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Vallejo, CA
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124,268 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Vallejo, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$90,171
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$69,405 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
13.9%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
19.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,778 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 24%
relative change
3,638 a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
28.8%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
25.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.2%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
88.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.7%
May 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
5.0% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.44
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
746 /100k
Apr 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
719 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Vallejo, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.5%
2020-24
▲ 101%
relative change
2.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
6.6%
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
580 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 15%
relative change
682 a year earlier
Behind peers, dropping too slowly Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
45.7%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
43.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.1%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
7.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.3%
2019-23
▲ 7%
relative change
12.4% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
37.9%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
37.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 4 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 →
Home value
Typical home value
$526,808
Jun 2026
▼ 4%
relative change
$550,198 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$425,896
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$441,022 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
124,268
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
121,267 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,181
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$2,174 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 4% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 746 in April 2026, up from 719 a year earlier.
746 per 100k
2018April 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) 21st -37.5% 1st 62% above peers
Pearland, TX 70 (May 26) 1st -31.9% 2nd 82% below peers
College Station, TX 115 (May 26) 3rd -29.2% 3rd 70% below peers
Concord, CA 382 (May 26) 13th -23.9% 4th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 234 (May 26) 7th -17.9% 5th 39% below peers
Billings, MT 667 (May 26) 22nd -16.7% 6th 75% above peers
Wilmington, NC 400 (May 26) 14th -12.4% 7th 5% above peers
Hartford, CT 437 (May 26) 16th -11.9% 8th 14% above peers
Cambridge, MA 428 (May 26) 15th -7.6% 9th 12% above peers
Arvada, CO 296 (Apr 26) 10th -5.9% 10th 22% below peers
Berkeley, CA 600 (May 26) 20th -5.2% 11th 57% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 110 (May 26) 2nd -4.9% 12th 71% below peers
Independence, MO 557 (May 26) 19th -4.5% 13th 46% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 127 (May 26) 4th -1.2% 14th 67% below peers
Columbia, MO 359 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 15th 6% below peers
Clovis, CA 253 (May 26) 8th +1.2% 16th 34% below peers
Lafayette, LA 1,091 (May 26) 24th +1.8% 17th 186% above peers
Norman, OK 290 (Dec 25) 9th +2.4% 18th 24% below peers
Vallejo, CA 746 (Apr 26) 23rd +3.7% 19th 96% above peers
Round Rock, TX 139 (May 26) 5th +10.0% 20th 64% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 299 (May 26) 11th +10.5% 21st 22% below peers
Abilene, TX 476 (May 26) 17th +11.6% 22nd 25% above peers
Fairfield, CA 538 (May 26) 18th +11.8% 23rd 41% above peers
Rochester, MN 174 (May 26) 6th +23.4% 24th 54% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • North Charleston, SC down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fayetteville, NC down about 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • New Haven, CT down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 8% 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 Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 24% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 87% 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 less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,778 in April 2026, down from 3,638 a year earlier.
2,778 per 100k
2018April 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 50% above peers
Round Rock, TX 1,275 (May 26) 5th -31.6% 2nd 38% below peers
Pearland, TX 1,033 (May 26) 4th -30.6% 3rd 50% below peers
College Station, TX 808 (May 26) 2nd -24.6% 4th 61% below peers
Vallejo, CA 2,778 (Apr 26) 19th -23.6% 5th 34% above peers
Hartford, CT 2,069 (May 26) 13th -21.4% 6th on par with peers
Concord, CA 2,380 (May 26) 16th -20.2% 7th 15% above peers
Billings, MT 2,386 (May 26) 17th -18.8% 8th 15% above peers
Clovis, CA 1,291 (May 26) 6th -15.9% 9th 38% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 758 (May 26) 1st -13.8% 10th 63% below peers
Columbia, MO 1,878 (May 26) 12th -13.7% 11th 9% below peers
Berkeley, CA 3,986 (May 26) 24th -12.7% 12th 93% above peers
Lafayette, LA 3,364 (May 26) 23rd -12.3% 13th 63% above peers
Cambridge, MA 2,417 (May 26) 18th -11.6% 14th 17% above peers
Norman, OK 2,095 (Dec 25) 14th -11.4% 15th 1% above peers
Wilmington, NC 2,874 (May 26) 20th -11.1% 16th 39% above peers
Independence, MO 2,989 (May 26) 21st -10.3% 17th 44% above peers
Arvada, CO 2,321 (Apr 26) 15th -8.4% 18th 12% above peers
Allentown, PA 1,394 (May 26) 8th -3.3% 19th 33% below peers
Fairfield, CA 1,660 (May 26) 9th -2.8% 20th 20% below peers
Rochester, MN 1,307 (May 26) 7th +0.3% 21st 37% below peers
Abilene, TX 1,712 (May 26) 11th +1.0% 22nd 17% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 994 (May 26) 3rd +3.3% 23rd 52% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1,701 (May 26) 10th +8.5% 24th 18% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homicide fell about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 12 in April 2026, down from 17 a year earlier.
12 per 100k
2018April 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) 7th -83.3% 2nd 71% below peers
Clovis, CA 1 (May 26) 4th -80.0% 3rd 73% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 1 (May 26) 5th -75.0% 4th 72% below peers
North Charleston, SC 8 (May 26) 21st -65.8% 5th 171% above peers
Billings, MT 2 (May 26) 12th -57.1% 6th 15% below peers
Hartford, CT 11 (May 26) 23rd -30.0% 7th 298% above peers
Independence, MO 6 (May 26) 19th -30.0% 8th 101% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12 (Apr 26) 24th -28.6% 9th 325% above peers
Rochester, MN 2 (May 26) 11th -24.8% 10th 16% below peers
Pearland, TX 1 (May 26) 2nd -11.0% 11th 73% below peers
Columbia, MO 3 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 12th 6% above peers
Cambridge, MA 1 (May 26) 6th +0.0% 13th 71% below peers
Abilene, TX 7 (May 26) 20th +7.6% 14th 138% above peers
Lafayette, LA 4 (May 26) 17th +24.8% 15th 42% above peers
Allentown, PA 4 (May 26) 16th +24.8% 16th 37% above peers
Wilmington, NC 9 (May 26) 22nd +37.5% 17th 200% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2 (May 26) 10th +50.3% 18th 17% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3 (May 26) 13th +96.6% 19th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 5 (May 26) 18th +100.0% 20th 69% above peers
Norman, OK 3 (Dec 25) 15th +300.5% 21st 6% above peers
College Station, TX 1 (May 26) 3rd 73% below peers
Arvada, CO 1 (Apr 26) 8th 71% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (May 26) 9th 43% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Richmond, VA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
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 15% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 52% 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 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 580 in April 2026, down from 682 a year earlier.
580 per 100k
2018April 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) 19th -48.6% 1st 47% above peers
College Station, TX 52 (May 26) 2nd -43.2% 2nd 73% below peers
Columbia, MO 176 (May 26) 12th -42.3% 3rd 6% below peers
Billings, MT 257 (May 26) 17th -36.4% 4th 37% above peers
Arvada, CO 258 (Apr 26) 18th -32.9% 5th 37% above peers
Lafayette, LA 235 (May 26) 14th -32.4% 6th 25% above peers
Independence, MO 497 (May 26) 22nd -29.8% 7th 164% above peers
Concord, CA 322 (May 26) 20th -29.7% 8th 71% above peers
Berkeley, CA 444 (May 26) 21st -27.6% 9th 136% above peers
Hartford, CT 551 (May 26) 23rd -26.6% 10th 193% above peers
Rochester, MN 59 (May 26) 3rd -24.0% 11th 69% below peers
Norman, OK 188 (Dec 25) 13th -21.8% 12th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 93 (May 26) 8th -21.0% 13th 51% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (May 26) 1st -20.3% 14th 76% below peers
Wilmington, NC 244 (May 26) 15th -19.2% 15th 30% above peers
Vallejo, CA 580 (Apr 26) 24th -14.9% 16th 208% above 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
Cambridge, MA 71 (May 26) 4th -7.5% 19th 62% below 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Boulder, CO down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 53% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% 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 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $69,405 to $90,171 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,528). 30 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 54% from 2014 to 2024 ($58,472 to $90,171).
$90,171
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%
Wilmington, NC $66,738 20th +40% 1st 9% below peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 6th +39% 2nd 59% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 23rd +38% 3rd 15% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 4th 28% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 17th +35% 5th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 22nd +35% 6th 13% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 7th 25% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 18th +33% 8th 7% below peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 15th +30% 9th 8% above peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 12th +30% 10th 22% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 21st +30% 11th 10% below peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 12th 37% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 11th +27% 13th 35% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 3rd +27% 14th 77% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 8th +26% 15th 47% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 14th +25% 16th 12% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 17th 84% above peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 24th +24% 18th 15% below peers
Billings, MT $73,712 16th +24% 19th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 4th +23% 20th 66% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 13th +22% 21st 21% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 7th +21% 22nd 47% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 25th +21% 23rd 16% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 9th +21% 24th 38% above peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 10th +20% 25th 35% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 26th +19% 26th 18% below peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 27th +19% 27th 23% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 19th +16% 28th 8% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 29th 91% above peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 5th +14% 30th 61% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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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

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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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,810 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 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 65% 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: 4.7% in May 2026, down from 5.0% a year earlier.
4.7%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 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
Cambridge, MA 3.3% (May 26) 4th -0.5pp 2nd 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% (May 26) 16th -0.4pp 4th 3% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.3% (May 26) 22nd -0.4pp 5th 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 3.2% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 6th 14% below peers
Columbia, MO 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 7th 14% below peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 24th -0.3pp 8th 27% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 9th 3% 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
Billings, MT 2.9% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 15th 22% below peers
Topeka, KS 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.2pp 16th 11% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.4% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 17th 8% below peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Abilene, TX 3.6% (May 26) 13th +0.2pp 19th 3% 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
Norman, OK 4.0% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 24th 8% above peers
Lakeland, FL 5.7% (May 26) 25th +1.3pp 25th 54% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.1% (May 26) 26th +1.4pp 26th 65% above peers
Hartford, CT 7.9% (May 26) 27th +2.2pp 27th 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.5% then, 12.1% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.1% to 12.1%).
12.1%
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%
North Charleston, SC 14.0% 18th -5.9pp 1st 13% above peers
Wilmington, NC 15.5% 21st -5.8pp 2nd 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 6th -2.5pp 3rd 36% below peers
Lakeland, FL 12.3% 16th -3.4pp 4th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 27th -4.4pp 5th 63% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.6% 14th -2.3pp 6th 6% below peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 7th -1.5pp 7th 34% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 8th -1.6pp 8th 32% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 17th -2.4pp 9th 11% above peers
Columbia, MO 17.8% 25th -2.4pp 10th 45% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 11th 98% above peers
Berkeley, CA 15.5% 22nd -1.7pp 12th 26% above peers
Hartford, CT 24.7% 30th -1.9pp 13th 101% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.0% 26th -1.0pp 14th 46% above peers
Norman, OK 15.7% 24th -0.8pp 15th 27% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 16th 109% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 15th -0.4pp 17th 2% below peers
Billings, MT 9.6% 10th -0.1pp 18th 22% below peers
Abilene, TX 14.7% 19th -0.1pp 19th 19% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 4th +0.0pp 20th 48% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 21st 53% below peers
Cambridge, MA 11.0% 12th +0.0pp 22nd 11% below peers
Independence, MO 15.6% 23rd +0.7pp 23rd 27% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.1% 13th +0.6pp 24th 10% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 21.7% 28th +1.6pp 25th 76% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 20th +1.2pp 26th 23% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.7% 5th +0.8pp 27th 37% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 28th 67% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.1% 11th +1.6pp 29th 18% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 55% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 9th +3.7pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty fell 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.3% to 13.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). 11 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; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 12.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.3% to 13.9%).
13.9%
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%
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 25th -13.7pp 1st 43% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 7th -5.0pp 2nd 47% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 24th -11.1pp 3rd 27% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 8th -4.7pp 4th 45% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 5th 50% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 15th -5.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 7th 64% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 23rd -5.8pp 8th 20% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 17th -4.6pp 9th 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 26th -6.5pp 10th 51% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 2nd -0.9pp 11th 76% below peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 12th 104% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 12th -2.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 14th 59% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 21st -3.1pp 15th 18% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 16th 82% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 17th 66% above peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 27th -1.3pp 18th 60% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 19th 140% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 19th -0.6pp 20th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 21st 52% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 10th -0.2pp 22nd 27% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 22nd -0.2pp 23rd 19% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 16th +0.4pp 24th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 11th +1.5pp 25th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 14th +1.9pp 26th 8% below peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 18th +2.5pp 27th 2% above peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 6th +1.9pp 28th 49% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 20th +4.2pp 29th 11% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 13th +3.4pp 30th 11% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 9th +5.8pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oceanside, CA down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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 5.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.4% to 94.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 24 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; 24 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 10.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (83.7% to 94.2%).
94.2%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 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% 19th +14.5pp 5th 1% below peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 16th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 24th +9.0pp 8th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 22nd +9.0pp 9th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 26th +8.3pp 10th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 20th +7.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 23rd +7.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 14th +7.0pp 13th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 21st +6.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 4th +6.5pp 15th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 3rd +6.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 8th +5.9pp 17th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 10th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 18th +5.0pp 19th 1% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 17th +4.5pp 20th on par with peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 5th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 13th +3.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 7th +3.6pp 23rd 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 5% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 9th +2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 12th +2.5pp 26th 1% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 11th +1.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 15th +0.9pp 29th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 6th +0.7pp 30th 3% above peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.43 then, 0.44 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 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 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
Allentown, PA 0.43 8th -0.033 1st 5% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 19th -0.020 2nd 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 13th -0.018 3rd 3% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 24th -0.020 4th 10% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 20th -0.016 5th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 26th -0.012 6th 11% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 10th -0.007 7th 5% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 8th 18% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 14th -0.002 9th 3% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 21st +0.000 10th 7% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 23rd +0.002 11th 8% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 28th +0.002 12th 13% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 2nd +0.002 13th 11% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 25th +0.002 14th 10% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 3rd +0.002 15th 10% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 22nd +0.003 16th 8% above peers
Billings, MT 0.46 18th +0.008 17th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 16th +0.009 18th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 7th +0.009 19th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 27th +0.011 20th 12% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 30th +0.012 21st 17% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 22nd 5% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 23rd 2% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 4th +0.011 24th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 12th +0.011 25th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 26th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 0.43 5th +0.014 27th 7% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 17th +0.016 28th 1% above peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 1st +0.027 29th 13% below peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 6th +0.035 30th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 9th +0.047 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (12.4% then, 13.3% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.2% to 13.3%).
13.3%
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
Athens, GA 9.2% 16th -5.1pp 1st on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 18th -5.4pp 2nd 19% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 8th -2.4pp 3rd 27% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 5th -1.8pp 4th 45% below peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 25th -2.7pp 5th 34% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 10th -1.3pp 6th 17% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 27th -1.9pp 7th 51% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 8th 72% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 23rd -1.3pp 9th 30% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 10th 297% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 15th -0.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 4th -0.3pp 12th 47% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 17th -0.5pp 13th 6% above peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 11th -0.4pp 14th 12% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 21st -0.6pp 15th 26% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 29th -0.5pp 16th 58% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 22nd -0.3pp 17th 29% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 14th -0.2pp 18th 4% below peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 19th -0.0pp 19th 20% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 28th +0.6pp 20th 56% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 21st 241% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 26th +0.9pp 22nd 45% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 7th +0.5pp 23rd 43% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 3rd +0.6pp 24th 48% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 20th +1.4pp 25th 21% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 13th +1.4pp 26th 7% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 24th +2.1pp 27th 32% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 6th +1.4pp 28th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 9th +2.0pp 29th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 2nd +1.5pp 30th 52% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 12th +3.7pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp 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 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $526,808 in June 2026, down from $550,198 a year earlier.
$526,808
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%
Abilene, TX $222,043 (Jun 26) 26th +7.6% 1st 42% below peers
Rochester, MN $348,286 (Jun 26) 18th +4.0% 2nd 10% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 20th +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) 19th +2.7% 7th 14% below peers
Berkeley, CA $1,478,916 (Jun 26) 1st +2.6% 8th 284% above peers
Billings, MT $402,554 (Jun 26) 14th +2.1% 9th 4% above peers
Lafayette, LA $228,144 (Jun 26) 25th +2.0% 10th 41% below peers
Norman, OK $265,751 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 11th 31% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,052,875 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.5% 12th 173% above peers
Clovis, CA $522,797 (Jun 26) 10th +0.4% 13th 36% above peers
College Station, TX $349,845 (Jun 26) 17th +0.2% 14th 9% below peers
Topeka, KS $199,788 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 15th 48% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $403,887 (Jun 26) 13th -0.7% 16th 5% above peers
Wilmington, NC $422,872 (Jun 26) 11th -0.8% 17th 10% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 15th -0.8% 18th on par with peers
Brandon, FL $358,445 (Jun 26) 16th -1.3% 19th 7% below peers
Cambridge, MA $1,044,286 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 20th 171% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $842,921 (Jun 26) 4th -1.7% 21st 119% above peers
Lakeland, FL $313,405 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.8% 22nd 19% below peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 5th -1.9% 23rd 91% above peers
North Charleston, SC $315,206 (Jun 26) 21st -1.9% 24th 18% below peers
Fairfield, CA $609,593 (Jun 26) 7th -2.2% 25th 58% above peers
Arvada, CO $614,627 (Jun 26) 6th -2.5% 26th 59% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $308,500 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.7% 27th 20% below peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 9th -4.3% 28th 37% above peers
Round Rock, TX $407,038 (Jun 26) 12th -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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $425,896 in June 2026, down from $441,022 a year earlier.
$425,896
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 52% below peers
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 19th +5.0% 2nd 15% below peers
Columbia, MO $233,249 (Jun 26) 20th +4.6% 3rd 16% below peers
Rochester, MN $255,234 (Jun 26) 17th +4.6% 4th 8% below peers
Independence, MO $157,158 (Jun 26) 25th +4.6% 5th 43% below peers
Billings, MT $300,960 (Jun 26) 13th +2.7% 6th 8% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $356,154 (Jun 26) 10th +2.0% 7th 28% above peers
Berkeley, CA $995,582 (Jun 26) 1st +1.7% 8th 258% above peers
Norman, OK $183,406 (Jun 26) 24th +1.6% 9th 34% below peers
Clovis, CA $405,000 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 10th 46% above peers
Hartford, CT $109,220 (Jun 26) 28th +1.0% 11th 61% below peers
Lafayette, LA $137,808 (Jun 26) 26th +1.0% 12th 50% below peers
College Station, TX $263,669 (Jun 26) 16th +0.9% 13th 5% below peers
Cambridge, MA $700,797 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 14th 152% above peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 12th +0.1% 15th 12% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $788,586 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.1% 16th 184% above peers
Wilmington, NC $298,235 (Jun 26) 14th -1.1% 17th 7% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $709,651 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 18th 155% above peers
North Charleston, SC $225,334 (Jun 26) 21st -2.3% 19th 19% below peers
Fairfield, CA $488,580 (Jun 26) 6th -2.3% 20th 76% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $247,731 (Jun 26) 18th -2.4% 21st 11% below peers
Brandon, FL $278,112 (Jun 26) 15th -2.5% 22nd on par with peers
Lakeland, FL $223,033 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.9% 23rd 20% below peers
Arvada, CO $484,930 (Jun 26) 7th -3.1% 24th 74% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 8th -3.4% 25th 53% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 5th -3.5% 26th 80% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,786 (Jun 26) 29th -4.2% 27th 62% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $212,464 (Jun 26) 23rd -5.9% 28th 24% below peers
Round Rock, TX $315,024 (Jun 26) 11th -6.4% 29th 13% above 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 (55.5% then, 57.4% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.2% to 57.4%).
57.4%
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 11% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 2nd 54% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 24th +3.1pp 3rd 15% below peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 16th +3.5pp 4th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 5th 43% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 27th +2.4pp 6th 23% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 28th +2.2pp 7th 28% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 13th +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% 11th +2.0pp 11th 9% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 14th +1.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 7th +1.9pp 13th 16% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 10th +1.7pp 14th 10% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 9th +1.8pp 15th 15% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 26th +1.2pp 16th 21% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 5th +2.0pp 17th 29% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 23rd +1.3pp 18th 13% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 3rd +1.2pp 19th 34% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 15th +0.8pp 20th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 6th +0.7pp 21st 26% above peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 22nd 5% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 4th +0.7pp 23rd 30% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 25th +0.3pp 24th 19% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 36% above peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 12th +0.2pp 26th 8% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 27th 40% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 8th -2.7pp 28th 16% above peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 29th -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? 31 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,181 in June 2026, up from $2,174 a year earlier.
$2,181
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) 12th +41.4% 1st 12% above peers
Topeka, KS $1,283 (Jun 26) 29th +5.7% 2nd 26% below peers
Columbia, MO $1,424 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 3rd 18% below peers
Clovis, CA $2,341 (Jun 26) 8th +4.0% 4th 35% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 5th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,274 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.4% 6th 88% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,598 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 7th 107% above peers
Norman, OK $1,383 (Jun 26) 26th +3.1% 8th 20% below peers
Billings, MT $1,458 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.9% 9th 16% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 5th +2.9% 10th 49% above peers
Wilmington, NC $1,694 (Jun 26) 19th +2.8% 11th 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,392 (Jun 26) 7th +2.8% 12th 38% above peers
Independence, MO $1,378 (Jun 26) 27th +2.7% 13th 21% below peers
Rochester, MN $1,702 (Jun 26) 18th +2.2% 14th 2% below peers
College Station, TX $1,446 (Jun 26) 24th +2.0% 15th 17% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,941 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 16th 69% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,738 (Jun 26) 15th +1.9% 17th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA $2,446 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 18th 41% above peers
Lakeland, FL $1,689 (Jun 26) 20th +1.7% 19th 3% below peers
Hartford, CT $1,672 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 20th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,158 (Jun 26) 10th +1.1% 21st 24% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 22nd 4% above peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 23rd 25% above peers
Lafayette, LA $1,324 (Jun 26) 28th +0.2% 24th 24% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,094 (Jun 26) 11th +0.0% 25th 21% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,943 (Jun 26) 13th -0.2% 26th 12% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,718 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 27th 56% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 17th -0.7% 28th 1% below peers
Brandon, FL $1,639 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.2% 29th 6% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.0% then, 45.7% now; margin ±3.3pp). 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; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.0% to 45.7%).
45.7%
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
Columbia, MO 33.2% 10th -1.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 20th -1.7pp 2nd 9% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 32% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 23rd -0.9pp 4th 13% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 4th -0.4pp 5th 22% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 19th -0.5pp 6th 8% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 7th -0.2pp 7th 20% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 18th -0.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 16th +0.1pp 9th on par with peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 26th +0.2pp 10th 19% above peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 25th +0.3pp 11th 18% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 13th +0.4pp 12th 8% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 6th +0.4pp 13th 21% below peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 3rd +0.6pp 14th 24% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 28th +1.3pp 15th 24% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 16th 26% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 15th +1.1pp 17th 7% below peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 22nd +1.7pp 18th 12% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 19th 47% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 20th 23% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 12th +2.3pp 21st 9% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 11th +2.4pp 22nd 10% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 17th +2.9pp 23rd 3% above peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 8th +2.6pp 24th 12% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 25th 34% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 21st +4.0pp 26th 11% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 2nd +2.8pp 27th 28% below peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 9th +3.7pp 28th 11% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 14th +4.5pp 29th 8% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 24th +6.0pp 30th 16% above peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 5th +6.5pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.6pp 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

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 (6.9% then, 6.7% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.0% to 6.7%).
6.7%
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% 15th -3.3pp 1st 3% below peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 8th -1.9pp 2nd 33% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 19th -2.4pp 3rd 10% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 57% below peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 12th -0.9pp 5th 22% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 23rd -1.3pp 6th 25% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 21st -1.2pp 7th 21% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 28th -1.7pp 8th 152% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 20th -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 5th -0.3pp 10th 40% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 25th -0.6pp 11th 42% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 9th -0.3pp 12th 33% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 17th -0.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 14th 39% below peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 18th -0.2pp 15th 8% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 11th -0.1pp 16th 27% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 14th -0.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 27th -0.1pp 18th 94% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 19th 366% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 20th 405% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 3rd +0.1pp 21st 49% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 22nd 215% above peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 13th +0.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 26th +0.8pp 24th 45% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 24th +0.8pp 25th 27% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 7th +0.4pp 26th 39% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 22nd +1.2pp 27th 24% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 16th +1.1pp 28th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 10th +0.9pp 29th 31% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 4th +1.1pp 30th 47% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.1% to 6.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.6% to 6.6%).
6.6%
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
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 2nd 80% 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
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 31st -1.0pp 8th 76% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 7th -0.3pp 9th 47% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.2% 24th -0.6pp 10th 32% above peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 11th 67% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 11th -0.3pp 12th 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 69% below peers
Norman, OK 9.5% 17th -0.1pp 14th 12% above peers
Brandon, FL 12.2% 27th -0.1pp 15th 43% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 14th -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
Wilmington, NC 10.8% 22nd +0.6pp 19th 28% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.5% 21st +0.6pp 20th 23% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 16th +0.5pp 21st on par with peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 13th +0.4pp 22nd 19% below peers
Independence, MO 12.4% 28th +1.0pp 23rd 46% above peers
Abilene, TX 13.6% 29th +1.2pp 24th 60% above peers
Billings, MT 8.0% 15th +1.1pp 25th 6% below 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? 31 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 ±0.7pp 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 somewhat below the peer median.

32.2%
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%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 38% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 33% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 28% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 4th 23% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 5th 20% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 6th 17% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 7th 13% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 8th 11% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 9th 8% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 10th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 11th 6% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 12th 5% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 13th 4% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 14th 1% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 15th on par with peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 16th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 17th 2% above peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 18th 2% above peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 19th 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 20th 4% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 21st 5% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 22nd 6% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 23rd 7% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 24th 8% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 25th 9% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 26th 9% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 27th 16% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 18% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 20% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 21% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 24% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.8% to 5.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 5.5%).
5.5%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Clovis, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.6pp 1st 64% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 19th -1.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 5th -0.6pp 3rd 51% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 24th -1.2pp 4th 18% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 23rd -1.1pp 5th 15% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 13th -0.8pp 6th 11% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 6th -0.2pp 7th 49% below peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 8th -0.1pp 8th 37% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 9th 13% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 14th +0.1pp 10th 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 30th +0.5pp 11th 83% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 1st +0.2pp 12th 68% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 3rd +0.2pp 13th 59% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 28th +0.9pp 14th 48% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 17th +0.8pp 15th 2% above peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 22nd +1.0pp 16th 11% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 31st +2.1pp 17th 119% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 21st +1.2pp 18th 11% above peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 29th +1.7pp 19th 50% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 26th +2.4pp 20th 33% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 15th +1.9pp 21st 4% below peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 20th +2.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 23rd 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 18th +2.6pp 24th 2% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 27th +3.8pp 25th 40% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 9th +1.8pp 26th 34% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 10th +2.1pp 28th 31% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 4th +1.4pp 29th 56% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 7th +1.6pp 30th 49% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 25th +4.3pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.8% to 28.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 18 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.5% to 28.8%).
28.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 7th +10.4pp 1st 32% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 31st +3.9pp 2nd 51% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 25th +5.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 26th +3.8pp 4th 30% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 17th +5.5pp 5th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 30th +2.5pp 6th 50% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 16th +4.8pp 7th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 22nd +3.5pp 8th 25% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 12th +5.3pp 9th 19% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 20th +4.0pp 10th 7% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 14th +4.8pp 11th 14% above peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 12th 44% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 24th +3.0pp 13th 26% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 29th +2.0pp 14th 49% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 9th +4.2pp 15th 30% above peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 5th +4.5pp 16th 45% above peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 15th +2.9pp 17th 5% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 10th +3.3pp 18th 21% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 13th +2.9pp 19th 17% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 21st +2.0pp 20th 14% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 19th +1.8pp 21st 6% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 4th +2.3pp 22nd 69% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 18th +1.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 24th 99% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 25th 106% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 26th 91% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 23rd +0.4pp 27th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 8th +0.6pp 28th 31% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 11th -0.0pp 29th 20% above peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 6th -2.1pp 30th 44% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 27th -1.6pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
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Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.6% then, 37.9% now; margin ±10.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.3% to 37.9%).
37.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 16th +14.2pp 1st on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 15th +8.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 31st +4.2pp 3rd 41% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 12th +7.6pp 4th 12% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 20th +5.0pp 5th 7% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 17th +4.6pp 6th 4% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 10th +2.0pp 7th 13% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 8th 73% above peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 8th +1.8pp 9th 15% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 10th 37% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 24th +0.4pp 11th 16% below peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 5th +0.4pp 12th 27% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 13th +0.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 25th +0.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 6th -1.4pp 15th 23% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 16th 73% above peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 11th -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% 3rd -8.2pp 20th 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 23rd -6.6pp 21st 14% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 30th -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
Billings, MT 30.5% 28th -9.7pp 25th 33% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 27th -10.7pp 26th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 9th -18.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 29th -11.0pp 28th 34% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 19th -16.1pp 29th 6% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 26th -20.4pp 30th 25% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 22nd -31.0pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.8pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.5% then, 9.1% now; margin ±4.3pp).

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 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.6% to 9.1%).
9.1%
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 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 13th -4.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 15th -2.6pp 3rd 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 18th -2.6pp 4th 2% above peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 19th -2.4pp 5th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 3rd -0.6pp 6th 74% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 16th -2.0pp 7th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 20th -1.2pp 8th 13% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 8th -0.7pp 9th 39% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 28th -1.5pp 10th 49% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 13% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 4th -0.2pp 12th 60% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 10th -0.1pp 13th 26% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 24th +0.0pp 14th 32% above peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 25th +0.1pp 15th 40% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 29th +0.4pp 16th 49% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 17th +0.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 27th +1.6pp 18th 47% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 5th +0.6pp 19th 48% below peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 12th +1.2pp 20th 17% below peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 9th +1.2pp 21st 27% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 30th +2.9pp 22nd 60% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 21st +2.0pp 23rd 13% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 26th +3.8pp 24th 44% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 25th 79% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 23rd +3.4pp 26th 20% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 6th +1.6pp 27th 46% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 11th +2.7pp 28th 20% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 29th 120% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 7th +2.4pp 30th 43% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 14th +4.5pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.3pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 121,267 to 124,268 - more than the combined survey margin (±115). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (118,078 to 124,268).
124,268
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 11th +14% 1st 2% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 17th +11% 2nd on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 27th +11% 3rd 2% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 12th +10% 4th 2% above peers
Billings, MT 119,434 30th +9% 5th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 26th +8% 6th 2% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 28th +8% 7th 2% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 22nd +6% 8th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 2nd +6% 9th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 16th +6% 10th on par with peers
Norman, OK 129,672 1st +6% 11th 6% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 24th +5% 12th 1% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 5th +4% 13th 4% above peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 7th +4% 14th 3% above peers
Independence, MO 121,740 19th +4% 15th on par with peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 29th +3% 16th 2% below peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 15th +3% 17th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 3rd +3% 18th 5% above peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 4th +3% 19th 4% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 13th +2% 20th 2% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 6th +2% 21st 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 31st +2% 22nd 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 18th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 23rd +1% 24th 1% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 9th -0% 25th 3% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 8th -0% 26th 3% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 25th -1% 27th 2% below peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 21st -2% 28th 1% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 10th -2% 29th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 20th -4% 30th 1% below peers
Concord, CA 124,035 14th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.7% then, 20.0% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.0% to 20.0%).
20.0%
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% 26th +0.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 14th +0.7pp 2nd 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 1st +0.9pp 3rd 37% above peers
Brandon, FL 21.2% 15th +0.6pp 4th 1% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 23rd +0.4pp 5th 10% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 2nd +0.4pp 6th 33% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 7th 39% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 8th 41% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 16th -0.0pp 9th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 8th -0.1pp 10th 10% above peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 9th -0.2pp 11th 9% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 22nd -0.3pp 12th 9% below peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 11th -0.5pp 13th 7% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 14th 41% below peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 7th -0.7pp 15th 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 17th -0.7pp 16th 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 10th -0.8pp 17th 9% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 3rd -1.0pp 18th 28% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 24th -0.7pp 19th 15% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 27th -0.7pp 20th 21% below peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 12th -1.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 5th -1.3pp 22nd 15% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 18th -1.1pp 23rd 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 19th -1.3pp 24th 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 4th -2.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 26th 21% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 20th -2.1pp 27th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 21st -2.1pp 28th 7% below peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 25th -2.1pp 29th 19% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 13th -2.7pp 30th 5% above peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 6th -3.3pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±0.8pp 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 (42.5% then, 37.0% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.3% to 37.0%).
37.0%
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 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 29th +7.3pp 1st 36% below peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 16th +6.8pp 2nd on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 3rd +11.6pp 3rd 93% above peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 7th +6.3pp 4th 44% above peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 4th +4.6pp 5th 67% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 20th +2.0pp 6th 6% below peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 15th +1.8pp 7th 3% above peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 8th 107% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 26th +0.4pp 9th 30% below peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 9th +0.5pp 10th 41% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 12th +0.4pp 11th 26% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 18th +0.2pp 12th 1% below peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 10th -0.5pp 13th 33% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 25th -0.4pp 14th 29% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 27th -0.4pp 15th 33% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 5th -0.9pp 16th 50% above peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 21st -0.6pp 17th 10% below peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 8th -1.0pp 18th 42% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 22nd -1.3pp 19th 22% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 14th -2.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 19th -2.1pp 21st 4% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 22nd 65% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 23rd 117% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 6th -4.7pp 24th 49% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 23rd -2.4pp 25th 24% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 26th 51% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 17th -3.7pp 27th 1% below peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 24th -2.8pp 28th 24% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 11th -5.5pp 29th 30% above peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 28th -3.8pp 30th 33% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 13th -7.4pp 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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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 ±4.2pp 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 (69.8% then, 71.1% now; margin ±9.7pp).

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 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.2% to 71.1%).
71.1%
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
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% 9th +9.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 5th +9.7pp 4th 9% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 15th +9.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 11% above peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 23rd +6.1pp 7th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 4th +4.8pp 8th 10% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 19th +4.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 10th 12% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 24th +3.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 10th +3.4pp 12th 6% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 20th +3.0pp 13th 4% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 6th +3.3pp 14th 9% above peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 18th +2.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 26th +1.6pp 17th 7% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 3rd +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% 8th +0.2pp 22nd 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 7th +0.0pp 23rd 9% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 28th -0.2pp 24th 10% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 12th -0.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 25th -2.2pp 26th 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 16th -3.4pp 27th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 30th -3.7pp 28th 16% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 21st -5.9pp 29th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 27th -5.7pp 30th 9% below peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 29th -7.3pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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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 ±6.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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