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Watsonville, CA

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50,716 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 3 indicators

Where Watsonville, CA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$78,393
2020-24
▲ 41%
relative change
$55,470 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.5%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
75.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.5%
Jul 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
7.7% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Watsonville, CA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.8%
2020-24
▲ 154%
relative change
1.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
12.4%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
12.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
21.8%
2019-23
▲ 11%
relative change
19.6% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
45.6%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
50.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
29.8%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
37.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
44.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
43.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
19.5%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
21.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
14.7%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
14.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.0%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
7.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.2%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
7.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 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 →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,229
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$3,078 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
51,712
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
53,800 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$645,061
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$631,732 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$823,847
Aug 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$813,169 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
29.1%
2020-24
high
vs peers
30.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
56.7%
2020-24
low
vs peers
62.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 41% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $55,470 to $78,393 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,388).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Watsonville started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 68% from 2014 to 2024 ($46,691 to $78,393).
Bright spot $78,393
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $99,122 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Florin, CA $71,111 20th +59% 1st 5% below peers
Country Club, FL $75,212 16th +56% 2nd on par with peers
Watsonville, CA $78,393 14th +41% 3rd 4% above peers
Paramount, CA $75,250 15th +35% 4th on par with peers
Harrisonburg, VA $62,254 24th +33% 5th 17% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $73,685 18th +31% 6th 2% below peers
Cleveland, TN $58,559 26th +31% 7th 22% below peers
Waxahachie, TX $85,723 11th +31% 8th 14% above peers
Lawrence, IN $74,022 17th +30% 9th 2% below peers
Levittown, PA $105,071 9th +30% 10th 40% above peers
Columbia, TN $63,719 23rd +29% 11th 15% below peers
Hilo, HI $81,779 12th +29% 12th 9% above peers
Troy, NY $58,477 27th +28% 13th 22% below peers
Stillwater, OK $43,700 31st +27% 14th 42% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $72,705 19th +27% 15th 3% below peers
Irondequoit, NY $79,162 13th +27% 16th 5% above peers
Barnstable, MA $91,982 10th +26% 17th 22% above peers
East Hartford, CT $70,778 21st +26% 18th 6% below peers
Mishawaka, IN $54,291 29th +26% 19th 28% below peers
La Crosse, WI $55,866 28th +24% 20th 26% below peers
Grapevine, TX $111,376 6th +22% 21st 48% above peers
Downers Grove, IL $115,114 5th +21% 22nd 53% above peers
Harrisburg, PA $48,099 30th +21% 23rd 36% below peers
Milford, CT $111,201 7th +21% 24th 48% above peers
Holly Springs, NC $135,578 3rd +21% 25th 80% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $165,349 1st +20% 26th 120% above peers
East Honolulu, HI $159,518 2nd +20% 27th 112% above peers
Enid, OK $62,125 25th +20% 28th 17% below peers
Florissant, MO $65,318 22nd +19% 29th 13% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $106,806 8th +16% 30th 42% above peers
Draper, UT $128,910 4th +10% 31st 71% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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14 of 14 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 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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,682 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 1.2 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

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: 6.5% in July 2026, down from 7.7% a year earlier.
Bright spot 6.5%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 3.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -1.3pp 1st 24% below peers
Watsonville, CA 6.5% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.2pp 2nd 55% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 20th -1.1pp 3rd 26% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th -0.8pp 4th 2% below peers
Cleveland, TN 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.7pp 5th 7% below peers
Lawrence, IN 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.5pp 6th 21% below peers
Florissant, MO 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th -0.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 8th 2% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.1pp 9th 29% below peers
Draper, UT 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.1pp 10th 12% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 11th 5% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 6.0% (Jul 26) 21st +0.1pp 12th 43% above peers
La Crosse, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th +0.1pp 13th 17% below peers
Troy, NY 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th +0.2pp 14th 24% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Barnstable, MA 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th +0.3pp 16th 7% below peers
Grapevine, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th +0.4pp 17th 7% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 18th 10% above peers
Columbia, TN 5.0% (Jul 26) 18th +0.5pp 19th 19% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 20th 12% above peers
Stillwater, OK 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +1.0pp 21st 12% above peers
Enid, OK 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +1.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.8% then, 14.7% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.6% to 14.7%).
Needs attention 14.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 12.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Lawrence, IN 8.7% 12th -6.1pp 1st 26% below peers
Florin, CA 15.7% 23rd -9.3pp 2nd 33% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 7.9% 11th -4.5pp 3rd 33% below peers
Country Club, FL 11.8% 16th -4.8pp 4th on par with peers
Paramount, CA 12.6% 17th -4.1pp 5th 7% above peers
Stillwater, OK 27.4% 29th -7.8pp 6th 133% above peers
Hilo, HI 14.5% 21st -2.6pp 7th 24% above peers
Cleveland, TN 16.7% 25th -2.8pp 8th 42% above peers
East Hartford, CT 13.2% 18th -1.8pp 9th 12% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 25.7% 28th -2.6pp 10th 119% above peers
Florissant, MO 10.1% 14th -1.0pp 11th 14% below peers
Enid, OK 13.7% 19th -1.3pp 12th 16% above peers
La Crosse, WI 21.4% 26th -1.6pp 13th 82% above peers
Barnstable, MA 7.4% 10th -0.5pp 14th 37% below peers
Troy, NY 23.4% 27th -1.0pp 15th 99% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.5% 15th -0.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Watsonville, CA 14.7% 22nd -0.1pp 17th 25% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 30.4% 30th -0.0pp 18th 158% above peers
Columbia, TN 14.2% 20th +0.2pp 19th 21% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.5% 1st +0.1pp 20th 70% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 16.4% 24th +0.7pp 21st 40% above peers
Milford, CT 5.2% 3rd +0.5pp 22nd 56% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 54% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 9.2% 13th +0.9pp 24th 22% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 30.5% 31st +4.2pp 25th 160% above peers
Grapevine, TX 6.7% 7th +1.0pp 26th 43% below peers
Levittown, PA 7.0% 8th +1.3pp 27th 40% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 4.8% 2nd +1.3pp 28th 59% below peers
Draper, UT 6.2% 6th +2.0pp 29th 48% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.2% 9th +2.6pp 30th 39% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 5.3% 4th +2.0pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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14 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better 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 (21.3% then, 19.5% now; margin ±4.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.5% to 19.5%).
Needs attention 19.5%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 15.0% -3.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Lawrence, IN 9.6% 10th -13.9pp 1st 33% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.5% 1st -1.8pp 2nd 89% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 9.5% 9th -10.4pp 3rd 33% below peers
Florin, CA 23.1% 27th -14.7pp 4th 62% above peers
Country Club, FL 13.2% 14th -7.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Hilo, HI 16.8% 19th -8.4pp 6th 17% above peers
Enid, OK 17.0% 20th -4.7pp 7th 19% above peers
Paramount, CA 18.6% 22nd -5.1pp 8th 30% above peers
East Hartford, CT 16.2% 18th -4.2pp 9th 13% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 14.8% 17th -1.4pp 10th 3% above peers
Watsonville, CA 19.5% 24th -1.9pp 11th 36% above peers
Cleveland, TN 25.3% 28th -1.8pp 12th 77% above peers
La Crosse, WI 14.3% 16th -0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 18.4% 21st -0.0pp 14th 29% above peers
Stillwater, OK 22.6% 26th +0.4pp 15th 58% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 44.0% 31st +1.8pp 16th 208% above peers
Columbia, TN 19.1% 23rd +0.8pp 17th 33% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 9.9% 12th +0.9pp 18th 31% below peers
Troy, NY 40.5% 30th +3.7pp 19th 183% above peers
Milford, CT 5.1% 5th +0.6pp 20th 64% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 21.8% 25th +3.4pp 21st 52% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 26.5% 29th +4.2pp 22nd 85% above peers
Grapevine, TX 8.3% 8th +1.3pp 23rd 42% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 13.6% 15th +2.2pp 24th 5% below peers
Levittown, PA 8.1% 7th +1.6pp 25th 43% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 4.3% 3rd +0.9pp 26th 70% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.7% 2nd +1.0pp 27th 74% below peers
Barnstable, MA 13.1% 13th +4.4pp 28th 9% below peers
Draper, UT 6.1% 6th +2.1pp 29th 57% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 9.8% 11th +4.5pp 30th 31% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 4.8% 4th +2.2pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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14 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 14.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 75.5% to 89.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.3pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Watsonville started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 17.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.2% to 89.5%).
Bright spot 89.5%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 93.6% +6.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Hilo, HI 92.0% 16th +17.3pp 1st on par with peers
Watsonville, CA 89.5% 24th +14.0pp 2nd 3% below peers
Lawrence, IN 92.2% 15th +13.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Mishawaka, IN 90.3% 22nd +12.1pp 4th 2% below peers
Cleveland, TN 89.8% 23rd +11.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 85.7% 31st +11.2pp 6th 7% below peers
Paramount, CA 90.7% 20th +10.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Columbia, TN 91.3% 19th +10.0pp 8th 1% below peers
Florin, CA 92.8% 12th +9.5pp 9th 1% above peers
Country Club, FL 95.5% 6th +9.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 85.9% 30th +7.7pp 11th 7% below peers
Enid, OK 86.5% 29th +7.7pp 12th 6% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 91.9% 17th +7.7pp 13th on par with peers
East Hartford, CT 88.6% 26th +7.4pp 14th 4% below peers
Levittown, PA 94.0% 11th +7.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Troy, NY 88.9% 25th +7.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Florissant, MO 92.7% 14th +7.0pp 17th 1% above peers
La Crosse, WI 88.5% 27th +6.5pp 18th 4% below peers
Stillwater, OK 87.8% 28th +6.1pp 19th 5% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 94.4% 9th +6.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 90.7% 21st +6.1pp 21st 1% below peers
Milford, CT 94.1% 10th +5.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Barnstable, MA 94.5% 8th +5.1pp 23rd 3% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 91.6% 18th +4.7pp 24th on par with peers
East Honolulu, HI 96.3% 4th +4.8pp 25th 5% above peers
Draper, UT 95.0% 7th +4.6pp 26th 3% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 98.1% 1st +3.7pp 27th 7% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 95.8% 5th +3.0pp 28th 4% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 92.7% 13th +2.0pp 29th 1% above peers
Grapevine, TX 96.3% 3rd +1.5pp 30th 5% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 97.3% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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14 of 14 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 →
▸

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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.8pp 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 (0.44 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
0.43
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 0.49 +0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Florin, CA 0.42 10th -0.053 1st 2% below peers
Lawrence, IN 0.40 5th -0.046 2nd 6% below peers
Country Club, FL 0.39 4th -0.036 3rd 8% below peers
Cleveland, TN 0.47 25th -0.033 4th 10% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 0.45 22nd -0.030 5th 6% above peers
La Crosse, WI 0.45 21st -0.026 6th 6% above peers
Milford, CT 0.42 12th -0.023 7th 1% below peers
Enid, OK 0.42 11th -0.019 8th 2% below peers
East Hartford, CT 0.43 14th -0.013 9th 1% below peers
Stillwater, OK 0.55 31st -0.015 10th 27% above peers
Watsonville, CA 0.43 16th -0.009 11th on par with peers
Holly Springs, NC 0.36 1st -0.007 12th 15% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 0.41 6th -0.003 13th 5% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.42 9th +0.001 14th 2% below peers
Troy, NY 0.48 26th +0.004 15th 11% above peers
Draper, UT 0.44 18th +0.004 16th 3% above peers
Barnstable, MA 0.47 24th +0.011 17th 9% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 0.53 30th +0.017 18th 24% above peers
Columbia, TN 0.43 15th +0.013 19th on par with peers
Irondequoit, NY 0.42 13th +0.013 20th 1% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.37 2nd +0.016 21st 13% below peers
Grapevine, TX 0.44 19th +0.020 22nd 3% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 0.43 17th +0.020 23rd 1% above peers
Florissant, MO 0.38 3rd +0.019 24th 12% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 0.48 27th +0.024 25th 13% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 0.41 7th +0.023 26th 5% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 0.49 28th +0.034 27th 15% above peers
Paramount, CA 0.41 8th +0.031 28th 5% below peers
Hilo, HI 0.49 29th +0.038 29th 15% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 0.44 20th +0.035 30th 4% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 0.47 23rd +0.038 31st 9% 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
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (19.6% then, 21.8% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 4.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.1% to 21.8%).
Needs attention 21.8%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 11.4% +2.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.8% 1st -1.0pp 1st 92% below peers
Grapevine, TX 2.2% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 78% below peers
Columbia, TN 10.7% 18th -8.5pp 3rd 3% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 2.6% 5th -1.7pp 4th 75% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 1.3% 2nd -0.8pp 5th 87% below peers
Cleveland, TN 14.6% 22nd -4.0pp 6th 40% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.6% 17th -2.8pp 7th 1% above peers
Country Club, FL 22.6% 29th -4.5pp 8th 117% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.9% 31st -4.3pp 9th 168% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.2% 15th -1.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Hilo, HI 19.6% 25th -1.9pp 11th 89% above peers
East Hartford, CT 20.1% 26th -1.3pp 12th 93% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 10.4% 16th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Draper, UT 1.8% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 83% below peers
Troy, NY 21.4% 27th -0.5pp 15th 106% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.2% 14th +0.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 13th +0.4pp 17th 5% below peers
Paramount, CA 17.3% 24th +1.1pp 18th 67% above peers
Watsonville, CA 21.8% 28th +2.2pp 19th 110% above peers
Barnstable, MA 9.6% 11th +1.0pp 20th 8% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 10.9% 19th +1.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Florin, CA 22.7% 30th +2.8pp 22nd 118% above peers
Lawrence, IN 12.5% 20th +1.7pp 23rd 20% above peers
La Crosse, WI 12.6% 21st +1.8pp 24th 21% above peers
Enid, OK 16.1% 23rd +2.3pp 25th 55% above peers
Stillwater, OK 7.6% 10th +1.1pp 26th 27% below peers
Levittown, PA 9.7% 12th +1.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Milford, CT 5.3% 6th +1.0pp 28th 49% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.1% 9th +1.8pp 29th 32% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.1% 7th +2.0pp 30th 42% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 6.1% 8th +2.4pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.3pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $823,847 in August 2026, up from $813,169 a year earlier.
Big move $823,847
2000August 2026
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▸ 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 $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Hoffman Estates, IL $408,240 (Aug 26) 11th +6.3% 1st 10% above peers
Downers Grove, IL $509,231 (Aug 26) 9th +6.0% 2nd 37% above peers
Mishawaka, IN $216,127 (Aug 26) 24th +5.8% 3rd 42% below peers
Hilo, HI $557,173 (Aug 26) 7th +5.5% 4th 50% above peers
East Hartford, CT $310,951 (Aug 26) 17th +5.2% 5th 16% below peers
Troy, NY $300,987 (Aug 26) 18th +5.0% 6th 19% below peers
Stillwater, OK $269,266 (Aug 26) 20th +4.7% 7th 28% below peers
La Crosse, WI $287,924 (Aug 26) 19th +4.4% 8th 23% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $220,780 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.2% 9th 41% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $354,251 (Aug 26) 15th +3.5% 10th 5% below peers
Enid, OK $136,865 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 11th 63% below peers
Levittown, PA $400,851 (Aug 26) 12th +3.0% 12th 8% above peers
Draper, UT $811,598 (Aug 26) 4th +2.9% 13th 118% above peers
Harrisburg, PA $267,027 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.7% 14th 28% below peers
Paramount, CA $647,068 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 15th 74% above peers
Grapevine, TX $553,270 (Aug 26) 8th +2.2% 16th 49% above peers
Florissant, MO $194,823 (Aug 26) 25th +1.8% 17th 48% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $1,086,045 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 18th 192% above peers
Cleveland, TN $313,361 (Aug 26) 16th +1.7% 19th 16% below peers
Watsonville, CA $823,847 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.3% 20th 122% above peers
Columbia, TN $371,690 (Aug 26) 13th +1.1% 21st on par with peers
Florin, CA $418,742 (Aug 26) 10th +1.0% 22nd 13% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $905,566 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.9% 23rd 144% above peers
Lawrence, IN $268,242 (Aug 26) 21st +0.2% 24th 28% below peers
Holly Springs, NC $574,699 (Aug 26) 6th -0.8% 25th 55% above peers
Waxahachie, TX $368,535 (Aug 26) 14th -1.3% 26th 1% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 84% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $645,061 in August 2026, up from $631,732 a year earlier.
Big move $645,061
2000August 2026
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▸ 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 $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Mishawaka, IN $157,183 (Aug 26) 24th +9.0% 1st 42% below peers
La Crosse, WI $220,463 (Aug 26) 19th +7.6% 2nd 19% below peers
Troy, NY $224,075 (Aug 26) 17th +7.5% 3rd 18% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $279,449 (Aug 26) 12th +6.5% 4th 2% above peers
Hilo, HI $415,089 (Aug 26) 7th +6.4% 5th 52% above peers
East Hartford, CT $243,980 (Aug 26) 16th +6.2% 6th 11% below peers
Downers Grove, IL $315,253 (Aug 26) 11th +5.9% 7th 15% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $177,413 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.9% 8th 35% below peers
Stillwater, OK $182,028 (Aug 26) 21st +5.7% 9th 33% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $266,674 (Aug 26) 14th +4.7% 10th 2% below peers
Levittown, PA $353,346 (Aug 26) 9th +4.6% 11th 29% above peers
Cleveland, TN $220,930 (Aug 26) 18th +4.0% 12th 19% below peers
Florissant, MO $149,856 (Aug 26) 25th +3.4% 13th 45% below peers
Harrisburg, PA $164,439 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.9% 14th 40% below peers
Enid, OK $65,223 (Aug 26) 26th +2.8% 15th 76% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $777,092 (Aug 26) 1st +2.3% 16th 184% above peers
Watsonville, CA $645,061 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.1% 17th 136% above peers
Grapevine, TX $428,481 (Aug 26) 6th +2.1% 18th 57% above peers
Columbia, TN $261,729 (Aug 26) 15th +2.0% 19th 4% below peers
Draper, UT $546,923 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 20th 100% above peers
Florin, CA $352,790 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 21st 29% above peers
Lawrence, IN $188,593 (Aug 26) 20th +0.5% 22nd 31% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $715,499 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.1% 23rd 162% above peers
Paramount, CA $495,226 (Aug 26) 5th -0.6% 24th 81% above peers
Holly Springs, NC $398,302 (Aug 26) 8th -2.1% 25th 46% above peers
Waxahachie, TX $273,343 (Aug 26) 13th -2.1% 26th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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 (43.2% then, 44.8% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.3% to 44.8%).
Needs attention 44.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 55.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Country Club, FL 45.6% 24th +4.4pp 1st 26% below peers
Columbia, TN 63.4% 15th +6.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Hilo, HI 66.1% 12th +5.4pp 3rd 8% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 60.2% 18th +4.8pp 4th 2% below peers
Troy, NY 37.4% 29th +1.8pp 5th 39% below peers
Paramount, CA 43.0% 26th +2.0pp 6th 30% below peers
Levittown, PA 87.2% 2nd +4.0pp 7th 42% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 64.4% 14th +2.4pp 8th 5% above peers
Watsonville, CA 44.8% 25th +1.7pp 9th 27% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 40.2% 27th +1.5pp 10th 34% below peers
East Hartford, CT 60.4% 17th +1.9pp 11th 1% below peers
Florissant, MO 67.1% 11th +1.9pp 12th 9% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 36.6% 31st +0.9pp 13th 40% below peers
Florin, CA 56.1% 19th +1.1pp 14th 8% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 84.5% 3rd +1.5pp 15th 38% above peers
Lawrence, IN 66.1% 13th +1.0pp 16th 8% above peers
Milford, CT 75.5% 7th +1.1pp 17th 23% above peers
Barnstable, MA 75.7% 6th +0.8pp 18th 24% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 78.8% 5th +0.7pp 19th 29% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 87.5% 1st +0.7pp 20th 43% above peers
Enid, OK 61.3% 16th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 48.0% 22nd +0.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
La Crosse, WI 46.1% 23rd +0.0pp 23rd 25% below peers
Grapevine, TX 52.7% 20th -0.1pp 24th 14% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.5% 28th -0.1pp 25th 36% below peers
Stillwater, OK 37.1% 30th -0.1pp 26th 39% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 75.2% 8th -0.7pp 27th 23% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 74.2% 9th -1.5pp 28th 21% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 80.6% 4th -1.9pp 29th 32% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 49.3% 21st -1.7pp 30th 20% below peers
Draper, UT 68.6% 10th -11.1pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±3.3pp 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 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2023 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,229 in August 2026, up from $3,078 a year earlier.
Big move $3,229
2023August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Stillwater, OK $1,410 (Aug 26) 21st +7.6% 1st 17% below peers
Troy, NY $1,483 (Aug 26) 20th +7.3% 2nd 13% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $1,535 (Aug 26) 19th +6.7% 3rd 10% below peers
East Hartford, CT $1,619 (Aug 26) 16th +6.6% 4th 5% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $1,780 (Aug 26) 11th +6.4% 5th 4% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $3,199 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.4% 6th 88% above peers
La Crosse, WI $1,080 (Aug 26) 26th +5.3% 7th 37% below peers
Watsonville, CA $3,229 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 8th 90% above peers
Paramount, CA $2,753 (Aug 26) 4th +4.7% 9th 62% above peers
Florissant, MO $1,636 (Aug 26) 15th +4.0% 10th 4% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $2,012 (Aug 26) 7th +3.8% 11th 18% above peers
Downers Grove, IL $2,187 (Aug 26) 5th +3.3% 12th 28% above peers
Lawrence, IN $1,549 (Aug 26) 18th +3.1% 13th 9% below peers
Enid, OK $1,150 (Aug 26) 25th +2.5% 14th 32% below peers
Holly Springs, NC $1,889 (Aug 26) 9th +2.4% 15th 11% above peers
Columbia, TN $1,576 (Aug 26) 17th +2.4% 16th 7% below peers
Draper, UT $1,704 (Aug 26) 14th +1.9% 17th on par with peers
Harrisburg, PA $1,369 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 18th 20% below peers
Mishawaka, IN $1,234 (Aug 26) 24th +1.5% 19th 28% below peers
Waxahachie, TX $1,777 (Aug 26) 12th +1.4% 20th 4% above peers
Levittown, PA $1,832 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 21st 7% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $2,973 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.2% 22nd 74% above peers
Grapevine, TX $1,771 (Aug 26) 13th +1.1% 23rd 4% above peers
Cleveland, TN $1,400 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.0% 24th 18% below peers
Florin, CA $1,988 (Aug 26) 8th -2.8% 25th 17% above peers
Hilo, HI 6th 28% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.4% then, 45.6% now; margin ±5.7pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.1% to 45.6%).
Needs attention 45.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Country Club, FL 46.8% 28th -10.6pp 1st 39% above peers
Florin, CA 38.3% 22nd -8.5pp 2nd 14% above peers
Levittown, PA 26.7% 3rd -5.1pp 3rd 21% below peers
Watsonville, CA 45.6% 27th -4.8pp 4th 36% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.0% 18th -2.7pp 5th 1% above peers
Milford, CT 31.9% 14th -2.0pp 6th 5% below peers
East Hartford, CT 39.1% 24th -1.8pp 7th 17% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 28.6% 8th -1.2pp 8th 15% below peers
Paramount, CA 46.8% 29th -1.1pp 9th 39% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 25.2% 1st -0.3pp 10th 25% below peers
Lawrence, IN 28.3% 7th -0.1pp 11th 16% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 27.1% 5th +0.2pp 12th 19% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 27.4% 6th +0.2pp 13th 18% below peers
La Crosse, WI 36.0% 21st +0.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Hilo, HI 31.2% 12th +0.5pp 15th 7% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 32.0% 15th +0.7pp 16th 5% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 30.5% 11th +0.7pp 17th 9% below peers
Cleveland, TN 34.6% 20th +1.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Florissant, MO 30.4% 10th +1.2pp 19th 9% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 51.0% 31st +2.2pp 20th 52% above peers
Stillwater, OK 48.7% 30th +2.2pp 21st 45% above peers
Troy, NY 40.2% 26th +2.0pp 22nd 20% above peers
Columbia, TN 33.9% 17th +1.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Barnstable, MA 40.0% 25th +2.2pp 24th 19% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 33.5% 16th +2.6pp 25th on par with peers
Harrisburg, PA 38.8% 23rd +3.1pp 26th 16% above peers
Grapevine, TX 31.3% 13th +3.4pp 27th 7% below peers
Enid, OK 27.0% 4th +3.4pp 28th 19% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 34.4% 19th +4.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Draper, UT 29.8% 9th +6.1pp 30th 11% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 25.6% 2nd +5.9pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (7.3% then, 7.0% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 7.0%).
Needs attention 7.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Columbia, TN 3.0% 4th -1.4pp 1st 52% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 6.5% 17th -2.0pp 2nd 6% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 4.9% 10th -1.4pp 3rd 20% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.3% 5th -0.9pp 4th 46% below peers
Cleveland, TN 6.7% 19th -1.6pp 5th 9% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 1.4% 1st -0.3pp 6th 78% below peers
Levittown, PA 4.0% 6th -0.5pp 7th 34% below peers
Troy, NY 19.7% 30th -2.2pp 8th 220% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.8% 20th -0.4pp 9th 10% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 22nd -0.3pp 10th 14% above peers
La Crosse, WI 9.8% 28th -0.4pp 11th 59% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.7% 25th -0.2pp 12th 25% above peers
Country Club, FL 5.7% 15th -0.1pp 13th 8% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 24.3% 31st -0.1pp 14th 294% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 7.0% 23rd +0.2pp 15th 14% above peers
Florin, CA 8.4% 26th +0.3pp 16th 37% above peers
Florissant, MO 6.5% 18th +0.4pp 17th 6% above peers
East Hartford, CT 12.1% 29th +0.9pp 18th 97% above peers
Stillwater, OK 6.8% 21st +0.6pp 19th 11% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.5% 14th +0.5pp 20th 11% below peers
Milford, CT 4.8% 8th +0.5pp 21st 23% below peers
Enid, OK 5.2% 12th +0.6pp 22nd 15% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 2.2% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 64% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 5.4% 13th +0.8pp 24th 13% below peers
Hilo, HI 8.9% 27th +1.6pp 25th 44% above peers
Grapevine, TX 4.3% 7th +0.9pp 26th 31% below peers
Barnstable, MA 6.2% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
Waxahachie, TX 5.0% 11th +1.1pp 28th 19% below peers
Lawrence, IN 7.2% 24th +2.0pp 29th 16% above peers
Draper, UT 2.9% 3rd +1.0pp 30th 52% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.8% 9th +1.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
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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. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp 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
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What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.9% then, 9.2% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 12.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.2% to 9.2%).
Needs attention 9.2%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.6% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Cleveland, TN 10.2% 25th -4.3pp 1st 29% above peers
Barnstable, MA 4.0% 8th -1.5pp 2nd 49% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.9% 16th -2.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Lawrence, IN 9.0% 21st -2.4pp 4th 14% above peers
Stillwater, OK 8.7% 19th -2.1pp 5th 11% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.5% 26th -1.9pp 6th 33% above peers
Columbia, TN 9.7% 24th -1.5pp 7th 22% above peers
Troy, NY 4.6% 9th -0.7pp 8th 42% below peers
Enid, OK 13.5% 28th -2.0pp 9th 71% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 3.4% 7th -0.5pp 10th 57% below peers
Milford, CT 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 11th 68% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.9% 13th -0.5pp 12th 38% below peers
Country Club, FL 14.5% 30th -1.3pp 13th 83% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.3% 17th -0.7pp 14th 5% above peers
Hilo, HI 2.9% 5th -0.2pp 15th 63% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.7% 4th -0.1pp 16th 66% below peers
Draper, UT 4.7% 11th -0.2pp 17th 41% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 3.2% 6th -0.1pp 18th 60% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 9.4% 23rd -0.1pp 19th 18% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 14.3% 29th -0.2pp 20th 81% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 4.6% 10th +0.0pp 21st 42% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.7% 1st +0.1pp 22nd 78% below peers
East Hartford, CT 6.5% 14th +0.4pp 23rd 17% below peers
Florin, CA 8.5% 18th +0.5pp 24th 8% above peers
Grapevine, TX 12.9% 27th +1.7pp 25th 63% above peers
Watsonville, CA 9.2% 22nd +1.3pp 26th 17% above peers
Paramount, CA 15.2% 31st +3.6pp 27th 92% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 8.7% 20th +2.6pp 28th 11% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6.6% 15th +2.0pp 29th 17% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 73% below peers
Levittown, PA 4.8% 12th +1.8pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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What changed

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.4%
United States ref 33.4%
East Honolulu, HI 22.1% 1st 36% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 22.3% 2nd 35% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 23.9% 3rd 31% below peers
Hilo, HI 25.0% 4th 28% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 26.5% 5th 23% below peers
Milford, CT 28.1% 6th 19% below peers
Barnstable, MA 28.1% 7th 19% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 29.6% 8th 14% below peers
Country Club, FL 29.7% 9th 14% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 29.9% 10th 13% below peers
Draper, UT 30.1% 11th 13% below peers
Levittown, PA 31.5% 12th 9% below peers
Paramount, CA 31.8% 13th 8% below peers
Grapevine, TX 34.1% 14th 1% below peers
Watsonville, CA 34.5% 15th on par with peers
Florin, CA 34.5% 16th on par with peers
Irondequoit, NY 36.3% 17th 5% above peers
La Crosse, WI 37.2% 18th 8% above peers
East Hartford, CT 37.4% 19th 8% above peers
Florissant, MO 37.4% 20th 8% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 38.2% 21st 11% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 38.3% 22nd 11% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 38.7% 23rd 12% above peers
Stillwater, OK 39.0% 24th 13% above peers
Troy, NY 39.2% 25th 14% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.7% 26th 15% above peers
Lawrence, IN 39.8% 27th 15% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 41.1% 28th 19% above peers
Cleveland, TN 41.7% 29th 21% above peers
Columbia, TN 42.2% 30th 22% above peers
Enid, OK 42.3% 31st 23% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.1% to 2.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 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
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.4% to 2.8%).
Needs attention 2.8%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 3.2% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Troy, NY 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 1st 80% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.1% 5th -1.6pp 2nd 71% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 3.6% 14th -3.4pp 3rd 7% below peers
Columbia, TN 4.1% 19th -2.9pp 4th 6% above peers
Barnstable, MA 1.0% 4th -0.6pp 5th 75% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 2.0% 8th -0.7pp 6th 49% below peers
Stillwater, OK 7.5% 25th -2.7pp 7th 93% above peers
Lawrence, IN 5.4% 21st -1.8pp 8th 39% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 7.0% 24th -2.2pp 9th 80% above peers
Milford, CT 0.9% 3rd -0.1pp 10th 76% below peers
Enid, OK 6.6% 22nd -0.7pp 11th 71% above peers
East Hartford, CT 2.8% 10th -0.1pp 12th 28% below peers
Country Club, FL 6.8% 23rd +0.1pp 13th 75% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.8% 7th +0.1pp 14th 53% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.5% 9th +0.1pp 15th 36% below peers
La Crosse, WI 3.0% 12th +0.5pp 16th 22% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.8% 2nd +0.1pp 17th 79% below peers
Florin, CA 4.0% 18th +0.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Hilo, HI 3.9% 16th +0.9pp 19th on par with peers
Draper, UT 3.9% 17th +1.0pp 20th 1% above peers
Cleveland, TN 7.9% 27th +2.0pp 21st 104% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 13.9% 31st +4.4pp 22nd 259% above peers
Grapevine, TX 11.2% 30th +3.8pp 23rd 189% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.1% 28th +2.8pp 24th 109% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.2% 20th +1.5pp 25th 10% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 3.5% 13th +1.4pp 26th 10% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.7% 26th +3.8pp 27th 99% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 8.9% 29th +4.5pp 28th 131% above peers
Watsonville, CA 2.8% 11th +1.7pp 29th 27% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.6% 6th +1.2pp 30th 58% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.6% 15th +3.2pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.3% then, 12.4% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 12.4%).
Needs attention 12.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 37.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Country Club, FL 33.3% 19th +10.2pp 1st 6% below peers
Troy, NY 37.3% 15th +10.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 31.4% 20th +8.5pp 3rd 12% below peers
Columbia, TN 25.4% 25th +6.6pp 4th 29% below peers
Paramount, CA 14.9% 29th +3.6pp 5th 58% below peers
Cleveland, TN 30.2% 21st +5.2pp 6th 15% below peers
Grapevine, TX 57.5% 5th +9.8pp 7th 62% above peers
Levittown, PA 26.0% 23rd +4.0pp 8th 27% below peers
Milford, CT 50.3% 8th +7.7pp 9th 41% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 25.9% 24th +3.7pp 10th 27% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 29.2% 22nd +4.1pp 11th 18% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 67.3% 1st +9.2pp 12th 89% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 37.7% 13th +4.4pp 13th 6% above peers
Barnstable, MA 42.1% 11th +3.4pp 14th 18% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 59.9% 2nd +4.9pp 15th 68% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 54.4% 6th +4.4pp 16th 53% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 40.4% 12th +3.2pp 17th 13% above peers
Lawrence, IN 35.6% 16th +2.0pp 18th on par with peers
Florin, CA 13.9% 30th +0.6pp 19th 61% below peers
Draper, UT 51.9% 7th +1.9pp 20th 46% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 58.2% 4th +1.9pp 21st 64% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 37.5% 14th +1.2pp 22nd 5% above peers
Enid, OK 23.1% 26th +0.7pp 23rd 35% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 59.9% 3rd +1.6pp 24th 68% above peers
Stillwater, OK 49.9% 9th +1.2pp 25th 40% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 48.5% 10th +0.7pp 26th 36% above peers
Watsonville, CA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 27th 65% below peers
Hilo, HI 34.6% 18th +0.1pp 28th 3% below peers
La Crosse, WI 35.0% 17th -0.5pp 29th 2% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.4% 27th -1.5pp 30th 37% below peers
East Hartford, CT 17.2% 28th -2.2pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.0% then, 29.8% now; margin ±16.2pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.2% to 29.8%).
Needs attention 29.8%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Harrisonburg, VA 45.2% 18th +7.0pp 1st 4% below peers
Stillwater, OK 51.8% 11th +6.6pp 2nd 10% above peers
Country Club, FL 54.0% 8th +6.9pp 3rd 15% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 66.0% 1st +7.9pp 4th 40% above peers
La Crosse, WI 52.8% 10th +5.0pp 5th 12% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 47.0% 15th +4.4pp 6th on par with peers
Draper, UT 55.2% 7th +5.0pp 7th 17% above peers
Enid, OK 40.5% 19th +2.7pp 8th 14% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 31.6% 25th +1.9pp 9th 33% below peers
Cleveland, TN 34.8% 22nd +0.7pp 10th 26% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 59.3% 4th -2.1pp 11th 26% above peers
Florin, CA 30.8% 26th -1.4pp 12th 34% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 55.8% 6th -3.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Paramount, CA 36.3% 21st -2.8pp 14th 23% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 48.4% 14th -5.1pp 15th 3% above peers
East Hartford, CT 51.5% 12th -6.3pp 16th 10% above peers
Florissant, MO 52.9% 9th -7.7pp 17th 12% above peers
Milford, CT 60.1% 3rd -8.9pp 18th 28% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 33.6% 24th -5.0pp 19th 29% below peers
Levittown, PA 49.0% 13th -7.4pp 20th 4% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 55.9% 5th -11.9pp 21st 19% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.8% 27th -7.2pp 22nd 37% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 63.0% 2nd -16.7pp 23rd 34% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 46.5% 17th -13.9pp 24th 1% below peers
Grapevine, TX 47.0% 16th -17.7pp 25th on par with peers
Hilo, HI 34.5% 23rd -13.9pp 26th 27% below peers
Lawrence, IN 27.8% 29th -17.4pp 27th 41% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 28.0% 28th -18.8pp 28th 40% below peers
Barnstable, MA 36.3% 20th -24.5pp 29th 23% below peers
Troy, NY 25.8% 30th -31.2pp 30th 45% below peers
Columbia, TN 18.9% 31st -28.6pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.8% then, 7.0% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 7.0%).
7.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 6.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Irondequoit, NY 5.5% 9th -4.5pp 1st 24% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.1% 15th -5.6pp 2nd 2% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.6% 3rd -0.5pp 3rd 78% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 1.1% 1st -0.3pp 4th 85% below peers
East Hartford, CT 8.0% 19th -1.4pp 5th 9% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 3.7% 6th -0.6pp 6th 49% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.4% 7th -0.2pp 7th 40% below peers
Country Club, FL 11.6% 24th -0.1pp 8th 58% above peers
Stillwater, OK 2.1% 4th +0.1pp 9th 71% below peers
Enid, OK 7.7% 17th +1.0pp 10th 5% above peers
Barnstable, MA 16.3% 30th +2.6pp 11th 123% above peers
Columbia, TN 6.6% 12th +1.2pp 12th 9% below peers
Draper, UT 5.4% 8th +1.2pp 13th 26% below peers
Florissant, MO 16.6% 31st +4.7pp 14th 127% above peers
Milford, CT 5.7% 10th +1.8pp 15th 22% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.6% 21st +3.4pp 16th 46% above peers
Florin, CA 16.0% 29th +5.2pp 17th 119% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 5.8% 11th +2.3pp 18th 21% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.2% 5th +1.3pp 19th 55% below peers
Hilo, HI 11.8% 25th +5.3pp 20th 62% above peers
Lawrence, IN 10.9% 23rd +5.5pp 21st 50% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 12.5% 26th +6.6pp 22nd 71% above peers
Troy, NY 7.0% 13th +3.9pp 23rd 5% below peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 14th +4.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Cleveland, TN 7.3% 16th +4.4pp 25th on par with peers
Waxahachie, TX 13.8% 28th +8.8pp 26th 89% above peers
Levittown, PA 10.7% 22nd +7.0pp 27th 46% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 7.9% 18th +5.4pp 28th 8% above peers
Grapevine, TX 12.7% 27th +9.8pp 29th 74% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.4% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 82% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 9.9% 20th +9.2pp 31st 36% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53,800 to 51,712 - more than the combined survey margin (±56). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 67% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (52,085 to 51,712).
Big move 51,712
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Holly Springs, NC 45,248 31st +30% 1st 11% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 45,347 30th +28% 2nd 11% below peers
Columbia, TN 45,441 29th +18% 3rd 11% below peers
Hilo, HI 50,404 19th +12% 4th 1% below peers
Barnstable, MA 49,568 24th +12% 5th 3% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 51,026 11th +10% 6th on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 48,829 27th +9% 7th 4% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 51,360 5th +8% 8th 1% above peers
Florin, CA 50,211 22nd +6% 9th 1% below peers
Draper, UT 50,278 21st +5% 10th 1% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 51,021 13th +4% 11th on par with peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 50,909 16th +3% 12th on par with peers
Troy, NY 51,033 10th +3% 13th on par with peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 48,491 28th +3% 14th 5% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 50,287 20th +2% 15th 1% below peers
Country Club, FL 51,296 7th +2% 16th 1% above peers
Lawrence, IN 49,517 25th +2% 17th 3% below peers
East Hartford, CT 50,918 15th +1% 18th on par with peers
Downers Grove, IL 50,054 23rd +1% 19th 2% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 50,657 17th +1% 20th on par with peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 51,175 8th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Florissant, MO 51,773 2nd +1% 22nd 2% above peers
Enid, OK 50,653 18th +1% 23rd 1% below peers
La Crosse, WI 51,356 6th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Stillwater, OK 49,269 26th -1% 25th 3% below peers
Levittown, PA 50,926 14th -2% 26th on par with peers
Milford, CT 51,023 12th -3% 27th on par with peers
Harrisonburg, VA 51,392 4th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Watsonville, CA 51,712 3rd -4% 29th 2% above peers
Grapevine, TX 51,139 9th -4% 30th on par with peers
Paramount, CA 52,050 1st -5% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.3% then, 29.1% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (30.9% to 29.1%).
Big move 29.1%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 22.0% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Harrisonburg, VA 17.3% 25th +0.9pp 1st 19% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 19.9% 20th +1.1pp 2nd 7% below peers
Lawrence, IN 26.6% 5th +0.9pp 3rd 25% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.5% 4th +0.8pp 4th 29% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 24.0% 11th +0.5pp 5th 12% above peers
Enid, OK 25.6% 6th +0.5pp 6th 20% above peers
Milford, CT 17.3% 26th +0.2pp 7th 19% below peers
Columbia, TN 25.6% 7th +0.2pp 8th 20% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 21.9% 14th +0.1pp 9th 3% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 19.6% 22nd +0.1pp 10th 8% below peers
Cleveland, TN 20.9% 17th -0.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Barnstable, MA 17.2% 28th -0.2pp 12th 19% below peers
La Crosse, WI 14.6% 29th -0.2pp 13th 32% below peers
East Hartford, CT 21.7% 15th -0.4pp 14th 2% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 32.4% 1st -0.8pp 15th 52% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 25.1% 8th -1.0pp 16th 18% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.1% 2nd -1.2pp 17th 37% above peers
Hilo, HI 20.1% 19th -1.0pp 18th 6% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 20.8% 18th -1.1pp 19th 3% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 24.3% 10th -1.4pp 20th 14% above peers
Grapevine, TX 21.3% 16th -1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Florin, CA 23.4% 12th -2.4pp 22nd 10% above peers
Draper, UT 28.7% 3rd -3.3pp 23rd 35% above peers
Stillwater, OK 14.2% 30th -1.7pp 24th 33% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 17.7% 24th -2.4pp 25th 17% below peers
Troy, NY 17.2% 27th -2.4pp 26th 19% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.3% 13th -3.1pp 27th 5% above peers
Paramount, CA 25.1% 9th -3.5pp 28th 18% above peers
Levittown, PA 19.2% 23rd -3.2pp 29th 10% below peers
Country Club, FL 19.7% 21st -3.3pp 30th 7% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 10.3% 31st -2.7pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
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 (33.9% then, 37.9% now; margin ±8.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 7 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.3% to 37.9%).
37.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 28.5% +0.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Stillwater, OK 36.4% 14th +13.6pp 1st 4% above peers
La Crosse, WI 43.4% 7th +12.3pp 2nd 24% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 17.9% 27th +3.9pp 3rd 49% below peers
Milford, CT 21.4% 22nd +4.1pp 4th 39% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 13.3% 28th +1.9pp 5th 62% below peers
Troy, NY 71.8% 1st +9.9pp 6th 106% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 34.9% 16th +4.3pp 7th on par with peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 20.0% 25th +2.3pp 8th 43% below peers
Watsonville, CA 37.9% 9th +4.0pp 9th 9% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 27.8% 19th +2.7pp 10th 20% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 12.6% 30th +1.2pp 11th 64% below peers
Lawrence, IN 37.5% 13th +3.6pp 12th 7% above peers
Paramount, CA 36.1% 15th +2.9pp 13th 3% above peers
Enid, OK 37.8% 11th +2.6pp 14th 8% above peers
Country Club, FL 45.1% 5th +2.7pp 15th 29% above peers
Florissant, MO 47.6% 3rd +1.2pp 16th 36% above peers
East Hartford, CT 47.0% 4th -0.5pp 17th 34% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 37.8% 10th -1.0pp 18th 8% above peers
Florin, CA 43.9% 6th -2.7pp 19th 26% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 66.8% 2nd -4.7pp 20th 91% above peers
Cleveland, TN 37.6% 12th -2.8pp 21st 8% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.6% 17th -3.4pp 22nd 1% below peers
Levittown, PA 20.8% 24th -2.3pp 23rd 41% below peers
Columbia, TN 39.7% 8th -5.3pp 24th 14% above peers
Barnstable, MA 24.8% 21st -4.0pp 25th 29% below peers
Draper, UT 9.9% 31st -2.2pp 26th 72% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 12.8% 29th -3.4pp 27th 63% below peers
Grapevine, TX 20.9% 23rd -6.6pp 28th 40% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 25.5% 20th -8.5pp 29th 27% below peers
Hilo, HI 33.2% 18th -12.4pp 30th 5% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 19.9% 26th -9.1pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 (62.6% then, 56.7% now; margin ±14.9pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.4% to 56.7%).
Big move 56.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref 66.5% +3.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lawrence, IN 86.3% 1st +26.1pp 1st 23% above peers
Country Club, FL 84.3% 2nd +16.0pp 2nd 20% above peers
Stillwater, OK 66.8% 21st +12.6pp 3rd 5% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 83.2% 5th +14.8pp 4th 19% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 70.9% 13th +10.7pp 5th 1% above peers
Enid, OK 68.2% 19th +10.2pp 6th 3% below peers
Cleveland, TN 71.3% 11th +10.4pp 7th 2% above peers
La Crosse, WI 80.2% 7th +11.3pp 8th 14% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 69.8% 17th +7.6pp 9th on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 74.6% 10th +8.0pp 10th 6% above peers
Milford, CT 83.5% 4th +6.4pp 11th 19% above peers
Florin, CA 63.4% 25th +4.0pp 12th 10% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 63.1% 26th +4.0pp 13th 10% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 70.9% 14th +3.8pp 14th 1% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 82.6% 6th +2.1pp 15th 18% above peers
Paramount, CA 60.9% 28th +1.5pp 16th 13% below peers
Florissant, MO 83.5% 3rd +1.6pp 17th 19% above peers
Hilo, HI 70.1% 16th +0.9pp 18th on par with peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 67.8% 20th +0.3pp 19th 3% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 71.2% 12th -0.5pp 20th 2% above peers
Troy, NY 74.6% 9th -1.0pp 21st 6% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 59.1% 29th -2.3pp 22nd 16% below peers
East Hartford, CT 75.2% 8th -5.8pp 23rd 7% above peers
Draper, UT 50.0% 31st -3.9pp 24th 29% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 62.0% 27th -4.9pp 25th 12% below peers
Levittown, PA 69.2% 18th -6.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 64.9% 23rd -6.3pp 27th 8% below peers
Watsonville, CA 56.7% 30th -5.9pp 28th 19% below peers
Columbia, TN 63.7% 24th -7.9pp 29th 9% below peers
Barnstable, MA 70.5% 15th -10.7pp 30th 1% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 65.2% 22nd -13.1pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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