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Walnut Creek, CA
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70,012 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 13 indicators

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

What needs attention 3 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 38% higher than in 2021 (156 then, 216 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 292 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 13% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 214 in July 2026, down from 257 a year earlier.
Bright spot 214 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 15 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%
Kyle, TX 112 (Jul 26) -38.6% 1st
North Richland Hills, TX 154 (Jul 26) -23.2% 2nd
St. Joseph, MO 497 (Jul 26) -19.2% 3rd
Camarillo, CA 128 (Jul 26) -17.0% 4th
Jackson, TN 702 (Jul 26) -16.8% 5th
Walnut Creek, CA 214 (Jul 26) -16.7% 6th
Waukesha, WI 117 (Jun 26) -14.4% 7th
Canton, OH 1,213 (Jul 26) -6.3% 8th
Baldwin Park, CA 325 (Jul 26) -3.0% 9th
Casa Grande, AZ 436 (Jul 26) -1.3% 10th
Madera, CA 416 (Jun 26) +0.4% 11th
Shawnee, KS 238 (Jul 26) +1.8% 12th
Schenectady, NY 695 (Jun 26) +3.0% 13th
Greenwood, IN 141 (Jul 26) +16.7% 14th
Huntersville, NC 146 (Jul 26) +33.3% 15th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities. Walnut Creek started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,054 in July 2026, down from 2,771 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,054 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 15 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Shawnee, KS 1,045 (Jul 26) -39.4% 1st
Walnut Creek, CA 2,054 (Jul 26) -25.9% 2nd
Kyle, TX 658 (Jul 26) -25.4% 3rd
North Richland Hills, TX 1,524 (Jul 26) -21.0% 4th
Casa Grande, AZ 1,100 (Jul 26) -18.0% 5th
Camarillo, CA 999 (Jul 26) -17.7% 6th
Huntersville, NC 954 (Jul 26) -15.7% 7th
Jackson, TN 2,556 (Jul 26) -13.4% 8th
Schenectady, NY 2,677 (Jun 26) -3.6% 9th
Greenwood, IN 1,553 (Jul 26) -0.5% 10th
Canton, OH 3,697 (Jul 26) +0.5% 11th
Baldwin Park, CA 1,305 (Jul 26) +3.7% 12th
St. Joseph, MO 3,589 (Jul 26) +5.1% 13th
Madera, CA 1,090 (Jun 26) +5.2% 14th
Waukesha, WI 982 (Jun 26) +23.6% 15th
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Peers worth a call

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

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Broader trend
Essentially flat over this window.
Longer view
Homicide held steady from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4 in July 2026, up from 0 a year earlier.
4 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 15 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Schenectady, NY 4 (Jun 26) -66.7% 1st
St. Joseph, MO 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 2nd
Casa Grande, AZ 1 (Jul 26) -50.2% 3rd
North Richland Hills, TX 4 (Jul 26) -40.1% 4th
Jackson, TN 20 (Jul 26) -6.7% 5th
Waukesha, WI 1 (Jun 26) +0.0% 6th
Camarillo, CA 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Baldwin Park, CA 10 (Jul 26) +16.6% 8th
Madera, CA 7 (Jun 26) +66.4% 9th
Canton, OH 17 (Jul 26) +99.9% 10th
Huntersville, NC 3 (Jul 26) +100.0% 11th
Greenwood, IN 7 (Jul 26) +400.7% 12th
Walnut Creek, CA 4 (Jul 26)
Kyle, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Shawnee, KS 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Bloomington, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
  • Woodbury, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Taunton, MA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 117 in July 2026, down from 220 a year earlier.
Bright spot 117 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 15 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%
Camarillo, CA 48 (Jul 26) -53.5% 1st
Shawnee, KS 93 (Jul 26) -52.6% 2nd
Walnut Creek, CA 117 (Jul 26) -46.8% 3rd
Casa Grande, AZ 110 (Jul 26) -37.4% 4th
North Richland Hills, TX 112 (Jul 26) -31.3% 5th
Huntersville, NC 104 (Jul 26) -21.1% 6th
St. Joseph, MO 332 (Jul 26) -17.2% 7th
Baldwin Park, CA 203 (Jul 26) -15.7% 8th
Schenectady, NY 154 (Jun 26) -10.8% 9th
Greenwood, IN 118 (Jul 26) -5.7% 10th
Canton, OH 371 (Jul 26) -5.5% 11th
Jackson, TN 226 (Jul 26) +0.6% 12th
Waukesha, WI 61 (Jun 26) +4.9% 13th
Kyle, TX 74 (Jul 26) +13.0% 14th
Madera, CA 227 (Jun 26) +18.9% 15th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $105,948 to $130,432 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$9,833).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Walnut Creek started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 62% from 2014 to 2024 ($80,399 to $130,432).
Bright spot $130,432
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Lodi, CA $88,530 14th +51% 1st 6% above peers
Camden, NJ $40,546 31st +50% 2nd 52% below peers
Dublin, CA $214,385 1st +43% 3rd 156% above peers
Madera, CA $63,933 22nd +42% 4th 24% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $97,305 11th +37% 5th 16% above peers
Passaic, NJ $55,371 27th +35% 6th 34% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $82,041 17th +35% 7th 2% below peers
Eastvale, CA $160,069 3rd +34% 8th 91% above peers
Canton, OH $43,188 30th +34% 9th 48% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR $57,272 25th +33% 10th 31% below peers
Yuba City, CA $75,477 20th +33% 11th 10% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $69,983 21st +32% 12th 16% below peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 16th +32% 13th on par with peers
Portland, ME $79,540 19th +32% 14th 5% below peers
Weston, FL $139,825 4th +30% 15th 67% above peers
Schenectady, NY $58,399 23rd +29% 16th 30% below peers
Waukesha, WI $83,837 15th +28% 17th on par with peers
Shawnee, KS $109,940 10th +26% 18th 31% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $112,467 8th +25% 19th 35% above peers
Spring, TX $88,997 13th +25% 20th 6% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $130,432 5th +23% 21st 56% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $80,663 18th +22% 22nd 4% below peers
Jackson, TN $53,032 29th +22% 23rd 37% below peers
Camarillo, CA $113,428 7th +21% 24th 36% above peers
St. Joseph, MO $57,956 24th +20% 25th 31% below peers
Huntersville, NC $120,516 6th +18% 26th 44% above peers
Dale City, VA $111,994 9th +18% 27th 34% above peers
Bethesda, MD $192,237 2nd +17% 28th 130% above peers
Lafayette, IN $53,716 28th +16% 29th 36% below peers
Kyle, TX $90,323 12th +14% 30th 8% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $56,968 26th +12% 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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5 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$8,895 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.8% in July 2026, unchanged from 4.8% a year earlier.
4.8%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 5.1% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Camden, NJ 8.8% (Jul 26) 26th -2.7pp 1st 100% above peers
Canton, OH 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -1.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Passaic, NJ 5.7% (Jul 26) 21st -1.6pp 3rd 30% above peers
Lafayette, IN 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -1.3pp 4th 23% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 19th -1.1pp 5th 16% above peers
Yuba City, CA 7.6% (Jul 26) 25th -0.8pp 6th 73% above peers
Madera, CA 7.5% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 7th 70% above peers
Lodi, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 8th 30% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 9th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 10th 27% below peers
Jackson, TN 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.4pp 11th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.4pp 12th on par with peers
Eastvale, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 13th 7% below peers
Greenwood, IN 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 14th 27% below peers
Dublin, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 16th 14% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 18th +0.0pp 17th 9% above peers
Portland, ME 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 18th 39% below peers
Shawnee, KS 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 19th 16% below peers
Waukesha, WI 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th +0.2pp 20th 27% below peers
Schenectady, NY 5.3% (Jul 26) 20th +0.3pp 21st 20% above peers
Kyle, TX 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.4pp 22nd 20% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Weston, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th +0.7pp 25th 7% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 6.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.8pp 26th 41% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 6.4% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 6.4%).
Bright spot 6.4%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Shawnee, KS 5.3% 5th -2.1pp 1st 53% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.1% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 73% below peers
Portland, ME 11.2% 16th -3.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Dale City, VA 7.0% 8th -1.9pp 4th 38% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.9% 26th -5.8pp 5th 104% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.8% 4th -1.2pp 6th 57% below peers
Lodi, CA 12.4% 17th -3.0pp 7th 11% above peers
Camden, NJ 30.2% 31st -6.2pp 8th 169% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.5% 19th -2.0pp 9th 20% above peers
Canton, OH 27.4% 29th -3.4pp 10th 144% above peers
Yuba City, CA 14.3% 21st -1.2pp 11th 28% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 8.8% 12th -0.7pp 12th 22% below peers
Waukesha, WI 9.8% 14th -0.8pp 13th 12% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 7.2% 9th -0.4pp 14th 36% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 17.7% 22nd -1.0pp 15th 58% above peers
Madera, CA 25.6% 28th -1.2pp 16th 128% above peers
Weston, FL 6.1% 6th -0.2pp 17th 45% below peers
Jackson, TN 22.2% 25th -0.3pp 18th 98% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 13.5% 20th +0.1pp 19th 20% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.9% 30th +0.4pp 20th 167% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 21.3% 24th +0.3pp 21st 90% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7.4% 10th +0.2pp 22nd 34% below peers
Spring, TX 10.4% 15th +0.5pp 23rd 7% below peers
Lafayette, IN 17.8% 23rd +1.1pp 24th 59% above peers
Camarillo, CA 8.5% 11th +0.8pp 25th 24% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 13.0% 18th +1.3pp 26th 16% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.5% 3rd +0.5pp 27th 60% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 6.4% 7th +1.0pp 28th 43% below peers
Schenectady, NY 23.8% 27th +4.5pp 29th 112% above peers
Bethesda, MD 4.3% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 62% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.9% 13th +3.8pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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5 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.3% then, 9.0% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 9.0%).
Bright spot 9.0%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Huntersville, NC 2.0% 1st -2.8pp 1st 88% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.2% 5th -3.8pp 2nd 69% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.6% 8th -5.4pp 3rd 49% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 16.8% 16th -5.8pp 4th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 6th -2.1pp 5th 62% below peers
Canton, OH 38.9% 30th -12.7pp 6th 132% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.4% 4th -1.2pp 7th 74% below peers
Passaic, NJ 32.1% 25th -7.4pp 8th 91% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.7% 22nd -5.1pp 9th 35% above peers
Camden, NJ 38.9% 31st -8.5pp 10th 132% above peers
Yuba City, CA 17.7% 18th -3.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.5% 11th -1.9pp 12th 31% below peers
Waukesha, WI 12.9% 14th -2.0pp 13th 23% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 20th -3.1pp 14th 21% above peers
Portland, ME 14.8% 15th -2.1pp 15th 12% below peers
Jackson, TN 32.1% 26th -2.8pp 16th 91% above peers
Madera, CA 34.8% 28th -2.0pp 17th 108% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 11.7% 12th -0.6pp 18th 30% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 20.6% 21st -0.3pp 19th 23% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 31.3% 24th -0.4pp 20th 87% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 33.1% 27th +0.2pp 21st 97% above peers
Lafayette, IN 25.8% 23rd +1.4pp 22nd 54% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.3% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 75% below peers
Camarillo, CA 12.2% 13th +1.3pp 24th 28% below peers
Spring, TX 17.4% 17th +2.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Schenectady, NY 35.7% 29th +5.1pp 26th 113% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 19.9% 19th +3.0pp 27th 19% above peers
Weston, FL 8.1% 7th +1.5pp 28th 52% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 9.0% 10th +2.7pp 29th 46% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.7% 9th +3.0pp 30th 48% below peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 2nd +1.8pp 31st 81% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 91.4% to 96.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Walnut Creek started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 7.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.3% to 96.4%).
Bright spot 96.4%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Camden, NJ 86.5% 27th +22.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Passaic, NJ 93.8% 16th +20.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Madera, CA 90.8% 23rd +14.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Jackson, TN 89.3% 25th +13.2pp 4th 5% below peers
Lafayette, IN 91.4% 21st +11.0pp 5th 3% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 85.9% 29th +10.1pp 6th 8% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 59.1% 31st +6.7pp 7th 37% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 88.8% 26th +9.4pp 8th 5% below peers
Kyle, TX 98.2% 3rd +9.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 15th +8.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Yuba City, CA 91.1% 22nd +8.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 92.9% 17th +7.4pp 12th 1% below peers
Waukesha, WI 94.4% 14th +7.4pp 13th 1% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 96.5% 9th +7.2pp 14th 3% above peers
Schenectady, NY 86.4% 28th +6.2pp 15th 8% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 91.7% 20th +6.5pp 16th 2% below peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 18th +6.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Spring, TX 94.7% 13th +6.3pp 18th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 96.5% 8th +5.9pp 19th 3% above peers
Portland, ME 91.7% 19th +5.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Canton, OH 80.4% 30th +4.8pp 21st 14% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 89.9% 24th +5.0pp 22nd 4% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 96.4% 10th +5.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Shawnee, KS 95.8% 11th +4.9pp 24th 2% above peers
Camarillo, CA 95.0% 12th +4.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Huntersville, NC 96.8% 7th +4.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Dale City, VA 97.2% 5th +2.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Bethesda, MD 97.1% 6th +2.7pp 28th 4% above peers
Dublin, CA 98.3% 2nd +2.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Weston, FL 97.7% 4th +1.8pp 30th 4% above peers
Eastvale, CA 98.4% 1st +0.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 0.47
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Eastvale, CA 0.33 1st -0.040 1st 26% below peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 4th -0.028 2nd 15% below peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 13th -0.029 3rd 5% below peers
Shawnee, KS 0.41 9th -0.025 4th 9% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 0.40 7th -0.022 5th 10% below peers
Spring, TX 0.35 2nd -0.019 6th 22% below peers
Weston, FL 0.45 16th -0.023 7th on par with peers
Passaic, NJ 0.48 23rd -0.022 8th 6% above peers
Jackson, TN 0.49 26th -0.020 9th 8% above peers
Lafayette, IN 0.41 11th -0.015 10th 9% below peers
Camden, NJ 0.48 25th -0.015 11th 8% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 0.44 14th -0.005 12th 2% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.55 31st -0.005 13th 23% above peers
Canton, OH 0.46 17th -0.002 14th 2% above peers
Waukesha, WI 0.42 12th -0.002 15th 7% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.50 28th -0.001 16th 10% above peers
Portland, ME 0.46 19th +0.001 17th 3% above peers
Yuba City, CA 0.45 15th +0.005 18th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 0.38 5th +0.006 19th 15% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 0.47 20th +0.011 20th 4% above peers
Huntersville, NC 0.41 8th +0.010 21st 10% below peers
Dublin, CA 0.39 6th +0.010 22nd 12% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 0.54 30th +0.015 23rd 19% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 0.41 10th +0.014 24th 9% below peers
Camarillo, CA 0.46 18th +0.017 25th 2% above peers
Bethesda, MD 0.51 29th +0.025 26th 14% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 0.48 24th +0.028 27th 7% above peers
Kyle, TX 0.37 3rd +0.024 28th 19% below peers
Madera, CA 0.47 21st +0.041 29th 6% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 0.48 22nd +0.045 30th 6% above peers
Schenectady, NY 0.50 27th +0.057 31st 10% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (2.3% then, 2.8% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (0.8% to 2.8%).
Bright spot 2.8%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Shawnee, KS 2.3% 1st -2.1pp 1st 79% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.6% 6th -3.2pp 2nd 67% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 19.7% 24th -11.4pp 3rd 79% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.6% 8th -2.5pp 4th 59% below peers
Portland, ME 10.9% 15th -4.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 16th -3.6pp 6th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.1% 21st -3.1pp 7th 19% above peers
Waukesha, WI 9.2% 13th -1.7pp 8th 16% below peers
Canton, OH 28.9% 28th -0.9pp 9th 162% above peers
Passaic, NJ 38.2% 30th -1.2pp 10th 247% above peers
Jackson, TN 20.4% 26th -0.6pp 11th 86% above peers
Yuba City, CA 12.4% 20th -0.2pp 12th 13% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 15.6% 22nd +0.3pp 13th 41% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 11th +0.2pp 14th 34% below peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 17th +0.6pp 15th 2% above peers
Kyle, TX 6.8% 10th +0.5pp 16th 38% below peers
Camden, NJ 43.4% 31st +3.4pp 17th 294% above peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 7th +0.4pp 18th 65% below peers
Schenectady, NY 24.9% 27th +2.6pp 19th 126% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 19.8% 25th +2.2pp 20th 80% above peers
Madera, CA 30.0% 29th +3.9pp 21st 172% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 10.5% 14th +1.5pp 22nd 4% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.3% 12th +1.3pp 23rd 25% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.8% 2nd +0.5pp 24th 75% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.3% 18th +2.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Spring, TX 12.0% 19th +2.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Huntersville, NC 2.9% 3rd +0.8pp 27th 73% below peers
Camarillo, CA 4.7% 9th +1.3pp 28th 58% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.7% 23rd +5.6pp 29th 43% above peers
Bethesda, MD 3.1% 4th +1.4pp 30th 72% below peers
Dublin, CA 3.4% 5th +1.9pp 31st 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 7% higher than in 2021 ($925,673 then, $992,645 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,038,093 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $992,645 in August 2026, up from $982,175 a year earlier.
Big move $992,645
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Lakewood, NJ $589,571 (Aug 26) 8th +8.0% 1st 34% above peers
Waukesha, WI $423,254 (Aug 26) 17th +6.5% 2nd 4% below peers
Schenectady, NY $333,482 (Aug 26) 21st +5.3% 3rd 24% below peers
Shawnee, KS $426,972 (Aug 26) 15th +4.7% 4th 3% below peers
Canton, OH $175,781 (Aug 26) 27th +4.6% 5th 60% below peers
Lafayette, IN $269,022 (Aug 26) 25th +2.8% 6th 39% below peers
Madera, CA $425,530 (Aug 26) 16th +2.7% 7th 3% below peers
Passaic, NJ $555,875 (Aug 26) 10th +2.1% 8th 27% above peers
Camarillo, CA $909,235 (Aug 26) 5th +1.4% 9th 107% above peers
Greenwood, IN $327,893 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.2% 10th 25% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA $992,645 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 11th 126% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $711,396 (Aug 26) 7th +0.9% 12th 62% above peers
Eastvale, CA $930,341 (Aug 26) 4th +0.8% 13th 112% above peers
Bethesda, MD $1,121,468 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 14th 155% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $367,768 (Aug 26) 18th +0.5% 15th 16% below peers
Huntersville, NC $546,644 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 16th 24% above peers
Yuba City, CA $439,108 (Aug 26) 14th +0.2% 17th on par with peers
Delray Beach, FL $343,049 (Aug 26) 20th +0.2% 18th 22% below peers
Portland, ME $559,175 (Aug 26) 9th +0.0% 19th 27% above peers
Spring, TX $363,173 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 20th 17% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $316,044 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.3% 21st 28% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD $517,488 (Aug 26) 12th -1.5% 22nd 18% above peers
Jackson, TN $224,512 (Aug 26) 26th -1.5% 23rd 49% below peers
Lodi, CA $511,715 (Aug 26) 13th -1.7% 24th 17% above peers
Weston, FL $719,191 (Aug 26) 6th -1.7% 25th 64% above peers
Camden, NJ $152,107 (Aug 26) 28th -4.5% 26th 65% below peers
Dublin, CA $1,230,548 (Aug 26) 1st -6.0% 27th 180% above peers
Kyle, TX $294,393 (Aug 26) 24th -6.5% 28th 33% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 4% lower than in 2021 ($514,983 then, $493,471 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $564,371 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $493,471 in August 2026, down from $503,746 a year earlier.
Big move $493,471
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Canton, OH $96,130 (Aug 26) 28th +8.3% 1st 72% below peers
Shawnee, KS $330,982 (Aug 26) 15th +6.0% 2nd 3% below peers
Waukesha, WI $311,451 (Aug 26) 16th +5.8% 3rd 9% below peers
Schenectady, NY $246,797 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.5% 4th 28% below peers
Passaic, NJ $369,182 (Aug 26) 11th +4.4% 5th 8% above peers
Madera, CA $340,800 (Aug 26) 14th +4.1% 6th on par with peers
Lafayette, IN $196,694 (Aug 26) 24th +3.6% 7th 42% below peers
Greenwood, IN $247,415 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 8th 27% below peers
Portland, ME $430,673 (Aug 26) 7th +1.2% 9th 26% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $286,884 (Aug 26) 17th +1.1% 10th 16% below peers
Camden, NJ $107,929 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 11th 68% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $601,947 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 12th 77% above peers
Yuba City, CA $347,912 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 13th 2% above peers
Camarillo, CA $717,156 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 14th 110% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $231,297 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.7% 15th 32% below peers
Eastvale, CA $801,504 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.3% 16th 135% above peers
Huntersville, NC $393,191 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 17th 15% above peers
Jackson, TN $113,202 (Aug 26) 26th -1.5% 18th 67% below peers
Lodi, CA $397,723 (Aug 26) 9th -1.5% 19th 17% above peers
Spring, TX $252,092 (Aug 26) 18th -1.8% 20th 26% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $249,476 (Aug 26) 20th -1.8% 21st 27% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA $493,471 (Aug 26) 5th -2.0% 22nd 45% above peers
Bethesda, MD $491,056 (Aug 26) 6th -2.1% 23rd 44% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $346,190 (Aug 26) 13th -2.5% 24th 2% above peers
Weston, FL $428,813 (Aug 26) 8th -3.6% 25th 26% above peers
Kyle, TX $251,372 (Aug 26) 19th -6.2% 26th 26% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $142,448 (Aug 26) 25th -6.5% 27th 58% below peers
Dublin, CA $834,299 (Aug 26) 1st -6.6% 28th 145% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.5% then, 64.4% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.6% to 64.4%).
Bright spot 64.4%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Madera, CA 54.7% 22nd +6.9pp 1st 13% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 72.8% 6th +7.2pp 2nd 16% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 39.1% 29th +3.1pp 3rd 38% below peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 21st +4.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Yuba City, CA 57.3% 20th +3.7pp 5th 9% below peers
Spring, TX 74.4% 3rd +4.8pp 6th 19% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 62.8% 16th +4.0pp 7th on par with peers
Passaic, NJ 23.8% 31st +1.5pp 8th 62% below peers
Portland, ME 46.9% 26th +1.7pp 9th 25% below peers
Dale City, VA 79.3% 1st +2.4pp 10th 26% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 63.2% 15th +1.3pp 11th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 63.5% 14th +1.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 17th +1.1pp 13th 6% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 57.7% 19th +1.0pp 14th 8% below peers
Canton, OH 48.7% 25th +0.8pp 15th 22% below peers
Waukesha, WI 58.8% 18th +0.7pp 16th 6% below peers
Shawnee, KS 73.7% 4th +0.7pp 17th 17% above peers
Eastvale, CA 78.0% 2nd +0.7pp 18th 24% above peers
Dublin, CA 65.7% 10th +0.2pp 19th 5% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 64.4% 12th -0.2pp 20th 3% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 72.2% 7th -0.3pp 21st 15% above peers
Kyle, TX 67.0% 9th -0.5pp 22nd 7% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 50.8% 24th -0.4pp 23rd 19% below peers
Camarillo, CA 64.6% 11th -0.6pp 24th 3% above peers
Weston, FL 73.0% 5th -0.8pp 25th 16% above peers
Jackson, TN 51.2% 23rd -1.2pp 26th 18% below peers
Bethesda, MD 64.0% 13th -2.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Schenectady, NY 45.6% 28th -1.6pp 28th 27% below peers
Lafayette, IN 46.7% 27th -1.9pp 29th 26% below peers
Huntersville, NC 71.7% 8th -3.0pp 30th 14% above peers
Camden, NJ 34.4% 30th -4.9pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,959 in August 2026, up from $2,817 a year earlier.
Big move $2,959
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Waukesha, WI $1,481 (Aug 26) 24th +5.3% 1st 29% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA $2,959 (Aug 26) 5th +5.1% 2nd 41% above peers
Dublin, CA $3,299 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.9% 3rd 58% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $2,841 (Aug 26) 8th +3.8% 4th 36% above peers
Lodi, CA $2,188 (Aug 26) 11th +3.3% 5th 5% above peers
Canton, OH $1,096 (Aug 26) 28th +3.1% 6th 48% below peers
Portland, ME $2,419 (Aug 26) 9th +3.1% 7th 16% above peers
Lafayette, IN $1,296 (Aug 26) 27th +2.8% 8th 38% below peers
Schenectady, NY $1,503 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.7% 9th 28% below peers
Greenwood, IN $1,584 (Aug 26) 20th +2.7% 10th 24% below peers
Madera, CA $2,120 (Aug 26) 14th +2.4% 11th 1% above peers
Jackson, TN $1,421 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 12th 32% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $1,541 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.5% 13th 26% below peers
Weston, FL $3,421 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.3% 14th 63% above peers
Bethesda, MD $3,038 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 15th 45% above peers
Eastvale, CA $3,730 (Aug 26) 1st +0.9% 16th 78% above peers
Camarillo, CA $2,906 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 17th 39% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $2,167 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 18th 4% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $1,712 (Aug 26) 19th +0.9% 19th 18% below peers
Yuba City, CA $2,136 (Aug 26) 13th +0.7% 20th 2% above peers
Spring, TX $1,795 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 21st 14% below peers
Camden, NJ $1,823 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 22nd 13% below peers
Passaic, NJ $2,093 (Aug 26) 15th +0.4% 23rd on par with peers
Huntersville, NC $1,863 (Aug 26) 16th -0.1% 24th 11% below peers
Shawnee, KS $1,408 (Aug 26) 26th -3.1% 25th 33% below peers
Kyle, TX $1,555 (Aug 26) 21st -3.3% 26th 26% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 10th 5% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 7th 37% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.4% to 38.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.5% to 38.6%).
Needs attention 38.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 26.0% 4th -5.2pp 1st 29% below peers
Eastvale, CA 33.8% 13th -4.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Shawnee, KS 21.8% 1st -2.1pp 3rd 41% below peers
Spring, TX 29.1% 5th -2.1pp 4th 21% below peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 18th -2.5pp 5th 4% above peers
Dale City, VA 30.4% 7th -1.8pp 6th 17% below peers
Camden, NJ 50.5% 29th -2.9pp 7th 38% above peers
Passaic, NJ 54.9% 30th -2.8pp 8th 50% above peers
Canton, OH 34.0% 14th -1.0pp 9th 7% below peers
Weston, FL 39.1% 22nd -0.6pp 10th 7% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 36.7% 16th -0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 43.9% 28th -0.2pp 12th 20% above peers
Huntersville, NC 22.1% 2nd +0.1pp 13th 40% below peers
Madera, CA 43.1% 27th +0.4pp 14th 18% above peers
Camarillo, CA 40.8% 23rd +0.5pp 15th 11% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 3rd +0.5pp 16th 31% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 31.3% 10th +1.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Dublin, CA 32.9% 12th +1.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 63.0% 31st +2.6pp 19th 72% above peers
Portland, ME 38.8% 20th +1.8pp 20th 6% above peers
Jackson, TN 38.9% 21st +2.2pp 21st 6% above peers
Waukesha, WI 30.9% 9th +2.1pp 22nd 16% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 32.7% 11th +2.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.0% 26th +3.1pp 24th 17% above peers
Yuba City, CA 41.1% 24th +3.0pp 25th 12% above peers
Bethesda, MD 29.7% 6th +2.2pp 26th 19% below peers
Lafayette, IN 35.4% 15th +3.7pp 27th 4% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 38.6% 19th +4.2pp 28th 5% above peers
Schenectady, NY 42.6% 25th +4.9pp 29th 16% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 30.6% 8th +5.3pp 30th 17% below peers
Kyle, TX 37.8% 17th +7.2pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.1% then, 7.1% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.1% to 7.1%).
7.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Dublin, CA 2.4% 5th -1.0pp 1st 60% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 4.1% 10th -1.7pp 2nd 34% below peers
Passaic, NJ 25.7% 30th -7.6pp 3rd 320% above peers
Yuba City, CA 5.6% 15th -1.5pp 4th 9% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.3% 13th -1.4pp 5th 13% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 8.4% 20th -2.2pp 6th 38% above peers
Canton, OH 14.8% 27th -2.1pp 7th 142% above peers
Dale City, VA 2.7% 6th -0.3pp 8th 56% below peers
Camden, NJ 30.8% 31st -3.6pp 9th 404% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 4.1% 11th -0.4pp 10th 33% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 16th -0.4pp 11th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 3.7% 8th -0.2pp 12th 40% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 9.5% 21st -0.4pp 13th 55% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 9.9% 23rd -0.1pp 14th 63% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 7.1% 17th -0.0pp 15th 16% above peers
Schenectady, NY 21.0% 29th +0.1pp 16th 244% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 7.3% 18th +0.2pp 17th 20% above peers
Portland, ME 15.4% 28th +0.6pp 18th 152% above peers
Spring, TX 2.0% 3rd +0.1pp 19th 67% below peers
Camarillo, CA 5.5% 14th +0.4pp 20th 10% below peers
Jackson, TN 11.8% 26th +1.0pp 21st 93% above peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 25th +0.9pp 22nd 81% above peers
Bethesda, MD 9.6% 22nd +1.4pp 23rd 57% above peers
Weston, FL 1.7% 1st +0.3pp 24th 72% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.8% 7th +0.5pp 25th 54% below peers
Madera, CA 7.8% 19th +1.4pp 26th 27% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 12th +0.9pp 27th 27% below peers
Shawnee, KS 3.8% 9th +1.0pp 28th 37% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 10.4% 24th +2.8pp 29th 70% above peers
Kyle, TX 1.9% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 68% below peers
Eastvale, CA 2.1% 4th +1.1pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.7% then, 2.3% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 2.4%).
Bright spot 2.3%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Lakewood, NJ 4.1% 7th -3.8pp 1st 39% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 3.8% 5th -2.4pp 2nd 43% below peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 1st -1.0pp 3rd 76% below peers
Greenwood, IN 5.5% 12th -3.3pp 4th 18% below peers
Lafayette, IN 7.5% 17th -3.8pp 5th 11% above peers
Camarillo, CA 3.2% 4th -1.6pp 6th 52% below peers
Yuba City, CA 5.9% 15th -2.7pp 7th 12% below peers
Portland, ME 5.0% 10th -1.9pp 8th 26% below peers
Dale City, VA 10.7% 23rd -3.7pp 9th 60% above peers
Schenectady, NY 5.0% 9th -1.5pp 10th 26% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 9.8% 20th -2.5pp 11th 45% above peers
Shawnee, KS 5.0% 11th -1.2pp 12th 25% below peers
Huntersville, NC 4.9% 8th -0.9pp 13th 27% below peers
Weston, FL 5.6% 13th -1.0pp 14th 16% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.4% 3rd -0.4pp 15th 65% below peers
Madera, CA 8.5% 18th -0.9pp 16th 27% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.8% 21st -0.9pp 17th 46% above peers
Eastvale, CA 3.9% 6th -0.3pp 18th 42% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.6% 31st -0.4pp 19th 237% above peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 16th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Kyle, TX 12.3% 25th +0.6pp 21st 83% above peers
Jackson, TN 10.7% 22nd +0.7pp 22nd 60% above peers
Canton, OH 8.8% 19th +0.5pp 23rd 31% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.8% 27th +0.9pp 24th 90% above peers
Spring, TX 16.5% 30th +1.7pp 25th 146% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 12.3% 26th +1.4pp 26th 83% above peers
Bethesda, MD 2.1% 2nd +0.3pp 27th 68% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.9% 14th +0.8pp 28th 13% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 11.2% 24th +2.1pp 29th 67% above peers
Camden, NJ 14.7% 29th +3.2pp 30th 119% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 14.4% 28th +4.9pp 31st 114% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

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

25.2%
20202022
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Dublin, CA 15.4% 1st 56% below peers
Bethesda, MD 20.7% 2nd 41% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 24.9% 3rd 28% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 25.2% 4th 28% below peers
Weston, FL 26.3% 5th 24% below peers
Camarillo, CA 27.0% 6th 22% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 27.5% 7th 21% below peers
Eastvale, CA 27.6% 8th 21% below peers
Huntersville, NC 29.9% 9th 14% below peers
Portland, ME 30.1% 10th 14% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 30.8% 11th 11% below peers
Yuba City, CA 31.3% 12th 10% below peers
Shawnee, KS 33.1% 13th 5% below peers
Kyle, TX 33.9% 14th 3% below peers
Dale City, VA 34.7% 15th on par with peers
Waukesha, WI 34.8% 16th on par with peers
Spring, TX 34.9% 17th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 18th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 35.8% 19th 3% above peers
Passaic, NJ 36.0% 20th 3% above peers
Lafayette, IN 36.7% 21st 5% above peers
Madera, CA 37.1% 22nd 7% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 38.0% 23rd 9% above peers
Schenectady, NY 38.6% 24th 11% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 39.6% 25th 14% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 40.8% 26th 17% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 27th 18% above peers
Jackson, TN 41.1% 28th 18% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.6% 29th 25% above peers
Canton, OH 45.8% 30th 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.3% then, 1.1% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.6% to 1.1%).
Bright spot 1.1%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.5% 1st -0.8pp 1st 84% below peers
Portland, ME 1.0% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 70% below peers
Shawnee, KS 1.6% 6th -2.0pp 3rd 51% below peers
Camarillo, CA 1.6% 7th -1.6pp 4th 50% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 18th -3.4pp 5th 34% above peers
Yuba City, CA 2.8% 14th -2.1pp 6th 13% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 7th 72% below peers
Lafayette, IN 3.3% 17th -2.0pp 8th 4% above peers
Dale City, VA 6.2% 24th -2.2pp 9th 93% above peers
Schenectady, NY 2.2% 9th -0.7pp 10th 33% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Walnut Creek, CA 1.1% 4th -0.2pp 12th 65% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 6.0% 22nd -0.7pp 13th 85% above peers
Madera, CA 2.5% 11th -0.3pp 14th 21% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.3% 27th -1.0pp 15th 159% above peers
Passaic, NJ 5.7% 20th -0.0pp 16th 78% above peers
Canton, OH 2.7% 13th +0.2pp 17th 17% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 5.2% 19th +0.5pp 18th 60% above peers
Spring, TX 12.3% 31st +2.3pp 19th 281% above peers
Weston, FL 6.2% 23rd +1.2pp 20th 92% above peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 15th +0.7pp 21st 8% below peers
Eastvale, CA 1.3% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 58% below peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% 12th +0.7pp 23rd 20% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.9% 21st +1.8pp 24th 83% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.0% 30th +4.7pp 25th 272% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 10.5% 29th +4.7pp 26th 227% above peers
Camden, NJ 8.0% 26th +4.1pp 27th 147% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6.8% 25th +3.6pp 28th 110% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 9.6% 28th +5.7pp 29th 198% above peers
Bethesda, MD 2.4% 10th +1.6pp 30th 25% below peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 8th +1.1pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 66.7% to 70.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp).

Broader trend
48% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Walnut Creek started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.9% to 70.4%).
Bright spot 70.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Casa Grande, AZ 21.7% 24th +5.4pp 1st 35% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 22nd +5.4pp 2nd 26% below peers
Canton, OH 16.4% 27th +2.5pp 3rd 51% below peers
Dale City, VA 33.5% 14th +5.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Eastvale, CA 43.4% 11th +6.3pp 5th 30% above peers
Schenectady, NY 25.4% 21st +3.6pp 6th 24% below peers
Madera, CA 10.9% 29th +1.5pp 7th 67% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.1% 28th +1.9pp 8th 55% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.8% 9th +5.4pp 9th 31% above peers
Portland, ME 59.7% 5th +7.1pp 10th 79% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 23.0% 23rd +2.5pp 11th 31% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 37.3% 13th +3.7pp 12th 12% above peers
Shawnee, KS 53.1% 7th +4.8pp 13th 59% above peers
Waukesha, WI 41.7% 12th +3.7pp 14th 25% above peers
Lafayette, IN 27.9% 18th +2.4pp 15th 16% below peers
Yuba City, CA 20.4% 25th +1.5pp 16th 39% below peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 15th +2.3pp 17th on par with peers
Weston, FL 67.6% 4th +4.6pp 18th 102% above peers
Spring, TX 25.6% 20th +1.7pp 19th 23% below peers
Passaic, NJ 16.7% 26th +1.0pp 20th 50% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 70.4% 2nd +3.7pp 21st 111% above peers
Dublin, CA 69.8% 3rd +3.4pp 22nd 109% above peers
Camarillo, CA 43.5% 10th +1.9pp 23rd 30% above peers
Camden, NJ 10.1% 30th +0.3pp 24th 70% below peers
Huntersville, NC 57.5% 6th +1.7pp 25th 72% above peers
Kyle, TX 31.0% 17th +0.8pp 26th 7% below peers
Bethesda, MD 87.1% 1st +1.2pp 27th 161% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 31.9% 16th +0.4pp 28th 4% below peers
Jackson, TN 27.8% 19th +0.1pp 29th 17% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 52.5% 8th -1.6pp 30th 57% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 20.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 68.1% to 47.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±11.9pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 26.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.3% to 47.5%).
Needs attention 47.5%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Kyle, TX 53.1% 11th +18.3pp 1st 29% above peers
Spring, TX 36.8% 21st +8.0pp 2nd 11% below peers
Schenectady, NY 53.4% 9th +10.6pp 3rd 29% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 66.0% 5th +12.3pp 4th 60% above peers
Madera, CA 34.6% 22nd +6.4pp 5th 16% below peers
Eastvale, CA 53.4% 10th +9.7pp 6th 29% above peers
Dale City, VA 29.3% 26th +4.8pp 7th 29% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 16th +1.4pp 8th on par with peers
Waukesha, WI 50.7% 12th +1.1pp 9th 23% above peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 30th +0.4pp 10th 37% below peers
Passaic, NJ 67.2% 4th +1.0pp 11th 63% above peers
Dublin, CA 63.8% 6th +0.1pp 12th 54% above peers
Weston, FL 71.2% 2nd -1.7pp 13th 72% above peers
Portland, ME 47.2% 14th -1.3pp 14th 14% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 53.9% 8th -1.5pp 15th 30% above peers
Huntersville, NC 55.6% 7th -1.7pp 16th 35% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 26.7% 29th -2.2pp 17th 35% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70.6% 3rd -7.3pp 18th 71% above peers
Canton, OH 31.0% 24th -4.4pp 19th 25% below peers
Bethesda, MD 75.1% 1st -11.6pp 20th 82% above peers
Shawnee, KS 45.1% 15th -10.6pp 21st 9% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 38.8% 18th -10.7pp 22nd 6% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 38.1% 20th -11.2pp 23rd 8% below peers
Yuba City, CA 32.4% 23rd -10.2pp 24th 22% below peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 31st -9.4pp 25th 37% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.5% 28th -11.7pp 26th 33% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 47.5% 13th -20.7pp 27th 15% above peers
Jackson, TN 30.9% 25th -17.7pp 28th 25% below peers
Camarillo, CA 38.8% 19th -28.2pp 29th 6% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 29.2% 27th -24.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Camden, NJ 39.2% 17th -34.3pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.0% then, 2.3% now; margin ±6.4pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.6% to 2.3%).
Bright spot 2.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Walnut Creek, CA 2.3% 2nd -2.7pp 1st 65% below peers
Passaic, NJ 7.6% 22nd -7.9pp 2nd 18% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 4.0% 10th -4.1pp 3rd 38% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.5% 13th -4.1pp 4th 14% below peers
Spring, TX 6.5% 16th -4.6pp 5th on par with peers
Lakewood, NJ 2.1% 1st -1.3pp 6th 68% below peers
Schenectady, NY 6.6% 17th -3.2pp 7th 3% above peers
Dublin, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 8th 61% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.6% 7th -1.0pp 9th 44% below peers
Canton, OH 9.8% 27th -1.7pp 10th 51% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 5.2% 12th +0.1pp 11th 20% below peers
Kyle, TX 7.3% 20th +0.2pp 12th 14% above peers
Camden, NJ 11.3% 30th +0.8pp 13th 76% above peers
Eastvale, CA 6.1% 15th +0.7pp 14th 5% below peers
Dale City, VA 3.1% 5th +0.4pp 15th 52% below peers
Yuba City, CA 7.4% 21st +1.0pp 16th 14% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 28th +1.5pp 17th 61% above peers
Lafayette, IN 8.9% 23rd +1.3pp 18th 39% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 10.4% 29th +1.8pp 19th 62% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.5% 25th +1.7pp 20th 48% above peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 8th +1.2pp 21st 40% below peers
Portland, ME 9.4% 24th +3.1pp 22nd 46% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 7.2% 19th +3.4pp 23rd 11% above peers
Camarillo, CA 2.9% 4th +1.4pp 24th 56% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 20.8% 31st +10.2pp 25th 222% above peers
Madera, CA 9.7% 26th +5.1pp 26th 51% above peers
Shawnee, KS 5.9% 14th +3.2pp 27th 9% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 3.9% 9th +2.6pp 28th 40% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 11th +3.1pp 29th 33% below peers
Waukesha, WI 6.8% 18th +4.8pp 30th 5% above peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 6th +2.9pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69,567 to 70,088 - more than the combined survey margin (±162).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (65,923 to 70,088).
70,088
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kyle, TX 56,823 31st +33% 1st 18% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 69,585 16th +24% 2nd on par with peers
Dublin, CA 70,803 6th +16% 3rd 2% above peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 28th +14% 4th 5% below peers
Huntersville, NC 63,969 29th +14% 5th 8% below peers
Eastvale, CA 70,633 8th +14% 6th 2% above peers
Spring, TX 68,580 22nd +12% 7th 1% below peers
Bethesda, MD 69,397 18th +10% 8th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 60,905 30th +9% 9th 12% below peers
Schenectady, NY 68,847 20th +5% 10th 1% below peers
Madera, CA 67,831 26th +5% 11th 3% below peers
Shawnee, KS 68,542 23rd +5% 12th 1% below peers
Yuba City, CA 69,471 17th +4% 13th on par with peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70,599 9th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Portland, ME 68,854 19th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 69,825 14th +3% 16th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 70,186 10th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 27th +3% 18th 3% below peers
Jackson, TN 68,435 24th +2% 19th 2% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 7th +1% 20th 2% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 70,088 12th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Passaic, NJ 70,002 13th -0% 22nd 1% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 67,979 25th -0% 23rd 2% below peers
Waukesha, WI 71,233 3rd -2% 24th 2% above peers
Lafayette, IN 71,159 4th -2% 25th 2% above peers
Canton, OH 69,755 15th -2% 26th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 71,016 5th -2% 27th 2% above peers
Weston, FL 68,837 21st -3% 28th 1% below peers
Camden, NJ 71,496 1st -3% 29th 3% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 71,236 2nd -6% 30th 2% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70,138 11th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±67 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.0% to 15.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (16.4% to 15.5%).
Big move 15.5%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Spring, TX 27.8% 5th +1.8pp 1st 17% above peers
Lafayette, IN 23.4% 18th +1.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Canton, OH 25.4% 10th +1.1pp 3rd 7% above peers
Bethesda, MD 23.2% 19th +0.8pp 4th 3% below peers
Jackson, TN 24.4% 13th +0.5pp 5th 2% above peers
Dale City, VA 26.6% 8th +0.1pp 6th 12% above peers
Camarillo, CA 20.7% 25th +0.0pp 7th 13% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 22.7% 20th -0.2pp 8th 5% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 51.2% 1st -0.9pp 9th 115% above peers
Portland, ME 15.4% 29th -0.3pp 10th 35% below peers
Schenectady, NY 19.9% 26th -0.4pp 11th 17% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.1% 22nd -0.6pp 12th 7% below peers
Yuba City, CA 24.8% 12th -0.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 13.4% 31st -0.7pp 14th 44% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 22.1% 23rd -1.2pp 15th 7% below peers
Shawnee, KS 23.8% 16th -1.5pp 16th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 25.0% 11th -1.6pp 17th 5% above peers
Weston, FL 27.2% 7th -1.9pp 18th 14% above peers
Passaic, NJ 30.1% 3rd -2.1pp 19th 26% above peers
Eastvale, CA 28.0% 4th -2.5pp 20th 18% above peers
Waukesha, WI 19.2% 27th -1.8pp 21st 19% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 15.5% 28th -1.5pp 22nd 35% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 21.4% 24th -2.3pp 23rd 10% below peers
Madera, CA 30.8% 2nd -3.5pp 24th 29% above peers
Camden, NJ 27.5% 6th -3.4pp 25th 15% above peers
Greenwood, IN 23.5% 17th -2.9pp 26th 1% below peers
Kyle, TX 25.4% 9th -3.2pp 27th 7% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 22.5% 21st -3.1pp 28th 5% below peers
Huntersville, NC 24.2% 14th -3.7pp 29th 2% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 15th -3.7pp 30th 1% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 14.7% 30th -2.4pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.5% then, 17.0% now; margin ±5.7pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.1% to 17.0%).
Big move 17.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Lakewood, NJ 7.8% 31st +3.6pp 1st 73% below peers
Kyle, TX 29.0% 15th +7.2pp 2nd 1% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 32.8% 12th +7.3pp 3rd 14% above peers
Huntersville, NC 20.7% 23rd +4.3pp 4th 28% below peers
Madera, CA 43.3% 7th +8.2pp 5th 51% above peers
Lafayette, IN 50.7% 4th +9.3pp 6th 77% above peers
Bethesda, MD 11.5% 28th +2.1pp 7th 60% below peers
Passaic, NJ 51.4% 3rd +9.3pp 8th 79% above peers
Portland, ME 32.1% 14th +4.5pp 9th 12% above peers
Waukesha, WI 32.5% 13th +4.6pp 10th 13% above peers
Spring, TX 27.4% 17th +3.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 38.2% 10th +4.1pp 12th 33% above peers
Weston, FL 14.5% 27th +0.4pp 13th 49% below peers
Camden, NJ 75.7% 1st +0.3pp 14th 164% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 9th +0.0pp 15th 44% above peers
Camarillo, CA 19.6% 24th -0.3pp 16th 32% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 23.6% 20th -0.6pp 17th 18% below peers
Jackson, TN 50.5% 5th -2.6pp 18th 76% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 19th -1.6pp 19th 5% below peers
Canton, OH 61.5% 2nd -3.7pp 20th 115% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 42.4% 8th -2.8pp 21st 48% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 16th -2.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Dale City, VA 21.0% 22nd -2.2pp 23rd 27% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 36.9% 11th -3.9pp 24th 29% above peers
Yuba City, CA 27.2% 18th -3.4pp 25th 5% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 17.0% 25th -2.5pp 26th 41% below peers
Schenectady, NY 47.5% 6th -7.3pp 27th 66% above peers
Shawnee, KS 15.5% 26th -5.0pp 28th 46% below peers
Dublin, CA 9.2% 30th -3.2pp 29th 68% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 23.3% 21st -10.6pp 30th 19% below peers
Eastvale, CA 11.2% 29th -5.3pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.0% then, 69.7% now; margin ±11.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (72.8% to 69.7%).
69.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Weston, FL 62.8% 24th +16.8pp 1st 10% below peers
Passaic, NJ 69.7% 16th +14.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Kyle, TX 70.1% 13th +10.4pp 3rd 1% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 74.9% 5th +10.4pp 4th 8% above peers
Waukesha, WI 80.8% 1st +9.1pp 5th 16% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70.8% 10th +7.8pp 6th 2% above peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 25th +6.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 79.1% 2nd +6.5pp 8th 14% above peers
Huntersville, NC 73.8% 6th +5.6pp 9th 6% above peers
Eastvale, CA 78.6% 3rd +5.5pp 10th 13% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 69.7% 15th +4.7pp 11th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 70.7% 11th +3.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Schenectady, NY 73.2% 7th +2.1pp 13th 5% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 70.5% 12th +1.7pp 14th 1% above peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 14th +1.3pp 15th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 63.9% 23rd -0.3pp 16th 8% below peers
Shawnee, KS 76.8% 4th -1.1pp 17th 10% above peers
Jackson, TN 67.4% 17th -1.2pp 18th 3% below peers
Madera, CA 59.5% 27th -1.3pp 19th 15% below peers
Camden, NJ 71.2% 9th -1.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Portland, ME 71.6% 8th -2.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 64.2% 22nd -2.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
Yuba City, CA 53.7% 30th -3.5pp 23rd 23% below peers
Lafayette, IN 66.0% 18th -4.6pp 24th 5% below peers
Spring, TX 58.7% 29th -5.0pp 25th 16% below peers
Dale City, VA 65.2% 20th -6.2pp 26th 6% below peers
Bethesda, MD 64.5% 21st -8.4pp 27th 7% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 62.1% 26th -12.8pp 28th 11% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 65.7% 19th -13.7pp 29th 6% below peers
Canton, OH 59.0% 28th -12.5pp 30th 15% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.3% 31st -13.8pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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3 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 4 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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