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58,205 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Santee, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$113,394
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$87,098 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.1%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
4.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
35.0%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
29.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.6%
Jul 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
4.9% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
91.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.7%
2020-24
▼ 30%
relative change
2.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
72.4%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
71.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
7.9%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
7.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.3%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
4.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
8.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Santee, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.6%
2019-23
▲ 67%
relative change
5.1% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
0.37 in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.0%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
37.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.4%
2020-24
▲ 58%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
59,332
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
57,797 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,850
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,786 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$795,470
Aug 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$807,346 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$612,274
Aug 2026
high
vs peers
$613,921 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
18.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
21.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $87,098 to $113,394 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$7,787).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santee started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 53% from 2014 to 2024 ($74,213 to $113,394).
Bright spot $113,394
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%
Bozeman, MT $85,747 13th +54% 1st 11% above peers
Gardena, CA $84,803 14th +45% 2nd 10% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 23rd +42% 3rd 13% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 20th +42% 4th 6% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 11th +40% 5th 27% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 24th +40% 6th 17% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 7th 204% above peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 7th +36% 8th 41% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 5th +36% 9th 60% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 12th +36% 10th 23% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 21st +34% 11th 7% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 4th +34% 12th 61% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 6th +30% 13th 47% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 26th +30% 14th 21% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 19th +30% 15th 6% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 27th +30% 16th 22% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 15th +29% 17th 2% above peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 25th +27% 18th 20% below peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 19th 74% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 2nd +25% 20th 84% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 9th +24% 21st 31% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 18th +21% 22nd 5% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 29th +20% 23rd 39% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 31st +19% 24th 55% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 17th +19% 25th 3% below peers
Highland, CA $77,120 16th +19% 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 30th +18% 27th 44% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 28th +15% 28th 25% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 8th +14% 29th 31% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 22nd +13% 30th 9% below peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 10th +9% 31st 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,920 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.6% in July 2026, down from 4.9% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.6%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Springfield, OH 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -1.5pp 1st 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th -1.0pp 2nd 14% above peers
Youngstown, OH 6.3% (Jul 26) 28th -0.9pp 3rd 43% above peers
Highland, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 4th 25% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.7pp 5th on par with peers
Casper, WY 2.5% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 6th 43% below peers
Santee, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.3pp 7th 5% above peers
Carson City, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 8th 11% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -0.3pp 9th 2% below peers
National City, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th -0.3pp 10th 30% above peers
Bozeman, MT 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 11th 50% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 12th 25% below peers
Lancaster, PA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 13th 9% below peers
Pocatello, ID 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 14th 5% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 15th 18% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.1pp 16th 14% below peers
Tigard, OR 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th -0.1pp 17th 23% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.1pp 18th on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.2pp 19th 30% below peers
Bowie, MD 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 20th 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.3pp 21st 7% above peers
Decatur, AL 3.1% (Jul 26) 4th +0.4pp 22nd 30% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 24th 18% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th +0.6pp 25th 18% above peers
Sarasota, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 26th 14% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 27th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd +1.2pp 28th 14% 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 7.9% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 7.9%).
Bright spot 7.9%
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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.2% 12th -5.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.1% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 63% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.0% 6th -2.4pp 3rd 45% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 65% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.1% 20th -4.5pp 5th 19% above peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 8th -2.1pp 6th 39% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.7% 21st -4.1pp 7th 25% above peers
National City, CA 14.6% 22nd -3.7pp 8th 33% above peers
Pocatello, ID 14.8% 23rd -3.7pp 9th 35% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.5% 4th -0.8pp 10th 59% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.3% 28th -3.6pp 11th 85% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.8% 17th -1.9pp 12th 8% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.3% 14th -1.0pp 13th 6% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 30th -1.7pp 14th 125% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 7th -0.3pp 15th 43% below peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 25th -0.7pp 16th 37% above peers
Highland, CA 17.1% 27th -0.8pp 17th 56% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 24th -0.7pp 18th 35% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.1% 29th -0.1pp 19th 110% above peers
Towson, MD 12.1% 18th +0.6pp 20th 10% above peers
Youngstown, OH 37.3% 31st +2.1pp 21st 240% above peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 15th +0.7pp 22nd 2% below peers
Santee, CA 7.9% 10th +0.7pp 23rd 28% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.4% 11th +0.8pp 24th 23% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 25th 48% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.5% 26th +1.7pp 26th 50% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 13th +1.0pp 27th 12% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.8% 1st +0.6pp 28th 66% below peers
Southaven, MS 12.6% 19th +2.2pp 29th 15% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.0% 16th +2.5pp 30th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 7.3% 9th +3.0pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.9% then, 9.1% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 9.1%).
Bright spot 9.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 13th -11.0pp 1st 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 76% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 7th -4.0pp 3rd 56% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 8th -3.2pp 4th 52% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 20th -8.3pp 5th 28% above peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 21st -8.3pp 6th 28% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 5th -1.6pp 7th 71% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 6th -2.2pp 8th 57% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 4th -1.3pp 9th 72% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 24th -6.9pp 10th 50% above peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 15th -3.6pp 11th 7% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 12th 80% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 28th -7.4pp 13th 97% above peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 9th -1.4pp 14th 50% below peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 18th -2.9pp 15th 15% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 16th 104% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 19th -1.9pp 17th 27% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 27th -2.3pp 18th 93% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 31st -3.5pp 19th 274% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 30th -0.1pp 20th 130% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 25th +0.2pp 21st 66% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 12th +0.1pp 22nd 36% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 26th +0.9pp 23rd 67% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 23rd +1.7pp 24th 39% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 14th +1.2pp 25th 13% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 26th 80% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 16th +2.3pp 27th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 22nd +5.7pp 28th 35% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 17th +5.0pp 29th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 10th +3.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 11th +3.9pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.4% to 95.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santee started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 4.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (90.7% to 95.3%).
Bright spot 95.3%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 23rd +14.7pp 1st 2% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 29th +12.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 28th +11.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 10th +12.6pp 5th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 21st +10.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 22nd +10.5pp 7th 2% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 9th +10.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 18th +9.6pp 9th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 25th +8.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 26th +8.7pp 11th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 11th +9.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 20th +9.0pp 13th on par with peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 16th +8.0pp 14th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 24th +6.9pp 15th 2% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 17th +6.8pp 16th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 5th +6.0pp 17th 4% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 14th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 12th +5.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 13th +4.9pp 20th 1% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 7th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 22nd 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 8th +4.2pp 23rd 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 1st +4.3pp 24th 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 6th +3.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 27th +3.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 19th +3.1pp 27th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 28th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 4th +3.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 30th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 15th +2.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.37 to 0.41 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.03). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 11% from 2014 to 2024 (0.37 to 0.41).
Needs attention 0.41
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 3rd -0.041 1st 14% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 28th -0.033 2nd 14% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 7th -0.023 3rd 8% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 19th -0.025 4th 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 6th -0.019 5th 10% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 11th -0.015 6th 4% below peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 25th -0.015 7th 7% above peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 10th -0.012 8th 4% below peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 9th -0.010 9th 7% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 17th -0.010 10th 1% above peers
National City, CA 0.44 15th -0.007 11th on par with peers
Highland, CA 0.46 22nd -0.006 12th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 21st -0.001 13th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 13th +0.003 14th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 5th +0.003 15th 11% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 4th +0.003 16th 12% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 20th +0.006 17th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 27th +0.006 18th 9% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 12th +0.006 19th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 23rd +0.008 20th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 21st 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 22nd 16% below peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 26th +0.013 23rd 9% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 24th 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 16th +0.017 25th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 18th +0.020 26th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 0.46 24th +0.030 27th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 14th +0.031 28th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 29th 31% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 8th +0.035 30th 8% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% 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 →
What changed

SNAP rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 5.1% to 8.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 4.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.3% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
20102023
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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 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
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 17th -5.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 3rd -1.8pp 2nd 50% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 9th -2.5pp 3rd 25% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 21st -3.1pp 4th 34% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 18th -2.4pp 5th 6% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 20th -2.3pp 6th 17% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 23rd -3.0pp 7th 57% above peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 19th -1.6pp 8th 7% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 14th -1.3pp 9th 9% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 13th -1.1pp 10th 16% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.4% 2nd -0.5pp 11th 61% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 8th -0.6pp 12th 31% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 25th -1.3pp 13th 97% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 15th -0.6pp 14th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 27th -1.1pp 15th 104% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 31st -2.2pp 16th 323% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 10th -0.3pp 17th 23% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 29th -0.1pp 18th 216% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 4th +0.0pp 19th 47% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 7th +0.0pp 20th 33% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 6th +0.1pp 21st 43% below peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 30th +0.9pp 22nd 234% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 26th +0.7pp 23rd 101% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 12th +0.3pp 24th 22% below peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 24th +1.4pp 25th 79% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 28th +3.0pp 26th 125% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 5th +1.0pp 27th 45% below peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 22nd +4.4pp 28th 39% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 16th +3.4pp 29th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 11th +2.7pp 30th 22% below peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 80% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $795,470 in August 2026, down from $807,346 a year earlier.
Big move $795,470
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Youngstown, OH $73,589 (Aug 26) 27th +7.4% 1st 82% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $358,473 (Aug 26) 16th +6.9% 2nd 13% below peers
Orland Park, IL $413,308 (Aug 26) 14th +6.2% 3rd on par with peers
Springfield, OH $189,587 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 4th 54% below peers
Cupertino, CA $2,965,725 (Aug 26) 1st +3.3% 5th 618% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $607,048 (Aug 26) 6th +3.1% 6th 47% above peers
Towson, MD $474,404 (Aug 26) 13th +2.6% 7th 15% above peers
National City, CA $695,171 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 8th 68% above peers
Gardena, CA $779,150 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.3% 9th 89% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $330,955 (Aug 26) 19th +2.1% 10th 20% below peers
Casper, WY $313,856 (Aug 26) 20th +1.8% 11th 24% below peers
Highland, CA $539,248 (Aug 26) 8th +1.6% 12th 30% above peers
Pocatello, ID $343,159 (Aug 26) 18th +1.6% 13th 17% below peers
Southaven, MS $273,007 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.5% 14th 34% below peers
Severn, MD $517,542 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 15th 25% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $162,375 (Aug 26) 26th +1.0% 16th 61% below peers
Midwest City, OK $170,640 (Aug 26) 25th +0.7% 17th 59% below peers
Bozeman, MT $725,769 (Aug 26) 4th +0.4% 18th 76% above peers
Bowie, MD $520,578 (Aug 26) 9th -0.4% 19th 26% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $507,240 (Aug 26) 11th -1.0% 20th 23% above peers
Decatur, AL $223,248 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.1% 21st 46% below peers
Tigard, OR $602,382 (Aug 26) 7th -1.4% 22nd 46% above peers
Santee, CA $795,470 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.5% 23rd 92% above peers
Sarasota, FL $409,878 (Aug 26) 15th -2.7% 24th 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL $352,501 (Aug 26) 17th -3.2% 25th 15% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $502,803 (Aug 26) 12th -3.2% 26th 22% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL $278,815 (Aug 26) 21st -6.4% 27th 33% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $612,274 in August 2026, down from $613,921 a year earlier.
Big move $612,274
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Youngstown, OH $43,239 (Aug 26) 27th +12.8% 1st 85% below peers
Orland Park, IL $289,176 (Aug 26) 14th +4.6% 2nd on par with peers
National City, CA $571,379 (Aug 26) 4th +4.4% 3rd 98% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,871 (Aug 26) 17th +4.0% 4th 15% below peers
Springfield, OH $104,091 (Aug 26) 25th +3.9% 5th 64% below peers
Highland, CA $425,262 (Aug 26) 8th +3.4% 6th 47% above peers
Pocatello, ID $259,905 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 7th 10% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $449,366 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 8th 55% above peers
Casper, WY $224,668 (Aug 26) 19th +2.6% 9th 22% below peers
Southaven, MS $203,427 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 10th 30% below peers
Gardena, CA $642,831 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.9% 11th 122% above peers
Midwest City, OK $123,280 (Aug 26) 24th +1.9% 12th 57% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $243,482 (Aug 26) 18th +1.7% 13th 16% below peers
Severn, MD $384,636 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 14th 33% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,732,125 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 15th 499% above peers
Towson, MD $310,817 (Aug 26) 12th +0.7% 16th 7% above peers
Bowie, MD $418,752 (Aug 26) 9th +0.2% 17th 45% above peers
Santee, CA $612,274 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.3% 18th 112% above peers
Decatur, AL $139,417 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.9% 19th 52% below peers
Bozeman, MT $489,422 (Aug 26) 5th -1.4% 20th 69% above peers
Tigard, OR $469,424 (Aug 26) 6th -1.5% 21st 62% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $357,564 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 22nd 24% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $93,084 (Aug 26) 26th -3.0% 23rd 68% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $308,838 (Aug 26) 13th -4.1% 24th 7% above peers
Sarasota, FL $259,750 (Aug 26) 16th -4.1% 25th 10% below peers
Bradenton, FL $206,790 (Aug 26) 20th -5.4% 26th 28% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,596 (Aug 26) 22nd -8.2% 27th 42% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.8% then, 72.4% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.9% to 72.4%).
Bright spot 72.4%
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 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 20th +7.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 29th +5.1pp 2nd 23% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 17th +5.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 11th +5.5pp 4th 10% above peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 8th +5.4pp 5th 15% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 26th +3.7pp 6th 17% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 4th +4.1pp 7th 29% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 7th +2.6pp 8th 17% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 30th +1.6pp 9th 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 6th +2.7pp 10th 24% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 14th +1.9pp 11th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 21st +1.6pp 12th 8% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 3rd +2.2pp 13th 31% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 23rd +1.2pp 14th 11% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 28th +0.9pp 15th 23% below peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 2nd +1.3pp 16th 33% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 5th +1.3pp 17th 29% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 12th +0.6pp 18th 7% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 9th +0.6pp 19th 14% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 19th +0.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 10th +0.3pp 21st 12% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 18th +0.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 22nd -0.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 13th -0.3pp 24th 2% above peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 16th -0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 27th -0.5pp 26th 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 27th 36% above peers
National City, CA 34.8% 31st -0.6pp 28th 45% below peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 24th -1.6pp 29th 12% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 25th -1.8pp 30th 12% below peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 15th -2.8pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,850 in August 2026, up from $2,786 a year earlier.
Big move $2,850
2016August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Youngstown, OH $1,059 (Aug 26) 27th +8.4% 1st 49% below peers
Springfield, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 23rd +8.3% 2nd 39% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +8.0% 3rd 113% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,058 (Aug 26) 14th +5.6% 4th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL $2,759 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.9% 5th 34% above peers
Gardena, CA $2,354 (Aug 26) 9th +4.3% 6th 14% above peers
Highland, CA $2,593 (Aug 26) 4th +3.9% 7th 26% above peers
Lancaster, PA $1,547 (Aug 26) 21st +3.9% 8th 25% below peers
Bozeman, MT $2,149 (Aug 26) 12th +3.8% 9th 4% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,085 (Aug 26) 13th +3.7% 10th 1% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $1,823 (Aug 26) 18th +3.6% 11th 11% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $1,861 (Aug 26) 16th +3.5% 12th 10% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $996 (Aug 26) 28th +3.3% 13th 52% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,392 (Aug 26) 8th +2.3% 14th 16% above peers
Santee, CA $2,850 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 15th 38% above peers
National City, CA $2,457 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 16th 19% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,202 (Aug 26) 24th +1.8% 17th 42% below peers
Decatur, AL $1,118 (Aug 26) 25th +1.8% 18th 46% below peers
Towson, MD $1,872 (Aug 26) 15th +1.6% 19th 9% below peers
Casper, WY $1,393 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.5% 20th 32% below peers
Pocatello, ID $1,074 (Aug 26) 26th +0.8% 21st 48% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,522 (Aug 26) 5th +0.5% 22nd 23% above peers
Southaven, MS $1,560 (Aug 26) 20th +0.5% 23rd 24% below peers
Tigard, OR $1,852 (Aug 26) 17th +0.2% 24th 10% below peers
Severn, MD $2,336 (Aug 26) 10th +0.2% 25th 14% above peers
Sarasota, FL $2,175 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 26th 6% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $2,428 (Aug 26) 7th -0.3% 27th 18% above peers
Bradenton, FL $1,782 (Aug 26) 19th -1.9% 28th 13% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.3% then, 39.0% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 39.0%).
Needs attention 39.0%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 10th -5.9pp 1st 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 17th -3.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 1st -2.0pp 3rd 34% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 6th -2.1pp 4th 16% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 11th -1.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 8th -1.4pp 6th 14% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 24th -1.9pp 7th 22% above peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 29th -2.0pp 8th 38% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 3rd -1.0pp 9th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 16th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 5th -0.2pp 11th 17% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 26th +0.0pp 12th 27% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 2nd +0.0pp 13th 30% below peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 14th 58% above peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 20th +0.5pp 15th 13% above peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 15th +0.8pp 16th 1% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 21st +1.4pp 17th 14% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 23rd +1.6pp 18th 22% above peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 9th +1.3pp 19th 13% below peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 27th +2.9pp 20th 36% above peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 14th +2.6pp 21st 1% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 22nd +3.3pp 22nd 17% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 7th +2.4pp 23rd 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 25th +3.7pp 24th 24% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 4th +2.4pp 25th 22% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 19th +3.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 13th +3.6pp 27th 3% below peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 28th +5.6pp 28th 38% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 18th +4.3pp 29th 4% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 30th +6.8pp 30th 49% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 12th +5.1pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 4.3% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.3% to 4.3%).
Bright spot 4.3%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 10th -2.2pp 1st 18% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 53% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 13th -1.9pp 3rd 12% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 30th -5.8pp 4th 184% above peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 3rd -1.2pp 5th 34% below peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 23rd -2.2pp 6th 28% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 14th -1.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 17th -1.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 6th -0.9pp 9th 26% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 10th 28% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 22nd -1.0pp 11th 11% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 24th -1.1pp 12th 28% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 7th -0.6pp 13th 26% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 27th -1.2pp 14th 104% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 9th -0.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 19th -0.2pp 16th 7% above peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 20th -0.2pp 17th 10% above peers
National City, CA 10.9% 28th -0.3pp 18th 108% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 29th -0.3pp 19th 139% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 31st -0.1pp 20th 220% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 18th -0.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 26th +0.6pp 22nd 70% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 16th +0.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 11th +0.3pp 24th 18% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 21st +0.5pp 25th 11% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 2nd +0.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 15th +0.8pp 27th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 25th +1.1pp 28th 30% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 29th 30% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 12th +1.2pp 30th 15% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 8th +1.4pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.4% to 3.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Santee started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.0% to 3.1%).
Bright spot 3.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Tigard, OR 3.1% 5th -4.3pp 1st 58% below peers
Santee, CA 3.1% 6th -1.3pp 2nd 58% below peers
Pocatello, ID 6.9% 13th -2.5pp 3rd 7% below peers
Bozeman, MT 6.3% 11th -2.2pp 4th 16% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.9pp 5th 66% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 2nd -0.7pp 6th 68% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.4% 23rd -2.8pp 7th 40% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 7th -1.0pp 8th 49% below peers
Gardena, CA 8.5% 20th -2.2pp 9th 14% above peers
Casper, WY 10.9% 26th -2.6pp 10th 47% above peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 17th -1.7pp 11th 5% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 12th 76% below peers
Midwest City, OK 10.4% 24th -1.9pp 13th 40% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 21st -1.1pp 14th 25% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 31st -1.6pp 15th 110% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.3% 15th -0.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 25th -1.1pp 17th 43% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.1% 18th -0.8pp 18th 9% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 16th -0.7pp 19th on par with peers
National City, CA 12.2% 28th -0.5pp 20th 65% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 4th -0.1pp 21st 66% below peers
Bradenton, FL 15.2% 30th +0.0pp 22nd 105% above peers
Youngstown, OH 6.9% 14th +0.2pp 23rd 6% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 8th +0.2pp 24th 47% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.2% 27th +0.6pp 25th 51% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.6% 22nd +0.7pp 26th 30% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.3% 19th +0.6pp 27th 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 9th +0.3pp 28th 43% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 10th +0.7pp 29th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.2% 29th +2.5pp 30th 79% above peers
Severn, MD 6.6% 12th +2.9pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

26.2%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 52% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 2nd 27% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 3rd 21% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 4th 21% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 5th 20% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 6th 13% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 7th 12% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 8th 12% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 9th 11% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 10th 10% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 11th 9% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 12th 7% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 13th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 14th 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 15th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 16th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 17th 3% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 18th 6% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 19th 8% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 20th 8% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 21st 9% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 22nd 10% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 23rd 12% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 24th 13% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 25th 23% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 26th 24% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 27th 24% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 28th 24% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 29th 30% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 30th 39% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 31st 46% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.4% then, 1.7% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 1.7%).
Bright spot 1.7%
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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 14th -5.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 12th -3.7pp 3rd 11% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 2nd -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 7th -2.2pp 5th 27% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 23rd -3.0pp 6th 92% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 3rd -0.7pp 7th 48% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 29th -3.1pp 8th 178% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 4th -0.7pp 9th 35% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 16th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 15th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
National City, CA 5.9% 22nd -1.2pp 12th 84% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 26th -0.7pp 13th 138% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 9th +0.0pp 14th 17% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 30th +0.3pp 15th 266% above peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 28th +0.6pp 16th 169% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 21st +0.4pp 17th 67% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 13th +0.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 5th +0.3pp 19th 32% below peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 19th +0.7pp 20th 55% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 20th +0.8pp 21st 59% above peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 24th +1.9pp 22nd 118% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 25th +2.2pp 23rd 130% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 10th +0.8pp 24th 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 25th 419% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 11th +1.0pp 26th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 27th +3.1pp 27th 151% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 6th +1.0pp 28th 30% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 18th +2.1pp 29th 46% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 8th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 17th +1.9pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.5% to 35.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santee started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.6% to 35.0%).
Bright spot 35.0%
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
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 20th +6.5pp 1st 10% below peers
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 2nd 45% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 18th +5.4pp 3rd 7% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 15th +5.5pp 4th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 23rd +4.3pp 5th 13% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 19th +4.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 11th +5.7pp 7th 32% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 6th +6.8pp 8th 56% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 22nd +3.7pp 9th 12% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 12th +5.3pp 10th 28% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 17th +3.9pp 11th 4% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 21st +3.5pp 12th 11% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 8th +6.0pp 13th 51% above peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 31st +1.9pp 14th 53% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 14th +4.3pp 15th 19% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 30th +1.8pp 16th 49% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 25th +2.3pp 17th 27% below peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 3rd +6.4pp 18th 100% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 4th +6.2pp 19th 97% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 5th +4.9pp 20th 82% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 24th +1.9pp 21st 25% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 16th +2.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 26th +1.6pp 23rd 27% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 2nd +4.2pp 24th 112% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 9th +2.6pp 25th 41% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 7th +2.2pp 26th 54% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 1st +3.5pp 27th 152% above peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 27th +0.8pp 28th 30% below peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 10th +1.0pp 29th 39% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 13th +0.8pp 30th 19% above peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 28th -2.3pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.6% then, 50.7% now; margin ±12.4pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.1% to 50.6%).
50.7%
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%
Severn, MD 66.5% 2nd +33.2pp 1st 31% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 4th +26.4pp 2nd 18% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 5th +20.3pp 3rd 15% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 8th +16.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 23rd +6.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 7th +9.5pp 6th 12% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 12th +8.1pp 7th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 21st +5.7pp 8th 23% below peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 3rd +3.4pp 9th 30% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 13th +1.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 31st +0.1pp 11th 39% below peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 1st -0.4pp 12th 37% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 18th -1.1pp 13th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 9th -1.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 14th -3.7pp 15th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 17th -4.5pp 16th 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 6th -5.8pp 17th 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 18th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 24th -4.8pp 19th 25% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 22nd -5.2pp 20th 23% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 10th -7.7pp 21st 4% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 20th -6.5pp 22nd 20% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 16th -12.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 11th -14.5pp 24th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 28th -10.5pp 25th 33% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 25th -12.7pp 26th 26% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 26th -15.0pp 27th 27% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 29th -13.8pp 28th 34% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 27th -15.1pp 29th 31% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 30th -14.5pp 30th 37% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 19th -20.7pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 8.4% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.7% to 8.4%).
Needs attention 8.4%
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
Highland, CA 7.6% 19th -5.4pp 1st 2% above peers
National City, CA 4.5% 6th -1.8pp 2nd 40% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 5th -1.5pp 3rd 50% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 7th -1.2pp 4th 39% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 16th -1.8pp 5th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 18th -1.4pp 6th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 10th -0.8pp 7th 30% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 17th -1.1pp 8th 2% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 4th -0.1pp 9th 67% below peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 25th -0.3pp 10th 28% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 11th 68% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 14th +0.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 26th +0.6pp 13th 34% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 1st +0.1pp 14th 86% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 15th 120% above peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 16th 38% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 29th +1.3pp 17th 54% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 12th +1.2pp 18th 18% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 15th +1.5pp 19th 10% below peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 13th +2.2pp 20th 13% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 24th +3.3pp 21st 28% above peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 22nd +3.1pp 22nd 13% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 27th +4.1pp 23rd 49% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 9th +1.8pp 24th 37% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 23rd +3.5pp 25th 22% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 28th +4.4pp 26th 50% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 11th +2.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 30th +5.9pp 28th 65% above peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 20th +4.3pp 29th 9% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 21st +6.7pp 30th 10% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57,797 to 59,332 - more than the combined survey margin (±93). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (55,435 to 59,332).
Big move 59,332
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wake Forest, NC 52,844 31st +25% 1st 9% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 16th +20% 2nd on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 28th +20% 3rd 3% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 10th +16% 4th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 26th +12% 5th 3% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 11th +7% 6th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 22nd +5% 7th 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 29th +5% 8th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 27th +4% 9th 3% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 21st +4% 10th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 56,675 25th +3% 11th 3% below peers
Santee, CA 59,332 2nd +3% 12th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 13th +2% 13th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 7th +1% 14th 1% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 4th +1% 15th 2% above peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 23rd +1% 16th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 58,839 6th +1% 17th 1% above peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 24th +0% 18th 2% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 30th +0% 19th 4% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 1st -0% 20th 2% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 18th -1% 21st on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 19th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 14th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 17th -2% 24th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 15th -2% 25th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 8th -3% 26th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 20th -3% 27th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 12th -4% 28th on par with peers
National City, CA 58,893 5th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 9th -4% 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 3rd -8% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±83 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 →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.1% then, 23.1% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.1% to 23.1%).
23.1%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 28th +1.5pp 1st 26% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 21st +1.2pp 2nd 4% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 20th +1.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 12th +1.1pp 4th 8% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 3rd +1.2pp 5th 21% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 15th +1.0pp 6th 2% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 10th +0.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 7th +0.8pp 8th 12% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 14th +0.6pp 9th 3% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 18th +0.5pp 10th 2% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 25th +0.3pp 11th 8% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 26th +0.1pp 12th 16% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 27th +0.1pp 13th 17% below peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 6th +0.0pp 14th 14% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 5th -0.1pp 15th 15% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 9th -0.3pp 16th 11% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 11th -0.4pp 17th 8% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 8th -0.4pp 18th 12% above peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 24th -0.5pp 19th 7% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 23rd -0.6pp 20th 6% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 29th -0.5pp 21st 30% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 17th -0.8pp 22nd 1% below peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 4th -1.1pp 23rd 20% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 16th -1.0pp 24th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 22nd -1.3pp 25th 6% below peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 1st -2.7pp 26th 31% above peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 19th -2.5pp 27th 2% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 30th -1.6pp 28th 38% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 13th -3.1pp 29th 7% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 2nd -4.0pp 30th 25% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±1.2pp 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 →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.8% then, 18.1% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.1% to 18.1%).
Big move 18.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 19th +12.4pp 1st 15% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.0% 15th +11.9pp 2nd 4% above peers
Gardena, CA 43.4% 10th +14.6pp 3rd 41% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 12th +8.6pp 4th 18% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 8th +8.9pp 5th 46% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 6th 47% below peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 21st +3.6pp 7th 23% below peers
National City, CA 45.2% 7th +5.1pp 8th 47% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 6th +4.8pp 9th 48% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 3rd +5.0pp 10th 66% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 11th +3.7pp 11th 41% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 17th +2.4pp 12th 6% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 9th +1.3pp 13th 43% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 4th +1.0pp 14th 64% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 24th -0.0pp 15th 35% below peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 23% below peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 1st -5.6pp 18th 136% above peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 2nd -4.8pp 19th 81% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 18th -2.8pp 20th 14% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 13th -3.5pp 21st 8% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 25th -2.6pp 22nd 37% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 14th -4.6pp 23rd 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 5th -8.6pp 24th 49% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 26th -3.6pp 25th 40% below peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 27th -3.8pp 26th 41% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 23rd -5.0pp 27th 24% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 20th -5.7pp 28th 17% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 29th 80% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 29th -4.5pp 30th 43% below peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 28th -7.3pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (75.3% then, 69.8% now; margin ±10.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 12.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.9% to 69.8%).
69.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 1st +22.1pp 1st 23% above peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 6th +16.0pp 2nd 18% above peers
National City, CA 69.4% 13th +13.0pp 3rd 3% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 10th +10.8pp 4th 6% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 15th +10.2pp 5th on par with peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 2nd +11.4pp 6th 22% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 5th +10.6pp 7th 18% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 3rd +9.0pp 8th 21% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 7th +6.3pp 9th 15% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 17th +2.2pp 10th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 4th +0.8pp 11th 19% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 27th +0.5pp 12th 13% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 21st -0.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 9th -1.1pp 14th 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 8th -1.7pp 15th 8% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 19th -1.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 18th -2.4pp 17th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 16th -3.4pp 18th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 14th -3.8pp 19th 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 26th -4.2pp 20th 11% below peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 30th -4.2pp 21st 14% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 12th -5.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 29th -6.1pp 23rd 14% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 25th -7.0pp 24th 10% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 25th 19% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 20th -8.9pp 26th 3% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 22nd -9.7pp 27th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 11th -14.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 23rd -16.9pp 29th 7% below peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 24th -17.3pp 30th 7% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 28th -19.8pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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