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67,464 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Union City, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$133,715
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
$114,681 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
45.1%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
40.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.8%
May 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
4.3% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
92.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
6.9%
2020-24
▲ 57%
relative change
4.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
64.7%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
65.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Union City, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
7.2%
2020-24
▲ 45%
relative change
5.0% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.0%
2019-23
▲ 42%
relative change
5.6% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.9%
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
2.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.44
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
0.38 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
35.5%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
33.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 7 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
78.1%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
63.7% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.0%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
18.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
67,464
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
74,722 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$779,118
Jun 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
$833,778 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,247,792
Jun 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
$1,315,424 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,867
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,807 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
16.4%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
15.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 17% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $114,681 to $133,715 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$10,183). 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 62% from 2014 to 2024 ($82,564 to $133,715).
$133,715
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%
Lodi, CA $88,530 16th +51% 1st on par with peers
Caldwell, ID $73,058 20th +49% 2nd 17% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 2nd +46% 3rd 161% above peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 9th +45% 4th 26% above peers
Madera, CA $63,933 23rd +42% 5th 28% below peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 6th 171% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $73,110 19th +38% 7th 17% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $82,041 18th +35% 8th 7% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 28th +35% 9th 36% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $70,080 21st +33% 10th 21% below peers
Conway, AR $63,004 24th +33% 11th 29% below peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 22nd +31% 12th 27% below peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 8th +31% 13th 28% above peers
Davis, CA $90,045 14th +30% 14th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 4th +30% 15th 67% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 16th 44% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 13th +29% 17th 9% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 30th +29% 18th 47% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 17th +27% 19th on par with peers
Ames, IA $60,991 26th +27% 20th 31% below peers
Shawnee, KS $109,940 11th +26% 21st 24% above peers
Spring, TX $88,997 15th +25% 22nd 1% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 25th +22% 23rd 30% below peers
Jackson, TN $53,032 29th +22% 24th 40% below peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 27th +21% 25th 35% below peers
Gary, IN $38,731 31st +21% 26th 56% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 27th 78% above peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 28th 45% above peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 12th +20% 29th 23% above peers
Union City, CA $133,715 5th +17% 30th 51% above peers
Novi, MI $110,723 10th +13% 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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2 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$8,054 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 78% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in May 2026, down from 4.3% a year earlier.
3.8%
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
Gary, IN 7.0% (May 26) 27th -2.1pp 1st 79% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.0% (May 26) 17th -0.9pp 2nd 3% above peers
Lodi, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th -0.8pp 3rd 28% above peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (May 26) 22nd -0.6pp 4th 18% above peers
Ames, IA 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.6pp 5th 31% below peers
Union City, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.5pp 6th 3% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 8th 18% below peers
Madera, CA 7.7% (May 26) 28th -0.3pp 9th 97% above peers
Haverhill, MA 4.3% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 10th 10% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (May 26) 23rd -0.1pp 11th 23% above peers
Commerce City, CO 4.1% (May 26) 18th -0.1pp 12th 5% above peers
Davis, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 13th 8% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 14th 31% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.0pp 15th 13% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 2.9% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 16th 26% below peers
Caldwell, ID 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Jackson, TN 3.9% (May 26) 15th +0.0pp 18th on par with peers
Conway, AR 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Shawnee, KS 3.4% (May 26) 6th +0.1pp 20th 13% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 4.5% (May 26) 21st +0.4pp 22nd 15% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.5pp 23rd 13% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.8% (May 26) 14th +0.5pp 24th 3% below peers
Novi, MI 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.6pp 25th 5% below peers
Ocala, FL 5.0% (May 26) 26th +0.9pp 26th 28% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 4.3% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 27th 10% above peers
Sammamish, WA 4.8% (May 26) 24th +1.1pp 28th 23% 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 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.0% to 7.2% - 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 7.2%).
7.2%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Shawnee, KS 5.2% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 54% below peers
Caldwell, ID 11.7% 18th -4.4pp 2nd 4% above peers
Commerce City, CO 8.6% 13th -2.9pp 3rd 23% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 11.2% 16th -3.7pp 4th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 12.3% 19th -2.9pp 5th 10% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.3% 11th -1.6pp 6th 35% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.3% 17th -1.9pp 7th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 10th -1.1pp 8th 35% below peers
Ames, IA 20.8% 25th -2.9pp 9th 85% above peers
Conway, AR 15.6% 21st -2.0pp 10th 39% above peers
Davis, CA 25.8% 29th -3.2pp 11th 130% above peers
Albany, GA 26.2% 30th -3.1pp 12th 133% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.2% 15th -1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 16.3% 23rd -0.9pp 14th 45% above peers
Madera, CA 25.3% 28th -1.3pp 15th 125% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 7th -0.1pp 16th 47% below peers
Jackson, TN 21.0% 26th -0.3pp 17th 87% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 4th +0.2pp 18th 50% below peers
Ocala, FL 20.2% 24th +0.8pp 19th 80% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 15.9% 22nd +0.8pp 20th 42% above peers
Spring, TX 10.4% 14th +0.5pp 21st 7% below peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 47% below peers
Gary, IN 32.8% 31st +2.6pp 23rd 192% above peers
South Hill, WA 7.1% 8th +0.7pp 24th 36% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 12.9% 20th +1.2pp 25th 15% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.9% 27th +3.4pp 26th 104% above peers
Rockville, MD 7.5% 12th +1.3pp 27th 33% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 5th +1.3pp 28th 49% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 3rd +1.4pp 29th 52% below peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 9th +2.2pp 30th 36% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 1st +1.9pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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2 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.4% then, 6.9% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 6.9%).
6.9%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Grand Junction, CO 10.8% 14th -7.9pp 1st 22% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.2% 2nd -3.8pp 2nd 63% below peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 18th -5.9pp 3rd 7% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 10th -2.8pp 4th 48% below peers
Caldwell, ID 15.6% 20th -5.1pp 5th 12% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 12th -2.3pp 6th 39% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 8th -1.6pp 7th 50% below peers
Conway, AR 14.8% 17th -3.2pp 8th 6% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 5th -1.2pp 9th 56% below peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 4th -1.0pp 10th 57% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 23rd -3.1pp 11th 45% above peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 25th -3.2pp 12th 62% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 30th -5.1pp 13th 178% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 15.1% 19th -1.7pp 14th 8% above peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 13th -0.8pp 15th 34% below peers
Jackson, TN 32.1% 28th -2.8pp 16th 130% above peers
Madera, CA 34.8% 29th -2.0pp 17th 150% above peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 16th -0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 27th +1.4pp 19th 124% above peers
Gary, IN 53.1% 31st +3.6pp 20th 281% above peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 26th +2.9pp 21st 119% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 7th +0.7pp 22nd 51% below peers
Spring, TX 17.4% 21st +2.0pp 23rd 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 24th +2.9pp 24th 50% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 19.9% 22nd +3.0pp 25th 43% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 3rd +1.3pp 26th 58% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 9th +2.1pp 27th 49% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 15th +4.7pp 28th 4% below peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 6th +2.5pp 29th 51% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 1st +2.0pp 30th 65% below peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 11th +4.7pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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2 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Broadband rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 92.3% to 95.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 27 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.8% to 95.2%).
95.1%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Gary, IN 82.3% 29th +17.4pp 1st 12% below peers
Madera, CA 90.8% 24th +14.1pp 2nd 3% below peers
Ocala, FL 91.3% 23rd +14.0pp 3rd 2% below peers
Jackson, TN 89.3% 26th +13.2pp 4th 4% below peers
Caldwell, ID 92.4% 18th +10.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 16th +10.0pp 6th on par with peers
Conway, AR 93.7% 15th +9.9pp 7th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 27th +8.8pp 8th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 9th 14% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 22nd +8.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 21st +7.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 92.4% 19th +6.9pp 12th 1% below peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 20th +6.2pp 13th 1% below peers
Spring, TX 94.7% 13th +6.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 92.6% 17th +5.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 89.9% 25th +5.0pp 16th 4% below peers
Shawnee, KS 95.8% 8th +4.9pp 17th 3% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 28th +4.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 6th +4.5pp 19th 4% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 3rd +4.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 4th +3.8pp 21st 4% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 11th +2.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 12th +2.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 7th +2.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 10th +2.3pp 25th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 2nd +2.3pp 26th 4% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 5th +1.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 14th +1.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 29th 6% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 9th -0.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 31st -0.8pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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2 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 18% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.38 to 0.44 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 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; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.44).
0.44
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Ocala, FL 0.48 23rd -0.055 1st 8% above peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 11th -0.029 2nd 4% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 3rd -0.023 3rd 18% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 0.44 14th -0.028 4th on par with peers
Shawnee, KS 0.41 7th -0.025 5th 8% below peers
Caldwell, ID 0.37 4th -0.023 6th 16% below peers
Conway, AR 0.48 24th -0.027 7th 8% above peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 16th -0.024 8th on par with peers
Spring, TX 0.35 2nd -0.019 9th 21% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 10th 22% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 0.44 17th -0.019 11th on par with peers
Jackson, TN 0.49 27th -0.020 12th 10% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 28th -0.020 13th 11% above peers
Ames, IA 0.48 25th -0.013 14th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 21st -0.010 15th 6% above peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 9th -0.007 16th 6% below peers
Davis, CA 0.53 30th +0.001 17th 19% above peers
Novi, MI 0.45 19th +0.007 18th 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 5th +0.006 19th 15% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 13th +0.007 20th 2% below peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 12th +0.007 21st 3% below peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 10th +0.010 22nd 4% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 8th +0.010 23rd 7% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 0.54 31st +0.015 24th 21% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 20th +0.015 25th 5% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 26th +0.017 26th 9% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 18th +0.017 27th 1% above peers
Gary, IN 0.51 29th +0.024 28th 16% above peers
Madera, CA 0.47 22nd +0.041 29th 8% above peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 6th +0.035 30th 8% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 15th +0.066 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
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SNAP rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 5.6% to 8.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.5% to 8.0%).
8.0%
20102023
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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 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
Shawnee, KS 2.3% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 78% below peers
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 79% below peers
Caldwell, ID 12.5% 23rd -8.3pp 3rd 21% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 6th -1.4pp 4th 68% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.0% 20th -3.9pp 5th 7% above peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 8th -1.2pp 6th 59% below peers
Conway, AR 8.8% 14th -1.2pp 7th 15% below peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 24th -2.1pp 8th 55% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.5% 17th -1.2pp 9th 1% above peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 25th -1.8pp 10th 75% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 11th -0.7pp 11th 32% below peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 13th -0.7pp 12th 16% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 19th -0.7pp 13th 5% above peers
Gary, IN 29.1% 29th -1.4pp 14th 182% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 15th 121% above peers
Jackson, TN 20.4% 26th -0.6pp 16th 98% above peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 16th +0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 21st +0.6pp 18th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 19th 209% above peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 10th +0.7pp 20th 32% below peers
Madera, CA 30.0% 30th +3.9pp 21st 190% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 10.5% 18th +1.5pp 22nd 2% above peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 27th +3.6pp 23rd 102% above peers
Spring, TX 12.0% 22nd +2.6pp 24th 16% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 5th +0.9pp 25th 69% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 9th +1.5pp 26th 50% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 12th +2.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 7th +1.4pp 28th 60% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 4th +1.1pp 29th 75% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 3rd +1.1pp 30th 76% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 15th +5.8pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value fell about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value is about 12% higher than in 2021 ($1,109,269 then, $1,247,792 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,345,204 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,247,792 in June 2026, down from $1,315,424 a year earlier.
$1,247,792
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Oshkosh, WI $262,782 (Jun 26) 24th +5.6% 1st 39% below peers
Union City, NJ $569,523 (Jun 26) 8th +5.0% 2nd 33% above peers
Shawnee, KS $432,970 (Jun 26) 13th +4.8% 3rd 1% above peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,604,398 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 4th 741% above peers
Novi, MI $478,638 (Jun 26) 12th +3.0% 5th 12% above peers
Madera, CA $428,837 (Jun 26) 15th +2.7% 6th on par with peers
Ames, IA $307,551 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.7% 7th 28% below peers
Haverhill, MA $558,210 (Jun 26) 9th +2.1% 8th 30% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $429,488 (Jun 26) 14th +2.1% 9th on par with peers
Eagan, MN $408,530 (Jun 26) 16th +1.8% 10th 5% below peers
Conway, AR $252,300 (Jun 26) 25th +1.8% 11th 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,420,519 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 12th 231% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $398,674 (Jun 26) 18th +0.7% 13th 7% below peers
Waterloo, IA $149,410 (Jun 26) 27th +0.5% 14th 65% below peers
Caldwell, ID $402,988 (Jun 26) 17th +0.3% 15th 6% below peers
Albany, GA $134,986 (Jun 26) 28th -0.2% 16th 69% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $730,793 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 17th 70% above peers
Spring, TX $368,162 (Jun 26) 19th -0.8% 18th 14% below peers
Jackson, TN $229,672 (Jun 26) 26th -0.9% 19th 46% below peers
Rockville, MD $623,896 (Jun 26) 7th -1.1% 20th 45% above peers
Davis, CA $854,071 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 21st 99% above peers
Lodi, CA $518,965 (Jun 26) 10th -2.4% 22nd 21% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $342,429 (Jun 26) 21st -2.8% 23rd 20% below peers
Ocala, FL $268,867 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.9% 24th 37% below peers
Gary, IN $91,950 (Jun 26) 29th -3.8% 25th 79% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $345,384 (Jun 26) 20th -3.8% 26th 19% below peers
Commerce City, CO $489,357 (Jun 26) 11th -4.0% 27th 14% above peers
Union City, CA $1,247,792 (Jun 26) 4th -5.1% 28th 191% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,591,920 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.7% 29th 271% 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes fell about 7% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes is about 7% higher than in 2021 ($730,096 then, $779,118 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $868,979 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $779,118 in June 2026, down from $833,778 a year earlier.
$779,118
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Gary, IN $57,312 (Jun 26) 29th +8.4% 1st 83% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $192,148 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.4% 2nd 42% below peers
Shawnee, KS $336,902 (Jun 26) 14th +6.1% 3rd 2% above peers
Madera, CA $342,657 (Jun 26) 12th +4.0% 4th 4% above peers
Conway, AR $186,535 (Jun 26) 24th +3.7% 5th 43% below peers
Ames, IA $208,311 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 6th 37% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,227,681 (Jun 26) 1st +3.3% 7th 575% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $329,851 (Jun 26) 15th +3.3% 8th on par with peers
Novi, MI $300,843 (Jun 26) 17th +2.5% 9th 9% below peers
Albany, GA $62,478 (Jun 26) 28th +2.3% 10th 81% below peers
Haverhill, MA $423,895 (Jun 26) 7th +1.8% 11th 29% above peers
Union City, NJ $364,639 (Jun 26) 11th +1.7% 12th 11% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,001,817 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 13th 204% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $300,692 (Jun 26) 18th +1.1% 14th 9% below peers
Caldwell, ID $338,708 (Jun 26) 13th +0.9% 15th 3% above peers
Eagan, MN $270,284 (Jun 26) 19th +0.3% 16th 18% below peers
Waterloo, IA $82,231 (Jun 26) 27th -0.4% 17th 75% below peers
Davis, CA $641,969 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 18th 95% above peers
Jackson, TN $116,953 (Jun 26) 26th -1.2% 19th 65% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $483,817 (Jun 26) 6th -1.7% 20th 47% above peers
Spring, TX $255,174 (Jun 26) 20th -2.0% 21st 23% below peers
Lodi, CA $402,484 (Jun 26) 8th -2.2% 22nd 22% above peers
Rockville, MD $369,367 (Jun 26) 10th -2.6% 23rd 12% above peers
Ocala, FL $195,336 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.4% 24th 41% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $303,698 (Jun 26) 16th -4.1% 25th 8% below peers
Commerce City, CO $387,464 (Jun 26) 9th -4.6% 26th 17% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,089,579 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.8% 27th 230% above peers
Union City, CA $779,118 (Jun 26) 4th -6.6% 28th 136% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $144,832 (Jun 26) 25th -10.3% 29th 56% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.4% then, 64.7% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.1% to 64.7%).
64.7%
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%
Caldwell, ID 73.0% 7th +9.7pp 1st 16% above peers
Madera, CA 54.7% 21st +6.9pp 2nd 13% below peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 24th +6.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 17th +5.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 63.5% 15th +5.4pp 5th 1% above peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 19th +4.4pp 6th 10% below peers
Spring, TX 74.4% 5th +4.8pp 7th 18% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 1st +4.0pp 8th 32% above peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 4th +3.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 29th +1.4pp 10th 33% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 63.2% 16th +1.3pp 11th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 18th +1.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 64.2% 14th +1.1pp 13th 2% above peers
Shawnee, KS 73.7% 6th +0.7pp 14th 17% above peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 28th +0.4pp 15th 31% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 2nd +0.4pp 16th 31% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 22nd +0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 20th -0.0pp 18th 13% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 10th -0.4pp 19th 5% above peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 13th -0.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 12th -1.3pp 21st 3% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 11th -1.4pp 22nd 4% above peers
Jackson, TN 51.2% 25th -1.2pp 23rd 19% below peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 9th -2.0pp 24th 7% above peers
Gary, IN 49.0% 26th -1.5pp 25th 22% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 3rd -3.1pp 26th 31% above peers
Conway, AR 45.4% 27th -2.2pp 27th 28% below peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 8th -3.6pp 28th 12% above peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 23rd -2.8pp 29th 17% below peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 30th 40% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 31st 70% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 81% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,867 in June 2026, up from $2,807 a year earlier.
$2,867
2018June 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%
Palo Alto, CA $4,299 (Jun 26) 1st +6.8% 1st 135% above peers
Gary, IN $1,366 (Jun 26) 25th +5.9% 2nd 25% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,208 (Jun 26) 26th +4.8% 3rd 34% below peers
Waterloo, IA $898 (Jun 26) 29th +4.8% 4th 51% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $1,768 (Jun 26) 17th +4.1% 5th 3% below peers
Lodi, CA $2,137 (Jun 26) 12th +4.0% 6th 17% above peers
Caldwell, ID $1,729 (Jun 26) 19th +3.9% 7th 6% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 8th 123% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $2,788 (Jun 26) 5th +3.5% 9th 52% above peers
Madera, CA $2,344 (Jun 26) 11th +3.2% 10th 28% above peers
Ames, IA $1,125 (Jun 26) 27th +3.0% 11th 39% below peers
Conway, AR $1,431 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 12th 22% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,421 (Jun 26) 9th +2.4% 13th 32% above peers
Commerce City, CO $2,484 (Jun 26) 7th +2.3% 14th 36% above peers
Union City, CA $2,867 (Jun 26) 4th +2.1% 15th 57% above peers
Eagan, MN $1,632 (Jun 26) 20th +1.8% 16th 11% below peers
Jackson, TN $1,451 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.8% 17th 21% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,738 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 18th 104% above peers
Novi, MI $1,857 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 19th 1% above peers
Haverhill, MA $2,345 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 20th 28% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,831 (Jun 26) 15th +1.1% 21st on par with peers
Idaho Falls, ID $1,383 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 22nd 24% below peers
Davis, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 6th +0.7% 23rd 48% above peers
Albany, GA $937 (Jun 26) 28th +0.6% 24th 49% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,116 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 25th 16% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,426 (Jun 26) 8th -0.2% 26th 33% above peers
Shawnee, KS $1,796 (Jun 26) 16th -0.2% 27th 2% below peers
Spring, TX $1,750 (Jun 26) 18th -0.6% 28th 4% below peers
Ocala, FL $1,582 (Jun 26) 21st -0.7% 29th 14% 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 (33.6% then, 35.5% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.8% to 35.5%).
35.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 1st 50% above peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 21st -4.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 14th -3.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Shawnee, KS 21.8% 1st -2.1pp 4th 35% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 31.6% 12th -2.6pp 5th 6% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 19th -2.6pp 6th 3% above peers
Spring, TX 29.1% 10th -2.1pp 7th 13% below peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 22nd -2.5pp 8th 13% above peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 6th -0.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 11th -0.7pp 10th 6% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 8th -0.5pp 11th 15% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 24th -0.6pp 12th 19% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 18th -0.5pp 13th 3% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 28.2% 7th -0.1pp 14th 16% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 17th +0.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Madera, CA 43.1% 29th +0.4pp 16th 29% above peers
Caldwell, ID 32.0% 13th +0.7pp 17th 5% below peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 25th +1.2pp 18th 19% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 15th +1.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 5th +1.1pp 20th 23% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 4th +1.2pp 21st 25% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 20th +1.9pp 22nd 6% above peers
Jackson, TN 38.9% 23rd +2.2pp 23rd 16% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 9th +1.8pp 24th 14% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.0% 27th +3.1pp 25th 28% above peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 26th 40% above peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 3rd +2.1pp 27th 26% below peers
Gary, IN 42.8% 26th +3.7pp 28th 27% above peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 28th +3.8pp 29th 28% above peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 16th +3.5pp 30th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 2nd +2.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.5% then, 5.9% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 5.9%).
5.9%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Idaho Falls, ID 3.3% 7th -2.8pp 1st 54% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 20th -3.1pp 2nd 8% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.6% 8th -1.3pp 3rd 50% below peers
Gary, IN 13.6% 30th -4.0pp 4th 89% above peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 26th -2.0pp 5th 23% above peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 25th -1.8pp 6th 19% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 9th -0.7pp 7th 50% below peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 22nd -1.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 29th -1.6pp 9th 72% above peers
Conway, AR 5.7% 13th -0.5pp 10th 21% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 15th -0.4pp 11th 15% below peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 12th 476% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 19th -0.0pp 13th 7% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 16th +0.0pp 14th on par with peers
Delray Beach, FL 7.3% 17th +0.2pp 15th 2% above peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 12th +0.2pp 16th 29% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 5th +0.1pp 17th 63% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 6th +0.2pp 18th 61% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 14th +0.4pp 19th 18% below peers
Spring, TX 2.0% 3rd +0.1pp 20th 72% below peers
Jackson, TN 11.8% 28th +1.0pp 21st 64% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 10th +0.3pp 22nd 48% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.4% 23rd +1.4pp 23rd 17% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 24th +1.5pp 24th 18% above peers
Madera, CA 7.8% 21st +1.4pp 25th 8% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 27th +2.1pp 26th 55% above peers
Shawnee, KS 3.8% 11th +1.0pp 27th 47% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 28th 78% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 78% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 4th +1.3pp 30th 67% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 18th +4.1pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Worsening
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Uninsured rose 0.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.1% to 2.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp). 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 2.9%).
2.9%
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 6.5% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 15th -4.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Gary, IN 8.1% 20th -2.7pp 2nd 22% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 6th -0.9pp 3rd 49% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 9.7% 24th -2.5pp 4th 46% above peers
Shawnee, KS 5.0% 11th -1.2pp 5th 25% below peers
Albany, GA 13.3% 28th -3.1pp 6th 99% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.2% 13th -1.2pp 7th 21% below peers
Commerce City, CO 7.4% 18th -1.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.3% 14th -1.0pp 9th 20% below peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 9th -0.8pp 10th 34% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 11th 56% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 62% below peers
Ocala, FL 11.8% 27th -1.4pp 13th 77% above peers
Madera, CA 8.4% 21st -1.0pp 14th 27% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 15th 71% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 8.5% 22nd -0.7pp 16th 28% above peers
Conway, AR 7.8% 19th -0.6pp 17th 17% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.9% 10th -0.0pp 18th 27% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 8th +0.1pp 19th 44% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 16th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 23.9% 31st +0.6pp 21st 258% above peers
Caldwell, ID 14.6% 29th +0.7pp 22nd 120% above peers
Jackson, TN 10.5% 26th +0.6pp 23rd 58% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 9.2% 23rd +0.6pp 24th 38% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 17th +0.6pp 25th 5% above peers
Spring, TX 16.5% 30th +1.7pp 26th 147% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 7th +0.4pp 27th 46% below peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 12th +0.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 4th +0.8pp 29th 56% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 25th +2.8pp 30th 51% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 2nd +0.8pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is about half the peer median.

15.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 55% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 46% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 3rd 43% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 4th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 5th 34% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 6th 33% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 7th 28% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 8th 25% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 9th 19% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 30.8% 10th 12% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 30.9% 11th 11% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 12th 8% below peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 13th 7% below peers
Shawnee, KS 33.1% 14th 5% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 15th 2% below peers
Spring, TX 34.9% 16th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 17th 1% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 18th 2% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 19th 2% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 35.9% 20th 3% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 21st 5% above peers
Madera, CA 37.1% 22nd 6% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 23rd 8% above peers
Caldwell, ID 39.0% 24th 12% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 25th 13% above peers
Conway, AR 40.0% 26th 15% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 27th 17% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 28th 18% above peers
Jackson, TN 41.1% 29th 18% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 30th 29% above peers
Gary, IN 49.8% 31st 43% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.9% then, 2.7% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.7% to 2.7%).
2.7%
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
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 10th -7.3pp 1st 15% below peers
Shawnee, KS 1.6% 4th -2.0pp 2nd 47% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 71% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 17th -2.3pp 4th 2% above peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 13th -1.7pp 5th 13% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 15th -1.5pp 6th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 21st -1.4pp 7th 54% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 5th -0.5pp 8th 44% below peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 2nd -0.2pp 9th 68% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 3rd -0.3pp 10th 50% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 68% above peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 9th -0.4pp 12th 17% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 6.0% 25th -0.7pp 13th 100% above peers
Madera, CA 2.5% 11th -0.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Gary, IN 3.8% 20th -0.1pp 15th 29% above peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 8th -0.0pp 16th 20% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 18th +0.0pp 17th 17% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 6th +0.1pp 18th 34% below peers
Spring, TX 12.3% 30th +2.3pp 19th 313% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 12th +0.5pp 20th 14% below peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 16th +0.7pp 21st on par with peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 27th +2.5pp 22nd 208% above peers
Conway, AR 5.6% 23rd +1.6pp 23rd 88% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 14th +0.8pp 24th 10% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.9% 24th +1.8pp 25th 98% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.8% 19th +1.6pp 26th 27% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 29th +5.8pp 27th 293% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.1% 26th +4.2pp 28th 173% above peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 28th +5.6pp 29th 231% above peers
Caldwell, ID 13.3% 31st +9.3pp 30th 348% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 7th +1.5pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.4% to 45.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 10.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.0% to 45.1%).
45.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Caldwell, ID 19.5% 29th +5.9pp 1st 41% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 20th +6.8pp 2nd 14% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 19th +7.0pp 3rd 5% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 25th +5.4pp 4th 25% below peers
South Hill, WA 32.9% 16th +5.0pp 5th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 23rd +3.8pp 6th 21% below peers
Madera, CA 10.9% 31st +1.5pp 7th 67% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.8% 13th +5.4pp 8th 33% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 12th +4.8pp 9th 37% above peers
Shawnee, KS 53.1% 11th +4.8pp 10th 61% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 38.1% 15th +3.4pp 11th 16% above peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 17th +2.8pp 12th 1% below peers
Conway, AR 42.6% 14th +2.9pp 13th 30% above peers
Spring, TX 25.6% 24th +1.7pp 14th 22% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 22nd +1.8pp 15th 17% below peers
Gary, IN 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 16th 55% below peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 28th +1.3pp 17th 35% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 7th +3.5pp 18th 95% above peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 10th +2.9pp 19th 66% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 5th +3.1pp 20th 100% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 3rd +2.9pp 21st 134% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 9th +2.1pp 22nd 71% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 31.7% 18th +1.0pp 23rd 4% below peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 2nd +1.9pp 24th 134% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 4th +1.5pp 25th 115% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 8th +1.2pp 26th 75% above peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 6th +0.7pp 27th 99% above peers
Jackson, TN 27.8% 21st +0.1pp 28th 16% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 29th 150% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 26th -1.1pp 30th 28% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 27th -1.6pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (47.0% then, 46.3% now; margin ±13.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.4% to 46.3%).
46.3%
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%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 11th +18.6pp 1st 22% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 17th +13.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Spring, TX 36.8% 23rd +8.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 47.4% 13th +9.5pp 4th 5% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 66.0% 3rd +12.3pp 5th 46% above peers
Madera, CA 34.6% 24th +6.4pp 6th 23% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 5th +9.8pp 7th 45% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 9th +3.7pp 8th 28% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 2nd +4.1pp 9th 50% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 7th +3.6pp 10th 36% above peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 4th +0.3pp 11th 46% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 15th -0.7pp 12th 3% above peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 22nd -0.7pp 13th 18% below peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 1st -3.4pp 14th 54% above peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 10th -4.7pp 15th 25% above peers
Caldwell, ID 26.2% 29th -2.5pp 16th 42% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 26th -4.4pp 17th 31% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 25th -4.9pp 18th 29% below peers
Shawnee, KS 45.1% 16th -10.6pp 19th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 6th -15.5pp 20th 45% above peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 19th -11.2pp 21st 18% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 8th -18.6pp 22nd 29% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 14th -15.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 18th -13.7pp 24th 12% below peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 30th -9.4pp 25th 42% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.3% 28th -10.1pp 26th 40% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 12th -22.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Gary, IN 37.0% 21st -19.5pp 28th 18% below peers
Jackson, TN 30.9% 27th -17.7pp 29th 31% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 31st -16.0pp 30th 44% below peers
Conway, AR 37.1% 20th -23.8pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.7% then, 5.0% now; margin ±4.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 5.0%).
5.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 2nd -6.6pp 1st 92% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 2nd 94% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 3rd -0.8pp 3rd 88% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 10th -3.0pp 4th 47% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 3.6% 11th -3.3pp 5th 34% below peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 18th -5.2pp 6th 9% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 7th -2.1pp 7th 52% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 5th -1.6pp 8th 63% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.5% 16th -4.1pp 9th on par with peers
Spring, TX 6.5% 19th -4.6pp 10th 17% above peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 9th -0.8pp 11th 48% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 9.0% 23rd -1.6pp 12th 63% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 22nd -0.8pp 13th 37% above peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 20th -0.7pp 14th 18% above peers
Gary, IN 12.5% 28th -1.1pp 15th 126% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 21st -0.6pp 16th 33% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 13th -0.2pp 17th 25% below peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 27th +0.3pp 18th 91% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 26th +1.5pp 19th 87% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 20th 198% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 15th +1.4pp 21st 9% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 8th +1.0pp 22nd 51% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 29th +6.2pp 23rd 138% above peers
Conway, AR 4.6% 14th +2.4pp 24th 16% below peers
Madera, CA 9.7% 24th +5.1pp 25th 76% above peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 4th +0.9pp 26th 69% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.9% 17th +3.2pp 27th 7% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 28th 54% below peers
Caldwell, ID 10.2% 25th +6.1pp 29th 85% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 3.9% 12th +2.6pp 30th 30% below peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 30th +12.3pp 31st 162% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
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Population fell about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74,722 to 67,464 - more than the combined survey margin (±106). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (71,675 to 67,464).
67,464
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Horizon West, FL 67,416 17th +73% 1st on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 21st +38% 2nd on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 66,516 28th +21% 3rd 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO 66,445 31st +18% 4th 2% below peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 6th +13% 5th 1% above peers
Spring, TX 68,580 1st +12% 6th 2% above peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 27th +12% 7th 1% below peers
Novi, MI 66,717 26th +11% 8th 1% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 67,725 10th +10% 9th on par with peers
Grand Junction, CO 68,142 4th +10% 10th 1% above peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 11th +7% 11th on par with peers
Madera, CA 67,831 9th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Shawnee, KS 68,542 2nd +5% 13th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 29th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 15th +3% 15th on par with peers
Ames, IA 67,669 13th +2% 16th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 7th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Jackson, TN 68,435 3rd +2% 18th 1% above peers
Conway, AR 67,642 14th +2% 19th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 24th +2% 20th 1% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 18th +1% 21st on par with peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 12th +0% 22nd on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 25th -0% 23rd 1% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 67,979 8th -0% 24th 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 20th -1% 25th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 22nd -1% 26th 1% below peers
Davis, CA 66,978 23rd -2% 27th 1% below peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 30th -3% 28th 1% below peers
Albany, GA 67,224 19th -9% 29th on par with peers
Union City, CA 67,464 16th -10% 30th on par with peers
Gary, IN 68,113 5th -10% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±72 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.9% to 17.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 10 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.5% to 17.0%).
17.0%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 21.9% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Gary, IN 28.6% 6th +4.7pp 1st 20% above peers
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 12th +1.6pp 2nd 3% above peers
Spring, TX 27.8% 8th +1.8pp 3rd 17% above peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 11th +0.6pp 4th 4% above peers
Jackson, TN 24.4% 13th +0.5pp 5th 2% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 3rd +0.1pp 6th 22% above peers
South Hill, WA 28.2% 7th +0.1pp 7th 19% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 10th -0.2pp 8th 13% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 22nd -0.5pp 9th 7% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 26th -0.4pp 10th 27% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 18th -0.5pp 11th 5% below peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 19th -0.6pp 12th 6% below peers
Conway, AR 20.3% 24th -0.5pp 13th 15% below peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 21st -0.6pp 14th 7% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 17th -0.7pp 15th 2% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.8% 9th -1.0pp 16th 17% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 20th -0.8pp 17th 7% below peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 25th -0.8pp 18th 15% below peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 5th -1.3pp 19th 20% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 13.4% 30th -0.7pp 20th 44% below peers
Shawnee, KS 23.8% 16th -1.5pp 21st on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 30.3% 2nd -2.3pp 22nd 27% above peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 23rd -1.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 24th 53% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 29th -1.4pp 25th 43% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 28th -1.9pp 26th 29% below peers
Madera, CA 30.8% 1st -3.5pp 27th 29% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 15th -2.7pp 28th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 4th -4.4pp 29th 20% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 14th -3.7pp 30th 1% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 17.3% 27th -2.9pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.3% then, 16.4% now; margin ±5.5pp).

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 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.8% to 16.4%).
16.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 17th +8.2pp 1st 2% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 14th +8.7pp 2nd 6% above peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 18th +6.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 12th +5.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Madera, CA 43.3% 7th +8.2pp 5th 59% above peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 24th +2.8pp 6th 38% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 4th +8.0pp 7th 84% above peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 5th +7.5pp 8th 84% above peers
Spring, TX 27.4% 15th +3.2pp 9th 1% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 38.2% 9th +4.1pp 10th 41% above peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 26th +1.0pp 11th 40% below peers
Gary, IN 81.1% 1st +4.6pp 12th 199% above peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 23rd +1.2pp 13th 23% below peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 6th +2.0pp 14th 62% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 25.6% 19th +0.7pp 15th 6% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 29.7% 13th +0.7pp 16th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 2nd +1.8pp 17th 163% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 10th +0.5pp 18th 35% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 19th 19% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 29th -0.2pp 20th 53% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 11th -0.7pp 21st 20% above peers
Jackson, TN 50.5% 3rd -2.6pp 22nd 86% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 16th -1.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 8th -2.7pp 24th 47% above peers
Caldwell, ID 22.3% 20th -2.0pp 25th 18% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 28th -1.5pp 26th 49% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 30th -1.6pp 27th 54% below peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 22nd -5.2pp 28th 20% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 25th -4.5pp 29th 39% below peers
Shawnee, KS 15.5% 27th -5.0pp 30th 43% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 31st -2.7pp 31st 76% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents rose 14.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.8% to 78.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.8pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 11.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.0% to 78.1%).
78.1%
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 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Grand Junction, CO 65.7% 18th +13.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 4th +14.3pp 2nd 16% above peers
Conway, AR 76.4% 6th +10.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 23rd +7.7pp 4th 10% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 22nd +7.9pp 5th 7% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 25th +6.6pp 6th 11% below peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 21st +6.5pp 7th 7% below peers
Caldwell, ID 64.8% 20th +6.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 79.1% 3rd +6.5pp 9th 17% above peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 26th +4.5pp 10th 11% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 11th +5.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 7th +4.8pp 12th 9% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 15th +4.0pp 13th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 2nd +4.5pp 14th 19% above peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 17th +0.7pp 15th on par with peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 19th +0.6pp 16th 4% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 17th 22% above peers
Shawnee, KS 76.8% 5th -1.1pp 18th 14% above peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 14th -1.2pp 19th 4% above peers
Jackson, TN 67.4% 16th -1.2pp 20th on par with peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 9th -1.5pp 21st 8% above peers
Madera, CA 59.5% 27th -1.3pp 22nd 12% below peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 13th -2.2pp 23rd 5% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 53.8% 31st -2.2pp 24th 20% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 12th -3.6pp 25th 7% above peers
Gary, IN 60.6% 24th -4.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Spring, TX 58.7% 29th -5.0pp 27th 13% below peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 10th -6.4pp 28th 8% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 8th -7.2pp 29th 9% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 30th -9.2pp 30th 19% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 28th -11.7pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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