This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend.
Violent crime fell about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||||
| Salem, OR | 351 (May 26) | 10th | -36.6% | 1st | 11% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 282 (Apr 26) | 6th | -17.1% | 2nd | 29% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 232 (May 26) | 4th | -16.3% | 3rd | 41% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 66 (Mar 26) | 1st | -16.2% | 4th | 83% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 668 (May 26) | 16th | -15.4% | 5th | 69% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 643 (May 26) | 15th | -13.5% | 6th | 63% above peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 684 (Apr 26) | 17th | -12.1% | 7th | 73% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 333 (May 26) | 9th | -11.9% | 8th | 16% below peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 264 (May 26) | 5th | -11.0% | 9th | 33% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 225 (May 26) | 3rd | -10.5% | 10th | 43% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 1,107 (May 26) | 19th | -9.2% | 11th | 180% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 408 (May 26) | 12th | -9.0% | 12th | 3% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 847 (May 26) | 18th | -7.0% | 13th | 115% above peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 299 (May 26) | 8th | -4.8% | 14th | 24% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 422 (May 26) | 13th | -2.6% | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 395 (May 26) | 11th | -2.6% | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 1,227 (May 26) | 20th | +1.9% | 17th | 211% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 290 (Feb 26) | 7th | +2.9% | 18th | 26% below peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 176 (May 26) | 2nd | +8.0% | 19th | 55% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 442 (May 26) | 14th | +10.0% | 20th | 12% above peers |
This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Property crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 89% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||||
| Salem, OR | 2,029 (May 26) | 12th | -41.1% | 1st | 13% above peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 1,272 (May 26) | 4th | -33.7% | 2nd | 29% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 1,020 (May 26) | 2nd | -30.9% | 3rd | 43% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 918 (Mar 26) | 1st | -28.4% | 4th | 49% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 2,461 (May 26) | 15th | -26.2% | 5th | 37% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 2,037 (May 26) | 13th | -23.9% | 6th | 13% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 1,373 (May 26) | 6th | -23.3% | 7th | 24% below peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 1,638 (May 26) | 10th | -21.9% | 8th | 9% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 2,038 (Apr 26) | 14th | -19.3% | 9th | 13% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 2,814 (May 26) | 17th | -14.1% | 10th | 56% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 1,454 (May 26) | 7th | -14.0% | 11th | 19% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 3,212 (May 26) | 18th | -13.1% | 12th | 78% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 1,516 (May 26) | 8th | -12.2% | 13th | 16% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 3,401 (May 26) | 19th | -11.4% | 14th | 89% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 1,544 (Feb 26) | 9th | -7.1% | 15th | 14% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 3,847 (May 26) | 20th | -6.9% | 16th | 114% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 1,801 (May 26) | 11th | -6.5% | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 1,336 (Apr 26) | 5th | -2.8% | 18th | 26% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 2,754 (May 26) | 16th | -0.4% | 19th | 53% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 1,219 (May 26) | 3rd | +1.7% | 20th | 32% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicide fell about 56% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||||
| Cary, NC | 0 (Mar 26) | 1st | -100.0% | 1st | 100% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 0 (May 26) | 2nd | -100.0% | 2nd | 100% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 1 (May 26) | 4th | -75.0% | 3rd | 82% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 1 (May 26) | 5th | -66.8% | 4th | 63% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 2 (Feb 26) | 7th | -63.6% | 5th | 30% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 2 (Apr 26) | 8th | -55.6% | 6th | 23% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 1 (May 26) | 3rd | -49.8% | 7th | 82% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 8 (Apr 26) | 18th | -40.0% | 8th | 179% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 7 (May 26) | 15th | -35.0% | 9th | 128% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 5 (May 26) | 13th | -30.8% | 10th | 79% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 3 (May 26) | 11th | -16.7% | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 3 (May 26) | 10th | -16.6% | 12th | 8% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 6 (May 26) | 14th | -7.6% | 13th | 114% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 2 (May 26) | 6th | +0.0% | 14th | 40% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 2 (May 26) | 9th | +0.0% | 15th | 21% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 8 (May 26) | 17th | +14.2% | 16th | 171% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 25 (May 26) | 20th | +20.2% | 17th | 760% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 13 (May 26) | 19th | +38.8% | 18th | 349% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 7 (May 26) | 16th | +160.2% | 19th | 131% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 4 (May 26) | 12th | +599.2% | 20th | 46% above peers |
This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Vehicle theft fell about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||||
| Salem, OR | 217 (May 26) | 15th | -53.1% | 1st | 30% above peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 89 (May 26) | 3rd | -49.3% | 2nd | 46% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 168 (May 26) | 12th | -46.0% | 3rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 164 (May 26) | 10th | -45.1% | 4th | 2% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 181 (Apr 26) | 13th | -39.6% | 5th | 9% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 116 (May 26) | 5th | -38.9% | 6th | 30% below peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 112 (May 26) | 4th | -37.9% | 7th | 33% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 140 (May 26) | 8th | -37.5% | 8th | 16% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 71 (Mar 26) | 2nd | -36.1% | 9th | 57% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 237 (May 26) | 16th | -33.6% | 10th | 42% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 66 (May 26) | 1st | -32.2% | 11th | 60% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 370 (May 26) | 18th | -32.2% | 12th | 123% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 195 (May 26) | 14th | -30.5% | 13th | 17% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 121 (Apr 26) | 6th | -28.7% | 14th | 27% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 142 (May 26) | 9th | -27.5% | 15th | 15% below peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 122 (May 26) | 7th | -23.8% | 16th | 27% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 316 (May 26) | 17th | -21.4% | 17th | 90% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 166 (Feb 26) | 11th | -14.9% | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 497 (May 26) | 20th | -12.1% | 19th | 199% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 418 (May 26) | 19th | -4.4% | 20th | 151% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $75,630 to $99,060 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,259). 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.
| 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% | |||||
| Salinas, CA | $91,908 | 9th | +49% | 1st | 13% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | $68,119 | 22nd | +49% | 2nd | 16% below peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | $81,511 | 16th | +48% | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | $64,523 | 24th | +42% | 4th | 21% below peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | $83,130 | 14th | +40% | 5th | 2% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | $79,663 | 18th | +37% | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | $88,941 | 10th | +37% | 7th | 9% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | $52,130 | 27th | +35% | 8th | 36% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | $75,487 | 19th | +35% | 9th | 7% below peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | $97,737 | 6th | +34% | 10th | 20% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | $125,924 | 2nd | +34% | 11th | 54% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | $54,039 | 26th | +34% | 12th | 34% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | $49,311 | 28th | +34% | 13th | 40% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | $88,393 | 11th | +34% | 14th | 8% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | $92,174 | 8th | +33% | 15th | 13% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | $99,060 | 5th | +31% | 16th | 22% above peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | $69,634 | 20th | +31% | 17th | 15% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | $66,562 | 23rd | +31% | 18th | 18% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | $93,633 | 7th | +31% | 19th | 15% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | $109,242 | 4th | +30% | 20th | 34% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | $81,770 | 15th | +30% | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | $69,303 | 21st | +29% | 22nd | 15% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | $80,108 | 17th | +29% | 23rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | $85,070 | 13th | +29% | 24th | 4% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | $134,905 | 1st | +29% | 25th | 66% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | $48,699 | 29th | +25% | 26th | 40% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | $48,076 | 30th | +24% | 27th | 41% below peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | $85,104 | 12th | +24% | 28th | 4% above peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $111,895 | 3rd | +23% | 29th | 37% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | $59,190 | 25th | +23% | 30th | 27% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | $31,750 | 31st | +19% | 31st | 61% below peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| 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 | ||||
| Akron, OH | 3.4% (May 26) | 5th | -1.9pp | 1st | 15% below peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | 7.1% (May 26) | 28th | -1.3pp | 2nd | 77% above peers | |
| Providence, RI | 4.1% (May 26) | 17th | -1.1pp | 3rd | 2% above peers | |
| Salinas, CA | 7.3% (May 26) | 29th | -0.9pp | 4th | 82% above peers | |
| Garden Grove, CA | 3.4% (May 26) | 6th | -0.5pp | 5th | 15% below peers | |
| Springfield, MO | 3.6% (May 26) | 8th | -0.5pp | 6th | 10% below peers | |
| Fort Collins, CO | 3.4% (May 26) | 7th | -0.4pp | 7th | 15% below peers | |
| Oceanside, CA | 3.9% (May 26) | 12th | -0.3pp | 8th | 3% below peers | |
| Santa Rosa, CA | 3.7% (May 26) | 10th | -0.3pp | 9th | 7% below peers | |
| Ontario, CA | 4.0% (May 26) | 13th | -0.3pp | 10th | on par with peers | |
| Salem, OR | 4.7% (May 26) | 24th | -0.2pp | 11th | 18% above peers | |
| Glendale, CA | 5.2% (May 26) | 25th | -0.2pp | 12th | 30% above peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | 2.8% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.2pp | 13th | 30% below peers | |
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 3.8% (May 26) | 11th | -0.1pp | 14th | 5% below peers | |
| Cary, NC | 2.9% (May 26) | 3rd | -0.1pp | 15th | 28% below peers | |
| Murfreesboro, TN | 2.7% (May 26) | 1st | -0.1pp | 16th | 32% below peers | |
| Clarksville, TN | 3.6% (May 26) | 9th | +0.0pp | 17th | 10% below peers | |
| Elk Grove, CA | 4.0% (May 26) | 14th | +0.0pp | 18th | on par with peers | |
| Shreveport, LA | 4.6% (May 26) | 22nd | +0.0pp | 19th | 15% above peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | 3.3% (May 26) | 4th | +0.0pp | 20th | 18% below peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | 6.2% (May 26) | 26th | +0.0pp | 21st | 55% above peers | |
| Corona, CA | 4.0% (May 26) | 15th | +0.0pp | 22nd | on par with peers | |
| Eugene, OR | 4.6% (May 26) | 23rd | +0.1pp | 23rd | 15% above peers | |
| Lancaster, CA | 7.0% (May 26) | 27th | +0.2pp | 24th | 75% above peers | |
| Newport News, VA | 4.0% (May 26) | 16th | +0.3pp | 25th | on par with peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | 4.1% (May 26) | 18th | +0.4pp | 26th | 2% above peers | |
| Aurora, IL | 4.3% (May 26) | 19th | +0.4pp | 27th | 7% above peers | |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 4.5% (May 26) | 21st | +1.1pp | 28th | 12% above peers | |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 4.4% (May 26) | 20th | +1.1pp | 29th | 10% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.1% then, 9.6% now; margin ±1.2pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 8.5% | 5th | -5.6pp | 1st | 39% below peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 15.1% | 20th | -5.6pp | 2nd | 8% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 15.0% | 18th | -3.7pp | 3rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 8.2% | 4th | -2.0pp | 4th | 41% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 23.4% | 30th | -5.6pp | 5th | 68% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 13.5% | 14th | -3.2pp | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 17.4% | 23rd | -4.1pp | 7th | 25% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 19.2% | 26th | -4.3pp | 8th | 37% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 19.2% | 27th | -4.1pp | 9th | 37% above peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 9.4% | 7th | -1.8pp | 10th | 32% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 12.0% | 10th | -2.1pp | 11th | 14% below peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 12.2% | 11th | -1.7pp | 12th | 12% below peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 14.8% | 17th | -1.8pp | 13th | 6% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 8.7% | 6th | -1.1pp | 14th | 38% below peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 12.3% | 12th | -1.2pp | 15th | 11% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 22.9% | 29th | -2.1pp | 16th | 64% above peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 13.7% | 15th | -1.1pp | 17th | 2% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 18.3% | 24th | -1.4pp | 18th | 31% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 9.6% | 8th | -0.5pp | 19th | 31% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 12.8% | 13th | -0.6pp | 20th | 8% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 13.9% | 16th | -0.6pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 15.0% | 19th | -0.5pp | 22nd | 8% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 7.9% | 3rd | -0.1pp | 23rd | 43% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 22.8% | 28th | -0.0pp | 24th | 64% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 15.6% | 21st | +0.2pp | 25th | 12% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 17.4% | 22nd | +0.2pp | 26th | 25% above peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 7.9% | 2nd | +0.1pp | 27th | 44% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 33.4% | 31st | +0.6pp | 28th | 139% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 9.9% | 9th | +0.6pp | 29th | 29% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 18.5% | 25th | +1.7pp | 30th | 33% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 5.6% | 1st | +0.9pp | 31st | 60% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.7% then, 11.3% now; margin ±2.4pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 5.2% | 1st | -11.8pp | 1st | 69% below peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 8.7% | 5th | -6.2pp | 2nd | 48% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 17.8% | 18th | -7.8pp | 3rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 20.2% | 20th | -8.1pp | 4th | 20% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 23.9% | 23rd | -9.1pp | 5th | 42% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 30.7% | 28th | -10.4pp | 6th | 83% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 14.2% | 12th | -4.5pp | 7th | 15% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 12.8% | 10th | -3.7pp | 8th | 24% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 30.5% | 27th | -8.4pp | 9th | 81% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 16.8% | 16th | -4.4pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 15.6% | 13th | -4.0pp | 11th | 7% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 19.3% | 19th | -4.8pp | 12th | 15% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 28.0% | 26th | -6.8pp | 13th | 66% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 11.3% | 9th | -2.3pp | 14th | 33% below peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 8.7% | 4th | -1.7pp | 15th | 49% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 16.7% | 15th | -3.2pp | 16th | 1% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 16.9% | 17th | -2.9pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 25.1% | 25th | -4.1pp | 18th | 49% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 10.2% | 7th | -1.6pp | 19th | 40% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 14.1% | 11th | -2.0pp | 20th | 16% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 16.4% | 14th | -2.0pp | 21st | 2% below peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 7.5% | 3rd | -0.9pp | 22nd | 56% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 20.3% | 21st | -1.9pp | 23rd | 21% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 23.9% | 24th | -1.5pp | 24th | 42% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 35.0% | 30th | -1.3pp | 25th | 108% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 9.3% | 6th | +0.1pp | 26th | 45% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 6.1% | 2nd | +0.1pp | 27th | 64% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 22.1% | 22nd | +0.5pp | 28th | 31% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 51.8% | 31st | +2.5pp | 29th | 208% above peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 10.6% | 8th | +0.6pp | 30th | 37% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 31.3% | 29th | +4.6pp | 31st | 86% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.4% to 94.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 29 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Brownsville, TX | 86.1% | 27th | +32.9pp | 1st | 7% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 85.2% | 28th | +15.8pp | 2nd | 8% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 91.7% | 21st | +15.1pp | 3rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 90.5% | 23rd | +12.9pp | 4th | 2% below peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 91.8% | 19th | +12.9pp | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 89.4% | 25th | +11.4pp | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 89.2% | 26th | +11.0pp | 7th | 3% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 83.7% | 31st | +10.3pp | 8th | 9% below peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 95.0% | 5th | +11.5pp | 9th | 3% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 94.4% | 7th | +11.5pp | 10th | 2% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 89.8% | 24th | +10.6pp | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 85.1% | 29th | +9.1pp | 12th | 8% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 92.3% | 17th | +9.1pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 91.8% | 20th | +8.7pp | 14th | 1% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 85.0% | 30th | +7.9pp | 15th | 8% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 93.4% | 11th | +7.3pp | 16th | 1% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 93.7% | 10th | +6.9pp | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 93.2% | 12th | +5.9pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 93.0% | 13th | +5.7pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 93.0% | 14th | +5.7pp | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 94.3% | 9th | +5.7pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 92.2% | 18th | +5.5pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 92.6% | 15th | +5.0pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 95.5% | 3rd | +5.1pp | 24th | 3% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 94.4% | 6th | +5.0pp | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 94.3% | 8th | +4.5pp | 26th | 2% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 91.3% | 22nd | +4.3pp | 27th | 1% below peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 97.1% | 1st | +4.1pp | 28th | 5% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 92.4% | 16th | +2.4pp | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 95.0% | 4th | +2.4pp | 30th | 3% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 96.6% | 2nd | +1.3pp | 31st | 5% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Inequality rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.43 to 0.45 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Lancaster, CA | 0.43 | 13th | -0.034 | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 0.50 | 27th | -0.038 | 2nd | 12% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 0.38 | 1st | -0.023 | 3rd | 15% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 0.46 | 20th | -0.026 | 4th | 2% above peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 0.41 | 6th | -0.021 | 5th | 8% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 0.42 | 7th | -0.019 | 6th | 7% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 0.45 | 15th | -0.017 | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 0.39 | 2nd | -0.011 | 8th | 14% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 0.41 | 5th | -0.010 | 9th | 8% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 0.47 | 21st | -0.011 | 10th | 4% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 0.49 | 24th | -0.010 | 11th | 9% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 0.47 | 22nd | -0.008 | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 0.54 | 30th | -0.009 | 13th | 19% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 0.42 | 8th | -0.006 | 14th | 7% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 0.44 | 14th | -0.002 | 15th | 2% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 0.41 | 4th | -0.001 | 16th | 9% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 0.50 | 26th | -0.001 | 17th | 12% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 0.43 | 9th | +0.000 | 18th | 5% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 0.49 | 25th | +0.002 | 19th | 10% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 0.46 | 19th | +0.002 | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 0.48 | 23rd | +0.003 | 21st | 6% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 0.45 | 16th | +0.003 | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 0.43 | 11th | +0.003 | 23rd | 5% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 0.51 | 28th | +0.005 | 24th | 12% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 0.54 | 31st | +0.006 | 25th | 19% above peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 0.45 | 17th | +0.008 | 26th | 1% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 0.43 | 10th | +0.009 | 27th | 5% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 0.51 | 29th | +0.015 | 28th | 13% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 0.41 | 3rd | +0.017 | 29th | 10% below peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 0.43 | 12th | +0.020 | 30th | 5% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 0.45 | 18th | +0.022 | 31st | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (8.2% then, 9.1% now; margin ±1.2pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 7.0% | 4th | -3.1pp | 1st | 50% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 12.9% | 14th | -4.7pp | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 14.7% | 19th | -4.5pp | 3rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 25.3% | 29th | -7.4pp | 4th | 83% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 10.4% | 10th | -2.6pp | 5th | 25% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 6.0% | 2nd | -1.4pp | 6th | 56% below peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 13.1% | 15th | -2.6pp | 7th | 6% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 16.8% | 22nd | -1.9pp | 8th | 22% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 2.7% | 1st | -0.3pp | 9th | 80% below peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 6.8% | 3rd | -0.4pp | 10th | 51% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 25.1% | 28th | -0.1pp | 11th | 82% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 7.2% | 5th | +0.0pp | 12th | 48% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 14.0% | 17th | +0.1pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 16.6% | 21st | +0.1pp | 14th | 20% above peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 20.6% | 26th | +0.2pp | 15th | 49% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 12.5% | 13th | +0.2pp | 16th | 10% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 15.4% | 20th | +0.2pp | 17th | 11% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 7.6% | 6th | +0.3pp | 18th | 45% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 14.4% | 18th | +0.8pp | 19th | 4% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 29.1% | 30th | +1.9pp | 20th | 111% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 21.5% | 27th | +1.6pp | 21st | 56% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 10.5% | 11th | +1.0pp | 22nd | 24% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 9.1% | 9th | +0.9pp | 23rd | 34% below peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 13.8% | 16th | +1.8pp | 24th | on par with peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 11.0% | 12th | +1.7pp | 25th | 20% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 36.0% | 31st | +7.7pp | 26th | 161% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 18.9% | 25th | +4.9pp | 27th | 37% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 8.5% | 7th | +2.4pp | 28th | 39% below peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 8.9% | 8th | +3.1pp | 29th | 35% below peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 17.6% | 23rd | +8.6pp | 30th | 27% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 18.7% | 24th | +10.5pp | 31st | 35% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Akron, OH | $144,687 (Jun 26) | 29th | +3.5% | 1st | 70% below peers | |
| Garden Grove, CA | $1,016,134 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +3.1% | 2nd | 110% above peers | |
| Aurora, IL | $327,932 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +2.8% | 3rd | 32% below peers | |
| Springfield, MO | $248,023 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.5% | 4th | 49% below peers | |
| Newport News, VA | $297,976 (Jun 26) | 25th | +2.4% | 5th | 38% below peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | $196,964 (Jun 26) | 27th | +2.2% | 6th | 59% below peers | |
| Shreveport, LA | $147,051 (Jun 26) | 28th | +2.1% | 7th | 70% below peers | |
| Providence, RI | $438,893 (Jun 26) | 19th | +2.0% | 8th | 9% below peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | $376,648 (Jun 26) | 21st | +1.0% | 9th | 22% below peers | |
| Glendale, CA | $1,197,774 (Jun 26) | 1st | +0.7% | 10th | 147% above peers | |
| Salinas, CA | $754,292 (Jun 26) | 6th | +0.4% | 11th | 56% above peers | |
| Salem, OR | $440,407 (Jun 26) | 18th | +0.3% | 12th | 9% below peers | |
| Oceanside, CA | $877,395 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +0.1% | 13th | 81% above peers | |
| Eugene, OR | $484,308 (Jun 26) | 15th | +0.0% | 14th | on par with peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | $505,741 (Jun 26) | 13th | -0.2% | 15th | 4% above peers | |
| Clarksville, TN | $322,202 (Jun 26) | 24th | -0.2% | 16th | 33% below peers | |
| Murfreesboro, TN | $430,236 (Jun 26) | 20th | -0.3% | 17th | 11% below peers | |
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $789,064 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.7% | 18th | 63% above peers | |
| Lancaster, CA | $467,567 (Jun 26) | 17th | -0.9% | 19th | 3% below peers | |
| Corona, CA | $762,689 (Jun 26) | 5th | -0.9% | 20th | 57% above peers | |
| Fort Collins, CO | $569,102 (Jun 26) | 11th | -1.0% | 21st | 18% above peers | |
| Ontario, CA | $670,587 (Jun 26) | 8th | -1.0% | 22nd | 38% above peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | $324,364 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -1.1% | 23rd | 33% below peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | $467,863 (Jun 26) | 16th | -1.3% | 24th | 3% below peers | |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $720,728 (Jun 26) | 7th | -1.5% | 25th | 49% above peers | |
| Cary, NC | $631,158 (Jun 26) | 10th | -2.0% | 26th | 30% above peers | |
| Elk Grove, CA | $637,106 (Jun 26) | 9th | -3.0% | 27th | 32% above peers | |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | $489,023 (Jun 26) | 14th | -3.0% | 28th | 1% above peers | |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | $511,582 (Jun 26) | 12th | -3.1% | 29th | 6% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Akron, OH | $92,045 (Jun 26) | 28th | +4.3% | 1st | 75% below peers | |
| Aurora, IL | $251,367 (Jun 26) | 21st | +4.2% | 2nd | 31% below peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | $131,535 (Jun 26) | 27th | +3.2% | 3rd | 64% below peers | |
| Garden Grove, CA | $808,746 (Jun 26) | 1st | +3.1% | 4th | 123% above peers | |
| Providence, RI | $354,879 (Jun 26) | 16th | +2.6% | 5th | 2% below peers | |
| Springfield, MO | $164,990 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.2% | 6th | 55% below peers | |
| Newport News, VA | $212,134 (Jun 26) | 24th | +1.7% | 7th | 42% below peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | $255,108 (Jun 26) | 20th | +1.5% | 8th | 30% below peers | |
| Salinas, CA | $631,481 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +0.9% | 9th | 74% above peers | |
| Salem, OR | $362,862 (Jun 26) | 15th | +0.5% | 10th | on par with peers | |
| Eugene, OR | $384,769 (Jun 26) | 14th | +0.2% | 11th | 6% above peers | |
| Shreveport, LA | $48,751 (Jun 26) | 29th | +0.1% | 12th | 87% below peers | |
| Murfreesboro, TN | $330,473 (Jun 26) | 18th | -0.1% | 13th | 9% below peers | |
| Corona, CA | $628,508 (Jun 26) | 5th | -0.2% | 14th | 73% above peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | $201,990 (Jun 26) | 25th | -0.4% | 15th | 44% below peers | |
| Ontario, CA | $543,241 (Jun 26) | 8th | -0.4% | 16th | 50% above peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | $424,425 (Jun 26) | 11th | -0.5% | 17th | 17% above peers | |
| Glendale, CA | $743,964 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -0.7% | 18th | 105% above peers | |
| Oceanside, CA | $630,359 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.8% | 19th | 74% above peers | |
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $618,061 (Jun 26) | 6th | -0.8% | 20th | 70% above peers | |
| Clarksville, TN | $243,006 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -1.2% | 21st | 33% below peers | |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $563,545 (Jun 26) | 7th | -1.2% | 22nd | 55% above peers | |
| Lancaster, CA | $387,189 (Jun 26) | 13th | -1.3% | 23rd | 7% above peers | |
| Fort Collins, CO | $414,514 (Jun 26) | 12th | -2.0% | 24th | 14% above peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | $336,259 (Jun 26) | 17th | -2.7% | 25th | 7% below peers | |
| Elk Grove, CA | $536,250 (Jun 26) | 9th | -3.0% | 26th | 48% above peers | |
| Cary, NC | $441,245 (Jun 26) | 10th | -3.2% | 27th | 22% above peers | |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | $306,773 (Jun 26) | 19th | -4.0% | 28th | 15% below peers | |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | $225,973 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -8.1% | 29th | 38% below peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
Homeownership rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.0% to 56.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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% | ||||||
| Providence, RI | 41.4% | 30th | +5.3pp | 1st | 24% below peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 60.4% | 10th | +7.4pp | 2nd | 12% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 58.0% | 12th | +4.5pp | 3rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 35.2% | 31st | +2.2pp | 4th | 35% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 42.0% | 29th | +2.6pp | 5th | 23% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 56.7% | 13th | +2.7pp | 6th | 5% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 47.0% | 25th | +2.2pp | 7th | 13% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 55.5% | 15th | +2.5pp | 8th | 3% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 42.3% | 28th | +1.7pp | 9th | 22% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 43.9% | 27th | +1.6pp | 10th | 19% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 69.5% | 3rd | +2.4pp | 11th | 28% above peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 66.4% | 5th | +1.9pp | 12th | 23% above peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 55.9% | 14th | +1.6pp | 13th | 3% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 54.1% | 16th | +1.4pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 46.6% | 26th | +0.8pp | 15th | 14% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 61.7% | 9th | +1.0pp | 16th | 14% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 66.2% | 6th | +0.9pp | 17th | 22% above peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 47.9% | 24th | +0.6pp | 18th | 12% below peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 62.3% | 8th | +0.8pp | 19th | 15% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 58.3% | 11th | +0.7pp | 20th | 8% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 50.7% | 22nd | +0.5pp | 21st | 6% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 53.3% | 17th | +0.5pp | 22nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 52.4% | 20th | +0.1pp | 23rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 53.1% | 18th | -0.1pp | 24th | 2% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 52.4% | 19th | -0.2pp | 25th | 3% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 63.8% | 7th | -0.3pp | 26th | 18% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 73.8% | 1st | -1.1pp | 27th | 36% above peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 48.2% | 23rd | -0.8pp | 28th | 11% below peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 69.6% | 2nd | -1.4pp | 29th | 29% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 66.6% | 4th | -1.8pp | 30th | 23% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 51.6% | 21st | -1.8pp | 31st | 5% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Newport News, VA | $1,587 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +6.5% | 1st | 31% below peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | $1,569 (Jun 26) | 24th | +5.5% | 2nd | 31% below peers | |
| Salinas, CA | $2,498 (Jun 26) | 12th | +5.0% | 3rd | 9% above peers | |
| Akron, OH | $1,130 (Jun 26) | 29th | +4.6% | 4th | 51% below peers | |
| Shreveport, LA | $1,170 (Jun 26) | 28th | +3.7% | 5th | 49% below peers | |
| Providence, RI | $2,293 (Jun 26) | 14th | +3.3% | 6th | on par with peers | |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | $2,794 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +3.2% | 7th | 22% above peers | |
| Springfield, MO | $1,230 (Jun 26) | 27th | +3.1% | 8th | 46% below peers | |
| Eugene, OR | $1,842 (Jun 26) | 17th | +3.1% | 9th | 19% below peers | |
| Garden Grove, CA | $2,679 (Jun 26) | 8th | +2.9% | 10th | 17% above peers | |
| Corona, CA | $2,682 (Jun 26) | 7th | +2.8% | 11th | 17% above peers | |
| Oceanside, CA | $2,974 (Jun 26) | 1st | +2.7% | 12th | 30% above peers | |
| Aurora, IL | $2,287 (Jun 26) | 15th | +2.5% | 13th | on par with peers | |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $2,534 (Jun 26) | 11th | +2.4% | 14th | 11% above peers | |
| Elk Grove, CA | $2,688 (Jun 26) | 6th | +2.0% | 15th | 17% above peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | $1,505 (Jun 26) | 25th | +1.9% | 16th | 34% below peers | |
| Murfreesboro, TN | $1,687 (Jun 26) | 20th | +1.7% | 17th | 26% below peers | |
| Fort Collins, CO | $1,938 (Jun 26) | 16th | +1.3% | 18th | 15% below peers | |
| Ontario, CA | $2,635 (Jun 26) | 9th | +1.1% | 19th | 15% above peers | |
| Clarksville, TN | $1,376 (Jun 26) | 26th | +0.7% | 20th | 40% below peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | $2,720 (Jun 26) | 5th | +0.6% | 21st | 19% above peers | |
| Lancaster, CA | $2,403 (Jun 26) | 13th | +0.5% | 22nd | 5% above peers | |
| Cary, NC | $1,775 (Jun 26) | 18th | +0.4% | 23rd | 22% below peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | $1,735 (Jun 26) | 19th | +0.1% | 24th | 24% below peers | |
| Salem, OR | $1,585 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +0.1% | 25th | 31% below peers | |
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $2,813 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -0.3% | 26th | 23% above peers | |
| Glendale, CA | $2,732 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.6% | 27th | 19% above peers | |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | $2,550 (Jun 26) | 10th | -0.8% | 28th | 11% above peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | $1,667 (Jun 26) | 21st | -1.2% | 29th | 27% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.6% then, 41.5% now; margin ±2.4pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Salinas, CA | 41.2% | 17th | -5.9pp | 1st | 7% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 31.6% | 3rd | -2.8pp | 2nd | 18% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 32.1% | 5th | -2.5pp | 3rd | 17% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 37.2% | 12th | -2.8pp | 4th | 3% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 31.7% | 4th | -2.1pp | 5th | 18% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 37.0% | 11th | -2.4pp | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 32.3% | 6th | -1.8pp | 7th | 16% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 30.5% | 2nd | -1.7pp | 8th | 21% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 41.6% | 19th | -1.9pp | 9th | 8% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 41.7% | 20th | -1.4pp | 10th | 8% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 45.0% | 26th | -1.1pp | 11th | 17% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 44.8% | 25th | -1.1pp | 12th | 16% above peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 43.2% | 22nd | -0.2pp | 13th | 12% above peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 44.1% | 24th | -0.0pp | 14th | 15% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 38.5% | 16th | +0.2pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 36.1% | 9th | +0.2pp | 16th | 6% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 53.2% | 31st | +0.5pp | 17th | 38% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 45.3% | 27th | +0.6pp | 18th | 18% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 33.2% | 7th | +0.6pp | 19th | 14% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 37.6% | 13th | +0.7pp | 20th | 2% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 41.5% | 18th | +0.9pp | 21st | 8% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 46.5% | 29th | +1.2pp | 22nd | 21% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 46.7% | 30th | +1.4pp | 23rd | 21% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 37.7% | 14th | +1.4pp | 24th | 2% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 36.8% | 10th | +1.5pp | 25th | 4% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 38.1% | 15th | +1.6pp | 26th | 1% below peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 42.0% | 21st | +2.7pp | 27th | 9% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 45.3% | 28th | +3.5pp | 28th | 18% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 43.6% | 23rd | +3.7pp | 29th | 13% above peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 34.4% | 8th | +3.1pp | 30th | 11% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 22.9% | 1st | +2.3pp | 31st | 40% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.2% then, 6.2% now; margin ±0.9pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Tempe, AZ | 7.7% | 18th | -1.9pp | 1st | 10% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 4.1% | 7th | -1.0pp | 2nd | 42% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 4.8% | 10th | -0.9pp | 3rd | 32% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 9.1% | 23rd | -1.3pp | 4th | 30% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 10.3% | 26th | -1.4pp | 5th | 47% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 7.4% | 17th | -0.9pp | 6th | 6% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 9.0% | 22nd | -0.9pp | 7th | 28% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 8.6% | 21st | -0.9pp | 8th | 22% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 4.5% | 9th | -0.5pp | 9th | 36% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 10.2% | 25th | -1.0pp | 10th | 45% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 11.0% | 27th | -1.1pp | 11th | 57% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 8.2% | 20th | -0.7pp | 12th | 17% above peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 9.8% | 24th | -0.8pp | 13th | 40% above peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 3.5% | 2nd | -0.3pp | 14th | 50% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 12.3% | 28th | -1.0pp | 15th | 75% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 17.1% | 31st | -1.3pp | 16th | 145% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 4.4% | 8th | -0.2pp | 17th | 38% below peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 7.0% | 15th | -0.2pp | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 5.2% | 11th | +0.0pp | 19th | 26% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 6.2% | 13th | +0.0pp | 20th | 11% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 14.6% | 30th | +0.2pp | 21st | 109% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 14.2% | 29th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 104% above peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 7.8% | 19th | +0.2pp | 23rd | 11% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 3.6% | 3rd | +0.5pp | 24th | 48% below peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 4.0% | 6th | +0.6pp | 25th | 43% below peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 6.6% | 14th | +1.0pp | 26th | 6% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 3.2% | 1st | +0.5pp | 27th | 55% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 3.7% | 5th | +0.8pp | 28th | 47% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 5.3% | 12th | +1.3pp | 29th | 25% below peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 7.0% | 16th | +1.9pp | 30th | on par with peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 3.7% | 4th | +1.1pp | 31st | 47% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.5% to 6.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). 13 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Newport News, VA | 7.8% | 14th | -2.8pp | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 5.1% | 5th | -1.6pp | 2nd | 37% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 5.6% | 7th | -1.6pp | 3rd | 31% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 6.1% | 8th | -1.3pp | 4th | 25% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 7.8% | 13th | -1.6pp | 5th | 5% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 26.0% | 31st | -4.9pp | 6th | 219% above peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 4.4% | 2nd | -0.7pp | 7th | 46% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 4.9% | 4th | -0.8pp | 8th | 40% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 9.7% | 23rd | -1.3pp | 9th | 19% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 9.1% | 22nd | -1.2pp | 10th | 12% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 13.5% | 29th | -1.7pp | 11th | 66% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 6.5% | 9th | -0.8pp | 12th | 20% below peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 8.1% | 15th | -0.9pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 5.3% | 6th | -0.6pp | 14th | 34% below peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 7.4% | 12th | -0.7pp | 15th | 9% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 8.3% | 17th | -0.7pp | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 12.2% | 27th | -0.8pp | 17th | 50% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 12.4% | 28th | -0.8pp | 18th | 52% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 9.1% | 21st | -0.6pp | 19th | 12% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 7.3% | 11th | -0.2pp | 20th | 10% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 8.4% | 18th | -0.1pp | 21st | 4% above peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 7.2% | 10th | +0.0pp | 22nd | 12% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 8.7% | 19th | +0.1pp | 23rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 15.2% | 30th | +0.4pp | 24th | 86% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 8.2% | 16th | +0.3pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 4.9% | 3rd | +0.2pp | 26th | 40% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 9.9% | 24th | +1.0pp | 27th | 21% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 11.5% | 25th | +1.5pp | 28th | 41% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 2.9% | 1st | +0.4pp | 29th | 64% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 9.0% | 20th | +1.3pp | 30th | 11% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 12.0% | 26th | +1.8pp | 31st | 47% above peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California ref | 28.4% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Cary, NC | 21.8% | 1st | 35% below peers | |
| Fort Collins, CO | 22.7% | 2nd | 32% below peers | |
| Garden Grove, CA | 24.1% | 3rd | 28% below peers | |
| Glendale, CA | 24.3% | 4th | 27% below peers | |
| Oceanside, CA | 26.8% | 5th | 20% below peers | |
| Santa Rosa, CA | 29.5% | 6th | 12% below peers | |
| Elk Grove, CA | 29.9% | 7th | 10% below peers | |
| Palmdale, CA | 30.4% | 8th | 9% below peers | |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 30.7% | 9th | 8% below peers | |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 31.0% | 10th | 7% below peers | |
| Lancaster, CA | 31.1% | 11th | 7% below peers | |
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 31.4% | 12th | 6% below peers | |
| Eugene, OR | 32.2% | 13th | 4% below peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | 32.3% | 14th | 3% below peers | |
| Corona, CA | 32.4% | 15th | 3% below peers | |
| Murfreesboro, TN | 33.4% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Salinas, CA | 34.2% | 17th | 2% above peers | |
| Paradise, NV | 34.7% | 18th | 4% above peers | |
| Providence, RI | 35.3% | 19th | 6% above peers | |
| Ontario, CA | 35.5% | 20th | 6% above peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | 35.6% | 21st | 7% above peers | |
| Springfield, MO | 37.0% | 22nd | 11% above peers | |
| Aurora, IL | 37.6% | 23rd | 13% above peers | |
| Salem, OR | 38.2% | 24th | 14% above peers | |
| Newport News, VA | 40.5% | 25th | 21% above peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | 41.0% | 26th | 23% above peers | |
| Clarksville, TN | 43.5% | 27th | 30% above peers | |
| Akron, OH | 45.4% | 28th | 36% above peers | |
| Shreveport, LA | 46.0% | 29th | 38% above peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | 47.6% | 30th | 43% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child uninsured fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.9% to 3.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Glendale, CA | 1.9% | 1st | -1.5pp | 1st | 59% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 3.2% | 8th | -2.0pp | 2nd | 31% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 1.9% | 2nd | -1.2pp | 3rd | 59% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 3.1% | 7th | -1.8pp | 4th | 33% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 2.2% | 4th | -1.1pp | 5th | 52% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 3.4% | 9th | -1.6pp | 6th | 27% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 2.7% | 6th | -1.2pp | 7th | 41% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 5.0% | 22nd | -1.9pp | 8th | 7% above peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 2.6% | 5th | -0.7pp | 9th | 44% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 7.0% | 26th | -1.9pp | 10th | 52% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 8.8% | 30th | -2.3pp | 11th | 90% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 6.3% | 25th | -1.7pp | 12th | 37% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 13.8% | 31st | -3.3pp | 13th | 199% above peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 3.5% | 11th | -0.8pp | 14th | 25% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 8.6% | 29th | -1.0pp | 15th | 85% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 4.8% | 20th | -0.1pp | 16th | 4% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 4.7% | 17th | +0.2pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 4.6% | 15th | +0.3pp | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 3.4% | 10th | +0.3pp | 19th | 26% below peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 4.6% | 14th | +0.6pp | 20th | 1% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 8.2% | 28th | +1.7pp | 21st | 77% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 3.7% | 12th | +0.9pp | 22nd | 21% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 4.9% | 21st | +1.5pp | 23rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 2.1% | 3rd | +0.7pp | 24th | 55% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 4.6% | 13th | +1.7pp | 25th | 1% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 4.7% | 18th | +1.7pp | 26th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 4.8% | 19th | +1.9pp | 27th | 3% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 5.5% | 24th | +2.3pp | 28th | 18% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 4.6% | 16th | +2.0pp | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 5.2% | 23rd | +2.3pp | 30th | 13% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 7.5% | 27th | +3.8pp | 31st | 63% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.6% to 35.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 29 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Ontario, CA | 22.5% | 27th | +5.4pp | 1st | 35% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 24.5% | 24th | +5.6pp | 2nd | 29% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 16.5% | 30th | +3.1pp | 3rd | 52% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 38.5% | 10th | +7.3pp | 4th | 11% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 32.4% | 17th | +5.4pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 36.0% | 13th | +5.9pp | 6th | 4% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 39.8% | 8th | +5.9pp | 7th | 15% above peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 30.6% | 20th | +4.4pp | 8th | 11% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 47.2% | 4th | +6.7pp | 9th | 36% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 36.1% | 12th | +5.1pp | 10th | 4% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 28.5% | 22nd | +3.8pp | 11th | 18% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 34.6% | 15th | +4.5pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 31.4% | 19th | +4.0pp | 13th | 9% below peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 25.3% | 23rd | +3.0pp | 14th | 27% below peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 20.0% | 28th | +2.3pp | 15th | 42% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 31.5% | 18th | +3.1pp | 16th | 9% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 23.6% | 26th | +2.3pp | 17th | 32% below peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 40.8% | 7th | +3.8pp | 18th | 18% above peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 17.1% | 29th | +1.6pp | 19th | 51% below peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 60.7% | 2nd | +5.2pp | 20th | 75% above peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 43.0% | 6th | +3.4pp | 21st | 24% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 29.9% | 21st | +2.4pp | 22nd | 13% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 45.1% | 5th | +3.3pp | 23rd | 30% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 35.1% | 14th | +2.5pp | 24th | 1% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 24.1% | 25th | +1.7pp | 25th | 30% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 50.0% | 3rd | +3.4pp | 26th | 44% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 34.6% | 16th | +2.2pp | 27th | on par with peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 37.5% | 11th | +2.3pp | 28th | 8% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 38.9% | 9th | +2.0pp | 29th | 12% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 70.5% | 1st | +2.7pp | 30th | 104% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (46.6% then, 48.2% now; margin ±9.7pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Lancaster, CA | 41.1% | 18th | +9.6pp | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 50.9% | 9th | +8.7pp | 2nd | 17% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 54.8% | 6th | +6.1pp | 3rd | 25% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 45.5% | 12th | +4.7pp | 4th | 4% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 56.5% | 5th | +4.2pp | 5th | 30% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 57.3% | 4th | +3.2pp | 6th | 31% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 48.2% | 11th | +1.5pp | 7th | 10% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 61.3% | 1st | +1.9pp | 8th | 40% above peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 60.5% | 2nd | +1.5pp | 9th | 39% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 51.1% | 8th | +1.1pp | 10th | 17% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 43.6% | 16th | -1.0pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 44.9% | 15th | -1.7pp | 12th | 3% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 53.2% | 7th | -2.9pp | 13th | 22% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 40.8% | 19th | -2.5pp | 14th | 7% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 59.3% | 3rd | -3.8pp | 15th | 36% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 36.5% | 22nd | -4.0pp | 16th | 16% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 49.4% | 10th | -5.5pp | 17th | 13% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 45.4% | 13th | -6.0pp | 18th | 4% above peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 28.9% | 27th | -4.3pp | 19th | 34% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 35.1% | 23rd | -6.3pp | 20th | 19% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 42.2% | 17th | -10.4pp | 21st | 3% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 37.8% | 20th | -10.1pp | 22nd | 13% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 31.8% | 25th | -8.6pp | 23rd | 27% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 35.0% | 24th | -9.8pp | 24th | 20% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 29.7% | 26th | -9.6pp | 25th | 32% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 45.2% | 14th | -14.8pp | 26th | 4% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 26.9% | 30th | -8.9pp | 27th | 38% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 37.2% | 21st | -12.8pp | 28th | 15% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 27.0% | 29th | -12.3pp | 29th | 38% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 27.5% | 28th | -12.9pp | 30th | 37% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 19.4% | 31st | -14.6pp | 31st | 55% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Disconnected youth rose 4.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.0% to 9.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Tempe, AZ | 2.6% | 2nd | -2.1pp | 1st | 64% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 8.7% | 20th | -4.5pp | 2nd | 20% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 3.5% | 3rd | -1.6pp | 3rd | 52% below peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 3.5% | 4th | -1.6pp | 4th | 52% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 5.0% | 6th | -0.8pp | 5th | 31% below peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 1.9% | 1st | -0.3pp | 6th | 73% below peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 8.4% | 19th | -1.2pp | 7th | 16% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 4.5% | 5th | -0.5pp | 8th | 37% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 5.4% | 8th | -0.4pp | 9th | 26% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 7.2% | 16th | -0.5pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 9.0% | 21st | -0.5pp | 11th | 25% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 6.5% | 13th | +0.0pp | 12th | 11% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 8.4% | 18th | +0.0pp | 13th | 15% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 7.0% | 15th | +0.6pp | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 5.2% | 7th | +0.6pp | 15th | 28% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 9.9% | 23rd | +1.4pp | 16th | 37% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 14.7% | 31st | +3.0pp | 17th | 102% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 11.4% | 27th | +2.4pp | 18th | 58% above peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 8.0% | 17th | +1.7pp | 19th | 11% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 6.0% | 12th | +1.4pp | 20th | 17% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 13.7% | 30th | +3.8pp | 21st | 90% above peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 13.4% | 29th | +3.9pp | 22nd | 85% above peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 5.4% | 9th | +1.7pp | 23rd | 25% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 5.5% | 10th | +1.9pp | 24th | 24% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 6.7% | 14th | +2.3pp | 25th | 8% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 12.7% | 28th | +4.7pp | 26th | 76% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 11.0% | 26th | +4.5pp | 27th | 52% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 10.7% | 25th | +4.4pp | 28th | 48% above peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 6.0% | 11th | +2.5pp | 29th | 18% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 10.3% | 24th | +4.6pp | 30th | 43% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 9.4% | 22nd | +4.3pp | 31st | 29% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population fell about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 179,701 to 177,090 - more than the combined survey margin (±95). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murfreesboro, TN | 161,445 | 30th | +18% | 1st | 10% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 176,456 | 19th | +15% | 2nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 179,306 | 15th | +8% | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 191,767 | 2nd | +7% | 4th | 7% above peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 179,591 | 14th | +7% | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 169,169 | 26th | +6% | 6th | 6% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 178,865 | 17th | +6% | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 164,634 | 28th | +5% | 8th | 8% below peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 179,155 | 16th | +5% | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 195,185 | 1st | +5% | 10th | 9% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 189,177 | 5th | +4% | 11th | 6% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 166,923 | 27th | +4% | 12th | 7% below peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 161,761 | 29th | +4% | 13th | 10% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 185,783 | 8th | +3% | 14th | 4% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 185,604 | 9th | +3% | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 170,229 | 24th | +3% | 16th | 5% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 184,216 | 10th | +3% | 17th | 3% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 180,547 | 12th | +2% | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 173,194 | 21st | +2% | 19th | 3% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 169,954 | 25th | +2% | 20th | 5% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 188,065 | 6th | +0% | 21st | 5% above peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 175,411 | 20th | -1% | 22nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 170,964 | 23rd | -1% | 23rd | 5% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 177,090 | 18th | -1% | 24th | 1% below peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 172,242 | 22nd | -2% | 25th | 4% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 159,670 | 31st | -4% | 26th | 11% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 189,247 | 4th | -4% | 27th | 6% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 190,748 | 3rd | -5% | 28th | 6% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 180,982 | 11th | -6% | 29th | 1% above peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 179,898 | 13th | -10% | 30th | on par with peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 185,913 | 7th | -21% | 31st | 4% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Single-parent rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.9% to 34.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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 | |||||
| Salinas, CA | 43.8% | 7th | +9.2pp | 1st | 27% above peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 32.5% | 21st | +6.6pp | 2nd | 6% below peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 34.6% | 16th | +4.6pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 36.0% | 13th | +4.5pp | 4th | 4% above peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 58.8% | 3rd | +7.4pp | 5th | 70% above peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 63.2% | 1st | +7.3pp | 6th | 83% above peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 28.6% | 22nd | +2.3pp | 7th | 17% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 32.6% | 20th | +2.0pp | 8th | 6% below peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 34.9% | 15th | +1.8pp | 9th | 1% above peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 45.5% | 5th | +1.2pp | 10th | 32% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 20.9% | 29th | +0.5pp | 11th | 39% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 43.8% | 8th | +1.0pp | 12th | 27% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 59.2% | 2nd | +1.0pp | 13th | 71% above peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 22.5% | 27th | +0.3pp | 14th | 35% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 42.2% | 9th | +0.5pp | 15th | 22% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 36.3% | 12th | -0.0pp | 16th | 5% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 27.2% | 23rd | -0.1pp | 17th | 21% below peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 34.0% | 18th | -0.1pp | 18th | 2% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 34.1% | 17th | -0.5pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 33.2% | 19th | -0.6pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 22.4% | 28th | -0.6pp | 21st | 35% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 44.3% | 6th | -1.3pp | 22nd | 28% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 47.8% | 4th | -1.6pp | 23rd | 38% above peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 38.1% | 11th | -1.3pp | 24th | 10% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 18.1% | 30th | -1.1pp | 25th | 48% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 16.9% | 31st | -1.2pp | 26th | 51% below peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 23.3% | 26th | -1.7pp | 27th | 33% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 27.0% | 24th | -2.3pp | 28th | 22% below peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 24.7% | 25th | -2.1pp | 29th | 29% below peers | ||
| Lancaster, CA | 35.3% | 14th | -4.2pp | 30th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 39.2% | 10th | -8.3pp | 31st | 14% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Working parents rose 9.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 66.5% to 75.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.5pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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 | |||||
| Lancaster, CA | 61.8% | 25th | +9.5pp | 1st | 8% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 60.6% | 28th | +8.8pp | 2nd | 9% below peers | ||
| Palmdale, CA | 65.3% | 18th | +9.1pp | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Cary, NC | 67.4% | 15th | +8.8pp | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Fort Collins, CO | 73.9% | 4th | +9.3pp | 5th | 10% above peers | ||
| Santa Rosa, CA | 75.9% | 2nd | +9.4pp | 6th | 13% above peers | ||
| Salinas, CA | 59.9% | 30th | +6.0pp | 7th | 10% below peers | ||
| Corona, CA | 67.8% | 14th | +5.9pp | 8th | 1% above peers | ||
| Elk Grove, CA | 73.9% | 3rd | +5.9pp | 9th | 11% above peers | ||
| Ontario, CA | 64.4% | 19th | +4.4pp | 10th | 4% below peers | ||
| Newport News, VA | 70.1% | 8th | +4.4pp | 11th | 5% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 72.6% | 5th | +4.2pp | 12th | 9% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 70.7% | 7th | +3.4pp | 13th | 6% above peers | ||
| Eugene, OR | 68.0% | 13th | +2.7pp | 14th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 66.6% | 17th | +1.9pp | 15th | 1% below peers | ||
| Shreveport, LA | 69.8% | 9th | +1.8pp | 16th | 4% above peers | ||
| Oceanside, CA | 63.8% | 22nd | +0.8pp | 17th | 5% below peers | ||
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 76.5% | 1st | +0.8pp | 18th | 14% above peers | ||
| Garden Grove, CA | 66.9% | 16th | +0.2pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 62.9% | 24th | +0.2pp | 20th | 6% below peers | ||
| Aurora, IL | 68.0% | 12th | -0.1pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 72.5% | 6th | -0.1pp | 22nd | 8% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 69.4% | 10th | -0.8pp | 23rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 63.9% | 21st | -2.0pp | 24th | 5% below peers | ||
| Murfreesboro, TN | 64.3% | 20th | -2.2pp | 25th | 4% below peers | ||
| Salem, OR | 63.3% | 23rd | -2.4pp | 26th | 5% below peers | ||
| Clarksville, TN | 53.6% | 31st | -3.0pp | 27th | 20% below peers | ||
| Springfield, MO | 61.2% | 27th | -4.4pp | 28th | 9% below peers | ||
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 69.3% | 11th | -8.1pp | 29th | 4% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 61.3% | 26th | -7.6pp | 30th | 8% below peers | ||
| Bayamón zona urbana, PR | 60.3% | 29th | -10.2pp | 31st | 10% below peers |