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Santa Maria, CA

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111,390 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Santa Maria, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Homicide
Homicide rate
1 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 83%
relative change
6 in the prior 12 months
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$84,746
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
$63,341 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
296 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 28%
relative change
409 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,523 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 22%
relative change
1,962 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
14.9%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
18.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
15.7%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
13.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.2%
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
5.5% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
86.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Santa Maria, 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
10.7%
2020-24
▲ 151%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
17.3%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
14.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
24.2%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
20.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
0.39 in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
26.0%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
27.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
44.5%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
42.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
50.2%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
49.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.8%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
5.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
15.5%
2019-23
▲ 6%
relative change
14.7% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.3%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
4.9% 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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
42.6%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
36.9% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$558,449
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$534,873 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
110,462
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
106,224 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$665,729
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$641,809 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,537
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$2,466 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
30.9%
2020-24
high
vs peers
31.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% 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 rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 622 in July 2026, down from 627 a year earlier.
622 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Pueblo, CO 1,114 (Dec 25) -22.7% 1st
Centennial, CO 152 (Apr 26) -19.3% 2nd
Springfield, IL 775 (Jul 26) -13.9% 3rd
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 319 (Jul 26) -11.8% 4th
Tyler, TX 328 (Jul 26) -10.8% 5th
Hillsboro, OR 248 (Apr 26) -9.7% 6th
Gresham, OR 334 (Jun 26) -8.4% 7th
Beaumont, TX 897 (Jul 26) -7.8% 8th
Edinburg, TX 202 (Jul 26) -6.7% 9th
Santa Maria, CA 622 (Jul 26) -0.7% 10th
Sparks, NV 358 (Jul 26) +0.0% 11th
Everett, WA 203 (Jul 26) +0.4% 12th
Murrieta, CA 196 (Jul 26) +0.9% 13th
Carlsbad, CA 232 (Jul 26) +4.0% 14th
Allen, TX 85 (Jul 26) +4.3% 15th
Lansing, MI 1,281 (Jul 26) +11.8% 16th
Spokane Valley, WA 257 (Jun 26) +14.3% 17th
St. George, UT 206 (Jun 26) +17.2% 18th
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Peers worth a call

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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 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% 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 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,523 in July 2026, down from 1,962 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,523 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Murrieta, CA 624 (Jul 26) -32.4% 1st
Carlsbad, CA 922 (Jul 26) -30.1% 2nd
Everett, WA 1,979 (Jul 26) -29.1% 3rd
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 1,579 (Jul 26) -23.0% 4th
Santa Maria, CA 1,523 (Jul 26) -22.4% 5th
Centennial, CO 1,340 (Jul 26) -22.1% 6th
Edinburg, TX 1,311 (Jul 26) -20.4% 7th
Hillsboro, OR 1,833 (Jun 26) -19.7% 8th
Allen, TX 658 (Jul 26) -17.4% 9th
Pueblo, CO 4,253 (Dec 25) -16.8% 10th
Beaumont, TX 2,695 (Jul 26) -11.9% 11th
Springfield, IL 4,133 (Jul 26) -11.8% 12th
Spokane Valley, WA 3,080 (Jun 26) -9.8% 13th
Sparks, NV 2,253 (Jul 26) -7.3% 14th
Tyler, TX 1,639 (Jul 26) -7.3% 15th
St. George, UT 866 (Jun 26) -1.4% 16th
Gresham, OR 2,281 (Jun 26) +0.6% 17th
Lansing, MI 2,190 (Jul 26) +9.2% 18th
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Clarksville, TN down about 35% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 83% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 1 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 6 in the prior 12 months. That is 1 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 1 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Sparks, NV 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Spokane Valley, WA 0 (Jun 26) -100.0% 2nd
Everett, WA 1 (Jul 26) -85.7% 3rd
Santa Maria, CA 1 (Jul 26) -83.3% 4th
St. George, UT 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 5th
Gresham, OR 3 (Jun 26) -66.7% 6th
Tyler, TX 4 (Jul 26) -60.0% 7th
Pueblo, CO 10 (Dec 25) -57.5% 8th
Lansing, MI 3 (Jul 26) -50.1% 9th
Springfield, IL 6 (Jul 26) -29.9% 10th
Allen, TX 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 11th
Centennial, CO 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Beaumont, TX 12 (Jul 26) +16.7% 13th
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 2 (Jul 26) +100.0% 14th
Carlsbad, CA 3 (Jul 26) +199.7% 15th
Murrieta, CA 3 (Jul 26) +200.2% 16th
Hillsboro, OR 4 (Jun 26)
Edinburg, TX 0 (Jul 26)
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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. 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 →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oxnard, CA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 16% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. Santa Maria 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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 296 in July 2026, down from 409 a year earlier.
Bright spot 296 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Allen, TX 24 (Jul 26) -60.3% 1st
Everett, WA 203 (Jul 26) -51.6% 2nd
Edinburg, TX 86 (Jul 26) -41.4% 3rd
Gresham, OR 340 (Jun 26) -32.9% 4th
Centennial, CO 135 (Jul 26) -32.6% 5th
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 117 (Jul 26) -31.4% 6th
Tyler, TX 89 (Jul 26) -30.8% 7th
Hillsboro, OR 102 (Jun 26) -29.8% 8th
Pueblo, CO 899 (Dec 25) -28.9% 9th
Santa Maria, CA 296 (Jul 26) -27.6% 10th
Murrieta, CA 60 (Jul 26) -26.9% 11th
Carlsbad, CA 56 (Jul 26) -24.1% 12th
Beaumont, TX 160 (Jul 26) -20.6% 13th
Lansing, MI 443 (Jul 26) -19.6% 14th
Spokane Valley, WA 253 (Jun 26) -13.3% 15th
Sparks, NV 262 (Jul 26) -3.3% 16th
Springfield, IL 616 (Jul 26) -2.5% 17th
St. George, UT 47 (Jun 26) +15.8% 18th
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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 61% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 48% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $63,341 to $84,746 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,793).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Maria started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 67% from 2014 to 2024 ($50,753 to $84,746).
Bright spot $84,746
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 $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
East Los Angeles, CA $68,741 21st +49% 1st 16% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $63,627 25th +44% 2nd 23% below peers
Gresham, OR $77,795 17th +44% 3rd 6% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 20th +42% 4th 10% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $96,713 9th +42% 5th 17% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 18th +42% 6th 6% below peers
Pueblo, CO $56,664 29th +40% 7th 31% below peers
Sparks, NV $89,056 12th +38% 8th 8% above peers
Everett, WA $83,512 15th +37% 9th 1% above peers
Clearwater, FL $66,381 23rd +36% 10th 19% below peers
Riverview, FL $100,438 8th +35% 11th 22% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM $89,596 11th +34% 12th 9% above peers
Santa Maria, CA $84,746 14th +34% 13th 3% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA $111,505 5th +33% 14th 35% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 19th +31% 15th 7% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $103,069 7th +31% 16th 25% above peers
Lansing, MI $54,382 30th +30% 17th 34% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $106,409 6th +29% 18th 29% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $142,748 1st +29% 19th 73% above peers
Tyler, TX $67,486 22nd +27% 20th 18% below peers
Murrieta, CA $114,081 4th +26% 21st 39% above peers
South Fulton, GA $82,324 16th +25% 22nd on par with peers
Allen, TX $130,901 3rd +24% 23rd 59% above peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 26th +22% 24th 28% below peers
Davie, FL $87,250 13th +22% 25th 6% above peers
Springfield, IL $66,064 24th +21% 26th 20% below peers
Centennial, CO $131,928 2nd +21% 27th 60% above peers
Downey, CA $90,699 10th +20% 28th 10% above peers
Peoria, IL $59,410 27th +15% 29th 28% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $51,464 31st +14% 30th 37% below peers
Beaumont, TX $56,997 28th +13% 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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11 of 22 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

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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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,196 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 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 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: 5.2% in July 2026, down from 5.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.2%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Lansing, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 27th -1.5pp 1st 42% above peers
Peoria, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th -1.3pp 2nd 2% below peers
Springfield, IL 4.1% (Jul 26) 7th -1.0pp 3rd 9% below peers
Downey, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 4th 9% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.7pp 5th 27% below peers
Tyler, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th -0.7pp 6th 2% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 3.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.6pp 7th 29% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 8th 4% below peers
Sparks, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.4pp 9th 13% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th -0.3pp 10th 16% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.2pp 11th on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.2pp 12th 16% below peers
Murrieta, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 13th 13% above peers
Gresham, OR 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th -0.2pp 14th 31% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 15th 9% above peers
St. George, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 4th +0.1pp 16th 16% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 17th 16% below peers
South Fulton, GA 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th +0.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 5.1% (Jul 26) 19th +0.3pp 19th 13% above peers
Edinburg, TX 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th +0.3pp 20th 31% above peers
Everett, WA 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st +0.4pp 21st 18% above peers
Pueblo, CO 6.7% (Jul 26) 28th +0.4pp 22nd 49% above peers
Beaumont, TX 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th +0.4pp 23rd 31% above peers
Allen, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th +0.4pp 24th 2% below peers
Clearwater, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 25th 2% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 26th 22% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.5% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 27th 22% above peers
Davie, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.7pp 28th 2% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.5% to 17.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 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; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Poverty fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.3% to 17.3%).
Needs attention 17.3%
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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Miami Gardens, FL 13.6% 21st -7.3pp 1st 20% above peers
Murrieta, CA 5.4% 2nd -2.8pp 2nd 53% below peers
Tyler, TX 12.5% 17th -5.0pp 3rd 10% above peers
Pueblo, CO 17.5% 26th -6.0pp 4th 54% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.1% 11th -2.7pp 5th 20% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 7.4% 5th -2.1pp 6th 35% below peers
Gresham, OR 13.0% 20th -3.4pp 7th 15% above peers
Lansing, MI 20.1% 27th -4.5pp 8th 77% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.6% 14th -1.7pp 9th 7% below peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 16th -1.7pp 10th on par with peers
Hillsboro, OR 8.5% 8th -1.0pp 11th 26% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 17.3% 25th -1.9pp 12th 53% above peers
Sparks, NV 8.5% 9th -0.9pp 13th 25% below peers
Springfield, IL 16.8% 23rd -1.8pp 14th 48% above peers
Davie, FL 11.2% 15th -0.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Clearwater, FL 14.8% 22nd -0.6pp 16th 30% above peers
Riverview, FL 7.5% 6th -0.3pp 17th 34% below peers
South Fulton, GA 9.1% 12th +0.0pp 18th 20% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.0% 7th +0.0pp 19th 30% below peers
Everett, WA 12.9% 18th +0.1pp 20th 14% above peers
Downey, CA 9.0% 10th +0.1pp 21st 21% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.3% 1st +0.1pp 22nd 71% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 25.1% 30th +1.1pp 23rd 121% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.9% 19th +0.6pp 24th 14% above peers
Peoria, IL 21.0% 28th +1.3pp 25th 85% above peers
Edinburg, TX 26.0% 31st +2.1pp 26th 128% above peers
Beaumont, TX 21.2% 29th +2.6pp 27th 87% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 10.4% 13th +1.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 6.9% 4th +1.1pp 29th 39% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 17.3% 24th +2.8pp 30th 52% above peers
Allen, TX 6.1% 3rd +1.5pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 (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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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 about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.5% to 24.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 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
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.7% to 24.2%).
Needs attention 24.2%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murrieta, CA 5.4% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 60% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 18.2% 21st -14.7pp 2nd 34% above peers
Gresham, OR 14.3% 17th -11.2pp 3rd 5% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 7.7% 4th -5.2pp 4th 43% below peers
Pueblo, CO 22.1% 23rd -11.5pp 5th 62% above peers
Tyler, TX 18.0% 20th -6.4pp 6th 33% above peers
Lansing, MI 28.4% 29th -9.8pp 7th 109% above peers
Sparks, NV 10.6% 7th -2.7pp 8th 22% below peers
Springfield, IL 24.1% 25th -5.6pp 9th 78% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 11.4% 10th -2.6pp 10th 16% below peers
Everett, WA 13.6% 16th -2.9pp 11th on par with peers
Davie, FL 11.4% 11th -2.2pp 12th 16% below peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 14th -2.4pp 13th 3% below peers
Clearwater, FL 20.0% 22nd -3.5pp 14th 47% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 12.2% 13th -1.9pp 15th 10% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 25.0% 27th -3.3pp 16th 84% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 18th -2.2pp 17th 24% above peers
Riverview, FL 8.4% 5th -0.7pp 18th 38% below peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 9th -0.4pp 19th 18% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 23.6% 24th -0.7pp 20th 73% above peers
Beaumont, TX 28.6% 30th +0.2pp 21st 110% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 19th +0.2pp 22nd 24% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 1st +0.2pp 23rd 78% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 7.2% 3rd +0.7pp 24th 47% below peers
South Fulton, GA 13.3% 15th +1.3pp 25th 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 31st +4.1pp 26th 165% above peers
Peoria, IL 28.4% 28th +3.8pp 27th 109% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 24.2% 26th +3.7pp 28th 78% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 10.9% 8th +2.7pp 29th 20% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 12.0% 12th +3.6pp 30th 12% below peers
Allen, TX 8.9% 6th +3.6pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 (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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.4% to 89.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Maria started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 16.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.7% to 89.8%).
Bright spot 89.8%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
East Los Angeles, CA 88.5% 27th +20.9pp 1st 4% below peers
Beaumont, TX 90.4% 20th +18.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 87.6% 29th +16.9pp 3rd 5% below peers
Pueblo, CO 88.2% 28th +14.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Peoria, IL 90.2% 21st +14.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 26th +12.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 25th +11.4pp 7th 3% below peers
Springfield, IL 90.1% 22nd +11.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Lansing, MI 89.5% 24th +10.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Tyler, TX 90.9% 18th +10.2pp 10th 1% below peers
South Fulton, GA 95.7% 9th +9.7pp 11th 4% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 86.6% 31st +8.1pp 12th 6% below peers
Gresham, OR 91.7% 17th +7.6pp 13th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 87.3% 30th +6.8pp 14th 5% below peers
Everett, WA 92.8% 15th +7.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Downey, CA 93.1% 13th +6.2pp 16th 1% above peers
Sparks, NV 93.1% 14th +6.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 96.4% 5th +6.2pp 18th 5% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 94.8% 10th +6.0pp 19th 3% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 94.7% 11th +6.0pp 20th 3% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 16th +5.7pp 21st on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 19th +5.0pp 22nd 2% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 96.1% 8th +4.7pp 23rd 5% above peers
Riverview, FL 97.9% 1st +4.3pp 24th 6% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 97.0% 3rd +4.0pp 25th 6% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 89.8% 23rd +3.4pp 26th 2% below peers
Murrieta, CA 96.2% 7th +3.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Davie, FL 94.6% 12th +2.9pp 28th 3% above peers
Centennial, CO 96.9% 4th +2.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 96.3% 6th +1.6pp 30th 5% above peers
Allen, TX 97.3% 2nd +1.2pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 →
What changed

Inequality rose about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.39 to 0.42 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 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; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.42).
Needs attention 0.42
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 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Tyler, TX 0.46 23rd -0.036 1st 7% above peers
Pueblo, CO 0.46 24th -0.011 2nd 7% above peers
Beaumont, TX 0.48 26th -0.010 3rd 11% above peers
St. George, UT 0.44 18th -0.007 4th 2% above peers
Sparks, NV 0.40 6th -0.006 5th 6% below peers
Murrieta, CA 0.40 4th -0.005 6th 7% below peers
Davie, FL 0.49 27th -0.004 7th 13% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 0.52 31st -0.003 8th 21% above peers
South Fulton, GA 0.41 8th -0.001 9th 5% below peers
Lansing, MI 0.43 14th +0.001 10th 1% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 0.42 12th +0.001 11th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 10th +0.002 12th 4% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 0.39 3rd +0.003 13th 9% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 0.43 17th +0.003 14th 1% above peers
Springfield, IL 0.49 28th +0.004 15th 15% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 0.36 1st +0.004 16th 16% below peers
Peoria, IL 0.52 30th +0.008 17th 21% above peers
Gresham, OR 0.43 15th +0.007 18th 1% below peers
Riverview, FL 0.39 2nd +0.007 19th 10% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 0.46 22nd +0.009 20th 6% above peers
Allen, TX 0.41 9th +0.010 21st 5% below peers
Clearwater, FL 0.50 29th +0.012 22nd 16% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 0.43 13th +0.010 23rd 1% below peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 25th +0.014 24th 11% above peers
Centennial, CO 0.41 7th +0.014 25th 6% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 0.46 21st +0.016 26th 6% above peers
Everett, WA 0.45 19th +0.017 27th 4% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 0.40 5th +0.022 28th 6% below peers
Downey, CA 0.43 16th +0.028 29th on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA 0.42 11th +0.032 30th 3% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 20th +0.050 31st 4% above 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 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (14.7% then, 15.5% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (14.0% to 15.5%).
Needs attention 15.5%
20102023
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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
Allen, TX 2.1% 1st -1.6pp 1st 81% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 4th -3.1pp 2nd 50% below peers
Tyler, TX 9.7% 11th -2.8pp 3rd 14% below peers
Clearwater, FL 10.7% 14th -2.8pp 4th 4% below peers
Davie, FL 9.4% 10th -2.1pp 5th 16% below peers
Gresham, OR 18.6% 24th -3.7pp 6th 66% above peers
Lansing, MI 19.8% 26th -3.1pp 7th 76% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 6th -1.2pp 8th 32% below peers
Everett, WA 16.6% 21st -2.1pp 9th 48% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 10.7% 15th -1.2pp 10th 4% below peers
Beaumont, TX 16.0% 20th -1.5pp 11th 43% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 30.1% 31st -2.6pp 12th 168% above peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 29th -1.7pp 13th 105% above peers
Riverview, FL 9.7% 12th -0.5pp 14th 13% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 22nd +0.4pp 15th 55% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.6% 8th +0.3pp 16th 23% below peers
Pueblo, CO 24.6% 30th +1.0pp 17th 120% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 15.5% 19th +0.8pp 18th 39% above peers
Sparks, NV 10.3% 13th +0.7pp 19th 8% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 8.7% 9th +0.6pp 20th 22% below peers
Springfield, IL 18.3% 23rd +2.3pp 21st 63% above peers
Murrieta, CA 7.3% 5th +1.2pp 22nd 35% below peers
Peoria, IL 22.0% 28th +3.8pp 23rd 97% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 11.8% 17th +2.2pp 24th 5% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 14.3% 18th +3.2pp 25th 28% above peers
South Fulton, GA 18.9% 25th +4.7pp 26th 69% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 7.7% 7th +2.0pp 27th 31% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.5% 2nd +0.9pp 28th 77% below peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 16th +4.1pp 29th on par with peers
East Los Angeles, CA 21.1% 27th +8.9pp 30th 88% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.6% 3rd +1.6pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $665,729 in August 2026, up from $641,809 a year earlier.
Big move $665,729
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Springfield, IL $172,189 (Aug 26) 26th +7.2% 1st 63% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $1,411,696 (Aug 26) 2nd +6.3% 2nd 204% above peers
Peoria, IL $138,052 (Aug 26) 28th +5.6% 3rd 70% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $665,729 (Aug 26) 6th +3.7% 4th 43% above peers
Beaumont, TX $174,699 (Aug 26) 25th +3.2% 5th 62% below peers
Downey, CA $878,882 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.3% 6th 89% above peers
Lansing, MI $169,388 (Aug 26) 27th +2.1% 7th 64% below peers
Sparks, NV $535,221 (Aug 26) 9th +1.9% 8th 15% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $245,668 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.9% 9th 47% below peers
Edinburg, TX $217,369 (Aug 26) 24th +0.8% 10th 53% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM $361,320 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 11th 22% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $410,897 (Aug 26) 15th +0.4% 12th 12% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $475,297 (Aug 26) 13th +0.4% 13th 2% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $666,566 (Aug 26) 5th +0.2% 14th 43% above peers
Murrieta, CA $687,308 (Aug 26) 4th +0.1% 15th 48% above peers
Tyler, TX $252,481 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.3% 16th 46% below peers
Gresham, OR $464,687 (Aug 26) 14th -0.5% 17th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL $342,820 (Aug 26) 19th -0.6% 18th 26% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $342,262 (Aug 26) 20th -0.9% 19th 26% below peers
Centennial, CO $632,941 (Aug 26) 8th -1.3% 20th 36% above peers
Everett, WA $636,751 (Aug 26) 7th -1.6% 21st 37% above peers
Davie, FL $516,933 (Aug 26) 10th -2.1% 22nd 11% above peers
Pueblo, CO $282,535 (Aug 26) 21st -2.5% 23rd 39% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $392,485 (Aug 26) 16th -2.6% 24th 16% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $512,474 (Aug 26) 11th -2.6% 25th 10% above peers
Riverview, FL $363,568 (Aug 26) 17th -2.8% 26th 22% below peers
Allen, TX $485,393 (Aug 26) 12th -5.4% 27th 4% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $1,593,241 (Aug 26) 1st -15.9% 28th 243% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $558,449 in August 2026, up from $534,873 a year earlier.
Big move $558,449
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Peoria, IL $59,636 (Aug 26) 28th +7.6% 1st 82% below peers
Springfield, IL $85,953 (Aug 26) 27th +6.6% 2nd 75% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $1,014,150 (Aug 26) 1st +6.1% 3rd 199% above peers
Beaumont, TX $97,910 (Aug 26) 26th +6.1% 4th 71% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $558,449 (Aug 26) 6th +4.4% 5th 64% above peers
Edinburg, TX $141,466 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 6th 58% below peers
Lansing, MI $109,424 (Aug 26) 25th +3.3% 7th 68% below peers
Downey, CA $746,237 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.5% 8th 120% above peers
Sparks, NV $416,227 (Aug 26) 9th +1.7% 9th 23% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $579,642 (Aug 26) 4th +1.7% 10th 71% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM $300,979 (Aug 26) 16th +1.4% 11th 11% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $329,822 (Aug 26) 15th +1.3% 12th 3% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $364,303 (Aug 26) 13th +0.4% 13th 7% above peers
Murrieta, CA $566,220 (Aug 26) 5th -0.3% 14th 67% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $149,142 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.4% 15th 56% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $278,883 (Aug 26) 18th -0.6% 16th 18% below peers
Gresham, OR $366,857 (Aug 26) 12th -1.1% 17th 8% above peers
Everett, WA $472,835 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 18th 39% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $981,152 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.8% 19th 189% above peers
Centennial, CO $483,951 (Aug 26) 7th -2.0% 20th 42% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $339,749 (Aug 26) 14th -2.3% 21st on par with peers
Pueblo, CO $179,474 (Aug 26) 20th -2.4% 22nd 47% below peers
Tyler, TX $151,432 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.6% 23rd 55% below peers
Riverview, FL $286,786 (Aug 26) 17th -3.4% 24th 16% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $407,638 (Aug 26) 10th -3.6% 25th 20% above peers
Davie, FL $275,994 (Aug 26) 19th -4.0% 26th 19% below peers
Clearwater, FL $179,443 (Aug 26) 21st -4.7% 27th 47% below peers
Allen, TX $368,034 (Aug 26) 11th -4.9% 28th 8% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.7% then, 50.2% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 50.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 3rd +7.6pp 1st 40% above peers
Pueblo, CO 61.4% 14th +4.8pp 2nd 5% above peers
Everett, WA 49.0% 28th +3.1pp 3rd 16% below peers
Lansing, MI 53.8% 23rd +3.2pp 4th 8% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 82.2% 1st +4.7pp 5th 40% above peers
South Fulton, GA 71.5% 6th +4.1pp 6th 22% above peers
Murrieta, CA 69.5% 7th +3.5pp 7th 19% above peers
Riverview, FL 75.7% 5th +3.7pp 8th 29% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 82.2% 2nd +3.9pp 9th 40% above peers
Tyler, TX 55.4% 21st +2.5pp 10th 5% below peers
Springfield, IL 64.3% 12th +2.9pp 11th 10% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 55.9% 19th +1.8pp 12th 5% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 39.5% 30th +1.2pp 13th 32% below peers
Gresham, OR 55.8% 20th +1.6pp 14th 5% below peers
Peoria, IL 57.5% 18th +1.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Beaumont, TX 55.3% 22nd +1.3pp 16th 6% below peers
Downey, CA 51.1% 25th +1.2pp 17th 13% below peers
Sparks, NV 59.8% 15th +1.1pp 18th 2% above peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 10th +1.1pp 19th 14% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 17th +0.9pp 20th 1% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 64.4% 11th +0.9pp 21st 10% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 50.2% 27th +0.5pp 22nd 14% below peers
Davie, FL 67.1% 9th +0.2pp 23rd 15% above peers
Clearwater, FL 58.6% 16th +0.1pp 24th on par with peers
East Los Angeles, CA 33.5% 31st -0.5pp 25th 43% below peers
Centennial, CO 80.6% 4th -1.6pp 26th 38% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.9% 13th -1.8pp 27th 7% above peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 24th -2.5pp 28th 9% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 50.2% 26th -3.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Allen, TX 69.4% 8th -4.7pp 30th 18% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 42.9% 29th -5.5pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 96% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,537 in August 2026, up from $2,466 a year earlier.
Big move $2,537
2021August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Sparks, NV $2,140 (Aug 26) 9th +9.2% 1st 10% above peers
Lansing, MI $1,222 (Aug 26) 26th +6.0% 2nd 37% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $3,556 (Aug 26) 1st +4.7% 3rd 83% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $1,448 (Aug 26) 21st +4.4% 4th 26% below peers
Peoria, IL $1,266 (Aug 26) 24th +4.2% 5th 35% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM $1,915 (Aug 26) 16th +3.9% 6th 2% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $2,571 (Aug 26) 4th +3.8% 7th 32% above peers
Downey, CA $2,305 (Aug 26) 7th +3.4% 8th 18% above peers
Santa Maria, CA $2,537 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 9th 30% above peers
Springfield, IL $1,159 (Aug 26) 27th +2.9% 10th 40% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $3,148 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 11th 62% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $2,111 (Aug 26) 11th +2.3% 12th 8% above peers
Everett, WA $1,946 (Aug 26) 14th +2.0% 13th on par with peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $2,035 (Aug 26) 12th +2.0% 14th 5% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $1,547 (Aug 26) 20th +1.7% 15th 21% below peers
Tyler, TX $1,314 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 16th 33% below peers
Murrieta, CA $2,672 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.5% 17th 37% above peers
Beaumont, TX $1,243 (Aug 26) 25th +1.4% 18th 36% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $1,868 (Aug 26) 17th +1.2% 19th 4% below peers
Davie, FL $2,404 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 20th 24% above peers
Edinburg, TX $1,029 (Aug 26) 28th +0.8% 21st 47% below peers
Pueblo, CO $1,342 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.3% 22nd 31% below peers
Allen, TX $1,714 (Aug 26) 18th +0.3% 23rd 12% below peers
Riverview, FL $2,129 (Aug 26) 10th -0.4% 24th 9% above peers
Centennial, CO $2,231 (Aug 26) 8th -0.5% 25th 15% above peers
Clearwater, FL $1,963 (Aug 26) 13th -0.9% 26th 1% above peers
Hillsboro, OR $1,944 (Aug 26) 15th -0.9% 27th on par with peers
Gresham, OR $1,617 (Aug 26) 19th -0.9% 28th 17% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.0% then, 44.5% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.8% to 44.5%).
Needs attention 44.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Rio Rancho, NM 24.4% 1st -5.9pp 1st 31% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 44.0% 27th -4.9pp 2nd 25% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 27.2% 3rd -2.2pp 3rd 23% below peers
Lansing, MI 34.1% 14th -1.7pp 4th 3% below peers
Springfield, IL 27.4% 4th -1.1pp 5th 22% below peers
Gresham, OR 42.9% 24th -1.4pp 6th 22% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 43.3% 25th -0.9pp 7th 23% above peers
Tyler, TX 32.4% 9th -0.6pp 8th 8% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 40.3% 20th -0.7pp 9th 15% above peers
Pueblo, CO 37.0% 18th -0.6pp 10th 5% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 51.7% 31st -0.5pp 11th 47% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 15th -0.1pp 12th 1% below peers
Sparks, NV 32.4% 8th -0.1pp 13th 8% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 7th -0.0pp 14th 9% below peers
Downey, CA 44.9% 30th +0.1pp 15th 28% above peers
Murrieta, CA 40.8% 21st +0.3pp 16th 16% above peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 13th +0.4pp 17th 4% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 10th +0.5pp 18th 6% below peers
Everett, WA 42.1% 23rd +1.3pp 19th 20% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 41.2% 22nd +1.5pp 20th 18% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 33.4% 12th +1.7pp 21st 5% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 44.5% 29th +2.5pp 22nd 27% above peers
Peoria, IL 33.2% 11th +2.7pp 23rd 5% below peers
Clearwater, FL 44.0% 28th +3.8pp 24th 25% above peers
South Fulton, GA 36.2% 17th +3.3pp 25th 3% above peers
Riverview, FL 32.0% 6th +3.2pp 26th 9% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 39.8% 19th +4.2pp 27th 13% above peers
Davie, FL 43.6% 26th +4.6pp 28th 24% above peers
Beaumont, TX 35.1% 16th +4.7pp 29th on par with peers
Allen, TX 31.4% 5th +4.8pp 30th 10% below peers
Centennial, CO 26.9% 2nd +4.6pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 (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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.6pp 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 (4.9% then, 6.3% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 6.3%).
Needs attention 6.3%
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
Peoria, IL 10.1% 28th -4.1pp 1st 88% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.3% 15th -1.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Everett, WA 8.0% 22nd -2.1pp 3rd 49% above peers
Clearwater, FL 8.9% 25th -2.3pp 4th 65% above peers
Sparks, NV 4.7% 12th -1.1pp 5th 13% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 2.1% 1st -0.5pp 6th 60% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.1% 17th -0.9pp 7th 13% above peers
Pueblo, CO 8.6% 23rd -1.2pp 8th 61% above peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 10th -0.6pp 9th 23% below peers
Murrieta, CA 2.7% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 50% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 20th -0.5pp 11th 28% above peers
Lansing, MI 11.8% 31st -0.8pp 12th 119% above peers
Springfield, IL 10.3% 29th -0.5pp 13th 92% above peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 16th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
South Fulton, GA 3.9% 8th -0.1pp 15th 28% below peers
Davie, FL 4.2% 11th -0.1pp 16th 22% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 7.8% 21st +0.0pp 17th 44% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 30th +0.5pp 18th 112% above peers
Tyler, TX 6.3% 18th +0.3pp 19th 17% above peers
Gresham, OR 8.8% 24th +0.5pp 20th 64% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 9.6% 27th +0.9pp 21st 79% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 2.7% 3rd +0.3pp 22nd 50% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 4.8% 13th +0.7pp 23rd 10% below peers
Beaumont, TX 9.6% 26th +1.4pp 24th 78% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.2% 7th +0.6pp 25th 41% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 6.3% 19th +1.4pp 26th 17% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 4th +0.7pp 27th 46% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 9th +1.1pp 28th 27% below peers
Allen, TX 3.2% 6th +0.9pp 29th 41% below peers
Downey, CA 5.3% 14th +1.5pp 30th 2% below peers
Riverview, FL 3.1% 5th +0.9pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 (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 →
  • Fayetteville, AR down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.4% to 14.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Santa Maria 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 11.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.6% to 14.9%).
Bright spot 14.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Riverview, FL 7.5% 14th -3.4pp 1st 11% below peers
Downey, CA 7.1% 12th -3.2pp 2nd 15% below peers
Pueblo, CO 5.8% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 31% below peers
Murrieta, CA 4.6% 4th -1.4pp 4th 45% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 22nd -3.1pp 5th 29% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.2% 5th -1.4pp 6th 38% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.5% 18th -2.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 14.9% 26th -3.5pp 8th 78% above peers
Lansing, MI 6.1% 8th -1.2pp 9th 28% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 4.0% 2nd -0.8pp 10th 52% below peers
South Fulton, GA 10.0% 20th -1.6pp 11th 20% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 10th -0.8pp 12th 26% below peers
St. George, UT 11.5% 23rd -0.9pp 13th 37% above peers
Springfield, IL 4.1% 3rd -0.2pp 14th 51% below peers
Everett, WA 9.3% 17th -0.1pp 15th 11% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 19.8% 29th -0.1pp 16th 136% above peers
Gresham, OR 8.0% 15th -0.0pp 17th 4% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 7.4% 13th +0.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Edinburg, TX 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 19th 187% above peers
Beaumont, TX 20.3% 30th +0.6pp 20th 142% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 14.6% 25th +0.5pp 21st 75% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.2% 9th +0.2pp 22nd 26% below peers
Sparks, NV 10.2% 21st +0.8pp 23rd 22% above peers
Tyler, TX 18.0% 28th +1.5pp 24th 115% above peers
Clearwater, FL 15.1% 27th +1.3pp 25th 80% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.6% 19th +0.9pp 26th 14% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.7% 6th +0.5pp 27th 32% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% 1st +0.5pp 28th 54% below peers
Davie, FL 13.1% 24th +1.7pp 29th 57% above peers
Allen, TX 8.4% 16th +1.2pp 30th on par with peers
Peoria, IL 6.8% 11th +1.0pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 (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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 above the peer median.

35.7%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Centennial, CO 22.2% 1st 33% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.6% 2nd 29% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 27.3% 3rd 18% below peers
Downey, CA 28.2% 4th 15% below peers
Allen, TX 28.5% 5th 14% below peers
Davie, FL 28.9% 6th 13% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 29.0% 7th 12% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 29.2% 8th 12% below peers
Sparks, NV 29.9% 9th 10% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 10th 9% below peers
Riverview, FL 31.3% 11th 5% below peers
Murrieta, CA 31.3% 12th 5% below peers
Gresham, OR 31.6% 13th 5% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 31.6% 14th 5% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 32.5% 15th 2% below peers
Pueblo, CO 33.1% 16th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 33.5% 17th 1% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 18th 3% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 34.2% 19th 3% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 34.6% 20th 5% above peers
Everett, WA 35.0% 21st 6% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 35.7% 22nd 8% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 36.5% 23rd 10% above peers
Peoria, IL 36.8% 24th 11% above peers
South Fulton, GA 37.0% 25th 12% above peers
Lansing, MI 37.7% 26th 14% above peers
Beaumont, TX 39.3% 27th 19% above peers
Springfield, IL 39.5% 28th 19% above peers
Tyler, TX 39.8% 29th 20% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 44.3% 30th 34% 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 No measurable change
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 (5.4% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 5.8%).
Needs attention 5.8%
20122024
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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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Costa Mesa, CA 2.7% 7th -4.3pp 1st 38% below peers
Downey, CA 3.0% 9th -3.9pp 2nd 30% below peers
Riverview, FL 3.6% 14th -3.1pp 3rd 16% below peers
South Fulton, GA 4.3% 16th -2.2pp 4th on par with peers
Pueblo, CO 2.0% 2nd -0.8pp 5th 54% below peers
Springfield, IL 1.3% 1st -0.5pp 6th 71% below peers
Lansing, MI 2.1% 3rd -0.7pp 7th 52% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 26th -3.8pp 8th 163% above peers
Sparks, NV 5.2% 18th -1.2pp 9th 21% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 2.7% 8th -0.5pp 10th 38% below peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 27th -2.0pp 11th 165% above peers
Everett, WA 3.3% 10th -0.1pp 12th 24% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.5% 5th -0.0pp 13th 42% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 5.2% 19th +0.1pp 14th 21% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.8% 21st +0.4pp 15th 34% above peers
Peoria, IL 3.5% 13th +0.5pp 16th 19% below peers
Beaumont, TX 11.7% 30th +1.7pp 17th 172% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.0% 23rd +1.5pp 18th 107% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 3.4% 11th +0.7pp 19th 20% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.4% 4th +0.5pp 20th 44% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.5% 12th +0.7pp 21st 20% below peers
Tyler, TX 10.6% 24th +2.3pp 22nd 145% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 10.8% 25th +2.6pp 23rd 150% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 6th +0.8pp 24th 40% below peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 31st +4.6pp 25th 244% above peers
Clearwater, FL 11.4% 28th +3.9pp 26th 165% above peers
Allen, TX 6.1% 22nd +2.3pp 27th 41% above peers
Davie, FL 11.7% 29th +5.2pp 28th 170% above peers
Murrieta, CA 3.7% 15th +2.0pp 29th 15% below peers
Gresham, OR 4.7% 17th +2.6pp 30th 8% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.6% 20th +3.6pp 31st 29% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 (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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 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 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.8% to 15.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Maria 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 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.0% to 15.7%).
Bright spot 15.7%
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
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 31st +2.7pp 1st 65% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.7% 19th +6.8pp 2nd 9% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 18.1% 29th +4.0pp 3rd 44% below peers
Pueblo, CO 23.7% 27th +4.8pp 4th 27% below peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 11th +7.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Everett, WA 28.8% 20th +5.5pp 6th 12% below peers
Sparks, NV 27.6% 22nd +4.4pp 7th 15% below peers
Riverview, FL 36.5% 12th +5.2pp 8th 12% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 41.5% 6th +5.7pp 9th 27% above peers
Lansing, MI 30.2% 18th +4.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 23rd +3.1pp 11th 19% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 15.7% 30th +1.8pp 12th 52% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 23.9% 26th +2.6pp 13th 27% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 34.0% 14th +3.5pp 14th 4% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 45.0% 4th +4.6pp 15th 38% above peers
Downey, CA 26.1% 24th +2.7pp 16th 20% below peers
Centennial, CO 62.6% 1st +5.2pp 17th 92% above peers
Peoria, IL 37.6% 10th +2.7pp 18th 16% above peers
Murrieta, CA 32.6% 15th +2.3pp 19th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 32.6% 16th +2.2pp 20th on par with peers
Tyler, TX 31.4% 17th +2.0pp 21st 3% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 39.4% 8th +2.5pp 22nd 21% above peers
Allen, TX 57.5% 3rd +2.9pp 23rd 76% above peers
Gresham, OR 23.3% 28th +1.0pp 24th 28% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.1% 2nd +2.5pp 25th 91% above peers
South Fulton, GA 39.0% 9th +1.6pp 26th 20% above peers
Davie, FL 40.0% 7th +1.3pp 27th 23% above peers
Edinburg, TX 28.4% 21st +0.7pp 28th 13% below peers
Springfield, IL 36.3% 13th +0.5pp 29th 12% above peers
Beaumont, TX 24.9% 25th +0.4pp 30th 24% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 42.3% 5th +0.3pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (27.7% then, 26.0% now; margin ±8.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.5% to 26.0%).
Needs attention 26.0%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Edinburg, TX 37.6% 21st +13.3pp 1st 10% below peers
Lansing, MI 49.0% 13th +9.2pp 2nd 18% above peers
Clearwater, FL 55.3% 6th +10.3pp 3rd 33% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 48.6% 14th +3.7pp 4th 17% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 64.8% 2nd +2.7pp 5th 55% above peers
Peoria, IL 51.1% 9th +1.9pp 6th 22% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 62.3% 3rd +1.6pp 7th 49% above peers
Riverview, FL 52.5% 8th +0.7pp 8th 26% above peers
Beaumont, TX 49.8% 12th +0.3pp 9th 19% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 36.2% 22nd +0.0pp 10th 13% below peers
Davie, FL 56.9% 5th -1.5pp 11th 36% above peers
South Fulton, GA 65.8% 1st -2.0pp 12th 58% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 41.7% 16th -1.6pp 13th on par with peers
Sparks, NV 38.8% 19th -2.6pp 14th 7% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 26.0% 31st -1.8pp 15th 38% below peers
Downey, CA 45.0% 15th -6.3pp 16th 8% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 17th -5.6pp 17th 4% below peers
Gresham, OR 31.2% 28th -4.5pp 18th 25% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 29.2% 29th -5.1pp 19th 30% below peers
Murrieta, CA 36.0% 23rd -6.5pp 20th 14% below peers
Springfield, IL 49.9% 11th -10.9pp 21st 19% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 55.1% 7th -12.6pp 22nd 32% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 24th -8.3pp 23rd 16% below peers
Centennial, CO 59.5% 4th -14.5pp 24th 43% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 38.5% 20th -10.3pp 25th 8% below peers
Allen, TX 51.0% 10th -14.5pp 26th 22% above peers
Pueblo, CO 32.5% 26th -14.8pp 27th 22% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 39.1% 18th -18.1pp 28th 6% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 27th -15.7pp 29th 23% below peers
Everett, WA 26.9% 30th -14.8pp 30th 35% below peers
Tyler, TX 34.8% 25th -19.3pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.1pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth rose 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.2% to 10.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 10.7%).
Needs attention 10.7%
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
Rio Rancho, NM 5.3% 6th -5.8pp 1st 38% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.2% 1st -1.9pp 2nd 74% below peers
Riverview, FL 5.5% 7th -4.5pp 3rd 36% below peers
Pueblo, CO 11.8% 29th -4.8pp 4th 36% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 7.6% 14th -2.5pp 5th 13% below peers
Clearwater, FL 7.5% 13th -2.1pp 6th 14% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.8% 5th -1.2pp 7th 45% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.5% 2nd -0.6pp 8th 71% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 5.6% 8th -1.0pp 9th 36% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.7% 21st -1.6pp 10th 11% above peers
Everett, WA 8.7% 16th -1.4pp 11th on par with peers
Springfield, IL 9.7% 22nd -0.9pp 12th 12% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 6.8% 12th -0.6pp 13th 22% below peers
Davie, FL 2.8% 3rd +0.1pp 14th 68% below peers
Lansing, MI 11.0% 26th +1.0pp 15th 26% above peers
Beaumont, TX 11.2% 27th +1.1pp 16th 29% above peers
Downey, CA 6.6% 11th +0.7pp 17th 24% below peers
Tyler, TX 8.4% 15th +1.1pp 18th 3% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 30th +1.9pp 19th 38% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 9.1% 17th +1.7pp 20th 4% above peers
Gresham, OR 9.6% 20th +2.0pp 21st 11% above peers
Peoria, IL 11.3% 28th +3.1pp 22nd 30% above peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 10th +2.2pp 23rd 33% below peers
Allen, TX 5.8% 9th +2.6pp 24th 34% below peers
Murrieta, CA 9.2% 18th +4.5pp 25th 6% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.1% 4th +1.6pp 26th 65% below peers
Sparks, NV 9.4% 19th +4.8pp 27th 8% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 31st +7.8pp 28th 65% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 23rd +5.8pp 29th 14% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 10.7% 25th +6.4pp 30th 23% above peers
South Fulton, GA 10.5% 24th +8.7pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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

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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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 106,224 to 110,462 - more than the combined survey margin (±102).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (101,468 to 110,462).
Big move 110,462
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
St. George, UT 101,995 30th +21% 1st 8% below peers
Riverview, FL 113,697 3rd +19% 2nd 3% above peers
South Fulton, GA 110,471 16th +15% 3rd on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 31st +14% 4th 11% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 109,189 23rd +13% 5th 1% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 108,515 24th +13% 6th 2% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 111,038 14th +12% 7th 1% above peers
Sparks, NV 110,024 20th +9% 8th on par with peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 29th +9% 9th 5% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 28th +9% 10th 4% below peers
Allen, TX 110,265 19th +8% 11th on par with peers
Tyler, TX 109,215 22nd +4% 12th 1% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 110,462 17th +4% 13th on par with peers
Davie, FL 108,346 25th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Everett, WA 111,845 11th +2% 15th 1% above peers
Clearwater, FL 117,247 1st +2% 16th 6% above peers
Gresham, OR 112,378 8th +2% 17th 2% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 113,177 6th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 108,231 26th +2% 19th 2% below peers
Pueblo, CO 111,561 13th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 114,373 2nd +0% 21st 4% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 109,857 21st -0% 22nd 1% below peers
Murrieta, CA 112,064 10th -1% 23rd 1% above peers
Peoria, IL 112,169 9th -1% 24th 2% above peers
Downey, CA 110,939 15th -1% 25th on par with peers
Centennial, CO 108,201 27th -2% 26th 2% below peers
Springfield, IL 113,330 4th -2% 27th 3% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 110,330 18th -3% 28th on par with peers
Lansing, MI 113,023 7th -4% 29th 2% above peers
Beaumont, TX 113,279 5th -4% 30th 3% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 111,647 12th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.5% then, 30.9% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (31.4% to 30.9%).
Big move 30.9%
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
South Fulton, GA 26.5% 4th +1.7pp 1st 17% above peers
Davie, FL 22.4% 17th +0.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Tyler, TX 23.3% 13th +0.3pp 3rd 3% above peers
Beaumont, TX 25.3% 8th +0.3pp 4th 11% above peers
Peoria, IL 24.4% 10th +0.3pp 5th 8% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.4% 12th +0.2pp 6th 3% above peers
Riverview, FL 26.3% 5th +0.2pp 7th 16% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 9th -0.1pp 8th 9% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 30.9% 1st -0.6pp 9th 36% above peers
Pueblo, CO 21.6% 20th -0.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 17.4% 29th -0.6pp 11th 23% below peers
Everett, WA 19.8% 26th -0.8pp 12th 13% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 23rd -0.9pp 13th 6% below peers
Lansing, MI 21.6% 21st -1.0pp 14th 5% below peers
Springfield, IL 20.8% 24th -1.1pp 15th 8% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 30th -1.0pp 16th 24% below peers
Centennial, CO 21.9% 19th -1.3pp 17th 4% below peers
Sparks, NV 22.1% 18th -1.4pp 18th 3% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 22.8% 14th -1.6pp 19th 1% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 22.7% 15th -1.7pp 20th on par with peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 19.7% 27th -1.6pp 21st 13% below peers
Gresham, OR 22.7% 16th -2.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Murrieta, CA 26.3% 6th -2.3pp 23rd 16% above peers
Clearwater, FL 16.9% 31st -1.6pp 24th 26% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 18.5% 28th -1.8pp 25th 18% below peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 2nd -3.0pp 26th 22% above peers
Downey, CA 21.3% 22nd -2.4pp 27th 6% below peers
Allen, TX 25.4% 7th -2.9pp 28th 12% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 24.1% 11th -3.2pp 29th 7% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 26.8% 3rd -4.4pp 30th 18% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 20.4% 25th -3.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 →
What changed

Single-parent rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.9% to 42.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.4pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 9.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.7% to 42.6%).
Big move 42.6%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Hillsboro, OR 30.3% 19th +7.8pp 1st 6% below peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 9th +9.4pp 2nd 37% above peers
Gresham, OR 38.7% 13th +7.4pp 3rd 20% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 45.1% 8th +7.7pp 4th 39% above peers
Sparks, NV 32.7% 15th +5.3pp 5th 1% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 21.6% 26th +3.5pp 6th 33% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 16th +4.8pp 7th on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA 42.6% 10th +5.7pp 8th 32% above peers
Allen, TX 15.2% 31st +1.9pp 9th 53% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 30.3% 18th +2.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Beaumont, TX 50.5% 1st +3.2pp 11th 56% above peers
Downey, CA 36.3% 14th +2.1pp 12th 12% above peers
Riverview, FL 28.0% 23rd +0.8pp 13th 13% below peers
Peoria, IL 45.5% 7th +0.8pp 14th 41% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 19.3% 28th +0.3pp 15th 40% below peers
Pueblo, CO 46.0% 5th +0.1pp 16th 42% above peers
Tyler, TX 30.7% 17th -0.1pp 17th 5% below peers
South Fulton, GA 40.7% 12th -0.4pp 18th 26% above peers
Lansing, MI 48.2% 3rd -0.9pp 19th 49% above peers
Clearwater, FL 41.9% 11th -0.8pp 20th 29% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 46.4% 4th -1.2pp 21st 43% above peers
Springfield, IL 45.8% 6th -2.8pp 22nd 41% above peers
Davie, FL 30.0% 21st -1.9pp 23rd 7% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 24.6% 25th -2.0pp 24th 24% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 26.9% 24th -2.3pp 25th 17% below peers
Centennial, CO 15.7% 30th -1.6pp 26th 51% below peers
Murrieta, CA 20.1% 27th -2.2pp 27th 38% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 22nd -4.5pp 28th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 29th -2.9pp 29th 46% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 50.4% 2nd -9.2pp 30th 55% above peers
Everett, WA 30.2% 20th -7.0pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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11 of 22 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 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.2% then, 67.5% now; margin ±11.5pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.4% to 67.5%).
67.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Hillsboro, OR 69.0% 17th +13.2pp 1st on par with peers
Gresham, OR 69.1% 16th +12.0pp 2nd on par with peers
South Fulton, GA 84.7% 1st +10.5pp 3rd 23% above peers
Sparks, NV 75.0% 4th +9.2pp 4th 9% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 26th +7.2pp 5th 10% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 73.2% 8th +8.3pp 6th 6% above peers
Clearwater, FL 71.7% 10th +7.6pp 7th 4% above peers
Beaumont, TX 65.5% 22nd +6.9pp 8th 5% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 76.7% 3rd +8.0pp 9th 11% above peers
Peoria, IL 74.4% 5th +7.5pp 10th 8% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 74.2% 6th +7.1pp 11th 7% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 64.6% 24th +6.1pp 12th 6% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 56.6% 29th +4.0pp 13th 18% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 71.0% 12th +4.4pp 14th 3% above peers
Pueblo, CO 67.7% 19th +4.0pp 15th 2% below peers
Tyler, TX 69.5% 15th +4.1pp 16th 1% above peers
Davie, FL 73.2% 7th +3.7pp 17th 6% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 21st +2.3pp 18th 4% below peers
Downey, CA 70.6% 13th +2.3pp 19th 2% above peers
Springfield, IL 79.6% 2nd +2.2pp 20th 15% above peers
Centennial, CO 71.5% 11th +1.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Allen, TX 63.0% 25th -0.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 72.2% 9th -1.0pp 23rd 5% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 59.2% 28th -1.7pp 24th 14% below peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 23rd -2.0pp 25th 6% below peers
Riverview, FL 69.9% 14th -4.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Lansing, MI 68.0% 18th -5.5pp 27th 2% below peers
Everett, WA 60.2% 27th -6.0pp 28th 13% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 67.5% 20th -6.8pp 29th 2% below peers
Murrieta, CA 54.9% 30th -6.0pp 30th 20% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 31st -7.2pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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11 of 22 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 ±8.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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