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Simi Valley, CA

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124,861 people (2025) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where Simi Valley, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Household income
Median household income
$122,081
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
$99,151 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
39.1%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
33.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.4%
Jul 2026
▼ 10%
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
95.0%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
91.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
6.1%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
7.3% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
6.4%
2020-24
flat
relative change
6.4% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.3%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
2.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
72.9%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
72.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
2.8%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.6%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
4.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.8%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
4.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
828 /100k
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
802 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Simi Valley, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
42.7%
2020-24
▼ 27%
relative change
58.8% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.8%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
139 /100k
Aug 2026
▲ 17%
relative change
119 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
92 /100k
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
94 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.0%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
40.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 7 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
76.4%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
66.7% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.5%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
21.6% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,778
Sep 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$2,695 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$697,131
Sep 2026
high
vs peers
$695,808 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$829,804
Sep 2026
high
vs peers
$828,384 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Population
125,634
2020-24
low
vs peers
125,842 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
19.2%
2020-24
low
vs peers
19.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Violent crime rose about 17% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 1% higher than in 2021 (124 then, 125 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 113 in 2023 it has risen mostly since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 139 in August 2026, up from 119 a year earlier.
Needs attention 139 per 100k
2018August 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Concord, CA 367 (Aug 26) -22.9% 1st
Broken Arrow, OK 170 (Aug 26) -22.1% 2nd
Clovis, CA 240 (Aug 26) -15.7% 3rd
Billings, MT 669 (Aug 26) -13.4% 4th
Allentown, PA 240 (Aug 26) -12.9% 5th
Cambridge, MA 408 (Jul 26) -12.0% 6th
Arvada, CO 259 (Aug 26) -10.7% 7th
Nampa, ID 326 (Dec 25) -10.6% 8th
Wilmington, NC 392 (Aug 26) -10.5% 9th
North Charleston, SC 644 (Aug 26) -9.1% 10th
Berkeley, CA 581 (Jul 26) -7.1% 11th
Hartford, CT 446 (Aug 26) -4.9% 12th
Independence, MO 555 (Apr 26) -3.9% 13th
College Station, TX 144 (Aug 26) -3.7% 14th
Lafayette, LA 1,106 (Aug 26) +0.4% 15th
New Braunfels, TX 195 (Aug 26) +0.4% 16th
Buckeye, AZ 158 (Aug 26) +3.7% 17th
Vallejo, CA 744 (Apr 26) +3.8% 18th
Thousand Oaks, CA 124 (Aug 26) +5.6% 19th
Rochester, MN 162 (Aug 26) +8.1% 20th
Ann Arbor, MI 292 (Aug 26) +8.5% 21st
High Point, NC 514 (Aug 26) +8.6% 22nd
Odessa, TX 308 (Aug 26) +8.6% 23rd
Goodyear, AZ 238 (Jul 26) +11.2% 24th
Simi Valley, CA 139 (Aug 26) +16.9% 25th
Fairfield, CA 571 (Aug 26) +18.1% 26th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 19% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 4% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lee's Summit, MO down about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2022-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities. Simi Valley started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 828 in August 2026, up from 802 a year earlier.
Bright spot 828 per 100k
2018August 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Concord, CA 2,182 (Aug 26) -27.6% 1st
Vallejo, CA 2,768 (Apr 26) -23.6% 2nd
College Station, TX 761 (Aug 26) -23.0% 3rd
Odessa, TX 1,119 (Aug 26) -20.9% 4th
Billings, MT 2,271 (Aug 26) -20.3% 5th
Broken Arrow, OK 907 (Aug 26) -18.6% 6th
Goodyear, AZ 1,187 (Jul 26) -15.5% 7th
Hartford, CT 2,064 (Aug 26) -14.9% 8th
Clovis, CA 1,229 (Aug 26) -14.3% 9th
North Charleston, SC 2,991 (Aug 26) -14.2% 10th
Arvada, CO 2,092 (Aug 26) -13.2% 11th
Cambridge, MA 2,404 (Jul 26) -11.8% 12th
Thousand Oaks, CA 940 (Aug 26) -9.5% 13th
Nampa, ID 704 (Dec 25) -8.7% 14th
Rochester, MN 1,223 (Aug 26) -8.3% 15th
Independence, MO 2,900 (Aug 26) -8.3% 16th
Fairfield, CA 1,615 (Aug 26) -7.5% 17th
Wilmington, NC 2,916 (Aug 26) -7.3% 18th
High Point, NC 1,860 (Aug 26) -7.1% 19th
Lafayette, LA 3,379 (Aug 26) -5.8% 20th
Allentown, PA 1,446 (Aug 26) -4.7% 21st
Berkeley, CA 4,073 (Jul 26) -4.6% 22nd
Buckeye, AZ 686 (Aug 26) +0.1% 23rd
New Braunfels, TX 1,168 (Aug 26) +0.4% 24th
Simi Valley, CA 828 (Aug 26) +3.2% 25th
Ann Arbor, MI 1,698 (Aug 26) +5.7% 26th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 27% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent reading: 2 homicides in the 12 months ending August 2026, unchanged from 2 in the prior 12 months. That is 2 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
2 homicides
2018August 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Concord, CA 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 1st
Thousand Oaks, CA 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 2nd
Berkeley, CA 1 (Jul 26) -80.0% 3rd
Clovis, CA 1 (Aug 26) -75.0% 4th
Nampa, ID 1 (Dec 25) -67.0% 5th
Lafayette, LA 2 (Aug 26) -66.7% 6th
Billings, MT 2 (Aug 26) -60.0% 7th
New Braunfels, TX 1 (Aug 26) -49.9% 8th
Independence, MO 5 (Aug 26) -40.0% 9th
Rochester, MN 2 (Aug 26) -33.2% 10th
North Charleston, SC 12 (Aug 26) -15.8% 11th
Simi Valley, CA 2 (Aug 26) +0.0% 12th
Broken Arrow, OK 2 (Aug 26) +0.0% 13th
Goodyear, AZ 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Odessa, TX 3 (Aug 26) +0.0% 15th
Hartford, CT 13 (Aug 26) +0.0% 16th
Vallejo, CA 15 (Aug 26) +5.9% 17th
Allentown, PA 4 (Aug 26) +25.2% 18th
Wilmington, NC 10 (Aug 26) +44.4% 19th
Fairfield, CA 7 (Aug 26) +60.0% 20th
Cambridge, MA 2 (Jul 26) +99.8% 21st
High Point, NC 10 (Aug 26) +199.7% 22nd
Buckeye, AZ 6 (Aug 26) +250.9% 23rd
Arvada, CO 6 (Aug 26)
College Station, TX 1 (Aug 26)
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (Aug 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Daly City, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Sterling Heights, MI
  • Boise, ID down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 92 in August 2026, down from 94 a year earlier.
Needs attention 92 per 100k
2018August 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
College Station, TX 43 (Aug 26) -48.1% 1st
Buckeye, AZ 53 (Aug 26) -46.0% 2nd
Broken Arrow, OK 62 (Aug 26) -45.8% 3rd
Odessa, TX 143 (Aug 26) -42.7% 4th
Arvada, CO 203 (Aug 26) -42.3% 5th
Independence, MO 345 (Aug 26) -41.2% 6th
Concord, CA 274 (Aug 26) -40.9% 7th
Goodyear, AZ 78 (Jul 26) -38.7% 8th
Billings, MT 247 (Aug 26) -37.1% 9th
Lafayette, LA 200 (Aug 26) -36.5% 10th
Rochester, MN 51 (Aug 26) -25.6% 11th
Fairfield, CA 216 (Aug 26) -25.0% 12th
High Point, NC 270 (Aug 26) -20.7% 13th
North Charleston, SC 289 (Aug 26) -20.0% 14th
Hartford, CT 553 (Aug 26) -18.9% 15th
Vallejo, CA 578 (Apr 26) -14.9% 16th
Clovis, CA 123 (Aug 26) -13.1% 17th
Nampa, ID 76 (Dec 25) -12.8% 18th
New Braunfels, TX 72 (Aug 26) -11.1% 19th
Berkeley, CA 486 (Jul 26) -8.8% 20th
Thousand Oaks, CA 46 (Aug 26) -6.7% 21st
Wilmington, NC 260 (Aug 26) -5.7% 22nd
Simi Valley, CA 92 (Aug 26) -1.7% 23rd
Cambridge, MA 78 (Jul 26) +1.0% 24th
Ann Arbor, MI 83 (Aug 26) +13.5% 25th
Allentown, PA 190 (Aug 26) +15.5% 26th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 48% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 33% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, MN down about 26% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
See all Public Safety data →
Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $99,151 to $122,081 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,703).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Simi Valley started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($89,595 to $122,081).
Bright spot $122,081
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Nampa, ID $74,279 17th +52% 1st 10% below peers
Wilmington, NC $66,738 21st +40% 2nd 19% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 10th +39% 3rd 21% above peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 5th +39% 4th 43% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 24th +38% 5th 23% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 6th 36% below peers
High Point, NC $64,561 22nd +37% 7th 21% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 20th +35% 8th 11% below peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 23rd +35% 9th 22% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 10th 32% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 12th +30% 11th 10% above peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 12th 44% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 11th +27% 13th 21% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 3rd +27% 14th 59% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 7th +26% 15th 31% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 16th +25% 16th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 17th 65% above peers
Billings, MT $73,712 18th +24% 18th 10% below peers
Goodyear, AZ $103,319 8th +23% 19th 26% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 4th +23% 20th 48% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 13th +22% 21st 9% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 22nd 32% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 15th +21% 23rd 5% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 25th +21% 24th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 9th +21% 25th 24% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 26th +19% 26th 27% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 14th +19% 27th 6% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 27th +19% 28th 31% below peers
Odessa, TX $73,472 19th +15% 29th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 30th 71% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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 27 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,649 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.4% in July 2026, down from 4.9% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.4%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.0% (2024)
Independence, MO 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -1.0pp 1st 12% below peers
High Point, NC 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th -0.7pp 2nd 7% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Berkeley, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st -0.6pp 4th 9% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th -0.5pp 5th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.5% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.5pp 6th 19% below peers
North Charleston, SC 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 7th 14% below peers
Wilmington, NC 3.5% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 8th 19% below peers
Clovis, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.4pp 9th 26% above peers
Vallejo, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th -0.3pp 10th 33% above peers
Cambridge, MA 3.6% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 11th 16% below peers
Billings, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 12th 30% below peers
Concord, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 13th 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.2pp 14th 23% above peers
Topeka, KS 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th -0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Nampa, ID 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.1pp 16th 19% below peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.0pp 17th 7% below peers
College Station, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th +0.1pp 18th 7% above peers
Arvada, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.1pp 19th 7% below peers
Odessa, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th +0.5pp 21st 16% below peers
Allentown, PA 5.7% (Jul 26) 26th +0.5pp 22nd 33% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th +0.6pp 24th 5% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th +0.7pp 25th 26% above peers
Lakeland, FL 5.9% (Jul 26) 27th +0.9pp 26th 37% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.0% (Jul 26) 28th +1.0pp 27th 40% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +1.1pp 28th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 9.0% (Jul 26) 29th +2.1pp 29th 109% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.4% then, 6.4% now; margin ±1.0pp). 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
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 6.4%).
Bright spot 6.4%
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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Goodyear, AZ 5.2% 1st -2.7pp 1st 59% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.4% 19th -6.5pp 2nd 13% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.0% 23rd -6.2pp 3rd 25% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.0% 6th -2.5pp 4th 38% below peers
Nampa, ID 11.5% 14th -3.5pp 5th 10% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 8.0% 7th -1.9pp 6th 38% below peers
Lakeland, FL 13.2% 17th -3.2pp 7th 3% above peers
Allentown, PA 21.0% 27th -4.7pp 8th 64% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 8th -1.5pp 9th 36% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.5% 9th -1.6pp 10th 33% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.2% 18th -2.4pp 11th 11% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.4% 5th -1.2pp 12th 42% below peers
High Point, NC 15.7% 20th -2.1pp 13th 22% above peers
Athens, GA 26.5% 30th -3.4pp 14th 107% above peers
Berkeley, CA 17.3% 25th -1.9pp 15th 35% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.3% 26th -1.3pp 16th 43% above peers
Hartford, CT 26.3% 29th -1.8pp 17th 105% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.2% 15th -0.4pp 18th 5% below peers
Billings, MT 9.8% 12th -0.2pp 19th 23% below peers
College Station, TX 29.2% 31st -0.4pp 20th 128% above peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 21st 55% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.4% 4th +0.0pp 22nd 50% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.8% 16th +0.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Independence, MO 15.8% 22nd +0.8pp 24th 24% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 23.8% 28th +1.5pp 25th 86% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.7% 21st +1.3pp 26th 23% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.8% 10th +0.8pp 27th 31% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.2% 13th +1.6pp 28th 20% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 2nd +1.3pp 29th 57% below peers
Odessa, TX 16.2% 24th +5.1pp 30th 27% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.9% 11th +3.7pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ National leader
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 (7.3% then, 6.1% now; margin ±1.8pp). 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
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 6.1%).
Bright spot 6.1%
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%
Goodyear, AZ 5.9% 2nd -5.7pp 1st 57% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 4th -4.6pp 2nd 54% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 23rd -13.7pp 3rd 56% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 8th -5.0pp 4th 43% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 22nd -11.1pp 5th 39% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 9th -4.7pp 6th 40% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 6th -4.1pp 7th 46% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 17th -5.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 9th 79% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 21st -5.8pp 10th 31% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 24th -6.5pp 11th 65% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.2% 15th -3.8pp 12th 3% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 1st -0.9pp 13th 74% below peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 14th 123% above peers
High Point, NC 22.8% 25th -4.9pp 15th 67% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 16th 55% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 17th 81% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 12th -1.1pp 18th 22% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 11th -1.0pp 19th 23% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 26th -1.3pp 20th 75% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 21st 162% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 5th -0.2pp 22nd 48% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 13th -0.2pp 23rd 21% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 20th -0.2pp 24th 30% above peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 16th +1.9pp 25th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 18th +2.5pp 26th 12% above peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 7th +1.9pp 27th 44% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 19th +4.2pp 28th 21% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 14th +3.4pp 29th 3% below peers
Odessa, TX 23.8% 27th +9.4pp 30th 75% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.4% to 95.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Simi Valley started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.8% to 95.0%).
Bright spot 95.0%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 24th +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 26th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 29th +14.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Nampa, ID 95.1% 7th +12.8pp 5th 3% above peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 17th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 7th 7% below peers
High Point, NC 91.0% 22nd +9.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 23rd +9.0pp 9th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 21st +9.0pp 10th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 25th +8.3pp 11th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 19th +7.8pp 12th 1% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 8th +7.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 20th +6.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 5th +6.5pp 15th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 4th +6.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 10th +5.9pp 17th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 13th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Odessa, TX 88.7% 27th +4.9pp 19th 4% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 18th +4.5pp 20th 1% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 6th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 2nd +4.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 15th +3.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 9th +3.6pp 24th 2% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 96.7% 3rd +3.1pp 25th 4% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 12th +2.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 11th +2.7pp 27th 2% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 28th 5% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 14th +1.2pp 29th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 16th +0.9pp 30th on par with peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.43).
Bright spot 0.43
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 8th -0.033 1st 5% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 20th -0.020 2nd 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 14th -0.018 3rd 3% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 24th -0.020 4th 10% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 26th -0.012 5th 11% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 10th -0.007 6th 5% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 0.38 2nd -0.006 7th 18% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 8th 18% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 22nd +0.000 9th 7% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 23rd +0.002 10th 8% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 28th +0.002 11th 13% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 4th +0.002 12th 11% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 25th +0.002 13th 10% above peers
High Point, NC 0.47 21st +0.004 14th 3% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 15th 20% below peers
Nampa, ID 0.38 3rd +0.005 16th 17% below peers
Billings, MT 0.46 19th +0.008 17th 1% above peers
Odessa, TX 0.46 17th +0.009 18th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 16th +0.009 19th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 7th +0.009 20th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 27th +0.011 21st 12% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 30th +0.012 22nd 17% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 23rd 5% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 24th 2% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 5th +0.011 25th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 12th +0.011 26th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 27th 14% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 9th +0.012 28th 5% below peers
Concord, CA 0.43 6th +0.014 29th 7% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 18th +0.016 30th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 13th +0.030 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.7% to 5.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 5.8%).
Needs attention 5.8%
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 12.4% +3.5pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Nampa, ID 9.5% 15th -5.5pp 1st on par with peers
Athens, GA 9.5% 16th -4.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.6% 11th -2.6pp 3rd 21% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.5% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 53% below peers
North Charleston, SC 12.0% 24th -2.0pp 5th 26% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.3% 10th -1.1pp 6th 24% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 7th 71% below peers
Wilmington, NC 11.8% 23rd -0.8pp 8th 24% above peers
Hartford, CT 37.2% 31st -1.5pp 9th 291% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.4% 20th -0.5pp 10th 20% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.9% 26th -0.5pp 11th 46% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.6% 30th -0.3pp 12th 222% above peers
High Point, NC 18.8% 29th +0.1pp 13th 97% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 5.0% 4th +0.1pp 14th 47% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 22nd +0.3pp 15th 22% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.1% 27th +0.4pp 16th 48% above peers
Billings, MT 8.1% 12th +0.3pp 17th 15% below peers
Cambridge, MA 8.4% 13th +0.5pp 18th 12% below peers
Topeka, KS 11.2% 18th +1.1pp 19th 17% above peers
Odessa, TX 11.2% 19th +1.4pp 20th 18% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 6.6% 8th +0.9pp 21st 30% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.3% 25th +2.1pp 22nd 29% above peers
Vallejo, CA 14.4% 28th +2.7pp 23rd 51% above peers
Fairfield, CA 11.4% 21st +2.1pp 24th 20% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.8% 7th +1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.2% 5th +1.1pp 26th 45% below peers
Concord, CA 8.8% 14th +2.0pp 27th 7% below peers
College Station, TX 6.7% 9th +1.7pp 28th 30% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.8% 6th +1.8pp 29th 40% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.8% 3rd +1.8pp 30th 49% below peers
Berkeley, CA 9.8% 17th +5.0pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Allen, TX down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending September 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $829,804 in September 2026, up from $828,384 a year earlier.
Big move $829,804
2000September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $761,538 (Sep 26) +0.6%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
Berkeley, CA $1,442,475 (Sep 26) 1st +8.0% 1st 260% above peers
Odessa, TX $250,381 (Sep 26) 25th +3.9% 2nd 38% below peers
Allentown, PA $315,694 (Sep 26) 21st +3.8% 3rd 21% below peers
Independence, MO $210,944 (Sep 26) 28th +3.7% 4th 47% below peers
Rochester, MN $340,589 (Sep 26) 19th +3.5% 5th 15% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $517,346 (Sep 26) 8th +3.0% 6th 29% above peers
Billings, MT $401,071 (Sep 26) 15th +2.4% 7th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL $404,711 (Sep 26) 14th +2.4% 8th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $287,424 (Sep 26) 24th +2.1% 9th 28% below peers
Lafayette, LA $224,537 (Sep 26) 27th +1.9% 10th 44% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,027,863 (Sep 26) 2nd +1.8% 11th 156% above peers
Nampa, ID $415,281 (Sep 26) 13th +1.8% 12th 4% above peers
Athens, GA $338,623 (Sep 26) 20th +1.6% 13th 16% below peers
Hartford, CT $202,489 (Sep 26) 29th +1.2% 14th 50% below peers
Clovis, CA $514,434 (Sep 26) 10th +1.0% 15th 28% above peers
Wilmington, NC $416,464 (Sep 26) 12th +0.2% 16th 4% above peers
Concord, CA $720,907 (Sep 26) 5th +0.2% 17th 80% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $829,804 (Sep 26) 4th +0.2% 18th 107% above peers
High Point, NC $247,717 (Sep 26) 26th +0.0% 19th 38% below peers
Topeka, KS $195,299 (Sep 26) 30th -0.4% 20th 51% below peers
College Station, TX $344,129 (Sep 26) 18th -0.4% 21st 14% below peers
Cambridge, MA $1,019,246 (Sep 26) 3rd -0.5% 22nd 154% above peers
Fairfield, CA $598,419 (Sep 26) 6th -0.9% 23rd 49% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $463,514 (Sep 26) 11th -0.9% 24th 16% above peers
Lakeland, FL $309,422 (Sep 26) 22nd -1.2% 25th 23% below peers
North Charleston, SC $309,108 (Sep 26) 23rd -1.3% 26th 23% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $391,189 (Sep 26) 16th -1.9% 27th 2% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $345,353 (Sep 26) 17th -1.9% 28th 14% below peers
Arvada, CO $593,478 (Sep 26) 7th -2.0% 29th 48% above peers
Vallejo, CA $517,277 (Sep 26) 9th -2.2% 30th 29% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $697,131 in September 2026, up from $695,808 a year earlier.
Big move $697,131
2000September 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $464,407 (Sep 26) +0.2%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Berkeley, CA $964,138 (Sep 26) 1st +7.2% 1st 230% above peers
Odessa, TX $171,315 (Sep 26) 25th +4.9% 2nd 41% below peers
Allentown, PA $233,791 (Sep 26) 20th +4.9% 3rd 20% below peers
Independence, MO $153,352 (Sep 26) 26th +4.7% 4th 47% below peers
Rochester, MN $249,048 (Sep 26) 18th +4.1% 5th 15% below peers
Billings, MT $297,356 (Sep 26) 14th +3.4% 6th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $225,130 (Sep 26) 21st +2.7% 7th 23% below peers
Athens, GA $237,639 (Sep 26) 19th +2.5% 8th 19% below peers
Lafayette, LA $134,568 (Sep 26) 28th +2.0% 9th 54% below peers
Nampa, ID $343,003 (Sep 26) 11th +2.0% 10th 18% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $340,306 (Sep 26) 12th +1.6% 11th 17% above peers
Clovis, CA $396,429 (Sep 26) 9th +1.3% 12th 36% above peers
Cambridge, MA $680,291 (Sep 26) 4th +0.8% 13th 133% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $769,529 (Sep 26) 2nd +0.7% 14th 164% above peers
College Station, TX $259,183 (Sep 26) 16th +0.4% 15th 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $697,131 (Sep 26) 3rd +0.2% 16th 139% above peers
Wilmington, NC $291,811 (Sep 26) 15th -0.1% 17th on par with peers
Hartford, CT $107,932 (Sep 26) 29th -0.2% 18th 63% below peers
High Point, NC $142,753 (Sep 26) 27th -0.5% 19th 51% below peers
North Charleston, SC $216,031 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.6% 20th 26% below peers
Vallejo, CA $416,123 (Sep 26) 8th -0.7% 21st 43% above peers
Fairfield, CA $477,754 (Sep 26) 6th -1.0% 22nd 64% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $379,104 (Sep 26) 10th -1.2% 23rd 30% above peers
Concord, CA $486,674 (Sep 26) 5th -1.4% 24th 67% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $257,279 (Sep 26) 17th -1.8% 25th 12% below peers
Lakeland, FL $217,496 (Sep 26) 22nd -1.9% 26th 25% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $334,840 (Sep 26) 13th -2.2% 27th 15% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $210,711 (Sep 26) 24th -2.5% 28th 28% below peers
Arvada, CO $466,486 (Sep 26) 7th -2.7% 29th 60% above peers
Topeka, KS $103,580 (Sep 26) 30th -3.2% 30th 65% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.2% then, 72.9% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 72.9%).
Bright spot 72.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 44% above peers
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 23rd +5.0pp 2nd 17% below peers
Nampa, ID 70.2% 8th +6.1pp 3rd 17% above peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 4th 57% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 24th +3.1pp 5th 20% below peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 27th +2.4pp 6th 28% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 28th +2.2pp 7th 32% below peers
High Point, NC 57.8% 18th +3.1pp 8th 3% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 10th +3.1pp 9th 9% above peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 17th +2.7pp 10th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 22nd +1.7pp 11th 15% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 14th +2.0pp 12th 3% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 19th +1.9pp 13th 4% below peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 9th +1.9pp 14th 9% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 13th +1.7pp 15th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 12th +1.8pp 16th 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 26th +1.2pp 17th 26% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 5th +2.0pp 18th 21% above peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 3rd +1.2pp 19th 26% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 20th +0.8pp 20th 6% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 21st 18% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 4th +0.7pp 22nd 22% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 25th +0.3pp 23rd 24% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 77.7% 2nd +0.3pp 24th 30% above peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 15th +0.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Odessa, TX 59.8% 16th +0.1pp 26th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 6th -1.6pp 27th 21% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 28th 44% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 11th -2.7pp 29th 9% above peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 29th -2.3pp 30th 41% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 21st -3.5pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,778 in September 2026, up from $2,695 a year earlier.
Big move $2,778
2015September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Nampa, ID $1,668 (Sep 26) 19th +6.2% 1st 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC $1,713 (Sep 26) 15th +4.8% 2nd on par with peers
Topeka, KS $1,249 (Sep 26) 30th +4.3% 3rd 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,365 (Sep 26) 8th +4.2% 4th 38% above peers
High Point, NC $1,418 (Sep 26) 26th +3.8% 5th 17% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $1,582 (Sep 26) 23rd +3.6% 6th 8% below peers
Billings, MT $1,393 (Sep 26) 28th +3.6% 7th 19% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,853 (Sep 26) 3rd +3.6% 8th 67% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,686 (Sep 26) 18th +3.3% 9th 2% below peers
Concord, CA $2,569 (Sep 26) 5th +3.2% 10th 50% above peers
Independence, MO $1,395 (Sep 26) 27th +3.1% 11th 19% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,778 (Sep 26) 4th +3.1% 12th 62% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,742 (Sep 26) 14th +3.1% 13th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA $2,200 (Sep 26) 9th +2.8% 14th 28% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,438 (Sep 26) 1st +2.8% 15th 101% above peers
Hartford, CT $1,555 (Sep 26) 25th +2.7% 16th 9% below peers
Athens, GA $1,782 (Sep 26) 13th +2.6% 17th 4% above peers
Fairfield, CA $2,425 (Sep 26) 6th +2.2% 18th 42% above peers
Clovis, CA $2,381 (Sep 26) 7th +1.7% 19th 39% above peers
Rochester, MN $1,602 (Sep 26) 21st +1.7% 20th 6% below peers
Goodyear, AZ $1,698 (Sep 26) 16th +1.6% 21st 1% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,357 (Sep 26) 2nd +1.5% 22nd 96% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $1,978 (Sep 26) 12th +1.4% 23rd 15% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,026 (Sep 26) 11th +1.3% 24th 18% above peers
Lakeland, FL $1,687 (Sep 26) 17th +1.1% 25th 2% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,560 (Sep 26) 24th +0.7% 26th 9% below peers
Lafayette, LA $1,329 (Sep 26) 29th +0.6% 27th 22% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,088 (Sep 26) 10th +0.4% 28th 22% above peers
Odessa, TX $1,586 (Sep 26) 22nd -0.1% 29th 7% below peers
College Station, TX $1,655 (Sep 26) 20th -0.5% 30th 3% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 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 (40.6% then, 40.0% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 40.0%).
Needs attention 40.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
High Point, NC 32.5% 10th -3.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 20th -1.7pp 2nd 16% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 27% below peers
Nampa, ID 29.9% 8th -0.8pp 4th 14% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 23rd -0.9pp 5th 21% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 6th -0.4pp 6th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 19th -0.5pp 7th 16% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 7th -0.2pp 8th 14% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 18th -0.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 17th +0.1pp 10th 7% above peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 26th +0.2pp 11th 27% above peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 25th +0.3pp 12th 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 13th +0.4pp 13th 2% below peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 5th +0.6pp 14th 19% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 28th +1.3pp 15th 33% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 16th 35% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 16th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 22nd +1.7pp 18th 20% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 19th 57% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 20th 32% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 4th +1.6pp 21st 21% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 12th +2.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 23rd 28% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 24th 44% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 21st +4.0pp 25th 19% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 3rd +2.8pp 26th 22% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 14th +4.5pp 27th 2% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 24th +6.0pp 28th 24% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 30.9% 9th +4.3pp 29th 11% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 11th +5.1pp 30th 5% below peers
Odessa, TX 34.4% 15th +8.2pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (3.4% then, 2.8% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 2.8%).
Bright spot 2.8%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 62% below peers
Athens, GA 6.4% 14th -3.3pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 18th -2.4pp 3rd 8% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 4th -0.6pp 4th 58% below peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 12th -0.9pp 5th 24% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 23rd -1.3pp 6th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 21st -1.2pp 7th 19% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 28th -1.7pp 8th 147% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 19th -0.7pp 9th 11% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 64% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 25th -0.6pp 11th 39% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 9th -0.3pp 12th 35% below peers
Nampa, ID 3.8% 7th -0.2pp 13th 44% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 16th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 11th -0.1pp 15th 28% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 13th -0.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 27th -0.1pp 17th 91% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 18th 358% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 2.0% 1st +0.1pp 19th 71% below peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 20th 396% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 6th +0.1pp 21st 50% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 22nd 210% above peers
High Point, NC 7.7% 20th +0.4pp 23rd 15% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 26th +0.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 24th +0.8pp 25th 25% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 8th +0.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 5th +0.4pp 27th 52% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 22nd +1.2pp 28th 22% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 15th +1.1pp 29th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 10th +0.9pp 30th 32% below peers
Odessa, TX 7.0% 17th +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.8% then, 4.6% now; margin ±0.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.3% to 4.6%).
Bright spot 4.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Nampa, ID 10.6% 20th -2.8pp 1st 24% above peers
Athens, GA 11.3% 26th -2.2pp 2nd 32% above peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 80% below peers
North Charleston, SC 15.4% 30th -2.6pp 4th 80% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.6% 23rd -1.7pp 5th 25% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 4th -0.6pp 6th 55% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 6th -0.6pp 7th 48% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 5th -0.4pp 8th 54% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.2% 29th -1.0pp 9th 78% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.6% 7th -0.2pp 10th 46% below peers
Concord, CA 6.2% 10th -0.3pp 11th 28% below peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 67% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.4% 14th -0.3pp 13th 13% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 69% below peers
High Point, NC 10.7% 24th -0.1pp 15th 25% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.4% 27th +0.1pp 16th 34% above peers
Odessa, TX 18.3% 31st +0.3pp 17th 115% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 17th +0.2pp 18th 16% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 8th +0.1pp 19th 43% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 7.3% 13th +0.2pp 20th 14% below peers
Wilmington, NC 10.9% 25th +0.6pp 21st 28% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 16th +0.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 10.6% 22nd +0.6pp 23rd 25% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 12th +0.4pp 24th 19% below peers
Independence, MO 12.6% 28th +1.0pp 25th 48% above peers
Billings, MT 8.1% 15th +1.2pp 26th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 10.6% 21st +1.5pp 27th 24% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.3% 19th +1.5pp 28th 20% above peers
Topeka, KS 10.2% 18th +1.9pp 29th 20% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.8% 9th +1.3pp 30th 32% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 11th +1.5pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp 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.

24.4%
20202023
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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 32.9%
Cambridge, MA 21.9% 1st 33% below peers
Berkeley, CA 22.2% 2nd 32% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 23.0% 3rd 30% below peers
Arvada, CO 23.4% 4th 28% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 24.4% 5th 25% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 25.8% 6th 21% below peers
College Station, TX 27.2% 7th 17% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 28.5% 8th 13% below peers
Concord, CA 29.1% 9th 11% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 29.1% 10th 11% below peers
Athens, GA 30.0% 11th 8% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 30.1% 12th 8% below peers
Fairfield, CA 31.4% 13th 4% below peers
Vallejo, CA 31.6% 14th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 31.9% 15th 2% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 32.7% 16th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 33.0% 17th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 33.7% 18th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 33.9% 19th 4% above peers
Lafayette, LA 34.5% 20th 6% above peers
Nampa, ID 34.5% 21st 6% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 34.6% 22nd 6% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.2% 23rd 8% above peers
Rochester, MN 36.4% 24th 11% above peers
Independence, MO 37.3% 25th 14% above peers
High Point, NC 37.7% 26th 15% above peers
Lakeland, FL 38.9% 27th 19% above peers
Allentown, PA 38.9% 28th 19% above peers
Odessa, TX 39.4% 29th 20% above peers
Topeka, KS 39.7% 30th 21% above peers
Hartford, CT 40.4% 31st 24% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 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 (2.0% then, 2.3% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 2.3%).
Bright spot 2.3%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Clovis, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.6pp 1st 64% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 6.7% 23rd -1.8pp 2nd 20% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 5th -0.6pp 3rd 51% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 15th -1.1pp 4th 2% below peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 21st -1.1pp 5th 15% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 22nd -1.1pp 6th 17% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 13th -0.8pp 7th 11% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 6th -0.2pp 8th 49% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 9th 13% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 29th +0.5pp 10th 83% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 1st +0.2pp 11th 68% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 26th +0.7pp 12th 40% above peers
Odessa, TX 15.4% 31st +1.6pp 13th 178% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 3rd +0.2pp 14th 59% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 28th +0.9pp 15th 48% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 17th +0.8pp 16th 2% above peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 20th +1.0pp 17th 11% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 30th +2.1pp 18th 119% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 19th +1.2pp 19th 11% above peers
High Point, NC 4.6% 11th +1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 14th +1.9pp 21st 4% below peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 10th +1.7pp 22nd 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 18th +2.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 27th +3.8pp 24th 40% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 8th +1.8pp 25th 34% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 16th +2.8pp 26th on par with peers
Nampa, ID 7.7% 25th +4.1pp 27th 40% above peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 9th +2.1pp 28th 31% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 4th +1.4pp 29th 56% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 7th +1.6pp 30th 49% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 24th +4.3pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys 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 33.6% to 39.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Simi Valley started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.2% to 39.1%).
Bright spot 39.1%
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 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 6th +10.4pp 1st 40% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 30th +3.9pp 2nd 48% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 24th +5.8pp 3rd 22% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 26th +4.9pp 4th 33% below peers
Nampa, ID 23.4% 27th +4.4pp 5th 36% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 13th +5.5pp 6th 6% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 29th +2.5pp 7th 47% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 12th +4.8pp 8th 6% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 35.5% 19th +4.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 21st +3.5pp 10th 20% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 10th +5.3pp 11th 27% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 17th +4.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 13th 41% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 23rd +3.0pp 14th 22% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 14th +3.8pp 15th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 8th +4.2pp 16th 38% above peers
High Point, NC 34.0% 20th +2.7pp 17th 8% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 18th +2.5pp 18th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 11th +2.9pp 19th 11% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 9th +3.3pp 20th 28% above peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 16th +1.8pp 21st on par with peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 4th +2.3pp 22nd 79% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 15th +1.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Odessa, TX 19.0% 31st +0.5pp 24th 49% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 25th 111% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 26th 119% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 27th 103% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 22nd +0.4pp 28th 21% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 7th +0.6pp 29th 40% above peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 5th -2.1pp 30th 53% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 25th -1.6pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment fell 16.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58.8% to 42.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 13.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.2% to 42.7%).
Needs attention 42.7%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Nampa, ID 33.9% 25th +14.9pp 1st 21% below peers
Odessa, TX 51.9% 7th +16.0pp 2nd 21% above peers
High Point, NC 45.6% 12th +9.4pp 3rd 7% above peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 13th +8.8pp 4th 6% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 18th +7.0pp 5th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 29th +4.2pp 6th 38% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 10th +7.6pp 7th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 15th +4.6pp 8th 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 9th +2.0pp 9th 19% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 10th 83% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 11th 46% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 22nd +0.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 23rd +0.0pp 13th 14% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 5th -1.4pp 14th 30% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 15th 83% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 6th -4.7pp 16th 25% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 14th -4.1pp 17th 3% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 11th -4.5pp 18th 7% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 3rd -8.2pp 19th 51% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 30th -4.1pp 20th 38% below peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 21st -6.6pp 21st 9% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 28th -5.4pp 22nd 31% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 19th -8.1pp 23rd 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 16th -8.8pp 24th on par with peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 27th -9.7pp 25th 29% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 26th -10.7pp 26th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 8th -18.7pp 27th 19% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 17th -16.1pp 28th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 24th -20.4pp 29th 20% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 19.5% 31st -13.6pp 30th 54% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 20th -31.0pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (4.4% then, 3.8% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 3.8%).
Bright spot 3.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 3.9% 8th -7.7pp 2nd 38% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 13th -4.3pp 3rd 13% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 15th -2.6pp 4th 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 18th -2.6pp 5th 2% above peers
Odessa, TX 4.6% 10th -1.8pp 6th 25% below peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 19th -2.4pp 7th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 74% below peers
High Point, NC 5.1% 11th -1.7pp 9th 17% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 16th -2.0pp 10th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 7th -0.7pp 11th 39% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 26th -1.5pp 12th 49% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 4th -0.2pp 13th 60% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 9th -0.1pp 14th 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 27th +0.4pp 15th 49% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 17th +0.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 25th +1.6pp 17th 47% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 23rd +1.6pp 18th 36% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 5th +0.6pp 19th 48% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 29th +2.6pp 20th 108% above peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 12th +1.2pp 21st 17% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 28th +2.9pp 22nd 60% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 20th +2.0pp 23rd 13% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.1% 30th +3.9pp 24th 111% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 22nd +2.3pp 25th 27% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 24th +3.8pp 26th 44% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 27th 79% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 21st +3.4pp 28th 20% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 29th 120% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 6th +2.4pp 30th 43% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 14th +4.5pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population fell less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 125,842 to 125,634 - more than the combined survey margin (±117). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 77% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Big move 125,634
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 30th +50% 1st 13% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 107,645 29th +34% 2nd 11% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 31st +32% 3rd 14% below peers
Nampa, ID 110,319 28th +17% 4th 9% below peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 6th +14% 5th 3% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 12th +11% 6th 1% above peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 21st +11% 7th 1% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 7th +10% 8th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 119,434 23rd +9% 9th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 25th +9% 10th 2% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 22nd +8% 11th 1% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 17th +6% 12th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 11th +6% 13th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 19th +5% 14th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 2nd +4% 15th 4% above peers
High Point, NC 116,245 26th +4% 16th 4% below peers
Independence, MO 121,740 14th +4% 17th 1% above peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 10th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 8th +2% 19th 3% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 1st +2% 20th 5% above peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 24th +2% 21st 2% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 13th +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 18th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 4th -0% 24th 4% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 3rd -0% 25th 4% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 20th -1% 26th 1% below peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 16th -2% 27th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 5th -2% 28th 3% above peers
Odessa, TX 115,322 27th -4% 29th 5% below peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 15th -4% 30th on par with peers
Concord, CA 124,035 9th -4% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.6% to 19.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.3% to 19.5%).
Big move 19.5%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 26th +0.6pp 1st 23% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 18th +0.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.9pp 3rd 30% above peers
Odessa, TX 29.4% 1st +0.4pp 4th 34% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 3rd +0.4pp 5th 27% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 6th 42% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 7th 44% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 19th -0.0pp 8th 5% below peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 11th -0.2pp 9th 4% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 24th -0.3pp 10th 13% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 5th -0.5pp 11th 15% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 13th -0.5pp 12th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 13th 43% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 4th -0.8pp 14th 24% above peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 10th -0.7pp 15th 6% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 20th -0.7pp 16th 9% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 12th -0.8pp 17th 4% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 25th -0.7pp 18th 19% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 27th -0.7pp 19th 24% below peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 15th -1.0pp 20th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 8th -1.3pp 21st 10% above peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 21st -1.3pp 22nd 11% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 9th -1.7pp 23rd 7% above peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 7th -2.0pp 24th 11% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 25th 25% below peers
High Point, NC 22.0% 14th -2.1pp 26th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 22nd -2.1pp 27th 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 23rd -2.1pp 28th 11% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.2% 6th -2.9pp 29th 15% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 22.0% 16th -2.5pp 30th on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 17th -2.7pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 (19.6% then, 19.2% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.1% to 19.2%).
Big move 19.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
College Station, TX 28.5% 15th +6.8pp 1st 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 3rd +11.6pp 2nd 95% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 23.3% 21st +4.5pp 3rd 18% below peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 7th +6.3pp 4th 45% above peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 4th +4.6pp 5th 69% above peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 14th +1.8pp 6th 4% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 18th +1.0pp 7th 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 8th 109% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 27th +0.4pp 9th 29% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 20th +0.4pp 10th 13% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 26th +0.1pp 11th 29% below peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 9th -0.5pp 12th 34% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 25th -0.4pp 13th 28% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 28th -0.4pp 14th 32% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 5th -0.9pp 15th 51% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 8th -1.0pp 16th 43% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 22nd -1.3pp 17th 21% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.0% 19th -1.8pp 18th 12% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 17th -2.1pp 19th 3% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 20th 65% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 21st 119% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 6th -4.7pp 22nd 50% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 23rd -2.4pp 23rd 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 24th 50% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 16th -3.7pp 25th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 24th -2.8pp 26th 24% below peers
Odessa, TX 30.0% 13th -4.1pp 27th 6% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 10th -5.5pp 28th 31% above peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 29th -3.8pp 29th 32% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 11th -7.4pp 30th 25% above peers
High Point, NC 33.9% 12th -8.6pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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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6 of 27 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.1pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents rose 9.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 66.7% to 76.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.5pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 9.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.3% to 76.4%).
Big move 76.4%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 10th +18.0pp 1st 6% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 30th +13.0pp 2nd 17% below peers
Nampa, ID 66.2% 21st +9.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 8th +9.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 4th +9.7pp 5th 11% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 13th +9.0pp 6th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 1st +7.4pp 7th 13% above peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 3rd +4.8pp 8th 11% above peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 9th +3.4pp 9th 7% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 18th +3.0pp 10th 2% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 5th +3.3pp 11th 10% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 11th +3.0pp 12th 4% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 64.3% 25th +2.5pp 13th 7% below peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 17th +2.6pp 14th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 20th +1.9pp 15th 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 24th +1.6pp 16th 6% below peers
High Point, NC 69.2% 15th +1.5pp 17th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 22nd +1.3pp 18th 5% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 19th 12% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 16th +1.2pp 20th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 12th +1.2pp 21st 3% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 7th +0.2pp 22nd 9% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 6th +0.0pp 23rd 10% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 27th -0.2pp 24th 9% below peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 23rd -2.2pp 25th 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 14th -3.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Odessa, TX 58.8% 28th -3.3pp 27th 15% below peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 29th -3.7pp 28th 15% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 19th -5.9pp 29th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 26th -5.7pp 30th 8% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 31st -8.4pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 27 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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6 of 27 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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