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Santa Monica, CA

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91,169 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Santa Monica, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.5%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
4.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$114,885
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
$96,570 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.2%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
91.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.2%
2020-24
▼ 47%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
70.7%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
67.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
71.9%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
76.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
7.7%
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
4 /100k
May 2026
▼ 50%
relative change
9 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.8%
2020-24
▲ 42%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Santa Monica, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
6.0%
2019-23
▲ 111%
relative change
2.8% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
27.9%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
29.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.54
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.55 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
11.4%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
10.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
42.5%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
41.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
86.6%
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
64.8% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,517
Jun 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$3,465 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$956,112
Jun 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$967,570 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,698,037
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$1,683,969 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
91,169
2020-24
flat
relative change
91,577 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
13.8%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
15.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime is less than 1% higher than in 2021 (648 then, 650 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 866 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 643 in May 2026, down from 664 a year earlier.
643 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 16 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Roswell, GA 86 (May 26) -41.5% 1st
Clifton, NJ 127 (May 26) -32.0% 2nd
Champaign, IL 386 (May 26) -18.0% 3rd
Avondale, AZ 350 (May 26) -14.6% 4th
Temple, TX 313 (Jan 25) -14.5% 5th
Norwalk, CT 58 (Apr 26) -14.3% 6th
Merced, CA 725 (May 26) -5.9% 7th
Santa Monica, CA 643 (May 26) -3.2% 8th
Greenville, NC 447 (May 26) +0.9% 9th
Mission Viejo, CA 109 (May 26) +2.0% 10th
Chino, CA 318 (May 26) +3.1% 11th
Westminster, CA 411 (May 26) +4.2% 12th
Fort Smith, AR 850 (May 26) +5.3% 13th
Manteca, CA 328 (May 26) +12.8% 14th
Nashua, NH 156 (Jan 25) +25.0% 15th
Newton, MA 78 (Dec 25) +61.4% 16th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 15% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% 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.
Most recent monthly reading: 3,826 in May 2026, down from 4,475 a year earlier.
3,826 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Mission Viejo, CA 734 (May 26) -34.4% 1st
Roswell, GA 662 (May 26) -30.9% 2nd
Norwalk, CT 1,005 (Apr 26) -25.8% 3rd
Clifton, NJ 1,702 (May 26) -23.2% 4th
Santa Fe, NM 3,839 (May 26) -19.9% 5th
Westminster, CA 2,040 (May 26) -19.4% 6th
Newton, MA 505 (Dec 25) -15.0% 7th
Santa Monica, CA 3,826 (May 26) -14.5% 8th
Fort Smith, AR 3,135 (May 26) -12.7% 9th
Avondale, AZ 2,065 (May 26) -9.9% 10th
Merced, CA 2,514 (May 26) -6.1% 11th
Greenville, NC 2,509 (May 26) -4.4% 12th
Chino, CA 2,004 (May 26) -4.1% 13th
Champaign, IL 2,113 (May 26) -3.8% 14th
Manteca, CA 1,456 (May 26) +11.0% 15th
Nashua, NH 1,269 (Jan 25) +12.4% 16th
Temple, TX 2,287 (Jan 25) +15.4% 17th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 21% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Newark, OH down about 19% over the 12 months ending December 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide rose slightly from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: homicide rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 4 in May 2026, down from 9 a year earlier.
4 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Nashua, NH 0 (Jan 25) -100.0% 1st
Mission Viejo, CA 0 (May 26) -100.0% 2nd
Clifton, NJ 0 (May 26) -100.0% 3rd
Chino, CA 1 (May 26) -50.2% 4th
Roswell, GA 1 (May 26) -50.2% 5th
Santa Monica, CA 4 (May 26) -50.0% 6th
Westminster, CA 2 (May 26) -33.4% 7th
Bellingham, WA 2 (May 26) -33.2% 8th
Greenville, NC 7 (May 26) -12.5% 9th
Champaign, IL 7 (May 26) +0.0% 10th
Fort Smith, AR 4 (May 26) +0.0% 11th
Manteca, CA 1 (May 26) +0.0% 12th
Santa Fe, NM 9 (May 26) +14.2% 13th
Temple, TX 11 (Jan 25) +80.9% 14th
Avondale, AZ 6 (May 26) +99.7% 15th
Merced, CA 12 (May 26) +99.8% 16th
Norwalk, CT 0 (Apr 26)
Newton, MA 0 (Dec 25)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 16% lower than in 2021 (464 then, 390 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 668 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 17% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 373 in May 2026, down from 527 a year earlier.
373 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Bellingham, WA 67 (May 26) -57.6% 1st
Santa Fe, NM 322 (May 26) -49.9% 2nd
Chino, CA 126 (May 26) -39.5% 3rd
Newton, MA 23 (Dec 25) -32.3% 4th
Merced, CA 281 (May 26) -31.8% 5th
Clifton, NJ 163 (May 26) -30.0% 6th
Champaign, IL 153 (May 26) -29.5% 7th
Santa Monica, CA 373 (May 26) -29.3% 8th
Avondale, AZ 194 (May 26) -27.8% 9th
Fort Smith, AR 228 (May 26) -24.3% 10th
Roswell, GA 49 (May 26) -21.1% 11th
Norwalk, CT 116 (Apr 26) -18.7% 12th
Mission Viejo, CA 90 (May 26) -15.5% 13th
Greenville, NC 161 (May 26) -5.0% 14th
Temple, TX 333 (Jan 25) -2.6% 15th
Westminster, CA 249 (May 26) +0.0% 16th
Manteca, CA 246 (May 26) +6.9% 17th
Nashua, NH 86 (Jan 25) +35.7% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yakima, WA down about 35% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
See all Public Safety data →
Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 19% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $96,570 to $114,885 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,115). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 54% from 2014 to 2024 ($74,534 to $114,885).
$114,885
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 30th +48% 1st 39% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 17th +48% 2nd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 26th +45% 3rd 33% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 21st +44% 4th 16% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 18th +44% 5th 10% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 19th +43% 6th 13% below peers
Merced, CA $63,122 25th +40% 7th 26% below peers
Avondale, AZ $86,123 15th +39% 8th 1% above peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 16th +37% 9th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 11th +34% 10th 18% above peers
Manteca, CA $97,055 13th +33% 11th 13% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 8th +32% 12th 27% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 28th +31% 13th 36% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 22nd +30% 14th 18% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 4th +29% 15th 50% above peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 14th +28% 16th 13% above peers
Kirkland, WA $150,414 2nd +28% 17th 76% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 12th +28% 18th 15% above peers
Chino, CA $104,682 10th +28% 19th 22% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 20th +27% 20th 14% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 21st 122% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 9th +25% 22nd 26% above peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 24th +25% 23rd 22% below peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 5th +24% 24th 37% above peers
Temple, TX $68,204 23rd +24% 25th 20% below peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 7th +22% 26th 28% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 31st +22% 27th 42% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 6th +19% 28th 34% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 27th +16% 29th 34% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 3rd +15% 30th 59% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 29th +14% 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,492 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening faster than 50% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.4% in May 2026, down from 5.6% a year earlier.
5.4%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Trenton, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 27th -1.5pp 1st 47% above peers
Merced, CA 6.8% (May 26) 29th -0.9pp 2nd 58% above peers
Clifton, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 9th -0.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Westminster, CA 3.8% (May 26) 7th -0.7pp 4th 12% below peers
Indio, CA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.5pp 5th 5% above peers
Newton, MA 3.7% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 6th 14% below peers
Hemet, CA 6.3% (May 26) 28th -0.4pp 7th 47% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.6% (May 26) 20th -0.4pp 8th 7% above peers
Manteca, CA 5.1% (May 26) 22nd -0.3pp 9th 19% above peers
Nashua, NH 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 10th 26% below peers
Redding, CA 4.2% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 11th 2% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.6% (May 26) 4th -0.2pp 12th 16% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.4% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 13th 26% above peers
Compton, CA 5.9% (May 26) 26th -0.2pp 14th 37% above peers
Chino, CA 4.0% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Greenville, NC 4.3% (May 26) 14th +0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 3.7% (May 26) 6th +0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Roswell, GA 2.9% (May 26) 2nd +0.1pp 18th 33% below peers
Carson, CA 5.5% (May 26) 25th +0.2pp 19th 28% above peers
Avondale, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 4.1% (May 26) 12th +0.4pp 21st 5% below peers
Temple, TX 4.3% (May 26) 16th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 4.4% (May 26) 17th +0.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 3.8% (May 26) 8th +0.6pp 24th 12% below peers
Champaign, IL 4.0% (May 26) 11th +0.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.6% (May 26) 1st +0.7pp 26th 40% below peers
Kirkland, WA 4.6% (May 26) 21st +0.8pp 27th 7% above peers
Norwalk, CT 4.5% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.2% (May 26) 23rd +1.6pp 29th 21% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.8% then, 11.1% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 11.1%).
11.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Indio, CA 11.4% 16th -5.0pp 1st on par with peers
Hemet, CA 14.8% 21st -6.2pp 2nd 30% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 17th -4.4pp 3rd 11% above peers
Trenton, NJ 20.9% 28th -6.8pp 4th 83% above peers
Redding, CA 13.8% 19th -3.3pp 5th 21% above peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 8th -1.8pp 6th 31% below peers
Merced, CA 23.6% 31st -5.3pp 7th 108% above peers
Avondale, AZ 10.8% 14th -2.4pp 8th 5% below peers
Greenville, NC 23.2% 29th -5.0pp 9th 104% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 2nd -1.1pp 10th 56% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.5% 13th -1.9pp 11th 17% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.7% 7th -1.4pp 12th 32% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.0% 26th -2.7pp 13th 58% above peers
Compton, CA 17.8% 25th -2.6pp 14th 57% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.0% 22nd -2.2pp 15th 32% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 12th -1.2pp 16th 19% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 6th -1.0pp 17th 32% below peers
Bellingham, WA 17.8% 24th -2.0pp 18th 56% above peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 11th -1.0pp 19th 21% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.3% 20th -1.1pp 20th 25% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.7% 18th -0.6pp 21st 12% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 5th -0.1pp 22nd 35% below peers
Carson, CA 8.6% 9th -0.1pp 23rd 25% below peers
Kirkland, WA 6.0% 4th -0.0pp 24th 47% below peers
Temple, TX 15.8% 23rd -0.1pp 25th 38% above peers
Champaign, IL 23.4% 30th +0.7pp 26th 106% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 3rd +0.3pp 27th 51% below peers
Newton, MA 4.2% 1st +0.2pp 28th 63% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.1% 15th +1.2pp 29th 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.9% 27th +2.4pp 30th 66% above peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 10th +2.2pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 7.7% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 7.7%).
7.7%
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%
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 5th -7.8pp 1st 51% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 15th -9.6pp 2nd 3% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.1% 11th -5.7pp 3rd 40% below peers
Chino, CA 8.8% 10th -5.3pp 4th 42% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 21st -10.7pp 5th 17% above peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 8th -4.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 7th 88% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 2nd -2.8pp 8th 66% below peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 25th -10.8pp 9th 44% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 6th -3.7pp 10th 51% below peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 17th -7.5pp 11th 2% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 29th -12.2pp 12th 74% above peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 20th -6.4pp 13th 16% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 26th -7.5pp 14th 50% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 12th -2.3pp 15th 36% below peers
Avondale, AZ 15.1% 16th -3.4pp 16th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 9th -1.8pp 17th 44% below peers
Merced, CA 33.4% 31st -5.5pp 18th 121% above peers
Temple, TX 20.9% 24th -3.3pp 19th 39% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 19th -2.4pp 20th 13% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 28th -2.6pp 21st 72% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 13th -1.1pp 22nd 16% below peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 18th -1.2pp 23rd 4% above peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 27th -1.5pp 24th 62% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 4th -0.3pp 25th 63% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 23rd -1.0pp 26th 25% above peers
Kirkland, WA 5.3% 3rd +0.2pp 27th 65% below peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 30th +2.3pp 28th 90% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 7th +2.4pp 29th 49% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 22nd +6.9pp 30th 24% above peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 14th +5.2pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.1% to 94.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 5.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.8% to 94.2%).
94.2%
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%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 29th +14.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 28th +11.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 30th +10.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 12th +11.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 17th +10.4pp 6th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 20th +9.7pp 7th 2% below peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 27th +8.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 90.6% 24th +8.9pp 9th 3% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 22nd +8.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 21st +7.2pp 11th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 23rd +7.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 25th +6.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 9th +6.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 14th +6.6pp 15th on par with peers
Merced, CA 94.3% 10th +6.6pp 16th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 26th +6.1pp 17th 3% below peers
Chino, CA 95.9% 7th +6.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Avondale, AZ 92.5% 19th +5.6pp 19th 1% below peers
Manteca, CA 93.6% 15th +5.4pp 20th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 13th +5.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 16th +3.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 3rd +3.9pp 23rd 4% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 11th +3.0pp 24th 1% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 2nd +3.1pp 25th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 5th +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 18th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 4th +2.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 1st +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Kirkland, WA 96.4% 6th +2.3pp 30th 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 8th +1.6pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.55 then, 0.54 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.54).
0.54
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 10th -0.036 1st 5% below peers
Avondale, AZ 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 20th -0.019 3rd 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 2nd -0.014 4th 15% below peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 11th -0.013 5th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 0.45 15th -0.010 6th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 4th -0.009 7th 11% below peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 17th -0.009 8th on par with peers
Merced, CA 0.47 19th -0.008 9th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 10th 20% above peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 26th -0.006 11th 9% above peers
Redding, CA 0.46 18th -0.003 12th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 12th -0.001 13th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 23rd +0.000 14th 5% above peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 27th +0.001 15th 15% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 5th +0.003 16th 10% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 14th +0.005 17th 2% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 7th +0.004 18th 9% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 13th +0.005 19th 3% below peers
Chino, CA 0.40 3rd +0.005 20th 12% below peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 22nd +0.005 21st 5% above peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 22nd 16% above peers
Manteca, CA 0.41 6th +0.008 23rd 9% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 24th +0.012 24th 8% above peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 25th 24% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 8th +0.018 26th 7% below peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 21st +0.027 27th 4% above peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 16th +0.027 28th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 29th 15% above peers
Carson, CA 0.43 9th +0.031 30th 6% below peers
Kirkland, WA 0.49 25th +0.043 31st 9% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 2.8% to 6.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 3.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (2.3% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Roswell, GA 3.2% 1st -2.8pp 1st 74% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 7th -2.6pp 2nd 41% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 20th -3.6pp 3rd 8% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.8% 10th -2.0pp 4th 28% below peers
Avondale, AZ 12.0% 15th -2.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Temple, TX 14.2% 21st -2.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 16th -1.8pp 7th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 25th -2.0pp 8th 51% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 9th -0.8pp 9th 30% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 14th -1.0pp 10th 9% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 8th -0.4pp 11th 37% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.6% 2nd -0.1pp 12th 70% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 30th -0.1pp 13th 113% above peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 23rd +0.1pp 14th 21% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 12th +0.3pp 15th 21% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 4th +0.2pp 16th 64% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 11th +0.4pp 17th 27% below peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 3rd +0.2pp 18th 67% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 26th +1.0pp 19th 53% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 17th +1.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 27th +2.5pp 21st 63% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 19th +1.8pp 22nd 4% above peers
Merced, CA 30.0% 31st +4.9pp 23rd 145% above peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 28th +3.6pp 24th 66% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 22nd +2.8pp 25th 19% above peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 13th +2.3pp 26th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 29th +5.7pp 27th 104% above peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 18th +5.1pp 28th 4% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 6th +3.2pp 29th 51% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 24th +9.4pp 30th 41% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 5th +3.2pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value is about 2% higher than in 2021 ($1,658,501 then, $1,698,037 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,862,388 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,698,037 in June 2026, up from $1,683,969 a year earlier.
$1,698,037
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukegan, IL $247,565 (Jun 26) 26th +7.0% 1st 58% below peers
Lawton, OK $142,204 (Jun 26) 30th +5.6% 2nd 76% below peers
Norwalk, CT $679,881 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 3rd 16% above peers
Champaign, IL $241,516 (Jun 26) 27th +4.9% 4th 59% below peers
Clifton, NJ $616,096 (Jun 26) 13th +3.6% 5th 5% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $197,471 (Jun 26) 29th +3.5% 6th 66% below peers
Nashua, NH $517,357 (Jun 26) 16th +3.3% 7th 12% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,104,016 (Jun 26) 5th +3.3% 8th 89% above peers
Hoover, AL $445,051 (Jun 26) 19th +2.9% 9th 24% below peers
Compton, CA $640,999 (Jun 26) 12th +2.6% 10th 10% above peers
South Gate, CA $701,329 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 11th 20% above peers
Newton, MA $1,564,706 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.0% 12th 167% above peers
Greenville, NC $238,644 (Jun 26) 28th +1.3% 13th 59% below peers
Carson, CA $798,573 (Jun 26) 6th +1.1% 14th 36% above peers
Roswell, GA $666,641 (Jun 26) 11th +0.9% 15th 14% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,698,037 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 16th 190% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,224,499 (Jun 26) 4th +0.8% 17th 109% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $589,611 (Jun 26) 14th +0.3% 18th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA $445,921 (Jun 26) 18th -0.1% 19th 24% below peers
Bellingham, WA $674,798 (Jun 26) 10th -0.3% 20th 15% above peers
Chino, CA $758,989 (Jun 26) 7th -0.7% 21st 30% above peers
Redding, CA $394,739 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.0% 22nd 33% below peers
Merced, CA $397,690 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.5% 23rd 32% below peers
Indio, CA $513,884 (Jun 26) 17th -1.5% 24th 12% below peers
Avondale, AZ $398,215 (Jun 26) 21st -1.8% 25th 32% below peers
Trenton, NJ $356,470 (Jun 26) 24th -1.9% 26th 39% below peers
Temple, TX $249,750 (Jun 26) 25th -2.8% 27th 57% below peers
Germantown, MD $425,701 (Jun 26) 20th -2.8% 28th 27% below peers
Manteca, CA $585,227 (Jun 26) 15th -4.2% 29th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA $1,227,283 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.3% 30th 110% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes is about 3% higher than in 2021 ($931,379 then, $956,113 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,028,190 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $956,112 in June 2026, down from $967,570 a year earlier.
$956,112
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Waukegan, IL $199,539 (Jun 26) 25th +9.9% 1st 51% below peers
Champaign, IL $157,490 (Jun 26) 28th +6.8% 2nd 62% below peers
Lawton, OK $74,294 (Jun 26) 30th +5.6% 3rd 82% below peers
Clifton, NJ $523,401 (Jun 26) 10th +5.2% 4th 28% above peers
Norwalk, CT $439,024 (Jun 26) 14th +4.8% 5th 7% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $114,649 (Jun 26) 29th +4.5% 6th 72% below peers
Compton, CA $570,408 (Jun 26) 9th +3.9% 7th 39% above peers
Westminster, CA $934,008 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.7% 8th 128% above peers
Nashua, NH $387,942 (Jun 26) 17th +3.5% 9th 5% below peers
Newton, MA $990,781 (Jun 26) 1st +3.5% 10th 142% above peers
Hoover, AL $316,421 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 11th 23% below peers
South Gate, CA $637,011 (Jun 26) 7th +3.0% 12th 55% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $409,850 (Jun 26) 15th +0.9% 13th on par with peers
Greenville, NC $157,988 (Jun 26) 27th +0.9% 14th 61% below peers
Bellingham, WA $486,485 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 15th 19% above peers
Roswell, GA $477,657 (Jun 26) 13th +0.5% 16th 17% above peers
Carson, CA $668,515 (Jun 26) 6th +0.4% 17th 63% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $879,254 (Jun 26) 4th +0.2% 18th 115% above peers
Indio, CA $394,123 (Jun 26) 16th +0.0% 19th 4% below peers
Chino, CA $619,935 (Jun 26) 8th -0.4% 20th 51% above peers
Merced, CA $324,862 (Jun 26) 20th -0.6% 21st 21% below peers
Redding, CA $304,862 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.8% 22nd 26% below peers
Hemet, CA $345,970 (Jun 26) 19th -0.9% 23rd 16% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $956,112 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.2% 24th 133% above peers
Avondale, AZ $347,883 (Jun 26) 18th -1.8% 25th 15% below peers
Trenton, NJ $208,402 (Jun 26) 24th -2.5% 26th 49% below peers
Temple, TX $168,706 (Jun 26) 26th -3.5% 27th 59% below peers
Germantown, MD $311,886 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.7% 28th 24% below peers
Manteca, CA $481,476 (Jun 26) 12th -4.0% 29th 17% above peers
Kirkland, WA $698,475 (Jun 26) 5th -5.2% 30th 70% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.0% then, 27.9% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.1% to 27.9%).
27.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manteca, CA 72.4% 3rd +10.6pp 1st 28% above peers
Avondale, AZ 61.6% 13th +6.6pp 2nd 9% above peers
Merced, CA 45.9% 24th +4.6pp 3rd 19% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 23rd +3.7pp 4th 11% below peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 12th +3.8pp 5th 11% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 7th +4.1pp 6th 19% above peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 25th +2.5pp 7th 20% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 21st +2.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 9th 33% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 4th +3.6pp 10th 27% above peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 16th +2.6pp 11th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 28th +1.2pp 12th 22% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 20th +1.4pp 13th 5% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 9th +1.7pp 14th 14% above peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 15th +1.6pp 15th 6% above peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 5th +1.7pp 16th 26% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 17th +1.0pp 17th 1% below peers
Chino, CA 64.0% 10th +0.9pp 18th 13% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 11th +0.9pp 19th 13% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 2nd +0.9pp 20th 31% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 19th +0.6pp 21st 3% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 1st -0.0pp 22nd 36% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 26th -0.1pp 23rd 21% below peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 30th -0.5pp 24th 42% below peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 27th -0.8pp 25th 21% below peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 6th -2.0pp 26th 24% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 27th 51% below peers
Kirkland, WA 60.8% 14th -2.6pp 28th 8% above peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 18th -2.4pp 29th 1% below peers
Temple, TX 52.3% 22nd -2.3pp 30th 7% below peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 8th -3.5pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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
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Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,517 in June 2026, up from $3,465 a year earlier.
$3,517
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
South Gate, CA $2,002 (Jun 26) 16th +9.0% 1st 6% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $3,074 (Jun 26) 4th +7.7% 2nd 44% above peers
Indio, CA $2,616 (Jun 26) 11th +7.2% 3rd 22% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,410 (Jun 26) 26th +5.7% 4th 34% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,071 (Jun 26) 30th +5.2% 5th 50% below peers
Lawton, OK $1,086 (Jun 26) 29th +5.1% 6th 49% below peers
Greenville, NC $1,346 (Jun 26) 28th +4.5% 7th 37% below peers
Newton, MA $3,685 (Jun 26) 1st +3.5% 8th 72% above peers
Redding, CA $1,642 (Jun 26) 24th +2.9% 9th 23% below peers
Clifton, NJ $2,668 (Jun 26) 7th +2.7% 10th 25% above peers
Nashua, NH $2,216 (Jun 26) 13th +2.7% 11th 4% above peers
Chino, CA $3,388 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.7% 12th 59% above peers
Merced, CA $1,964 (Jun 26) 18th +2.3% 13th 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,648 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.3% 14th 23% below peers
Kirkland, WA $2,626 (Jun 26) 9th +2.2% 15th 23% above peers
Norwalk, CT $2,718 (Jun 26) 6th +2.0% 16th 27% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,629 (Jun 26) 8th +1.7% 17th 23% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,139 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 18th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,517 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.5% 19th 65% above peers
Bellingham, WA $1,976 (Jun 26) 17th +1.2% 20th 8% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,932 (Jun 26) 20th +1.1% 21st 10% below peers
Hoover, AL $1,378 (Jun 26) 27th +1.0% 22nd 36% below peers
Manteca, CA $2,624 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 23rd 23% above peers
Roswell, GA $1,730 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.3% 24th 19% below peers
Hemet, CA $1,939 (Jun 26) 19th +0.2% 25th 9% below peers
Germantown, MD $2,137 (Jun 26) 15th +0.0% 26th on par with peers
Carson, CA $2,953 (Jun 26) 5th -0.1% 27th 38% above peers
Temple, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 25th -0.4% 28th 33% below peers
Avondale, AZ $1,809 (Jun 26) 21st -0.6% 29th 15% below peers
Compton, CA $2,500 (Jun 26) 12th -3.8% 30th 17% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.5% then, 42.5% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.0% to 42.5%).
42.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 10th -5.4pp 1st 10% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 4th -4.0pp 2nd 21% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 3rd 19% above peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 4th 20% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 31st -4.4pp 5th 26% above peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 20th -3.4pp 6th 9% above peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 19th -2.9pp 7th 7% above peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 23rd -2.0pp 8th 12% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 26% below peers
Merced, CA 43.4% 25th -0.6pp 10th 14% above peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 28th -0.5pp 11th 23% above peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 12th -0.4pp 12th 9% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 2nd -0.3pp 13th 29% below peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 21st -0.4pp 14th 10% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 9th -0.3pp 15th 11% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 17th -0.2pp 16th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 1st +0.0pp 17th 36% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 6th +0.4pp 18th 16% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 24th +1.0pp 19th 12% above peers
Chino, CA 42.5% 22nd +1.2pp 20th 12% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 30th +1.4pp 21st 25% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 7th +1.0pp 22nd 14% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 16th +1.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 5th +1.0pp 24th 20% below peers
Manteca, CA 40.8% 18th +1.7pp 25th 7% above peers
Avondale, AZ 35.2% 13th +1.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 14th +1.7pp 27th 6% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 15th +2.8pp 28th 1% below peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 29th +4.9pp 29th 23% above peers
Temple, TX 34.3% 11th +3.9pp 30th 10% below peers
Kirkland, WA 32.9% 8th +4.0pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.6% then, 11.4% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.4% to 11.4%).
11.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 1st 79% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 5th -0.9pp 2nd 54% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 25th -2.3pp 3rd 26% above peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 21st -1.9pp 4th 11% above peers
Manteca, CA 3.2% 3rd -0.7pp 5th 58% below peers
Merced, CA 8.9% 23rd -1.8pp 6th 18% above peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 19th -1.1pp 7th 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 17th -1.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 9th 253% above peers
Temple, TX 6.7% 13th -0.8pp 10th 12% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 7th -0.5pp 11th 41% below peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 14th -0.6pp 12th 7% below peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 27th -0.5pp 13th 32% above peers
Avondale, AZ 4.6% 9th -0.2pp 14th 39% below peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 18th -0.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 28th -0.4pp 16th 42% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% 11th -0.2pp 17th 37% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.0pp 18th 63% below peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 6th -0.0pp 19th 47% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 20th -0.0pp 20th 4% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 24th -0.0pp 21st 19% above peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 26th +0.4pp 22nd 31% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 12th +0.3pp 23rd 15% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 29th +0.9pp 24th 51% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 16th +0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 22nd +1.7pp 26th 12% above peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 30th +3.6pp 27th 121% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 8th +1.0pp 28th 40% below peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 4th +0.9pp 29th 56% below peers
Chino, CA 4.6% 10th +1.2pp 30th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 15th +2.0pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 →

Uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.5% to 3.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.0% to 3.5%).
3.5%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 23rd -6.3pp 1st 37% above peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 14th -3.7pp 2nd 10% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.4% 19th -3.8pp 3rd 12% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 58% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.9% 22nd -3.1pp 5th 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 54% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.0% 15th -1.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 18th -1.8pp 8th 7% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 27th -2.3pp 9th 69% above peers
Lawton, OK 10.9% 24th -1.3pp 10th 45% above peers
Chino, CA 6.7% 13th -0.5pp 11th 11% below peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 12th -0.5pp 12th 12% below peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 9th -0.5pp 13th 17% below peers
Manteca, CA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 14th 45% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 6th -0.3pp 15th 34% below peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 10th -0.3pp 16th 17% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.8% 4th -0.1pp 17th 49% below peers
Waukegan, IL 15.7% 30th -0.0pp 18th 107% above peers
Greenville, NC 9.4% 21st +0.0pp 19th 24% above peers
Merced, CA 7.5% 16th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 17.2% 31st +0.2pp 21st 128% above peers
Newton, MA 1.2% 1st +0.0pp 22nd 83% below peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 7th +0.2pp 23rd 30% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.6% 26th +0.5pp 24th 67% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 25th +0.8pp 25th 65% above peers
Redding, CA 6.5% 11th +0.5pp 26th 13% below peers
Temple, TX 13.6% 29th +1.8pp 27th 81% above peers
Indio, CA 9.0% 20th +1.2pp 28th 19% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.3% 8th +0.8pp 29th 30% below peers
Avondale, AZ 13.3% 28th +2.1pp 30th 76% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 17th +1.9pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

23.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Newton, MA 20.4% 1st 35% below peers
Kirkland, WA 22.4% 2nd 29% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 3rd 28% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 4th 27% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 5th 24% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 6th 21% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 7th 21% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 8th 18% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 9th 16% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 10th 16% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 11th 10% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 12th 8% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 13th 8% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 14th 4% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 15th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Chino, CA 31.9% 17th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 18th 3% above peers
Manteca, CA 33.9% 19th 7% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 20th 8% above peers
Merced, CA 34.4% 21st 9% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 22nd 11% above peers
Avondale, AZ 36.2% 23rd 15% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 24th 16% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 25th 18% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 26th 21% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 27th 22% above peers
Temple, TX 38.7% 28th 22% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 29th 23% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 35% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 31st 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 2.2% now; margin ±2.6pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 2.2%).
2.2%
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
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 24th -17.1pp 1st 48% above peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 16th -3.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Chino, CA 3.4% 11th -3.4pp 3rd 11% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 23rd -5.2pp 4th 43% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 4th -2.0pp 5th 42% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 20th -2.3pp 7th 15% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 19th -2.1pp 8th 9% above peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 18th -1.9pp 9th 9% above peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 15th -1.0pp 10th 1% below peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 7th -0.4pp 11th 33% below peers
Manteca, CA 1.4% 2nd -0.1pp 12th 64% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 25th -0.3pp 13th 52% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 9th +0.3pp 14th 18% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 5th +0.3pp 15th 40% below peers
Merced, CA 3.4% 10th +0.5pp 16th 11% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 6th +0.4pp 17th 34% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 14th +0.6pp 18th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 22nd +1.0pp 19th 21% above peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 27th +1.9pp 20th 108% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 21st +1.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Avondale, AZ 11.4% 31st +3.4pp 22nd 201% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 6% below peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 12th +1.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 30th +4.0pp 25th 161% above peers
Temple, TX 8.4% 28th +3.7pp 26th 122% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 17th +1.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 77% below peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 29th +5.5pp 29th 159% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 8th +1.9pp 30th 18% below peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 26th +5.1pp 31st 78% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.9% then, 70.7% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.0% to 70.7%).
70.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hemet, CA 15.5% 29th +4.4pp 1st 49% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 28th +4.0pp 2nd 47% below peers
Manteca, CA 21.7% 23rd +5.0pp 3rd 29% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 4th 65% below peers
Merced, CA 20.2% 27th +3.7pp 5th 34% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 25th +3.5pp 6th 31% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 7th 63% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 26th +3.3pp 8th 33% below peers
Chino, CA 27.2% 18th +4.2pp 9th 11% below peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 9th +6.8pp 10th 64% above peers
Avondale, AZ 21.3% 24th +2.8pp 11th 30% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 11th +6.1pp 12th 56% above peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 13th +5.1pp 13th 35% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 4th +7.9pp 14th 116% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 10th +4.2pp 15th 59% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 21st +2.0pp 16th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 15th +2.9pp 17th 16% above peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 5th +5.0pp 18th 105% above peers
Kirkland, WA 66.3% 3rd +5.0pp 19th 117% above peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 6th +3.2pp 20th 73% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 7th +3.0pp 21st 70% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 22nd +1.3pp 22nd 26% below peers
Temple, TX 30.6% 16th +1.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 19th +1.2pp 24th 12% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 25th 131% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 17th +1.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 14th +1.4pp 27th 28% above peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 12th +1.4pp 28th 46% above peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 29th 166% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 8th +0.3pp 30th 65% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 20th -1.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (76.9% then, 71.9% now; margin ±15.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.8% to 71.9%).
71.9%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Temple, TX 40.2% 19th +5.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Greenville, NC 53.1% 11th +4.9pp 2nd 21% above peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 10th +4.6pp 3rd 23% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 5th +4.5pp 4th 41% above peers
Chino, CA 45.2% 14th +3.2pp 5th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 6th 73% above peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 18th +1.7pp 7th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 4th +2.3pp 8th 52% above peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 8th +1.1pp 9th 30% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 6th +1.0pp 10th 33% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 12th -0.2pp 11th 16% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 17th -1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 13th -2.2pp 13th 14% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 2nd -5.0pp 14th 64% above peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 16th -8.1pp 15th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 57.9% 7th -11.4pp 16th 32% above peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 23rd -7.4pp 17th 15% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 3rd -13.5pp 18th 54% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 9th -13.3pp 19th 29% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 22nd -11.7pp 20th 13% below peers
Manteca, CA 31.2% 28th -12.5pp 21st 29% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 27th -13.1pp 22nd 27% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 21st -19.0pp 23rd 11% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 29th -11.4pp 24th 48% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 20th -20.5pp 25th 10% below peers
Merced, CA 36.2% 24th -19.4pp 26th 17% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 15th -25.8pp 27th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 25th -24.8pp 28th 17% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 30th -16.3pp 29th 51% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 26th -31.7pp 30th 27% below peers
Avondale, AZ 14.8% 31st -22.2pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.4% then, 4.8% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 4.8%).
4.8%
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 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chino, CA 2.7% 7th -7.8pp 1st 58% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 5th -5.1pp 2nd 68% below peers
Avondale, AZ 4.2% 10th -6.6pp 3rd 34% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 3rd -2.2pp 4th 77% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 2nd -1.5pp 5th 82% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 8th -3.1pp 6th 54% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 7th 89% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 19th -5.8pp 8th 24% above peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 4th -1.0pp 9th 73% below peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 6th -0.5pp 10th 58% below peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 14th -0.4pp 11th 16% below peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 29th -0.3pp 12th 107% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.0% 20th +0.4pp 13th 26% above peers
Merced, CA 11.9% 27th +0.8pp 14th 87% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 22nd +0.6pp 15th 42% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 9th +0.3pp 16th 52% below peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 24th +1.0pp 17th 47% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 31st +2.1pp 18th 115% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 21st +1.4pp 19th 31% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 25th +2.1pp 20th 57% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 30th +3.0pp 21st 114% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 13th +1.4pp 22nd 24% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 23rd +2.9pp 23rd 44% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 18th +2.1pp 24th 5% above peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 12th +1.6pp 25th 29% below peers
Temple, TX 6.5% 17th +2.6pp 26th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 26th +4.9pp 27th 73% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 28th 32% below peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 15th +3.3pp 29th 10% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 16th +3.7pp 30th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 31st 100% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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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 B14005) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91,577 to 91,169 - more than the combined survey margin (±67). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
91,169
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
Temple, TX 89,602 26th +20% 1st 2% below peers
Manteca, CA 89,043 30th +13% 2nd 3% below peers
Merced, CA 91,953 14th +11% 3rd 1% above peers
Avondale, AZ 92,477 10th +9% 4th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 7th +9% 5th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 22nd +8% 6th 1% below peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 17th +8% 7th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 31st +6% 8th 3% below peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 1st +5% 9th 2% above peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 27th +5% 10th 2% below peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 12th +4% 11th 1% above peers
Kirkland, WA 92,621 8th +4% 12th 1% above peers
Chino, CA 92,652 6th +3% 13th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 18th +3% 14th on par with peers
Indio, CA 91,950 15th +3% 15th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 23rd +3% 16th 2% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 25th +2% 17th 2% below peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 28th +2% 18th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 93,409 2nd +2% 19th 2% above peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 11th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 4th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Carson, CA 92,871 3rd +1% 22nd 2% above peers
Newton, MA 89,044 29th +1% 23rd 3% below peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 20th +0% 24th 1% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 19th -0% 25th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 24th -1% 26th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 9th -2% 27th 1% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 16th -3% 28th on par with peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 13th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 21st -4% 30th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 92,698 5th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±42 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.0% then, 13.8% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (14.7% to 13.8%).
13.8%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Chino, CA 24.6% 8th +4.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Indio, CA 24.8% 7th +2.4pp 2nd 9% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 21st +1.1pp 3rd 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 2nd +1.3pp 4th 23% above peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 26th +0.6pp 5th 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 20th +0.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Merced, CA 29.9% 1st +0.4pp 7th 32% above peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 17th +0.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 22nd -0.1pp 9th 11% below peers
Temple, TX 26.6% 5th -0.2pp 10th 18% above peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 23rd -0.2pp 11th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 11th -0.4pp 12th 5% above peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 9th -0.6pp 13th 8% above peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 13th -0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 29th -0.6pp 15th 30% below peers
Manteca, CA 25.2% 6th -1.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 27th -0.8pp 17th 18% below peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 19th -1.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Kirkland, WA 19.3% 24th -1.1pp 19th 15% below peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 25th -1.3pp 20th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 3rd -1.9pp 21st 21% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 10th -1.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 18th -1.6pp 23rd 6% below peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 30th -1.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Avondale, AZ 26.8% 4th -2.4pp 26th 18% above peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 14th -2.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 12th -3.1pp 28th 2% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 28th -2.9pp 29th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 16th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 15th -5.4pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.5% then, 25.9% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.6% to 25.9%).
25.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 22nd +4.4pp 1st 15% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 7th +6.6pp 2nd 28% above peers
Manteca, CA 30.9% 15th +4.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 2nd +8.4pp 4th 84% above peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 4th +6.7pp 5th 55% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 5th +5.1pp 6th 52% above peers
Merced, CA 48.8% 3rd +3.9pp 7th 60% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 11th +2.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 26th +1.2pp 9th 35% below peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 10th 111% above peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 18th +1.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 10th +1.7pp 12th 22% above peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 17th +0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 19th +0.5pp 14th 6% below peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 6th +0.7pp 15th 32% above peers
Temple, TX 34.6% 13th +0.5pp 16th 14% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 21st +0.3pp 17th 8% below peers
Kirkland, WA 15.2% 29th +0.0pp 18th 50% below peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 23rd -0.1pp 19th 24% below peers
Avondale, AZ 34.9% 12th -0.6pp 20th 15% above peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 9th -1.2pp 21st 25% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 16th -1.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 8th -2.8pp 23rd 28% above peers
Chino, CA 21.2% 24th -2.7pp 24th 30% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 14th -4.7pp 25th 7% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 20th -5.4pp 26th 8% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 27th -4.1pp 27th 37% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 28th 66% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 25th -7.6pp 29th 33% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 28th -7.1pp 30th 39% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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Working parents rose 21.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64.8% to 86.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.8pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 15.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.2% to 86.6%).
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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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 25% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 21% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 11th +14.0pp 3rd 8% above peers
Merced, CA 64.6% 23rd +10.6pp 4th 7% below peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 6th +9.7pp 5th 11% above peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 7th +9.3pp 6th 10% above peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 8th +8.0pp 7th 9% above peers
Kirkland, WA 65.8% 21st +6.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 18th +6.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Manteca, CA 59.7% 31st +5.8pp 10th 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 30th +5.0pp 11th 12% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 5th +6.2pp 12th 11% above peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 4th +6.0pp 13th 13% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 22nd +4.9pp 14th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 17th +5.1pp 15th 1% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 15th +5.1pp 16th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 16th +4.4pp 17th on par with peers
Chino, CA 63.5% 26th +4.0pp 18th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 25th +3.6pp 19th 7% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 10th +3.5pp 20th 8% above peers
Avondale, AZ 67.6% 19th +2.9pp 21st 3% below peers
Temple, TX 61.5% 29th +2.4pp 22nd 11% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 9th +2.7pp 23rd 9% above peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 12th +2.5pp 24th 7% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 13th +1.8pp 25th 6% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 20th +0.7pp 26th 4% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 3rd -0.0pp 27th 13% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 14th -1.6pp 28th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 27th -1.8pp 29th 10% below peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 24th -5.4pp 30th 7% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 28th -9.1pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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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 ±9.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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