taylor, MI 18.4% 27th +1.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Jupiter, FL 9.5% 11th +1.4pp 25th 27% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 15.1% 21st +2.2pp 26th 16% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.3% 12th +3.1pp 27th 21% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.3% 1st +1.5pp 28th 67% below peers
Little Elm, TX 9.0% 10th +3.9pp 29th 31% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.7% 5th +2.5pp 30th 56% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 5.0% 3rd +2.7pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.6% then, 3.2% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 3.2%).
Bright spot 3.2%
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%
Woodland, CA 7.6% 7th -7.9pp 1st 55% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 23rd -14.7pp 2nd 21% above peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 14th -10.0pp 3rd 16% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 3rd -3.5pp 4th 70% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 25th -13.0pp 5th 32% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 8th -5.1pp 6th 43% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 6th -2.5pp 7th 62% below peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 20th -6.1pp 8th 9% above peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 30th -7.5pp 9th 111% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 22nd -3.7pp 10th 18% above peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 11th 134% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 19th -2.1pp 12th 8% above peers
Taunton, MA 20.4% 24th -2.2pp 13th 21% above peers
Corvallis, OR 16.8% 16th -1.8pp 14th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 15th 81% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 23.3% 27th -1.7pp 16th 39% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 19.4% 21st -0.9pp 17th 15% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 9th -0.4pp 18th 40% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 10th +0.6pp 19th 37% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 17th +1.2pp 20th 2% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 18th +1.3pp 21st 7% above peers
Taylor, MI 33.2% 28th +3.6pp 22nd 98% above peers
Bossier City, LA 34.2% 29th +4.5pp 23rd 103% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 15th +2.5pp 24th 3% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.4% 26th +5.6pp 25th 33% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 11th +2.9pp 26th 36% below peers
Wellington, FL 11.9% 13th +3.8pp 27th 29% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 3.7% 2nd +1.7pp 28th 78% below peers
Little Elm, TX 11.4% 12th +5.6pp 29th 32% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 4th +2.8pp 30th 67% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 6.2% 5th +3.8pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 92.9% to 95.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. San Clemente started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 4.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (90.5% to 95.1%).
Bright spot 95.1%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bossier City, LA 85.2% 30th +21.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 4th +24.4pp 2nd 5% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 89.2% 24th +21.9pp 3rd 3% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 25th +12.6pp 4th 4% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 29th +12.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 28th +11.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Taylor, MI 88.5% 27th +11.3pp 7th 4% below peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 19th +11.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 23rd +10.5pp 9th 3% below peers
Taunton, MA 90.7% 21st +10.0pp 10th 2% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 13th +9.6pp 11th 1% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 91.5% 18th +9.3pp 12th 1% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 85.0% 31st +8.6pp 13th 8% below peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 14th +7.7pp 14th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 17th +7.3pp 15th on par with peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 16th +7.0pp 16th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 11th +6.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 9th +6.1pp 18th 3% above peers
Woodland, CA 90.8% 20th +5.6pp 19th 1% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 22nd +5.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 26th +4.9pp 21st 4% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 6th +5.0pp 22nd 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 10th +4.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 12th +3.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 98.9% 1st +3.6pp 25th 7% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 7th +2.7pp 26th 4% above peers
Little Elm, TX 98.3% 3rd +2.7pp 27th 7% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 98.4% 2nd +2.4pp 28th 7% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 8th +2.2pp 29th 3% above peers
Corvallis, OR 92.3% 15th +1.6pp 30th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 96.2% 5th +1.6pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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
Loading tract map…
4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.47 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.49).
Needs attention 0.49
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Porterville, CA 0.42 8th -0.061 1st 6% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 24th -0.035 2nd 6% above peers
Burlington, NC 0.45 19th -0.030 3rd 2% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 7th -0.025 4th 8% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 15th -0.023 5th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 28th -0.020 6th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 22nd -0.017 7th 4% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 5th -0.013 8th 10% below peers
Woodland, CA 0.42 9th -0.013 9th 5% below peers
Taunton, MA 0.43 10th -0.014 10th 3% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 0.46 21st -0.014 11th 3% above peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 14th -0.012 12th 1% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 18th -0.011 13th 2% above peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 29th -0.009 14th 15% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 17th -0.005 15th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 11th -0.004 16th 3% below peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 31st -0.002 17th 17% above peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 3rd +0.003 18th 13% below peers
Wellington, FL 0.45 20th +0.005 19th 3% above peers
Corvallis, OR 0.51 30th +0.009 20th 16% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 0.43 12th +0.012 21st 3% below peers
Bossier City, LA 0.46 23rd +0.014 22nd 5% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 27th +0.015 23rd 10% above peers
Taylor, MI 0.43 13th +0.017 24th 2% below peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 26th +0.019 25th 7% above peers
Little Elm, TX 0.37 2nd +0.018 26th 17% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 25th +0.024 27th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 6th +0.022 28th 9% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 0.44 16th +0.028 29th on par with peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 0.32 1st +0.022 30th 28% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.39 4th +0.050 31st 13% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (3.5% then, 4.0% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (2.2% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.5% 1st -1.8pp 1st 89% below peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 2nd -1.3pp 2nd 82% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.9% 8th -1.9pp 3rd 63% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 12.5% 15th -3.5pp 4th 5% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 10th -1.2pp 5th 59% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 5th -0.8pp 6th 70% below peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 22nd -2.8pp 7th 23% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 11th -0.8pp 8th 58% below peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 12th -0.7pp 9th 49% below peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 30th -3.0pp 10th 128% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 14th -1.2pp 11th 6% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 18.5% 26th -1.8pp 12th 40% above peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 19th -1.5pp 13th 15% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 24th -1.6pp 14th 31% above peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 29th -1.5pp 15th 103% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.6% 23rd -0.8pp 16th 26% above peers
Taylor, MI 17.9% 25th -0.9pp 17th 36% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 18th 133% above peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 20th -0.3pp 19th 17% above peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 21st -0.0pp 20th 17% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 28th +0.3pp 21st 102% above peers
Corvallis, OR 13.6% 17th +0.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Bossier City, LA 13.2% 16th +0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 4th +0.3pp 24th 75% below peers
Woodland, CA 14.0% 18th +1.4pp 25th 6% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 6th +0.5pp 26th 69% below peers
Little Elm, TX 5.1% 9th +0.7pp 27th 61% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 7th +0.8pp 28th 69% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 13th +2.1pp 29th 21% below peers
Taunton, MA 24.5% 27th +5.2pp 30th 86% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.9% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 78% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,743,951 in August 2026, up from $1,660,094 a year earlier.
Big move $1,743,951
2000August 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 $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Utica, NY $212,423 (Aug 26) 27th +7.0% 1st 48% below peers
White Plains, NY $808,180 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.8% 2nd 100% above peers
Bristol, CT $350,637 (Aug 26) 18th +5.8% 3rd 13% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,348,968 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.7% 4th 233% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,743,951 (Aug 26) 1st +5.1% 5th 331% above peers
Taunton, MA $521,740 (Aug 26) 9th +4.0% 6th 29% above peers
Bentonville, AR $492,753 (Aug 26) 13th +2.8% 7th 22% above peers
Hanford, CA $383,336 (Aug 26) 17th +2.7% 8th 5% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $502,326 (Aug 26) 12th +2.7% 9th 24% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $229,838 (Aug 26) 25th +2.5% 10th 43% below peers
Vineland, NJ $314,247 (Aug 26) 20th +2.3% 11th 22% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $311,297 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 12th 23% below peers
Jupiter, FL $704,677 (Aug 26) 4th +1.8% 13th 74% above peers
Wellington, FL $658,628 (Aug 26) 5th +1.7% 14th 63% above peers
Taylor, MI $180,018 (Aug 26) 28th +1.6% 15th 56% below peers
Pontiac, MI $139,885 (Aug 26) 29th +1.5% 16th 65% below peers
Bossier City, LA $229,529 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 17th 43% below peers
Burlington, NC $254,509 (Aug 26) 24th +1.2% 18th 37% below peers
Porterville, CA $330,293 (Aug 26) 19th +1.1% 19th 18% below peers
Springfield, OR $416,581 (Aug 26) 14th +1.0% 20th 3% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $552,914 (Aug 26) 7th +0.4% 21st 37% above peers
Lakewood, WA $515,727 (Aug 26) 11th +0.3% 22nd 27% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $279,713 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.3% 23rd 31% below peers
Corvallis, OR $560,117 (Aug 26) 6th +0.3% 24th 38% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $520,958 (Aug 26) 10th +0.2% 25th 29% above peers
Woodland, CA $551,676 (Aug 26) 8th -0.7% 26th 36% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $404,931 (Aug 26) 15th -1.3% 27th on par with peers
Winter Haven, FL $272,484 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.7% 28th 33% below peers
Little Elm, TX $393,657 (Aug 26) 16th -5.7% 29th 3% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,201,516 in August 2026, up from $1,145,863 a year earlier.
Big move $1,201,516
2000August 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 $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Santa Cruz, CA $956,795 (Aug 26) 2nd +7.1% 1st 200% above peers
White Plains, NY $460,903 (Aug 26) 3rd +6.9% 2nd 44% above peers
Utica, NY $150,018 (Aug 26) 26th +6.8% 3rd 53% below peers
Bristol, CT $271,159 (Aug 26) 17th +6.3% 4th 15% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,201,516 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 5th 276% above peers
Taunton, MA $408,647 (Aug 26) 8th +4.7% 6th 28% above peers
Vineland, NJ $249,567 (Aug 26) 19th +4.4% 7th 22% below peers
Taylor, MI $137,818 (Aug 26) 27th +3.6% 8th 57% below peers
Pontiac, MI $106,058 (Aug 26) 29th +3.2% 9th 67% below peers
Porterville, CA $263,368 (Aug 26) 18th +3.1% 10th 17% below peers
Bentonville, AR $348,303 (Aug 26) 12th +3.0% 11th 9% above peers
Burlington, NC $170,522 (Aug 26) 24th +2.9% 12th 47% below peers
Hanford, CA $297,783 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 13th 7% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $248,317 (Aug 26) 20th +2.2% 14th 22% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $157,756 (Aug 26) 25th +1.9% 15th 51% below peers
Bossier City, LA $124,503 (Aug 26) 28th +1.7% 16th 61% below peers
Jupiter, FL $431,982 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 17th 35% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $319,173 (Aug 26) 15th +1.0% 18th on par with peers
Spring Hill, TN $395,987 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 19th 24% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $202,090 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.8% 20th 37% below peers
Springfield, OR $342,563 (Aug 26) 13th +0.7% 21st 7% above peers
Lakewood, WA $403,686 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 22nd 26% above peers
Wellington, FL $453,911 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 23rd 42% above peers
Corvallis, OR $436,350 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 24th 37% above peers
Woodland, CA $456,617 (Aug 26) 4th -0.4% 25th 43% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $407,949 (Aug 26) 9th -1.4% 26th 28% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $191,731 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.2% 27th 40% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $227,351 (Aug 26) 21st -4.3% 28th 29% below peers
Little Elm, TX $320,336 (Aug 26) 14th -5.8% 29th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.0% then, 66.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.6% to 66.5%).
Bright spot 66.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Stonecrest, GA 56.2% 20th +11.6pp 1st 11% below peers
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 30th +6.1pp 2nd 26% below peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 29th +4.1pp 3rd 25% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 13th +5.4pp 4th 4% above peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 18th +5.0pp 5th 2% below peers
Woodland, CA 58.7% 19th +4.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 63.7% 15th +4.3pp 7th 1% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 4th +5.1pp 8th 23% above peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 3rd +4.5pp 9th 24% above peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 9th +4.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 22nd +2.7pp 11th 14% below peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 21st +2.4pp 12th 13% below peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 23rd +2.3pp 13th 15% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 5th +3.1pp 14th 21% above peers
Taylor, MI 66.7% 11th +2.6pp 15th 6% above peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 27th +1.7pp 16th 21% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 63.1% 16th +1.9pp 17th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 28th +1.4pp 18th 23% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 84.5% 1st +1.7pp 19th 34% above peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 14th +1.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Bossier City, LA 53.2% 24th +0.4pp 21st 16% below peers
Wellington, FL 75.8% 6th -0.3pp 22nd 20% above peers
Taunton, MA 62.1% 17th -0.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 25th -0.8pp 24th 19% below peers
Corvallis, OR 41.8% 31st -0.9pp 25th 34% below peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 12th -1.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 10th -2.4pp 27th 9% above peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 2nd -2.7pp 28th 25% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 73.4% 7th -2.8pp 29th 16% above peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 26th -3.8pp 30th 20% below peers
Little Elm, TX 70.1% 8th -6.4pp 31st 11% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,426 in August 2026, up from $3,246 a year earlier.
Big move $3,426
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Utica, NY $1,404 (Aug 26) 26th +7.2% 1st 20% below peers
Taunton, MA $2,096 (Aug 26) 9th +6.1% 2nd 20% above peers
White Plains, NY $3,262 (Aug 26) 4th +6.0% 3rd 87% above peers
Bristol, CT $1,709 (Aug 26) 18th +6.0% 4th 2% below peers
Bossier City, LA $1,515 (Aug 26) 24th +5.9% 5th 13% below peers
San Clemente, CA $3,426 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.5% 6th 96% above peers
Porterville, CA $1,431 (Aug 26) 25th +4.8% 7th 18% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,811 (Aug 26) 14th +4.6% 8th 4% above peers
Hanford, CA $2,003 (Aug 26) 11th +4.2% 9th 15% above peers
Wellington, FL $3,540 (Aug 26) 1st +3.7% 10th 103% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,532 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 11th 102% above peers
Jupiter, FL $3,066 (Aug 26) 5th +2.7% 12th 75% above peers
Woodland, CA $2,330 (Aug 26) 6th +2.7% 13th 33% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,613 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.6% 14th 8% below peers
Springfield, OR $1,687 (Aug 26) 20th +2.6% 15th 3% below peers
Burlington, NC $1,284 (Aug 26) 29th +2.3% 16th 27% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $2,248 (Aug 26) 8th +2.2% 17th 29% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $1,350 (Aug 26) 27th +2.2% 18th 23% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,713 (Aug 26) 17th +2.0% 19th 2% below peers
Bentonville, AR $1,656 (Aug 26) 21st +2.0% 20th 5% below peers
Little Elm, TX $2,307 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 21st 32% above peers
Corvallis, OR $1,718 (Aug 26) 16th +2.0% 22nd 2% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $1,698 (Aug 26) 19th +1.9% 23rd 3% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,748 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 24th on par with peers
Spring Hill, TN $2,019 (Aug 26) 10th +0.8% 25th 16% above peers
Taylor, MI $1,528 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.7% 26th 13% below peers
Pontiac, MI $1,319 (Aug 26) 28th -0.5% 27th 25% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,952 (Aug 26) 12th -1.2% 28th 12% above peers
Vineland, NJ 13th 11% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.5% then, 39.5% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.8% to 39.5%).
Needs attention 39.5%
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 Cruz, CA 40.3% 27th -7.0pp 1st 11% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 22nd -5.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 3rd 50% below peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 15th -3.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 26th -3.3pp 5th 9% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 42.1% 29th -2.6pp 6th 16% above peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 25th -2.0pp 7th 9% above peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 28th -1.9pp 8th 13% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 24th -1.7pp 9th 8% above peers
Taylor, MI 26.9% 6th -0.9pp 10th 26% below peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 19th -1.1pp 11th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 36.5% 18th -1.0pp 12th 1% above peers
Corvallis, OR 43.0% 31st +0.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 3rd +0.2pp 14th 38% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 2nd +0.2pp 15th 39% below peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 11th +0.6pp 16th 9% below peers
Wellington, FL 36.5% 17th +0.8pp 17th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 23rd +0.9pp 18th 8% above peers
Bossier City, LA 35.5% 12th +0.9pp 19th 2% below peers
Little Elm, TX 31.8% 9th +1.4pp 20th 12% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 27.9% 7th +1.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 10th +2.3pp 22nd 12% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 20th +2.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 30.0% 8th +2.5pp 24th 17% below peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 14th +3.1pp 25th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 13th +3.2pp 26th 2% below peers
Woodland, CA 38.5% 21st +3.6pp 27th 6% above peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 4th +2.3pp 28th 36% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 16th +3.7pp 29th on par with peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 25.5% 5th +4.7pp 30th 30% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.5% 30th +8.6pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 3.1% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 3.1%).
Bright spot 3.1%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Spring Hill, TN 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 1st 88% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.0% 12th -2.0pp 2nd 21% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 5th -0.9pp 3rd 59% below peers
Little Elm, TX 2.3% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 69% below peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 17th -1.1pp 5th 1% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 8.0% 21st -0.9pp 6th 6% above peers
Woodland, CA 7.0% 13th -0.7pp 7th 8% below peers
Taunton, MA 9.5% 26th -0.9pp 8th 25% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 9th -0.4pp 9th 49% below peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 29th -1.5pp 10th 106% above peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 23rd -0.8pp 11th 9% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.6% 16th -0.7pp 12th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 22nd -0.7pp 13th 8% above peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 14th -0.6pp 14th 6% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 6th -0.2pp 15th 59% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 11th -0.2pp 16th 22% below peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 31st -0.4pp 17th 189% above peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 25th -0.1pp 18th 17% above peers
Corvallis, OR 9.7% 27th +0.1pp 19th 28% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 30th +0.2pp 20th 126% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 20th +0.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Taylor, MI 7.5% 15th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 7th +0.3pp 23rd 58% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 8.6% 24th +1.1pp 24th 14% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 4th +0.5pp 25th 60% below peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 19th +1.9pp 26th 3% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 10th +1.0pp 27th 49% below peers
Wellington, FL 3.3% 8th +1.1pp 28th 56% below peers
Bossier City, LA 10.1% 28th +3.7pp 29th 34% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 18th +3.1pp 30th 1% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.6% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 3.6% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.8% to 3.6%).
Bright spot 3.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
White Plains, NY 5.9% 15th -3.7pp 1st 10% below peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 5th -2.1pp 2nd 42% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.6% 17th -2.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Woodland, CA 5.2% 9th -2.1pp 4th 20% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 6th -1.3pp 5th 41% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 12.4% 29th -3.2pp 6th 89% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 4th -0.9pp 7th 42% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 22nd -1.8pp 8th 36% above peers
Burlington, NC 11.3% 26th -2.1pp 9th 72% above peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 16th -1.0pp 10th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 11th 12% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 5.8% 14th -0.8pp 12th 11% below peers
Little Elm, TX 11.7% 27th -1.5pp 13th 78% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 2nd -0.4pp 14th 45% below peers
Corvallis, OR 5.2% 10th -0.6pp 15th 20% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 12.4% 30th -1.0pp 16th 90% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.3% 11th -0.3pp 17th 19% below peers
Springfield, OR 7.2% 18th -0.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.6% 21st +0.1pp 19th 32% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.5% 31st +0.2pp 20th 91% above peers
Vineland, NJ 9.6% 23rd +0.5pp 21st 47% above peers
Jupiter, FL 10.0% 24th +0.7pp 22nd 52% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.1% 25th +0.7pp 23rd 54% above peers
Bristol, CT 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 24th 30% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 1st +0.7pp 25th 55% below peers
Bossier City, LA 12.1% 28th +2.8pp 26th 84% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 5.5% 12th +1.4pp 27th 16% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 4.5% 7th +1.2pp 28th 32% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 19th +2.1pp 29th 14% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 20th +2.3pp 30th 21% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.7% 3rd +1.5pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

25.7%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 1st 30% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 2nd 24% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 3rd 21% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 4th 20% below peers
Wellington, FL 27.3% 5th 19% below peers
Corvallis, OR 27.5% 6th 19% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 7th 14% below peers
Woodland, CA 29.2% 8th 14% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 29.7% 9th 12% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 10th 10% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 11th 9% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 12th 7% below peers
Little Elm, TX 32.3% 13th 4% below peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 14th 4% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 32.9% 15th 3% below peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 16th on par with peers
Taunton, MA 34.6% 17th 2% above peers
Taylor, MI 35.6% 18th 5% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 19th 6% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 20th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 21st 9% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 22nd 11% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 23rd 12% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 24th 14% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 25th 16% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 39.7% 26th 17% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 27th 24% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 28th 25% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.8% 29th 27% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 43.2% 30th 28% above peers
Bossier City, LA 46.2% 31st 37% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.3% then, 1.9% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 1.9%).
Bright spot 1.9%
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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Stonecrest, GA 2.6% 8th -6.0pp 1st 39% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 2nd -2.2pp 2nd 74% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 4th -1.9pp 3rd 68% below peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 3rd -1.1pp 4th 71% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 19th -3.3pp 5th 10% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 6th 78% below peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 7th -0.8pp 7th 52% below peers
Woodland, CA 1.9% 5th -0.6pp 8th 55% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 21st -1.6pp 9th 20% above peers
Little Elm, TX 10.0% 30th -2.6pp 10th 137% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2.9% 9th -0.6pp 11th 30% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 6th -0.4pp 12th 54% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 7.7% 27th -0.3pp 13th 83% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 13th -0.0pp 14th 18% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 25th +0.5pp 15th 32% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.1% 11th +0.4pp 16th 27% below peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 26th +1.2pp 17th 46% above peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 16th +0.9pp 18th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 22nd +1.1pp 19th 24% above peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 14th +0.8pp 20th 14% below peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 24th +1.2pp 21st 30% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 20th +1.6pp 22nd 16% above peers
Taylor, MI 4.1% 15th +1.5pp 23rd 4% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 10th +1.2pp 24th 27% below peers
Wellington, FL 8.8% 29th +3.5pp 25th 110% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.3% 23rd +2.5pp 26th 25% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 18th +2.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.2% 17th +2.6pp 28th 1% above peers
Bossier City, LA 11.6% 31st +7.8pp 29th 175% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 28th +5.6pp 30th 90% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.1% 12th +2.9pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.9% then, 53.8% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.3% to 53.8%).
Bright spot 53.8%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Taylor, MI 16.4% 29th +4.8pp 1st 46% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 18th +7.9pp 2nd 2% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 21st +5.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 24th +4.6pp 4th 26% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 31st +3.0pp 5th 52% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 30th +2.9pp 6th 47% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 12th +6.5pp 7th 34% above peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 25th +3.4pp 8th 26% below peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 19th +4.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 17th +3.8pp 10th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 21.5% 27th +2.6pp 11th 29% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 22.0% 26th +2.4pp 12th 27% below peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 7th +5.7pp 13th 76% above peers
Woodland, CA 30.4% 16th +3.1pp 14th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 49.7% 10th +4.7pp 15th 64% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 4th +5.1pp 16th 82% above peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 5th +4.4pp 17th 78% above peers
Bossier City, LA 24.7% 20th +1.7pp 18th 19% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.3% 9th +3.5pp 19th 65% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 51.8% 8th +3.5pp 20th 70% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 3rd +3.8pp 21st 90% above peers
Taunton, MA 23.9% 22nd +1.4pp 22nd 21% below peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 6th +2.9pp 23rd 77% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 31.0% 15th +1.6pp 24th 2% above peers
Corvallis, OR 61.4% 2nd +2.3pp 25th 102% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 23rd +0.7pp 26th 24% below peers
Little Elm, TX 44.2% 11th +1.1pp 27th 46% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 1st +1.2pp 28th 114% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 14th +0.4pp 29th 15% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 13th +0.3pp 30th 29% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 28th -1.0pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (53.3% then, 58.7% now; margin ±20.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.0% to 58.7%).
Bright spot 58.7%
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 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 25th +13.5pp 1st 19% below peers
Little Elm, TX 46.4% 11th +15.2pp 2nd 11% above peers
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 3rd 85% above peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 15th +6.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 8th +6.6pp 5th 34% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 18th +4.0pp 6th 2% below peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 6th +5.5pp 7th 40% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 36.8% 22nd +1.4pp 8th 12% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 2nd +2.4pp 9th 74% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 14th +1.0pp 10th 4% above peers
Woodland, CA 51.1% 9th -0.2pp 11th 22% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 29th -0.3pp 12th 34% below peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 24th -1.0pp 13th 17% below peers
Taunton, MA 44.7% 13th -1.5pp 14th 6% above peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 23rd -2.7pp 15th 14% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 37.8% 21st -4.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Wellington, FL 58.2% 7th -9.2pp 17th 39% above peers
Taylor, MI 26.3% 30th -4.4pp 18th 37% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 28.1% 28th -4.9pp 19th 33% below peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 4th -11.2pp 20th 49% above peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 16th -8.3pp 21st on par with peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 3rd -12.8pp 22nd 50% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 46.2% 12th -10.3pp 23rd 10% above peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 27th -7.1pp 24th 26% below peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 5th -14.2pp 25th 48% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.4% 10th -12.4pp 26th 20% above peers
Corvallis, OR 40.8% 19th -10.4pp 27th 3% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 17th -15.0pp 28th 2% below peers
Bossier City, LA 31.9% 26th -19.8pp 29th 24% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 20th -25.1pp 30th 8% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±17.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.4% then, 0.9% now; margin ±4.6pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 0.9%).
Bright spot 0.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 1st -4.5pp 1st 88% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 5th -3.5pp 2nd 63% below peers
Burlington, NC 8.6% 22nd -9.9pp 3rd 23% above peers
Woodland, CA 6.0% 13th -4.2pp 4th 14% below peers
Wellington, FL 2.8% 6th -1.5pp 5th 61% below peers
Taunton, MA 1.9% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 73% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 15th -3.2pp 7th 2% below peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 14th -2.3pp 8th 9% below peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 7th -1.1pp 9th 54% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 31st -4.7pp 10th 183% above peers
Taylor, MI 9.7% 23rd -1.9pp 11th 38% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 8th -0.5pp 12th 54% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 9th -0.1pp 13th 52% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 7.3% 18th +0.2pp 14th 5% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 17th +0.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% 10th +0.5pp 16th 46% below peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 28th +2.5pp 17th 114% above peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 25th +2.0pp 18th 55% above peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 26th +3.9pp 19th 102% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 2nd +0.3pp 20th 86% below peers
Little Elm, TX 7.5% 21st +2.8pp 21st 8% above peers
Bossier City, LA 17.6% 30th +6.8pp 22nd 152% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.8% 12th +1.9pp 23rd 31% below peers
Corvallis, OR 2.1% 4th +0.9pp 24th 70% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 27th +6.4pp 25th 110% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 17.0% 29th +7.9pp 26th 143% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 24th +4.9pp 27th 49% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 11th +2.6pp 28th 33% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.0% 16th +4.6pp 29th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 20th +5.3pp 30th 6% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 19th +6.8pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.7pp 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
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64,878 to 63,273 - more than the combined survey margin (±134). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 77% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (64,673 to 63,273).
Big move 63,273
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
Saratoga Springs, UT 48,425 31st +66% 1st 21% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 55,765 28th +40% 2nd 9% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 55,200 29th +34% 3rd 10% below peers
Little Elm, TX 54,820 30th +19% 4th 11% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 27th +19% 5th 6% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 26th +18% 6th 5% below peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 24th +12% 7th 3% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 60,501 19th +12% 8th 2% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 21st +9% 9th 2% below peers
Utica, NY 64,217 1st +6% 10th 4% above peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 23rd +6% 11th 3% below peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 3rd +6% 12th 3% above peers
Taunton, MA 60,433 20th +6% 13th 2% below peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 5th +5% 14th 2% above peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 18th +4% 15th 1% below peers
Woodland, CA 61,854 12th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 9th +4% 17th 1% above peers
Corvallis, OR 59,960 22nd +3% 18th 2% below peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 25th +3% 19th 4% below peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 16th +2% 20th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 17th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Taylor, MI 62,081 10th +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 62,586 7th +0% 23rd 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 15th -1% 24th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 14th -1% 25th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 4th -2% 26th 3% above peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 2nd -2% 27th 3% above peers
Wellington, FL 62,146 8th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 11th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 13th -5% 30th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 62,901 6th -8% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.4% then, 20.8% now; margin ±1.6pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.4% to 20.8%).
Big move 20.8%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 8th +1.6pp 1st 11% above peers
Taylor, MI 22.9% 16th +1.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Corvallis, OR 14.1% 30th +0.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 14th +0.9pp 4th 3% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 9th +0.6pp 5th 11% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 29th +0.3pp 6th 26% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 4th +0.4pp 7th 25% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 21.4% 21st +0.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 25th -0.2pp 9th 12% below peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 27th -0.3pp 10th 19% below peers
Woodland, CA 23.6% 13th -0.4pp 11th 3% above peers
Bossier City, LA 23.7% 11th -0.5pp 12th 4% above peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 2nd -0.7pp 13th 34% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.2% 18th -0.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 7th -0.8pp 15th 20% above peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 24th -0.6pp 16th 9% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 22nd -0.9pp 17th 8% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 28th -0.8pp 18th 19% below peers
Taunton, MA 21.6% 20th -1.0pp 19th 5% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 6th -1.3pp 20th 20% above peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 23rd -1.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 15th -1.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 41.8% 1st -3.2pp 23rd 83% above peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 26th -1.6pp 24th 14% below peers
Little Elm, TX 28.0% 5th -2.7pp 25th 22% above peers
Wellington, FL 23.6% 12th -2.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 24.2% 10th -2.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 28.9% 3rd -3.1pp 28th 26% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 29th 51% below peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 19th -4.5pp 30th 3% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 17th -5.5pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±1.3pp 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
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.7% then, 15.1% now; margin ±5.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.8% to 15.1%).
Big move 15.1%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 23rd +12.0pp 1st 25% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 17.2% 28th +5.8pp 2nd 47% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 7.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 77% below peers
Little Elm, TX 29.2% 20th +8.1pp 4th 10% below peers
Woodland, CA 31.6% 17th +6.8pp 5th 3% below peers
Wellington, FL 22.8% 25th +4.3pp 6th 30% below peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 7th +7.9pp 7th 41% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 27th +2.7pp 8th 47% below peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 8th +5.5pp 9th 32% above peers
Taylor, MI 55.7% 2nd +6.4pp 10th 71% above peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 16th +3.4pp 11th on par with peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 26th +1.8pp 12th 40% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 18th +2.3pp 13th 7% below peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 14th 109% above peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 22nd +1.4pp 15th 14% below peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 11th +1.6pp 16th 15% above peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 14th +1.3pp 17th 9% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 40.6% 9th -0.0pp 18th 25% above peers
Taunton, MA 47.5% 4th -0.1pp 19th 46% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 12th -0.6pp 20th 11% above peers
Corvallis, OR 29.3% 19th -1.0pp 21st 10% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 30th -0.6pp 22nd 54% below peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 6th -4.4pp 23rd 42% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 5th -4.6pp 24th 43% above peers
Bossier City, LA 38.5% 10th -4.0pp 25th 18% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 24th -2.9pp 26th 29% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 21st -4.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 15th -6.8pp 28th 7% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 54.2% 3rd -11.7pp 29th 66% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 36.0% 13th -8.9pp 30th 11% above peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 29th -11.2pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.5% then, 71.4% now; margin ±14.6pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 19.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.0% to 71.4%).
71.4%
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
Winter Haven, FL 70.4% 16th +21.6pp 1st on par with peers
Corvallis, OR 65.5% 23rd +15.8pp 2nd 7% below peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 19th +15.2pp 3rd 3% below peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 13th +9.0pp 4th 2% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 5th +8.0pp 5th 9% above peers
Bossier City, LA 68.2% 20th +6.9pp 6th 3% below peers
Woodland, CA 67.1% 21st +6.2pp 7th 5% below peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 15th +5.9pp 8th 2% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 10th +5.5pp 9th 5% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 2nd +6.1pp 10th 16% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 4th +5.9pp 11th 15% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 6th +5.3pp 12th 7% above peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 8th +4.0pp 13th 5% above peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 11th +3.5pp 14th 4% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 15th 18% above peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 3rd +3.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Wellington, FL 64.0% 25th +2.1pp 17th 9% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 27th +0.7pp 18th 14% below peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 22nd -0.2pp 19th 6% below peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 17th -2.8pp 20th 2% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 72.1% 12th -3.7pp 21st 2% above peers
Taylor, MI 71.8% 14th -6.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 24th -5.9pp 23rd 8% below peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 29th -5.4pp 24th 20% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 7th -7.8pp 25th 6% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 73.6% 9th -8.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Taunton, MA 69.0% 18th -8.6pp 27th 2% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 36.7% 31st -5.2pp 28th 48% below peers
Little Elm, TX 63.5% 26th -9.9pp 29th 10% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 58.0% 28th -10.5pp 30th 18% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 30th -16.8pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±12.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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