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87,826 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where San Leandro, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
7.1%
2020-24
▼ 45%
relative change
12.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$101,420
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$78,003 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.0%
May 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
4.5% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.5%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
87.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
8.2%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
9.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.1%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.8%
2020-24
▲ 51%
relative change
1.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
50.6%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
60.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where San Leandro, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
11.3%
2019-23
▲ 33%
relative change
8.5% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.9%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
6.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.9%
2020-24
▲ 115%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
41.7%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
41.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.45
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
0.43 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
58.1%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
55.9% 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
58.5%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
73.0% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,468
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$2,383 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$815,011
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$841,506 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$654,632
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$674,032 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
87,826
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
90,025 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
18.0%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
19.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $78,003 to $101,420 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,468). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 58% from 2014 to 2024 ($64,279 to $101,420).
$101,420
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%
Medford, OR $73,230 19th +46% 1st 11% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 20th +45% 2nd 12% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 21st +44% 3rd 13% below peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 22nd +39% 4th 15% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 6th +39% 5th 29% above peers
Melbourne, FL $66,991 26th +38% 6th 19% below peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 14th +37% 7th 4% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 28th +35% 8th 27% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL $73,538 17th +35% 9th 11% below peers
Auburn, WA $97,884 9th +34% 10th 19% above peers
Manteca, CA $97,055 11th +33% 11th 18% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $82,314 16th +32% 12th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 31st +31% 13th 33% below peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 24th +31% 14th 16% below peers
San Leandro, CA $101,420 7th +30% 15th 23% above peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 30th +30% 16th 28% below peers
Georgetown, TX $95,062 12th +29% 17th 15% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 8th +28% 18th 19% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 18th +27% 19th 11% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 2nd +26% 20th 131% above peers
Whittier, CA $97,201 10th +26% 21st 18% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 27th +24% 22nd 26% below peers
Sioux City, IA $68,906 23rd +24% 23rd 16% below peers
Temple, TX $68,204 25th +24% 24th 17% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 29th +24% 25th 27% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 13th +24% 26th 13% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $135,175 3rd +23% 27th 64% above peers
San Ramon, CA $196,161 1st +22% 28th 138% above peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 5th +22% 29th 45% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 4th +18% 30th 46% above peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 15th +14% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 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 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,914 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening faster than 62% 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: 4.0% in May 2026, down from 4.5% a year earlier.
4.0%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Clifton, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.9pp 1st on par with peers
Westminster, CA 3.8% (May 26) 9th -0.7pp 2nd 5% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.6pp 3rd on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.5pp 4th on par with peers
Newton, MA 3.7% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 5th 7% below peers
Lawrence, MA 5.9% (May 26) 30th -0.4pp 6th 48% above peers
Manteca, CA 5.1% (May 26) 25th -0.3pp 7th 27% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.3% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 8th 18% below peers
Sioux City, IA 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 9th 25% below peers
San Ramon, CA 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 10th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 11th 32% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 12th 38% below peers
Whittier, CA 5.2% (May 26) 27th -0.1pp 13th 30% above peers
Mission, TX 5.3% (May 26) 28th +0.0pp 14th 32% above peers
Medford, OR 5.3% (May 26) 29th +0.0pp 15th 32% above peers
Ogden, UT 3.8% (May 26) 10th +0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.0% (May 26) 4th +0.1pp 17th 25% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 3.7% (May 26) 8th +0.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Bryan, TX 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 19th 12% below peers
Bloomington, MN 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Temple, TX 4.3% (May 26) 19th +0.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Waukegan, IL 4.4% (May 26) 21st +0.4pp 22nd 10% above peers
Georgetown, TX 4.4% (May 26) 22nd +0.5pp 23rd 10% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 3.8% (May 26) 11th +0.6pp 24th 5% below peers
Auburn, WA 5.1% (May 26) 26th +0.6pp 25th 27% above peers
Troy, MI 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.7pp 26th 3% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.2% (May 26) 18th +0.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.3% (May 26) 20th +1.0pp 28th 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 4.5% (May 26) 23rd +1.0pp 29th 12% above peers
Melbourne, FL 4.7% (May 26) 24th +1.1pp 30th 18% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 8.2% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.9% to 8.2%).
8.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Franklin, TN 4.6% 3rd -2.0pp 1st 64% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 11.2% 14th -4.4pp 2nd 12% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 8.5% 9th -2.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Springdale, AR 13.2% 18th -4.2pp 4th 4% above peers
Medford, OR 13.0% 17th -4.0pp 5th 2% above peers
Ogden, UT 13.3% 19th -3.5pp 6th 5% above peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 6th -1.8pp 7th 38% below peers
Lawrence, MA 17.4% 28th -3.6pp 8th 37% above peers
Manteca, CA 9.5% 13th -1.9pp 9th 26% below peers
Auburn, WA 8.8% 10th -1.7pp 10th 31% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.2% 7th -1.3pp 11th 35% below peers
Mission, TX 19.3% 30th -3.1pp 12th 52% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.0% 29th -2.7pp 13th 41% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.0% 24th -2.2pp 14th 18% above peers
Whittier, CA 8.9% 11th -0.8pp 15th 30% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.3% 21st -1.1pp 16th 12% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.8% 22nd -1.1pp 17th 16% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.9% 27th -1.1pp 18th 25% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.7% 16th -0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 15.1% 25th -0.4pp 20th 19% above peers
Temple, TX 15.8% 26th -0.1pp 21st 24% above peers
Bryan, TX 22.1% 31st +0.4pp 22nd 74% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.4% 15th +0.4pp 23rd 11% below peers
Newton, MA 4.2% 1st +0.2pp 24th 67% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 4th +0.3pp 25th 58% below peers
Sioux City, IA 14.8% 23rd +1.0pp 26th 16% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 13.9% 20th +1.5pp 27th 9% above peers
Georgetown, TX 7.8% 5th +1.0pp 28th 39% below peers
San Ramon, CA 4.3% 2nd +0.6pp 29th 66% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 8.5% 8th +1.5pp 30th 33% below peers
Bloomington, MN 9.1% 12th +1.7pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 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

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 →
  • 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.8% to 7.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.9% to 7.0%).
7.1%
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%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 77% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 11.0% 11th -13.3pp 2nd 29% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 7th -7.8pp 3rd 53% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 7.4% 8th -6.5pp 4th 52% below peers
San Leandro, CA 7.0% 6th -5.7pp 5th 55% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.1% 9th -5.7pp 6th 42% below peers
Medford, OR 13.8% 15th -8.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 8th 88% below peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 21st -8.7pp 9th 17% above peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 3rd -1.4pp 10th 77% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 18th -6.5pp 11th 7% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 26th -7.5pp 12th 45% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 29th -7.2pp 13th 58% above peers
Georgetown, TX 6.2% 5th -1.5pp 14th 60% below peers
Temple, TX 20.9% 25th -3.3pp 15th 34% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 20th -2.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Auburn, WA 13.1% 14th -1.8pp 17th 16% below peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 27th -2.7pp 18th 55% above peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 31st -3.3pp 19th 90% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 23rd -1.9pp 20th 24% above peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 28th -1.5pp 21st 57% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 22nd -1.0pp 22nd 22% above peers
Whittier, CA 11.3% 12th -0.4pp 23rd 28% below peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 19th -0.4pp 24th 8% above peers
Sioux City, IA 20.4% 24th +1.0pp 25th 31% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 10.3% 10th +0.7pp 26th 34% below peers
Melbourne, FL 25.9% 30th +3.3pp 27th 66% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 16th +2.2pp 28th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 13th +3.2pp 29th 16% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 17th +4.4pp 30th 2% above peers
San Ramon, CA 3.6% 4th +1.0pp 31st 77% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.2% to 93.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 10.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (83.3% to 93.5%).
93.5%
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%
Springdale, AR 91.2% 21st +18.5pp 1st 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 31st +12.7pp 2nd 8% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 23rd +12.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 10th +12.4pp 4th 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 30th +10.4pp 5th 7% below peers
Whittier, CA 92.3% 16th +9.8pp 6th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 17th +9.7pp 7th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 87.1% 28th +9.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Temple, TX 90.6% 22nd +8.9pp 9th 2% below peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 25th +8.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 29th +8.4pp 11th 6% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 19th +8.4pp 12th 1% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 95.5% 6th +7.8pp 13th 3% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 93.7% 11th +7.1pp 14th 1% above peers
Melbourne, FL 90.4% 24th +6.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 12th +6.6pp 16th 1% above peers
San Leandro, CA 93.5% 14th +6.4pp 17th 1% above peers
Medford, OR 91.6% 18th +6.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 26th +6.1pp 19th 2% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 9th +5.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Manteca, CA 93.6% 13th +5.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 15th +5.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
Georgetown, TX 95.1% 7th +5.2pp 23rd 3% above peers
Auburn, WA 94.7% 8th +5.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 20th +4.5pp 25th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 27th +4.2pp 26th 5% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 4th +3.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 97.1% 1st +3.2pp 28th 5% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 3rd +3.1pp 29th 5% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 5th +2.4pp 30th 4% above peers
San Ramon, CA 97.1% 2nd +0.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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2 of 19 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

3
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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.02). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.45).
0.45
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
Citrus Heights, CA 0.38 1st -0.022 1st 15% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 9th -0.024 2nd 4% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 27th -0.021 3rd 7% above peers
Medford, OR 0.43 8th -0.018 4th 4% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 22nd -0.019 5th 4% above peers
Melbourne, FL 0.44 15th -0.013 6th 1% below peers
Temple, TX 0.45 17th -0.010 7th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 20th -0.010 8th 1% above peers
Auburn, WA 0.40 2nd -0.005 9th 11% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.42 5th -0.002 10th 7% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 25th +0.000 11th 6% above peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 24th +0.002 12th 5% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 26th +0.002 13th 6% above peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 14th +0.005 14th 2% below peers
Whittier, CA 0.43 10th +0.006 15th 4% below peers
Sioux City, IA 0.44 13th +0.008 16th 3% below peers
Georgetown, TX 0.43 7th +0.007 17th 6% below peers
Manteca, CA 0.41 4th +0.008 18th 8% below peers
Troy, MI 0.42 6th +0.009 19th 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 12th +0.009 20th 4% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 11th +0.011 21st 4% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 28th +0.012 22nd 9% above peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 19th +0.012 23rd 1% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 0.46 21st +0.015 24th 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 30th +0.019 25th 11% above peers
San Leandro, CA 0.45 16th +0.020 26th on par with peers
San Ramon, CA 0.41 3rd +0.019 27th 10% below peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 18th +0.027 28th 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 23rd +0.029 29th 4% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 29th +0.031 30th 10% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 31st +0.034 31st 16% above 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 8.5% to 11.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 6.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.1% to 11.3%).
11.3%
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
Springdale, AR 6.0% 8th -5.2pp 1st 48% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 2nd -1.4pp 2nd 78% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 16th -4.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 21st -3.6pp 4th 14% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.8% 11th -2.0pp 5th 24% below peers
Temple, TX 14.2% 23rd -2.3pp 6th 23% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 13th -1.5pp 7th 5% below peers
Medford, OR 21.1% 30th -2.8pp 8th 82% above peers
Auburn, WA 14.5% 24th -1.9pp 9th 25% above peers
Sioux City, IA 13.8% 22nd -1.8pp 10th 19% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 15.2% 27th -1.8pp 11th 31% above peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 28th -2.0pp 12th 60% above peers
Melbourne, FL 11.8% 17th -1.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 14th -1.0pp 14th 3% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 29th -1.2pp 15th 75% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 20th +0.1pp 16th 13% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 25th +0.4pp 17th 25% above peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 3rd +0.2pp 18th 62% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 7th +0.2pp 19th 49% below peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 20th 280% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 19th +1.2pp 21st 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 12th +1.4pp 22nd 6% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 12.0% 18th +1.6pp 23rd 4% above peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 4th +0.9pp 24th 55% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 26th +2.8pp 25th 26% above peers
Georgetown, TX 5.3% 6th +1.1pp 26th 54% below peers
San Leandro, CA 11.3% 15th +2.8pp 27th 2% below peers
Whittier, CA 6.8% 9th +1.8pp 28th 41% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 5.3% 5th +1.6pp 29th 54% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 10th +2.5pp 30th 36% below peers
San Ramon, CA 2.4% 1st +1.2pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $815,011 in June 2026, down from $841,506 a year earlier.
$815,011
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukegan, IL $247,565 (Jun 26) 27th +7.0% 1st 48% below peers
Duluth, MN $303,635 (Jun 26) 23rd +6.2% 2nd 37% below peers
Springdale, AR $342,727 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.9% 3rd 28% below peers
Danbury, CT $496,969 (Jun 26) 14th +3.8% 4th 4% above peers
Clifton, NJ $616,096 (Jun 26) 9th +3.6% 5th 29% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $197,471 (Jun 26) 30th +3.5% 6th 59% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,104,016 (Jun 26) 5th +3.3% 7th 130% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,834,551 (Jun 26) 1st +3.0% 8th 283% above peers
Sioux City, IA $202,782 (Jun 26) 29th +2.9% 9th 58% below peers
Troy, MI $472,471 (Jun 26) 16th +2.6% 10th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN $370,580 (Jun 26) 20th +2.3% 11th 23% below peers
Lawrence, MA $521,895 (Jun 26) 13th +2.2% 12th 9% above peers
Newton, MA $1,564,706 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.0% 13th 227% above peers
Whittier, CA $827,319 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 14th 73% above peers
Franklin, TN $928,567 (Jun 26) 6th +1.4% 15th 94% above peers
Medford, OR $412,749 (Jun 26) 18th +1.0% 16th 14% below peers
Bryan, TX $277,011 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 17th 42% below peers
Ogden, UT $401,774 (Jun 26) 19th +0.6% 18th 16% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $589,611 (Jun 26) 11th +0.3% 19th 23% above peers
Mission, TX $221,111 (Jun 26) 28th -0.2% 20th 54% below peers
Auburn, WA $612,290 (Jun 26) 10th -0.6% 21st 28% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $1,199,098 (Jun 26) 4th -0.7% 22nd 150% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $478,999 (Jun 26) 15th -1.4% 23rd on par with peers
Melbourne, FL $359,920 (Jun 26) 21st -2.2% 24th 25% below peers
Temple, TX $249,750 (Jun 26) 26th -2.8% 25th 48% below peers
San Leandro, CA $815,011 (Jun 26) 8th -3.1% 26th 70% above peers
Manteca, CA $585,227 (Jun 26) 12th -4.2% 27th 22% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,664 (Jun 26) 25th -5.0% 28th 43% below peers
Georgetown, TX $427,647 (Jun 26) 17th -5.2% 29th 11% below peers
San Ramon, CA $1,502,416 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.5% 30th 214% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $654,632 in June 2026, down from $674,032 a year earlier.
$654,632
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Waukegan, IL $199,539 (Jun 26) 24th +9.9% 1st 42% below peers
Duluth, MN $204,230 (Jun 26) 23rd +8.0% 2nd 40% below peers
Clifton, NJ $523,401 (Jun 26) 9th +5.2% 3rd 53% above peers
Springdale, AR $263,332 (Jun 26) 21st +5.0% 4th 23% below peers
Sioux City, IA $135,195 (Jun 26) 28th +4.6% 5th 61% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $114,649 (Jun 26) 30th +4.5% 6th 67% below peers
Westminster, CA $934,008 (Jun 26) 4th +3.7% 7th 173% above peers
Newton, MA $990,781 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 8th 189% above peers
Danbury, CT $340,302 (Jun 26) 16th +3.5% 9th 1% below peers
Troy, MI $342,306 (Jun 26) 15th +3.3% 10th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA $379,426 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 11th 11% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,225,066 (Jun 26) 1st +2.9% 12th 258% above peers
Whittier, CA $732,050 (Jun 26) 6th +2.6% 13th 114% above peers
Mission, TX $147,222 (Jun 26) 27th +2.5% 14th 57% below peers
Bloomington, MN $272,110 (Jun 26) 20th +2.2% 15th 21% below peers
Franklin, TN $609,863 (Jun 26) 8th +2.1% 16th 78% above peers
Bryan, TX $189,999 (Jun 26) 25th +1.1% 17th 44% below peers
Ogden, UT $322,385 (Jun 26) 19th +1.0% 18th 6% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $409,850 (Jun 26) 12th +0.9% 19th 20% above peers
Medford, OR $324,532 (Jun 26) 18th +0.9% 20th 5% below peers
Auburn, WA $465,022 (Jun 26) 11th -0.4% 21st 36% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $752,330 (Jun 26) 5th -1.5% 22nd 120% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $400,283 (Jun 26) 13th -1.8% 23rd 17% above peers
Melbourne, FL $232,849 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.5% 24th 32% below peers
San Leandro, CA $654,632 (Jun 26) 7th -2.9% 25th 91% above peers
Temple, TX $168,706 (Jun 26) 26th -3.5% 26th 51% below peers
Manteca, CA $481,476 (Jun 26) 10th -4.0% 27th 41% above peers
Georgetown, TX $328,911 (Jun 26) 17th -4.8% 28th 4% below peers
San Ramon, CA $972,202 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.0% 29th 184% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $124,254 (Jun 26) 29th -11.2% 30th 64% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.9% then, 58.1% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.4% to 58.1%).
58.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manteca, CA 72.4% 2nd +10.6pp 1st 20% above peers
Medford, OR 56.3% 22nd +4.9pp 2nd 6% below peers
Springdale, AR 53.4% 25th +4.0pp 3rd 11% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 29th +3.7pp 4th 17% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 10th +4.4pp 5th 6% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 60.7% 14th +3.9pp 6th 1% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 60.2% 16th +3.8pp 7th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 13th +3.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 3rd +3.7pp 9th 19% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 26th +2.7pp 10th 11% below peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 28th +2.5pp 11th 15% below peers
Sioux City, IA 65.3% 9th +2.5pp 12th 8% above peers
San Leandro, CA 58.1% 20th +2.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Melbourne, FL 59.7% 17th +1.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 24th +1.4pp 15th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 18th +1.6pp 16th 1% below peers
Auburn, WA 60.6% 15th +1.5pp 17th 1% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 70.5% 5th +1.2pp 18th 17% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 12th +0.9pp 19th 6% above peers
Whittier, CA 57.9% 21st +0.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 1st -0.5pp 21st 22% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 19th -1.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 30th -0.8pp 23rd 34% below peers
San Ramon, CA 70.9% 4th -1.5pp 24th 18% above peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 8th -1.5pp 25th 9% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 6th -2.0pp 26th 16% above peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 11th -2.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Georgetown, TX 69.5% 7th -2.8pp 28th 15% above peers
Temple, TX 52.3% 27th -2.3pp 29th 13% below peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 23rd -4.3pp 30th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 31st -3.0pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±2.2pp 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 →

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2017 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,468 in June 2026, up from $2,383 a year earlier.
$2,468
2017June 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%
Fort Smith, AR $1,071 (Jun 26) 30th +5.2% 1st 45% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,458 (Jun 26) 24th +3.9% 2nd 25% below peers
San Leandro, CA $2,468 (Jun 26) 8th +3.6% 3rd 28% above peers
Newton, MA $3,685 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 4th 91% above peers
San Ramon, CA $3,352 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.5% 5th 73% above peers
Medford, OR $1,721 (Jun 26) 19th +3.5% 6th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,347 (Jun 26) 12th +3.1% 7th 21% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,967 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 8th 105% above peers
Whittier, CA $2,388 (Jun 26) 11th +3.0% 9th 24% above peers
Clifton, NJ $2,668 (Jun 26) 5th +2.7% 10th 38% above peers
Waukegan, IL $1,648 (Jun 26) 21st +2.3% 11th 15% below peers
Bloomington, MN $1,684 (Jun 26) 20th +2.2% 12th 13% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,132 (Jun 26) 13th +2.2% 13th 10% above peers
Sioux City, IA $1,216 (Jun 26) 29th +2.1% 14th 37% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $1,931 (Jun 26) 16th +1.8% 15th on par with peers
Westminster, CA $2,629 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 16th 36% above peers
Springdale, AR $1,513 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.4% 17th 22% below peers
Troy, MI $1,861 (Jun 26) 18th +1.3% 18th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT $2,439 (Jun 26) 10th +1.1% 19th 26% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,932 (Jun 26) 15th +1.1% 20th on par with peers
Auburn, WA $1,953 (Jun 26) 14th +0.9% 21st 1% above peers
Georgetown, TX $1,643 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.7% 22nd 15% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,440 (Jun 26) 9th +0.7% 23rd 26% above peers
Bryan, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 26th +0.5% 24th 26% below peers
Manteca, CA $2,624 (Jun 26) 7th +0.5% 25th 36% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $3,299 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 26th 71% above peers
Ogden, UT $1,310 (Jun 26) 28th +0.1% 27th 32% below peers
Melbourne, FL $1,862 (Jun 26) 17th -0.3% 28th 4% below peers
Temple, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 25th -0.4% 29th 26% below peers
Mission, TX $1,341 (Jun 26) 27th -1.6% 30th 31% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.3% then, 41.7% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.0% to 41.7%).
41.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 13th -5.4pp 1st 10% below peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 6th -3.5pp 2nd 23% below peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 26th -2.0pp 3rd 12% above peers
Medford, OR 39.9% 21st -1.2pp 4th 5% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 4th -0.8pp 5th 26% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 28th -0.6pp 6th 19% above peers
Whittier, CA 43.1% 27th -0.3pp 7th 13% above peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 2nd +0.2pp 8th 34% below peers
San Leandro, CA 41.7% 25th +0.4pp 9th 10% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 40.5% 22nd +0.6pp 10th 6% above peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 24th +0.8pp 11th 9% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 12th 42% above peers
San Ramon, CA 33.7% 12th +1.0pp 13th 12% below peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 29th +1.4pp 14th 25% above peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 8th +1.0pp 15th 20% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 20th +1.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 9th +1.3pp 17th 14% below peers
Manteca, CA 40.8% 23rd +1.7pp 18th 7% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 38.6% 19th +1.6pp 19th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 15th +1.7pp 20th 6% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 38.2% 17th +1.9pp 21st on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 5th +1.6pp 22nd 24% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 23rd 26% above peers
Auburn, WA 38.1% 16th +2.7pp 24th on par with peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 25th 45% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.3% 3rd +2.2pp 26th 31% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.5% 18th +3.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 10th +3.4pp 28th 12% below peers
Temple, TX 34.3% 14th +3.9pp 29th 10% below peers
Georgetown, TX 33.4% 11th +3.8pp 30th 12% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 7th +5.4pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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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 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.9% to 8.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). None of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 8.9%).
8.9%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Springdale, AR 3.9% 7th -1.9pp 1st 42% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 3.5% 5th -1.5pp 2nd 48% below peers
Sioux City, IA 7.0% 19th -2.1pp 3rd 4% above peers
Medford, OR 6.8% 17th -2.0pp 4th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.1% 8th -1.1pp 5th 39% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 2.4% 1st -0.6pp 6th 64% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 24th -1.9pp 7th 25% above peers
Manteca, CA 3.2% 3rd -0.7pp 8th 53% below peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 31st -3.9pp 9th 201% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 21st -1.0pp 10th 13% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 30th -1.2pp 11th 51% above peers
Temple, TX 6.7% 15th -0.8pp 12th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 9th -0.5pp 13th 34% below peers
Auburn, WA 6.9% 18th -0.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Georgetown, TX 3.5% 4th -0.3pp 15th 49% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 28th -0.6pp 16th 40% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 29th -0.5pp 17th 48% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 22nd -0.3pp 18th 17% above peers
Melbourne, FL 8.7% 25th -0.3pp 19th 29% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 27th +0.0pp 20th 32% above peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 2nd +0.0pp 21st 54% below peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 14th +0.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 13th +0.3pp 23rd 5% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 23rd +0.5pp 24th 24% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.2% 12th +0.4pp 25th 8% below peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 11th +0.3pp 26th 19% below peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 20th +0.8pp 27th 12% above peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 10th +0.6pp 28th 32% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 16th +0.9pp 29th on par with peers
San Ramon, CA 3.7% 6th +0.5pp 30th 45% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.9% 26th +1.9pp 31st 31% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.2% then, 5.1% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.6% to 5.1%).
5.1%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Medford, OR 5.6% 11th -3.4pp 1st 31% below peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 15th -3.7pp 2nd 17% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% 4th -1.9pp 3rd 50% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.6% 7th -1.5pp 4th 43% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.9% 21st -3.1pp 5th 22% above peers
Melbourne, FL 9.7% 19th -2.4pp 6th 19% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 16th -1.8pp 7th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 9th -1.2pp 8th 33% below peers
San Ramon, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 76% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 13.5% 24th -2.4pp 10th 66% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 29th -1.8pp 11th 105% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.6% 26th -1.4pp 12th 79% above peers
Bryan, TX 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 13th 101% above peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 13th -0.5pp 14th 23% below peers
Manteca, CA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 15th 49% below peers
Whittier, CA 6.0% 12th -0.3pp 16th 27% below peers
Mission, TX 26.4% 31st -1.3pp 17th 224% above peers
San Leandro, CA 5.1% 8th -0.2pp 18th 37% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.4% 23rd -0.0pp 19th 64% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.7% 27th -0.0pp 20th 92% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.4% 18th -0.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 66% below peers
Newton, MA 1.2% 1st +0.0pp 23rd 85% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.6% 22nd +0.5pp 24th 55% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.5% 10th +0.5pp 25th 32% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 6.6% 14th +0.8pp 26th 19% below peers
Temple, TX 13.6% 25th +1.8pp 27th 67% above peers
Springdale, AR 20.8% 30th +3.3pp 28th 155% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.5% 6th +0.9pp 29th 45% below peers
Sioux City, IA 8.3% 17th +1.9pp 30th 2% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9.7% 20th +2.7pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 1.1pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Adult obesity is about two-thirds of the peer median.

20.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
San Leandro, CA 20.3% 1st 37% below peers
Newton, MA 20.4% 2nd 37% below peers
San Ramon, CA 20.5% 3rd 36% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 4th 29% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 5th 25% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 24.5% 6th 24% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 7th 23% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 8th 16% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 9th 14% below peers
Auburn, WA 27.7% 10th 14% below peers
Whittier, CA 27.8% 11th 14% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 12th 11% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 13th 11% below peers
Georgetown, TX 31.3% 14th 3% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 15th 2% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 32.2% 16th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 17th 1% above peers
Manteca, CA 33.9% 18th 5% above peers
Melbourne, FL 34.2% 19th 6% above peers
Medford, OR 35.5% 20th 10% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 35.6% 21st 11% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 22nd 15% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 23rd 16% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 24th 16% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 25th 17% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 26th 18% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 27th 19% above peers
Temple, TX 38.7% 28th 20% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 29th 23% above peers
Sioux City, IA 39.9% 30th 24% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.9% then, 2.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 2.8%).
2.8%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lake Forest, CA 0.8% 1st -3.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 5th -2.0pp 2nd 70% below peers
Whittier, CA 2.0% 7th -2.0pp 3rd 62% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 19th -5.2pp 4th 5% above peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 6th -1.4pp 5th 66% below peers
Auburn, WA 3.1% 14th -2.4pp 6th 39% below peers
Medford, OR 2.9% 12th -1.6pp 7th 44% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 15th -1.0pp 8th 27% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 18th -1.2pp 9th 4% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 16th -0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 27th -1.2pp 11th 94% above peers
San Ramon, CA 1.4% 3rd -0.2pp 12th 74% below peers
Manteca, CA 1.4% 4th -0.1pp 13th 74% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 20th -0.3pp 14th 12% above peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 25th -0.2pp 15th 74% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 29th -0.3pp 16th 154% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 6.5% 21st -0.1pp 17th 26% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 2.0% 8th +0.0pp 18th 61% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 28th +0.2pp 19th 119% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 13th +0.3pp 20th 39% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 30th +2.4pp 21st 162% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 31st +3.6pp 22nd 272% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 57% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 10th +0.5pp 24th 47% below peers
San Leandro, CA 2.8% 11th +0.9pp 25th 46% below peers
Melbourne, FL 7.0% 22nd +2.7pp 26th 35% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 26th +4.0pp 27th 92% above peers
Temple, TX 8.4% 24th +3.7pp 28th 63% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 2nd +0.4pp 29th 83% below peers
Sioux City, IA 5.3% 17th +3.2pp 30th 3% above peers
Georgetown, TX 7.9% 23rd +5.5pp 31st 53% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±1.1pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.7% then, 33.3% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.7% to 33.3%).
33.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 31st +6.0pp 1st 45% below peers
Manteca, CA 21.7% 29th +5.0pp 2nd 29% below peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 22nd +5.1pp 3rd 15% below peers
Melbourne, FL 34.7% 12th +6.2pp 4th 14% above peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 30th +3.5pp 5th 31% below peers
Medford, OR 30.1% 18th +4.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 25th +3.9pp 7th 21% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 23.9% 26th +3.6pp 8th 22% below peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 10th +6.1pp 9th 44% above peers
Georgetown, TX 47.8% 7th +6.2pp 10th 56% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 8th +6.1pp 11th 56% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 20th +3.5pp 12th 4% below peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 17th +3.5pp 13th 1% below peers
Whittier, CA 29.5% 19th +3.1pp 14th 3% below peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 9th +4.2pp 15th 51% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 27th +2.0pp 16th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 11th +2.9pp 17th 16% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 31.5% 15th +2.5pp 18th 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 21st +2.1pp 19th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 13th +2.2pp 20th 11% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 3rd +4.0pp 21st 112% above peers
Temple, TX 30.6% 16th +1.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 5th +2.7pp 23rd 70% above peers
San Leandro, CA 33.3% 14th +1.6pp 24th 9% above peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 4th +3.0pp 25th 111% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 50.8% 6th +2.1pp 26th 66% above peers
Sioux City, IA 22.9% 28th +0.8pp 27th 25% below peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 28th 166% above peers
San Ramon, CA 71.6% 2nd +1.0pp 29th 134% above peers
Auburn, WA 25.6% 24th -0.8pp 30th 16% below peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 23rd -1.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 (60.6% then, 50.6% now; margin ±15.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.5% to 50.6%).
50.6%
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%
Auburn, WA 47.0% 15th +21.8pp 1st 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 4th +23.0pp 2nd 29% above peers
Medford, OR 53.8% 10th +14.6pp 3rd 16% above peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 9th +14.2pp 4th 17% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 3rd +17.0pp 5th 41% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 26th +6.9pp 6th 20% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 52.0% 11th +8.5pp 7th 12% above peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 18th +7.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 40.2% 23rd +5.7pp 9th 13% below peers
Sioux City, IA 37.6% 25th +2.9pp 10th 19% below peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 20th +1.7pp 11th 8% below peers
Whittier, CA 50.4% 14th +1.3pp 12th 9% above peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 21st +0.9pp 13th 8% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 5th +1.0pp 14th 26% above peers
Georgetown, TX 45.6% 17th +0.1pp 15th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 57.9% 6th -1.7pp 16th 25% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 19th -1.9pp 17th 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 2nd -4.4pp 18th 45% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 29th -5.2pp 19th 37% below peers
San Leandro, CA 50.6% 13th -10.0pp 20th 9% above peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 1st -13.5pp 21st 45% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 7th -13.3pp 22nd 22% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 12th -13.1pp 23rd 10% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 8th -14.6pp 24th 20% above peers
Manteca, CA 31.2% 28th -12.5pp 25th 33% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 26.5% 31st -12.1pp 26th 43% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 24th -19.0pp 27th 16% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 30th -15.0pp 28th 38% below peers
San Ramon, CA 46.3% 16th -26.0pp 29th on par with peers
Lake Forest, CA 40.3% 22nd -24.6pp 30th 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 27th -29.0pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±12.8pp 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
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Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.1% then, 10.9% now; margin ±6.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 10.9%).
10.9%
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
Georgetown, TX 5.0% 8th -6.8pp 1st 27% below peers
San Ramon, CA 0.9% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 87% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 5th -3.1pp 3rd 58% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 4th 90% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 4th -1.9pp 5th 61% below peers
Auburn, WA 7.6% 18th -4.1pp 6th 11% above peers
Medford, OR 5.7% 11th -2.3pp 7th 17% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 28th -4.0pp 8th 67% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.5% 6th -1.2pp 9th 49% below peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 21st -1.0pp 10th 28% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 9.0% 22nd -0.3pp 11th 31% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 7th +0.2pp 12th 40% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 17th +0.4pp 13th 6% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.0% 19th +0.4pp 14th 17% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 3rd +0.1pp 15th 62% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 16th 100% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 20th +2.0pp 17th 18% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 23rd +2.9pp 18th 34% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 6.8% 16th +2.3pp 19th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 5.7% 10th +2.1pp 20th 18% below peers
Temple, TX 6.5% 14th +2.6pp 21st 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 9th +2.1pp 22nd 26% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 27th +4.9pp 23rd 61% above peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 13th +2.7pp 24th 13% below peers
Sioux City, IA 6.8% 15th +3.1pp 25th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 29th +5.7pp 26th 77% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 25th +5.0pp 27th 50% above peers
Whittier, CA 9.6% 24th +4.7pp 28th 40% above peers
San Leandro, CA 10.9% 26th +5.9pp 29th 60% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 12th +3.3pp 30th 16% below peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 127% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
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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 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
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Population fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90,025 to 87,826 - more than the combined survey margin (±80). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (87,159 to 87,826).
87,826
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgetown, TX 85,999 28th +21% 1st 2% below peers
Temple, TX 89,602 3rd +20% 2nd 2% above peers
San Ramon, CA 85,993 29th +14% 3rd 2% below peers
Manteca, CA 89,043 7th +13% 4th 1% above peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 19th +12% 5th 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 9th +11% 6th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 11th +11% 7th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 12th +10% 8th on par with peers
Auburn, WA 85,676 31st +7% 9th 2% below peers
Medford, OR 86,315 24th +6% 10th 2% below peers
Melbourne, FL 86,576 23rd +6% 11th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 8th +6% 12th 1% above peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 4th +5% 13th 2% above peers
Troy, MI 87,898 14th +5% 14th on par with peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 13th +5% 15th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 86,101 27th +4% 16th 2% below peers
Mission, TX 87,038 21st +4% 17th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 10th +4% 18th 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 18th +3% 19th 1% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 86,281 25th +3% 20th 2% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 2nd +2% 21st 2% above peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 5th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 20th +1% 23rd 1% below peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 17th +1% 24th on par with peers
Newton, MA 89,044 6th +1% 25th 1% above peers
Whittier, CA 86,165 26th +0% 26th 2% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 86,995 22nd -0% 27th 1% below peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 1st -1% 28th 2% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 85,928 30th -2% 29th 2% below peers
San Leandro, CA 87,826 15th -2% 30th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 16th -4% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

No better direction No measurable change
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Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.0% then, 18.0% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.3% to 18.1%).
18.0%
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
Georgetown, TX 19.8% 22nd +1.2pp 1st 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 28th +0.8pp 2nd 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 19th +0.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Melbourne, FL 17.6% 29th +0.2pp 4th 17% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 21st +0.1pp 5th 6% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 4th +0.0pp 6th 24% above peers
Temple, TX 26.6% 3rd -0.2pp 7th 25% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 20.4% 20th -0.2pp 8th 4% below peers
Whittier, CA 22.7% 14th -0.3pp 9th 7% above peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 30th -0.2pp 10th 17% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 23rd -0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.1% 5th -0.3pp 12th 23% above peers
Auburn, WA 24.9% 8th -0.4pp 13th 17% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 9th -0.4pp 14th 12% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 27th -0.3pp 15th 16% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 21.3% 16th -0.5pp 16th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 24th -0.5pp 17th 8% below peers
Medford, OR 22.9% 12th -0.7pp 18th 8% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 1st -0.9pp 19th 40% above peers
Manteca, CA 25.2% 7th -1.0pp 20th 19% above peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 17th -0.9pp 21st 3% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 10th -1.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
San Leandro, CA 18.1% 26th -1.0pp 23rd 15% below peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 18th -1.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 11th -1.5pp 25th 9% above peers
San Ramon, CA 25.8% 6th -2.5pp 26th 21% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 18.7% 25th -2.4pp 27th 12% below peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 2nd -4.3pp 28th 34% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 15th -3.6pp 29th 6% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 31st -2.9pp 30th 25% below peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 13th -5.4pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.5% then, 23.6% now; margin ±7.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.9% to 23.6%).
23.6%
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
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 7th +6.8pp 1st 22% above peers
Whittier, CA 28.0% 20th +4.7pp 2nd 11% below peers
Auburn, WA 31.7% 15th +5.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Manteca, CA 30.9% 18th +4.9pp 4th 2% below peers
San Ramon, CA 10.8% 30th +1.2pp 5th 66% below peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 2nd +5.1pp 6th 47% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 1st +3.5pp 7th 97% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 29th +0.6pp 8th 64% below peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 14th +0.9pp 9th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 12th +0.5pp 10th 4% above peers
Temple, TX 34.6% 10th +0.5pp 11th 10% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 11th +0.1pp 12th 7% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 24th -0.1pp 13th 26% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 22nd -0.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 39.4% 3rd -1.8pp 15th 25% above peers
Melbourne, FL 38.9% 5th -2.2pp 16th 24% above peers
Medford, OR 31.3% 17th -2.1pp 17th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 6th -2.8pp 18th 23% above peers
Sioux City, IA 38.2% 8th -3.3pp 19th 21% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 27.6% 21st -2.8pp 20th 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 9th -4.0pp 21st 18% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 16th -4.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 13th -4.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
San Leandro, CA 23.6% 23rd -3.9pp 24th 25% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 4th -7.2pp 25th 25% above peers
Georgetown, TX 22.0% 25th -4.2pp 26th 30% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 19th -6.8pp 27th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 28th -2.9pp 28th 61% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 29th 67% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 26th -7.6pp 30th 36% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 13.2% 27th -6.6pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents fell 14.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 73.0% to 58.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.8pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.3% to 58.5%).
58.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 1st +16.3pp 1st 21% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 7th +14.0pp 2nd 8% above peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 13th +10.8pp 3rd 1% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 79.1% 3rd +11.0pp 4th 15% above peers
Manteca, CA 59.7% 27th +5.8pp 5th 13% below peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 2nd +5.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 30th +3.6pp 7th 15% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 69.4% 14th +3.8pp 8th 1% above peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 24th +3.4pp 9th 9% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 6th +3.5pp 10th 9% above peers
Georgetown, TX 72.2% 10th +3.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Auburn, WA 63.1% 23rd +2.9pp 12th 9% below peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 21st +2.9pp 13th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 61.5% 26th +2.4pp 14th 11% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 20th +2.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 22nd +1.3pp 16th 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 11th +1.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 17th +0.7pp 18th 3% below peers
San Ramon, CA 69.0% 15th +0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 20th 13% above peers
Melbourne, FL 66.1% 19th -1.0pp 21st 4% below peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 25th -1.8pp 22nd 9% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 12th -3.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 16th -3.4pp 24th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 72.7% 9th -3.8pp 25th 5% above peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 8th -4.4pp 26th 7% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 66.3% 18th -4.2pp 27th 4% below peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 5th -5.0pp 28th 10% above peers
Medford, OR 58.6% 28th -7.0pp 29th 15% below peers
Whittier, CA 56.4% 31st -12.6pp 30th 18% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.5% 29th -14.5pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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