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South Gate, CA
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91,483 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where South Gate, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 4 indicators

Where South Gate, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 43% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $52,321 to $74,571 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,906). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 71% from 2014 to 2024 ($43,526 to $74,571).
$74,571
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 29th +48% 1st 39% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 17th +48% 2nd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 25th +45% 3rd 33% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 20th +44% 4th 16% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 18th +44% 5th 10% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 19th +43% 6th 13% below peers
Merced, CA $63,122 24th +40% 7th 26% below peers
Avondale, AZ $86,123 15th +39% 8th 1% above peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 16th +37% 9th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 11th +34% 10th 18% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 8th +32% 11th 27% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 27th +31% 12th 36% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 21st +30% 13th 18% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 3rd +29% 14th 50% above peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 14th +28% 15th 13% above peers
Kirkland, WA $150,414 1st +28% 16th 76% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 13th +28% 17th 15% above peers
Chino, CA $104,682 10th +28% 18th 22% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 9th +25% 19th 26% above peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 23rd +25% 20th 22% below peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 4th +24% 21st 37% above peers
Temple, TX $68,204 22nd +24% 22nd 20% below peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 12th +23% 23rd 15% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 6th +23% 24th 29% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 7th +22% 25th 28% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 30th +22% 26th 42% below peers
Erie, PA $46,113 31st +22% 27th 46% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 5th +19% 28th 34% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 26th +16% 29th 34% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 2nd +15% 30th 59% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 28th +14% 31st 36% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 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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2 of 21 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,440 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 →

Unemployment fell 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 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.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.6% in May 2026, down from 5.0% a year earlier.
4.6%
1990May 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Trenton, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 27th -1.5pp 1st 47% above peers
Merced, CA 6.8% (May 26) 29th -0.9pp 2nd 58% above peers
Clifton, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 9th -0.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Westminster, CA 3.8% (May 26) 8th -0.7pp 4th 12% below peers
Indio, CA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.5pp 5th 5% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.6% (May 26) 20th -0.4pp 6th 7% above peers
Hemet, CA 6.3% (May 26) 28th -0.4pp 7th 47% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 8th 35% below peers
Nashua, NH 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 9th 26% below peers
Redding, CA 4.2% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 10th 2% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.6% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 11th 16% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.4% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 12th 26% above peers
Compton, CA 5.9% (May 26) 26th -0.2pp 13th 37% above peers
Chino, CA 4.0% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 14th 7% below peers
Greenville, NC 4.3% (May 26) 14th +0.0pp 15th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 2.9% (May 26) 3rd +0.1pp 16th 33% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 3.7% (May 26) 7th +0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Carson, CA 5.5% (May 26) 25th +0.2pp 18th 28% above peers
Avondale, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 3.3% (May 26) 5th +0.3pp 20th 23% below peers
Bellingham, WA 4.1% (May 26) 12th +0.4pp 21st 5% below peers
Temple, TX 4.3% (May 26) 16th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 4.4% (May 26) 17th +0.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Erie, PA 4.6% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 24th 7% above peers
Champaign, IL 4.0% (May 26) 11th +0.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.6% (May 26) 1st +0.7pp 26th 40% below peers
Kirkland, WA 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +0.8pp 27th 7% above peers
Norwalk, CT 4.5% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.2% (May 26) 23rd +1.6pp 29th 21% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.1% to 12.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.9% to 12.7%).
12.7%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Indio, CA 11.4% 16th -5.0pp 1st on par with peers
Hemet, CA 14.8% 20th -6.2pp 2nd 30% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 17th -4.4pp 3rd 11% above peers
Trenton, NJ 20.9% 27th -6.8pp 4th 83% above peers
Redding, CA 13.8% 18th -3.3pp 5th 21% above peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 9th -1.8pp 6th 31% below peers
Merced, CA 23.6% 31st -5.3pp 7th 108% above peers
Avondale, AZ 10.8% 14th -2.4pp 8th 5% below peers
Greenville, NC 23.2% 29th -5.0pp 9th 104% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 2nd -1.1pp 10th 56% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.7% 8th -1.4pp 11th 32% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 12th 59% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.0% 25th -2.7pp 13th 58% above peers
Compton, CA 17.8% 24th -2.6pp 14th 57% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.0% 21st -2.2pp 15th 32% above peers
Erie, PA 21.9% 28th -3.0pp 16th 92% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 13th -1.2pp 17th 19% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 7th -1.0pp 18th 32% below peers
Bellingham, WA 17.8% 23rd -2.0pp 19th 56% above peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 12th -1.0pp 20th 21% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.3% 19th -1.1pp 21st 25% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 6th -0.1pp 22nd 35% below peers
Carson, CA 8.6% 10th -0.1pp 23rd 25% below peers
Kirkland, WA 6.0% 5th -0.0pp 24th 47% below peers
Temple, TX 15.8% 22nd -0.1pp 25th 38% above peers
Champaign, IL 23.4% 30th +0.7pp 26th 106% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 4th +0.3pp 27th 51% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.1% 15th +1.2pp 28th 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.9% 26th +2.4pp 29th 66% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.3% 3rd +0.9pp 30th 53% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 11th +2.2pp 31st 23% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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2 of 21 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 9.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.3% to 14.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 14.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.8% to 14.6%).
14.6%
20132024
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%
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 6th -7.8pp 1st 51% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 2nd 79% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 15th -9.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Chino, CA 8.8% 11th -5.3pp 4th 42% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 21st -10.7pp 5th 17% above peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 9th -4.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 2nd -2.8pp 7th 66% below peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 24th -10.8pp 8th 44% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 7th -3.7pp 9th 51% below peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 17th -7.5pp 10th 2% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 28th -12.2pp 11th 74% above peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 20th -6.4pp 12th 16% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 25th -7.5pp 13th 50% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 12th -2.3pp 14th 36% below peers
Avondale, AZ 15.1% 16th -3.4pp 15th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 10th -1.8pp 16th 44% below peers
Merced, CA 33.4% 30th -5.5pp 17th 121% above peers
Temple, TX 20.9% 23rd -3.3pp 18th 39% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 19th -2.4pp 19th 13% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 27th -2.6pp 20th 72% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 31st -3.1pp 21st 130% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 13th -1.1pp 22nd 16% below peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 18th -1.2pp 23rd 4% above peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 26th -1.5pp 24th 62% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 4th -0.3pp 25th 63% below peers
Kirkland, WA 5.3% 3rd +0.2pp 26th 65% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 5th +0.5pp 27th 59% below peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 28th 90% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 8th +2.4pp 29th 49% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 22nd +6.9pp 30th 24% above peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 14th +5.2pp 31st 6% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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2 of 21 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.9% to 90.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.4% to 90.9%).
90.9%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 29th +14.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 27th +11.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 30th +10.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 28th +10.7pp 5th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 13th +11.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 17th +10.4pp 7th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 26th +8.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 90.6% 23rd +8.9pp 9th 3% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 21st +8.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 20th +7.2pp 11th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 22nd +7.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 24th +6.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 8th +6.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 15th +6.6pp 15th on par with peers
Merced, CA 94.3% 11th +6.6pp 16th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 25th +6.1pp 17th 3% below peers
Chino, CA 95.9% 6th +6.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Avondale, AZ 92.5% 19th +5.6pp 19th 1% below peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 14th +5.4pp 20th 1% above peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 10th +5.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 16th +3.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 2nd +3.9pp 23rd 4% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 9th +3.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 12th +3.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 4th +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 18th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 3rd +2.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 1st +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Kirkland, WA 96.4% 5th +2.3pp 30th 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 7th +1.6pp 31st 2% above peers
Where is this changing? 21 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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2 of 21 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.40 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.42).
0.42
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 11th -0.036 1st 5% below peers
Avondale, AZ 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 22nd -0.019 3rd 4% above peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 3rd -0.014 4th 15% below peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 12th -0.013 5th 4% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 2nd -0.009 6th 16% below peers
Temple, TX 0.45 16th -0.010 7th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 6th -0.009 8th 11% below peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 18th -0.009 9th on par with peers
Merced, CA 0.47 21st -0.008 10th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 11th 20% above peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 26th -0.006 12th 9% above peers
Redding, CA 0.46 19th -0.003 13th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 13th -0.001 14th 3% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 4th +0.000 15th 13% below peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 27th +0.001 16th 15% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 20th +0.003 17th 2% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 7th +0.003 18th 10% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 15th +0.005 19th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 8th +0.004 20th 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 14th +0.005 21st 3% below peers
Chino, CA 0.40 5th +0.005 22nd 12% below peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 24th +0.005 23rd 6% above peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 24th 16% above peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 25th 24% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 9th +0.018 26th 7% below peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 23rd +0.027 27th 5% above peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 17th +0.027 28th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 29th 15% above peers
Carson, CA 0.43 10th +0.031 30th 6% below peers
Kirkland, WA 0.49 25th +0.043 31st 9% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 16.7% to 20.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 6.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.9% to 20.3%).
20.3%
20102023
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Roswell, GA 3.2% 1st -2.8pp 1st 74% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 8th -2.6pp 2nd 41% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 19th -3.6pp 3rd 8% above peers
Avondale, AZ 12.0% 15th -2.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Temple, TX 14.2% 20th -2.3pp 5th 16% above peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 16th -1.8pp 6th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 24th -2.0pp 7th 51% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 10th -0.8pp 8th 30% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 14th -1.0pp 9th 9% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 9th -0.4pp 10th 37% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.6% 2nd -0.1pp 11th 70% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 29th -0.1pp 12th 113% above peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 22nd +0.1pp 13th 21% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 31st +1.0pp 14th 147% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 12th +0.3pp 15th 21% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 11th +0.4pp 16th 27% below peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 3rd +0.2pp 17th 67% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 25th +1.0pp 18th 53% above peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 5th +0.4pp 19th 61% below peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 26th +2.5pp 20th 63% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 18th +1.8pp 21st 4% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 4th +0.6pp 22nd 63% below peers
Merced, CA 30.0% 30th +4.9pp 23rd 145% above peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 27th +3.6pp 24th 66% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 21st +2.8pp 25th 19% above peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 13th +2.3pp 26th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 28th +5.7pp 27th 104% above peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 17th +5.1pp 28th 4% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 7th +3.2pp 29th 51% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 23rd +9.4pp 30th 41% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 6th +3.2pp 31st 60% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $701,329 in June 2026, up from $685,221 a year earlier.
$701,329
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukegan, IL $247,565 (Jun 26) 24th +7.0% 1st 44% below peers
Erie, PA $209,960 (Jun 26) 27th +5.9% 2nd 53% below peers
Lawton, OK $142,204 (Jun 26) 29th +5.6% 3rd 68% below peers
Norwalk, CT $679,881 (Jun 26) 8th +5.0% 4th 52% above peers
Champaign, IL $241,516 (Jun 26) 25th +4.9% 5th 46% below peers
Clifton, NJ $616,096 (Jun 26) 12th +3.6% 6th 38% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $197,471 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 7th 56% below peers
Nashua, NH $517,357 (Jun 26) 13th +3.3% 8th 16% above peers
Westminster, CA $1,104,016 (Jun 26) 4th +3.3% 9th 148% above peers
Hoover, AL $445,051 (Jun 26) 16th +2.9% 10th on par with peers
Livonia, MI $323,035 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 11th 28% below peers
Compton, CA $640,999 (Jun 26) 11th +2.6% 12th 44% above peers
South Gate, CA $701,329 (Jun 26) 7th +2.4% 13th 57% above peers
Greenville, NC $238,644 (Jun 26) 26th +1.3% 14th 46% below peers
Carson, CA $798,573 (Jun 26) 5th +1.1% 15th 79% above peers
Roswell, GA $666,641 (Jun 26) 10th +0.9% 16th 49% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,698,037 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 17th 281% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,224,499 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.8% 18th 175% above peers
Hemet, CA $445,921 (Jun 26) 15th -0.1% 19th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA $674,798 (Jun 26) 9th -0.3% 20th 51% above peers
Chino, CA $758,989 (Jun 26) 6th -0.7% 21st 70% above peers
Redding, CA $394,739 (Jun 26) 20th -1.0% 22nd 11% below peers
Merced, CA $397,690 (Jun 26) 19th -1.5% 23rd 11% below peers
Indio, CA $513,884 (Jun 26) 14th -1.5% 24th 15% above peers
Avondale, AZ $398,215 (Jun 26) 18th -1.8% 25th 11% below peers
Trenton, NJ $356,470 (Jun 26) 21st -1.9% 26th 20% below peers
Temple, TX $249,750 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.8% 27th 44% below peers
Germantown, MD $425,701 (Jun 26) 17th -2.8% 28th 5% below peers
Kirkland, WA $1,227,283 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.3% 29th 175% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $637,011 in June 2026, up from $618,516 a year earlier.
$637,011
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Waukegan, IL $199,539 (Jun 26) 23rd +9.9% 1st 43% below peers
Champaign, IL $157,490 (Jun 26) 26th +6.8% 2nd 55% below peers
Erie, PA $129,940 (Jun 26) 27th +6.8% 3rd 63% below peers
Lawton, OK $74,294 (Jun 26) 29th +5.6% 4th 79% below peers
Clifton, NJ $523,401 (Jun 26) 9th +5.2% 5th 50% above peers
Norwalk, CT $439,024 (Jun 26) 12th +4.8% 6th 26% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $114,649 (Jun 26) 28th +4.5% 7th 67% below peers
Compton, CA $570,408 (Jun 26) 8th +3.9% 8th 64% above peers
Westminster, CA $934,008 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.7% 9th 168% above peers
Nashua, NH $387,942 (Jun 26) 14th +3.5% 10th 12% above peers
Hoover, AL $316,421 (Jun 26) 18th +3.4% 11th 9% below peers
Livonia, MI $248,896 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 12th 28% below peers
South Gate, CA $637,011 (Jun 26) 6th +3.0% 13th 83% above peers
Greenville, NC $157,988 (Jun 26) 25th +0.9% 14th 55% below peers
Bellingham, WA $486,485 (Jun 26) 10th +0.6% 15th 40% above peers
Roswell, GA $477,657 (Jun 26) 11th +0.5% 16th 37% above peers
Carson, CA $668,515 (Jun 26) 5th +0.4% 17th 92% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $879,254 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.2% 18th 153% above peers
Indio, CA $394,123 (Jun 26) 13th +0.0% 19th 13% above peers
Chino, CA $619,935 (Jun 26) 7th -0.4% 20th 78% above peers
Merced, CA $324,862 (Jun 26) 17th -0.6% 21st 7% below peers
Redding, CA $304,862 (Jun 26) 20th -0.8% 22nd 12% below peers
Hemet, CA $345,970 (Jun 26) 16th -0.9% 23rd 1% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $956,112 (Jun 26) 1st -1.2% 24th 175% above peers
Avondale, AZ $347,883 (Jun 26) 15th -1.8% 25th on par with peers
Trenton, NJ $208,402 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.5% 26th 40% below peers
Temple, TX $168,706 (Jun 26) 24th -3.5% 27th 52% below peers
Germantown, MD $311,886 (Jun 26) 19th -3.7% 28th 10% below peers
Kirkland, WA $698,475 (Jun 26) 4th -5.2% 29th 101% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.9% then, 45.3% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 45.3%).
45.3%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Avondale, AZ 61.6% 12th +6.6pp 1st 10% above peers
Merced, CA 45.9% 24th +4.6pp 2nd 18% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 23rd +3.7pp 3rd 10% below peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 11th +3.8pp 4th 12% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 7th +4.1pp 5th 20% above peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 19th +3.3pp 6th 3% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 25th +2.5pp 7th 19% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 21st +2.7pp 8th 4% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 9th 32% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 5th +3.6pp 10th 29% above peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 15th +2.6pp 11th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 28th +1.2pp 12th 22% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 20th +1.4pp 13th 4% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 9th +1.7pp 14th 15% above peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 14th +1.6pp 15th 7% above peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 6th +1.7pp 16th 27% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 16th +1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Chino, CA 64.0% 10th +0.9pp 18th 15% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 19th 56% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 4th +0.9pp 20th 33% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 18th +0.6pp 21st 2% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 3rd -0.0pp 22nd 38% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 26th -0.1pp 23rd 20% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 2nd -1.1pp 24th 45% above peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 30th -0.5pp 25th 41% below peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 27th -0.8pp 26th 20% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 27th 50% below peers
Kirkland, WA 60.8% 13th -2.6pp 28th 9% above peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 17th -2.4pp 29th on par with peers
Temple, TX 52.3% 22nd -2.3pp 30th 6% below peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 8th -3.5pp 31st 20% above peers
Where is this changing? 21 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 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 5.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.9% to 45.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 15.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.3% to 45.1%).
45.1%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 11th -5.4pp 1st 9% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 6th -4.0pp 2nd 20% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 3rd 20% above peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 4th 22% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 31st -4.4pp 5th 28% above peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 20th -3.4pp 6th 10% above peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 19th -2.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 23rd -2.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 5th -0.8pp 9th 25% below peers
Merced, CA 43.4% 25th -0.6pp 10th 16% above peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 28th -0.5pp 11th 24% above peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 13th -0.4pp 12th 8% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 4th -0.3pp 13th 29% below peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 21st -0.4pp 14th 11% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 10th -0.3pp 15th 10% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 18th -0.2pp 16th 6% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 3rd +0.0pp 17th 35% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 7th +0.4pp 18th 15% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 24th +1.0pp 19th 13% above peers
Chino, CA 42.5% 22nd +1.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 30th +1.4pp 21st 27% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 8th +1.0pp 22nd 13% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 17th +1.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 15th +1.5pp 24th 4% below peers
Avondale, AZ 35.2% 14th +1.6pp 25th 6% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 26th 45% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 27th 44% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 16th +2.8pp 28th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 29th +4.9pp 29th 25% above peers
Temple, TX 34.3% 12th +3.9pp 30th 9% below peers
Kirkland, WA 32.9% 9th +4.0pp 31st 12% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.0% then, 7.7% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.9% to 7.7%).
7.7%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 1st 80% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 5th -0.9pp 2nd 54% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 24th -2.3pp 3rd 25% above peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 20th -1.9pp 4th 10% above peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 3rd -0.7pp 5th 58% below peers
Merced, CA 8.9% 22nd -1.8pp 6th 17% above peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 18th -1.1pp 7th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 9th 250% above peers
Temple, TX 6.7% 12th -0.8pp 10th 13% below peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 30th -1.4pp 11th 125% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 13th -0.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 26th -0.5pp 13th 31% above peers
Avondale, AZ 4.6% 8th -0.2pp 14th 40% below peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 17th -0.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 27th -0.4pp 16th 41% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% 11th -0.2pp 17th 37% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.0pp 18th 63% below peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 6th -0.0pp 19th 48% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 19th -0.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 23rd -0.0pp 21st 18% above peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 25th +0.4pp 22nd 30% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 28th +0.9pp 23rd 50% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 15th +0.8pp 24th 1% below peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 21st +1.7pp 25th 11% above peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 26th 119% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 7th +1.0pp 27th 40% below peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 4th +0.9pp 28th 56% below peers
Chino, CA 4.6% 9th +1.2pp 29th 40% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 14th +2.0pp 30th 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 10th +1.6pp 31st 38% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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2 of 21 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.1% to 12.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 16.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.7% to 12.8%).
12.8%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 23rd -6.3pp 1st 47% above peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 15th -3.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.4% 20th -3.8pp 3rd 20% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 55% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 3rd -1.0pp 5th 50% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.0% 16th -1.8pp 6th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 19th -1.8pp 7th 16% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 27th -2.3pp 8th 82% above peers
Erie, PA 5.7% 9th -0.8pp 9th 19% below peers
Lawton, OK 10.9% 24th -1.3pp 10th 56% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.2pp 11th 64% below peers
Chino, CA 6.7% 14th -0.5pp 12th 4% below peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 13th -0.5pp 13th 6% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 5th -0.3pp 14th 44% below peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 10th -0.5pp 15th 11% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 6th -0.3pp 16th 29% below peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 11th -0.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.8% 4th -0.1pp 18th 46% below peers
Waukegan, IL 15.7% 30th -0.0pp 19th 123% above peers
Greenville, NC 9.4% 22nd +0.0pp 20th 33% above peers
Merced, CA 7.5% 17th +0.1pp 21st 8% above peers
Trenton, NJ 17.2% 31st +0.2pp 22nd 145% above peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 7th +0.2pp 23rd 25% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.6% 26th +0.5pp 24th 79% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 25th +0.8pp 25th 77% above peers
Redding, CA 6.5% 12th +0.5pp 26th 7% below peers
Temple, TX 13.6% 29th +1.8pp 27th 94% above peers
Indio, CA 9.0% 21st +1.2pp 28th 28% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.3% 8th +0.8pp 29th 24% below peers
Avondale, AZ 13.3% 28th +2.1pp 30th 90% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 18th +1.9pp 31st 13% above peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

31.6%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Kirkland, WA 22.4% 1st 30% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 2nd 28% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 3rd 28% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 4th 22% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 5th 22% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 6th 19% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 7th 17% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 8th 16% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 9th 11% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 10th 9% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 11th 9% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 12th 8% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 13th 5% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 14th 3% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 15th 1% below peers
Chino, CA 31.9% 16th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 17th 2% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 18th 7% above peers
Merced, CA 34.4% 19th 8% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 20th 10% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 21st 11% above peers
Avondale, AZ 36.2% 22nd 13% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 23rd 15% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 24th 17% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 25th 20% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 26th 20% above peers
Temple, TX 38.7% 27th 21% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 28th 22% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 29th 28% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 34% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.3% to 4.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.4% to 4.2%).
4.2%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 24th -17.1pp 1st 50% above peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 17th -3.9pp 2nd 1% above peers
Chino, CA 3.4% 12th -3.4pp 3rd 9% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 4th -2.0pp 4th 41% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 2nd -1.7pp 5th 44% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 6th 75% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 3rd -1.2pp 7th 43% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 21st -2.3pp 8th 17% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 20th -2.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 19th -1.9pp 10th 10% above peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 6th -1.0pp 11th 37% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 16th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 8th -0.4pp 13th 32% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 25th -0.3pp 14th 54% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 10th +0.3pp 15th 17% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 5th +0.3pp 16th 39% below peers
Merced, CA 3.4% 11th +0.5pp 17th 10% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 7th +0.4pp 18th 33% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 15th +0.6pp 19th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 23rd +1.0pp 20th 23% above peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 27th +1.9pp 21st 110% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 22nd +1.2pp 22nd 22% above peers
Avondale, AZ 11.4% 31st +3.4pp 23rd 205% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 14th +1.4pp 24th 5% below peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 13th +1.4pp 25th 6% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 30th +4.0pp 26th 165% above peers
Temple, TX 8.4% 28th +3.7pp 27th 125% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 18th +1.8pp 28th 6% above peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 29th +5.5pp 29th 162% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 9th +1.9pp 30th 17% below peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 26th +5.1pp 31st 80% above peers
Where is this changing? 21 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.4% to 11.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 17 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 11.3%).
11.3%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hemet, CA 15.5% 29th +4.4pp 1st 49% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 28th +4.0pp 2nd 47% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 3rd 65% below peers
Merced, CA 20.2% 27th +3.7pp 4th 34% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 25th +3.5pp 5th 31% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 6th 63% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 26th +3.3pp 7th 33% below peers
Chino, CA 27.2% 18th +4.2pp 8th 11% below peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 8th +6.8pp 9th 64% above peers
Avondale, AZ 21.3% 24th +2.8pp 10th 30% below peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 13th +5.1pp 11th 35% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 3rd +7.9pp 12th 116% above peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 12th +4.5pp 13th 37% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 9th +4.2pp 14th 59% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 21st +2.0pp 15th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 15th +2.9pp 16th 16% above peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 4th +5.0pp 17th 105% above peers
Kirkland, WA 66.3% 2nd +5.0pp 18th 117% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 22nd +1.5pp 19th 25% below peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 5th +3.2pp 20th 73% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 6th +3.0pp 21st 70% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 23rd +1.3pp 22nd 26% below peers
Temple, TX 30.6% 16th +1.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 19th +1.2pp 24th 12% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 11th +1.8pp 25th 42% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 1st +2.8pp 26th 131% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 17th +1.1pp 27th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 14th +1.4pp 28th 28% above peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 10th +1.4pp 29th 46% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 7th +0.3pp 30th 65% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 20th -1.2pp 31st 15% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.8% then, 37.4% now; margin ±9.9pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.0% to 37.4%).
37.4%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Temple, TX 40.2% 20th +5.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Greenville, NC 53.1% 11th +4.9pp 2nd 21% above peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 10th +4.6pp 3rd 22% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 4th +5.2pp 4th 43% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 5th +4.5pp 5th 40% above peers
Chino, CA 45.2% 14th +3.2pp 6th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 7th 72% above peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 19th +1.7pp 8th 3% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 3rd +2.3pp 9th 51% above peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 7th +1.1pp 10th 29% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 12th -0.2pp 11th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 15th -1.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 18th -1.9pp 13th 1% below peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 13th -2.2pp 14th 14% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 9th -3.5pp 15th 27% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 2nd -5.0pp 16th 63% above peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 17th -8.1pp 17th 1% below peers
Kirkland, WA 57.9% 6th -11.4pp 18th 32% above peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 24th -7.4pp 19th 15% below peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 8th -13.3pp 20th 28% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 23rd -11.7pp 21st 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 28th -13.1pp 22nd 28% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 22nd -19.0pp 23rd 12% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 29th -11.4pp 24th 49% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 21st -20.5pp 25th 11% below peers
Merced, CA 36.2% 25th -19.4pp 26th 18% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 16th -25.8pp 27th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 26th -24.8pp 28th 18% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 30th -16.3pp 29th 51% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 27th -31.7pp 30th 28% below peers
Avondale, AZ 14.8% 31st -22.2pp 31st 66% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 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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2 of 21 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.3pp 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
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.4% then, 9.4% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.0% to 9.4%).
9.4%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chino, CA 2.7% 6th -7.8pp 1st 53% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 4th -5.1pp 2nd 65% below peers
Avondale, AZ 4.2% 10th -6.6pp 3rd 27% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 2nd -2.2pp 4th 74% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 5th 80% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 7th -3.1pp 6th 49% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 20th -5.8pp 7th 37% above peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 3rd -1.0pp 8th 70% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 9th -1.5pp 9th 38% below peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 5th -0.5pp 10th 54% below peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 15th -0.4pp 11th 6% below peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 29th -0.3pp 12th 130% above peers
Merced, CA 11.9% 27th +0.8pp 13th 107% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 22nd +0.6pp 14th 58% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 8th +0.3pp 15th 46% below peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 23rd +1.0pp 16th 63% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 31st +2.1pp 17th 138% above peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 24th +1.6pp 18th 70% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 21st +1.4pp 19th 45% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 25th +2.1pp 20th 74% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 30th +3.0pp 21st 137% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 14th +1.4pp 22nd 16% below peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 19th +2.1pp 23rd 17% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 11th +1.5pp 24th 26% below peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 13th +1.6pp 25th 22% below peers
Temple, TX 6.5% 18th +2.6pp 26th 13% above peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 26th +4.9pp 27th 92% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 12th +2.0pp 28th 24% below peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 16th +3.3pp 29th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 17th +3.7pp 30th 11% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 31st 122% above peers
Where is this changing? 21 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 94,642 to 91,483 - more than the combined survey margin (±65). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (95,515 to 91,483).
91,483
20102024
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
Temple, TX 89,602 29th +20% 1st 3% below peers
Merced, CA 91,953 17th +11% 2nd on par with peers
Avondale, AZ 92,477 13th +9% 3rd on par with peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 10th +9% 4th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 25th +8% 5th 2% below peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 20th +8% 6th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 3rd +8% 7th 2% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 4th +5% 8th 1% above peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 30th +5% 9th 3% below peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 15th +4% 10th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 92,621 11th +4% 11th 1% above peers
Chino, CA 92,652 9th +3% 12th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 21st +3% 13th 1% below peers
Indio, CA 91,950 18th +3% 14th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 26th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 28th +2% 16th 3% below peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 31st +2% 17th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 93,409 5th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 14th +2% 19th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 7th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Carson, CA 92,871 6th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 23rd +0% 22nd 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 1st -0% 23rd 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 22nd -0% 24th 1% below peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 27th -1% 25th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 12th -2% 26th 1% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 19th -3% 27th 1% below peers
Erie, PA 93,850 2nd -4% 28th 2% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 16th -4% 29th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 24th -4% 30th 2% below peers
Compton, CA 92,698 8th -4% 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±36 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.0% to 22.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.3% to 22.6%).
22.6%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Chino, CA 24.6% 7th +4.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Indio, CA 24.8% 6th +2.4pp 2nd 9% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 21st +1.1pp 3rd 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 2nd +1.3pp 4th 23% above peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 26th +0.6pp 5th 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 20th +0.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Merced, CA 29.9% 1st +0.4pp 7th 32% above peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 27th +0.2pp 8th 17% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 17th +0.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 22nd -0.1pp 10th 11% below peers
Temple, TX 26.6% 5th -0.2pp 11th 18% above peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 23rd -0.2pp 12th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 11th -0.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 8th -0.6pp 14th 8% above peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 13th -0.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 29th -0.6pp 16th 30% below peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 28th -0.8pp 17th 18% below peers
Kirkland, WA 19.3% 24th -1.1pp 18th 15% below peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 25th -1.3pp 19th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 3rd -1.9pp 20th 21% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 18th -1.6pp 21st 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 9th -1.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 19th -1.6pp 23rd 6% below peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 30th -1.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Avondale, AZ 26.8% 4th -2.4pp 26th 18% above peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 14th -2.8pp 27th 2% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 10th -2.9pp 28th 7% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 12th -3.1pp 29th 2% above peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 16th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 15th -5.4pp 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.6% then, 40.3% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.5% to 40.3%).
40.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Livonia, MI 19.2% 28th +3.6pp 1st 37% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 21st +4.4pp 2nd 15% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 8th +6.6pp 3rd 29% above peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 3rd +8.4pp 4th 84% above peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 5th +6.7pp 5th 56% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 6th +5.1pp 6th 53% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 7th 105% above peers
Merced, CA 48.8% 4th +3.9pp 8th 61% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 11th +2.1pp 9th 15% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 26th +1.2pp 10th 35% below peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 11th 111% above peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 17th +1.3pp 12th 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 10th +1.7pp 13th 22% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 24th +0.7pp 14th 33% below peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 16th +0.8pp 15th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 18th +0.5pp 16th 5% below peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 7th +0.7pp 17th 33% above peers
Temple, TX 34.6% 13th +0.5pp 18th 14% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 20th +0.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Kirkland, WA 15.2% 30th +0.0pp 20th 50% below peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 22nd -0.1pp 21st 24% below peers
Avondale, AZ 34.9% 12th -0.6pp 22nd 15% above peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 9th -1.2pp 23rd 25% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 15th -1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Chino, CA 21.2% 23rd -2.7pp 25th 30% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 14th -4.7pp 26th 7% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 19th -5.4pp 27th 7% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 27th -4.1pp 28th 36% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 25th -7.6pp 29th 33% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 29th -7.1pp 30th 39% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 31st -5.5pp 31st 66% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.6% then, 73.5% now; margin ±9.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.2% to 73.5%).
73.5%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 25% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 10th +14.0pp 2nd 8% above peers
Merced, CA 64.6% 24th +10.6pp 3rd 7% below peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 4th +9.7pp 4th 11% above peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 5th +9.3pp 5th 10% above peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 7th +8.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Kirkland, WA 65.8% 22nd +6.7pp 7th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 18th +6.8pp 8th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 12th +7.4pp 9th 7% above peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 31st +5.0pp 10th 12% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 3rd +6.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 2nd +6.0pp 12th 13% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 23rd +4.9pp 13th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 17th +5.1pp 14th 1% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 15th +5.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 16th +4.4pp 16th on par with peers
Chino, CA 63.5% 27th +4.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 26th +3.6pp 18th 7% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 6th +4.2pp 19th 9% above peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 9th +3.5pp 20th 8% above peers
Avondale, AZ 67.6% 19th +2.9pp 21st 3% below peers
Temple, TX 61.5% 30th +2.4pp 22nd 11% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 8th +2.7pp 23rd 9% above peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 11th +2.5pp 24th 7% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 13th +1.8pp 25th 6% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 20th +0.7pp 26th 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 14th -1.6pp 27th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 28th -1.8pp 28th 10% below peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 21st -4.5pp 29th 5% below peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 25th -5.4pp 30th 7% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 29th -9.1pp 31st 11% below peers
Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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