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South San Francisco, CA
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64,941 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 11 indicators

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

What needs attention 7 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 6 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 →

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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 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 25% higher than in 2021 (254 then, 317 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 387 in 2024 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 300 in July 2026, up from 248 a year earlier.
Needs attention 300 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Burnsville, MN 106 (Jul 26) -47.3% 1st
Hendersonville, TN 84 (Jul 26) -38.6% 2nd
Marana, AZ 70 (Jul 26) -27.0% 3rd
Laguna Niguel, CA 89 (Jul 26) -26.0% 4th
Richland, WA 210 (Jul 26) -23.5% 5th
Coon Rapids, MN 132 (Jul 26) -19.8% 6th
Wylie, TX 74 (Jul 26) -16.1% 7th
Davis, CA 177 (Jul 26) -10.7% 8th
Lorain, OH 522 (Jul 26) -10.5% 9th
Bellevue, NE 92 (Jun 26) -7.7% 10th
Muncie, IN 501 (Jul 26) -6.3% 11th
Yorba Linda, CA 67 (Jul 26) -4.4% 12th
Waltham, MA 226 (Jul 26) +6.5% 13th
Parker, CO 230 (Jul 26) +12.6% 14th
South San Francisco, CA 300 (Jul 26) +21.1% 15th
North Little Rock, AR 1,130 (Jul 26) +24.1% 16th
Hamilton, OH 362 (Apr 26) +28.4% 17th
Palatine, IL 96 (Jul 26) +37.0% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. South San Francisco started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,093 in July 2026, down from 1,129 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,093 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Wylie, TX 487 (Jul 26) -27.7% 1st
Laguna Niguel, CA 555 (Jul 26) -27.2% 2nd
Yorba Linda, CA 535 (Jul 26) -21.8% 3rd
Coon Rapids, MN 1,252 (Jul 26) -21.6% 4th
Palatine, IL 662 (Jul 26) -20.9% 5th
Muncie, IN 1,366 (Jul 26) -18.1% 6th
Davis, CA 1,805 (Jul 26) -16.7% 7th
Parker, CO 1,094 (Jul 26) -16.5% 8th
Hendersonville, TN 570 (Jul 26) -14.9% 9th
Burnsville, MN 1,491 (Jul 26) -12.3% 10th
Lorain, OH 1,394 (Jul 26) -8.6% 11th
South San Francisco, CA 1,093 (Jul 26) -3.1% 12th
Richland, WA 1,790 (Jul 26) -2.8% 13th
North Little Rock, AR 3,888 (Jul 26) -0.9% 14th
Marana, AZ 1,296 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
Bellevue, NE 1,135 (Jun 26) +3.7% 16th
Waltham, MA 736 (Jul 26) +4.8% 17th
Hamilton, OH 2,438 (Apr 26) +9.4% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Broader trend
Essentially flat over this window.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in July 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
Needs attention 0 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Bellevue, NE 0 (Jun 26) -100.0% 1st
Waltham, MA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Richland, WA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
North Little Rock, AR 15 (Jul 26) -41.2% 4th
Burnsville, MN 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 5th
Hendersonville, TN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 6th
Muncie, IN 8 (Jul 26) +25.0% 7th
Lorain, OH 5 (Jul 26) +50.0% 8th
Palatine, IL 3 (Jul 26) +100.0% 9th
Hamilton, OH 20 (Jul 26) +1197.4% 10th
South San Francisco, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Marana, AZ 3 (Jul 26)
Yorba Linda, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Coon Rapids, MN 0 (Jul 26)
Laguna Niguel, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Parker, CO 6 (Jul 26)
Wylie, TX 2 (Jul 26)
Davis, CA 2 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% 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 fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 126 in July 2026, down from 171 a year earlier.
Bright spot 126 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Laguna Niguel, CA 41 (Jul 26) -57.4% 1st
Davis, CA 82 (Jul 26) -28.9% 2nd
Parker, CO 55 (Jul 26) -28.0% 3rd
Hendersonville, TN 30 (Jul 26) -26.9% 4th
South San Francisco, CA 126 (Jul 26) -26.1% 5th
Wylie, TX 19 (Jul 26) -25.0% 6th
Palatine, IL 46 (Jul 26) -18.9% 7th
Lorain, OH 173 (Jul 26) -17.5% 8th
Coon Rapids, MN 97 (Jul 26) -16.2% 9th
Hamilton, OH 167 (Apr 26) -15.8% 10th
Muncie, IN 258 (Jul 26) -13.8% 11th
Yorba Linda, CA 70 (Jul 26) -4.2% 12th
Richland, WA 156 (Jul 26) -3.8% 13th
North Little Rock, AR 401 (Jul 26) -2.6% 14th
Marana, AZ 58 (Jul 26) +8.6% 15th
Bellevue, NE 134 (Jun 26) +8.7% 16th
Burnsville, MN 112 (Jul 26) +17.7% 17th
Waltham, MA 46 (Jul 26) +20.0% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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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 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $105,459 to $136,578 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$9,644).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. South San Francisco started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 75% from 2014 to 2024 ($78,101 to $136,578).
Bright spot $136,578
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%
Brentwood, NY $111,572 14th +51% 1st 14% above peers
Apopka, FL $96,884 19th +47% 2nd 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 3rd 144% above peers
Celina, TX $170,894 3rd +37% 4th 74% above peers
Millcreek, UT $98,045 16th +36% 5th on par with peers
Hendersonville, TN $97,200 18th +34% 6th 1% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $142,779 6th +32% 7th 46% above peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 13th +31% 8th 15% above peers
Muncie, IN $44,471 31st +31% 9th 55% below peers
Bellevue, NE $85,462 24th +31% 10th 13% below peers
Davis, CA $90,045 21st +30% 11th 8% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $136,578 8th +30% 12th 39% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $140,452 7th +29% 13th 43% above peers
Wylie, TX $119,522 12th +29% 14th 22% above peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 25th +27% 15th 26% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 30th +27% 16th 50% below peers
Waltham, MA $120,216 11th +25% 17th 23% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $88,251 22nd +24% 18th 10% below peers
Reston, VA $148,710 5th +24% 19th 52% above peers
Richland, WA $95,813 20th +23% 20th 2% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 15th +22% 21st 9% above peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 17th +21% 22nd on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 4th +21% 23rd 61% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $52,707 29th +21% 24th 46% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 10th +20% 25th 36% above peers
Burnsville, MN $87,024 23rd +18% 26th 11% below peers
Hamilton, OH $55,166 28th +17% 27th 44% below peers
Union City, CA $133,715 9th +17% 28th 36% above peers
Kenner, LA $64,020 27th +16% 29th 35% below peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 26th +16% 30th 34% below peers
Fulshear, TX $187,035 2nd +12% 31st 91% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,930 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 80% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.7% in July 2026, down from 4.2% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.7%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Lorain, OH 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -1.7pp 1st on par with peers
Hamilton, OH 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -1.3pp 2nd 7% below peers
Muncie, IN 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th -0.9pp 3rd 10% above peers
Davis, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.7pp 4th 12% above peers
Richland, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.7pp 5th 19% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 6th 12% below peers
Union City, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th -0.4pp 7th 7% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.8% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 33% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 10th 2% below peers
Millcreek, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 11th 19% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 12th 17% below peers
Waltham, MA 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 13th 2% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 14th 10% above peers
Bellevue, NE 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.0pp 15th 26% below peers
Kenner, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 17th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 18th 2% above peers
Burnsville, MN 4.3% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Celina, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% (Jul 26) 24th +0.5pp 21st 14% above peers
Fulshear, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 10% above peers
Apopka, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 18th +0.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 26th +0.8pp 25th 24% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 25th +0.8pp 26th 17% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 6.7% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 6.7%).
Bright spot 6.7%
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 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Brentwood, NY 6.7% 11th -5.7pp 1st 14% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.6% 1st -0.8pp 2nd 80% below peers
Bellevue, NE 7.8% 17th -2.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.5% 23rd -3.3pp 4th 35% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 5th -1.4pp 5th 37% below peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 7th -1.2pp 6th 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 18th -1.7pp 7th 5% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.3% 28th -3.5pp 8th 162% above peers
Wylie, TX 5.6% 6th -0.8pp 9th 28% below peers
Davis, CA 26.5% 30th -3.3pp 10th 241% above peers
Kenner, LA 15.4% 25th -1.9pp 11th 99% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 6.4% 10th -0.8pp 12th 18% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.8% 16th -0.7pp 13th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 29.2% 31st -1.8pp 14th 276% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 6.7% 13th -0.2pp 15th 13% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 6.7% 12th -0.2pp 16th 13% below peers
Lorain, OH 25.2% 29th +0.1pp 17th 225% above peers
Waltham, MA 9.4% 21st +0.1pp 18th 21% above peers
Richland, WA 9.0% 20th +0.1pp 19th 16% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.3% 9th +0.1pp 20th 19% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 22nd +0.9pp 21st 32% above peers
Hamilton, OH 19.6% 27th +2.6pp 22nd 153% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.2% 15th +1.0pp 23rd 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 17.4% 26th +2.8pp 24th 125% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 8th +1.3pp 25th 25% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 8.2% 19th +2.1pp 26th 6% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 3rd +1.2pp 27th 43% below peers
Burnsville, MN 10.8% 24th +3.3pp 28th 40% above peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 14th +2.2pp 29th 7% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 2nd +1.9pp 30th 45% below peers
Celina, TX 4.7% 4th +4.1pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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6 of 14 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 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.0% then, 7.5% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.2% to 7.5%).
7.5%
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%
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 14th -9.9pp 1st 4% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 83% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 3rd -3.3pp 3rd 42% below peers
Bellevue, NE 8.1% 19th -5.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 18th -4.0pp 5th 2% above peers
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 25th -8.0pp 6th 108% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.7% 6th -2.7pp 7th 24% below peers
Reston, VA 6.6% 9th -2.9pp 8th 12% below peers
Kenner, LA 20.1% 26th -8.2pp 9th 170% above peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 22nd -5.3pp 10th 75% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 27.8% 29th -8.5pp 11th 274% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.8% 7th -1.7pp 12th 22% below peers
Wylie, TX 6.8% 10th -1.8pp 13th 9% below peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 20th -3.0pp 14th 54% above peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 13th -1.6pp 15th 6% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 7.5% 17th -1.6pp 16th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 16th -1.5pp 17th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 30.3% 30th -4.3pp 18th 307% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 7.2% 15th -0.6pp 19th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 23rd -1.2pp 20th 80% above peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 31st -0.9pp 21st 420% above peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 2nd +0.2pp 22nd 54% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 12th +0.7pp 23rd 8% below peers
Hamilton, OH 27.6% 28th +3.0pp 24th 271% above peers
Burnsville, MN 14.4% 24th +2.6pp 25th 94% above peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 27th +5.7pp 26th 262% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 12.3% 21st +3.8pp 27th 66% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 11th +2.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 5th +2.0pp 29th 34% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.2% 8th +3.5pp 30th 17% below peers
Celina, TX 4.7% 4th 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.3% to 95.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.3pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. South San Francisco started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 10.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.5% to 95.7%).
Bright spot 95.7%
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%
Lorain, OH 83.4% 30th +14.2pp 1st 12% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 86.8% 29th +14.0pp 2nd 9% below peers
Muncie, IN 87.7% 27th +11.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Kenner, LA 87.7% 28th +10.9pp 4th 8% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 17th +11.0pp 5th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 19th +9.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 26th +8.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Hamilton, OH 88.6% 25th +6.8pp 8th 7% below peers
Burnsville, MN 95.4% 14th +7.1pp 9th on par with peers
South San Francisco, CA 95.7% 12th +6.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 95.4% 15th +6.3pp 11th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 96.7% 7th +5.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Millcreek, UT 93.3% 23rd +5.6pp 13th 2% below peers
Waltham, MA 94.0% 20th +5.4pp 14th 1% below peers
Bellevue, NE 93.3% 21st +5.3pp 15th 2% below peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 10th +5.2pp 16th 1% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 92.9% 24th +4.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 22nd +4.0pp 18th 2% below peers
Wylie, TX 97.1% 5th +4.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 4th +4.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 16th +2.9pp 21st on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 95.6% 13th +2.3pp 22nd 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 96.6% 8th +2.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Reston, VA 97.0% 6th +2.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 3rd +2.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Celina, TX 98.5% 2nd +1.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 27th 18% below peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 18th +1.0pp 28th 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 29th 4% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 11th -0.0pp 30th 1% above peers
Fulshear, TX 96.0% 9th -2.2pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 15% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.40 to 0.46 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.03). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.46).
Needs attention 0.46
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
Celina, TX 0.37 4th -0.064 1st 13% below peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 7th -0.036 2nd 7% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0.41 11th -0.033 3rd 5% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 0.47 26th -0.030 4th 10% above peers
Muncie, IN 0.46 24th -0.024 5th 8% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 16th -0.016 6th on par with peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 0.47 25th -0.017 7th 9% above peers
Reston, VA 0.41 13th -0.014 8th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 8th -0.010 9th 7% below peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 27th -0.004 10th 10% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 30th +0.001 11th 23% above peers
Burnsville, MN 0.40 9th +0.002 12th 7% below peers
Bellevue, NE 0.39 6th +0.004 13th 8% below peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 17th +0.005 14th 2% above peers
Millcreek, UT 0.47 28th +0.009 15th 11% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 0.37 3rd +0.008 16th 13% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 0.43 15th +0.012 17th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 22nd +0.017 18th 4% above peers
Kenner, LA 0.49 29th +0.022 19th 14% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 0.55 31st +0.027 20th 28% above peers
Hamilton, OH 0.44 19th +0.022 21st 3% above peers
Richland, WA 0.44 18th +0.023 22nd 3% above peers
Parker, CO 0.38 5th +0.026 23rd 12% below peers
Waltham, MA 0.44 21st +0.032 24th 4% above peers
Fulshear, TX 0.34 1st +0.026 25th 20% below peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 10th +0.035 26th 5% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 12th +0.051 27th 4% below peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 14th +0.054 28th 2% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 0.46 23rd +0.059 29th 7% above peers
Wylie, TX 0.37 2nd +0.051 30th 14% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 20th +0.066 31st 3% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 3.7% to 5.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (3.0% to 5.3%).
Needs attention 5.3%
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
Celina, TX 0.9% 1st -0.9pp 1st 88% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.5% 10th -2.6pp 2nd 37% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.1% 13th -2.2pp 3rd 29% below peers
Reston, VA 3.6% 8th -1.1pp 4th 50% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 21st -2.3pp 5th 24% above peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 25th -3.1pp 6th 77% above peers
Millcreek, UT 4.9% 11th -1.2pp 7th 32% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 7.2% 16th -1.6pp 8th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 4.9% 12th -0.9pp 9th 31% below peers
Bellevue, NE 7.3% 17th -1.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 23rd -1.7pp 11th 50% above peers
Hamilton, OH 17.8% 28th -2.8pp 12th 148% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.5% 27th -1.4pp 13th 89% above peers
Kenner, LA 13.0% 26th -0.8pp 14th 82% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 31st -1.1pp 15th 249% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2.7% 3rd +0.2pp 16th 62% below peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 30th +1.6pp 17th 225% above peers
Muncie, IN 20.5% 29th +1.8pp 18th 186% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 7th +0.4pp 19th 51% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 20th +1.1pp 20th 15% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 24th +1.7pp 21st 61% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 18th +1.5pp 22nd 7% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.7% 15th +1.6pp 23rd 21% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 5th +0.9pp 24th 55% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 5.3% 14th +1.5pp 25th 26% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 19th +2.4pp 26th 12% above peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 6th +1.3pp 27th 51% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.2% 9th +1.6pp 28th 41% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 65% below peers
Fulshear, TX 3.2% 4th +1.9pp 30th 56% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 22nd +5.8pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,222,899 in August 2026, up from $1,188,474 a year earlier.
Big move $1,222,899
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Palatine, IL $393,104 (Aug 26) 21st +6.4% 1st 23% below peers
Brentwood, NY $645,519 (Aug 26) 11th +5.1% 2nd 26% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $1,485,606 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.8% 3rd 190% above peers
Lorain, OH $156,898 (Aug 26) 30th +3.9% 4th 69% below peers
Kenner, LA $269,861 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 5th 47% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $169,776 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 6th 67% below peers
Hamilton, OH $307,195 (Aug 26) 24th +3.6% 7th 40% below peers
Muncie, IN $158,233 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 8th 69% below peers
Millcreek, UT $633,137 (Aug 26) 12th +3.4% 9th 24% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $695,799 (Aug 26) 9th +3.2% 10th 36% above peers
Bellevue, NE $300,450 (Aug 26) 25th +3.0% 11th 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,399,669 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.0% 12th 173% above peers
South San Francisco, CA $1,222,899 (Aug 26) 4th +2.9% 13th 139% above peers
Burnsville, MN $368,875 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.4% 14th 28% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $330,973 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.1% 15th 35% below peers
Waltham, MA $819,328 (Aug 26) 8th +1.1% 16th 60% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $1,089,663 (Aug 26) 6th +0.8% 17th 113% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $518,234 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 18th 1% above peers
Richland, WA $466,478 (Aug 26) 17th +0.3% 19th 9% below peers
Reston, VA $624,958 (Aug 26) 13th +0.3% 20th 22% above peers
Apopka, FL $394,175 (Aug 26) 20th -0.6% 21st 23% below peers
Davis, CA $837,982 (Aug 26) 7th -1.2% 22nd 64% above peers
Marana, AZ $417,076 (Aug 26) 18th -1.4% 23rd 19% below peers
Dundalk, MD $221,991 (Aug 26) 27th -1.5% 24th 57% below peers
Parker, CO $676,203 (Aug 26) 10th -1.6% 25th 32% above peers
Union City, CA $1,198,720 (Aug 26) 5th -2.8% 26th 134% above peers
Fulshear, TX $499,162 (Aug 26) 16th -3.2% 27th 2% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,516,014 (Aug 26) 1st -5.3% 28th 196% above peers
Wylie, TX $412,915 (Aug 26) 19th -5.7% 29th 19% below peers
Celina, TX $511,903 (Aug 26) 15th -9.2% 30th on par with peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $940,947 in August 2026, up from $911,503 a year earlier.
Big move $940,947
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Brentwood, NY $597,003 (Aug 26) 9th +13.3% 1st 61% above peers
Lorain, OH $108,986 (Aug 26) 28th +9.3% 2nd 71% below peers
Kenner, LA $195,822 (Aug 26) 25th +8.9% 3rd 47% below peers
Palatine, IL $245,481 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.1% 4th 34% below peers
Hamilton, OH $173,177 (Aug 26) 27th +4.0% 5th 53% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $940,947 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.2% 6th 154% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $92,224 (Aug 26) 29th +3.1% 7th 75% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $895,797 (Aug 26) 4th +3.1% 8th 142% above peers
Bellevue, NE $233,634 (Aug 26) 24th +3.0% 9th 37% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $987,175 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 10th 167% above peers
Muncie, IN $89,592 (Aug 26) 30th +2.1% 11th 76% below peers
Millcreek, UT $425,521 (Aug 26) 11th +1.8% 12th 15% above peers
Waltham, MA $613,699 (Aug 26) 8th +1.7% 13th 66% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $262,904 (Aug 26) 21st +1.6% 14th 29% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $375,101 (Aug 26) 14th +1.0% 15th 1% above peers
Richland, WA $351,785 (Aug 26) 17th +0.9% 16th 5% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $844,087 (Aug 26) 5th +0.6% 17th 128% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $370,361 (Aug 26) 15th +0.2% 18th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN $248,718 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.1% 19th 33% below peers
Davis, CA $631,759 (Aug 26) 7th -0.2% 20th 71% above peers
Reston, VA $388,601 (Aug 26) 13th -0.4% 21st 5% above peers
Apopka, FL $293,799 (Aug 26) 20th -1.1% 22nd 21% below peers
Marana, AZ $314,133 (Aug 26) 19th -1.2% 23rd 15% below peers
Parker, CO $541,886 (Aug 26) 10th -1.5% 24th 46% above peers
Dundalk, MD $182,978 (Aug 26) 26th -1.6% 25th 51% below peers
Fulshear, TX $352,861 (Aug 26) 16th -3.7% 26th 5% below peers
Union City, CA $748,596 (Aug 26) 6th -4.9% 27th 102% above peers
Wylie, TX $325,118 (Aug 26) 18th -5.0% 28th 12% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,052,161 (Aug 26) 1st -5.5% 29th 184% above peers
Celina, TX $390,583 (Aug 26) 12th -8.7% 30th 5% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.2% then, 59.0% now; margin ±3.2pp). 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
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.7% to 59.0%).
Needs attention 59.0%
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%
Celina, TX 92.7% 1st +12.0pp 1st 42% above peers
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 6th +7.5pp 2nd 23% above peers
Kenner, LA 63.1% 21st +5.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 7th +5.8pp 4th 19% above peers
Bellevue, NE 65.5% 16th +3.4pp 5th on par with peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 3rd +4.3pp 6th 28% above peers
Muncie, IN 52.0% 27th +2.6pp 7th 20% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 71.7% 13th +1.7pp 8th 10% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 72.5% 11th +1.3pp 9th 11% above peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 25th +1.0pp 10th 13% below peers
Millcreek, UT 61.4% 22nd +0.8pp 11th 6% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 19th +0.8pp 12th 1% below peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 31st +0.4pp 13th 34% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64.7% 18th +0.4pp 14th 1% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 4th +0.4pp 15th 27% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 74.8% 9th +0.3pp 16th 14% above peers
Hamilton, OH 54.3% 26th -0.2pp 17th 17% below peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 20th -0.7pp 18th 2% below peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 17th -0.7pp 19th 1% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 73.0% 10th -0.9pp 20th 12% above peers
Wylie, TX 77.4% 8th -1.1pp 21st 18% above peers
Reston, VA 60.6% 23rd -1.0pp 22nd 7% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 67.4% 15th -1.6pp 23rd 3% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 14th -1.7pp 24th 3% above peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 28th -1.3pp 25th 21% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 59.0% 24th -2.2pp 26th 10% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 5th -3.1pp 27th 26% above peers
Waltham, MA 49.7% 29th -2.0pp 28th 24% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 44.6% 30th -2.7pp 29th 32% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 12th -4.7pp 30th 10% above peers
Fulshear, TX 90.0% 2nd -8.3pp 31st 38% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±2.4pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 17% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $4,027 in August 2026, up from $3,456 a year earlier.
Big move $4,027
2018August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
South San Francisco, CA $4,027 (Aug 26) 2nd +16.5% 1st 101% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $2,889 (Aug 26) 7th +7.3% 2nd 44% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $3,383 (Aug 26) 4th +7.2% 3rd 69% above peers
Union City, CA $2,945 (Aug 26) 5th +6.3% 4th 47% above peers
Muncie, IN $1,002 (Aug 26) 29th +6.1% 5th 50% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $2,814 (Aug 26) 8th +4.2% 6th 41% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $1,611 (Aug 26) 20th +4.1% 7th 20% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,587 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.0% 8th 79% above peers
Lorain, OH $1,133 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 9th 43% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 12th +3.6% 10th 9% above peers
Hamilton, OH $1,512 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.6% 11th 25% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $1,674 (Aug 26) 19th +2.5% 12th 16% below peers
Davis, CA $2,529 (Aug 26) 10th +2.5% 13th 26% above peers
Waltham, MA $2,939 (Aug 26) 6th +2.4% 14th 47% above peers
Palatine, IL $1,953 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 15th 2% below peers
Reston, VA $2,598 (Aug 26) 9th +2.0% 16th 30% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,118 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 17th 106% above peers
Millcreek, UT $1,516 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.6% 18th 24% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $1,148 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 19th 43% below peers
Burnsville, MN $1,486 (Aug 26) 24th +0.9% 20th 26% below peers
Dundalk, MD $1,485 (Aug 26) 25th +0.7% 21st 26% below peers
Kenner, LA $1,525 (Aug 26) 21st +0.3% 22nd 24% below peers
Apopka, FL $2,003 (Aug 26) 15th -0.2% 23rd on par with peers
Wylie, TX $1,914 (Aug 26) 17th -0.5% 24th 4% below peers
Richland, WA $1,731 (Aug 26) 18th -1.1% 25th 14% below peers
Celina, TX $2,028 (Aug 26) 14th -1.4% 26th 1% above peers
Bellevue, NE $1,360 (Aug 26) 26th -1.9% 27th 32% below peers
Fulshear, TX $2,124 (Aug 26) 13th -2.2% 28th 6% above peers
Parker, CO $2,266 (Aug 26) 11th -2.9% 29th 13% above peers
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 (36.1% then, 38.7% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.1% to 38.7%).
Needs attention 38.7%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 17th -14.5pp 1st 1% above peers
Fulshear, TX 23.0% 2nd -3.6pp 2nd 30% below peers
Muncie, IN 31.9% 13th -4.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 20th -2.6pp 4th 5% above peers
Celina, TX 21.9% 1st -1.0pp 5th 34% below peers
Reston, VA 25.9% 5th -1.1pp 6th 22% below peers
Bellevue, NE 26.0% 7th -1.1pp 7th 21% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 41.4% 29th -1.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 25th -0.4pp 9th 8% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 19th -0.2pp 10th 5% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 34.6% 18th -0.1pp 11th 4% above peers
Wylie, TX 30.4% 10th +0.4pp 12th 8% below peers
Hamilton, OH 32.9% 15th +1.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 35.6% 24th +1.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Kenner, LA 35.9% 26th +1.8pp 15th 8% above peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 7% above peers
Waltham, MA 35.1% 21st +2.0pp 17th 6% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 29.5% 8th +1.8pp 18th 11% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 38.7% 28th +2.6pp 19th 17% above peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 16th +2.4pp 20th on par with peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 31st +3.9pp 21st 42% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 35.5% 23rd +3.2pp 22nd 7% above peers
Burnsville, MN 32.0% 14th +3.2pp 23rd 3% below peers
Millcreek, UT 30.4% 11th +3.2pp 24th 8% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 4th +2.5pp 25th 29% below peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 3rd +2.6pp 26th 30% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 29.6% 9th +3.9pp 27th 11% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 30th +5.6pp 28th 28% above peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 27th +5.5pp 29th 15% above peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 12th +5.3pp 30th 6% below peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 6th +4.8pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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6 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.1% then, 7.5% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.2% to 7.5%).
Needs attention 7.5%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 7th -2.0pp 1st 49% below peers
Wylie, TX 1.3% 3rd -0.8pp 2nd 72% below peers
Millcreek, UT 4.3% 14th -2.3pp 3rd 10% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 28th -2.6pp 4th 93% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 8.2% 24th -2.0pp 5th 74% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.6% 19th -1.1pp 6th 18% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 25th -1.1pp 7th 74% above peers
Bellevue, NE 3.8% 12th -0.5pp 8th 19% below peers
Hamilton, OH 8.1% 23rd -1.0pp 9th 72% above peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 31st -0.8pp 10th 162% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.4% 6th -0.1pp 11th 50% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% 8th -0.1pp 12th 43% below peers
Muncie, IN 10.6% 29th -0.3pp 13th 124% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 13th -0.0pp 14th 11% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 9th +0.1pp 15th 43% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 20th +0.4pp 16th 24% above peers
Waltham, MA 8.6% 27th +0.7pp 17th 82% above peers
Kenner, LA 8.3% 26th +0.7pp 18th 76% above peers
Reston, VA 4.6% 15th +0.5pp 19th 2% below peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 5th +0.2pp 20th 64% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.5% 18th +0.8pp 21st 17% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 22nd +1.4pp 22nd 59% above peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 16th +1.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 21st +1.4pp 24th 33% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.8% 17th +1.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 11th +0.9pp 26th 19% below peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 10th +0.6pp 27th 42% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 30th +2.9pp 28th 125% above peers
Celina, TX 1.2% 2nd +0.4pp 29th 75% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 4th +0.8pp 30th 66% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.0% 1st +0.9pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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6 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 99% 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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.6% to 3.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. South San Francisco started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 3.1%).
Bright spot 3.1%
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 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% 7th -1.5pp 1st 56% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.1% 14th -2.2pp 2nd 13% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.3% 29th -3.8pp 3rd 62% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.7% 9th -1.2pp 4th 47% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 19th -2.3pp 5th 9% above peers
Celina, TX 7.4% 18th -2.1pp 6th 6% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.8% 20th -2.0pp 7th 11% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.9% 4th -0.6pp 8th 59% below peers
Fulshear, TX 2.8% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 60% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 6th -0.5pp 10th 57% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.8% 28th -1.6pp 11th 53% above peers
Muncie, IN 8.0% 22nd -1.1pp 12th 14% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 2nd -0.3pp 13th 64% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 12th -0.5pp 14th 29% below peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 13th -0.5pp 15th 19% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.2% 17th -0.6pp 16th 3% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 21st -0.3pp 17th 13% above peers
Wylie, TX 13.0% 30th -0.3pp 18th 85% above peers
Kenner, LA 14.6% 31st +0.3pp 19th 108% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.9% 10th +0.1pp 20th 44% below peers
Hamilton, OH 8.6% 25th +0.6pp 21st 22% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 10.5% 27th +0.7pp 22nd 50% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.3% 8th +0.2pp 23rd 53% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.0% 16th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Lorain, OH 8.2% 24th +1.1pp 25th 17% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 11th +0.8pp 26th 37% below peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 26th +2.3pp 27th 48% above peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 5th +0.8pp 28th 58% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 1st +0.8pp 29th 67% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 15th +2.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Burnsville, MN 8.0% 23rd +4.1pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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6 of 14 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about two-thirds of the peer median.

21.4%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 49% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 40% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 19.3% 3rd 38% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 21.4% 4th 31% below peers
Parker, CO 21.9% 5th 30% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 6th 27% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.1% 7th 23% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 24.8% 8th 21% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 26.2% 9th 16% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 10th 16% below peers
Reston, VA 27.9% 11th 11% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 12th 7% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 13th 7% below peers
Fulshear, TX 30.8% 14th 1% below peers
Celina, TX 30.8% 15th 1% below peers
Millcreek, UT 31.2% 16th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 31.7% 17th 2% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 18th 7% above peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 19th 7% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 20th 12% above peers
Burnsville, MN 35.3% 21st 13% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 36.8% 22nd 18% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 23rd 18% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 24th 20% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 37.7% 25th 21% above peers
Kenner, LA 39.8% 26th 28% above peers
Bellevue, NE 40.3% 27th 29% above peers
Hamilton, OH 40.4% 28th 29% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 41.1% 29th 32% above peers
Muncie, IN 41.6% 30th 33% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 31st 44% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (1.7% then, 1.4% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 1.4%).
Bright spot 1.4%
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
Celina, TX 4.5% 17th -7.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 2nd -1.9pp 2nd 70% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 81% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 16th -1.9pp 4th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 3.8% 14th -1.5pp 5th 15% below peers
Bellevue, NE 3.4% 12th -1.3pp 6th 24% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.0% 5th -0.6pp 7th 55% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.8% 4th -0.5pp 8th 60% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 1.4% 3rd -0.3pp 9th 69% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 15th -1.0pp 10th 7% below peers
Waltham, MA 2.1% 8th -0.3pp 11th 52% below peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 7th -0.2pp 12th 53% below peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 13th -0.4pp 13th 22% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.8% 18th -0.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 25th +0.0pp 15th 35% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.3% 21st +0.2pp 16th 19% above peers
Reston, VA 5.3% 22nd +0.4pp 17th 20% above peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 20th +0.6pp 18th 15% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.8% 28th +1.3pp 19th 75% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 9th +0.5pp 20th 42% below peers
Wylie, TX 10.2% 31st +2.5pp 21st 129% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 5.8% 24th +1.4pp 22nd 30% above peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 30th +2.1pp 23rd 94% above peers
Kenner, LA 7.1% 27th +1.9pp 24th 59% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 10th +0.8pp 25th 40% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.1% 11th +1.2pp 26th 30% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 29th +3.2pp 27th 87% above peers
Hamilton, OH 5.5% 23rd +3.0pp 28th 25% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% 19th +2.8pp 29th 8% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 6th +1.5pp 30th 53% below peers
Burnsville, MN 6.8% 26th +5.0pp 31st 53% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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6 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 35.6% to 40.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. South San Francisco started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.6% to 40.8%).
Bright spot 40.8%
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
Celina, TX 64.3% 5th +19.8pp 1st 44% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.8% 21st +11.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 28th +4.2pp 3rd 61% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 30th +2.8pp 4th 65% below peers
Bellevue, NE 34.5% 23rd +6.0pp 5th 23% below peers
Wylie, TX 43.3% 18th +7.0pp 6th 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 31st +2.1pp 7th 67% below peers
Kenner, LA 29.1% 25th +4.0pp 8th 35% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.9% 17th +6.0pp 9th 1% below peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 22nd +4.6pp 10th 21% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 40.8% 19th +5.2pp 11th 8% below peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 15th +4.8pp 12th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 59.8% 6th +6.2pp 13th 34% above peers
Muncie, IN 26.1% 26th +2.6pp 14th 41% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 30.6% 24th +3.0pp 15th 31% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 57.4% 7th +5.0pp 16th 29% above peers
Fulshear, TX 74.8% 3rd +6.4pp 17th 68% above peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 14th +3.6pp 18th 5% above peers
Millcreek, UT 54.2% 11th +3.6pp 19th 22% above peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 13th +2.8pp 20th 7% above peers
Waltham, MA 57.3% 8th +3.0pp 21st 29% above peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 10th +2.8pp 22nd 26% above peers
Reston, VA 72.0% 4th +3.2pp 23rd 62% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 72% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 9th +2.1pp 25th 26% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 1st +1.9pp 26th 73% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 12th +1.1pp 27th 15% above peers
Burnsville, MN 39.8% 20th +0.8pp 28th 11% below peers
Hamilton, OH 16.5% 29th +0.3pp 29th 63% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 25.7% 27th -0.1pp 30th 42% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 44.5% 16th -0.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (54.2% then, 63.2% now; margin ±17.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 9.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.5% to 63.2%).
Bright spot 63.2%
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%
Hamilton, OH 51.3% 13th +20.4pp 1st 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 14th +18.5pp 2nd 1% above peers
Bellevue, NE 43.1% 23rd +12.3pp 3rd 12% below peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 5th +16.7pp 4th 31% above peers
Celina, TX 62.1% 8th +12.3pp 5th 26% above peers
Reston, VA 76.1% 1st +15.0pp 6th 55% above peers
Waltham, MA 74.0% 2nd +13.1pp 7th 50% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 24th +6.9pp 8th 15% below peers
Muncie, IN 47.4% 19th +7.4pp 9th 4% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 63.2% 7th +9.0pp 10th 28% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 52.9% 12th +7.5pp 11th 8% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 3rd +4.1pp 12th 37% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.5% 22nd +2.2pp 13th 12% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 63.9% 6th +2.3pp 14th 30% above peers
Burnsville, MN 48.9% 17th +1.3pp 15th 1% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 53.6% 11th +1.4pp 16th 9% above peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 4th +0.3pp 17th 34% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 20th -0.7pp 18th 6% below peers
Millcreek, UT 47.8% 18th -2.5pp 19th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 25th -2.1pp 20th 23% below peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 10th -3.1pp 21st 13% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 29th -3.0pp 22nd 31% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 31st -4.3pp 23rd 38% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 36.0% 27th -5.3pp 24th 27% below peers
Wylie, TX 45.0% 21st -7.0pp 25th 9% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 28th -6.3pp 26th 31% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 26th -7.6pp 27th 23% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 59.8% 9th -16.1pp 28th 22% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 16th -22.1pp 29th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 30.6% 30th -17.0pp 30th 38% below peers
Fulshear, TX 49.5% 15th -35.3pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.0pp 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 (1.6% then, 3.0% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 3.0%).
Bright spot 3.0%
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
Fulshear, TX 0.0% 1st -0.7pp 1st 100% below peers
Parker, CO 0.6% 2nd -3.1pp 2nd 87% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 21st -7.1pp 3rd 30% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 4th -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Bellevue, NE 5.2% 18th -3.9pp 5th 13% above peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 10th -2.1pp 6th 14% below peers
Muncie, IN 3.1% 8th -0.9pp 7th 32% below peers
Kenner, LA 9.1% 28th -1.9pp 8th 98% above peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 27th -1.5pp 9th 81% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.9% 31st -0.6pp 10th 204% above peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 20th +0.2pp 11th 29% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.4% 5th +0.1pp 12th 47% below peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 22nd +0.9pp 13th 35% above peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% 13th +0.8pp 14th 5% below peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 29th +1.8pp 15th 105% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.6% 16th +1.1pp 16th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 5.3% 19th +1.3pp 17th 15% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 17th +1.4pp 18th 10% above peers
Waltham, MA 4.3% 12th +1.3pp 19th 6% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 4.1% 11th +1.2pp 20th 10% below peers
Hamilton, OH 10.2% 30th +3.5pp 21st 123% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 6th +1.0pp 22nd 40% below peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 26th +3.1pp 23rd 72% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.5% 15th +2.1pp 24th 1% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.0% 7th +1.4pp 25th 35% below peers
Millcreek, UT 6.7% 24th +3.3pp 26th 46% above peers
Reston, VA 6.2% 23rd +3.1pp 27th 36% above peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 3rd +0.9pp 28th 63% below peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 25th +3.8pp 29th 53% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.6% 9th +3.5pp 30th 21% below peers
Celina, TX 4.4% 14th 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 67,408 to 64,305 - more than the combined survey margin (±65). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 63% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (65,537 to 64,305).
Big move 64,305
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
Fulshear, TX 34,868 30th +252% 1st 46% below peers
Celina, TX 34,268 31st +208% 2nd 47% below peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 8th +54% 3rd 1% above peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 29th +26% 4th 12% below peers
Wylie, TX 60,334 27th +21% 5th 6% below peers
Bellevue, NE 64,510 15th +21% 6th on par with peers
Parker, CO 61,783 25th +14% 7th 4% below peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 28th +12% 8th 10% below peers
Richland, WA 62,753 24th +11% 9th 3% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 63,091 23rd +11% 10th 2% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 60,959 26th +8% 11th 5% below peers
Reston, VA 64,414 17th +5% 12th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 64,463 16th +5% 13th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 63,648 20th +5% 14th 1% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 6th +5% 15th 2% above peers
Waltham, MA 64,902 12th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 65,001 10th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 9th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 4th +3% 19th 3% above peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 7th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Hamilton, OH 63,468 21st +2% 21st 2% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 63,468 22nd +2% 22nd 2% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 2nd -1% 23rd 4% above peers
Davis, CA 66,978 3rd -2% 24th 4% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 64,538 14th -2% 25th on par with peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 64,139 19th -3% 26th 1% below peers
Kenner, LA 64,904 11th -3% 27th 1% above peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 5th -3% 28th 3% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 64,305 18th -5% 29th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 64,751 13th -6% 30th on par with peers
Union City, CA 67,464 1st -10% 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±49 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.4% then, 17.2% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.8% to 17.2%).
Big move 17.2%
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 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 16.6% 28th +1.1pp 1st 26% below peers
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 8th +1.1pp 2nd 8% above peers
Fulshear, TX 34.8% 1st +1.0pp 3rd 55% above peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 6th +0.5pp 4th 13% above peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 9th -0.1pp 5th 7% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 21.5% 18th -0.1pp 6th 5% below peers
Waltham, MA 13.6% 30th -0.1pp 7th 39% below peers
Bellevue, NE 24.2% 7th -0.2pp 8th 8% above peers
Hamilton, OH 23.3% 12th -0.2pp 9th 4% above peers
Celina, TX 31.7% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 41% above peers
Burnsville, MN 22.4% 17th -0.4pp 11th on par with peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 19th -0.5pp 12th 6% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 15th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 23.6% 10th -0.6pp 14th 5% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 20.8% 22nd -0.8pp 15th 8% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 13th -1.0pp 16th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 3rd -1.3pp 17th 27% above peers
Muncie, IN 15.8% 29th -0.9pp 18th 30% below peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 11th -1.3pp 19th 4% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 17.2% 26th -1.2pp 20th 24% below peers
Millcreek, UT 20.9% 21st -1.4pp 21st 7% below peers
Reston, VA 18.6% 24th -1.3pp 22nd 18% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 22.5% 16th -1.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 17.9% 25th -1.7pp 24th 21% below peers
Wylie, TX 27.6% 4th -2.8pp 25th 23% above peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 31st -1.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 27th -1.9pp 27th 25% below peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 20th -2.8pp 28th 7% below peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 14th -3.9pp 29th on par with peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 5th -4.4pp 30th 14% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.6% 23rd -4.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 (22.8% then, 22.4% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.3% to 22.4%).
22.4%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fulshear, TX 6.0% 31st +4.2pp 1st 74% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 22.8% 16th +7.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Waltham, MA 24.0% 14th +7.3pp 3rd 5% above peers
Reston, VA 23.3% 15th +3.2pp 4th 2% above peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 1st +5.2pp 5th 165% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 23rd +1.4pp 6th 24% below peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 24th +1.2pp 7th 27% below peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 25th +1.0pp 8th 28% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 13th +1.5pp 9th 18% above peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 19th +1.2pp 10th 8% below peers
Hamilton, OH 47.6% 3rd +1.7pp 11th 109% above peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 12th +0.5pp 12th 31% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 34.7% 7th +0.5pp 13th 52% above peers
Kenner, LA 38.0% 6th +0.1pp 14th 67% above peers
Bellevue, NE 30.1% 11th -0.1pp 15th 32% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 52.3% 2nd -0.3pp 16th 130% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.5% 4th -0.4pp 17th 108% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 22.4% 17th -0.4pp 18th 2% below peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 5th -1.3pp 19th 79% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 9th -2.2pp 20th 45% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 8th -2.9pp 21st 46% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 22nd 46% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 18.8% 20th -2.6pp 23rd 17% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18.7% 21st -3.0pp 24th 18% below peers
Burnsville, MN 30.4% 10th -6.9pp 25th 33% above peers
Millcreek, UT 16.0% 26th -3.9pp 26th 30% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 18.0% 22nd -5.4pp 27th 21% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 18th -7.5pp 28th 2% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 30th -2.7pp 29th 71% below peers
Celina, TX 10.0% 29th -9.0pp 30th 56% below peers
Wylie, TX 12.6% 27th -12.9pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (75.8% then, 78.4% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 78.4%).
Big move 78.4%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marana, AZ 71.4% 14th +19.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 79.3% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 78.8% 2nd +18.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 5th +14.3pp 4th 12% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 74.0% 9th +13.2pp 5th 6% above peers
Muncie, IN 71.6% 12th +10.7pp 6th 3% above peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 26th +6.6pp 7th 13% below peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 11th +6.6pp 8th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 15th +4.5pp 9th 1% above peers
Wylie, TX 60.8% 25th +3.8pp 10th 13% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 19th +4.0pp 11th 3% below peers
Waltham, MA 78.3% 4th +4.6pp 12th 12% above peers
Millcreek, UT 57.3% 29th +3.1pp 13th 18% below peers
Bellevue, NE 71.5% 13th +3.6pp 14th 3% above peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 16th +3.0pp 15th on par with peers
Fulshear, TX 65.1% 22nd +2.7pp 16th 7% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 78.4% 3rd +2.7pp 17th 12% above peers
Hamilton, OH 75.5% 7th +1.6pp 18th 8% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 61.3% 24th +0.8pp 19th 12% below peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 10th -1.5pp 20th 5% above peers
Reston, VA 66.7% 21st -1.6pp 21st 4% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 18th -2.7pp 22nd 2% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 75.3% 8th -3.4pp 23rd 8% above peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 20th -4.9pp 24th 4% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 68.7% 17th -5.2pp 25th 1% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 64.6% 23rd -4.9pp 26th 7% below peers
Burnsville, MN 76.1% 6th -6.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 27th -7.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 28th -11.3pp 29th 17% below peers
Celina, TX 48.2% 31st -12.0pp 30th 31% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 14 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 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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