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315,586 people (2025) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Santa Ana, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Household income
Median household income
$93,999
2020-24
▲ 42%
relative change
$66,145 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
14.6%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
23.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.8%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
15.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.2%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
15.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
18.3%
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
15.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.2%
Jul 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
4.7% a year earlier
Dropping fast Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
42.6%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
47.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.2%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
84.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.40 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.0%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
5.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Santa Ana, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.5%
2020-24
▲ 48%
relative change
4.4% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
44.6%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
46.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
43.0%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
45.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
22.9%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
26.9% in 2019
Falling  
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Population
312,534
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
332,794 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$858,641
Sep 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$827,948 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$594,790
Sep 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$577,700 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,820
Sep 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,764 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
62.8%
2020-24
low
vs peers
60.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 42% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $66,145 to $93,999 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,517).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Ana started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 79% from 2014 to 2024 ($52,519 to $93,999).
Bright spot $93,999
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Newark, NJ $52,060 29th +48% 1st 35% below peers
Stockton, CA $79,907 15th +46% 2nd on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA $93,999 9th +42% 3rd 18% above peers
Orlando, FL $72,336 19th +40% 4th 9% below peers
Durham, NC $81,619 13th +39% 5th 3% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $97,710 7th +38% 6th 23% above peers
Reno, NV $80,760 14th +37% 7th 2% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $65,742 23rd +35% 8th 17% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 30th +34% 9th 37% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 16th +33% 10th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 5th +33% 11th 36% above peers
Anaheim, CA $95,227 8th +33% 12th 20% above peers
Riverside, CA $91,045 10th +32% 13th 14% above peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 4th +30% 14th 36% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $52,909 28th +30% 15th 33% below peers
Irvine, CA $136,719 1st +30% 16th 72% above peers
St. Louis, MO $56,160 27th +28% 17th 29% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $73,394 18th +27% 18th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR $28,562 31st +27% 19th 64% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $122,551 2nd +27% 20th 54% above peers
Greensboro, NC $61,515 24th +26% 21st 23% below peers
Lincoln, NE $71,867 20th +24% 22nd 10% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 25th +24% 23rd 23% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $103,284 6th +22% 24th 30% above peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 11th +22% 25th 13% above peers
Lexington, KY $69,479 21st +21% 26th 13% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $86,504 12th +21% 27th 9% above peers
Lubbock, TX $60,895 26th +21% 28th 23% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $67,394 22nd +20% 29th 15% below peers
Madison, WI $78,050 17th +19% 30th 2% below peers
Plano, TX $112,253 3rd +17% 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 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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1 of 52 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Stockton, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Atlanta, GA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,896 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in July 2026, down from 4.7% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.2%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.0% (2024)
Newark, NJ 6.9% (Jul 26) 28th -2.0pp 1st 60% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -1.6pp 2nd 9% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -1.1pp 3rd 2% below peers
St. Louis, MO 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th -0.7pp 4th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 5th 21% below peers
Greensboro, NC 4.4% (Jul 26) 17th -0.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.5pp 7th 2% below peers
Riverside, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 8th 19% above peers
Stockton, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 29th -0.5pp 9th 65% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.6% (Jul 26) 26th -0.5pp 10th 30% above peers
Reno, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 11th 9% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 12th 19% above peers
Durham, NC 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 13th 21% below peers
Irvine, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -0.3pp 14th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 15th 40% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 16th 26% below peers
Henderson, NV 5.5% (Jul 26) 25th -0.3pp 17th 28% above peers
Anaheim, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 20th 14% below peers
Madison, WI 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.2pp 21st 33% below peers
Buffalo, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th +0.2pp 22nd 33% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Lubbock, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 19th +0.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 27th on par with peers
Orlando, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 28th on par with peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 29th 7% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.7% to 10.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Santa Ana started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 11.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.1% to 10.8%).
Bright spot 10.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Santa Ana, CA 10.8% 7th -4.9pp 1st 26% below peers
Durham, NC 11.7% 9th -4.2pp 2nd 20% below peers
Irvine, CA 10.8% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 26% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.6% 19th -3.3pp 4th 7% above peers
Anaheim, CA 12.4% 13th -2.4pp 5th 15% below peers
Orlando, FL 14.7% 16th -2.6pp 6th on par with peers
Newark, NJ 23.4% 28th -4.0pp 7th 60% above peers
Buffalo, NY 26.0% 30th -4.1pp 8th 77% above peers
Stockton, CA 15.5% 18th -2.4pp 9th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 12.2% 12th -1.7pp 10th 17% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.1% 11th -1.7pp 11th 17% below peers
Lexington, KY 14.9% 17th -1.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.8% 4th -0.9pp 13th 40% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 15.6% 20th -1.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Greensboro, NC 17.0% 23rd -1.5pp 15th 16% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 38.2% 31st -2.9pp 16th 161% above peers
Reno, NV 12.7% 14th -0.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Lubbock, TX 18.9% 25th -1.2pp 18th 29% above peers
Lincoln, NE 12.7% 15th -0.8pp 19th 13% below peers
St. Louis, MO 20.6% 27th -1.2pp 20th 41% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 25.5% 29th -0.8pp 21st 74% above peers
Madison, WI 16.4% 22nd -0.5pp 22nd 12% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.1% 26th -0.4pp 23rd 37% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.9% 5th -0.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.3% 1st -0.0pp 25th 64% below peers
Plano, TX 6.8% 2nd -0.0pp 26th 54% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 16.0% 21st +0.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 3rd +0.3pp 28th 46% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.1% 24th +1.0pp 29th 17% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 11.9% 10th +1.3pp 30th 19% below peers
Henderson, NV 9.0% 6th +1.0pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 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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1 of 52 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 8.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.3% to 14.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Santa Ana started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 16.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.3% to 14.6%).
Bright spot 14.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Santa Ana, CA 14.6% 10th -8.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Durham, NC 16.6% 16th -7.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 15.3% 14th -6.9pp 3rd 8% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 15th -5.2pp 4th 7% below peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 29th -10.4pp 5th 114% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 22.0% 21st -5.6pp 6th 33% above peers
Riverside, CA 14.8% 11th -3.2pp 7th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 10.8% 7th -2.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Newark, NJ 31.2% 28th -6.6pp 9th 88% above peers
Orlando, FL 20.6% 19th -3.8pp 10th 24% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 20th -3.3pp 11th 26% above peers
Lexington, KY 17.9% 17th -2.6pp 12th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 29.7% 26th -4.2pp 13th 79% above peers
Greensboro, NC 23.5% 23rd -3.2pp 14th 42% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 5th -1.2pp 15th 40% below peers
Lubbock, TX 20.1% 18th -1.9pp 16th 21% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.0% 1st -0.4pp 17th 70% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 22.9% 22nd -1.9pp 18th 38% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 36.2% 30th -2.7pp 19th 119% above peers
Plano, TX 7.9% 2nd -0.5pp 20th 52% below peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 13th -0.8pp 21st 10% below peers
Lincoln, NE 13.6% 8th -0.6pp 22nd 18% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.6% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 254% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 24th -0.3pp 24th 44% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 4th +0.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 25.0% 25th +2.0pp 26th 50% above peers
Irvine, CA 8.6% 3rd +0.7pp 27th 48% below peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 6th +1.1pp 28th 36% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 30.8% 27th +3.7pp 29th 86% above peers
Madison, WI 13.9% 9th +2.1pp 30th 16% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 14.9% 12th +2.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 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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1 of 52 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.4% to 92.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Ana started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 11.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.3% to 92.2%).
Bright spot 92.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
San Juan zona urbana, PR 75.7% 31st +18.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Greensboro, NC 91.0% 20th +17.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 86.5% 30th +16.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 28th +13.7pp 4th 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 86.9% 29th +12.5pp 5th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 91.8% 17th +12.5pp 6th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 89.3% 26th +9.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Lubbock, TX 88.9% 27th +8.8pp 8th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 90.6% 22nd +8.8pp 9th 2% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 10th +8.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 92.2% 16th +7.9pp 11th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 89.6% 24th +7.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 21st +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 92.6% 14th +6.8pp 14th on par with peers
Durham, NC 93.7% 9th +6.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 94.4% 8th +6.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 93.2% 11th +6.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 91.8% 18th +6.2pp 18th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 89.3% 25th +5.9pp 19th 3% below peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 23rd +5.8pp 20th 3% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 5th +6.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Lexington, KY 92.6% 15th +5.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 6th +5.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lincoln, NE 92.9% 13th +5.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 94.6% 7th +4.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA 93.1% 12th +3.7pp 26th 1% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 4th +3.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Madison, WI 91.5% 19th +2.8pp 28th 1% below peers
Plano, TX 96.7% 2nd +2.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA 95.8% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 97.0% 1st +1.1pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 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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1 of 52 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 (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Oklahoma City, OK up 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 68% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pittsburgh, PA up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA up 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 65% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.40 then, 0.40 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.40).
Bright spot 0.40
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Stockton, CA 0.44 8th -0.031 1st 5% below peers
Irvine, CA 0.46 13th -0.011 2nd on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 0.51 28th -0.010 3rd 10% above peers
Orlando, FL 0.49 22nd -0.008 4th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 0.42 4th -0.007 5th 9% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 0.61 31st -0.009 6th 32% above peers
Newark, NJ 0.50 25th -0.007 7th 7% above peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 26th -0.007 8th 9% above peers
Greensboro, NC 0.49 23rd -0.005 9th 6% above peers
Durham, NC 0.46 14th -0.003 10th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 0.40 3rd -0.001 11th 13% below peers
St. Louis, MO 0.50 27th -0.001 12th 9% above peers
Plano, TX 0.45 10th -0.001 13th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 5th -0.001 14th 9% below peers
Lexington, KY 0.49 24th -0.001 15th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 0.48 19th -0.000 16th 4% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 9th +0.001 17th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 0.52 29th +0.001 18th 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 0.43 7th +0.001 19th 7% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 0.54 30th +0.003 20th 17% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 6th +0.003 21st 8% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 0.46 15th +0.003 22nd on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 0.45 12th +0.003 23rd 3% below peers
Lubbock, TX 0.49 21st +0.006 24th 6% above peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 16th +0.006 25th on par with peers
Madison, WI 0.47 17th +0.007 26th 1% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 2nd +0.008 27th 13% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 18th +0.011 28th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 0.48 20th +0.011 29th 5% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 0.39 1st +0.013 30th 15% below peers
Anaheim, CA 0.45 11th +0.015 31st 4% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.1% then, 13.0% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.7% to 13.0%).
13.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.4% +3.5pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Durham, NC 9.4% 9th -2.1pp 1st 23% below peers
Lubbock, TX 10.7% 12th -1.6pp 2nd 12% below peers
Orlando, FL 14.7% 19th -2.0pp 3rd 21% above peers
Buffalo, NY 29.3% 30th -3.6pp 4th 141% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 14.5% 18th -1.8pp 5th 20% above peers
Lexington, KY 8.5% 6th -1.0pp 6th 30% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.8% 20th -1.7pp 7th 22% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.7% 15th -1.1pp 8th 3% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 13.0% 17th -1.2pp 9th 7% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.5% 22nd -1.3pp 10th 28% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.6% 26th -1.2pp 11th 53% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 18.7% 27th -1.1pp 12th 54% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.4% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 72% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.5% 29th -0.9pp 14th 102% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.7% 7th -0.1pp 15th 28% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 16.9% 23rd +0.0pp 16th 39% above peers
Lincoln, NE 8.9% 8th +0.3pp 17th 27% below peers
Riverside, CA 11.3% 13th +0.5pp 18th 7% below peers
Reno, NV 12.1% 16th +0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.3% 24th +1.0pp 20th 43% above peers
Stockton, CA 21.9% 28th +2.2pp 21st 81% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 10.7% 11th +1.3pp 22nd 12% below peers
Greensboro, NC 17.7% 25th +2.3pp 23rd 46% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 35.5% 31st +6.0pp 24th 192% above peers
Plano, TX 3.3% 1st +0.6pp 25th 73% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.0% 4th +1.2pp 26th 51% below peers
Henderson, NV 7.8% 5th +1.7pp 27th 36% below peers
Madison, WI 9.9% 10th +2.5pp 28th 19% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 11.5% 14th +3.0pp 29th 6% below peers
Anaheim, CA 15.1% 21st +4.4pp 30th 25% above peers
Irvine, CA 5.4% 3rd +2.9pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $858,641 in September 2026, up from $827,948 a year earlier.
Big move $858,641
2000September 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $761,538 (Sep 26) +0.6%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
Anchorage municipality, AK $422,584 (Sep 26) 15th +5.3% 1st on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA $858,641 (Sep 26) 3rd +3.7% 2nd 103% above peers
Lexington, KY $331,087 (Sep 26) 20th +3.4% 3rd 22% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $245,193 (Sep 26) 25th +3.3% 4th 42% below peers
Anaheim, CA $941,684 (Sep 26) 2nd +3.1% 5th 123% above peers
Lincoln, NE $291,408 (Sep 26) 21st +2.8% 6th 31% below peers
Buffalo, NY $244,068 (Sep 26) 26th +2.6% 7th 42% below peers
Madison, WI $424,543 (Sep 26) 14th +2.5% 8th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $774,710 (Sep 26) 5th +2.3% 9th 83% above peers
Lubbock, TX $210,957 (Sep 26) 29th +2.2% 10th 50% below peers
Reno, NV $571,562 (Sep 26) 8th +2.0% 11th 35% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $845,328 (Sep 26) 4th +1.3% 12th 100% above peers
Riverside, CA $641,514 (Sep 26) 7th +0.9% 13th 52% above peers
Saint Paul, MN $291,209 (Sep 26) 22nd +0.8% 14th 31% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $222,115 (Sep 26) 28th +0.6% 15th 47% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $656,649 (Sep 26) 6th +0.4% 16th 55% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $245,743 (Sep 26) 24th +0.3% 17th 42% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $565,459 (Sep 26) 9th -0.2% 18th 34% above peers
St. Louis, MO $181,157 (Sep 26) 30th -0.2% 19th 57% below peers
Greensboro, NC $260,573 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.3% 20th 38% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $234,620 (Sep 26) 27th -0.9% 21st 44% below peers
Newark, NJ $480,494 (Sep 26) 12th -1.0% 22nd 14% above peers
Orlando, FL $372,775 (Sep 26) 19th -1.1% 23rd 12% below peers
Chandler, AZ $512,981 (Sep 26) 10th -1.2% 24th 21% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $401,760 (Sep 26) 17th -1.4% 25th 5% below peers
Stockton, CA $422,451 (Sep 26) 16th -1.7% 26th on par with peers
Irvine, CA $1,481,490 (Sep 26) 1st -1.9% 27th 251% above peers
Henderson, NV $478,064 (Sep 26) 13th -2.3% 28th 13% above peers
Plano, TX $497,714 (Sep 26) 11th -3.3% 29th 18% above peers
Durham, NC $384,724 (Sep 26) 18th -3.7% 30th 9% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $594,790 in September 2026, up from $577,700 a year earlier.
Big move $594,790
2000September 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $464,407 (Sep 26) +0.2%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Anchorage municipality, AK $290,015 (Sep 26) 17th +7.5% 1st 12% below peers
Lexington, KY $231,775 (Sep 26) 20th +4.0% 2nd 30% below peers
Buffalo, NY $165,700 (Sep 26) 24th +3.7% 3rd 50% below peers
Lincoln, NE $213,631 (Sep 26) 22nd +3.2% 4th 35% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $156,306 (Sep 26) 26th +3.0% 5th 53% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $126,255 (Sep 26) 29th +3.0% 6th 62% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $594,790 (Sep 26) 4th +3.0% 7th 80% above peers
Anaheim, CA $756,854 (Sep 26) 2nd +2.3% 8th 129% above peers
Lubbock, TX $128,847 (Sep 26) 28th +2.2% 9th 61% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $446,375 (Sep 26) 7th +1.9% 10th 35% above peers
Reno, NV $395,950 (Sep 26) 8th +1.5% 11th 20% above peers
Newark, NJ $377,182 (Sep 26) 10th +1.4% 12th 14% above peers
Riverside, CA $535,275 (Sep 26) 5th +1.4% 13th 62% above peers
Madison, WI $314,288 (Sep 26) 16th +1.3% 14th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH $161,532 (Sep 26) 25th +1.3% 15th 51% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $217,402 (Sep 26) 21st +0.8% 16th 34% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $654,833 (Sep 26) 3rd +0.5% 17th 98% above peers
Greensboro, NC $167,671 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.6% 18th 49% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $448,945 (Sep 26) 6th -0.9% 19th 36% above peers
Stockton, CA $330,786 (Sep 26) 15th -1.0% 20th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $377,036 (Sep 26) 11th -1.2% 21st 14% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $135,766 (Sep 26) 27th -1.3% 22nd 59% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $331,839 (Sep 26) 14th -1.3% 23rd on par with peers
Irvine, CA $1,009,961 (Sep 26) 1st -1.4% 24th 205% above peers
Chandler, AZ $394,982 (Sep 26) 9th -2.2% 25th 19% above peers
Henderson, NV $353,927 (Sep 26) 13th -2.5% 26th 7% above peers
Orlando, FL $237,095 (Sep 26) 19th -2.5% 27th 28% below peers
St. Louis, MO $76,136 (Sep 26) 30th -2.7% 28th 77% below peers
Plano, TX $363,490 (Sep 26) 12th -3.3% 29th 10% above peers
Durham, NC $277,218 (Sep 26) 18th -3.4% 30th 16% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (46.1% then, 44.6% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.4% to 44.6%).
Needs attention 44.6%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Orlando, FL 39.5% 29th +4.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 53.9% 12th +5.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Newark, NJ 24.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 53% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 5th +5.5pp 4th 22% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 48.9% 20th +4.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 27th +2.3pp 6th 18% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 39.8% 28th +2.1pp 7th 24% below peers
Riverside, CA 56.8% 10th +2.8pp 8th 9% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 52.9% 14th +2.5pp 9th 1% above peers
Durham, NC 52.3% 16th +2.1pp 10th on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 63.9% 4th +2.6pp 11th 22% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 19th +1.9pp 12th 5% below peers
St. Louis, MO 45.3% 24th +1.6pp 13th 13% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 2nd +2.0pp 14th 26% above peers
Anaheim, CA 46.2% 22nd +1.4pp 15th 12% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 57.9% 8th +1.2pp 16th 11% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 7th +0.7pp 17th 14% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 47.7% 21st +0.5pp 18th 9% below peers
Greensboro, NC 50.5% 18th +0.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 3rd +0.1pp 20th 24% above peers
Lubbock, TX 51.2% 17th -0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 6th -0.1pp 22nd 18% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 73.1% 1st -0.7pp 23rd 40% above peers
Lexington, KY 53.8% 13th -0.7pp 24th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 52.5% 15th -0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 56.1% 11th -0.9pp 26th 7% above peers
Madison, WI 46.0% 23rd -1.0pp 27th 12% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 44.6% 25th -1.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Plano, TX 56.9% 9th -2.2pp 29th 9% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 27.9% 30th -1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Irvine, CA 44.5% 26th -2.4pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,820 in September 2026, up from $2,764 a year earlier.
Big move $2,820
2015September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Reno, NV $1,997 (Sep 26) 11th +8.1% 1st 8% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN $1,257 (Sep 26) 30th +6.5% 2nd 32% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $2,715 (Sep 26) 6th +4.2% 3rd 47% above peers
Lexington, KY $1,631 (Sep 26) 19th +3.9% 4th 12% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $1,569 (Sep 26) 21st +3.8% 5th 15% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $1,845 (Sep 26) 15th +3.8% 6th on par with peers
Saint Paul, MN $1,524 (Sep 26) 22nd +3.4% 7th 17% below peers
Buffalo, NY $1,421 (Sep 26) 25th +3.4% 8th 23% below peers
Durham, NC $1,626 (Sep 26) 20th +3.2% 9th 12% below peers
St. Louis, MO $1,292 (Sep 26) 28th +3.1% 10th 30% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $3,101 (Sep 26) 2nd +3.1% 11th 68% above peers
Anaheim, CA $2,755 (Sep 26) 5th +2.6% 12th 49% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $1,432 (Sep 26) 23rd +2.6% 13th 22% below peers
Greensboro, NC $1,395 (Sep 26) 26th +2.2% 14th 24% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $2,820 (Sep 26) 4th +2.0% 15th 53% above peers
Riverside, CA $2,427 (Sep 26) 7th +2.0% 16th 32% above peers
Madison, WI $1,837 (Sep 26) 16th +1.8% 17th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA $2,935 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.8% 18th 59% above peers
Lubbock, TX $1,315 (Sep 26) 27th +1.7% 19th 29% below peers
Stockton, CA $2,032 (Sep 26) 10th +1.7% 20th 10% above peers
Irvine, CA $3,604 (Sep 26) 1st +1.6% 21st 95% above peers
Lincoln, NE $1,278 (Sep 26) 29th +1.6% 22nd 31% below peers
Chandler, AZ $1,893 (Sep 26) 12th +1.6% 23rd 3% above peers
Gilbert, AZ $2,079 (Sep 26) 9th +1.2% 24th 13% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $1,422 (Sep 26) 24th +1.1% 25th 23% below peers
Orlando, FL $1,889 (Sep 26) 13th +1.0% 26th 2% above peers
Henderson, NV $1,783 (Sep 26) 17th +0.7% 27th 3% below peers
Plano, TX $1,736 (Sep 26) 18th +0.5% 28th 6% below peers
Newark, NJ $2,111 (Sep 26) 8th +0.3% 29th 14% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $1,866 (Sep 26) 14th -0.4% 30th 1% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.0% to 42.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way. Santa Ana started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 11.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.6% to 42.6%).
Bright spot 42.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Ana, CA 42.6% 26th -4.5pp 1st 15% above peers
St. Louis, MO 34.2% 10th -3.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Newark, NJ 53.8% 31st -4.6pp 3rd 46% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 36.6% 15th -2.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.0% 22nd -2.2pp 5th 11% above peers
Durham, NC 31.9% 7th -1.6pp 6th 13% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.1% 6th -0.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 18th -0.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 41.7% 23rd -0.8pp 9th 13% above peers
Irvine, CA 42.5% 24th -0.4pp 10th 15% above peers
Anaheim, CA 47.3% 30th -0.3pp 11th 28% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 43.6% 27th +0.4pp 12th 18% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.9% 20th +0.4pp 13th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% 9th +0.4pp 14th 9% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 28th +1.0pp 15th 22% above peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 2nd +0.7pp 16th 26% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 25.3% 1st +0.6pp 17th 31% below peers
Riverside, CA 42.5% 25th +1.5pp 18th 15% above peers
Madison, WI 36.4% 14th +1.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 35.7% 13th +1.5pp 20th 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 46.0% 29th +2.0pp 21st 25% above peers
Lexington, KY 32.1% 8th +1.6pp 22nd 13% below peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 17th +1.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Greensboro, NC 36.9% 16th +2.0pp 24th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 30.3% 4th +1.9pp 25th 18% below peers
Lubbock, TX 38.6% 19th +2.5pp 26th 5% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 21st +2.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 35.1% 12th +2.6pp 28th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 3rd +2.2pp 29th 25% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 11th +3.6pp 30th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 30.5% 5th +3.4pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newark, NJ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Stockton, CA down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.5% then, 6.0% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 6.0%).
Bright spot 6.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Stockton, CA 7.2% 15th -2.0pp 1st on par with peers
Riverside, CA 4.5% 5th -1.2pp 2nd 37% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 29th -5.3pp 3rd 214% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 20.4% 27th -4.8pp 4th 184% above peers
Durham, NC 7.2% 17th -1.4pp 5th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 17.1% 25th -2.8pp 6th 137% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.6% 28th -2.7pp 7th 186% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 2nd -0.4pp 8th 54% below peers
Newark, NJ 34.3% 30th -4.1pp 9th 376% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 16th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 21st -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Orlando, FL 7.4% 18th -0.6pp 12th 3% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 7.0% 14th -0.5pp 13th 3% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.5% 26th -1.2pp 14th 157% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 7th -0.2pp 15th 28% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 5.8% 10th -0.2pp 16th 19% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 6th -0.1pp 17th 37% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 13.0% 23rd -0.3pp 18th 81% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.6% 24th +0.0pp 19th 131% above peers
Anaheim, CA 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 20th 23% below peers
Lubbock, TX 6.1% 12th +0.2pp 21st 15% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 40.3% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 459% above peers
Madison, WI 12.2% 22nd +0.8pp 23rd 69% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.2% 20th +0.6pp 24th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 4th +0.3pp 25th 40% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.0% 11th +0.5pp 26th 16% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.3% 8th +0.5pp 27th 27% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.7% 13th +0.8pp 28th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 3.7% 3rd +0.5pp 29th 48% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 19th +1.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 2.3% 1st +0.6pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.7% to 12.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Santa Ana started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 18.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.6% to 12.2%).
Bright spot 12.2%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Jersey City, NJ 8.5% 17th -2.9pp 1st on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 12.2% 26th -3.5pp 2nd 43% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.4% 15th -1.9pp 3rd 1% below peers
Anaheim, CA 9.9% 22nd -2.1pp 4th 17% above peers
Lincoln, NE 6.3% 7th -1.3pp 5th 25% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.4% 8th -1.0pp 6th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 10.7% 25th -1.8pp 7th 26% above peers
St. Louis, MO 9.3% 19th -1.5pp 8th 9% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 9.8% 21st -1.4pp 9th 16% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.0% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 53% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 8.5% 16th -1.1pp 11th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 3rd -0.5pp 12th 52% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 9th -0.7pp 13th 23% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.6% 1st -0.4pp 14th 58% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.8% 5th -0.5pp 15th 43% below peers
Orlando, FL 13.9% 29th -1.3pp 16th 63% above peers
Riverside, CA 8.9% 18th -0.5pp 17th 5% above peers
Plano, TX 10.7% 24th -0.5pp 18th 25% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.3% 27th -0.1pp 19th 57% above peers
Stockton, CA 6.9% 12th +0.1pp 20th 19% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.7% 10th +0.1pp 21st 22% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 21% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.8% 30th +0.6pp 23rd 109% above peers
Lubbock, TX 13.7% 28th +0.6pp 24th 60% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.4% 20th +0.5pp 25th 11% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 13th +0.4pp 26th 15% below peers
Madison, WI 4.2% 4th +0.3pp 27th 50% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.8% 14th +0.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Reno, NV 10.6% 23rd +0.8pp 29th 24% above peers
Newark, NJ 19.7% 31st +2.3pp 30th 132% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.3% 6th +1.0pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Anaheim, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port St. Lucie, FL down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

29.0%
20202023
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 32.9%
Irvine, CA 19.2% 1st 43% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 24.3% 2nd 28% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 26.2% 3rd 22% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 26.6% 4th 21% below peers
Anaheim, CA 26.8% 5th 21% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 27.7% 6th 18% below peers
Chandler, AZ 28.2% 7th 17% below peers
Reno, NV 28.4% 8th 16% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.9% 9th 14% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.0% 10th 14% below peers
Plano, TX 31.2% 11th 8% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 31.8% 12th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 31.8% 13th 6% below peers
Madison, WI 32.7% 14th 3% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 32.8% 15th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 33.8% 16th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 33.9% 17th on par with peers
Orlando, FL 34.5% 18th 2% above peers
Lincoln, NE 35.1% 19th 4% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 35.2% 20th 4% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.8% 21st 6% above peers
Newark, NJ 35.9% 22nd 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 36.7% 23rd 9% above peers
Durham, NC 36.8% 24th 9% above peers
St. Louis, MO 36.8% 25th 9% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.3% 26th 13% above peers
Buffalo, NY 38.4% 27th 14% above peers
Greensboro, NC 39.1% 28th 16% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 39.7% 29th 17% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.7% 30th 20% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 5.2% now; margin ±0.9pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 5.2%).
5.2%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lexington, KY 3.0% 6th -1.3pp 1st 42% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 3.9% 12th -1.6pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 11th -1.4pp 3rd 27% below peers
Irvine, CA 2.2% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 57% below peers
Greensboro, NC 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 5th 32% below peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% 8th -0.8pp 6th 32% below peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 22nd -1.2pp 7th 33% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 19th -0.9pp 8th 4% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 8.1% 27th -1.1pp 9th 57% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 7.3% 24th -0.8pp 10th 43% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.2% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 56% below peers
St. Louis, MO 4.9% 15th -0.2pp 12th 5% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 25th -0.1pp 13th 52% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.4% 14th -0.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 10th -0.0pp 15th 29% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 7th +0.2pp 16th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 3.9% 13th +0.3pp 17th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 8.0% 26th +0.6pp 18th 55% above peers
Plano, TX 9.1% 28th +0.8pp 19th 77% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.1% 16th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 5.2% 18th +0.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Stockton, CA 2.9% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 43% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 21st +1.0pp 23rd 26% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 5.1% 17th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 1st +0.3pp 25th 62% below peers
Madison, WI 2.8% 4th +0.5pp 26th 46% below peers
Lubbock, TX 10.7% 30th +2.3pp 27th 109% above peers
Orlando, FL 9.7% 29th +2.1pp 28th 88% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 23rd +1.7pp 29th 42% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 5.8% 20th +1.4pp 30th 14% above peers
Newark, NJ 11.3% 31st +3.2pp 31st 120% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.0% to 18.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Ana started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 18.3%).
Bright spot 18.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Newark, NJ 19.7% 28th +4.5pp 1st 52% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 18.3% 30th +3.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 23rd +4.2pp 3rd 28% below peers
Durham, NC 57.3% 4th +7.7pp 4th 39% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 54.8% 5th +7.2pp 5th 33% above peers
St. Louis, MO 41.1% 15th +4.8pp 6th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 33.2% 21st +3.8pp 7th 19% below peers
Buffalo, NY 31.2% 22nd +3.5pp 8th 24% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 12th +4.7pp 9th 2% above peers
Henderson, NV 37.4% 18th +4.0pp 10th 9% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 18.9% 29th +2.0pp 11th 54% below peers
Riverside, CA 25.7% 25th +2.7pp 12th 37% below peers
Orlando, FL 42.5% 11th +4.5pp 13th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 41.5% 14th +4.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.1% 20th +3.6pp 15th 15% below peers
Lexington, KY 48.3% 7th +4.6pp 16th 17% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 24.4% 26th +2.3pp 17th 41% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 49.1% 6th +4.5pp 18th 19% above peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 19th +3.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Stockton, CA 20.0% 27th +1.7pp 20th 51% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 48.2% 8th +3.8pp 21st 17% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 43.8% 10th +3.0pp 22nd 6% above peers
Greensboro, NC 41.0% 16th +2.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 38.6% 17th +2.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Chandler, AZ 47.8% 9th +3.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Plano, TX 60.5% 2nd +3.3pp 26th 47% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.8% 13th +2.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 29.0% 24th +1.2pp 28th 30% below peers
Madison, WI 59.9% 3rd +2.0pp 29th 46% above peers
Irvine, CA 70.6% 1st +1.8pp 30th 72% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newark, NJ up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cleveland, OH up 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.8% then, 43.0% now; margin ±7.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.0% to 43.0%).
Needs attention 43.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Corpus Christi, TX 47.8% 12th +8.0pp 1st 7% above peers
Anaheim, CA 51.3% 8th +7.1pp 2nd 14% above peers
Riverside, CA 41.0% 21st +4.8pp 3rd 8% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 9th +4.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 18th +3.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Madison, WI 51.4% 7th +2.1pp 6th 15% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 23rd +1.1pp 7th 11% below peers
St. Louis, MO 53.8% 6th +1.0pp 8th 20% above peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 15th +0.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 17th -0.1pp 10th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 47.6% 14th -0.2pp 11th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 50.9% 10th -0.4pp 12th 14% above peers
Plano, TX 47.7% 13th -2.1pp 13th 6% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 73.2% 1st -3.6pp 14th 63% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 36.2% 29th -1.8pp 15th 19% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 43.0% 19th -2.8pp 16th 4% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 34.2% 30th -2.4pp 17th 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 39.5% 26th -2.8pp 18th 12% below peers
Newark, NJ 67.5% 2nd -5.8pp 19th 51% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.4% 20th -3.9pp 20th 8% below peers
Orlando, FL 55.1% 5th -6.2pp 21st 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 50.1% 11th -6.6pp 22nd 12% above peers
Greensboro, NC 37.0% 27th -4.9pp 23rd 18% below peers
Lexington, KY 41.0% 22nd -7.3pp 24th 9% below peers
Durham, NC 39.8% 24th -7.2pp 25th 11% below peers
Lubbock, TX 39.6% 25th -7.3pp 26th 12% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 28th -7.2pp 27th 18% below peers
Irvine, CA 59.6% 3rd -12.5pp 28th 33% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 31st -6.6pp 29th 41% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.5% 4th -15.5pp 30th 31% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 44.8% 16th -14.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth rose 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.4% to 6.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.5% to 6.5%).
Needs attention 6.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Orlando, FL 4.3% 8th -4.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 7th -3.9pp 2nd 36% below peers
St. Louis, MO 6.7% 16th -3.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Irvine, CA 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 4th 80% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 21st -2.3pp 5th 7% above peers
Durham, NC 4.5% 9th -1.2pp 6th 32% below peers
Greensboro, NC 5.1% 11th -1.3pp 7th 24% below peers
Newark, NJ 9.8% 26th -1.8pp 8th 47% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% 22nd -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Madison, WI 2.2% 2nd -0.1pp 10th 67% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 13th -0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 7.9% 23rd -0.2pp 12th 19% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 10th -0.1pp 13th 26% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.4% 25th +0.1pp 14th 26% above peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 17th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% 4th +0.2pp 16th 44% below peers
Riverside, CA 6.3% 12th +0.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Lubbock, TX 4.2% 6th +0.3pp 18th 36% below peers
Stockton, CA 10.1% 28th +1.0pp 19th 51% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.2% 5th +0.5pp 20th 37% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 12.1% 29th +1.5pp 21st 81% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.8% 19th +0.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 6.5% 15th +1.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 3rd +0.7pp 24th 48% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 25th 97% above peers
Anaheim, CA 8.2% 24th +2.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.7% 18th +1.9pp 27th on par with peers
Plano, TX 7.1% 20th +2.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 27th +3.1pp 29th 49% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.5% 14th +2.1pp 30th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 31st +5.0pp 31st 111% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
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EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 332,794 to 312,534 - more than the combined survey margin (±172). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 73% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (331,266 to 312,534).
Big move 312,534
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 25th +15% 1st 8% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 280,262 23rd +15% 2nd 7% below peers
Irvine, CA 311,690 11th +14% 3rd 3% above peers
Orlando, FL 319,758 6th +14% 4th 6% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 294,078 18th +12% 5th 2% below peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 24th +11% 6th 7% below peers
Reno, NV 273,212 29th +11% 7th 9% below peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 3rd +11% 8th 10% above peers
Newark, NJ 310,178 13th +10% 9th 3% above peers
Madison, WI 278,001 26th +9% 10th 8% below peers
Durham, NC 291,467 19th +8% 11th 3% below peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 27th +8% 12th 8% below peers
Lubbock, TX 264,814 31st +4% 13th 12% below peers
Stockton, CA 322,326 5th +4% 14th 7% above peers
Lincoln, NE 294,856 17th +4% 15th 2% below peers
Greensboro, NC 301,198 16th +3% 16th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 311,224 12th +3% 17th 3% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 28th +3% 18th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 290,594 20th +1% 19th 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 30th +1% 20th 11% below peers
Lexington, KY 323,725 4th +1% 21st 7% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 307,284 14th +1% 22nd 2% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 304,759 15th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 345,482 1st -1% 24th 15% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 288,976 21st -2% 25th 4% below peers
Anaheim, CA 344,521 2nd -2% 26th 14% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 317,995 8th -2% 27th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 319,069 7th -2% 28th 6% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 317,419 9th -3% 29th 5% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 312,534 10th -6% 30th 4% above peers
St. Louis, MO 288,512 22nd -6% 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.9% to 22.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 4.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.5% to 22.9%).
Big move 22.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Orlando, FL 21.4% 19th +0.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.8% 4th +0.2pp 2nd 13% above peers
Lexington, KY 21.0% 20th +0.1pp 3rd 4% below peers
Greensboro, NC 21.7% 17th -0.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Madison, WI 16.1% 29th -0.2pp 5th 26% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 14th -0.3pp 6th 2% above peers
Lubbock, TX 22.9% 12th -0.4pp 7th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA 21.7% 18th -0.4pp 8th 1% below peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 22nd -0.5pp 9th 5% below peers
Lincoln, NE 21.9% 16th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 14.6% 31st -0.5pp 11th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 23.1% 10th -0.8pp 12th 5% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 5th -0.8pp 13th 12% above peers
Stockton, CA 26.7% 2nd -1.0pp 14th 22% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 6th -1.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.5% 28th -0.7pp 16th 25% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 23.5% 7th -1.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.9pp 18th 10% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 23.4% 9th -1.2pp 19th 7% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.3% 27th -1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 20.7% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 23.5% 8th -1.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 28.1% 1st -1.8pp 23rd 29% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 25th -1.4pp 24th 9% below peers
Plano, TX 20.9% 21st -1.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Durham, NC 20.1% 24th -1.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Anaheim, CA 22.2% 15th -1.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 13th -2.4pp 28th 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 3rd -3.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 22.9% 11th -4.0pp 30th 5% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -2.9pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.6% then, 29.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.1% to 29.5%).
29.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 25th +5.1pp 1st 22% below peers
Irvine, CA 17.7% 31st +3.2pp 2nd 50% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 19.9% 29th +3.5pp 3rd 44% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 27.7% 26th +3.9pp 4th 22% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.6% 19th +4.2pp 5th 11% below peers
Madison, WI 31.3% 20th +3.5pp 6th 12% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 24th +2.4pp 7th 19% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 22nd +2.3pp 8th 17% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.2% 8th +3.1pp 9th 15% above peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 12th +2.6pp 10th 6% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 68.2% 1st +3.3pp 11th 91% above peers
Plano, TX 19.4% 30th +0.7pp 12th 45% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.5% 23rd +0.9pp 13th 17% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 39.6% 10th +1.2pp 14th 11% above peers
Lincoln, NE 26.7% 27th +0.8pp 15th 25% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 9th +0.5pp 16th 13% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 37.0% 15th +0.4pp 17th 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 14th +0.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Newark, NJ 58.1% 2nd -0.2pp 19th 63% above peers
Riverside, CA 30.1% 21st -0.6pp 20th 16% below peers
Greensboro, NC 42.9% 6th -1.1pp 21st 20% above peers
Lexington, KY 31.7% 17th -1.2pp 22nd 11% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 42.6% 7th -2.1pp 23rd 20% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 4th -3.6pp 24th 47% above peers
St. Louis, MO 52.2% 5th -4.0pp 25th 46% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.6% 16th -2.8pp 26th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 56.2% 3rd -6.5pp 27th 58% above peers
Orlando, FL 38.9% 11th -5.0pp 28th 9% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 28th -3.3pp 29th 34% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 31.6% 18th -4.9pp 30th 11% below peers
Durham, NC 37.4% 13th -5.9pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.4% then, 62.8% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.3% to 62.8%).
Big move 62.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Gilbert, AZ 70.7% 10th +15.2pp 1st 4% above peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 20th +7.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 12th +8.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Irvine, CA 61.7% 28th +6.5pp 4th 9% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 68.2% 15th +6.0pp 5th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 67.2% 19th +5.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 9th +5.5pp 7th 5% above peers
Anaheim, CA 68.2% 16th +4.6pp 8th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 65.3% 22nd +4.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 18th +4.2pp 10th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 63.5% 25th +3.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 59.9% 31st +3.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 68.5% 14th +3.2pp 13th 1% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 62.8% 26th +2.4pp 14th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 65.5% 21st +1.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 72.3% 7th +1.5pp 16th 6% above peers
Lexington, KY 74.2% 5th +1.1pp 17th 9% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Durham, NC 74.5% 4th -0.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Madison, WI 75.9% 1st -0.7pp 20th 11% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 69.1% 13th -0.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 69.6% 11th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 60.9% 30th -0.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
Lubbock, TX 67.8% 17th -1.0pp 24th on par with peers
Orlando, FL 71.5% 8th -1.8pp 25th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 73.5% 6th -1.9pp 26th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 74.5% 3rd -2.2pp 27th 9% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 29th -3.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 64.9% 23rd -6.9pp 29th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 64.5% 24th -7.3pp 30th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 27th -8.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 52 census tracts
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DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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