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Visalia, CA

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143,939 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Visalia, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
195 /100k
May 2026
▼ 34%
relative change
297 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
14.2%
2020-24
▼ 32%
relative change
21.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$81,989
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
$62,263 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.5%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
11.4%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
16.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,589 /100k
May 2026
▼ 21%
relative change
2,007 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
376 /100k
May 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
450 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.8%
May 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
5.4% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.7%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
86.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.4%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
1.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
61.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
59.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
6.0%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
5.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
36.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
35.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Visalia, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
18.7%
2019-23
▲ 6%
relative change
17.7% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
33.4%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
31.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
7 homicides
12 mo to May 2026
▲ 17%
relative change
6 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
24.1%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
23.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.7%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
7.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 2 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 →
Population
143,939
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
132,104 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
27.9%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
29.5% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
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Violent crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime is about 1% lower than in 2021 (390 then, 384 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 463 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 376 in May 2026, down from 450 a year earlier.
376 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Pasadena, TX 351 (May 26) -36.7% 1st
Fullerton, CA 309 (May 26) -35.0% 2nd
Bridgeport, CT 243 (May 26) -27.5% 3rd
Torrance, CA 273 (May 26) -19.4% 4th
Escondido, CA 333 (May 26) -18.0% 5th
Visalia, CA 376 (May 26) -16.4% 6th
Mesquite, TX 402 (May 26) -14.1% 7th
Rockford, IL 869 (May 26) -13.8% 8th
West Valley City, UT 357 (May 26) -12.1% 9th
Elizabeth, NJ 345 (May 26) -10.4% 10th
Pomona, CA 646 (May 26) -9.0% 11th
Hampton, VA 243 (Apr 26) -6.4% 12th
Waco, TX 406 (May 26) -3.9% 13th
Thornton, CO 248 (May 26) -2.7% 14th
Cedar Rapids, IA 250 (May 26) -2.5% 15th
McAllen, TX 134 (May 26) -0.5% 16th
Stamford, CT 152 (May 26) +3.9% 17th
Warren, MI 497 (May 26) +5.6% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Charleston, SC down about 15% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 13% 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
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Property crime fell about 21% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime is about 20% lower than in 2021 (2,046 then, 1,628 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 2,386 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,589 in May 2026, down from 2,007 a year earlier.
1,589 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Pasadena, TX 1,602 (May 26) -24.4% 1st
Fullerton, CA 1,538 (May 26) -21.1% 2nd
Visalia, CA 1,589 (May 26) -20.8% 3rd
Cedar Rapids, IA 1,974 (May 26) -20.6% 4th
McAllen, TX 1,355 (May 26) -20.4% 5th
Bridgeport, CT 1,188 (May 26) -19.5% 6th
Warren, MI 1,267 (May 26) -17.0% 7th
Elizabeth, NJ 2,177 (May 26) -16.3% 8th
Mesquite, TX 2,179 (May 26) -15.6% 9th
Torrance, CA 2,381 (May 26) -14.5% 10th
Thornton, CO 2,355 (May 26) -12.0% 11th
Hampton, VA 2,577 (Apr 26) -11.5% 12th
Pomona, CA 2,248 (May 26) -11.2% 13th
Escondido, CA 1,376 (May 26) -10.6% 14th
Waco, TX 1,772 (May 26) -9.0% 15th
Rockford, IL 2,446 (May 26) -8.2% 16th
West Valley City, UT 1,622 (May 26) -7.4% 17th
Stamford, CT 1,010 (May 26) -5.5% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Centennial, CO down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Maria, CA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homicides rose about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide is about 36% lower than in 2021 (6 then, 4 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 11 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: homicide rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent reading: 7 homicides in the 12 months ending May 2026, up from 6 in the prior 12 months. That is 5 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
7 homicides
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 (May 26) -75.0% 1st
McAllen, TX 1 (May 26) -66.7% 2nd
Warren, MI 2 (May 26) -62.5% 3rd
Pomona, CA 3 (May 26) -61.5% 4th
Bridgeport, CT 3 (May 26) -50.0% 5th
Waco, TX 3 (May 26) -42.8% 6th
Rockford, IL 6 (May 26) -40.0% 7th
Elizabeth, NJ 2 (May 26) -24.9% 8th
Hampton, VA 12 (Apr 26) -15.0% 9th
Fullerton, CA 1 (May 26) +0.0% 10th
Escondido, CA 1 (May 26) +0.0% 11th
Stamford, CT 1 (May 26) +0.0% 12th
West Valley City, UT 7 (May 26) +11.2% 13th
Visalia, CA 5 (May 26) +16.8% 14th
Pasadena, TX 3 (May 26) +32.8% 15th
Mesquite, TX 8 (May 26) +33.4% 16th
Thornton, CO 5 (May 26) +165.9% 17th
Torrance, CA 1 (May 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 75% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 25% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lynn, MA down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lee's Summit, MO down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2022-2026
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, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 34% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 30% lower than in 2021 (289 then, 202 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 438 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 195 in May 2026, down from 297 a year earlier.
195 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
McAllen, TX 17 (May 26) -66.7% 1st
Escondido, CA 114 (May 26) -41.0% 2nd
Warren, MI 216 (May 26) -35.4% 3rd
Visalia, CA 195 (May 26) -34.5% 4th
Cedar Rapids, IA 145 (May 26) -32.4% 5th
Elizabeth, NJ 407 (May 26) -28.8% 6th
Stamford, CT 116 (May 26) -27.5% 7th
Fullerton, CA 139 (May 26) -26.7% 8th
Mesquite, TX 377 (May 26) -26.4% 9th
Torrance, CA 342 (May 26) -25.0% 10th
Bridgeport, CT 344 (May 26) -24.9% 11th
Thornton, CO 352 (May 26) -22.3% 12th
Pasadena, TX 271 (May 26) -17.9% 13th
Rockford, IL 421 (May 26) -13.1% 14th
Pomona, CA 464 (May 26) -10.1% 15th
West Valley City, UT 216 (May 26) -5.1% 16th
Waco, TX 170 (May 26) -4.6% 17th
Hampton, VA 326 (Apr 26) +21.4% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 43% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Port St. Lucie, FL down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% 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 32% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $62,263 to $81,989 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,627). 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 57% from 2014 to 2024 ($52,262 to $81,989).
$81,989
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 $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Escondido, CA $91,967 10th +44% 1st 27% above peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 8th +39% 2nd 27% above peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 14th +38% 3rd 3% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 19th +37% 4th 8% below peers
Waco, TX $54,365 27th +35% 5th 25% below peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 24th +32% 6th 21% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 12th +32% 7th 13% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 22nd +32% 8th 15% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 13th +31% 9th 10% above peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 9th +31% 10th 27% above peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 6th +30% 11th 44% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 7th +30% 12th 42% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 21st +29% 13th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 14th 48% below peers
Orange, CA $117,113 2nd +28% 15th 61% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 11th +26% 16th 23% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 4th +26% 17th 57% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 23rd +26% 18th 19% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 16th +25% 19th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 28th +25% 20th 34% below peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 3rd +24% 21st 60% above peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 29th +24% 22nd 36% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 26th +24% 23rd 25% below peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 18th +24% 24th 4% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 1st +23% 25th 114% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 15th +23% 26th 1% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 17th +20% 27th 3% below peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 5th +20% 28th 54% above peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 20th +18% 29th 10% below peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 25th +17% 30th 23% below peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 30th +8% 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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15 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 ±$3,274 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.7 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.8% in May 2026, down from 5.4% a year earlier.
4.8%
1990May 2026
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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
Elizabeth, NJ 5.2% (May 26) 22nd -1.3pp 1st 18% above peers
Visalia, CA 4.8% (May 26) 19th -0.6pp 2nd 9% above peers
Victorville, CA 6.0% (May 26) 26th -0.5pp 3rd 36% above peers
Thornton, CO 3.7% (May 26) 7th -0.3pp 4th 16% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 3.2% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 5th 27% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.5% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 6th 2% above peers
Pomona, CA 5.3% (May 26) 23rd -0.2pp 7th 20% above peers
Columbia, SC 4.5% (May 26) 17th -0.2pp 8th 2% above peers
Escondido, CA 3.6% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 9th 18% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 10th 14% below peers
Savannah, GA 2.9% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 11th 34% below peers
Orange, CA 3.4% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 12th 23% below peers
Jackson, MS 4.0% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 13th 9% below peers
West Valley City, UT 3.5% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 14th 20% below peers
Pasadena, TX 5.0% (May 26) 20th +0.1pp 15th 14% above peers
Hampton, VA 4.1% (May 26) 10th +0.1pp 16th 7% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.5% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Waco, TX 4.1% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 18th 7% below peers
McAllen, TX 4.7% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 19th 7% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.2% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 20th 5% below peers
Rockford, IL 5.7% (May 26) 25th +0.4pp 21st 30% above peers
Warren, MI 6.8% (May 26) 29th +0.6pp 22nd 55% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.3% (May 26) 14th +0.6pp 23rd 2% below peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (May 26) 24th +0.8pp 24th 20% above peers
Syracuse, NY 5.1% (May 26) 21st +0.9pp 25th 16% above peers
Miramar, FL 4.2% (May 26) 13th +1.0pp 26th 5% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.4% (May 26) 15th +1.1pp 27th on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 6.2% (May 26) 27th +1.4pp 28th 41% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.6% (May 26) 28th +1.5pp 29th 50% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty fell 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.0% to 11.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.3% to 11.4%).
11.4%
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 11.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Visalia, CA 11.4% 11th -4.6pp 1st 14% below peers
Orange, CA 9.1% 6th -2.4pp 2nd 31% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 3rd -1.8pp 3rd 48% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.8% 7th -2.5pp 4th 26% below peers
Pomona, CA 14.1% 17th -3.4pp 5th 6% above peers
Hampton, VA 12.4% 14th -2.3pp 6th 7% below peers
Warren, MI 14.7% 18th -2.7pp 7th 10% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 5th -1.5pp 8th 36% below peers
Escondido, CA 12.1% 12th -1.9pp 9th 9% below peers
McAllen, TX 19.8% 23rd -3.1pp 10th 49% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.6% 9th -1.6pp 11th 20% below peers
Waco, TX 21.8% 27th -2.7pp 12th 64% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.3% 30th -3.4pp 13th 106% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.6% 19th -1.8pp 14th 18% above peers
Savannah, GA 18.3% 21st -2.0pp 15th 38% above peers
Syracuse, NY 25.5% 28th -2.5pp 16th 92% above peers
Victorville, CA 17.6% 20th -1.7pp 17th 32% above peers
Rockford, IL 20.8% 26th -0.9pp 18th 57% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 2nd -0.2pp 19th 58% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.5% 25th -0.7pp 20th 55% above peers
Gainesville, FL 27.3% 31st -0.2pp 21st 106% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.1% 13th +0.0pp 22nd 9% below peers
Joliet, IL 10.8% 10th +0.2pp 23rd 18% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.4% 1st +0.2pp 24th 67% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.3% 16th +0.6pp 25th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 15th +0.7pp 26th 6% below peers
Jackson, MS 26.8% 29th +2.4pp 27th 102% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.0% 8th +0.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Pasadena, TX 18.8% 22nd +1.9pp 29th 41% above peers
Torrance, CA 7.7% 4th +0.9pp 30th 42% below peers
Columbia, SC 19.8% 24th +2.6pp 31st 49% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 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
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Boise, ID down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% 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 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.0% to 14.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). 14 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; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 14.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.3% to 14.2%).
14.2%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 1st 82% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 15th -8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 9th -6.8pp 3rd 28% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 2nd -2.5pp 4th 72% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 7th -5.0pp 5th 40% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 6th -4.5pp 6th 45% below peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 10th -5.5pp 7th 28% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 8th -4.9pp 8th 35% below peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 19th -7.6pp 9th 9% above peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 4th -2.8pp 10th 56% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 16th -5.2pp 11th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 22nd -6.4pp 12th 37% above peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 17th -3.4pp 13th on par with peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 5th -1.7pp 14th 48% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 24th -3.4pp 15th 43% above peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 14th -1.9pp 16th 18% below peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 27th -3.4pp 17th 54% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 12th -1.7pp 18th 21% below peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 21st -1.6pp 19th 25% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 11th -1.0pp 20th 21% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 30th -1.9pp 21st 121% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 22nd 122% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 20th -0.7pp 23rd 17% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 26th -0.8pp 24th 52% above peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 29th +1.0pp 25th 107% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 28th +2.1pp 26th 69% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 23rd +2.6pp 27th 42% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 25th +3.0pp 28th 51% above peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 59% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 18th +3.9pp 30th 7% above peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 13th +4.2pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 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 ±1.7pp 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 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.8% to 92.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 29 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.1% to 92.7%).
92.7%
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%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 28th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 26th +13.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 25th +13.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 22nd +13.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 24th +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 18th +11.1pp 6th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 17th +10.9pp 7th on par with peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 12th +11.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 21st +9.7pp 9th 2% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 23rd +9.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 29th +9.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 30th +8.0pp 12th 6% below peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 27th +7.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 11th +7.8pp 14th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 14th +7.8pp 15th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 10th +7.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 6th +7.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 20th +6.8pp 18th 1% below peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 2nd +6.5pp 19th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 16th +6.2pp 20th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 15th +6.0pp 21st on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 8th +5.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 9th +5.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 19th +4.7pp 24th 1% below peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 13th +4.6pp 25th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 4th +4.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 5th +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 7th +3.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 31st +0.8pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality fell about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.45 to 0.41 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.41).
0.41
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Visalia, CA 0.41 6th -0.037 1st 9% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 23rd -0.026 2nd 7% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 18th -0.020 3rd 4% above peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 20th -0.011 4th 5% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 24th -0.011 5th 10% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 28th -0.007 6th 12% above peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 10th -0.003 7th 4% below peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 8th -0.000 8th 7% below peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 9th 19% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 9th +0.001 10th 4% below peers
Waco, TX 0.51 29th +0.002 11th 13% above peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 4th +0.003 12th 10% below peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 12th +0.004 13th 2% below peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 14th 18% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 15th 23% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 7th +0.005 16th 7% below peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 16th +0.008 17th on par with peers
Orange, CA 0.45 15th +0.009 18th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 27th +0.010 19th 12% above peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 22nd +0.011 20th 7% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 11th +0.010 21st 3% below peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 2nd +0.010 22nd 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 25th +0.018 23rd 11% above peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 26th +0.018 24th 12% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 19th +0.020 25th 5% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 14th +0.019 26th 1% below peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 3rd +0.017 27th 11% below peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 17th +0.023 28th 1% above peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 5th +0.021 29th 10% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 13th +0.031 30th 1% below peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 21st +0.042 31st 5% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (17.7% then, 18.7% now; margin ±2.3pp). 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, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (16.6% to 18.7%).
18.7%
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
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 84% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 8th -3.0pp 2nd 38% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 7th -2.5pp 3rd 40% below peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 22nd -4.1pp 4th 23% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 13th -2.7pp 5th 12% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 20th -2.4pp 6th 16% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 27th -3.1pp 7th 62% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 25th -2.4pp 8th 31% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 16th -1.7pp 9th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 18th -1.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 11th 90% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 11th -0.7pp 12th 27% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 5th -0.4pp 13th 44% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 15th -0.3pp 14th 8% below peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 19th -0.2pp 15th 10% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 6th +0.2pp 16th 42% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 24th +1.1pp 17th 26% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 10th +0.6pp 18th 37% below peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 26th +1.2pp 19th 33% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 12th +0.8pp 20th 25% below peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 28th +2.3pp 21st 82% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 23rd +1.6pp 22nd 25% above peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 21st +2.0pp 23rd 19% above peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 29th +3.6pp 24th 89% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 14th +1.9pp 25th 8% below peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 9th +1.4pp 26th 38% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 27th 118% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 4th +1.2pp 28th 54% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 17th +2.9pp 29th 1% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 2nd +1.8pp 30th 68% below peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 3rd +2.5pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $401,692 in June 2026, up from $399,026 a year earlier.
$401,692
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $775,549 (Jun 26) -0.4%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Rockford, IL $187,245 (Jun 26) 29th +9.9% 1st 49% below peers
Metairie, LA $334,224 (Jun 26) 16th +8.4% 2nd 9% below peers
Stamford, CT $730,252 (Jun 26) 5th +6.8% 3rd 98% above peers
Syracuse, NY $225,918 (Jun 26) 24th +5.3% 4th 39% below peers
Olathe, KS $441,698 (Jun 26) 12th +5.0% 5th 20% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $368,276 (Jun 26) 15th +4.7% 6th on par with peers
Naperville, IL $636,281 (Jun 26) 7th +4.4% 7th 73% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $215,210 (Jun 26) 26th +2.4% 8th 42% below peers
Warren, MI $204,491 (Jun 26) 27th +1.7% 9th 44% below peers
Orange, CA $1,141,755 (Jun 26) 1st +1.7% 10th 210% above peers
Torrance, CA $1,123,531 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.5% 11th 205% above peers
Columbia, SC $232,810 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.3% 12th 37% below peers
Jackson, MS $85,739 (Jun 26) 30th +1.2% 13th 77% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $547,806 (Jun 26) 8th +1.2% 14th 49% above peers
Joliet, IL $270,919 (Jun 26) 20th +1.1% 15th 26% below peers
Fullerton, CA $1,053,680 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.1% 16th 186% above peers
West Valley City, UT $472,447 (Jun 26) 11th +0.7% 17th 28% above peers
Hampton, VA $283,362 (Jun 26) 19th +0.7% 18th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA $401,692 (Jun 26) 14th +0.7% 19th 9% above peers
McAllen, TX $231,417 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.5% 20th 37% below peers
Victorville, CA $437,583 (Jun 26) 13th +0.2% 21st 19% above peers
Pomona, CA $687,948 (Jun 26) 6th -0.0% 22nd 87% above peers
Escondido, CA $798,611 (Jun 26) 4th -0.9% 23rd 117% above peers
Gainesville, FL $299,992 (Jun 26) 18th -1.3% 24th 19% below peers
Waco, TX $200,115 (Jun 26) 28th -2.1% 25th 46% below peers
Miramar, FL $520,975 (Jun 26) 9th -2.6% 26th 41% above peers
Savannah, GA $326,616 (Jun 26) 17th -2.9% 27th 11% below peers
Thornton, CO $503,275 (Jun 26) 10th -3.0% 28th 37% above peers
Pasadena, TX $219,864 (Jun 26) 25th -3.0% 29th 40% below peers
Mesquite, TX $262,798 (Jun 26) 21st -3.3% 30th 29% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $320,428 in June 2026, up from $318,530 a year earlier.
$320,428
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $474,537 (Jun 26) -0.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Metairie, LA $237,310 (Jun 26) 15th +13.6% 1st on par with peers
Rockford, IL $118,324 (Jun 26) 29th +13.1% 2nd 50% below peers
Jackson, MS $37,837 (Jun 26) 30th +7.6% 3rd 84% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $231,698 (Jun 26) 16th +6.3% 4th 2% below peers
Olathe, KS $338,266 (Jun 26) 13th +6.3% 5th 43% above peers
Syracuse, NY $156,060 (Jun 26) 24th +6.2% 6th 34% below peers
Stamford, CT $392,879 (Jun 26) 10th +4.5% 7th 66% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $146,112 (Jun 26) 25th +3.9% 8th 38% below peers
Naperville, IL $401,276 (Jun 26) 8th +3.2% 9th 69% above peers
Warren, MI $126,201 (Jun 26) 28th +2.0% 10th 47% below peers
Fullerton, CA $798,210 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 11th 236% above peers
Orange, CA $850,078 (Jun 26) 1st +1.6% 12th 258% above peers
Columbia, SC $142,816 (Jun 26) 26th +1.3% 13th 40% below peers
Joliet, IL $201,630 (Jun 26) 20th +1.2% 14th 15% below peers
Hampton, VA $214,320 (Jun 26) 18th +1.1% 15th 10% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $427,901 (Jun 26) 6th +0.9% 16th 80% above peers
Pomona, CA $576,836 (Jun 26) 5th +0.9% 17th 143% above peers
McAllen, TX $162,158 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.9% 18th 32% below peers
West Valley City, UT $408,896 (Jun 26) 7th +0.8% 19th 72% above peers
Torrance, CA $822,837 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 20th 247% above peers
Visalia, CA $320,428 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 21st 35% above peers
Victorville, CA $385,386 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 22nd 62% above peers
Escondido, CA $617,762 (Jun 26) 4th -0.9% 23rd 160% above peers
Waco, TX $127,137 (Jun 26) 27th -2.1% 24th 46% below peers
Gainesville, FL $185,459 (Jun 26) 21st -2.2% 25th 22% below peers
Thornton, CO $393,280 (Jun 26) 9th -3.5% 26th 66% above peers
Miramar, FL $366,124 (Jun 26) 12th -3.6% 27th 54% above peers
Mesquite, TX $211,677 (Jun 26) 19th -4.0% 28th 11% below peers
Pasadena, TX $168,991 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.1% 29th 29% below peers
Savannah, GA $217,206 (Jun 26) 17th -4.1% 30th 8% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.7% then, 61.1% now; margin ±2.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.0% to 61.1%).
61.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 13th +6.5pp 1st 7% above peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 23rd +3.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 29th +2.7pp 3rd 27% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 10th +3.7pp 4th 11% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 5th 55% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 4th +3.5pp 6th 27% above peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 21st +2.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 3rd +3.0pp 8th 30% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 27th +1.6pp 9th 20% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 1st +2.6pp 10th 32% above peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 6th +2.0pp 11th 25% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 28th +1.0pp 12th 24% below peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 12th +1.4pp 13th 8% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 20th +1.2pp 14th 5% below peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 15th +1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 11th +1.1pp 16th 9% above peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 19th +0.9pp 17th 4% below peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 18th +0.7pp 18th 3% below peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 22nd -0.4pp 19th 9% below peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 7th -0.6pp 20th 21% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 26th -0.5pp 21st 20% below peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 2nd -0.8pp 22nd 32% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 8th -0.7pp 23rd 21% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 17th -0.9pp 24th 3% below peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 5th -1.4pp 25th 26% above peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 16th -1.2pp 26th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 14th -1.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 9th -1.6pp 28th 19% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 25th -1.3pp 29th 14% below peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 30th -1.2pp 30th 33% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 24th -2.8pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,909 in June 2026, up from $1,850 a year earlier.
$1,909
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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%
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,288 (Jun 26) 27th +13.0% 1st 29% below peers
Rockford, IL $1,208 (Jun 26) 30th +8.8% 2nd 33% below peers
Hampton, VA $1,693 (Jun 26) 16th +5.3% 3rd 6% below peers
Olathe, KS $1,900 (Jun 26) 14th +4.5% 4th 5% above peers
Jackson, MS $1,270 (Jun 26) 29th +4.3% 5th 30% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,614 (Jun 26) 18th +3.8% 6th 11% below peers
Syracuse, NY $1,546 (Jun 26) 20th +3.5% 7th 14% below peers
Pasadena, TX $1,372 (Jun 26) 24th +3.4% 8th 24% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,997 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.3% 9th 66% above peers
Visalia, CA $1,909 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 10th 6% above peers
Naperville, IL $2,310 (Jun 26) 8th +3.1% 11th 28% above peers
Warren, MI $1,337 (Jun 26) 26th +3.0% 12th 26% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,227 (Jun 26) 10th +3.0% 13th 23% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $2,105 (Jun 26) 11th +2.9% 14th 17% above peers
Orange, CA $3,181 (Jun 26) 1st +2.8% 15th 76% above peers
Fullerton, CA $2,872 (Jun 26) 4th +2.6% 16th 59% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,478 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.6% 17th 18% below peers
Gainesville, FL $1,657 (Jun 26) 17th +1.6% 18th 8% below peers
Escondido, CA $2,504 (Jun 26) 6th +1.2% 19th 39% above peers
Stamford, CT $2,954 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 20th 64% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,255 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 21st 25% above peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Jun 26) 28th +0.7% 22nd 29% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,385 (Jun 26) 7th +0.7% 23rd 32% above peers
Waco, TX $1,369 (Jun 26) 25th +0.4% 24th 24% below peers
Miramar, FL $2,710 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 25th 50% above peers
West Valley City, UT $1,504 (Jun 26) 21st -0.9% 26th 17% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,910 (Jun 26) 12th -1.1% 27th 6% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,807 (Jun 26) 15th -1.3% 28th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX $1,437 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.3% 29th 20% below peers
Metairie, LA $1,605 (Jun 26) 19th -1.4% 30th 11% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.5% then, 36.1% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.2% to 36.1%).
36.1%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Joliet, IL 28.5% 4th -3.9pp 1st 30% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 6th -4.0pp 2nd 22% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 26th -4.0pp 3rd 8% above peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 28th -3.0pp 4th 14% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 29th -3.2pp 5th 25% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 23rd -2.3pp 6th 6% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 7th 26% above peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 8th 40% below peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 9th -0.6pp 9th 17% below peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 27th -0.7pp 10th 9% above peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 22nd -0.3pp 11th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 18th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 7th -0.1pp 13th 22% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 5th -0.0pp 14th 28% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 21st +0.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 8th +0.1pp 16th 21% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 24th +0.5pp 17th 7% above peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 13th +0.6pp 18th 11% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 10th +0.7pp 19th 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 15th +1.0pp 20th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 19th +1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 16th +2.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 17th +2.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 25th +3.4pp 24th 7% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 25th 42% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 11th +3.2pp 26th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 3rd +2.6pp 27th 32% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 20th +4.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 14th +4.6pp 29th 2% below peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 30th 26% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 12th +5.5pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.1% to 3.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 3.5%).
3.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 1st 43% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 23% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 22nd -3.8pp 3rd 52% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 25th -3.2pp 4th 73% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 18th -1.9pp 5th 12% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 30th -3.6pp 6th 238% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 12th -0.9pp 7th 13% below peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 16th -0.9pp 8th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 23rd -1.4pp 9th 54% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 20th -0.9pp 10th 16% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 13th -0.7pp 11th 6% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 12th 47% below peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 14th -0.5pp 13th 4% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 1st -0.2pp 14th 51% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 31st -1.4pp 15th 323% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 21st -0.3pp 16th 25% above peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 5th -0.1pp 17th 38% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 29th -0.6pp 18th 220% above peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 17th -0.1pp 19th 7% above peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 27th -0.0pp 20th 89% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 28th +0.1pp 21st 110% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 6th +0.0pp 22nd 37% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 10th +0.0pp 23rd 20% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 11th +0.1pp 24th 13% below peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 19th +0.3pp 25th 15% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 9th +0.2pp 26th 20% below peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 7th +0.3pp 27th 23% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 15th +0.5pp 28th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 24th +0.9pp 29th 58% above peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 3rd +0.5pp 30th 43% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 26th +1.7pp 31st 77% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.5% then, 6.0% 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: uninsured fell 8.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.3% to 6.0%).
6.0%
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
Miramar, FL 10.3% 20th -3.1pp 1st 28% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 10th -2.0pp 2nd 17% below peers
Orange, CA 5.8% 5th -1.7pp 3rd 27% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.3% 23rd -3.1pp 4th 66% above peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 18th -1.9pp 5th 22% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.2% 17th -1.6pp 6th 15% above peers
Hampton, VA 6.6% 8th -1.1pp 7th 17% below peers
Gainesville, FL 7.3% 14th -1.0pp 8th 9% below peers
Escondido, CA 10.7% 21st -1.5pp 9th 34% above peers
Pomona, CA 10.9% 22nd -1.4pp 10th 36% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 2nd -0.5pp 11th 48% below peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 12th 70% below peers
Columbia, SC 6.9% 11th -0.6pp 13th 14% below peers
Warren, MI 6.0% 7th -0.4pp 14th 25% below peers
McAllen, TX 23.9% 29th -1.2pp 15th 198% above peers
West Valley City, UT 17.6% 27th -0.7pp 16th 120% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 26th -0.2pp 17th 86% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.1% 13th -0.0pp 18th 11% below peers
Syracuse, NY 4.9% 4th +0.0pp 19th 39% below peers
Joliet, IL 8.0% 16th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 9th +0.2pp 21st 17% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.4% 28th +0.7pp 22nd 167% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.7% 3rd +0.2pp 23rd 41% below peers
Victorville, CA 7.6% 15th +0.4pp 24th 5% below peers
Rockford, IL 7.1% 12th +0.4pp 25th 11% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.3% 31st +2.1pp 26th 253% above peers
Jackson, MS 14.7% 25th +1.1pp 27th 84% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 6th +0.5pp 28th 25% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.7% 24th +1.2pp 29th 83% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.0% 30th +3.5pp 30th 200% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 19th +1.5pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.7%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Torrance, CA 20.0% 1st 44% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 2nd 29% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 3rd 28% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 4th 25% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 5th 24% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 6th 21% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 7th 18% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 8th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 9th 11% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 10th 8% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 11th 8% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 12th 6% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 13th 5% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 14th 4% below peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 15th 3% below peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 16th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 17th 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 18th 1% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 19th 2% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 20th 5% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 21st 8% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 22nd 8% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 23rd 9% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 24th 12% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 25th 13% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 26th 14% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 27th 15% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 28th 19% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 29th 24% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.8% then, 1.4% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 1.4%).
1.4%
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 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 6th -2.3pp 1st 42% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 2nd -1.1pp 2nd 61% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 3rd 49% below peers
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 4th 66% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 13th -1.1pp 5th 6% below peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 22nd -1.0pp 6th 64% above peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 7th -0.4pp 7th 34% below peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 3rd -0.1pp 8th 57% below peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 9th 244% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 25th -0.1pp 10th 68% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 8th -0.0pp 11th 31% below peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 11th +0.1pp 12th 17% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 17th +0.1pp 13th 14% above peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 15th +0.1pp 14th 1% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 18th +0.2pp 15th 30% above peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 16th 260% above peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 17th 333% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 26th +0.8pp 18th 115% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 28th +1.4pp 19th 240% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 9th +0.4pp 20th 29% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 23rd +1.0pp 21st 66% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 20th +0.8pp 22nd 35% above peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 12th +0.6pp 23rd 9% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 14th +0.7pp 24th 3% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 10th +0.6pp 25th 20% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 5th +0.6pp 26th 43% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 16th +1.1pp 27th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 21st +1.9pp 28th 54% above peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 24th +2.7pp 29th 67% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 19th +2.3pp 30th 34% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 27th +5.5pp 31st 219% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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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 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
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College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.1% then, 24.1% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.9% to 24.1%).
24.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 10th +10.1pp 1st 20% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 23rd +4.6pp 2nd 25% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 16th +5.1pp 3rd 8% below peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 3rd +8.6pp 4th 72% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 11th +5.1pp 5th 7% above peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 20th +3.4pp 6th 18% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 18th +3.8pp 7th 8% below peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 24th +2.5pp 8th 33% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 13th +3.7pp 9th 5% above peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 27th +1.8pp 10th 48% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 25th +2.2pp 11th 35% below peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 8th +4.2pp 12th 32% above peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 15th +2.8pp 13th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 26th +1.8pp 14th 37% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 29th +1.1pp 15th 53% below peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 14th +2.2pp 16th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 2nd +3.3pp 17th 73% above peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 18th 132% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 19th +1.6pp 19th 9% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 28th +0.9pp 20th 49% below peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 17th +1.6pp 21st 8% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 9th +2.0pp 22nd 27% above peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 22nd +1.1pp 23rd 25% below peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 6th +2.1pp 24th 47% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 21st +0.9pp 25th 23% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 12th +1.1pp 26th 6% above peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 4th +1.6pp 27th 66% above peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 7th +1.0pp 28th 39% above peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 5th +0.8pp 29th 62% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 30th 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.8% then, 33.4% now; margin ±9.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.2% to 33.4%).
33.4%
20112024
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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%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 20th +11.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 2nd 48% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 13th +5.9pp 3rd 6% above peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 22nd +4.9pp 4th 11% below peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 12th +5.8pp 5th 7% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 15th +4.3pp 6th 1% above peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 19th +3.8pp 7th 4% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 27th +1.7pp 8th 30% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 2nd +3.4pp 9th 48% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 3rd +3.2pp 10th 40% above peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 30th +1.0pp 11th 37% below peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 7th +1.6pp 12th 25% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 29th +0.3pp 13th 36% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 17th +0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 14th -1.3pp 15th 4% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 18th -1.5pp 16th on par with peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 21st -3.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 9th -4.1pp 18th 15% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 6th -5.5pp 19th 27% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 8th -5.9pp 20th 25% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 5th -6.5pp 21st 34% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 16th -4.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 25th -3.8pp 23rd 24% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 24th -4.5pp 24th 18% below peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 4th -9.7pp 25th 37% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 11th -9.6pp 26th 10% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 23rd -13.1pp 27th 13% below peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 26th -12.3pp 28th 29% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 10th -24.8pp 29th 11% above peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 28th -23.1pp 30th 34% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±7.5pp 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, 6.7% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 6.7%).
6.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 1st -2.5pp 1st 75% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 2nd -3.1pp 2nd 69% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 28th -6.5pp 3rd 80% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 9th -2.4pp 4th 18% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 20th -3.1pp 5th 8% above peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 12th -2.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 15th -2.2pp 7th 1% below peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 6th -1.1pp 8th 40% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 21st -1.6pp 9th 12% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 16th -1.4pp 10th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 29th -2.4pp 11th 91% above peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 11th -0.8pp 12th 10% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 14th -0.8pp 13th 7% below peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 19th -0.9pp 14th 4% above peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 17th -0.8pp 15th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 8th -0.4pp 16th 30% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 7th -0.1pp 17th 36% below peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 23rd +0.1pp 18th 44% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 13th +0.2pp 19th 8% below peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 30th +0.7pp 20th 94% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 25th +1.2pp 21st 49% above peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 4th +0.5pp 22nd 41% below peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 27th +2.6pp 23rd 69% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 5th +1.2pp 24th 40% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 18th +2.1pp 25th 2% above peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 26th 97% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 22nd +3.6pp 27th 30% above peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 24th +4.8pp 28th 48% above peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 3rd +1.7pp 29th 50% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 10th +2.9pp 30th 16% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 26th +6.1pp 31st 65% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±2.6pp 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 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 132,104 to 143,939 - more than the combined survey margin (±78). 21 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (126,942 to 143,939).
143,939
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 27th +13% 1st 4% below peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 12th +10% 2nd 1% above peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 16th +9% 3rd on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 29th +7% 4th 5% below peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 31st +6% 5th 5% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 17th +6% 6th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 14th +5% 7th 1% above peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 15th +5% 8th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 21st +5% 9th 3% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 5th +4% 10th 4% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 30th +4% 11th 5% below peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 11th +2% 12th 2% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 6th +2% 13th 4% above peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 13th +2% 14th 1% above peers
Warren, MI 137,928 26th +2% 15th 4% below peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 1st +2% 16th 5% above peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 28th +2% 17th 4% below peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 24th +2% 18th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 2nd +2% 19th 5% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 8th +2% 20th 3% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 22nd +1% 21st 4% below peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 19th +1% 22nd 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 9th +0% 23rd 2% above peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 23rd -1% 24th 4% below peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 3rd -1% 25th 4% above peers
Orange, CA 138,266 25th -1% 26th 4% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 20th -2% 27th 3% below peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 18th -2% 28th 1% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 4th -3% 29th 4% above peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 7th -3% 30th 3% above peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 10th -12% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.5% to 27.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (30.3% to 27.9%).
27.9%
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
Metairie, LA 20.8% 22nd +1.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 25% below peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 19th +0.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 20th +0.4pp 4th 5% below peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 18th +0.3pp 5th 2% below peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 24th +0.2pp 6th 8% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 26th -0.0pp 7th 10% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 3rd -0.1pp 8th 24% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 9th 42% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 10th -0.6pp 10th 9% above peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 11th 32% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 12th -0.8pp 12th 7% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 17th -0.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 15th -1.0pp 14th 1% above peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 5th -1.3pp 15th 23% above peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 27th -1.0pp 16th 10% below peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 25th -1.0pp 17th 10% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 8th -1.2pp 18th 13% above peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 13th -1.2pp 19th 5% above peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 6th -1.6pp 20th 23% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 4th -1.8pp 21st 23% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 2nd -2.1pp 22nd 31% above peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 16th -1.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 23rd -1.8pp 24th 8% below peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 14th -2.2pp 25th 1% above peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 7th -2.4pp 26th 15% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 21st -2.3pp 27th 8% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 28th -2.1pp 28th 19% below peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 9th -3.1pp 29th 10% above peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 11th -3.3pp 30th 7% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 30th -3.1pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.8% then, 34.3% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.8% to 34.3%).
34.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 11th +7.2pp 1st 13% above peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 28th +2.4pp 2nd 33% below peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 20th +3.1pp 3rd 9% below peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 26th +2.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 10th +3.3pp 5th 22% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 14th +2.8pp 6th 6% above peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 27th +1.3pp 7th 27% below peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 9th +2.1pp 8th 29% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 5th +2.4pp 9th 51% above peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 25th +1.2pp 10th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 19th +1.5pp 11th 5% below peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 15th +1.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 16th +1.0pp 13th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 7th +1.3pp 14th 39% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 15th 76% above peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 22nd +0.2pp 16th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 17th 78% above peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 6th -0.1pp 18th 43% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 8th -0.6pp 19th 30% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 21st -0.5pp 20th 10% below peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 4th -1.0pp 21st 55% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 22nd 63% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 3rd -3.0pp 23rd 58% above peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 13th -3.3pp 24th 9% above peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 18th -3.0pp 25th 5% below peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 23rd -2.7pp 26th 17% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 24th -3.3pp 27th 19% below peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 30th -1.7pp 28th 59% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 12th -6.1pp 29th 11% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 17th -6.1pp 30th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 29th -5.8pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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15 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.5pp 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

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.9% then, 66.5% now; margin ±8.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.0% to 66.5%).
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 27th +10.0pp 1st 10% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 18th +8.7pp 2nd 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 23rd +7.6pp 3rd 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 4th +7.8pp 4th 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 10th +7.2pp 5th 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 16th +6.8pp 6th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 5th +7.3pp 7th 10% above peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 17th +6.0pp 8th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 24th +5.6pp 9th 6% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 8th +5.8pp 10th 6% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 30th +4.6pp 11th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 7th +4.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 3rd +4.7pp 13th 12% above peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 14th 15% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 28th +2.4pp 15th 10% below peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 13th +2.5pp 16th 3% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 17th 18% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 19th +2.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 15th +1.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 21st +0.2pp 20th 3% below peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 25th -0.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 12th -0.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 20th -1.3pp 23rd 3% below peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 9th -1.7pp 24th 4% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 26th -1.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 6th -2.0pp 26th 8% above peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 11th -2.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 29th -3.2pp 28th 10% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 31st -4.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 22nd -7.7pp 30th 5% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 14th -8.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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15 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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