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Thousand Oaks, CA
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Thousand Oaks, CA

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125,205 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Thousand Oaks, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$135,603
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$109,378 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.6%
May 2026
▼ 8%
relative change
3.9% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
70.8%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
70.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
51.4%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
50.8% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.2%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
93.0% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
1 /100k
May 2026
▼ 75%
relative change
3 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.9%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
4.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.5%
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Thousand Oaks, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
10.1%
2020-24
▲ 131%
relative change
4.4% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.6%
2020-24
▲ 94%
relative change
1.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
8.8%
2020-24
▲ 72%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.4%
2019-23
▲ 52%
relative change
2.9% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
51.1%
2020-24
▼ 27%
relative change
69.8% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
994 /100k
May 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
963 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
2.5%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
2.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
19.5%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
21.6% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,274
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$3,167 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
125,205
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
127,873 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,052,875
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$1,047,839 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$788,586
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$789,498 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
14.1%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
15.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Violent crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 110 in May 2026, down from 116 a year earlier.
110 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
North Charleston, SC 620 (May 26) 22nd -37.5% 1st 107% above peers
Pearland, TX 70 (May 26) 1st -31.9% 2nd 77% below peers
College Station, TX 115 (May 26) 3rd -29.2% 3rd 61% below peers
Concord, CA 382 (May 26) 15th -23.9% 4th 28% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 138 (May 26) 6th -23.6% 5th 54% below peers
Allentown, PA 234 (May 26) 9th -17.9% 6th 22% below peers
Wilmington, NC 400 (May 26) 16th -12.4% 7th 34% above peers
Hartford, CT 437 (May 26) 17th -11.9% 8th 46% above peers
Arvada, CO 296 (Apr 26) 12th -5.9% 9th 1% below peers
Berkeley, CA 600 (May 26) 21st -5.2% 10th 101% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 110 (May 26) 2nd -4.9% 11th 63% below peers
Independence, MO 557 (May 26) 20th -4.5% 12th 86% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 127 (May 26) 4th -1.2% 13th 57% below peers
Columbia, MO 359 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 14th 20% above peers
Clovis, CA 253 (May 26) 10th +1.2% 15th 15% below peers
Lafayette, LA 1,091 (May 26) 24th +1.8% 16th 265% above peers
Norman, OK 290 (Dec 25) 11th +2.4% 17th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 746 (Apr 26) 23rd +3.7% 18th 150% above peers
Meridian, ID 137 (May 26) 5th +4.7% 19th 54% below peers
Round Rock, TX 139 (May 26) 7th +10.0% 20th 54% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 299 (May 26) 13th +10.5% 21st on par with peers
Abilene, TX 476 (May 26) 18th +11.6% 22nd 59% above peers
Fairfield, CA 538 (May 26) 19th +11.8% 23rd 80% above peers
Rochester, MN 174 (May 26) 8th +23.4% 24th 42% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Centennial, CO down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

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

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 994 in May 2026, up from 963 a year earlier.
994 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
North Charleston, SC 3,108 (May 26) 22nd -35.0% 1st 65% above peers
Round Rock, TX 1,275 (May 26) 6th -31.6% 2nd 32% below peers
Pearland, TX 1,033 (May 26) 5th -30.6% 3rd 45% below peers
College Station, TX 808 (May 26) 3rd -24.6% 4th 57% below peers
Vallejo, CA 2,778 (Apr 26) 19th -23.6% 5th 48% above peers
Hartford, CT 2,069 (May 26) 14th -21.4% 6th 10% above peers
Meridian, ID 398 (May 26) 1st -21.0% 7th 79% below peers
Concord, CA 2,380 (May 26) 17th -20.2% 8th 27% above peers
Clovis, CA 1,291 (May 26) 7th -15.9% 9th 31% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 758 (May 26) 2nd -13.8% 10th 60% below peers
Columbia, MO 1,878 (May 26) 13th -13.7% 11th on par with peers
Berkeley, CA 3,986 (May 26) 24th -12.7% 12th 112% above peers
Lafayette, LA 3,364 (May 26) 23rd -12.3% 13th 79% above peers
Norman, OK 2,095 (Dec 25) 15th -11.4% 14th 12% above peers
Wilmington, NC 2,874 (May 26) 20th -11.1% 15th 53% above peers
Independence, MO 2,989 (May 26) 21st -10.3% 16th 59% above peers
Arvada, CO 2,321 (Apr 26) 16th -8.4% 17th 24% above peers
Allentown, PA 1,394 (May 26) 9th -3.3% 18th 26% below peers
Fairfield, CA 1,660 (May 26) 10th -2.8% 19th 12% below peers
Rochester, MN 1,307 (May 26) 8th +0.3% 20th 30% below peers
Abilene, TX 1,712 (May 26) 12th +1.0% 21st 9% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2,628 (May 26) 18th +2.7% 22nd 40% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 994 (May 26) 4th +3.3% 23rd 47% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1,701 (May 26) 11th +8.5% 24th 9% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 30% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 75% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide rose about 50% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: homicide held steady from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1 in May 2026, down from 3 a year earlier.
1 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Concord, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Berkeley, CA 1 (May 26) 8th -83.3% 2nd 71% below peers
Clovis, CA 1 (May 26) 6th -80.0% 3rd 73% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 1 (May 26) 7th -75.0% 4th 72% below peers
North Charleston, SC 8 (May 26) 21st -65.8% 5th 171% above peers
Hartford, CT 11 (May 26) 23rd -30.0% 6th 298% above peers
Independence, MO 6 (May 26) 19th -30.0% 7th 101% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12 (Apr 26) 24th -28.6% 8th 325% above peers
Rochester, MN 2 (May 26) 12th -24.8% 9th 16% below peers
Pearland, TX 1 (May 26) 4th -11.0% 10th 73% below peers
Columbia, MO 3 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 11th 6% above peers
Meridian, ID 1 (May 26) 2nd +0.0% 12th 76% below peers
Abilene, TX 7 (May 26) 20th +7.6% 13th 138% above peers
Lafayette, LA 4 (May 26) 17th +24.8% 14th 42% above peers
Allentown, PA 4 (May 26) 16th +24.8% 15th 37% above peers
Wilmington, NC 9 (May 26) 22nd +37.5% 16th 200% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2 (May 26) 11th +50.3% 17th 17% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3 (May 26) 13th +96.6% 18th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 5 (May 26) 18th +100.0% 19th 69% above peers
Norman, OK 3 (Dec 25) 15th +300.5% 20th 6% above peers
College Station, TX 1 (May 26) 5th 73% below peers
Arvada, CO 1 (Apr 26) 9th 71% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (May 26) 10th 43% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 1 (May 26) 3rd 74% below peers
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 65% 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.
Most recent monthly reading: 44 in May 2026, down from 56 a year earlier.
44 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
North Charleston, SC 276 (May 26) 18th -48.6% 1st 47% above peers
College Station, TX 52 (May 26) 3rd -43.2% 2nd 73% below peers
Columbia, MO 176 (May 26) 12th -42.3% 3rd 6% below peers
Arvada, CO 258 (Apr 26) 17th -32.9% 4th 37% above peers
Lafayette, LA 235 (May 26) 14th -32.4% 5th 25% above peers
Independence, MO 497 (May 26) 22nd -29.8% 6th 164% above peers
Concord, CA 322 (May 26) 20th -29.7% 7th 71% above peers
Berkeley, CA 444 (May 26) 21st -27.6% 8th 136% above peers
Hartford, CT 551 (May 26) 23rd -26.6% 9th 193% above peers
Rochester, MN 59 (May 26) 4th -24.0% 10th 69% below peers
Norman, OK 188 (Dec 25) 13th -21.8% 11th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 93 (May 26) 8th -21.0% 12th 51% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (May 26) 2nd -20.3% 13th 76% below peers
Wilmington, NC 244 (May 26) 15th -19.2% 14th 30% above peers
Vallejo, CA 580 (Apr 26) 24th -14.9% 15th 208% above peers
Meridian, ID 23 (May 26) 1st -12.8% 16th 88% below peers
Clovis, CA 129 (May 26) 9th -11.6% 17th 31% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 71 (May 26) 5th -11.2% 18th 62% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 311 (May 26) 19th -9.9% 19th 65% above peers
Fairfield, CA 256 (May 26) 16th -4.5% 20th 36% above peers
Pearland, TX 84 (May 26) 6th -1.0% 21st 56% below peers
Allentown, PA 164 (May 26) 11th +2.0% 22nd 13% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 92 (May 26) 7th +3.6% 23rd 51% below peers
Abilene, TX 156 (May 26) 10th +23.8% 24th 17% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 43% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 24% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $109,378 to $135,603 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,269). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 37% from 2014 to 2024 ($99,115 to $135,603).
$135,603
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 144% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 17th +41% 2nd 1% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 10th +41% 3rd 37% above peers
Wilmington, NC $66,738 20th +40% 4th 9% below peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 6th +39% 5th 60% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 23rd +38% 6th 14% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 7th 28% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 16th +35% 8th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 22nd +35% 9th 13% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 10th 24% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 18th +33% 11th 7% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 13th +30% 12th 23% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 21st +30% 13th 9% below peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 14th 37% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 12th +27% 15th 35% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 8th +26% 16th 47% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 15th +25% 17th 12% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 3rd +24% 18th 85% above peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 24th +24% 19th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 4th +23% 20th 66% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 14th +22% 21st 22% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 7th +21% 22nd 48% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 25th +21% 23rd 16% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 9th +21% 24th 39% above peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 11th +20% 25th 35% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 26th +19% 26th 18% below peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 27th +19% 27th 22% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 19th +16% 28th 8% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 2nd +15% 29th 92% above peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 5th +14% 30th 62% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,488 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 52% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.6% in May 2026, down from 3.9% a year earlier.
3.6%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.3% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Independence, MO 3.7% (May 26) 14th -0.8pp 1st on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% (May 26) 16th -0.4pp 3rd 3% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.3% (May 26) 22nd -0.4pp 4th 16% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 5th 14% below peers
Wilmington, NC 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 6th 14% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 7th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 24th -0.3pp 8th 27% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.1% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 9th 16% below peers
Concord, CA 3.7% (May 26) 15th -0.2pp 10th on par with peers
Berkeley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Arvada, CO 3.6% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 12th 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.6% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 13th 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 3.3% (May 26) 5th +0.0pp 14th 11% below peers
Topeka, KS 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.2pp 15th 11% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.4% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 16th 8% below peers
Abilene, TX 3.6% (May 26) 13th +0.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (May 26) 1st +0.2pp 19th 19% below peers
College Station, TX 3.9% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 20th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.3pp 21st 8% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.4% (May 26) 23rd +0.6pp 22nd 19% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.1% (May 26) 21st +0.7pp 23rd 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.9% (May 26) 25th +1.0pp 24th 32% above peers
Norman, OK 4.0% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 25th 8% above peers
Lakeland, FL 5.7% (May 26) 26th +1.3pp 26th 54% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.1% (May 26) 27th +1.4pp 27th 65% above peers
Hartford, CT 7.9% (May 26) 28th +2.2pp 28th 114% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.1% to 8.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 8.8%).
8.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 4th -2.6pp 1st 52% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.0% 18th -5.9pp 2nd 13% above peers
Wilmington, NC 15.5% 21st -5.8pp 3rd 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 7th -2.5pp 4th 36% below peers
Lakeland, FL 12.3% 16th -3.4pp 5th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 27th -4.4pp 6th 63% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.6% 13th -2.3pp 7th 6% below peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 9th -1.5pp 8th 34% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 10th -1.6pp 9th 32% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 17th -2.4pp 10th 11% above peers
Columbia, MO 17.8% 25th -2.4pp 11th 45% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 12th 98% above peers
Berkeley, CA 15.5% 22nd -1.7pp 13th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.6% 14th -1.3pp 14th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 24.7% 30th -1.9pp 15th 101% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.0% 26th -1.0pp 16th 46% above peers
Norman, OK 15.7% 24th -0.8pp 17th 27% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 18th 109% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 15th -0.4pp 19th 2% below peers
Abilene, TX 14.7% 19th -0.1pp 20th 19% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 5th +0.0pp 21st 48% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 53% below peers
Independence, MO 15.6% 23rd +0.7pp 23rd 27% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 21.7% 28th +1.6pp 24th 76% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 20th +1.2pp 25th 23% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.7% 6th +0.8pp 26th 37% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 27th 67% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.1% 12th +1.6pp 28th 18% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 8th +1.7pp 29th 34% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 55% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 11th +3.7pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.4% to 10.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 10.1%).
10.1%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 3rd -4.1pp 1st 61% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 25th -13.7pp 2nd 53% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 8th -5.0pp 3rd 44% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 24th -11.1pp 4th 36% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 9th -4.7pp 5th 42% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 6th -4.1pp 6th 47% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 16th -5.4pp 7th on par with peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 8th 76% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 23rd -5.8pp 9th 28% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 18th -4.6pp 10th 8% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 26th -6.5pp 11th 61% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 2nd -0.9pp 12th 74% below peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 13th 119% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 13th -2.8pp 14th 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 4th -1.1pp 15th 56% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 21st -3.1pp 16th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 19th -2.7pp 17th 10% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 18th 81% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 19th 77% above peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 27th -1.3pp 20th 71% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 21st 156% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 5th -0.2pp 22nd 49% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 22nd -0.2pp 23rd 27% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 17th +0.4pp 24th 7% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 12th +1.5pp 25th 20% below peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 15th +1.9pp 26th 2% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 10th +1.5pp 27th 41% below peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 7th +1.9pp 28th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 20th +4.2pp 29th 19% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 14th +3.4pp 30th 5% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 11th +5.8pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (93.0% then, 94.2% now; margin ±1.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 3.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (90.9% to 94.2%).
94.2%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 25th +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 27th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 29th +14.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 20th +14.5pp 5th 1% below peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 17th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 7th 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 5th +9.8pp 8th 3% above peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 24th +9.0pp 9th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 22nd +9.0pp 10th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 26th +8.3pp 11th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 21st +7.8pp 12th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 23rd +7.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 14th +7.0pp 14th 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 6th +6.5pp 15th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 3rd +6.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 11th +5.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 15th +5.6pp 18th on par with peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 19th +5.0pp 19th 1% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 18th +4.5pp 20th 1% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 7th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 13th +3.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 9th +3.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 5% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 10th +2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 4th +2.8pp 26th 4% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 12th +1.2pp 28th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 16th +0.9pp 29th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 8th +0.7pp 30th 3% above peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.46).
0.46
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 8th -0.033 1st 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 20th -0.020 2nd 4% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 13th -0.018 3rd 1% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 24th -0.020 4th 12% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 21st -0.016 5th 4% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 26th -0.012 6th 14% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 10th -0.007 7th 3% below peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 4th -0.006 8th 6% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 9th 20% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 14th -0.002 10th 1% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 22nd +0.000 11th 9% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 28th +0.002 12th 15% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 2nd +0.002 13th 9% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 25th +0.002 14th 12% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 3rd +0.002 15th 9% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 23rd +0.003 16th 10% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 18th +0.009 17th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 7th +0.009 18th 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 27th +0.011 19th 15% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 30th +0.012 20th 19% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 21st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 17th +0.011 22nd on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 5th +0.011 23rd 5% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 12th +0.011 24th 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 25th 16% above peers
Concord, CA 0.43 6th +0.014 26th 5% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 19th +0.016 27th 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 1st +0.027 28th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 16th +0.034 29th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 9th +0.047 30th 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 15th +0.049 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 2.9% to 4.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (3.1% to 4.4%).
4.4%
20102023
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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
Athens, GA 9.2% 16th -5.1pp 1st on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 17th -5.4pp 2nd 19% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 10th -2.4pp 3rd 27% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 7th -1.8pp 4th 45% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 5th 58% below peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 24th -2.7pp 6th 34% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 12th -1.3pp 7th 17% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 26th -1.9pp 8th 51% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 9th 72% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 22nd -1.3pp 10th 30% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 11th 297% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 15th -0.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 13th 47% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 20th -0.6pp 14th 26% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 29th -0.5pp 15th 58% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 21st -0.3pp 16th 29% above peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 18th -0.0pp 17th 20% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 28th +0.6pp 18th 56% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 19th 241% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 25th +0.9pp 20th 45% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 9th +0.5pp 21st 43% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 5th +0.6pp 22nd 48% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 27th +1.7pp 23rd 54% above peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 19th +1.4pp 24th 21% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 14th +1.4pp 25th 7% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 23rd +2.1pp 26th 32% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 27th 59% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 8th +1.4pp 28th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 11th +2.0pp 29th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 4th +1.5pp 30th 52% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 13th +3.7pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,052,875 in June 2026, up from $1,047,839 a year earlier.
$1,052,875
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Abilene, TX $222,043 (Jun 26) 26th +7.6% 1st 42% below peers
Rochester, MN $348,286 (Jun 26) 17th +4.0% 2nd 10% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 19th +3.7% 3rd 17% below peers
Independence, MO $214,195 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 4th 44% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $540,694 (Jun 26) 8th +3.0% 5th 40% above peers
Hartford, CT $205,552 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 6th 47% below peers
Columbia, MO $330,373 (Jun 26) 18th +2.7% 7th 14% below peers
Berkeley, CA $1,478,916 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.6% 8th 284% above peers
Lafayette, LA $228,144 (Jun 26) 25th +2.0% 9th 41% below peers
Norman, OK $265,751 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 10th 31% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,052,875 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.5% 11th 173% above peers
Clovis, CA $522,797 (Jun 26) 11th +0.4% 12th 36% above peers
College Station, TX $349,845 (Jun 26) 16th +0.2% 13th 9% below peers
Meridian, ID $538,033 (Jun 26) 9th -0.1% 14th 40% above peers
Topeka, KS $199,788 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 15th 48% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $403,887 (Jun 26) 14th -0.7% 16th 5% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,710,119 (Jun 26) 1st -0.8% 17th 344% above peers
Wilmington, NC $422,872 (Jun 26) 12th -0.8% 18th 10% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 15th -0.8% 19th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA $842,921 (Jun 26) 4th -1.7% 20th 119% above peers
Lakeland, FL $313,405 (Jun 26) 21st -1.8% 21st 19% below peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 5th -1.9% 22nd 91% above peers
North Charleston, SC $315,206 (Jun 26) 20th -1.9% 23rd 18% below peers
Fairfield, CA $609,593 (Jun 26) 7th -2.2% 24th 58% above peers
Arvada, CO $614,627 (Jun 26) 6th -2.5% 25th 59% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $305,330 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.6% 26th 21% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $308,500 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.7% 27th 20% below peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 10th -4.3% 28th 37% above peers
Round Rock, TX $407,038 (Jun 26) 13th -6.2% 29th 6% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $788,586 in June 2026, down from $789,498 a year earlier.
$788,586
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Abilene, TX $132,930 (Jun 26) 27th +6.6% 1st 50% below peers
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 19th +5.0% 2nd 10% below peers
Columbia, MO $233,249 (Jun 26) 20th +4.6% 3rd 12% below peers
Rochester, MN $255,234 (Jun 26) 16th +4.6% 4th 3% below peers
Independence, MO $157,158 (Jun 26) 25th +4.6% 5th 40% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $356,154 (Jun 26) 11th +2.0% 6th 35% above peers
Berkeley, CA $995,582 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.7% 7th 278% above peers
Norman, OK $183,406 (Jun 26) 24th +1.6% 8th 30% below peers
Clovis, CA $405,000 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 9th 54% above peers
Hartford, CT $109,220 (Jun 26) 28th +1.0% 10th 59% below peers
Lafayette, LA $137,808 (Jun 26) 26th +1.0% 11th 48% below peers
College Station, TX $263,669 (Jun 26) 15th +0.9% 12th on par with peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 13th +0.1% 13th 18% above peers
Meridian, ID $434,946 (Jun 26) 8th +0.0% 14th 65% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $788,586 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.1% 15th 199% above peers
Wilmington, NC $298,235 (Jun 26) 14th -1.1% 16th 13% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $709,651 (Jun 26) 4th -1.5% 17th 169% above peers
North Charleston, SC $225,334 (Jun 26) 21st -2.3% 18th 15% below peers
Fairfield, CA $488,580 (Jun 26) 6th -2.3% 19th 85% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $247,731 (Jun 26) 17th -2.4% 20th 6% below peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,097,008 (Jun 26) 1st -2.4% 21st 316% above peers
Lakeland, FL $223,033 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.9% 22nd 15% below peers
Arvada, CO $484,930 (Jun 26) 7th -3.1% 23rd 84% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 9th -3.4% 24th 62% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 5th -3.5% 25th 89% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $241,602 (Jun 26) 18th -3.5% 26th 8% below peers
Topeka, KS $106,786 (Jun 26) 29th -4.2% 27th 59% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $212,464 (Jun 26) 23rd -5.9% 28th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX $315,024 (Jun 26) 12th -6.4% 29th 19% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (70.1% then, 70.8% now; margin ±1.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.4% to 70.8%).
70.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 22nd +5.0pp 1st 12% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 2nd 54% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 24th +3.1pp 3rd 15% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 2nd +5.2pp 4th 41% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 5th 42% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 27th +2.4pp 6th 23% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 29th +2.2pp 7th 28% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 14th +2.7pp 8th 5% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 17th +2.1pp 9th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 21st +1.7pp 10th 10% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 12th +2.0pp 11th 9% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 15th +1.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 9th +1.9pp 13th 16% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 11th +1.7pp 14th 9% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 26th +1.2pp 15th 22% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 7th +2.0pp 16th 29% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 23rd +1.3pp 17th 14% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 4th +1.2pp 18th 34% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 16th +0.8pp 19th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 8th +0.7pp 20th 26% above peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 21st 5% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 6th +0.7pp 22nd 29% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 25th +0.3pp 23rd 19% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 35% above peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 13th +0.2pp 25th 8% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 5th -1.6pp 26th 32% above peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 10th -2.7pp 27th 15% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 28th -2.0pp 28th 28% below peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 30th -2.3pp 29th 37% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 20th -3.5pp 30th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 18th -4.8pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 →

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,274 in June 2026, up from $3,167 a year earlier.
$3,274
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Abilene, TX $1,947 (Jun 26) 13th +41.4% 1st 4% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,890 (Jun 26) 1st +7.2% 2nd 107% above peers
Topeka, KS $1,283 (Jun 26) 29th +5.7% 3rd 32% below peers
Meridian, ID $2,065 (Jun 26) 12th +4.1% 4th 10% above peers
Columbia, MO $1,424 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 5th 24% below peers
Clovis, CA $2,341 (Jun 26) 8th +4.0% 6th 24% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 18th +3.4% 7th 8% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,274 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.4% 8th 74% above peers
Norman, OK $1,383 (Jun 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 26% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 5th +2.9% 10th 37% above peers
Wilmington, NC $1,694 (Jun 26) 21st +2.8% 11th 10% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,392 (Jun 26) 7th +2.8% 12th 27% above peers
Independence, MO $1,378 (Jun 26) 27th +2.7% 13th 27% below peers
Rochester, MN $1,702 (Jun 26) 20th +2.2% 14th 9% below peers
College Station, TX $1,446 (Jun 26) 24th +2.0% 15th 23% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,941 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 16th 56% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,738 (Jun 26) 17th +1.9% 17th 8% below peers
Fairfield, CA $2,446 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 18th 30% above peers
Lakeland, FL $1,689 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.7% 19th 10% below peers
Hartford, CT $1,672 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.5% 20th 11% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,158 (Jun 26) 10th +1.1% 21st 15% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 16th +0.6% 22nd 4% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,881 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 23rd on par with peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 24th 16% above peers
Lafayette, LA $1,324 (Jun 26) 28th +0.2% 25th 30% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,094 (Jun 26) 11th +0.0% 26th 11% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,943 (Jun 26) 14th -0.2% 27th 3% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,718 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 28th 44% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 19th -0.7% 29th 9% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.5% then, 38.4% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.6% to 38.4%).
38.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 8th -5.6pp 1st 12% below peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 12th -1.6pp 2nd 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 20th -1.7pp 3rd 18% above peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 2nd -0.9pp 4th 23% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 1st -0.7pp 5th 26% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 23rd -0.9pp 6th 23% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 5th -0.4pp 7th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 19th -0.5pp 8th 18% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 18th -0.1pp 9th 13% above peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 26th +0.2pp 10th 29% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 9th +0.2pp 11th 8% below peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 25th +0.3pp 12th 28% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 15th +0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 7th +0.4pp 14th 14% below peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 4th +0.6pp 15th 18% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 28th +1.3pp 16th 35% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 17th 37% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 17th +1.1pp 18th 2% above peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 22nd +1.7pp 19th 22% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 20th 60% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 21st 34% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 14th +2.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 13th +2.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 10th +2.6pp 24th 4% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 25th 46% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 21st +4.0pp 26th 21% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 3rd +2.8pp 27th 21% below peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 11th +3.7pp 28th 4% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 16th +4.5pp 29th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 24th +6.0pp 30th 27% above peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 6th +6.5pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.6% then, 4.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 4.5%).
4.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 16th -3.3pp 1st on par with peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 8th -1.9pp 2nd 32% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 20th -2.4pp 3rd 13% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 56% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 24th -1.3pp 5th 28% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 22nd -1.2pp 6th 25% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 29th -1.7pp 7th 159% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 21st -0.7pp 8th 16% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 6th -0.3pp 9th 38% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 26th -0.6pp 10th 46% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 9th -0.3pp 11th 32% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 18th -0.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 19th -0.2pp 13th 11% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 14th 25% below peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 2nd -0.0pp 15th 62% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 15th -0.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 28th -0.1pp 17th 100% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 31st +0.9pp 18th 379% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 4th +0.1pp 19th 48% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 30th +0.8pp 20th 224% above peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 13th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 27th +0.8pp 23rd 49% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 25th +0.8pp 24th 31% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 7th +0.4pp 25th 37% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 14th +0.7pp 26th 9% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 27% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 17th +1.1pp 28th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 10th +0.9pp 29th 29% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 5th +1.1pp 30th 46% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.8% then, 4.9% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 4.9%).
4.9%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Athens, GA 11.2% 23rd -2.2pp 1st 32% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.8% 13th -1.2pp 2nd 20% below peers
Columbia, MO 5.8% 10th -1.0pp 3rd 32% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.7% 30th -2.2pp 4th 73% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 4th -0.6pp 5th 55% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 6th -0.6pp 6th 48% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 5th -0.4pp 7th 54% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 3rd -0.3pp 8th 66% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 31st -1.0pp 9th 76% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 7th -0.3pp 10th 47% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.2% 24th -0.6pp 11th 32% above peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.1pp 12th 67% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 11th -0.3pp 13th 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 1st -0.1pp 14th 69% below peers
Norman, OK 9.5% 17th -0.1pp 15th 12% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 15th -0.0pp 16th 13% below peers
Allentown, PA 11.2% 25th +0.2pp 17th 32% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 8th +0.1pp 18th 43% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.7% 28th +0.7pp 19th 49% above peers
Wilmington, NC 10.8% 22nd +0.6pp 20th 28% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.5% 21st +0.6pp 21st 23% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 16th +0.5pp 22nd on par with peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 14th +0.4pp 23rd 19% below peers
Independence, MO 12.4% 27th +1.0pp 24th 46% above peers
Abilene, TX 13.6% 29th +1.2pp 25th 60% above peers
Hartford, CT 10.4% 20th +1.5pp 26th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.1% 19th +1.5pp 27th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.9% 18th +1.9pp 28th 17% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.8% 26th +2.5pp 29th 39% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.7% 9th +1.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 12th +1.5pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

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

26.2%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 1st 41% below peers
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 2nd 39% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 29% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 4th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 5th 21% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 6th 18% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 7th 18% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 15% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 9th 13% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 10th 9% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 11th 7% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 12th 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 13th 5% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 14th 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 15th 2% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 16th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 17th on par with peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 18th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 19th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 20th 3% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 21st 3% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 22nd 4% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 23rd 5% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 24th 6% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 25th 7% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 26th 8% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 27th 14% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 16% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 18% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 21% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.9% to 3.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.8% to 3.6%).
3.6%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Clovis, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.6pp 1st 62% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 20th -1.5pp 2nd 10% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 6th -0.6pp 3rd 49% below peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 24th -1.1pp 4th 20% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 13th -0.8pp 5th 7% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 7th -0.2pp 6th 46% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 15th -0.4pp 7th 2% below peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 8th -0.1pp 8th 34% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 9th 9% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 14th +0.1pp 10th 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 30th +0.5pp 11th 91% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 1st +0.2pp 12th 66% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 3rd +0.2pp 13th 57% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 27th +0.9pp 14th 55% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 18th +0.8pp 15th 6% above peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 23rd +1.0pp 16th 16% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 31st +2.1pp 17th 129% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 22nd +1.2pp 18th 16% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 4th +0.5pp 19th 55% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 28th +1.7pp 20th 57% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 29th +2.4pp 21st 68% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 25th +2.4pp 22nd 39% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 16th +1.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 21st +2.4pp 24th 13% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 25th 22% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 19th +2.6pp 26th 6% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 26th +3.8pp 27th 47% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 9th +1.8pp 28th 31% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 17th +2.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 10th +2.1pp 30th 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 5th +1.4pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.8% then, 51.4% now; margin ±2.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.7% to 51.4%).
51.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 7th +10.4pp 1st 26% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 31st +3.9pp 2nd 53% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 24th +5.8pp 3rd 30% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 27th +4.7pp 4th 42% below peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 15th +6.9pp 5th 8% above peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 25th +3.8pp 6th 33% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 18th +5.5pp 7th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 30th +2.5pp 8th 53% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 17th +4.8pp 9th 5% below peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 21st +3.5pp 10th 28% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 12th +5.3pp 11th 14% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 20th +4.0pp 12th 11% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 14th +4.8pp 13th 9% above peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 14th 47% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 23rd +3.0pp 15th 30% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 29th +2.0pp 16th 52% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 4th +6.1pp 17th 61% above peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 9th +4.2pp 18th 24% above peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 5th +4.5pp 19th 38% above peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 16th +2.9pp 20th on par with peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 10th +3.3pp 21st 15% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 13th +2.9pp 22nd 12% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 3rd +2.3pp 23rd 61% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 19th +1.1pp 24th 9% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 1st +1.9pp 25th 90% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 2nd +1.0pp 26th 82% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 22nd +0.4pp 27th 29% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 8th +0.6pp 28th 25% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 11th -0.0pp 29th 15% above peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 6th -2.1pp 30th 38% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 26th -1.6pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 18.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.8% to 51.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±11.2pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 14.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.6% to 51.1%).
51.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 16th +14.2pp 1st on par with peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 13th +9.5pp 2nd 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 15th +8.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 31st +4.2pp 4th 41% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 11th +7.6pp 5th 12% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 20th +5.0pp 6th 7% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 17th +4.6pp 7th 4% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 3rd +6.0pp 8th 40% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 9th +2.0pp 9th 13% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 1st +3.0pp 10th 73% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 11th 37% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 24th +0.4pp 12th 16% below peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 5th +0.4pp 13th 27% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 12th +0.3pp 14th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 25th +0.0pp 15th 19% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 6th -1.4pp 16th 23% above peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 10th -3.2pp 17th 12% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 7th -4.7pp 18th 18% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 14th -4.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 2nd -8.2pp 20th 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 23rd -6.6pp 21st 14% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 29th -5.4pp 22nd 35% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 21st -8.1pp 23rd 8% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 18th -8.8pp 24th 6% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 27th -10.7pp 25th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 8th -18.7pp 26th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 28th -11.0pp 27th 34% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 19th -16.1pp 28th 6% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 26th -20.4pp 29th 25% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 30th -19.0pp 30th 38% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 22nd -31.0pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.7% then, 2.5% now; margin ±2.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 2.5%).
2.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 14th -4.3pp 1st 10% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 16th -2.6pp 2nd on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 19th -2.6pp 3rd 6% above peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 20th -2.4pp 4th 6% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 2nd -0.6pp 5th 73% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 17th -2.0pp 6th 4% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 21st -1.2pp 7th 17% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 8th -0.7pp 8th 37% below peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 9th -0.7pp 9th 32% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 27th -1.5pp 10th 54% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 23rd -0.8pp 11th 18% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.2pp 12th 59% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 11th -0.1pp 13th 23% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 25th +0.0pp 14th 37% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 28th +0.4pp 15th 55% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 18th +0.3pp 16th 5% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 7th +0.6pp 17th 38% below peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 26th +1.6pp 18th 52% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 4th +0.6pp 19th 46% below peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 13th +1.2pp 20th 14% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 30th +2.4pp 21st 80% above peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 10th +1.2pp 22nd 24% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 29th +2.9pp 23rd 66% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 22nd +2.0pp 24th 17% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 1st +0.6pp 25th 78% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 24th +3.4pp 26th 25% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 5th +1.6pp 27th 44% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 12th +2.7pp 28th 17% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 29th 129% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 6th +2.4pp 30th 41% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 15th +4.5pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 127,873 to 125,205 - more than the combined survey margin (±123). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (128,126 to 125,205).
125,205
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 2nd +28% 1st 5% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 3rd +16% 2nd 5% above peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 14th +14% 3rd on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 20th +11% 4th 2% below peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 30th +11% 5th 3% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 15th +10% 6th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 29th +8% 7th 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 31st +8% 8th 4% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 25th +6% 9th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 5th +6% 10th 3% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 19th +6% 11th 2% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 4th +6% 12th 4% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 27th +5% 13th 3% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 8th +4% 14th 3% above peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 10th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Independence, MO 121,740 22nd +4% 16th 2% below peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 18th +3% 17th 1% below peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 6th +3% 18th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 7th +3% 19th 3% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 16th +2% 20th on par with peers
Athens, GA 127,345 9th +2% 21st 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 1st +2% 22nd 5% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 21st +1% 23rd 2% below peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 26th +1% 24th 3% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 12th -0% 25th 1% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 11th -0% 26th 1% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 28th -1% 27th 3% below peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 24th -2% 28th 3% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 13th -2% 29th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 23rd -4% 30th 2% below peers
Concord, CA 124,035 17th -4% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.6% to 19.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.9% to 19.5%).
19.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 27th +0.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 15th +0.7pp 2nd 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 1st +0.9pp 3rd 37% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 23rd +0.4pp 4th 10% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 2nd +0.4pp 5th 33% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 30th +0.2pp 6th 39% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 16th -0.0pp 7th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 9th -0.1pp 8th 10% above peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 10th -0.2pp 9th 9% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 13th -0.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 22nd -0.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 12th -0.5pp 12th 7% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 31st -0.3pp 13th 41% below peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 8th -0.7pp 14th 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 17th -0.7pp 15th 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 11th -0.8pp 16th 9% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 3rd -1.0pp 17th 28% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 24th -0.7pp 18th 15% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 28th -0.7pp 19th 21% below peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 6th -1.3pp 20th 15% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 18th -1.1pp 21st 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 19th -1.3pp 22nd 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 5th -2.0pp 23rd 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 29th -1.4pp 24th 21% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 20th -2.1pp 25th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 21st -2.1pp 26th 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 4th -3.0pp 27th 20% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 25th -2.1pp 28th 19% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 14th -2.7pp 29th 5% above peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 7th -3.3pp 30th 13% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 26th -2.8pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.8% then, 14.1% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.8% to 14.1%).
14.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 27th +7.3pp 1st 36% below peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 15th +6.8pp 2nd 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 3rd +11.6pp 3rd 95% above peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 7th +6.3pp 4th 45% above peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 4th +4.6pp 5th 69% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 19th +2.0pp 6th 5% below peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 7th 109% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 24th +0.4pp 8th 29% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 12th +0.4pp 9th 27% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 17th +0.2pp 10th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 9th -0.5pp 11th 34% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 23rd -0.4pp 12th 28% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 25th -0.4pp 13th 32% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 5th -0.9pp 14th 51% above peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 20th -0.6pp 15th 9% below peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 8th -1.0pp 16th 43% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 10th -1.8pp 17th 31% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 21st -1.3pp 18th 21% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 14th -2.2pp 19th 14% above peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 18th -2.1pp 20th 3% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 21st 65% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 22nd 119% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 6th -4.7pp 23rd 50% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 22nd -2.4pp 24th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 29th -1.8pp 25th 50% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 16th -3.7pp 26th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 28th -1.9pp 27th 49% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 11th -5.5pp 28th 31% above peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 26th -3.8pp 29th 32% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 13th -7.4pp 30th 25% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 30th -3.4pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.0% then, 66.9% now; margin ±9.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.9% to 66.9%).
66.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 11th +18.0pp 1st 4% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 31st +13.0pp 2nd 18% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 8th +9.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 4th +9.7pp 4th 9% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 15th +9.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 21st +6.1pp 6th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 28th +5.0pp 7th 13% below peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 3rd +4.8pp 8th 10% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 9th 12% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 10th +3.7pp 10th 6% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 22nd +3.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 9th +3.4pp 12th 6% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 19th +3.0pp 13th 4% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 5th +3.3pp 14th 9% above peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 18th +2.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 20th +1.9pp 16th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 24th +1.6pp 17th 7% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 18th 10% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 17th +1.2pp 19th 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 13th +1.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 14th +0.2pp 21st 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 7th +0.2pp 22nd 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 6th +0.0pp 23rd 9% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 26th -0.2pp 24th 10% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 29th -0.4pp 25th 15% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 12th -0.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 23rd -2.2pp 27th 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 16th -3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 30th -3.7pp 29th 16% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 25th -5.7pp 30th 9% below peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 27th -7.3pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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4 of 28 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 ±7.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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