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Yuba City, CA
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69,485 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 6 indicators

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

What needs attention 7 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 2 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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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 33% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $56,816 to $75,477 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,793).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Yuba City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 49% from 2014 to 2024 ($50,494 to $75,477).
Bright spot $75,477
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 15th +51% 1st on par with peers
Madera, CA $63,933 24th +42% 2nd 28% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $97,305 12th +37% 3rd 10% above peers
Madison, AL $134,655 4th +36% 4th 52% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $82,041 19th +35% 5th 7% below peers
Eastvale, CA $160,069 2nd +34% 6th 81% above peers
Canton, OH $43,188 31st +34% 7th 51% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR $57,272 28th +33% 8th 35% below peers
Yuba City, CA $75,477 22nd +33% 9th 15% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $69,983 23rd +32% 10th 21% below peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 18th +32% 11th 5% below peers
Portland, ME $79,540 21st +32% 12th 10% below peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 9th +31% 13th 28% above peers
Weston, FL $139,825 3rd +30% 14th 58% above peers
Schenectady, NY $58,399 26th +29% 15th 34% below peers
Waukesha, WI $83,837 17th +28% 16th 5% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 16th +27% 17th on par with peers
Ames, IA $60,991 25th +27% 18th 31% below peers
Shawnee, KS $109,940 11th +26% 19th 24% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 7th +26% 20th 33% above peers
Spring, TX $88,997 14th +25% 21st 1% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $130,432 5th +23% 22nd 48% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $80,663 20th +22% 23rd 9% below peers
Jackson, TN $53,032 30th +22% 24th 40% below peers
Camarillo, CA $113,428 8th +21% 25th 28% above peers
St. Joseph, MO $57,956 27th +20% 26th 34% below peers
Huntersville, NC $120,516 6th +18% 27th 36% above peers
Dale City, VA $111,994 10th +18% 28th 27% above peers
Bethesda, MD $192,237 1st +17% 29th 118% above peers
Kyle, TX $90,323 13th +14% 30th 2% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $56,968 29th +12% 31st 36% 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.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,059 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 0.8 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.6 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 7.6% in July 2026, down from 8.4% a year earlier.
Bright spot 7.6%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 25 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
Canton, OH 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -1.7pp 1st on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 20th -1.1pp 2nd 16% above peers
Yuba City, CA 7.6% (Jul 26) 25th -0.8pp 3rd 73% above peers
Madera, CA 7.5% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 4th 70% above peers
Lodi, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 5th 30% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 7th 27% below peers
Jackson, TN 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.4pp 8th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.4pp 9th on par with peers
Eastvale, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 10th 7% below peers
Greenwood, IN 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 11th 27% below peers
Ames, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 12th 16% below peers
Shawnee, KS 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th +0.0pp 13th 16% below peers
Portland, ME 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 14th 39% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 18th +0.0pp 15th 9% above peers
Haverhill, MA 5.0% (Jul 26) 19th +0.0pp 16th 14% above peers
Waukesha, WI 3.2% (Jul 26) 5th +0.2pp 17th 27% below peers
Schenectady, NY 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st +0.3pp 18th 20% above peers
Kyle, TX 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.4pp 19th 20% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.4pp 20th 2% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.4pp 21st 2% below peers
Madison, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.6pp 22nd 34% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Weston, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th +0.7pp 24th 7% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 6.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.8pp 25th 41% above peers
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 (15.5% then, 14.3% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.0% to 14.3%).
Needs attention 14.3%
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 50% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.1% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 71% below peers
Madison, AL 4.3% 2nd -1.3pp 3rd 59% below peers
Portland, ME 11.2% 17th -3.4pp 4th 8% above peers
Dale City, VA 7.0% 9th -1.9pp 5th 33% below peers
Eastvale, CA 4.8% 4th -1.2pp 6th 54% below peers
Lodi, CA 12.4% 19th -3.0pp 7th 19% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.5% 21st -2.0pp 8th 29% above peers
Canton, OH 27.4% 30th -3.4pp 9th 163% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.3% 18th -1.2pp 10th 9% above peers
Ames, IA 25.4% 28th -2.6pp 11th 144% above peers
Yuba City, CA 14.3% 23rd -1.2pp 12th 37% above peers
Waukesha, WI 9.8% 15th -0.8pp 13th 6% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 7.2% 11th -0.4pp 14th 31% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 17.7% 24th -1.0pp 15th 70% above peers
Madera, CA 25.6% 29th -1.2pp 16th 145% above peers
Weston, FL 6.1% 7th -0.2pp 17th 41% below peers
Jackson, TN 22.2% 26th -0.3pp 18th 113% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 13.5% 22nd +0.1pp 19th 29% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.9% 31st +0.4pp 20th 187% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 21.3% 25th +0.3pp 21st 105% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7.4% 12th +0.2pp 22nd 29% below peers
Spring, TX 10.4% 16th +0.5pp 23rd on par with peers
South Hill, WA 7.2% 10th +0.7pp 24th 31% below peers
Camarillo, CA 8.5% 13th +0.8pp 25th 18% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 13.0% 20th +1.3pp 26th 25% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 6.4% 8th +1.0pp 27th 39% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.1% 6th +1.0pp 28th 41% below peers
Schenectady, NY 23.8% 27th +4.5pp 29th 129% above peers
Bethesda, MD 4.3% 3rd +0.8pp 30th 59% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.9% 14th +3.8pp 31st 14% 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 (21.0% then, 17.7% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.8% to 17.7%).
Needs attention 17.7%
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 85% below peers
Madison, AL 3.4% 3rd -4.6pp 2nd 75% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.2% 5th -3.8pp 3rd 61% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.6% 9th -5.4pp 4th 35% below peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 18th -5.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 16.8% 19th -5.8pp 6th 26% above peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 6th -2.1pp 7th 53% below peers
Canton, OH 38.9% 31st -12.7pp 8th 192% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.4% 4th -1.2pp 9th 67% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.7% 25th -5.1pp 10th 70% above peers
Yuba City, CA 17.7% 21st -3.3pp 11th 33% above peers
Waukesha, WI 12.9% 15th -2.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 23rd -3.1pp 13th 52% above peers
Portland, ME 14.8% 17th -2.1pp 14th 11% above peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 12th -0.8pp 15th 31% below peers
Jackson, TN 32.1% 27th -2.8pp 16th 141% above peers
Madera, CA 34.8% 29th -2.0pp 17th 161% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 11.7% 13th -0.6pp 18th 12% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 20.6% 24th -0.3pp 19th 55% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 31.3% 26th -0.4pp 20th 135% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 33.1% 28th +0.2pp 21st 148% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 7th +0.5pp 22nd 44% below peers
Camarillo, CA 12.2% 14th +1.3pp 23rd 9% below peers
Spring, TX 17.4% 20th +2.0pp 24th 30% above peers
Schenectady, NY 35.7% 30th +5.1pp 25th 168% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 19.9% 22nd +3.0pp 26th 49% above peers
Weston, FL 8.1% 8th +1.5pp 27th 39% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 9.0% 11th +2.7pp 28th 33% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.7% 10th +3.0pp 29th 35% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 16th +4.7pp 30th on par with peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 2nd +1.8pp 31st 76% 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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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 →
  • 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 ±2.8pp 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 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.9% to 91.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Yuba City 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 11.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (79.5% to 91.1%).
Bright spot 91.1%
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%
Madera, CA 90.8% 23rd +14.1pp 1st 4% below peers
Jackson, TN 89.3% 25th +13.2pp 2nd 5% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 85.9% 28th +10.1pp 3rd 9% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 59.1% 31st +6.7pp 4th 37% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 17th +10.0pp 5th 1% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 88.8% 26th +9.4pp 6th 6% below peers
Kyle, TX 98.2% 2nd +9.3pp 7th 4% above peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 16th +8.7pp 8th on par with peers
Yuba City, CA 91.1% 22nd +8.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 92.9% 18th +7.4pp 10th 1% below peers
Waukesha, WI 94.4% 15th +7.4pp 11th on par with peers
Schenectady, NY 86.4% 27th +6.2pp 12th 8% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 91.7% 21st +6.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 19th +6.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Spring, TX 94.7% 14th +6.3pp 15th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 96.5% 9th +5.9pp 16th 2% above peers
Portland, ME 91.7% 20th +5.5pp 17th 3% below peers
Canton, OH 80.4% 29th +4.8pp 18th 15% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 89.9% 24th +5.0pp 19th 5% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 96.4% 10th +5.0pp 20th 2% above peers
Shawnee, KS 95.8% 11th +4.9pp 21st 2% above peers
Camarillo, CA 95.0% 13th +4.4pp 22nd 1% above peers
Huntersville, NC 96.8% 8th +4.4pp 23rd 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 4th +4.3pp 24th 3% above peers
Dale City, VA 97.2% 5th +2.9pp 25th 3% above peers
Madison, AL 95.7% 12th +2.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Bethesda, MD 97.1% 7th +2.7pp 27th 3% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 6th +2.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Weston, FL 97.7% 3rd +1.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Eastvale, CA 98.4% 1st +0.5pp 30th 4% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 30th -0.8pp 31st 21% 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.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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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 →
  • 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 ±1.7pp 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, 0.45 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.45).
0.45
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 25% below peers
Madison, AL 0.38 8th -0.030 2nd 14% below peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 6th -0.028 3rd 15% below peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 14th -0.029 4th 5% below peers
Shawnee, KS 0.41 11th -0.025 5th 9% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 0.40 9th -0.022 6th 10% below peers
Spring, TX 0.35 3rd -0.019 7th 22% below peers
Weston, FL 0.45 17th -0.023 8th on par with peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 2nd -0.016 9th 22% below peers
Jackson, TN 0.49 26th -0.020 10th 8% above peers
Ames, IA 0.48 25th -0.013 11th 8% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.55 31st -0.005 12th 24% above peers
Canton, OH 0.46 18th -0.002 13th 2% above peers
Waukesha, WI 0.42 13th -0.002 14th 7% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.50 28th -0.001 15th 11% above peers
Portland, ME 0.46 20th +0.001 16th 3% above peers
Yuba City, CA 0.45 16th +0.005 17th on par with peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 5th +0.006 18th 16% below peers
Dale City, VA 0.38 7th +0.006 19th 15% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 15th +0.007 20th 4% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 0.47 21st +0.011 21st 4% above peers
Huntersville, NC 0.41 10th +0.010 22nd 9% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 0.54 30th +0.015 23rd 19% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 0.41 12th +0.014 24th 8% below peers
Camarillo, CA 0.46 19th +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 4th +0.024 28th 18% below peers
Madera, CA 0.47 22nd +0.041 29th 6% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 0.48 23rd +0.045 30th 6% above peers
Schenectady, NY 0.50 27th +0.057 31st 11% 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 (12.6% then, 12.4% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.7% to 12.4%).
Needs attention 12.4%
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 75% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.6% 5th -3.2pp 2nd 61% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 19.7% 25th -11.4pp 3rd 113% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.6% 8th -2.5pp 4th 51% below peers
Portland, ME 10.9% 18th -4.1pp 5th 18% above peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 7th -1.2pp 6th 54% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.1% 22nd -3.1pp 7th 42% above peers
Waukesha, WI 9.2% 16th -1.7pp 8th on par with peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 15th -0.7pp 9th 6% below peers
Madison, AL 4.6% 9th -0.2pp 10th 50% below peers
Canton, OH 28.9% 30th -0.9pp 11th 212% above peers
Jackson, TN 20.4% 27th -0.6pp 12th 121% above peers
Yuba City, CA 12.4% 21st -0.2pp 13th 34% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 15.6% 23rd +0.3pp 14th 68% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 13th +0.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 19th +0.6pp 16th 22% above peers
Kyle, TX 6.8% 12th +0.5pp 17th 27% below peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 6th +0.4pp 18th 58% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 11th +0.6pp 19th 36% below peers
Schenectady, NY 24.9% 29th +2.6pp 20th 169% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 19.8% 26th +2.2pp 21st 114% above peers
Madera, CA 30.0% 31st +3.9pp 22nd 224% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 10.5% 17th +1.5pp 23rd 14% above peers
Dale City, VA 8.3% 14th +1.3pp 24th 10% below peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 28th +3.6pp 25th 126% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.8% 2nd +0.5pp 26th 70% below peers
Spring, TX 12.0% 20th +2.6pp 27th 29% above peers
Huntersville, NC 2.9% 3rd +0.8pp 28th 68% below peers
Camarillo, CA 4.7% 10th +1.3pp 29th 50% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.7% 24th +5.6pp 30th 70% above peers
Bethesda, MD 3.1% 4th +1.4pp 31st 66% 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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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 →
  • 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 ±1.8pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $439,108 in August 2026, up from $438,073 a year earlier.
$439,108
2004August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $764,158 (Aug 26) +0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Lakewood, NJ $589,571 (Aug 26) 7th +8.0% 1st 39% above peers
Waukesha, WI $423,254 (Aug 26) 15th +6.5% 2nd 1% below peers
Schenectady, NY $333,482 (Aug 26) 21st +5.3% 3rd 22% below peers
Shawnee, KS $426,972 (Aug 26) 13th +4.7% 4th on par with peers
Canton, OH $175,781 (Aug 26) 27th +4.6% 5th 59% below peers
Ames, IA $303,902 (Aug 26) 24th +2.8% 6th 29% below peers
Madera, CA $425,530 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 7th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA $548,436 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 8th 29% above peers
Camarillo, CA $909,235 (Aug 26) 4th +1.4% 9th 114% above peers
Greenwood, IN $327,893 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.2% 10th 23% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA $992,645 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.1% 11th 133% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $711,396 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 12th 67% above peers
Madison, AL $376,375 (Aug 26) 16th +0.9% 13th 12% below peers
Eastvale, CA $930,341 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 14th 119% above peers
Bethesda, MD $1,121,468 (Aug 26) 1st +0.7% 15th 164% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $367,768 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 16th 14% below peers
Huntersville, NC $546,644 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 17th 28% above peers
Yuba City, CA $439,108 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 18th 3% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $343,049 (Aug 26) 20th +0.2% 19th 19% below peers
Portland, ME $559,175 (Aug 26) 8th +0.0% 20th 31% above peers
Spring, TX $363,173 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 21st 15% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $316,044 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.3% 22nd 26% below peers
Jackson, TN $224,512 (Aug 26) 26th -1.5% 23rd 47% below peers
Lodi, CA $511,715 (Aug 26) 11th -1.7% 24th 20% above peers
Weston, FL $719,191 (Aug 26) 5th -1.7% 25th 69% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $366,482 (Aug 26) 18th -4.9% 26th 14% below peers
Kyle, TX $294,393 (Aug 26) 25th -6.5% 27th 31% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $347,912 in August 2026, up from $344,921 a year earlier.
$347,912
2004August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
California ref $467,879 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Canton, OH $96,130 (Aug 26) 27th +8.3% 1st 69% below peers
Shawnee, KS $330,982 (Aug 26) 13th +6.0% 2nd 6% above peers
Waukesha, WI $311,451 (Aug 26) 14th +5.8% 3rd on par with peers
Schenectady, NY $246,797 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.5% 4th 21% below peers
Madera, CA $340,800 (Aug 26) 12th +4.1% 5th 9% above peers
Ames, IA $205,525 (Aug 26) 24th +3.3% 6th 34% below peers
Haverhill, MA $417,611 (Aug 26) 8th +2.0% 7th 34% above peers
Greenwood, IN $247,415 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 8th 21% below peers
Madison, AL $271,231 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 9th 13% below peers
Portland, ME $430,673 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 10th 38% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $286,884 (Aug 26) 16th +1.1% 11th 8% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $601,947 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 12th 93% above peers
Yuba City, CA $347,912 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 13th 12% above peers
Camarillo, CA $717,156 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.8% 14th 130% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $231,297 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.7% 15th 26% below peers
Eastvale, CA $801,504 (Aug 26) 1st +0.3% 16th 157% above peers
Huntersville, NC $393,191 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 17th 26% above peers
Jackson, TN $113,202 (Aug 26) 26th -1.5% 18th 64% below peers
Lodi, CA $397,723 (Aug 26) 9th -1.5% 19th 28% above peers
Spring, TX $252,092 (Aug 26) 18th -1.8% 20th 19% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $249,476 (Aug 26) 20th -1.8% 21st 20% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA $493,471 (Aug 26) 4th -2.0% 22nd 58% above peers
Bethesda, MD $491,056 (Aug 26) 5th -2.1% 23rd 58% above peers
Weston, FL $428,813 (Aug 26) 7th -3.6% 24th 38% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $304,395 (Aug 26) 15th -5.1% 25th 2% below peers
Kyle, TX $251,372 (Aug 26) 19th -6.2% 26th 19% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $142,448 (Aug 26) 25th -6.5% 27th 54% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.5% to 57.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.5% to 57.3%).
Bright spot 57.3%
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% 25th +6.9pp 1st 14% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 72.8% 7th +7.2pp 2nd 15% above peers
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 18th +5.7pp 3rd 1% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 39.1% 31st +3.1pp 4th 38% below peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 24th +4.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Yuba City, CA 57.3% 23rd +3.7pp 6th 10% below peers
Spring, TX 74.4% 3rd +4.8pp 7th 17% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 62.8% 19th +4.0pp 8th 1% below peers
Madison, AL 74.0% 4th +3.1pp 9th 17% above peers
Portland, ME 46.9% 28th +1.7pp 10th 26% below peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 30th +1.4pp 11th 34% below peers
Dale City, VA 79.3% 1st +2.4pp 12th 25% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 63.2% 17th +1.3pp 13th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 63.5% 16th +1.3pp 14th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 20th +1.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 57.7% 22nd +1.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Canton, OH 48.7% 27th +0.8pp 17th 23% below peers
Waukesha, WI 58.8% 21st +0.7pp 18th 7% below peers
Shawnee, KS 73.7% 5th +0.7pp 19th 16% above peers
Eastvale, CA 78.0% 2nd +0.7pp 20th 23% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 64.4% 14th -0.2pp 21st 1% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 72.2% 8th -0.3pp 22nd 14% above peers
Kyle, TX 67.0% 12th -0.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Camarillo, CA 64.6% 13th -0.6pp 24th 2% above peers
Weston, FL 73.0% 6th -0.8pp 25th 15% above peers
Jackson, TN 51.2% 26th -1.2pp 26th 19% below peers
Bethesda, MD 64.0% 15th -2.2pp 27th 1% above peers
Schenectady, NY 45.6% 29th -1.6pp 28th 28% below peers
Huntersville, NC 71.7% 9th -3.0pp 29th 13% above peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 10th -3.6pp 30th 11% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 11th -4.6pp 31st 10% 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 ±2.7pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,136 in August 2026, up from $2,121 a year earlier.
$2,136
2022August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 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) 22nd +5.3% 1st 17% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA $2,959 (Aug 26) 4th +5.1% 2nd 65% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $2,841 (Aug 26) 7th +3.8% 3rd 58% above peers
Lodi, CA $2,188 (Aug 26) 11th +3.3% 4th 22% above peers
Canton, OH $1,096 (Aug 26) 27th +3.1% 5th 39% below peers
Portland, ME $2,419 (Aug 26) 8th +3.1% 6th 35% above peers
Schenectady, NY $1,503 (Aug 26) 21st +2.7% 7th 16% below peers
Greenwood, IN $1,584 (Aug 26) 18th +2.7% 8th 12% below peers
Madera, CA $2,120 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 9th 18% above peers
Ames, IA $1,193 (Aug 26) 26th +2.3% 10th 34% below peers
Jackson, TN $1,421 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.1% 11th 21% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $1,541 (Aug 26) 20th +1.5% 12th 14% below peers
Madison, AL $1,411 (Aug 26) 24th +1.3% 13th 21% below peers
Weston, FL $3,421 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.3% 14th 91% above peers
Bethesda, MD $3,038 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.3% 15th 69% above peers
Eastvale, CA $3,730 (Aug 26) 1st +0.9% 16th 108% above peers
Camarillo, CA $2,906 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 17th 62% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $1,712 (Aug 26) 16th +0.9% 18th 5% below peers
Yuba City, CA $2,136 (Aug 26) 12th +0.7% 19th 19% above peers
Spring, TX $1,795 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 20th on par with peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,639 (Aug 26) 17th -0.1% 21st 9% below peers
Haverhill, MA $2,305 (Aug 26) 9th -0.1% 22nd 28% above peers
Huntersville, NC $1,863 (Aug 26) 14th -0.1% 23rd 4% above peers
Shawnee, KS $1,408 (Aug 26) 25th -3.1% 24th 22% below peers
Kyle, TX $1,555 (Aug 26) 19th -3.3% 25th 13% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 10th 23% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6th 60% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
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 (38.1% then, 41.1% now; margin ±4.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.9% to 41.1%).
Needs attention 41.1%
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 41.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 26.0% 5th -5.2pp 1st 23% below peers
Eastvale, CA 33.8% 15th -4.3pp 2nd on par with peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 17th -4.2pp 3rd 5% above peers
Shawnee, KS 21.8% 2nd -2.1pp 4th 36% below peers
Spring, TX 29.1% 7th -2.1pp 5th 14% below peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 19th -2.5pp 6th 12% above peers
Dale City, VA 30.4% 9th -1.8pp 7th 11% below peers
Canton, OH 34.0% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Weston, FL 39.1% 23rd -0.6pp 9th 15% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 43.9% 30th -0.2pp 10th 29% above peers
Huntersville, NC 22.1% 3rd +0.1pp 11th 35% below peers
Madera, CA 43.1% 29th +0.4pp 12th 27% above peers
Camarillo, CA 40.8% 25th +0.5pp 13th 20% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 4th +0.5pp 14th 25% below peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 24th +1.2pp 15th 18% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 31.3% 12th +1.0pp 16th 8% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 63.0% 31st +2.6pp 17th 86% above peers
Portland, ME 38.8% 21st +1.8pp 18th 14% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 6th +1.3pp 19th 17% below peers
Jackson, TN 38.9% 22nd +2.2pp 20th 15% above peers
Waukesha, WI 30.9% 11th +2.1pp 21st 9% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 32.7% 13th +2.2pp 22nd 4% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.0% 28th +3.1pp 23rd 27% above peers
Yuba City, CA 41.1% 26th +3.0pp 24th 21% above peers
Bethesda, MD 29.7% 8th +2.2pp 25th 12% below peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 14th +3.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 38.6% 20th +4.2pp 27th 14% above peers
Schenectady, NY 42.6% 27th +4.9pp 28th 25% above peers
Madison, AL 18.9% 1st +2.9pp 29th 44% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 30.6% 10th +5.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Kyle, TX 37.8% 18th +7.2pp 31st 11% 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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▸

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 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.1% then, 5.6% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 5.6%).
5.6%
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 7.1% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Casa Grande, AZ 4.1% 12th -1.7pp 1st 26% below peers
Yuba City, CA 5.6% 17th -1.5pp 2nd 1% above peers
Waukesha, WI 5.3% 15th -1.4pp 3rd 3% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 8.4% 23rd -2.2pp 4th 53% above peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 24th -1.8pp 5th 55% above peers
Canton, OH 14.8% 29th -2.1pp 6th 168% above peers
Dale City, VA 2.7% 6th -0.3pp 7th 51% below peers
Madison, AL 2.0% 3rd -0.2pp 8th 64% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 4.1% 13th -0.4pp 9th 26% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 18th -0.4pp 10th 11% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 3.7% 10th -0.2pp 11th 34% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 9.5% 25th -0.4pp 12th 72% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 9.9% 27th -0.1pp 13th 81% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 7.1% 19th -0.0pp 14th 29% above peers
Schenectady, NY 21.0% 31st +0.1pp 15th 281% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 20th +0.0pp 16th 30% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 9th +0.0pp 17th 42% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 7.3% 21st +0.2pp 18th 33% above peers
Portland, ME 15.4% 30th +0.6pp 19th 179% above peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 7th +0.2pp 20th 50% below peers
Spring, TX 2.0% 4th +0.1pp 21st 64% below peers
Camarillo, CA 5.5% 16th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Jackson, TN 11.8% 28th +1.0pp 23rd 114% above peers
Bethesda, MD 9.6% 26th +1.4pp 24th 74% above peers
Weston, FL 1.7% 1st +0.3pp 25th 69% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.8% 8th +0.5pp 26th 49% below peers
Madera, CA 7.8% 22nd +1.4pp 27th 41% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 14th +0.9pp 28th 19% below peers
Shawnee, KS 3.8% 11th +1.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Kyle, TX 1.9% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 65% below peers
Eastvale, CA 2.1% 5th +1.1pp 31st 62% 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

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 →
  • 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.7% to 5.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Yuba City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 11.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.1% to 5.9%).
Bright spot 5.9%
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% 8th -3.8pp 1st 27% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 3.8% 5th -2.4pp 2nd 32% below peers
Greenwood, IN 5.5% 15th -3.3pp 3rd 2% below peers
Camarillo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 42% below peers
Yuba City, CA 5.9% 18th -2.7pp 5th 6% above peers
Portland, ME 5.0% 12th -1.9pp 6th 11% below peers
Dale City, VA 10.7% 26th -3.7pp 7th 91% above peers
Schenectady, NY 5.0% 11th -1.5pp 8th 12% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 9.8% 23rd -2.5pp 9th 73% above peers
Shawnee, KS 5.0% 13th -1.2pp 10th 11% below peers
Huntersville, NC 4.9% 10th -0.9pp 11th 13% below peers
Weston, FL 5.6% 16th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 9th -0.8pp 13th 21% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.4pp 14th 58% below peers
Madera, CA 8.5% 20th -0.9pp 15th 52% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.8% 24th -0.9pp 16th 75% above peers
Madison, AL 3.9% 7th -0.4pp 17th 31% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.9% 6th -0.3pp 18th 31% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 22nd -0.5pp 19th 68% above peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 19th +0.1pp 20th 19% above peers
Kyle, TX 12.3% 28th +0.6pp 21st 118% above peers
Jackson, TN 10.7% 25th +0.7pp 22nd 90% above peers
Canton, OH 8.8% 21st +0.5pp 23rd 56% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.8% 30th +0.9pp 24th 127% above peers
Spring, TX 16.5% 31st +1.7pp 25th 193% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 4th +0.4pp 26th 36% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 12.3% 29th +1.4pp 27th 119% above peers
Bethesda, MD 2.1% 1st +0.3pp 28th 62% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.9% 17th +0.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 11.2% 27th +2.1pp 30th 99% above peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 14th +1.0pp 31st 9% 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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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

31.3%
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%
Bethesda, MD 20.7% 1st 40% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 25.2% 2nd 27% below peers
Weston, FL 26.3% 3rd 24% below peers
Camarillo, CA 27.0% 4th 22% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 27.5% 5th 21% below peers
Eastvale, CA 27.6% 6th 20% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 7th 15% below peers
Huntersville, NC 29.9% 8th 14% below peers
Portland, ME 30.1% 9th 13% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 30.8% 10th 11% below peers
Yuba City, CA 31.3% 11th 10% below peers
Madison, AL 31.6% 12th 9% below peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 13th 7% below peers
Shawnee, KS 33.1% 14th 5% below peers
Kyle, TX 33.9% 15th 2% below peers
Dale City, VA 34.7% 16th on par with peers
Waukesha, WI 34.8% 17th on par with peers
Spring, TX 34.9% 18th 1% above peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 19th 1% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 20th 3% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 21st 3% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 35.8% 22nd 3% above peers
Madera, CA 37.1% 23rd 7% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 38.0% 24th 10% above peers
Schenectady, NY 38.6% 25th 11% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 39.6% 26th 14% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 40.8% 27th 18% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 28th 18% above peers
Jackson, TN 41.1% 29th 18% above peers
Canton, OH 45.8% 30th 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.9% to 2.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Yuba City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 2.8%).
Bright spot 2.8%
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 80% below peers
Portland, ME 1.0% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 64% below peers
Shawnee, KS 1.6% 8th -2.0pp 3rd 41% below peers
Camarillo, CA 1.6% 9th -1.6pp 4th 39% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 20th -3.4pp 5th 62% above peers
Yuba City, CA 2.8% 17th -2.1pp 6th 5% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 7th 67% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.2% 25th -2.2pp 8th 133% above peers
Schenectady, NY 2.2% 11th -0.7pp 9th 18% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% 19th -1.0pp 10th 21% above peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 4th -0.2pp 11th 64% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 7th -0.3pp 12th 44% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 1.1% 5th -0.2pp 13th 58% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 13th -0.4pp 14th 8% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 6.0% 23rd -0.7pp 15th 124% above peers
Madera, CA 2.5% 14th -0.3pp 16th 5% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.3% 27th -1.0pp 17th 214% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 28th -0.0pp 18th 217% above peers
Madison, AL 1.8% 10th +0.1pp 19th 33% below peers
Canton, OH 2.7% 16th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
St. Joseph, MO 5.2% 21st +0.5pp 21st 94% above peers
Spring, TX 12.3% 31st +2.3pp 22nd 361% above peers
Weston, FL 6.2% 24th +1.2pp 23rd 133% above peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 18th +0.7pp 24th 12% above peers
Eastvale, CA 1.3% 6th +0.3pp 25th 50% below peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% 15th +0.7pp 26th 3% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.9% 22nd +1.8pp 27th 121% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.0% 30th +4.7pp 28th 351% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 10.5% 29th +4.7pp 29th 296% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6.8% 26th +3.6pp 30th 154% above peers
Bethesda, MD 2.4% 12th +1.6pp 31st 9% 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 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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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 (18.9% then, 20.4% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
66% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.9% to 20.4%).
Needs attention 20.4%
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% 26th +5.4pp 1st 35% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 24th +5.4pp 2nd 27% below peers
South Hill, WA 32.9% 17th +5.0pp 3rd 2% below peers
Canton, OH 16.4% 28th +2.5pp 4th 51% below peers
Dale City, VA 33.5% 15th +5.0pp 5th on par with peers
Eastvale, CA 43.4% 11th +6.3pp 6th 29% above peers
Schenectady, NY 25.4% 23rd +3.6pp 7th 24% below peers
Madera, CA 10.9% 30th +1.5pp 8th 67% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.1% 29th +1.9pp 9th 55% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.8% 9th +5.4pp 10th 30% above peers
Portland, ME 59.7% 6th +7.1pp 11th 78% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 23.0% 25th +2.5pp 12th 32% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 37.3% 14th +3.7pp 13th 11% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 12th +4.0pp 14th 28% above peers
Shawnee, KS 53.1% 8th +4.8pp 15th 58% above peers
Waukesha, WI 41.7% 13th +3.7pp 16th 24% above peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 18th +2.8pp 17th 3% below peers
Madison, AL 64.5% 5th +5.1pp 18th 92% above peers
Yuba City, CA 20.4% 27th +1.5pp 19th 39% below peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 16th +2.3pp 20th 1% below peers
Weston, FL 67.6% 3rd +4.6pp 21st 101% above peers
Spring, TX 25.6% 22nd +1.7pp 22nd 24% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 70.4% 2nd +3.7pp 23rd 110% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 4th +3.1pp 24th 96% above peers
Camarillo, CA 43.5% 10th +1.9pp 25th 30% above peers
Huntersville, NC 57.5% 7th +1.7pp 26th 71% above peers
Kyle, TX 31.0% 20th +0.8pp 27th 8% below peers
Bethesda, MD 87.1% 1st +1.2pp 28th 160% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 31.9% 19th +0.4pp 29th 5% below peers
Jackson, TN 27.8% 21st +0.1pp 30th 17% 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

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 →
  • 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
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 (42.6% then, 32.4% now; margin ±13.1pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 16.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.6% to 32.4%).
Needs attention 32.4%
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 44.5% -5.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Kyle, TX 53.1% 11th +18.3pp 1st 18% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 16th +13.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Spring, TX 36.8% 23rd +8.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Madison, AL 62.4% 5th +13.5pp 4th 39% above peers
Schenectady, NY 53.4% 9th +10.6pp 5th 19% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 66.0% 4th +12.3pp 6th 47% above peers
Madera, CA 34.6% 24th +6.4pp 7th 23% below peers
Eastvale, CA 53.4% 10th +9.7pp 8th 19% above peers
Dale City, VA 29.3% 28th +4.8pp 9th 35% below peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 6th +3.7pp 10th 28% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 18th +1.4pp 11th 8% below peers
Waukesha, WI 50.7% 12th +1.1pp 12th 13% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 17th +0.8pp 13th 2% below peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 30th +0.4pp 14th 42% below peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 22nd -0.7pp 15th 18% below peers
Weston, FL 71.2% 2nd -1.7pp 16th 58% above peers
Portland, ME 47.2% 14th -1.3pp 17th 5% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 53.9% 8th -1.5pp 18th 20% above peers
Huntersville, NC 55.6% 7th -1.7pp 19th 24% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 26.7% 29th -2.2pp 20th 41% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70.6% 3rd -7.3pp 21st 57% above peers
Canton, OH 31.0% 26th -4.4pp 22nd 31% below peers
Bethesda, MD 75.1% 1st -11.6pp 23rd 67% above peers
Shawnee, KS 45.1% 15th -10.6pp 24th on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 38.8% 19th -10.7pp 25th 14% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 38.1% 21st -11.2pp 26th 15% below peers
Yuba City, CA 32.4% 25th -10.2pp 27th 28% below peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 31st -9.4pp 28th 42% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 47.5% 13th -20.7pp 29th 5% above peers
Jackson, TN 30.9% 27th -17.7pp 30th 31% below peers
Camarillo, CA 38.8% 20th -28.2pp 31st 14% 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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 (6.4% then, 7.4% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.6% to 7.4%).
Needs attention 7.4%
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
Madison, AL 1.0% 2nd -1.3pp 1st 84% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 1st -0.8pp 2nd 89% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.3% 4th -2.7pp 3rd 63% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 4.0% 11th -4.1pp 4th 34% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.5% 14th -4.1pp 5th 9% below peers
Spring, TX 6.5% 18th -4.6pp 6th 6% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 2.1% 3rd -1.3pp 7th 66% below peers
Schenectady, NY 6.6% 20th -3.2pp 8th 9% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.6% 8th -1.0pp 9th 40% below peers
Canton, OH 9.8% 27th -1.7pp 10th 60% above peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 19th -0.7pp 11th 7% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 5.2% 13th +0.1pp 12th 15% below peers
Kyle, TX 7.3% 22nd +0.2pp 13th 20% above peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 30th +0.3pp 14th 73% above peers
Eastvale, CA 6.1% 16th +0.7pp 15th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 3.1% 6th +0.4pp 16th 49% below peers
Yuba City, CA 7.4% 23rd +1.0pp 17th 21% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 28th +1.5pp 18th 70% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 10.4% 29th +1.8pp 19th 71% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.5% 25th +1.7pp 20th 56% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 17th +1.6pp 21st 5% above peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 9th +1.2pp 22nd 37% below peers
Portland, ME 9.4% 24th +3.1pp 23rd 54% above peers
Camarillo, CA 2.9% 5th +1.4pp 24th 53% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 20.8% 31st +10.2pp 25th 240% above peers
Madera, CA 9.7% 26th +5.1pp 26th 59% above peers
Shawnee, KS 5.9% 15th +3.2pp 27th 3% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 3.9% 10th +2.6pp 28th 37% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 12th +3.1pp 29th 29% below peers
Waukesha, WI 6.8% 21st +4.8pp 30th 11% above peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 7th +2.9pp 31st 48% 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.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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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 →
  • 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 ±4.0pp 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 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 66,516 to 69,471 - more than the combined survey margin (±65).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (65,141 to 69,471).
Big move 69,471
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
Kyle, TX 56,823 31st +33% 1st 17% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 69,585 11th +24% 2nd 1% above peers
Madison, AL 60,106 30th +22% 3rd 13% below peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 26th +14% 4th 4% below peers
Huntersville, NC 63,969 28th +14% 5th 7% below peers
Eastvale, CA 70,633 5th +14% 6th 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 20th +13% 7th 1% below peers
Spring, TX 68,580 17th +12% 8th on par with peers
Bethesda, MD 69,397 13th +10% 9th 1% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 60,905 29th +9% 10th 12% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 27th +7% 11th 4% below peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 23rd +7% 12th 2% below peers
Schenectady, NY 68,847 15th +5% 13th on par with peers
Madera, CA 67,831 22nd +5% 14th 1% below peers
Shawnee, KS 68,542 18th +5% 15th on par with peers
Yuba City, CA 69,471 12th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70,599 6th +4% 17th 3% above peers
Portland, ME 68,854 14th +3% 18th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 70,186 7th +3% 19th 2% above peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 25th +3% 20th 2% below peers
Ames, IA 67,669 24th +2% 21st 2% below peers
Jackson, TN 68,435 19th +2% 22nd 1% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 4th +1% 23rd 3% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 70,088 9th +1% 24th 2% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 67,979 21st -0% 25th 1% below peers
Waukesha, WI 71,233 2nd -2% 26th 3% above peers
Canton, OH 69,755 10th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Dale City, VA 71,016 3rd -2% 28th 3% above peers
Weston, FL 68,837 16th -3% 29th on par with peers
St. Joseph, MO 71,236 1st -6% 30th 3% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70,138 8th -8% 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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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 through 2024 ±40 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 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 (25.6% then, 24.8% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.3% to 24.8%).
24.8%
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
Madison, AL 27.9% 5th +2.7pp 1st 17% above peers
Spring, TX 27.8% 6th +1.8pp 2nd 17% above peers
Canton, OH 25.4% 10th +1.1pp 3rd 7% above peers
Bethesda, MD 23.2% 18th +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
South Hill, WA 28.2% 3rd +0.1pp 7th 19% above peers
Camarillo, CA 20.7% 24th +0.0pp 8th 13% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 51.2% 1st -0.9pp 9th 115% above peers
Portland, ME 15.4% 28th -0.3pp 10th 35% below peers
Schenectady, NY 19.9% 25th -0.4pp 11th 17% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.1% 20th -0.6pp 12th 7% below peers
Yuba City, CA 24.8% 12th -0.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 11th -0.9pp 14th 5% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 13.4% 30th -0.7pp 15th 44% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 22.1% 21st -1.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Shawnee, KS 23.8% 16th -1.5pp 17th on par with peers
Weston, FL 27.2% 7th -1.9pp 18th 14% above peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 23rd -1.8pp 19th 11% below peers
Eastvale, CA 28.0% 4th -2.5pp 20th 18% above peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 21st 53% below peers
Waukesha, WI 19.2% 26th -1.8pp 22nd 19% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 15.5% 27th -1.5pp 23rd 35% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 21.4% 22nd -2.3pp 24th 10% below peers
Madera, CA 30.8% 2nd -3.5pp 25th 29% 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% 19th -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% 29th -2.4pp 31st 38% 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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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 through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 (30.6% then, 27.2% now; margin ±7.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.9% to 27.2%).
27.2%
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 71% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 19th +11.3pp 2nd 6% below peers
Kyle, TX 29.0% 14th +7.2pp 3rd 6% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 32.8% 10th +7.3pp 4th 20% above peers
Huntersville, NC 20.7% 23rd +4.3pp 5th 24% below peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 13th +5.8pp 6th 8% above peers
Madera, CA 43.3% 4th +8.2pp 7th 58% above peers
Bethesda, MD 11.5% 29th +2.1pp 8th 58% below peers
Madison, AL 20.4% 24th +3.1pp 9th 25% below peers
Portland, ME 32.1% 12th +4.5pp 10th 17% above peers
Waukesha, WI 32.5% 11th +4.6pp 11th 19% above peers
Spring, TX 27.4% 16th +3.2pp 12th on par with peers
Delray Beach, FL 38.2% 8th +4.1pp 13th 39% above peers
Weston, FL 14.5% 28th +0.4pp 14th 47% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 6th +0.0pp 15th 51% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 16th 19% below peers
Camarillo, CA 19.6% 25th -0.3pp 17th 28% below peers
Jackson, TN 50.5% 2nd -2.6pp 18th 84% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 18th -1.6pp 19th 1% below peers
Canton, OH 61.5% 1st -3.7pp 20th 125% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 42.4% 5th -2.8pp 21st 55% above peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 7th -2.7pp 22nd 46% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 15th -2.9pp 23rd 5% above peers
Dale City, VA 21.0% 22nd -2.2pp 24th 23% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 36.9% 9th -3.9pp 25th 35% above peers
Yuba City, CA 27.2% 17th -3.4pp 26th 1% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 17.0% 26th -2.5pp 27th 38% below peers
Schenectady, NY 47.5% 3rd -7.3pp 28th 73% above peers
Shawnee, KS 15.5% 27th -5.0pp 29th 44% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 23.3% 20th -10.6pp 30th 15% below peers
Eastvale, CA 11.2% 30th -5.3pp 31st 59% 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.2% then, 53.7% now; margin ±11.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.1% to 53.7%).
Big move 53.7%
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% 21st +16.8pp 1st 7% below peers
Kyle, TX 70.1% 13th +10.4pp 2nd 4% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 12th +9.2pp 3rd 4% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 24th +7.7pp 4th 10% below peers
Waukesha, WI 80.8% 2nd +9.1pp 5th 20% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70.8% 9th +7.8pp 6th 5% above peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 22nd +6.5pp 7th 7% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 79.1% 3rd +6.5pp 8th 17% above peers
Huntersville, NC 73.8% 6th +5.6pp 9th 10% above peers
Eastvale, CA 78.6% 4th +5.5pp 10th 17% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 69.7% 15th +4.7pp 11th 3% above peers
Camarillo, CA 70.7% 10th +3.6pp 12th 5% above peers
Schenectady, NY 73.2% 7th +2.1pp 13th 9% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 70.5% 11th +1.7pp 14th 5% above peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 14th +1.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Madison, AL 59.3% 26th +1.0pp 16th 12% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 17th 22% above peers
Shawnee, KS 76.8% 5th -1.1pp 18th 14% above peers
Jackson, TN 67.4% 16th -1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Madera, CA 59.5% 25th -1.3pp 20th 12% below peers
Portland, ME 71.6% 8th -2.0pp 21st 6% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 64.2% 20th -2.3pp 22nd 5% below peers
Yuba City, CA 53.7% 30th -3.5pp 23rd 20% below peers
Spring, TX 58.7% 29th -5.0pp 24th 13% below peers
Dale City, VA 65.2% 18th -6.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Bethesda, MD 64.5% 19th -8.4pp 26th 4% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 28th -11.7pp 27th 13% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 62.1% 23rd -12.8pp 28th 8% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 65.7% 17th -13.7pp 29th 3% below peers
Canton, OH 59.0% 27th -12.5pp 30th 13% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.3% 31st -13.8pp 31st 56% 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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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 ±8.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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