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830,235 people (2024) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where San Francisco, 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
331 /100k
May 2026
▼ 39%
relative change
544 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$140,970
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$112,449 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,679 /100k
May 2026
▼ 22%
relative change
3,416 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.3%
May 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
3.8% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.3%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.1%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
87.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
60.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
58.1% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.0%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
10.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
73.2%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
74.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.0%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
2.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where San Francisco, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
9.7%
2019-23
▲ 106%
relative change
4.7% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.2%
2020-24
▲ 43%
relative change
1.5% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
11.0%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
10.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
35.6%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
33.9% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.52
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
0.51 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
38.2%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
37.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
4 /100k
May 2026
flat
relative change
4 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
30.2%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
30.9% 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 →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$4,401
Jun 2026
▲ 20%
relative change
$3,655 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,395,852
Jun 2026
▲ 9%
relative change
$1,274,992 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$913,649
Jun 2026
▲ 7%
relative change
$857,192 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
21.4%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
20.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
73.9%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
73.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
13.7%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
13.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest 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 13% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 468 in May 2026, down from 541 a year earlier.
468 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Washington, DC 183 (May 26) 2nd -39.8% 1st 61% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 681 (May 26) 13th -23.3% 2nd 45% above peers
San Jose, CA 457 (May 26) 7th -20.5% 3rd 2% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 342 (May 26) 4th -20.3% 4th 27% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 865 (May 26) 15th -19.6% 5th 85% above peers
Charlotte, NC 541 (May 26) 9th -16.9% 6th 15% above peers
Columbus, OH 364 (Apr 26) 5th -15.3% 7th 22% below peers
San Francisco, CA 468 (May 26) 8th -13.5% 8th on par with peers
El Paso, TX 273 (May 26) 3rd -13.4% 9th 42% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 635 (May 26) 11th -12.2% 10th 36% above peers
Denver, CO 837 (May 26) 14th -11.9% 11th 79% above peers
Austin, TX 406 (May 26) 6th -9.9% 12th 13% below peers
Boston, MA 572 (May 26) 10th -6.3% 13th 22% above peers
Seattle, WA 648 (May 26) 12th +0.1% 14th 38% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 7 (May 26) 1st +14.2% 15th 98% below peers
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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 →
  • Las Vegas, NV down about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fort Worth, TX down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Miami, FL down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,679 in May 2026, down from 3,416 a year earlier.
2,679 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 14 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Oklahoma City, OK 2,577 (May 26) 7th -28.9% 1st 4% below peers
Washington, DC 2,783 (May 26) 9th -24.0% 2nd 4% above peers
San Francisco, CA 2,679 (May 26) 8th -21.6% 3rd on par with peers
Fort Worth, TX 2,047 (May 26) 3rd -20.2% 4th 24% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 3,500 (May 26) 12th -18.9% 5th 31% above peers
El Paso, TX 1,220 (May 26) 1st -17.0% 6th 54% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 2,576 (May 26) 6th -15.6% 7th 4% below peers
Denver, CO 4,024 (May 26) 13th -11.9% 8th 50% above peers
Austin, TX 2,921 (May 26) 10th -11.4% 9th 9% above peers
Columbus, OH 2,488 (Apr 26) 5th -9.4% 10th 7% below peers
Charlotte, NC 3,261 (May 26) 11th -9.0% 11th 22% above peers
San Jose, CA 2,300 (May 26) 4th -8.9% 12th 14% below peers
Seattle, WA 4,568 (May 26) 14th -7.8% 13th 71% above peers
Boston, MA 1,911 (May 26) 2nd -3.5% 14th 29% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tucson, AZ down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oklahoma City, OK down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 4 in May 2026, unchanged from 4 a year earlier.
4 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 15 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 7 (May 26) 8th -50.0% 1st on par with peers
Washington, DC 14 (May 26) 14th -47.3% 2nd 107% above peers
Boston, MA 3 (May 26) 3rd -47.1% 3rd 60% below peers
Seattle, WA 4 (May 26) 4th -34.0% 4th 41% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 9 (May 26) 13th -30.6% 5th 41% above peers
Columbus, OH 8 (Apr 26) 11th -28.2% 6th 21% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 6 (May 26) 7th -23.2% 7th 6% below peers
Austin, TX 5 (May 26) 6th -18.5% 8th 24% below peers
El Paso, TX 3 (May 26) 2nd -18.0% 9th 60% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 14 (May 26) 15th -17.7% 10th 114% above peers
Denver, CO 7 (May 26) 9th -10.9% 11th on par with peers
Charlotte, NC 9 (May 26) 12th -1.1% 12th 32% above peers
San Francisco, CA 4 (May 26) 5th +0.0% 13th 38% below peers
San Jose, CA 2 (May 26) 1st +9.5% 14th 65% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 7 (May 26) 10th +14.2% 15th 8% above peers
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 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 85% 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 rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 331 in May 2026, down from 544 a year earlier.
331 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 14 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Washington, DC 397 (May 26) 7th -47.1% 1st 9% below peers
San Francisco, CA 331 (May 26) 5th -39.0% 2nd 24% below peers
Boston, MA 86 (May 26) 1st -38.6% 3rd 80% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 274 (May 26) 3rd -37.9% 4th 37% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 435 (May 26) 8th -37.6% 5th on par with peers
Denver, CO 667 (May 26) 13th -36.4% 6th 53% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 301 (May 26) 4th -35.0% 7th 31% below peers
El Paso, TX 201 (May 26) 2nd -31.5% 8th 54% below peers
Austin, TX 380 (May 26) 6th -26.8% 9th 13% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 491 (May 26) 10th -24.2% 10th 13% above peers
Charlotte, NC 500 (May 26) 11th -22.1% 11th 15% above peers
Seattle, WA 696 (May 26) 14th -15.9% 12th 60% above peers
San Jose, CA 488 (May 26) 9th -12.5% 13th 12% above peers
Columbus, OH 516 (Apr 26) 12th -7.7% 14th 19% above peers
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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 54% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 21% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oklahoma City, OK down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Denver, CO down about 36% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 19% 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 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $112,449 to $140,970 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,053). 14 of the 14 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; 14 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 80% from 2014 to 2024 ($78,378 to $140,970).
$140,970
20102024
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▸ Compare all 15 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%
Indianapolis, IN $66,219 13th +38% 1st 19% below peers
Denver, CO $94,718 6th +38% 2nd 15% above peers
Boston, MA $97,344 5th +37% 3rd 19% above peers
Seattle, WA $123,860 3rd +34% 4th 51% above peers
San Jose, CA $146,427 1st +34% 5th 78% above peers
Austin, TX $93,658 7th +31% 6th 14% above peers
Charlotte, NC $82,068 8th +31% 7th on par with peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN $77,371 10th +29% 8th 6% below peers
Fort Worth, TX $79,507 9th +28% 9th 3% below peers
Jacksonville, FL $69,872 11th +28% 10th 15% below peers
Washington, DC $109,870 4th +27% 11th 34% above peers
El Paso, TX $59,745 15th +26% 12th 27% below peers
San Francisco, CA $140,970 2nd +25% 13th 72% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK $68,656 12th +24% 14th 16% below peers
Columbus, OH $66,082 14th +23% 15th 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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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85 of 244 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 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 ±$2,593 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 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 92% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.3% in May 2026, down from 3.8% a year earlier.
3.3%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 14 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
Columbus, OH 2.8% (May 26) 1st -1.6pp 1st 32% below peers
San Francisco, CA 3.3% (May 26) 2nd -0.5pp 2nd 20% below peers
San Jose, CA 3.5% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 3rd 15% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 3.3% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 4th 20% below peers
Boston, MA 4.1% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 5th on par with peers
Denver, CO 3.8% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 6th 7% below peers
Charlotte, NC 3.6% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 7th 12% below peers
Washington, DC 6.0% (May 26) 14th +0.2pp 8th 46% above peers
El Paso, TX 4.2% (May 26) 10th +0.2pp 9th 2% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 4.1% (May 26) 9th +0.3pp 10th on par with peers
Austin, TX 3.4% (May 26) 4th +0.3pp 11th 17% below peers
Seattle, WA 4.5% (May 26) 12th +0.7pp 12th 10% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 4.7% (May 26) 13th +0.9pp 13th 15% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 4.2% (May 26) 11th +1.3pp 14th 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty rose 0.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.2% to 11.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. None of the 14 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.1% to 11.0%).
11.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 15 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%
Denver, CO 11.1% 4th -1.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Boston, MA 15.5% 13th -2.2pp 2nd 13% above peers
Indianapolis, IN 15.5% 12th -2.1pp 3rd 13% above peers
Seattle, WA 9.6% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 30% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 12.9% 7th -1.4pp 5th 6% below peers
Austin, TX 11.7% 6th -1.2pp 6th 14% below peers
Charlotte, NC 11.5% 5th -1.2pp 7th 16% below peers
Columbus, OH 17.7% 14th -1.3pp 8th 29% above peers
San Jose, CA 8.0% 1st -0.6pp 9th 41% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 13.7% 8th -0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Oklahoma City, OK 14.9% 11th -0.9pp 11th 9% above peers
Washington, DC 14.8% 10th -0.6pp 12th 8% above peers
El Paso, TX 18.2% 15th -0.7pp 13th 33% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 14.2% 9th -0.3pp 14th 4% above peers
San Francisco, CA 11.0% 3rd +0.8pp 15th 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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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85 of 244 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 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 · Age · 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 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 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.0% then, 9.0% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.8% to 9.0%).
9.0%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 15 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%
Boston, MA 21.1% 10th -6.6pp 1st 8% above peers
Indianapolis, IN 22.4% 12th -4.4pp 2nd 14% above peers
Austin, TX 15.1% 4th -2.8pp 3rd 23% below peers
Seattle, WA 9.3% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 52% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 20.4% 9th -3.4pp 5th 4% above peers
San Jose, CA 8.2% 1st -1.2pp 6th 58% below peers
Denver, CO 16.0% 5th -2.2pp 7th 18% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 17.7% 7th -2.3pp 8th 10% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 21.4% 11th -2.8pp 9th 9% above peers
Columbus, OH 26.0% 15th -3.3pp 10th 33% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 19.6% 8th -2.4pp 11th on par with peers
El Paso, TX 24.4% 14th -2.7pp 12th 24% above peers
Charlotte, NC 16.8% 6th -1.7pp 13th 14% below peers
San Francisco, CA 9.0% 2nd -0.9pp 14th 54% below peers
Washington, DC 22.8% 13th -1.2pp 15th 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 →
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Anchorage municipality, AK down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 72% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 71% 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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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.8% to 93.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp). 14 of the 14 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; 14 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 8.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.9% to 93.1%).
93.1%
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 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Indianapolis, IN 91.9% 12th +12.6pp 1st 1% below peers
El Paso, TX 89.4% 15th +10.6pp 2nd 3% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 92.1% 10th +9.0pp 3rd 1% below peers
Washington, DC 91.3% 13th +8.5pp 4th 1% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 92.3% 9th +8.0pp 5th on par with peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 92.7% 8th +7.6pp 6th on par with peers
Columbus, OH 93.6% 5th +7.6pp 7th 1% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 91.0% 14th +7.1pp 8th 2% below peers
Boston, MA 92.1% 11th +6.5pp 9th 1% below peers
Austin, TX 93.8% 3rd +6.2pp 10th 1% above peers
Charlotte, NC 93.7% 4th +6.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Denver, CO 93.0% 7th +6.1pp 12th on par with peers
San Francisco, CA 93.1% 6th +5.3pp 13th on par with peers
San Jose, CA 95.5% 1st +4.1pp 14th 3% above peers
Seattle, WA 94.5% 2nd +3.9pp 15th 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 →
  • 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
  • Riverside, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.51 to 0.52 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). 3 of the 14 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.52).
0.52
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
Indianapolis, IN 0.47 5th -0.018 1st 3% below peers
Washington, DC 0.52 13th -0.010 2nd 7% above peers
Boston, MA 0.53 15th -0.008 3rd 10% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 0.45 2nd -0.005 4th 6% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 0.47 6th -0.004 5th 3% below peers
Denver, CO 0.49 11th -0.000 6th 2% above peers
Austin, TX 0.49 9th +0.002 7th 1% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 0.47 4th +0.002 8th 3% below peers
Columbus, OH 0.45 1st +0.003 9th 7% below peers
Seattle, WA 0.49 10th +0.004 10th 2% above peers
Charlotte, NC 0.50 12th +0.004 11th 4% above peers
San Francisco, CA 0.52 14th +0.012 12th 8% above peers
El Paso, TX 0.48 7th +0.011 13th 1% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 0.48 8th +0.011 14th on par with peers
San Jose, CA 0.46 3rd +0.012 15th 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 4.7% to 9.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp). 1 of the 14 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 5.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.6% to 9.7%).
9.7%
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
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 8.7% 5th -3.5pp 1st 29% below peers
Austin, TX 6.2% 1st -1.9pp 2nd 50% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 12.4% 9th -2.5pp 3rd 1% above peers
Columbus, OH 12.8% 10th -2.5pp 4th 4% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 14.6% 13th -2.2pp 5th 18% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 12.3% 8th -1.8pp 6th on par with peers
Charlotte, NC 9.8% 7th -1.4pp 7th 20% below peers
Seattle, WA 7.5% 2nd -1.0pp 8th 39% below peers
Denver, CO 8.3% 4th -0.7pp 9th 33% below peers
Washington, DC 13.2% 11th -0.6pp 10th 8% above peers
El Paso, TX 19.1% 15th -0.7pp 11th 56% above peers
Boston, MA 18.6% 14th +0.2pp 12th 52% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 13.7% 12th +0.5pp 13th 11% above peers
San Jose, CA 7.8% 3rd +1.3pp 14th 37% below peers
San Francisco, CA 9.7% 6th +5.0pp 15th 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 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 →
  • Irving, TX down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Austin, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 9% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,395,852 in June 2026, up from $1,274,992 a year earlier.
$1,395,852
2000June 2026
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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%
San Francisco, CA $1,395,852 (Jun 26) 2nd +9.5% 1st 175% above peers
El Paso, TX $237,834 (Jun 26) 12th +1.7% 2nd 53% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK $209,490 (Jun 26) 13th -0.3% 3rd 59% below peers
Columbus, OH $251,291 (Jun 26) 11th -0.9% 4th 50% below peers
Charlotte, NC $399,434 (Jun 26) 8th -1.1% 5th 21% below peers
Boston, MA $788,881 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 6th 55% above peers
San Jose, CA $1,413,804 (Jun 26) 1st -1.8% 7th 179% above peers
Jacksonville, FL $287,871 (Jun 26) 10th -1.8% 8th 43% below peers
Fort Worth, TX $300,035 (Jun 26) 9th -2.2% 9th 41% below peers
Seattle, WA $856,052 (Jun 26) 3rd -2.2% 10th 69% above peers
Washington, DC $579,159 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 11th 14% above peers
Denver, CO $538,992 (Jun 26) 6th -3.4% 12th 6% above peers
Austin, TX $507,622 (Jun 26) 7th -5.0% 13th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 7% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $913,649 in June 2026, up from $857,192 a year earlier.
$913,649
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%
San Francisco, CA $913,649 (Jun 26) 2nd +6.6% 1st 171% above peers
El Paso, TX $183,250 (Jun 26) 10th +2.6% 2nd 46% below peers
Boston, MA $561,002 (Jun 26) 4th +0.4% 3rd 66% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK $127,849 (Jun 26) 13th -0.4% 4th 62% below peers
Columbus, OH $168,661 (Jun 26) 12th -0.9% 5th 50% below peers
Charlotte, NC $291,086 (Jun 26) 8th -1.2% 6th 14% below peers
Fort Worth, TX $211,166 (Jun 26) 9th -2.2% 7th 37% below peers
Seattle, WA $564,373 (Jun 26) 3rd -2.4% 8th 67% above peers
Jacksonville, FL $178,651 (Jun 26) 11th -2.9% 9th 47% below peers
San Jose, CA $928,894 (Jun 26) 1st -3.0% 10th 175% above peers
Washington, DC $342,193 (Jun 26) 6th -3.9% 11th 1% above peers
Denver, CO $360,685 (Jun 26) 5th -4.5% 12th 7% above peers
Austin, TX $337,472 (Jun 26) 7th -5.9% 13th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.6% then, 38.2% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.6% to 38.2%).
38.2%
20112024
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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%
Indianapolis, IN 56.0% 5th +2.9pp 1st 10% above peers
El Paso, TX 60.8% 1st +1.9pp 2nd 19% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 57.6% 3rd +1.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
Boston, MA 35.7% 15th +0.7pp 4th 30% below peers
San Francisco, CA 38.2% 14th +0.6pp 5th 25% below peers
Washington, DC 41.5% 13th -0.1pp 6th 19% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 58.5% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 15% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 57.0% 4th -0.4pp 8th 12% above peers
Columbus, OH 44.1% 10th -0.6pp 9th 13% below peers
San Jose, CA 55.8% 6th -1.0pp 10th 9% above peers
Denver, CO 48.8% 9th -1.1pp 11th 4% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 52.4% 7th -1.5pp 12th 3% above peers
Charlotte, NC 51.0% 8th -1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Austin, TX 43.5% 12th -1.7pp 14th 15% below peers
Seattle, WA 43.7% 11th -2.0pp 15th 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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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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
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Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
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Rent rose about 20% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $4,401 in June 2026, up from $3,655 a year earlier.
$4,401
2015June 2026
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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%
San Francisco, CA $4,401 (Jun 26) 1st +20.4% 1st 152% above peers
San Jose, CA $3,479 (Jun 26) 2nd +5.3% 2nd 99% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK $1,298 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 3rd 26% below peers
Boston, MA $3,469 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.9% 4th 99% above peers
El Paso, TX $1,521 (Jun 26) 11th +2.6% 5th 13% below peers
Columbus, OH $1,456 (Jun 26) 12th +1.1% 6th 17% below peers
Jacksonville, FL $1,600 (Jun 26) 10th +1.0% 7th 8% below peers
Seattle, WA $2,224 (Jun 26) 5th +0.4% 8th 27% above peers
Fort Worth, TX $1,635 (Jun 26) 8th +0.3% 9th 6% below peers
Charlotte, NC $1,746 (Jun 26) 7th +0.2% 10th on par with peers
Washington, DC $2,532 (Jun 26) 4th -0.9% 11th 45% above peers
Denver, CO $1,877 (Jun 26) 6th -1.4% 12th 8% above peers
Austin, TX $1,615 (Jun 26) 9th -2.0% 13th 8% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.9% to 35.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 14 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.1% to 35.6%).
35.6%
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
Indianapolis, IN 32.9% 2nd -1.8pp 1st 9% below peers
San Jose, CA 37.5% 12th -1.0pp 2nd 4% above peers
Seattle, WA 34.5% 3rd -0.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
Boston, MA 42.5% 15th -0.4pp 4th 18% above peers
Washington, DC 36.1% 8th -0.2pp 5th on par with peers
Denver, CO 36.1% 9th +0.7pp 6th on par with peers
Austin, TX 37.2% 11th +1.0pp 7th 3% above peers
Columbus, OH 34.9% 4th +1.6pp 8th 3% below peers
San Francisco, CA 35.6% 6th +1.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Charlotte, NC 34.9% 5th +1.9pp 10th 3% below peers
El Paso, TX 36.0% 7th +2.2pp 11th on par with peers
Oklahoma City, OK 31.5% 1st +2.4pp 12th 13% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 37.7% 13th +3.1pp 13th 4% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 36.9% 10th +3.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 37.8% 14th +4.4pp 15th 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 →
  • St. Louis, MO down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.9% then, 30.2% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.4% to 30.2%).
30.2%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Indianapolis, IN 8.4% 9th -0.9pp 1st 15% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 7.3% 8th -0.6pp 2nd on par with peers
El Paso, TX 7.1% 7th -0.4pp 3rd 3% below peers
Columbus, OH 8.5% 10th -0.4pp 4th 16% above peers
Boston, MA 33.2% 14th -1.0pp 5th 355% above peers
San Francisco, CA 30.2% 13th -0.7pp 6th 313% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 6.7% 5th -0.0pp 7th 9% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 5.5% 1st -0.0pp 8th 25% below peers
Charlotte, NC 6.4% 3rd +0.0pp 9th 12% below peers
Washington, DC 36.0% 15th +0.1pp 10th 393% above peers
Denver, CO 10.3% 11th +0.5pp 11th 41% above peers
Seattle, WA 19.0% 12th +1.2pp 12th 160% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 6.5% 4th +0.4pp 13th 11% below peers
Austin, TX 7.1% 6th +0.9pp 14th 3% below peers
San Jose, CA 6.1% 2nd +0.9pp 15th 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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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 →
  • Buffalo, NY down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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Uninsured fell 0.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.6% to 3.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.2pp). 6 of the 14 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; 9 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.9% to 3.3%).
3.3%
20122024
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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
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.6pp 1st 72% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 8.7% 6th -1.6pp 2nd 15% below peers
San Francisco, CA 3.3% 2nd -0.4pp 3rd 68% below peers
Austin, TX 12.3% 10th -1.2pp 4th 20% above peers
San Jose, CA 4.8% 5th -0.4pp 5th 53% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 10.9% 9th -0.8pp 6th 7% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 13.5% 13th -0.8pp 7th 32% above peers
Denver, CO 8.9% 7th -0.3pp 8th 13% below peers
Washington, DC 3.6% 3rd -0.0pp 9th 65% below peers
Seattle, WA 4.2% 4th +0.0pp 10th 60% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 18.4% 14th +0.2pp 11th 79% above peers
Charlotte, NC 12.8% 12th +0.3pp 12th 25% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 12.7% 11th +0.7pp 13th 24% above peers
El Paso, TX 20.1% 15th +1.5pp 14th 96% above peers
Columbus, OH 10.2% 8th +1.3pp 15th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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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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 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.2pp 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 about half the peer median.

18.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
San Francisco, CA 18.2% 1st 43% below peers
Denver, CO 23.2% 2nd 27% below peers
San Jose, CA 23.2% 3rd 27% below peers
Seattle, WA 23.4% 4th 26% below peers
Washington, DC 25.5% 5th 20% below peers
Boston, MA 27.3% 6th 14% below peers
Austin, TX 29.2% 7th 8% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 31.8% 8th on par with peers
Jacksonville, FL 33.7% 9th 6% above peers
Charlotte, NC 34.3% 10th 8% above peers
Columbus, OH 38.4% 11th 21% above peers
Indianapolis, IN 39.5% 12th 24% above peers
El Paso, TX 39.5% 13th 24% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 39.7% 14th 25% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 39.8% 15th 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 0.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.5% to 2.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 of the 14 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.4% to 2.2%).
2.2%
20122024
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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
San Jose, CA 1.8% 1st -0.3pp 1st 74% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 5.2% 6th -0.9pp 2nd 23% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 7.0% 9th +0.2pp 3rd 4% above peers
Austin, TX 9.6% 12th +0.6pp 4th 43% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 8.0% 10th +0.9pp 5th 20% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 13.5% 15th +1.8pp 6th 102% above peers
El Paso, TX 11.2% 14th +2.1pp 7th 68% above peers
Columbus, OH 6.7% 8th +1.3pp 8th on par with peers
Denver, CO 5.7% 7th +1.5pp 9th 15% below peers
Charlotte, NC 8.7% 11th +2.3pp 10th 30% above peers
Seattle, WA 1.9% 2nd +0.5pp 11th 71% below peers
Washington, DC 2.8% 5th +0.8pp 12th 59% below peers
San Francisco, CA 2.2% 4th +0.7pp 13th 67% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 10.6% 13th +3.7pp 14th 58% above peers
Boston, MA 2.0% 3rd +0.7pp 15th 70% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 ±0.3pp 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 Improving (small)
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College attainment rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58.1% to 60.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 14 of the 14 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.9% to 60.3%).
60.3%
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 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 48.0% 7th +6.9pp 1st on par with peers
Jacksonville, FL 33.2% 13th +4.6pp 2nd 31% below peers
Austin, TX 59.6% 4th +7.8pp 3rd 24% above peers
Denver, CO 56.5% 5th +7.1pp 4th 18% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 34.7% 12th +4.1pp 5th 28% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 34.9% 11th +4.0pp 6th 27% below peers
El Paso, TX 28.1% 15th +3.1pp 7th 41% below peers
Boston, MA 54.9% 6th +5.2pp 8th 14% above peers
Washington, DC 64.2% 2nd +5.7pp 9th 34% above peers
Charlotte, NC 48.0% 8th +3.7pp 10th on par with peers
San Jose, CA 47.3% 9th +3.6pp 11th 1% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 32.0% 14th +2.4pp 12th 33% below peers
Seattle, WA 68.5% 1st +4.4pp 13th 43% above peers
Columbus, OH 38.2% 10th +1.6pp 14th 20% below peers
San Francisco, CA 60.3% 3rd +2.3pp 15th 26% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 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 →
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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.4% then, 73.2% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.9% to 73.2%).
73.2%
20112024
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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%
El Paso, TX 47.3% 8th +6.8pp 1st on par with peers
Boston, MA 65.1% 4th +4.0pp 2nd 38% above peers
Seattle, WA 70.3% 3rd +1.0pp 3rd 49% above peers
Washington, DC 79.0% 1st +0.3pp 4th 67% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 39.0% 13th +0.1pp 5th 17% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 41.2% 10th -0.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 39.4% 12th -0.7pp 7th 17% below peers
San Francisco, CA 73.2% 2nd -1.3pp 8th 55% above peers
Austin, TX 51.8% 7th -1.9pp 9th 10% above peers
San Jose, CA 54.3% 5th -2.5pp 10th 15% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 37.0% 14th -2.2pp 11th 22% below peers
Denver, CO 52.5% 6th -3.2pp 12th 11% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 41.1% 11th -2.5pp 13th 13% below peers
Charlotte, NC 42.5% 9th -5.1pp 14th 10% below peers
Columbus, OH 33.8% 15th -5.7pp 15th 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 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. Petersburg, FL up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.8% then, 3.0% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 3.0%).
3.0%
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 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Washington, DC 5.2% 5th -1.5pp 1st 27% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 7.8% 10th -1.3pp 2nd 11% above peers
El Paso, TX 8.0% 11th -0.9pp 3rd 13% above peers
Austin, TX 5.5% 6th -0.5pp 4th 22% below peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.2pp 5th 58% below peers
Seattle, WA 3.1% 3rd -0.2pp 6th 55% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 8.2% 12th -0.4pp 7th 16% above peers
Denver, CO 8.4% 13th -0.4pp 8th 19% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 7.5% 9th +0.3pp 9th 7% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 5.7% 7th +0.3pp 10th 19% below peers
San Francisco, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.2pp 11th 58% below peers
San Jose, CA 3.8% 4th +0.3pp 12th 46% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 10.3% 15th +1.3pp 13th 45% above peers
Columbus, OH 7.1% 8th +1.6pp 14th on par with peers
Charlotte, NC 8.6% 14th +2.7pp 15th 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (874,961 then, 830,235 now; margin ±0). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
830,235
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Fort Worth, TX 963,194 4th +10% 1st 16% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 977,670 3rd +10% 2nd 18% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 697,125 11th +8% 3rd 16% below peers
Charlotte, NC 903,844 6th +5% 4th 9% above peers
Seattle, WA 754,195 9th +4% 5th 9% below peers
Columbus, OH 914,802 5th +4% 6th 10% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 690,130 12th +4% 7th 17% below peers
Austin, TX 979,539 2nd +3% 8th 18% above peers
Indianapolis, IN 885,860 7th +2% 9th 7% above peers
Denver, CO 718,877 10th +2% 10th 13% below peers
El Paso, TX 680,130 14th +0% 11th 18% below peers
Washington, DC 681,294 13th -2% 12th 18% below peers
Boston, MA 666,442 15th -3% 13th 20% below peers
San Jose, CA 990,138 1st -4% 14th 19% above peers
San Francisco, CA 830,235 8th -5% 15th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 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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Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.4% then, 13.7% now; margin ±0.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (13.4% to 13.7%).
13.7%
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 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Washington, DC 18.7% 10th +0.8pp 1st 10% below peers
San Francisco, CA 13.7% 15th +0.2pp 2nd 34% below peers
Indianapolis, IN 24.8% 4th +0.2pp 3rd 20% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 22.6% 6th -0.3pp 4th 9% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 20.7% 8th -0.3pp 5th on par with peers
Columbus, OH 22.0% 7th -0.5pp 6th 6% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 24.9% 2nd -1.0pp 7th 20% above peers
Charlotte, NC 22.7% 5th -1.0pp 8th 10% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 26.4% 1st -1.3pp 9th 27% above peers
Boston, MA 15.1% 13th -0.8pp 10th 27% below peers
El Paso, TX 24.9% 3rd -1.8pp 11th 20% above peers
Seattle, WA 13.8% 14th -1.3pp 12th 34% below peers
San Jose, CA 20.5% 9th -2.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Denver, CO 18.0% 11th -1.8pp 14th 13% below peers
Austin, TX 18.0% 12th -2.4pp 15th 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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 survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.7% then, 21.4% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.7% to 21.4%).
21.4%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
San Jose, CA 22.6% 13th +1.6pp 1st 38% below peers
El Paso, TX 37.6% 6th +1.6pp 2nd 4% above peers
San Francisco, CA 21.4% 14th +0.6pp 3rd 41% below peers
Denver, CO 30.9% 11th +0.3pp 4th 15% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 34.6% 9th +0.2pp 5th 5% below peers
Charlotte, NC 36.4% 7th -0.0pp 6th on par with peers
Jacksonville, FL 39.3% 4th -0.8pp 7th 8% above peers
Columbus, OH 45.0% 2nd -1.1pp 8th 24% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 36.3% 8th -0.9pp 9th on par with peers
Austin, TX 26.9% 12th -1.1pp 10th 26% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 31.5% 10th -1.4pp 11th 13% below peers
Seattle, WA 21.1% 15th -1.0pp 12th 42% below peers
Washington, DC 45.3% 1st -2.3pp 13th 25% above peers
Boston, MA 42.6% 3rd -3.9pp 14th 17% above peers
Indianapolis, IN 39.3% 5th -4.9pp 15th 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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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85 of 244 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 7 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (73.1% then, 73.9% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 14 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.5% to 73.9%).
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
San Jose, CA 74.6% 3rd +9.8pp 1st 7% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 67.7% 13th +7.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
Austin, TX 68.6% 12th +6.7pp 3rd 1% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 68.8% 10th +4.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Denver, CO 69.9% 7th +3.8pp 5th 1% above peers
Seattle, WA 72.9% 5th +3.8pp 6th 5% above peers
Indianapolis, IN 70.8% 6th +1.4pp 7th 2% above peers
Washington, DC 77.5% 2nd +1.4pp 8th 12% above peers
Boston, MA 78.6% 1st +0.9pp 9th 13% above peers
San Francisco, CA 73.9% 4th +0.8pp 10th 6% above peers
Charlotte, NC 68.8% 11th +0.5pp 11th 1% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 66.3% 14th -0.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 69.3% 9th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Columbus, OH 69.5% 8th -2.2pp 14th on par with peers
El Paso, TX 58.5% 15th -2.2pp 15th 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 244 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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85 of 244 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 10 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 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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