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San Mateo, CA
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103,105 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where San Mateo, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 6 indicators

Where San Mateo, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 7 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 →

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 27% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 87% 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 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 151 in May 2026, down from 208 a year earlier.
151 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 24 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 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Daly City, CA 211 (May 26) 9th -27.6% 1st 31% below peers
San Mateo, CA 151 (May 26) 4th -27.2% 2nd 50% below peers
Carmel, IN 51 (May 26) 1st -23.2% 3rd 83% below peers
Yuma, AZ 336 (May 26) 15th -18.9% 4th 10% above peers
Burbank, CA 329 (May 26) 14th -18.4% 5th 8% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 111 (May 26) 3rd -17.7% 6th 63% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 205 (May 26) 8th -17.1% 7th 32% below peers
Brockton, MA 525 (Apr 26) 18th -11.5% 8th 73% above peers
Edinburg, TX 195 (May 26) 7th -11.1% 9th 36% below peers
Chico, CA 630 (May 26) 22nd -9.8% 10th 107% above peers
Fishers, IN 76 (May 26) 2nd -9.1% 11th 75% below peers
Bend, OR 154 (May 26) 5th -6.1% 12th 49% below peers
Quincy, MA 304 (May 26) 13th -5.7% 13th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 950 (May 26) 24th -3.2% 14th 213% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 156 (May 26) 6th -1.6% 15th 49% below peers
Albany, NY 806 (May 26) 23rd -0.6% 16th 165% above peers
Davenport, IA 629 (May 26) 21st +0.6% 17th 107% above peers
New Bedford, MA 352 (May 26) 16th +5.0% 18th 16% above peers
Vacaville, CA 276 (May 26) 12th +5.9% 19th 9% below peers
Lynn, MA 575 (May 26) 20th +9.1% 20th 89% above peers
Conroe, TX 254 (May 26) 11th +10.8% 21st 16% below peers
El Cajon, CA 545 (May 26) 19th +15.3% 22nd 79% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 412 (May 26) 17th +20.9% 23rd 36% above peers
St. George, UT 212 (May 26) 10th +22.9% 24th 30% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Charleston, SC down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Edinburg, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,343 in May 2026, down from 1,720 a year earlier.
1,343 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 24 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%
New Braunfels, TX 1,161 (May 26) 8th -25.7% 1st 16% below peers
Fishers, IN 436 (May 26) 1st -25.2% 2nd 69% below peers
San Mateo, CA 1,343 (May 26) 10th -21.9% 3rd 3% below peers
Vacaville, CA 1,338 (May 26) 9th -21.5% 4th 3% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 2,033 (May 26) 20th -18.7% 5th 47% above peers
Burbank, CA 2,333 (May 26) 21st -18.3% 6th 69% above peers
Edinburg, TX 1,366 (May 26) 12th -18.3% 7th 1% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 1,951 (May 26) 18th -15.7% 8th 41% above peers
Lynn, MA 973 (May 26) 5th -15.1% 9th 30% below peers
Davenport, IA 2,878 (May 26) 24th -15.1% 10th 108% above peers
Carmel, IN 670 (May 26) 2nd -14.0% 11th 52% below peers
Quincy, MA 1,133 (May 26) 6th -13.7% 12th 18% below peers
Daly City, CA 1,343 (May 26) 11th -10.6% 13th 3% below peers
New Bedford, MA 1,424 (May 26) 16th -7.6% 14th 3% above peers
South Bend, IN 2,572 (May 26) 22nd -6.7% 15th 86% above peers
Yuma, AZ 1,136 (May 26) 7th -4.1% 16th 18% below peers
Conroe, TX 1,437 (May 26) 17th -2.2% 17th 4% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 708 (May 26) 3rd -2.0% 18th 49% below peers
El Cajon, CA 1,399 (May 26) 14th -1.9% 19th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 1,384 (May 26) 13th -1.1% 20th on par with peers
St. George, UT 874 (May 26) 4th +0.2% 21st 37% below peers
Albany, NY 2,725 (May 26) 23rd +3.0% 22nd 97% above peers
Chico, CA 1,958 (May 26) 19th +6.5% 23rd 41% above peers
Brockton, MA 1,415 (Apr 26) 15th +10.5% 24th 2% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, down from 2 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 24 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%
San Mateo, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Bend, OR 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Daly City, CA 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
New Bedford, MA 1 (May 26) 12th -90.0% 4th 39% below peers
St. George, UT 1 (May 26) 7th -80.0% 5th 43% below peers
El Cajon, CA 2 (May 26) 16th -60.0% 6th 20% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 2 (May 26) 14th -51.2% 7th 15% above peers
Lynn, MA 2 (May 26) 15th -49.9% 8th 19% above peers
Yuma, AZ 5 (May 26) 19th -37.6% 9th 193% above peers
Brockton, MA 6 (Apr 26) 20th -25.1% 10th 251% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 2 (May 26) 13th -22.1% 11th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 1 (May 26) 9th +0.0% 12th 41% below peers
Chico, CA 2 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 13th 20% above peers
Burbank, CA 1 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 14th 40% below peers
Albany, NY 9 (Apr 26) 23rd +12.5% 15th 444% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6 (May 26) 21st +19.8% 16th 262% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 4 (May 26) 18th +66.4% 17th 157% above peers
Davenport, IA 8 (May 26) 22nd +166.4% 18th 390% above peers
South Bend, IN 16 (May 26) 24th +183.4% 19th 911% above peers
Conroe, TX 0 (May 26) 4th 100% below peers
Fishers, IN 1 (May 26) 8th 41% below peers
Quincy, MA 1 (May 26) 10th 40% below peers
Edinburg, TX 0 (May 26) 5th 100% below peers
Carmel, IN 0 (May 26) 6th 100% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Richmond, VA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 17% 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: vehicle theft fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 91 in May 2026, down from 162 a year earlier.
91 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 24 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%
New Braunfels, TX 61 (May 26) 3rd -53.4% 1st 50% below peers
Vacaville, CA 71 (May 26) 6th -51.3% 2nd 42% below peers
Fishers, IN 31 (May 26) 1st -50.0% 3rd 74% below peers
Daly City, CA 122 (May 26) 13th -44.6% 4th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 67 (May 26) 4th -44.4% 5th 46% below peers
San Mateo, CA 91 (May 26) 9th -44.0% 6th 26% below peers
Burbank, CA 175 (May 26) 16th -42.5% 7th 43% above peers
Edinburg, TX 99 (May 26) 10th -39.2% 8th 19% below peers
Lynn, MA 117 (May 26) 12th -37.6% 9th 5% below peers
Yuma, AZ 87 (May 26) 7th -36.6% 10th 28% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 160 (May 26) 15th -34.1% 11th 31% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 70 (May 26) 5th -31.7% 12th 43% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 189 (May 26) 17th -30.6% 13th 54% above peers
South Bend, IN 314 (May 26) 23rd -28.0% 14th 157% above peers
Albany, NY 202 (May 26) 18th -25.1% 15th 65% above peers
New Bedford, MA 216 (May 26) 19th -17.7% 16th 76% above peers
El Cajon, CA 224 (May 26) 21st -7.3% 17th 83% above peers
Davenport, IA 262 (May 26) 22nd -5.4% 18th 114% above peers
Chico, CA 216 (May 26) 20th +5.7% 19th 77% above peers
Brockton, MA 339 (Apr 26) 24th +7.2% 20th 177% above peers
Carmel, IN 89 (May 26) 8th +8.1% 21st 27% below peers
Conroe, TX 136 (May 26) 14th +11.5% 22nd 11% above peers
St. George, UT 48 (May 26) 2nd +20.9% 23rd 61% below peers
Bend, OR 105 (May 26) 11th +22.6% 24th 14% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Boulder, CO down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 53% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $124,842 to $153,504 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,528). 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 70% from 2014 to 2024 ($90,087 to $153,504).
$153,504
20102024
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%
Bend, OR $96,394 14th +47% 1st 12% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 15th +44% 2nd 3% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 11th +39% 3rd 16% above peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 31st +39% 4th 35% below peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 17th +37% 5th 7% below peers
Yuma, AZ $65,482 26th +36% 6th 24% below peers
Albany, NY $61,986 27th +35% 7th 28% below peers
Hesperia, CA $72,160 22nd +35% 8th 16% below peers
Inglewood, CA $72,750 21st +34% 9th 15% below peers
Lynn, MA $75,043 20th +34% 10th 13% below peers
St. George, UT $76,508 18th +31% 11th 11% below peers
Daly City, CA $123,547 6th +31% 12th 44% above peers
Davenport, IA $66,200 25th +30% 13th 23% below peers
Renton, WA $100,432 10th +29% 14th 17% above peers
Burbank, CA $97,082 13th +28% 15th 13% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $106,273 8th +28% 16th 24% above peers
Quincy, MA $98,882 12th +27% 17th 15% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $159,307 1st +27% 18th 85% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $60,177 28th +27% 19th 30% below peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 7th +27% 20th 29% above peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 19th +26% 21st 11% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 24th +26% 22nd 22% below peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 3rd +25% 23rd 65% above peers
New Bedford, MA $56,981 30th +23% 24th 34% below peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 2nd +23% 25th 78% above peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 29th +22% 26th 31% below peers
El Cajon, CA $67,511 23rd +22% 27th 22% below peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 4th +21% 28th 53% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 16th +21% 29th on par with peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 5th +19% 30th 51% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 9th +14% 31st 19% above peers
Where is this changing? 26 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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3 of 26 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,504 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 100% 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: 3.2% in May 2026, down from 3.5% a year earlier.
3.2%
1990May 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Davenport, IA 3.7% (May 26) 8th -0.7pp 1st 14% below peers
South Bend, IN 3.8% (May 26) 9th -0.5pp 2nd 12% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.6% (May 26) 19th -0.4pp 3rd 7% above peers
Burbank, CA 6.5% (May 26) 28th -0.4pp 4th 51% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 5th 30% below peers
Vacaville, CA 4.1% (May 26) 12th -0.3pp 6th 5% below peers
Hesperia, CA 5.6% (May 26) 25th -0.3pp 7th 30% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.9% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 8th 9% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 9th 26% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.6% (May 26) 1st -0.3pp 10th 40% below peers
Daly City, CA 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 11th 28% below peers
El Cajon, CA 4.3% (May 26) 15th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Lynn, MA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 13th 5% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 14th 37% below peers
Brockton, MA 5.0% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 15th 16% above peers
Chico, CA 4.3% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
New Bedford, MA 5.7% (May 26) 26th -0.2pp 17th 33% above peers
Bend, OR 4.1% (May 26) 13th -0.1pp 18th 5% below peers
St. George, UT 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.0pp 19th 19% below peers
Inglewood, CA 5.9% (May 26) 27th +0.1pp 20th 37% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 21st 9% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.1% (May 26) 14th +0.3pp 22nd 5% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.1% (May 26) 24th +0.3pp 23rd 19% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 3.5% (May 26) 7th +0.3pp 24th 19% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 4.9% (May 26) 21st +0.5pp 25th 14% above peers
Renton, WA 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +0.7pp 26th 14% above peers
Albany, NY 4.3% (May 26) 17th +0.8pp 27th on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 4.8% (May 26) 20th +1.0pp 28th 12% above peers
Yuma, AZ 11.1% (May 26) 29th +1.1pp 29th 158% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.5% then, 8.2% now; margin ±1.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 8.2%).
8.2%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Rialto, CA 12.6% 18th -3.5pp 1st 14% above peers
Lynn, MA 13.7% 20th -2.9pp 2nd 24% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.5% 6th -1.5pp 3rd 33% below peers
Hesperia, CA 16.8% 25th -3.0pp 4th 52% above peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 12th -1.5pp 5th 21% below peers
Yuma, AZ 15.1% 23rd -2.6pp 6th 36% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.3% 5th -1.2pp 7th 34% below peers
Inglewood, CA 14.5% 21st -2.2pp 8th 31% above peers
St. George, UT 11.2% 17th -1.7pp 9th 2% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 10th -1.2pp 10th 27% below peers
South Bend, IN 20.4% 28th -2.6pp 11th 84% above peers
Brockton, MA 13.3% 19th -1.3pp 12th 20% above peers
Davenport, IA 14.8% 22nd -1.3pp 13th 33% above peers
Conroe, TX 11.1% 16th -0.9pp 14th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 10.4% 14th -0.7pp 15th 6% below peers
Chico, CA 22.0% 30th -0.4pp 16th 99% above peers
Albany, NY 20.7% 29th -0.1pp 17th 87% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 15.7% 24th -0.0pp 18th 42% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.9% 1st +0.0pp 19th 74% below peers
Daly City, CA 7.6% 8th +0.1pp 20th 31% below peers
Burbank, CA 10.7% 15th +0.2pp 21st 4% below peers
New Bedford, MA 20.3% 27th +0.4pp 22nd 83% above peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 7th +0.3pp 23rd 33% below peers
El Cajon, CA 20.2% 26th +1.2pp 24th 82% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 9.4% 13th +0.6pp 25th 15% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 11th +0.7pp 26th 26% below peers
Edinburg, TX 24.9% 31st +2.1pp 27th 125% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 2nd +0.4pp 28th 65% below peers
Vacaville, CA 7.7% 9th +0.9pp 29th 30% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 4th +1.1pp 30th 49% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 64% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.3% then, 9.0% now; margin ±2.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 8.9%).
9.0%
20132024
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%
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 4th -4.6pp 1st 52% below peers
Brockton, MA 15.2% 18th -4.9pp 2nd 16% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 20th -5.8pp 3rd 38% above peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 22nd -6.0pp 4th 52% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 6th -2.3pp 5th 35% below peers
Davenport, IA 19.3% 21st -5.0pp 6th 47% above peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 17th -3.3pp 7th 7% above peers
Yuma, AZ 21.8% 24th -4.8pp 8th 66% above peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 11th -2.1pp 9th 21% below peers
Lynn, MA 17.9% 19th -3.4pp 10th 36% above peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 16th -2.4pp 11th on par with peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.0% 1st -0.4pp 12th 85% below peers
Quincy, MA 12.6% 15th -2.3pp 13th 4% below peers
New Bedford, MA 25.9% 27th -4.4pp 14th 97% above peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 30th -4.8pp 15th 122% above peers
Inglewood, CA 20.3% 23rd -2.9pp 16th 54% above peers
Albany, NY 28.3% 29th -3.1pp 17th 115% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 12th -1.0pp 18th 20% below peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 9th -0.8pp 19th 25% below peers
El Cajon, CA 26.5% 28th -0.3pp 20th 102% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 77% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 7th +0.6pp 22nd 32% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 69% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 24.4% 26th +1.9pp 24th 86% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 9.6% 8th +0.9pp 25th 27% below peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 31st +4.1pp 26th 174% above peers
Burbank, CA 10.8% 13th +1.6pp 27th 18% below peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 25th +3.9pp 28th 69% above peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 14th +2.0pp 29th 18% below peers
Daly City, CA 10.0% 10th +2.4pp 30th 24% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 5th +2.3pp 31st 43% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.9% to 95.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 26 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; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.2% to 95.7%).
95.7%
20172024
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%
South Bend, IN 89.1% 27th +17.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 20th +14.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 28th +12.6pp 3rd 5% below peers
Davenport, IA 90.0% 25th +12.3pp 4th 4% below peers
Lynn, MA 91.5% 23rd +11.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 88.3% 30th +10.8pp 6th 6% below peers
New Bedford, MA 86.7% 31st +9.8pp 7th 8% below peers
Burbank, CA 95.0% 9th +10.4pp 8th 1% above peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 26th +9.1pp 9th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 90.4% 24th +9.1pp 10th 4% below peers
Inglewood, CA 92.2% 21st +9.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Albany, NY 88.4% 29th +8.1pp 12th 6% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 12th +8.2pp 13th 1% above peers
Quincy, MA 94.6% 13th +7.8pp 14th 1% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 10th +7.3pp 15th 1% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 22nd +5.7pp 16th 2% below peers
El Cajon, CA 93.6% 17th +5.7pp 17th on par with peers
Daly City, CA 94.8% 11th +5.5pp 18th 1% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 7th +5.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 16th +5.1pp 20th on par with peers
Hesperia, CA 94.1% 15th +4.5pp 21st on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 3rd +4.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 8th +3.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 5th +3.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 14th +2.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 19th +2.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 6th +2.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 93.3% 18th +1.9pp 28th on par with peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 98.1% 1st +1.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 4th -0.5pp 31st 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.46 to 0.48 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 1 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; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.48).
0.48
20102024
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
Conroe, TX 0.44 14th -0.029 1st on par with peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 5th -0.019 2nd 10% below peers
Davenport, IA 0.44 13th -0.019 3rd 1% below peers
Chico, CA 0.48 28th -0.017 4th 8% above peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 3rd -0.011 5th 11% below peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 17th -0.012 6th 1% above peers
New Bedford, MA 0.45 18th -0.010 7th 1% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 0.38 2nd -0.008 8th 15% below peers
Albany, NY 0.49 29th -0.009 9th 9% above peers
Hesperia, CA 0.40 7th -0.008 10th 9% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 6th -0.007 11th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 12th -0.007 12th 1% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 24th -0.006 13th 7% above peers
Inglewood, CA 0.45 15th -0.001 14th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 4th -0.000 15th 11% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 21st +0.001 16th 4% above peers
Quincy, MA 0.45 16th +0.003 17th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 18th 18% below peers
El Cajon, CA 0.45 20th +0.008 19th 2% above peers
Yuma, AZ 0.45 19th +0.008 20th 2% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 0.56 31st +0.012 21st 25% above peers
Lynn, MA 0.47 22nd +0.012 22nd 5% above peers
Renton, WA 0.43 9th +0.012 23rd 3% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 0.48 26th +0.013 24th 7% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 10th +0.012 25th 2% below peers
Bend, OR 0.47 23rd +0.014 26th 5% above peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 25th +0.014 27th 7% above peers
Burbank, CA 0.50 30th +0.017 28th 11% above peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 8th +0.014 29th 9% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 27th +0.023 30th 8% above peers
Daly City, CA 0.44 11th +0.031 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (3.3% then, 3.8% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (2.1% to 3.9%).
3.8%
20102023
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Bend, OR 7.7% 10th -4.9pp 1st 34% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 9th -4.5pp 2nd 38% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 8th -3.1pp 3rd 52% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 2nd -0.5pp 4th 88% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 12.0% 17th -3.4pp 5th 3% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 25th -4.0pp 6th 61% above peers
Albany, NY 18.6% 23rd -3.7pp 7th 60% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.2% 1st -0.2pp 8th 90% below peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 22nd -2.0pp 9th 43% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.7% 21st -1.2pp 10th 35% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 7th -0.3pp 11th 60% below peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 27th -1.7pp 12th 97% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 87% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 26th +0.1pp 14th 71% above peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 16th +0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 14th +0.2pp 16th 24% below peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 13th +0.2pp 17th 30% below peers
Lynn, MA 28.9% 29th +0.9pp 18th 148% above peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 31st +2.2pp 19th 170% above peers
Davenport, IA 14.6% 19th +1.2pp 20th 25% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 6th +0.4pp 21st 66% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 12th +1.2pp 22nd 31% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 5th +0.6pp 23rd 67% below peers
El Cajon, CA 24.7% 28th +3.6pp 24th 113% above peers
New Bedford, MA 31.0% 30th +5.4pp 25th 166% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.0% 4th +0.7pp 26th 74% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 20th +3.9pp 27th 27% above peers
Inglewood, CA 18.7% 24th +5.4pp 28th 61% above peers
Quincy, MA 13.8% 18th +4.1pp 29th 19% above peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 11th +2.6pp 30th 34% below peers
Burbank, CA 9.2% 15th +4.4pp 31st 21% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.7pp 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 Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,678,255 in June 2026, up from $1,639,800 a year earlier.
$1,678,255
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
South Bend, IN $202,069 (Jun 26) 27th +6.9% 1st 61% below peers
Albany, NY $336,028 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.5% 2nd 35% below peers
Carmel, IN $582,445 (Jun 26) 13th +4.4% 3rd 12% above peers
New Bedford, MA $449,676 (Jun 26) 20th +3.4% 4th 13% below peers
Davenport, IA $197,010 (Jun 26) 28th +3.0% 5th 62% below peers
Inglewood, CA $764,548 (Jun 26) 5th +2.4% 6th 48% above peers
San Mateo, CA $1,678,255 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 7th 224% above peers
Brockton, MA $516,482 (Jun 26) 16th +2.0% 8th on par with peers
Fishers, IN $450,919 (Jun 26) 19th +1.7% 9th 13% below peers
Edinburg, TX $219,009 (Jun 26) 26th +1.6% 10th 58% below peers
Daly City, CA $1,132,134 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 11th 119% above peers
Hesperia, CA $463,982 (Jun 26) 18th +1.2% 12th 10% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $178,137 (Jun 26) 29th +1.0% 13th 66% below peers
Quincy, MA $690,382 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 14th 33% above peers
Yuma, AZ $298,230 (Jun 26) 25th +0.7% 15th 42% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $575,479 (Jun 26) 14th +0.7% 16th 11% above peers
Chico, CA $469,145 (Jun 26) 17th +0.6% 17th 9% below peers
Rialto, CA $592,780 (Jun 26) 12th +0.6% 18th 14% above peers
Lynn, MA $595,053 (Jun 26) 11th +0.5% 19th 15% above peers
Columbia, MD $518,039 (Jun 26) 15th +0.1% 20th on par with peers
Burbank, CA $1,192,558 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.0% 21st 130% above peers
Vacaville, CA $610,649 (Jun 26) 10th -1.2% 22nd 18% above peers
El Cajon, CA $816,132 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 23rd 58% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $395,294 (Jun 26) 21st -1.5% 24th 24% below peers
Conroe, TX $316,083 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 25th 39% below peers
Bend, OR $737,350 (Jun 26) 7th -1.9% 26th 42% above peers
Renton, WA $752,310 (Jun 26) 6th -2.1% 27th 45% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $351,340 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.4% 28th 32% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $710,472 (Jun 26) 8th -2.8% 29th 37% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Multi-year view: starter homes rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,010,541 in June 2026, down from $1,014,330 a year earlier.
$1,010,541
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
South Bend, IN $120,695 (Jun 26) 28th +9.7% 1st 70% below peers
Albany, NY $249,962 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.3% 2nd 38% below peers
Edinburg, TX $143,142 (Jun 26) 26th +5.1% 3rd 65% below peers
Davenport, IA $128,338 (Jun 26) 27th +4.9% 4th 68% below peers
New Bedford, MA $370,878 (Jun 26) 16th +4.1% 5th 8% below peers
Carmel, IN $404,679 (Jun 26) 14th +3.9% 6th on par with peers
Brockton, MA $420,058 (Jun 26) 13th +3.1% 7th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN $344,182 (Jun 26) 19th +2.0% 8th 15% below peers
Inglewood, CA $581,208 (Jun 26) 6th +1.9% 9th 44% above peers
Hesperia, CA $403,764 (Jun 26) 15th +1.9% 10th on par with peers
Chico, CA $358,894 (Jun 26) 18th +1.8% 11th 11% below peers
Rialto, CA $530,452 (Jun 26) 8th +1.4% 12th 31% above peers
Yuma, AZ $211,379 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 13th 48% below peers
Quincy, MA $484,302 (Jun 26) 11th +0.3% 14th 20% above peers
Daly City, CA $889,723 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.2% 15th 120% above peers
Lynn, MA $457,757 (Jun 26) 12th -0.0% 16th 13% above peers
San Mateo, CA $1,010,541 (Jun 26) 1st -0.4% 17th 150% above peers
Columbia, MD $366,672 (Jun 26) 17th -0.5% 18th 9% below peers
Burbank, CA $884,023 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.8% 19th 119% above peers
El Cajon, CA $585,285 (Jun 26) 4th -0.9% 20th 45% above peers
Vacaville, CA $511,490 (Jun 26) 10th -1.6% 21st 27% above peers
Conroe, TX $228,370 (Jun 26) 24th -1.6% 22nd 43% below peers
Bend, OR $534,004 (Jun 26) 7th -1.6% 23rd 32% above peers
Renton, WA $528,314 (Jun 26) 9th -1.8% 24th 31% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $339,948 (Jun 26) 20th -2.0% 25th 16% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $91,103 (Jun 26) 29th -2.0% 26th 77% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $264,997 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.4% 27th 34% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $582,184 (Jun 26) 5th -2.4% 28th 44% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $266,220 (Jun 26) 21st -2.9% 29th 34% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership fell 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.4% to 49.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 2 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.0% to 49.9%).
49.9%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 43% above peers
Hesperia, CA 67.2% 7th +5.8pp 2nd 12% above peers
Yuma, AZ 66.8% 8th +5.5pp 3rd 11% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 6th +5.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Lynn, MA 48.1% 24th +3.2pp 5th 20% below peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 16th +3.0pp 6th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 12th +3.1pp 7th 8% above peers
El Cajon, CA 41.5% 28th +1.8pp 8th 31% below peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 10th +2.7pp 9th 10% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 18th +2.3pp 10th 5% below peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 21st +2.2pp 11th 10% below peers
Burbank, CA 43.3% 27th +1.4pp 12th 28% below peers
Daly City, CA 60.2% 17th +1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 15th +1.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 20th +1.5pp 15th 9% below peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 30th +0.7pp 16th 37% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 9th +1.1pp 17th 11% above peers
Inglewood, CA 36.2% 31st +0.4pp 18th 40% below peers
Davenport, IA 62.9% 14th +0.6pp 19th 4% above peers
New Bedford, MA 40.3% 29th +0.1pp 20th 33% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 56.4% 19th +0.1pp 21st 6% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 13th -0.7pp 22nd 8% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 4th -1.3pp 23rd 23% above peers
Quincy, MA 45.2% 25th -0.9pp 24th 25% below peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 3rd -1.5pp 25th 27% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 78.1% 2nd -2.1pp 26th 30% above peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 26th -1.3pp 27th 28% below peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 22nd -2.5pp 28th 11% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 5th -3.8pp 29th 22% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 65.7% 11th -5.5pp 30th 9% above peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 23rd -4.5pp 31st 17% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,667 in June 2026, up from $3,457 a year earlier.
$3,667
2015June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
New Bedford, MA $1,916 (Jun 26) 18th +6.6% 1st 14% below peers
Daly City, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 6th +6.5% 2nd 22% above peers
San Mateo, CA $3,667 (Jun 26) 1st +6.1% 3rd 65% above peers
Albany, NY $1,611 (Jun 26) 21st +5.8% 4th 28% below peers
South Bend, IN $1,310 (Jun 26) 26th +5.6% 5th 41% below peers
Rialto, CA $2,740 (Jun 26) 5th +5.0% 6th 23% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $1,279 (Jun 26) 27th +5.0% 7th 42% below peers
Davenport, IA $949 (Jun 26) 29th +3.7% 8th 57% below peers
Carmel, IN $1,854 (Jun 26) 20th +3.7% 9th 17% below peers
Bend, OR $2,300 (Jun 26) 13th +3.4% 10th 3% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $2,940 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.0% 11th 32% above peers
Fishers, IN $1,883 (Jun 26) 19th +2.9% 12th 15% below peers
Columbia, MD $2,304 (Jun 26) 11th +2.8% 13th 4% above peers
Yuma, AZ $1,473 (Jun 26) 25th +2.6% 14th 34% below peers
Hesperia, CA $2,224 (Jun 26) 15th +2.6% 15th on par with peers
Chico, CA $1,577 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.5% 16th 29% below peers
Lynn, MA $2,300 (Jun 26) 12th +2.5% 17th 3% above peers
Quincy, MA $2,750 (Jun 26) 4th +2.3% 18th 24% above peers
Renton, WA $2,191 (Jun 26) 16th +1.8% 19th 2% below peers
Burbank, CA $2,765 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 20th 24% above peers
Brockton, MA $2,406 (Jun 26) 10th +1.5% 21st 8% above peers
Vacaville, CA $2,562 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 22nd 15% above peers
Inglewood, CA $2,605 (Jun 26) 8th +0.5% 23rd 17% above peers
Edinburg, TX $1,019 (Jun 26) 28th +0.2% 24th 54% below peers
El Cajon, CA $2,277 (Jun 26) 14th +0.0% 25th 2% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $2,650 (Jun 26) 7th -0.2% 26th 19% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $2,002 (Jun 26) 17th -0.5% 27th 10% below peers
Conroe, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.6% 28th 29% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,563 (Jun 26) 24th -2.1% 29th 30% below peers
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 (38.8% then, 38.7% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.9% to 38.7%).
38.7%
20102024
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bend, OR 34.1% 14th -2.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Albany, NY 39.3% 19th -2.8pp 2nd 2% above peers
Davenport, IA 29.4% 7th -1.9pp 3rd 24% below peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 21st -2.6pp 4th 5% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 30.1% 8th -1.9pp 5th 22% below peers
Yuma, AZ 30.9% 10th -1.8pp 6th 20% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 6th -0.7pp 7th 29% below peers
Quincy, MA 39.8% 20th -0.7pp 8th 3% above peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 9th -0.5pp 9th 21% below peers
Daly City, CA 41.5% 22nd -0.5pp 10th 7% above peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 16th -0.1pp 11th on par with peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 13th +0.4pp 12th 13% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 12th +0.5pp 13th 15% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 24th +1.1pp 14th 15% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 17th +1.1pp 15th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 23rd +1.3pp 16th 12% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.7% 28th +2.1pp 17th 23% above peers
Lynn, MA 49.7% 29th +2.9pp 18th 28% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 5th +1.6pp 19th 29% below peers
Inglewood, CA 54.9% 30th +3.4pp 20th 42% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 18th +2.5pp 21st on par with peers
Hesperia, CA 45.0% 25th +3.6pp 22nd 16% above peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 15th +3.7pp 23rd 5% below peers
El Cajon, CA 55.4% 31st +5.6pp 24th 43% above peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 2nd +2.5pp 25th 47% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 26th 48% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 45.1% 26th +6.1pp 27th 16% above peers
New Bedford, MA 45.9% 27th +6.5pp 28th 18% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 11th +5.1pp 29th 15% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 26.6% 3rd +5.0pp 30th 31% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 4th +5.2pp 31st 31% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.1% to 6.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 1 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; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20102024
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
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 56% below peers
New Bedford, MA 16.6% 29th -4.4pp 2nd 185% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.1% 27th -3.1pp 3rd 142% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.2% 30th -3.8pp 4th 196% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 25th -2.0pp 5th 69% above peers
Yuma, AZ 5.8% 15th -1.1pp 6th on par with peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 9th -0.7pp 7th 25% below peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 8th 57% below peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 8th -0.6pp 9th 29% below peers
El Cajon, CA 8.1% 20th -1.0pp 10th 40% above peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 18th -0.8pp 11th 21% above peers
Albany, NY 24.0% 31st -2.2pp 12th 313% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 7th -0.3pp 13th 31% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 10th -0.3pp 14th 23% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 14th -0.2pp 15th 8% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 7.4% 19th -0.1pp 16th 27% above peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 17th 17% below peers
Davenport, IA 9.0% 24th +0.1pp 18th 55% above peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 16th +0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Burbank, CA 8.3% 21st +0.2pp 20th 43% above peers
Daly City, CA 8.4% 23rd +0.2pp 21st 45% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 6th +0.1pp 22nd 39% below peers
Inglewood, CA 9.9% 26th +0.5pp 23rd 69% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.7% 4th +0.2pp 24th 54% below peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 28th +1.0pp 25th 180% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 5.2% 13th +0.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 5th +0.4pp 27th 45% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 22nd +1.6pp 28th 44% above peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 17th +1.8pp 29th 17% above peers
Hesperia, CA 4.7% 11th +1.2pp 30th 20% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 54% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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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4 of 26 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
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 (4.1% then, 4.0% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.8% to 4.0%).
4.0%
20122024
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
Vacaville, CA 2.4% 1st -1.5pp 1st 62% below peers
Burbank, CA 4.0% 6th -2.3pp 2nd 38% below peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 23rd -3.3pp 3rd 40% above peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 15th -1.9pp 4th 4% below peers
Inglewood, CA 9.5% 25th -2.8pp 5th 49% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.7% 22nd -2.0pp 6th 36% above peers
Lynn, MA 4.1% 8th -0.9pp 7th 36% below peers
El Cajon, CA 6.4% 16th -1.3pp 8th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.5% 26th -1.6pp 9th 64% above peers
Conroe, TX 18.4% 30th -1.8pp 10th 187% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 28th -0.9pp 11th 79% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 7.1% 19th -0.3pp 12th 11% above peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 7th -0.1pp 13th 37% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.9% 18th -0.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Yuma, AZ 10.7% 27th -0.0pp 15th 68% above peers
Edinburg, TX 23.1% 31st +0.6pp 16th 261% above peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 21st +0.4pp 17th 19% above peers
Albany, NY 5.1% 12th +0.3pp 18th 20% below peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 20th +0.4pp 19th 12% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.5% 4th +0.2pp 20th 45% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.2pp 21st 50% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.2% 3rd +0.3pp 22nd 49% below peers
Daly City, CA 5.5% 14th +0.5pp 23rd 13% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 14.9% 29th +2.1pp 24th 133% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 10th +0.6pp 25th 28% below peers
New Bedford, MA 5.3% 13th +0.7pp 26th 17% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.8% 11th +0.7pp 27th 24% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.5% 9th +0.7pp 28th 29% below peers
Davenport, IA 6.5% 17th +1.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Hesperia, CA 9.5% 24th +1.8pp 30th 48% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 3.7% 5th +1.9pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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4 of 26 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Health

Adult obesity

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

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

22.0%
20202022
Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Daly City, CA 19.1% 1st 42% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 20.8% 2nd 37% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 3rd 33% below peers
Renton, WA 24.4% 4th 26% below peers
Burbank, CA 24.6% 5th 25% below peers
Quincy, MA 25.5% 6th 23% below peers
Carmel, IN 26.5% 7th 20% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 26.9% 8th 18% below peers
Bend, OR 27.5% 9th 17% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 10th 14% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 11th 12% below peers
El Cajon, CA 29.6% 12th 10% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 13th 9% below peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 14th 4% below peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 15th 2% below peers
Inglewood, CA 33.0% 16th on par with peers
Lynn, MA 34.3% 17th 4% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 34.9% 18th 6% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 35.1% 19th 6% above peers
Brockton, MA 35.2% 20th 7% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 21st 13% above peers
New Bedford, MA 37.3% 22nd 13% above peers
Hesperia, CA 38.0% 23rd 15% above peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 24th 16% above peers
Rialto, CA 38.3% 25th 16% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 38.8% 26th 18% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 27th 18% above peers
Davenport, IA 41.2% 28th 25% above peers
Yuma, AZ 41.5% 29th 26% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 30th 27% above peers
Edinburg, TX 45.7% 31st 38% 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 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.1% to 2.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 2.0%).
2.0%
20122024
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
Burbank, CA 1.7% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 61% below peers
New Bedford, MA 1.5% 1st -1.7pp 2nd 66% below peers
Inglewood, CA 4.3% 16th -1.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 4th -0.8pp 4th 54% below peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 15th -1.0pp 5th 7% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 23rd -1.1pp 6th 26% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 17th -0.8pp 7th 1% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 29th -2.0pp 8th 164% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 25th -1.1pp 9th 50% above peers
El Cajon, CA 3.2% 11th -0.5pp 10th 27% below peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 14th -0.4pp 11th 16% below peers
Yuma, AZ 7.7% 27th -0.7pp 12th 78% above peers
Davenport, IA 3.3% 12th -0.0pp 13th 24% below peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 7th +0.3pp 14th 45% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 10.4% 28th +1.6pp 15th 140% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 6.7% 26th +1.1pp 16th 54% above peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 17th 61% below peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 31st +3.4pp 18th 254% above peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 19th +1.2pp 19th 8% above peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 13th +0.9pp 20th 22% below peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 30th +4.6pp 21st 243% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 9th +1.1pp 22nd 33% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 18th +1.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Hesperia, CA 6.0% 24th +2.5pp 24th 39% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.0% 10th +1.3pp 25th 31% below peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 5th +1.0pp 26th 53% below peers
Lynn, MA 2.2% 6th +1.2pp 27th 49% below peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 8th +1.6pp 28th 34% below peers
Albany, NY 4.7% 20th +3.0pp 29th 9% above peers
Daly City, CA 5.2% 22nd +3.6pp 30th 20% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 4.9% 21st +4.0pp 31st 13% above peers
Where is this changing? 26 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.2% to 57.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 22 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; 22 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 12.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.4% to 57.8%).
57.8%
20102024
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
Lynn, MA 24.1% 25th +5.5pp 1st 34% below peers
Conroe, TX 34.1% 17th +7.8pp 2nd 7% below peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 16th +7.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 24th +4.9pp 4th 32% below peers
Bend, OR 52.9% 7th +8.9pp 5th 44% above peers
Brockton, MA 22.3% 27th +3.7pp 6th 39% below peers
Inglewood, CA 25.2% 23rd +4.0pp 7th 31% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 21st +4.3pp 8th 24% below peers
Davenport, IA 29.9% 18th +4.4pp 9th 18% below peers
Albany, NY 45.3% 11th +5.7pp 10th 24% above peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 30th +1.6pp 11th 66% below peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 19th +3.6pp 12th 20% below peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 12th +4.8pp 13th 15% above peers
Yuma, AZ 20.9% 28th +2.4pp 14th 43% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 61.8% 5th +6.5pp 15th 68% above peers
Quincy, MA 50.3% 8th +5.2pp 16th 37% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.1% 10th +4.8pp 17th 28% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 15th +3.8pp 18th 5% above peers
El Cajon, CA 23.0% 26th +2.1pp 19th 37% below peers
Renton, WA 39.5% 13th +3.0pp 20th 8% above peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 6th +3.6pp 21st 58% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 25.4% 22nd +1.6pp 22nd 31% below peers
Hesperia, CA 11.9% 31st +0.7pp 23rd 68% below peers
Carmel, IN 74.4% 1st +3.8pp 24th 103% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 67.8% 2nd +3.4pp 25th 85% above peers
Daly City, CA 38.9% 14th +1.2pp 26th 6% above peers
Edinburg, TX 28.4% 20th +0.7pp 27th 22% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 48.8% 9th +0.9pp 28th 33% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 4th +0.9pp 29th 73% above peers
New Bedford, MA 17.0% 29th +0.0pp 30th 54% below peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 3rd +0.0pp 31st 81% above peers
Where is this changing? 26 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 (61.3% then, 63.1% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.0% to 63.1%).
63.1%
20112024
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%
Edinburg, TX 37.6% 19th +13.3pp 1st 12% below peers
Lynn, MA 32.8% 26th +6.9pp 2nd 23% below peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 1st +12.2pp 3rd 69% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 16th +7.0pp 4th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 52.0% 10th +6.0pp 5th 22% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 5th +7.0pp 6th 43% above peers
Hesperia, CA 30.0% 28th +3.0pp 7th 30% below peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 21st +3.5pp 8th 13% below peers
Davenport, IA 43.8% 15th +3.5pp 9th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 14th +3.0pp 10th 5% above peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 11th +2.3pp 11th 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 20th +1.3pp 12th 13% below peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 4th +1.8pp 13th 48% above peers
Albany, NY 57.2% 7th -0.5pp 14th 34% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 45.8% 13th -0.8pp 15th 7% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 71.5% 2nd -1.8pp 16th 67% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 64.2% 3rd -3.5pp 17th 50% above peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 8th -4.3pp 18th 32% above peers
Quincy, MA 59.9% 6th -8.1pp 19th 40% above peers
New Bedford, MA 36.5% 22nd -5.5pp 20th 15% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 30th -4.1pp 21st 38% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.6% 17th -10.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Daly City, CA 49.4% 12th -12.7pp 23rd 16% above peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 18th -11.2pp 24th 3% below peers
Burbank, CA 53.0% 9th -21.8pp 25th 24% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 25th -14.3pp 26th 23% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 23rd -15.9pp 27th 17% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 27th -15.7pp 28th 25% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 24th -17.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Yuma, AZ 28.6% 29th -15.4pp 30th 33% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 31st -18.5pp 31st 41% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.5pp 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 (6.0% then, 5.2% now; margin ±4.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 5.2%).
5.2%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.4% 1st -1.1pp 1st 79% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 17th -4.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Lynn, MA 5.7% 11th -3.6pp 3rd 16% below peers
Davenport, IA 7.9% 19th -3.1pp 4th 17% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 22nd -2.7pp 5th 31% above peers
El Cajon, CA 4.9% 6th -1.2pp 6th 27% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6.7% 16th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 9th -0.9pp 8th 23% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 7th -0.5pp 9th 27% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 4th +0.0pp 10th 45% below peers
Daly City, CA 6.2% 14th +0.4pp 11th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.4pp 12th 51% below peers
Yuma, AZ 12.3% 25th +1.7pp 13th 83% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 21st +1.6pp 14th 25% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 27th +2.6pp 15th 91% above peers
New Bedford, MA 10.0% 23rd +2.2pp 16th 49% above peers
Hesperia, CA 13.2% 29th +2.9pp 17th 97% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.2% 2nd +0.7pp 18th 52% below peers
Albany, NY 4.1% 5th +1.1pp 19th 38% below peers
Burbank, CA 5.0% 8th +1.3pp 20th 26% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 13th +1.7pp 21st 10% below peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 10th +1.9pp 22nd 16% below peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 12th +2.2pp 23rd 14% below peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 15th +3.0pp 24th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 18th +3.5pp 25th 10% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 26th 126% above peers
Inglewood, CA 12.4% 26th +6.7pp 27th 84% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 30th +7.8pp 28th 114% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 20th +4.8pp 29th 25% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 28th +7.8pp 30th 94% above peers
Quincy, MA 11.0% 24th +9.1pp 31st 64% above peers
Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 104,333 to 103,105 - more than the combined survey margin (±121). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 5 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (100,114 to 103,105).
103,105
20102024
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
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 3rd +50% 1st 2% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 4th +32% 2nd 2% above peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 17th +21% 3rd on par with peers
St. George, UT 101,995 22nd +21% 4th 1% below peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 18th +13% 5th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 1st +10% 6th 3% above peers
Bend, OR 103,390 12th +10% 7th 1% above peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 6th +9% 8th 2% above peers
Lynn, MA 101,709 24th +8% 9th 1% below peers
Quincy, MA 102,114 21st +8% 10th on par with peers
Chico, CA 102,188 20th +8% 11th on par with peers
Hesperia, CA 100,775 28th +7% 12th 2% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 11th +7% 13th 1% above peers
New Bedford, MA 100,998 26th +6% 14th 2% below peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 25th +4% 15th 1% below peers
Yuma, AZ 100,139 31st +4% 16th 2% below peers
Renton, WA 105,317 2nd +4% 17th 3% above peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 15th +4% 18th on par with peers
Albany, NY 100,492 29th +3% 19th 2% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 100,234 30th +3% 20th 2% below peers
El Cajon, CA 104,449 8th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 10th +1% 22nd 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 14th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Burbank, CA 104,546 7th +1% 24th 2% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 9th +0% 25th 2% above peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 13th -1% 26th 1% above peers
Davenport, IA 100,913 27th -1% 27th 2% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 102,581 16th -2% 28th on par with peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 102,257 19th -3% 29th on par with peers
Daly City, CA 101,964 23rd -4% 30th 1% below peers
Inglewood, CA 104,569 5th -5% 31st 2% above peers
Where is this changing? 26 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 ±92 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.9% to 19.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 12 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.0% to 19.6%).
19.6%
20172024
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 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Burbank, CA 19.1% 26th +1.0pp 1st 20% below peers
New Bedford, MA 23.9% 16th +1.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Wichita Falls, TX 22.3% 18th +0.3pp 3rd 6% below peers
El Cajon, CA 25.6% 6th +0.3pp 4th 7% above peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 10th +0.3pp 5th 6% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 11th -0.1pp 6th 4% above peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 15th -0.1pp 7th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 14.4% 29th -0.2pp 8th 39% below peers
Lynn, MA 24.1% 13th -0.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 3rd -0.8pp 10th 14% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 19th -0.8pp 11th 8% below peers
Yuma, AZ 25.5% 9th -0.9pp 12th 7% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 16.2% 28th -0.6pp 13th 32% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 7th -0.9pp 14th 7% above peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 27th -0.8pp 15th 23% below peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 4th -1.3pp 16th 12% above peers
Hesperia, CA 29.1% 1st -1.5pp 17th 22% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 20th -1.1pp 18th 12% below peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 22nd -1.3pp 19th 13% below peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 8th -1.7pp 20th 7% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 18% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 17th -1.7pp 22nd 1% below peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 12th -1.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Daly City, CA 14.4% 30th -1.3pp 24th 39% below peers
Davenport, IA 21.0% 21st -2.0pp 25th 12% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 5th -2.9pp 26th 12% above peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 2nd -3.0pp 27th 16% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 24.0% 14th -3.1pp 28th on par with peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 25th -2.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Inglewood, CA 19.4% 24th -4.2pp 30th 19% below peers
Albany, NY 13.9% 31st -3.8pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent rose 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.7% to 23.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.6% to 23.5%).
23.5%
20102024
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 20th +6.8pp 1st 18% below peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 5th +9.4pp 2nd 54% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 43.8% 6th +9.0pp 3rd 52% above peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 13th +6.7pp 4th 16% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 14.2% 29th +1.7pp 5th 51% below peers
Burbank, CA 22.5% 22nd +2.7pp 6th 22% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 21st +2.6pp 7th 19% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 10th +3.6pp 8th 25% above peers
Lynn, MA 45.4% 3rd +3.0pp 9th 58% above peers
El Cajon, CA 28.9% 15th +1.3pp 10th 1% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 18th +1.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 14th +1.0pp 12th 7% above peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 17th +0.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 30th +0.1pp 14th 53% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 25th +0.1pp 15th 30% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 2nd +0.1pp 16th 67% above peers
Davenport, IA 39.0% 9th -0.4pp 17th 35% above peers
New Bedford, MA 55.6% 1st -0.6pp 18th 93% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 12th -0.4pp 19th 19% above peers
Daly City, CA 22.2% 24th -1.2pp 20th 23% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 19.9% 26th -1.5pp 21st 31% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.7% 8th -3.9pp 22nd 45% above peers
Yuma, AZ 36.0% 11th -3.6pp 23rd 25% above peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 19th -4.0pp 24th 14% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 28th -2.9pp 25th 40% below peers
Quincy, MA 18.4% 27th -3.2pp 26th 36% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 7th -9.3pp 27th 49% above peers
Hesperia, CA 28.8% 16th -7.3pp 28th on par with peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 31st -3.8pp 29th 58% below peers
Albany, NY 44.6% 4th -14.5pp 30th 55% above peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 23rd -9.6pp 31st 23% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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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4 of 26 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.2% then, 76.2% now; margin ±7.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.9% to 76.2%).
76.2%
20102024
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Highlands Ranch, CO 69.2% 14th +10.2pp 1st 1% above peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 17th +9.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 63.5% 22nd +7.3pp 3rd 7% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 12th +7.6pp 4th 2% above peers
Quincy, MA 73.3% 7th +6.8pp 5th 7% above peers
New Bedford, MA 72.7% 8th +6.3pp 6th 6% above peers
Davenport, IA 78.9% 2nd +6.7pp 7th 15% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 68.8% 15th +5.6pp 8th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 54.3% 29th +3.8pp 9th 21% below peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 21st +4.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 4th +4.8pp 11th 13% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 9th +3.0pp 12th 5% above peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 3rd +2.9pp 13th 14% above peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 5th +2.0pp 14th 11% above peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 24th +1.5pp 15th 11% below peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 16th 18% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 18th -1.4pp 18th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 27th -1.4pp 19th 14% below peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 20th -2.0pp 20th 6% below peers
Lynn, MA 71.2% 11th -2.6pp 21st 4% above peers
Daly City, CA 74.1% 6th -2.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Yuma, AZ 59.2% 26th -3.2pp 23rd 14% below peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 25th -3.8pp 24th 14% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 13th -5.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Burbank, CA 62.6% 23rd -4.7pp 26th 9% below peers
Albany, NY 71.7% 10th -5.7pp 27th 5% above peers
Hesperia, CA 53.9% 30th -4.6pp 28th 21% below peers
Inglewood, CA 67.4% 19th -6.8pp 29th 2% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 28th -8.4pp 30th 16% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 31st -7.2pp 31st 33% below peers
Where is this changing? 26 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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4 of 26 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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