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Castle Rock, CO
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83,815 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Castle Rock, CO shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Castle Rock, CO shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

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

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 8% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 42 in May 2026, down from 45 a year earlier.
42 per 100k
2018May 2026
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Redmond, WA 58 (Aug 26) -56.0% 1st
Cicero, IL 194 (Apr 26) -34.8% 2nd
Redwood City, CA 296 (Aug 26) -30.6% 3rd
New Rochelle, NY 128 (Aug 26) -21.4% 4th
Newport Beach, CA 182 (Aug 26) -21.2% 5th
Farmington Hills, MI 145 (Apr 26) -17.7% 6th
Somerville, MA 190 (Dec 25) -12.2% 7th
Mountain View, CA 228 (Apr 26) -10.6% 8th
Castle Rock, CO 42 (May 26) -8.0% 9th
Cranston, RI 92 (Aug 26) -4.9% 10th
Jonesboro, AR 582 (Jun 26) -4.6% 11th
Brooklyn Park, MN 332 (Aug 26) -2.8% 12th
Bloomington, IN 266 (Jan 26) -1.7% 13th
Warwick, RI 83 (Aug 26) +1.5% 14th
Lake Charles, LA 629 (Aug 26) +2.0% 15th
Longview, TX 378 (Aug 26) +6.8% 16th
Buena Park, CA 265 (Aug 26) +8.0% 17th
Westland, MI 453 (Aug 26) +8.4% 18th
Layton, UT 142 (Aug 26) +10.0% 19th
Livermore, CA 219 (Jul 26) +12.3% 20th
Mansfield, TX 200 (Apr 26) +90.2% 21st
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 20% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chapel Hill, NC down about 14% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Orem, UT down about 14% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities. Castle Rock started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,011 in May 2026, up from 904 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,011 per 100k
2018May 2026
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Bloomington, IN 1,724 (Jan 26) -33.5% 1st
Redmond, WA 1,521 (Aug 26) -33.1% 2nd
Cranston, RI 743 (Aug 26) -27.9% 3rd
Livermore, CA 1,573 (Jul 26) -26.8% 4th
Brooklyn Park, MN 1,641 (Aug 26) -24.1% 5th
Warwick, RI 809 (Aug 26) -21.8% 6th
Newport Beach, CA 1,337 (Aug 26) -21.4% 7th
Farmington Hills, MI 645 (Aug 26) -17.4% 8th
Jonesboro, AR 2,360 (Jun 26) -15.0% 9th
Redwood City, CA 1,371 (Aug 26) -10.3% 10th
Mansfield, TX 1,172 (Apr 26) -8.4% 11th
Lake Charles, LA 2,235 (Aug 26) -7.3% 12th
Somerville, MA 1,540 (Dec 25) -6.9% 13th
Westland, MI 1,199 (Aug 26) -5.7% 14th
Longview, TX 2,046 (Aug 26) -5.1% 15th
Layton, UT 1,240 (Aug 26) -4.6% 16th
Buena Park, CA 1,968 (Aug 26) -3.8% 17th
Mountain View, CA 2,411 (Aug 26) -0.5% 18th
New Rochelle, NY 1,201 (Aug 26) -0.5% 19th
Cicero, IL 1,092 (Aug 26) +9.2% 20th
Castle Rock, CO 1,011 (May 26) +11.8% 21st
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 44% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • St. Peters, MO down about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
  • Plymouth, MN down about 17% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2020 to 2025.

Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Warwick, RI 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 1st
Mountain View, CA 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 2nd
New Rochelle, NY 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 3rd
Bloomington, IN 1 (Jan 26) -66.9% 4th
Lake Charles, LA 7 (Aug 26) -64.7% 5th
Westland, MI 1 (Aug 26) -50.2% 6th
Brooklyn Park, MN 2 (Aug 26) -50.1% 7th
Redwood City, CA 2 (Aug 26) -33.4% 8th
Longview, TX 4 (Aug 26) -25.2% 9th
Jonesboro, AR 5 (Jun 26) -20.0% 10th
Livermore, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 11th
Mansfield, TX 5 (Aug 26) +100.0% 12th
Cranston, RI 2 (Aug 26) +100.0% 13th
Castle Rock, CO 0 (May 26)
Somerville, MA 0 (Dec 25)
Farmington Hills, MI 1 (Aug 26)
Redmond, WA 0 (Aug 26)
Layton, UT 0 (Aug 26)
Newport Beach, CA 0 (Aug 26)
Cicero, IL 2 (Aug 26)
Buena Park, CA 1 (Aug 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 21% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 47% lower than in 2020 (92 then, 49 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 149 in 2021 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 10% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 41 in May 2026, down from 51 a year earlier.
Needs attention 41 per 100k
2018May 2026
▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Redmond, WA 57 (Aug 26) -75.6% 1st
New Rochelle, NY 35 (Aug 26) -45.4% 2nd
Brooklyn Park, MN 162 (Aug 26) -39.7% 3rd
Mountain View, CA 98 (Aug 26) -38.2% 4th
Livermore, CA 231 (Jul 26) -36.3% 5th
Lake Charles, LA 115 (Aug 26) -35.4% 6th
Farmington Hills, MI 72 (Aug 26) -33.3% 7th
Bloomington, IN 113 (Jan 26) -31.2% 8th
Longview, TX 142 (Aug 26) -26.2% 9th
Westland, MI 153 (Aug 26) -23.2% 10th
Somerville, MA 97 (Dec 25) -22.7% 11th
Newport Beach, CA 112 (Aug 26) -22.7% 12th
Redwood City, CA 142 (Aug 26) -22.0% 13th
Castle Rock, CO 41 (May 26) -21.0% 14th
Jonesboro, AR 136 (Jun 26) -18.1% 15th
Buena Park, CA 275 (Aug 26) -11.4% 16th
Mansfield, TX 95 (Aug 26) -10.1% 17th
Cranston, RI 78 (Aug 26) -9.6% 18th
Layton, UT 61 (Aug 26) -8.8% 19th
Cicero, IL 239 (Aug 26) -3.4% 20th
Warwick, RI 68 (Aug 26) +14.0% 21st
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Janesville, WI down about 57% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 46% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 36% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 32% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $109,700 to $145,197 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$9,046).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Castle Rock started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 68% from 2014 to 2024 ($86,563 to $145,197).
Bright spot $145,197
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
Colorado ref $95,470 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Cicero, IL $70,842 23rd +44% 1st 21% below peers
Buena Park, CA $110,550 10th +40% 2nd 23% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $75,848 22nd +40% 3rd 16% below peers
Perris, CA $88,911 18th +39% 4th 1% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $59,235 28th +38% 5th 34% below peers
Pasco, WA $85,586 20th +36% 6th 5% below peers
Somerville, MA $132,572 7th +36% 7th 47% above peers
Bloomington, IN $50,465 31st +36% 8th 44% below peers
Mountain View, CA $189,917 1st +36% 9th 111% above peers
Redwood City, CA $157,814 4th +35% 10th 75% above peers
Auburn, AL $63,668 25th +35% 11th 29% below peers
New Rochelle, NY $109,167 11th +34% 12th 21% above peers
Layton, UT $102,480 13th +32% 13th 14% above peers
Castle Rock, CO $145,197 6th +32% 14th 61% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $53,758 30th +32% 15th 40% below peers
San Leandro, CA $101,420 14th +30% 16th 12% above peers
Longview, TX $63,340 26th +29% 17th 30% below peers
Livermore, CA $160,775 3rd +26% 18th 78% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI $104,836 12th +26% 19th 16% above peers
Whittier, CA $97,201 15th +26% 20th 8% above peers
Cranston, RI $90,206 16th +25% 21st on par with peers
Newport Beach, CA $156,867 5th +23% 22nd 74% above peers
Redmond, WA $162,560 2nd +23% 23rd 80% above peers
Westland, MI $62,076 27th +22% 24th 31% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $70,074 24th +22% 25th 22% below peers
Mansfield, TX $121,126 8th +22% 26th 34% above peers
The Villages, FL $77,622 21st +22% 27th 14% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $89,891 17th +22% 28th on par with peers
Waldorf, MD $116,089 9th +21% 29th 29% above peers
Jonesboro, AR $55,424 29th +21% 30th 39% below peers
Warwick, RI $88,708 19th +20% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,924 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.2 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 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: 3.7% in July 2026, up from 3.5% a year earlier.
Needs attention 3.7%
2000July 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 3.9% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.0% (2024)
Warwick, RI 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Bloomington, IN 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 27th -0.8pp 3rd 26% above peers
Whittier, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 28th -0.8pp 4th 28% above peers
Pasco, WA 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.7pp 5th 2% below peers
Perris, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 29th -0.6pp 6th 37% above peers
Cranston, RI 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 7th 12% below peers
San Leandro, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 8th 12% above peers
Redwood City, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 9th 12% below peers
Mountain View, CA 3.5% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 10th 19% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 17th -0.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Buena Park, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Livermore, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th -0.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th -0.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 15th 12% below peers
Layton, UT 3.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.1pp 16th 26% below peers
Somerville, MA 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th +0.0pp 17th 14% below peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th +0.2pp 18th 7% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th +0.2pp 19th 14% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 5.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.3pp 20th 16% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Auburn, AL 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th +0.3pp 22nd 14% below peers
Westland, MI 4.4% (Jul 26) 18th +0.3pp 23rd 2% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 4.8% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.4pp 24th 12% above peers
Mansfield, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st +0.4pp 25th 7% above peers
Redmond, WA 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +0.4pp 26th on par with peers
Longview, TX 5.2% (Jul 26) 26th +0.5pp 27th 21% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 28th on par with peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.6pp 29th 14% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.9% then, 3.8% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 3.8%).
Bright spot 3.8%
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
Colorado ref 9.4% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Perris, CA 10.7% 20th -6.1pp 1st 12% above peers
Redwood City, CA 6.3% 7th -2.7pp 2nd 34% below peers
Buena Park, CA 8.8% 14th -3.6pp 3rd 8% below peers
Pasco, WA 12.6% 21st -2.9pp 4th 32% above peers
Bloomington, IN 29.8% 31st -5.5pp 5th 213% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.8% 17th -1.7pp 6th 3% above peers
San Leandro, CA 8.3% 13th -1.3pp 7th 13% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 20.4% 27th -3.2pp 8th 114% above peers
Mountain View, CA 6.0% 6th -0.8pp 9th 37% below peers
Cicero, IL 14.7% 24th -1.5pp 10th 54% above peers
Whittier, CA 9.1% 15th -0.8pp 11th 5% below peers
Longview, TX 17.3% 26th -1.4pp 12th 82% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 6.6% 8th -0.5pp 13th 31% below peers
Auburn, AL 25.4% 30th -1.9pp 14th 167% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 10.1% 18th -0.6pp 15th 5% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.8% 1st -0.1pp 16th 60% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 13.7% 22nd -0.1pp 17th 44% above peers
Westland, MI 14.3% 23rd -0.0pp 18th 50% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 15.5% 25th +0.1pp 19th 63% above peers
The Villages, FL 4.7% 2nd +0.1pp 20th 51% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 23.3% 29th +0.5pp 21st 144% above peers
Redmond, WA 5.6% 4th +0.2pp 22nd 41% below peers
Livermore, CA 4.9% 3rd +0.4pp 23rd 49% below peers
Layton, UT 8.1% 12th +0.7pp 24th 16% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 7.6% 10th +0.8pp 25th 20% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 9.5% 16th +1.1pp 26th on par with peers
Cranston, RI 10.2% 19th +1.5pp 27th 7% above peers
Warwick, RI 7.6% 9th +1.4pp 28th 21% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 22.8% 28th +4.7pp 29th 140% above peers
Waldorf, MD 7.7% 11th +2.2pp 30th 19% below peers
Mansfield, TX 5.8% 5th +2.0pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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3 of 10 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.9% to 2.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Castle Rock started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.4% to 2.9%).
Bright spot 2.9%
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
Colorado ref 11.1% -1.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Somerville, MA 6.7% 8th -13.5pp 1st 43% below peers
Redwood City, CA 5.7% 5th -5.9pp 2nd 52% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.9% 13th -8.3pp 3rd 15% below peers
Perris, CA 13.7% 19th -11.2pp 4th 17% above peers
San Leandro, CA 7.0% 10th -5.7pp 5th 40% below peers
Livermore, CA 2.7% 1st -2.1pp 6th 77% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.9% 2nd -2.0pp 7th 75% below peers
Pasco, WA 15.7% 21st -5.9pp 8th 35% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 28.5% 28th -9.0pp 9th 144% above peers
Redmond, WA 3.0% 3rd -0.7pp 10th 74% below peers
Auburn, AL 14.0% 20th -2.9pp 11th 20% above peers
Cranston, RI 10.3% 14th -1.8pp 12th 12% below peers
Waldorf, MD 6.2% 6th -1.1pp 13th 47% below peers
Cicero, IL 19.9% 22nd -3.4pp 14th 70% above peers
Longview, TX 24.2% 27th -2.4pp 15th 107% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 5.3% 4th -0.4pp 16th 55% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 34.3% 30th -2.4pp 17th 194% above peers
Bloomington, IN 22.5% 25th -1.3pp 18th 93% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 21.2% 23rd -0.8pp 19th 82% above peers
Whittier, CA 11.3% 15th -0.4pp 20th 3% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 13.0% 18th -0.3pp 21st 12% above peers
Westland, MI 23.1% 26th -0.4pp 22nd 98% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 21.9% 24th +0.2pp 23rd 87% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 12.4% 17th +1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Layton, UT 11.7% 16th +1.9pp 25th on par with peers
Warwick, RI 7.0% 9th +1.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 8.8% 12th +2.1pp 27th 24% below peers
Mountain View, CA 6.4% 7th +1.6pp 28th 46% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.9% 29th +8.2pp 29th 173% above peers
Mansfield, TX 8.3% 11th +4.2pp 30th 29% below peers
The Villages, FL 71.8% 31st 515% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 95.2% to 97.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Castle Rock started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 2.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (95.5% to 97.7%).
Bright spot 97.7%
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
Colorado ref 93.7% +5.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Kissimmee, FL 92.0% 20th +18.5pp 1st 1% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 85.5% 31st +12.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Cicero, IL 88.0% 28th +11.5pp 3rd 6% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 93.7% 13th +10.1pp 4th on par with peers
Whittier, CA 92.3% 19th +9.8pp 5th 1% below peers
Longview, TX 89.5% 26th +9.3pp 6th 4% below peers
Pasco, WA 93.9% 11th +9.1pp 7th 1% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 91.6% 23rd +8.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Westland, MI 91.6% 24th +8.3pp 9th 2% below peers
Perris, CA 95.3% 9th +8.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Somerville, MA 94.8% 10th +6.5pp 11th 2% above peers
San Leandro, CA 93.5% 15th +6.4pp 12th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 89.1% 27th +6.0pp 13th 4% below peers
Cranston, RI 92.0% 21st +6.0pp 14th 1% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 92.4% 18th +5.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 87.8% 30th +4.7pp 16th 6% below peers
Warwick, RI 91.3% 25th +4.7pp 17th 2% below peers
Buena Park, CA 95.4% 8th +4.9pp 18th 2% above peers
Redwood City, CA 95.4% 7th +4.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Auburn, AL 91.7% 22nd +4.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 93.7% 14th +3.9pp 21st on par with peers
Bloomington, IN 88.0% 29th +3.7pp 22nd 6% below peers
Mountain View, CA 96.0% 4th +3.9pp 23rd 3% above peers
Livermore, CA 96.9% 2nd +3.8pp 24th 4% above peers
Waldorf, MD 93.9% 12th +3.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Layton, UT 93.1% 17th +3.2pp 26th on par with peers
Castle Rock, CO 97.7% 1st +2.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 96.0% 5th +2.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Mansfield, TX 96.3% 3rd +2.0pp 29th 3% above peers
Redmond, WA 95.8% 6th +0.7pp 30th 3% above peers
The Villages, FL 93.3% 16th +0.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.38 then, 0.39 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.38 to 0.39).
Bright spot 0.39
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
Colorado ref 0.46 +0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Perris, CA 0.36 1st -0.031 1st 17% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 0.52 27th -0.027 2nd 18% above peers
Buena Park, CA 0.40 6th -0.016 3rd 9% below peers
Longview, TX 0.46 23rd -0.015 4th 6% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 0.40 7th -0.010 5th 9% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 0.44 16th -0.010 6th on par with peers
New Rochelle, NY 0.53 29th -0.006 7th 20% above peers
Auburn, AL 0.55 30th -0.004 8th 25% above peers
Cicero, IL 0.40 8th -0.002 9th 8% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 0.44 15th -0.001 10th 1% below peers
Westland, MI 0.43 11th -0.001 11th 3% below peers
The Villages, FL 0.40 9th +0.000 12th 8% below peers
Mountain View, CA 0.48 24th +0.001 13th 9% above peers
Whittier, CA 0.43 13th +0.006 14th 2% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 0.44 18th +0.006 15th 1% above peers
Warwick, RI 0.44 14th +0.007 16th 1% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 0.51 26th +0.011 17th 16% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 0.53 28th +0.011 18th 20% above peers
Pasco, WA 0.41 10th +0.009 19th 7% below peers
Redwood City, CA 0.48 25th +0.011 20th 10% above peers
Waldorf, MD 0.38 2nd +0.015 21st 13% below peers
San Leandro, CA 0.45 21st +0.020 22nd 2% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 0.39 3rd +0.018 23rd 10% below peers
Bloomington, IN 0.57 31st +0.026 24th 28% above peers
Cranston, RI 0.44 17th +0.022 25th on par with peers
Kissimmee, FL 0.45 22nd +0.023 26th 2% above peers
Somerville, MA 0.45 19th +0.025 27th 2% above peers
Mansfield, TX 0.40 4th +0.025 28th 9% below peers
Livermore, CA 0.43 12th +0.027 29th 2% below peers
Layton, UT 0.40 5th +0.028 30th 9% below peers
Redmond, WA 0.45 20th +0.041 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.1% then, 3.0% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.9% to 3.0%).
Bright spot 3.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 8.5% +0.9pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Layton, UT 4.9% 7th -2.4pp 1st 56% below peers
Bloomington, IN 7.2% 12th -1.9pp 2nd 35% below peers
Longview, TX 13.6% 23rd -2.8pp 3rd 22% above peers
Mansfield, TX 3.9% 4th -0.7pp 4th 65% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 25.7% 31st -3.2pp 5th 131% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.0% 3rd -0.1pp 6th 73% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 11.1% 16th -0.3pp 7th on par with peers
Somerville, MA 8.5% 14th -0.2pp 8th 24% below peers
Auburn, AL 7.1% 11th -0.1pp 9th 36% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 11.5% 18th -0.2pp 10th 3% above peers
Pasco, WA 20.0% 28th +0.1pp 11th 80% above peers
Cicero, IL 24.0% 30th +0.7pp 12th 115% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 13.7% 24th +0.7pp 13th 23% above peers
Cranston, RI 11.7% 19th +0.8pp 14th 5% above peers
Warwick, RI 12.1% 21st +0.9pp 15th 8% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 18.1% 26th +1.7pp 16th 63% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 5.8% 9th +0.7pp 17th 47% below peers
Redmond, WA 4.3% 6th +0.6pp 18th 62% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 11.9% 20th +1.9pp 19th 7% above peers
Westland, MI 16.3% 25th +3.3pp 20th 46% above peers
Buena Park, CA 11.0% 15th +2.3pp 21st 1% below peers
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 10th +1.6pp 22nd 44% below peers
Perris, CA 20.2% 29th +5.4pp 23rd 82% above peers
Mountain View, CA 4.2% 5th +1.1pp 24th 62% below peers
Waldorf, MD 11.3% 17th +3.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 19.1% 27th +7.4pp 26th 71% above peers
San Leandro, CA 13.0% 22nd +5.5pp 27th 17% above peers
Whittier, CA 8.3% 13th +3.6pp 28th 25% below peers
Livermore, CA 5.2% 8th +2.5pp 29th 53% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 2.8% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 75% below peers
The Villages, FL 1.9% 1st +1.4pp 31st 83% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Horizon West, FL down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Shawnee, KS down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 7% higher than in 2021 ($617,408 then, $657,743 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $694,658 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $657,743 in September 2026, down from $665,147 a year earlier.
$657,743
2000September 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref $529,013 (Sep 26) -1.3%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
Newport Beach, CA $3,710,827 (Sep 26) 1st +10.1% 1st 742% above peers
New Rochelle, NY $941,136 (Sep 26) 6th +7.5% 2nd 113% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,872,902 (Sep 26) 3rd +6.7% 3rd 325% above peers
Cicero, IL $278,173 (Sep 26) 27th +5.2% 4th 37% below peers
Warwick, RI $420,635 (Sep 26) 19th +4.3% 5th 5% below peers
Auburn, AL $421,396 (Sep 26) 18th +4.1% 6th 4% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $226,988 (Sep 26) 29th +3.7% 7th 49% below peers
Buena Park, CA $928,677 (Sep 26) 7th +2.8% 8th 111% above peers
Mountain View, CA $1,929,681 (Sep 26) 2nd +2.5% 9th 338% above peers
Layton, UT $521,360 (Sep 26) 14th +2.3% 10th 18% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI $386,980 (Sep 26) 23rd +2.1% 11th 12% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $206,813 (Sep 26) 31st +2.1% 12th 53% below peers
Cranston, RI $454,927 (Sep 26) 15th +1.8% 13th 3% above peers
Westland, MI $211,230 (Sep 26) 30th +1.6% 14th 52% below peers
Whittier, CA $815,136 (Sep 26) 10th +1.6% 15th 85% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $863,012 (Sep 26) 9th +1.6% 16th 96% above peers
Perris, CA $542,448 (Sep 26) 13th +1.3% 17th 23% above peers
Bloomington, IN $312,287 (Sep 26) 26th +1.2% 18th 29% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $404,476 (Sep 26) 21st +0.8% 19th 8% below peers
Longview, TX $232,947 (Sep 26) 28th +0.6% 20th 47% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $345,292 (Sep 26) 25th +0.5% 21st 22% below peers
Pasco, WA $416,458 (Sep 26) 20th +0.4% 22nd 6% below peers
Somerville, MA $920,007 (Sep 26) 8th +0.1% 23rd 109% above peers
Mansfield, TX $440,844 (Sep 26) 16th -0.2% 24th on par with peers
San Leandro, CA $798,068 (Sep 26) 11th -0.4% 25th 81% above peers
The Villages, FL $392,424 (Sep 26) 22nd -0.8% 26th 11% below peers
Castle Rock, CO $657,743 (Sep 26) 12th -1.1% 27th 49% above peers
Waldorf, MD $427,299 (Sep 26) 17th -1.9% 28th 3% below peers
Livermore, CA $1,071,869 (Sep 26) 5th -2.3% 29th 143% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $355,424 (Sep 26) 24th -2.8% 30th 19% below peers
Redmond, WA $1,293,017 (Sep 26) 4th -4.2% 31st 193% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $526,499 in September 2026, down from $531,308 a year earlier.
$526,499
2000September 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref $351,281 (Sep 26) -1.7%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Cicero, IL $234,269 (Sep 26) 26th +9.5% 1st 33% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $1,939,503 (Sep 26) 1st +7.8% 2nd 454% above peers
New Rochelle, NY $508,691 (Sep 26) 12th +7.0% 3rd 45% above peers
Warwick, RI $349,880 (Sep 26) 16th +5.7% 4th on par with peers
Auburn, AL $300,930 (Sep 26) 20th +5.5% 5th 14% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $144,796 (Sep 26) 29th +4.3% 6th 59% below peers
Cranston, RI $381,932 (Sep 26) 15th +3.8% 7th 9% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,201,283 (Sep 26) 2nd +3.8% 8th 243% above peers
Buena Park, CA $818,066 (Sep 26) 5th +3.4% 9th 134% above peers
Westland, MI $154,273 (Sep 26) 28th +2.8% 10th 56% below peers
Whittier, CA $718,797 (Sep 26) 7th +2.4% 11th 105% above peers
Bloomington, IN $215,441 (Sep 26) 27th +2.3% 12th 38% below peers
Hawthorne, CA $709,904 (Sep 26) 8th +2.3% 13th 103% above peers
Perris, CA $467,544 (Sep 26) 13th +2.0% 14th 34% above peers
Layton, UT $416,395 (Sep 26) 14th +1.9% 15th 19% above peers
Pasco, WA $342,252 (Sep 26) 18th +1.9% 16th 2% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI $251,194 (Sep 26) 24th +1.3% 17th 28% below peers
Somerville, MA $664,752 (Sep 26) 9th +1.1% 18th 90% above peers
Longview, TX $134,784 (Sep 26) 30th +0.8% 19th 61% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $270,239 (Sep 26) 22nd +0.5% 20th 23% below peers
San Leandro, CA $641,645 (Sep 26) 10th +0.1% 21st 83% above peers
Mansfield, TX $327,645 (Sep 26) 19th -0.0% 22nd 6% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $101,098 (Sep 26) 31st -0.5% 23rd 71% below peers
Mountain View, CA $1,037,749 (Sep 26) 3rd -0.8% 24th 197% above peers
Castle Rock, CO $526,499 (Sep 26) 11th -0.9% 25th 50% above peers
The Villages, FL $300,858 (Sep 26) 21st -1.4% 26th 14% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $239,046 (Sep 26) 25th -1.6% 27th 32% below peers
Waldorf, MD $343,174 (Sep 26) 17th -2.0% 28th 2% below peers
Livermore, CA $819,508 (Sep 26) 4th -2.8% 29th 134% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $265,737 (Sep 26) 23rd -3.2% 30th 24% below peers
Redmond, WA $762,908 (Sep 26) 6th -4.4% 31st 118% above peers
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (77.7% then, 78.8% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (76.0% to 78.8%).
Bright spot 78.8%
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
Colorado ref 66.2% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Auburn, AL 53.1% 23rd +7.4pp 1st 9% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 60.9% 15th +8.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 46.3% 26th +4.9pp 3rd 20% below peers
Cicero, IL 54.6% 20th +4.9pp 4th 6% below peers
Perris, CA 68.8% 10th +5.7pp 5th 18% above peers
Waldorf, MD 74.9% 3rd +5.9pp 6th 29% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 64.7% 13th +4.3pp 7th 11% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 54.3% 21st +3.0pp 8th 7% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 53.7% 22nd +2.6pp 9th 8% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.1% 16th +2.2pp 10th on par with peers
Farmington Hills, MI 64.7% 12th +2.1pp 11th 11% above peers
Layton, UT 72.5% 5th +2.0pp 12th 25% above peers
Warwick, RI 73.3% 4th +1.9pp 13th 26% above peers
Pasco, WA 70.9% 8th +1.7pp 14th 22% above peers
Westland, MI 61.3% 14th +1.3pp 15th 5% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.2% 30th +0.6pp 16th 41% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 78.8% 2nd +1.1pp 17th 36% above peers
Longview, TX 54.7% 19th +0.5pp 18th 6% below peers
Whittier, CA 57.9% 17th +0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Cranston, RI 67.6% 11th +0.2pp 20th 16% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 27.2% 31st -0.1pp 21st 53% below peers
Livermore, CA 72.0% 6th -0.5pp 22nd 24% above peers
Bloomington, IN 34.8% 29th -0.7pp 23rd 40% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 70.2% 9th -1.5pp 24th 21% above peers
Redwood City, CA 48.6% 25th -1.2pp 25th 16% below peers
The Villages, FL 93.3% 1st -2.6pp 26th 61% above peers
Buena Park, CA 55.0% 18th -2.4pp 27th 5% below peers
Mansfield, TX 71.5% 7th -4.1pp 28th 23% above peers
Mountain View, CA 38.6% 28th -3.0pp 29th 34% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 52.1% 24th -4.6pp 30th 10% below peers
Redmond, WA 43.2% 27th -6.8pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending September 2026, slower than 77% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,333 in September 2026, up from $2,296 a year earlier.
$2,333
2016September 2026
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Lake Charles, LA $1,329 (Sep 26) 27th +18.9% 1st 38% below peers
Mountain View, CA $4,535 (Sep 26) 1st +9.7% 2nd 111% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $1,558 (Sep 26) 25th +9.4% 3rd 28% below peers
Redwood City, CA $4,301 (Sep 26) 3rd +9.1% 4th 100% above peers
Newport Beach, CA $4,364 (Sep 26) 2nd +7.1% 5th 103% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI $1,478 (Sep 26) 26th +6.4% 6th 31% below peers
Auburn, AL $1,681 (Sep 26) 23rd +5.8% 7th 22% below peers
Warwick, RI $2,235 (Sep 26) 15th +5.7% 8th 4% above peers
Livermore, CA $3,066 (Sep 26) 5th +5.2% 9th 43% above peers
Waldorf, MD $2,345 (Sep 26) 13th +5.0% 10th 9% above peers
New Rochelle, NY $2,995 (Sep 26) 6th +4.9% 11th 39% above peers
Perris, CA $2,846 (Sep 26) 7th +4.7% 12th 32% above peers
Redmond, WA $2,577 (Sep 26) 9th +4.1% 13th 20% above peers
Westland, MI $1,301 (Sep 26) 29th +3.7% 14th 40% below peers
Longview, TX $1,140 (Sep 26) 31st +3.4% 15th 47% below peers
San Leandro, CA $2,517 (Sep 26) 10th +3.2% 16th 17% above peers
Jonesboro, AR $1,243 (Sep 26) 30th +3.0% 17th 42% below peers
Cranston, RI $2,092 (Sep 26) 18th +2.7% 18th 3% below peers
Somerville, MA $3,428 (Sep 26) 4th +2.7% 19th 59% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $2,151 (Sep 26) 16th +2.3% 20th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL $2,348 (Sep 26) 12th +2.3% 21st 9% above peers
Cicero, IL $1,322 (Sep 26) 28th +2.2% 22nd 39% below peers
Bloomington, IN $1,763 (Sep 26) 20th +2.0% 23rd 18% below peers
Castle Rock, CO $2,333 (Sep 26) 14th +1.6% 24th 8% above peers
Buena Park, CA $2,590 (Sep 26) 8th +1.5% 25th 20% above peers
Whittier, CA $2,402 (Sep 26) 11th +0.9% 26th 12% above peers
Layton, UT $1,650 (Sep 26) 24th +0.5% 27th 23% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $1,926 (Sep 26) 19th +0.3% 28th 10% below peers
Mansfield, TX $1,707 (Sep 26) 21st -1.0% 29th 21% below peers
The Villages, FL $2,129 (Sep 26) 17th -1.1% 30th 1% below peers
Pasco, WA $1,707 (Sep 26) 22nd -1.1% 31st 21% below peers
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 (27.7% then, 29.7% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.5% to 29.7%).
Bright spot 29.7%
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
Colorado ref 34.0% +1.7pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Buena Park, CA 37.2% 20th -7.2pp 1st 9% above peers
Cicero, IL 34.7% 17th -6.5pp 2nd 2% above peers
Perris, CA 37.2% 21st -5.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 41.4% 24th -5.1pp 4th 21% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 29.0% 5th -2.8pp 5th 15% below peers
Redwood City, CA 37.4% 22nd -3.4pp 6th 10% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.1% 16th -0.9pp 7th on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA 33.4% 12th -0.8pp 8th 2% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 27.2% 3rd -0.6pp 9th 20% below peers
Mountain View, CA 33.5% 13th -0.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Whittier, CA 43.1% 26th -0.3pp 11th 27% above peers
Cranston, RI 35.3% 19th +0.2pp 12th 4% above peers
San Leandro, CA 41.7% 25th +0.4pp 13th 22% above peers
Westland, MI 31.8% 10th +0.4pp 14th 7% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 52.6% 30th +1.1pp 15th 54% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 53.1% 31st +1.2pp 16th 56% above peers
Auburn, AL 39.2% 23rd +1.0pp 17th 15% above peers
Bloomington, IN 47.4% 29th +1.3pp 18th 39% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.2% 9th +1.0pp 19th 8% below peers
Longview, TX 32.9% 11th +1.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Waldorf, MD 34.0% 15th +1.6pp 21st on par with peers
Layton, UT 23.2% 1st +1.2pp 22nd 32% below peers
Warwick, RI 33.7% 14th +1.9pp 23rd 1% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 44.7% 28th +3.0pp 24th 31% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 29.7% 6th +2.0pp 25th 13% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 43.5% 27th +3.1pp 26th 28% above peers
The Villages, FL 24.2% 2nd +2.2pp 27th 29% below peers
Livermore, CA 34.8% 18th +3.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Pasco, WA 30.1% 7th +2.9pp 29th 12% below peers
Redmond, WA 28.2% 4th +3.9pp 30th 17% below peers
Mansfield, TX 30.8% 8th +5.5pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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

2
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 →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (2.4% then, 2.3% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.3% to 2.3%).
Bright spot 2.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 5.2% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Longview, TX 5.6% 14th -1.8pp 1st 10% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 4.8% 9th -1.3pp 2nd 22% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.0% 18th -1.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
Cicero, IL 9.2% 27th -2.0pp 4th 50% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 7.5% 20th -1.0pp 5th 22% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 16.4% 30th -2.0pp 6th 165% above peers
Somerville, MA 21.6% 31st -2.3pp 7th 249% above peers
Mansfield, TX 2.2% 1st -0.2pp 8th 64% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.3% 3rd -0.2pp 9th 63% below peers
Warwick, RI 5.5% 13th -0.2pp 10th 12% below peers
Auburn, AL 4.1% 6th -0.2pp 11th 34% below peers
Layton, UT 3.0% 4th -0.1pp 12th 52% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 13th 1% below peers
Bloomington, IN 12.2% 29th -0.3pp 14th 97% above peers
The Villages, FL 2.2% 2nd +0.0pp 15th 64% below peers
Westland, MI 8.7% 25th +0.1pp 16th 41% above peers
Redmond, WA 7.6% 21st +0.2pp 17th 23% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 7.8% 22nd +0.3pp 18th 25% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 10.5% 28th +0.4pp 19th 70% above peers
Cranston, RI 7.4% 19th +0.5pp 20th 19% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.2% 17th +0.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Pasco, WA 4.5% 8th +0.5pp 22nd 27% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 8.4% 24th +0.9pp 23rd 36% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 4.4% 7th +0.5pp 24th 29% below peers
Mountain View, CA 8.1% 23rd +1.3pp 25th 30% above peers
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 16th +1.0pp 26th on par with peers
Perris, CA 4.9% 10th +0.8pp 27th 20% below peers
Waldorf, MD 3.8% 5th +0.8pp 28th 39% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.9% 26th +1.9pp 29th 43% above peers
Livermore, CA 5.2% 11th +1.4pp 30th 17% below peers
Buena Park, CA 5.3% 12th +2.1pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.9% then, 4.8% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.0% to 4.8%).
Bright spot 4.8%
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
Colorado ref 7.8% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Mountain View, CA 2.4% 4th -2.6pp 1st 60% below peers
Somerville, MA 1.9% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 68% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.9pp 3rd 68% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 6.3% 17th -2.9pp 4th 5% above peers
Bloomington, IN 5.8% 14th -2.4pp 5th 4% below peers
Layton, UT 6.6% 19th -2.7pp 6th 10% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 7th 47% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 12.7% 28th -3.4pp 8th 111% above peers
Livermore, CA 2.5% 5th -0.5pp 9th 59% below peers
Longview, TX 16.3% 30th -3.2pp 10th 172% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 10.6% 24th -2.0pp 11th 77% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 22nd -1.5pp 12th 38% above peers
Redwood City, CA 4.6% 10th -0.8pp 13th 24% below peers
Pasco, WA 11.8% 26th -1.5pp 14th 96% above peers
Warwick, RI 3.3% 7th -0.3pp 15th 46% below peers
Buena Park, CA 8.0% 21st -0.5pp 16th 32% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.0% 16th -0.3pp 17th on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 5.1% 12th -0.1pp 18th 15% below peers
Westland, MI 5.8% 15th -0.1pp 19th 4% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 8.9% 23rd -0.1pp 20th 48% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.3% 29th +0.0pp 21st 155% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 6.6% 18th +0.1pp 22nd 10% above peers
Cicero, IL 20.1% 31st +1.4pp 23rd 234% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 4.8% 11th +0.9pp 24th 20% below peers
Perris, CA 12.5% 27th +2.3pp 25th 108% above peers
Redmond, WA 3.7% 8th +0.7pp 26th 39% below peers
Auburn, AL 6.8% 20th +1.5pp 27th 13% above peers
Waldorf, MD 4.2% 9th +1.1pp 28th 30% below peers
Cranston, RI 5.3% 13th +1.9pp 29th 12% below peers
Mansfield, TX 11.3% 25th +4.3pp 30th 87% above peers
The Villages, FL 1.5% 1st +0.7pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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.

26.7%
20202023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 26.2%
United States ref 32.9%
Redmond, WA 18.5% 1st 41% below peers
Mountain View, CA 21.3% 2nd 32% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 22.1% 3rd 29% below peers
Somerville, MA 23.2% 4th 25% below peers
Livermore, CA 23.6% 5th 24% below peers
Buena Park, CA 23.6% 6th 24% below peers
San Leandro, CA 24.0% 7th 23% below peers
Redwood City, CA 24.7% 8th 21% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 26.6% 9th 14% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 26.7% 10th 14% below peers
The Villages, FL 27.0% 11th 13% below peers
Whittier, CA 27.5% 12th 12% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 28.3% 13th 9% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 29.2% 14th 6% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 29.8% 15th 4% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 31.1% 16th on par with peers
Cranston, RI 31.2% 17th on par with peers
Mansfield, TX 31.7% 18th 2% above peers
Warwick, RI 33.0% 19th 6% above peers
Bloomington, IN 33.0% 20th 6% above peers
Layton, UT 33.0% 21st 6% above peers
Westland, MI 34.7% 22nd 12% above peers
Auburn, AL 35.5% 23rd 14% above peers
Cicero, IL 35.5% 24th 14% above peers
Pasco, WA 35.6% 25th 14% above peers
Longview, TX 37.5% 26th 21% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 39.2% 27th 26% above peers
Perris, CA 40.3% 28th 30% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 42.2% 29th 36% above peers
Waldorf, MD 43.1% 30th 39% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 45.6% 31st 47% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.3% then, 3.7% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 3.7%).
3.7%
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
Colorado ref 5.2% +0.7pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Newport Beach, CA 0.0% 1st -1.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Mountain View, CA 0.4% 2nd -2.7pp 2nd 89% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.2% 18th -7.5pp 3rd 7% above peers
Whittier, CA 2.0% 8th -2.0pp 4th 50% below peers
Warwick, RI 1.5% 5th -1.3pp 5th 61% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 1.8% 7th -1.2pp 6th 55% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 3.9% 16th -2.6pp 7th on par with peers
Longview, TX 8.9% 29th -4.1pp 8th 127% above peers
Redwood City, CA 1.7% 6th -0.6pp 9th 57% below peers
Bloomington, IN 4.2% 19th -1.4pp 10th 8% above peers
Layton, UT 5.4% 25th -1.4pp 11th 38% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 4.8% 22nd -1.1pp 12th 23% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 9.6% 30th -1.5pp 13th 144% above peers
Westland, MI 2.1% 9th -0.2pp 14th 46% below peers
Waldorf, MD 2.8% 11th -0.0pp 15th 29% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.2% 24th +0.4pp 16th 32% above peers
Livermore, CA 1.4% 4th +0.2pp 17th 66% below peers
Pasco, WA 5.0% 23rd +0.7pp 18th 26% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 4.5% 20th +0.7pp 19th 15% above peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% 21st +0.8pp 20th 17% above peers
San Leandro, CA 2.8% 12th +0.9pp 21st 29% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.7% 15th +1.4pp 22nd 6% below peers
Mansfield, TX 10.2% 31st +4.2pp 23rd 160% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.0% 17th +2.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Redmond, WA 1.3% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 68% below peers
Cranston, RI 3.2% 13th +1.7pp 26th 18% below peers
Somerville, MA 2.5% 10th +1.4pp 27th 37% below peers
Auburn, AL 3.3% 14th +1.9pp 28th 17% below peers
Perris, CA 8.0% 28th +5.2pp 29th 102% above peers
Buena Park, CA 7.1% 27th +5.4pp 30th 81% above peers
The Villages, FL 6.2% 26th 57% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48.2% to 55.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Castle Rock started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.6% to 55.9%).
Bright spot 55.9%
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
Colorado ref 45.7% +4.8pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Kissimmee, FL 26.6% 25th +8.2pp 1st 23% below peers
Perris, CA 12.3% 30th +3.1pp 2nd 65% below peers
Cicero, IL 10.8% 31st +1.9pp 3rd 69% below peers
Livermore, CA 52.3% 10th +8.3pp 4th 51% above peers
Waldorf, MD 34.8% 16th +5.2pp 5th on par with peers
Hawthorne, CA 26.0% 26th +3.7pp 6th 25% below peers
Pasco, WA 21.4% 29th +3.1pp 7th 38% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 51.6% 11th +7.1pp 8th 49% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 55.9% 8th +7.6pp 9th 61% above peers
Whittier, CA 29.5% 23rd +3.1pp 10th 15% below peers
Longview, TX 23.7% 27th +2.3pp 11th 32% below peers
Auburn, AL 64.1% 5th +6.2pp 12th 85% above peers
Cranston, RI 36.4% 15th +3.2pp 13th 5% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 32.1% 21st +2.7pp 14th 8% below peers
Redwood City, CA 54.4% 9th +4.2pp 15th 57% above peers
Buena Park, CA 33.0% 19th +2.5pp 16th 5% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 32.7% 20th +2.4pp 17th 6% below peers
Mountain View, CA 75.0% 2nd +5.5pp 18th 116% above peers
Somerville, MA 69.4% 4th +5.0pp 19th 100% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.8% 22nd +2.3pp 20th 9% below peers
Layton, UT 36.6% 14th +2.4pp 21st 5% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 29.1% 24th +1.6pp 22nd 16% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 57.6% 7th +3.1pp 23rd 66% above peers
Bloomington, IN 58.8% 6th +2.9pp 24th 69% above peers
San Leandro, CA 33.3% 18th +1.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Redmond, WA 75.3% 1st +3.5pp 26th 117% above peers
Westland, MI 23.0% 28th +0.9pp 27th 34% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 69.6% 3rd +2.6pp 28th 100% above peers
The Villages, FL 42.8% 12th +0.5pp 29th 23% above peers
Mansfield, TX 42.5% 13th +0.3pp 30th 22% above peers
Warwick, RI 33.6% 17th -0.1pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 21.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48.8% to 70.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Castle Rock started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.8% to 70.3%).
Bright spot 70.4%
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
Colorado ref 48.7% -1.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Kissimmee, FL 52.1% 15th +17.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 70.3% 4th +21.6pp 2nd 37% above peers
Warwick, RI 57.1% 11th +16.3pp 3rd 11% above peers
Livermore, CA 75.3% 3rd +16.7pp 4th 47% above peers
Longview, TX 48.9% 19th +7.7pp 5th 4% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 69.7% 5th +10.7pp 6th 36% above peers
Buena Park, CA 54.0% 14th +6.0pp 7th 5% above peers
Cranston, RI 44.5% 23rd +3.9pp 8th 13% below peers
Somerville, MA 60.0% 7th +1.8pp 9th 17% above peers
Whittier, CA 50.4% 18th +1.3pp 10th 2% below peers
Bloomington, IN 56.7% 12th +1.3pp 11th 11% above peers
Westland, MI 47.5% 20th +1.0pp 12th 7% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 79.1% 2nd +1.5pp 13th 54% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 58.4% 10th -0.5pp 14th 14% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 59.3% 9th -1.9pp 15th 16% above peers
Pasco, WA 26.1% 30th -0.9pp 16th 49% below peers
Waldorf, MD 44.8% 22nd -2.8pp 17th 13% below peers
Mansfield, TX 41.5% 24th -5.0pp 18th 19% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 51.2% 16th -8.1pp 19th on par with peers
Redwood City, CA 55.6% 13th -9.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Auburn, AL 45.9% 21st -8.0pp 21st 10% below peers
San Leandro, CA 50.6% 17th -10.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Redmond, WA 59.7% 8th -12.4pp 23rd 17% above peers
Mountain View, CA 61.8% 6th -14.3pp 24th 21% above peers
Perris, CA 23.4% 31st -7.2pp 25th 54% below peers
Cicero, IL 30.6% 28th -9.7pp 26th 40% below peers
Layton, UT 26.5% 29th -9.7pp 27th 48% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 35.3% 25th -15.4pp 28th 31% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 34.7% 26th -15.8pp 29th 32% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 33.6% 27th -19.4pp 30th 34% below peers
The Villages, FL 100.0% 1st 95% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Danbury, CT up 17.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.1% then, 2.1% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 2.1%).
Bright spot 2.1%
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
Colorado ref 6.6% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
The Villages, FL 0.0% 1st -100.0pp 1st 100% below peers
Mountain View, CA 2.7% 9th -8.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Livermore, CA 1.5% 5th -3.0pp 3rd 75% below peers
Cranston, RI 2.6% 8th -3.3pp 4th 57% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.4% 3rd -1.5pp 5th 77% below peers
Auburn, AL 0.8% 2nd -0.8pp 6th 88% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.1% 7th -2.0pp 7th 66% below peers
Perris, CA 7.9% 22nd -3.9pp 8th 29% above peers
Layton, UT 4.3% 14th -0.9pp 9th 30% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.5% 15th -1.0pp 10th 11% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.3% 20th -1.1pp 11th 20% above peers
Cicero, IL 9.7% 27th -1.4pp 12th 58% above peers
Mansfield, TX 3.6% 11th -0.4pp 13th 40% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 7.7% 21st +0.5pp 14th 27% above peers
Waldorf, MD 6.3% 17th +0.7pp 15th 3% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 3.7% 12th +0.5pp 16th 40% below peers
Bloomington, IN 1.4% 4th +0.2pp 17th 76% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 25th +1.3pp 18th 36% above peers
Pasco, WA 10.0% 28th +2.0pp 19th 63% above peers
Longview, TX 8.3% 24th +1.7pp 20th 36% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 6.5% 18th +2.1pp 21st 7% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 6.8% 19th +2.3pp 22nd 11% above peers
Whittier, CA 9.6% 26th +4.7pp 23rd 57% above peers
Buena Park, CA 6.1% 16th +3.2pp 24th on par with peers
Redwood City, CA 4.2% 13th +2.2pp 25th 32% below peers
San Leandro, CA 10.9% 29th +5.9pp 26th 79% above peers
Westland, MI 17.3% 31st +11.0pp 27th 184% above peers
Warwick, RI 8.2% 23rd +5.2pp 28th 33% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.4% 30th +11.1pp 29th 152% above peers
Somerville, MA 1.6% 6th +1.2pp 30th 74% below peers
Redmond, WA 2.8% 10th +2.1pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 62,417 to 79,123 - more than the combined survey margin (±118).

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 53% from 2014 to 2024 (51,802 to 79,123).
Big move 79,123
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
Castle Rock, CO 79,123 29th +27% 1st 5% below peers
Auburn, AL 80,594 24th +26% 2nd 3% below peers
Redmond, WA 77,353 31st +18% 3rd 7% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 81,479 20th +14% 4th 2% below peers
Mansfield, TX 77,510 30th +11% 5th 6% below peers
Waldorf, MD 82,943 14th +10% 6th on par with peers
Layton, UT 83,286 11th +9% 7th 1% above peers
Pasco, WA 79,575 28th +9% 8th 4% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 81,435 21st +6% 9th 2% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 80,137 26th +5% 10th 3% below peers
The Villages, FL 83,498 10th +5% 11th 1% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 81,143 22nd +5% 12th 2% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 83,876 5th +5% 13th 1% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 82,769 18th +5% 14th on par with peers
Perris, CA 80,511 25th +4% 15th 3% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 83,515 9th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Warwick, RI 83,175 13th +3% 17th on par with peers
Mountain View, CA 83,732 7th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Cranston, RI 83,250 12th +2% 19th on par with peers
Westland, MI 83,633 8th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Longview, TX 82,923 15th +2% 21st on par with peers
Cicero, IL 82,797 17th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Buena Park, CA 82,871 16th +0% 23rd on par with peers
Somerville, MA 81,036 23rd +0% 24th 2% below peers
Whittier, CA 86,165 2nd +0% 25th 4% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 83,845 6th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 85,191 4th -2% 27th 3% above peers
San Leandro, CA 87,826 1st -2% 28th 6% above peers
Redwood City, CA 82,447 19th -4% 29th 1% below peers
Livermore, CA 85,522 3rd -5% 30th 3% above peers
Bloomington, IN 80,049 27th -5% 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.8% to 26.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 4.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (30.1% to 26.1%).
Big move 26.1%
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
Colorado ref 21.0% -1.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Auburn, AL 19.3% 23rd +1.0pp 1st 12% below peers
Buena Park, CA 23.1% 13th +1.0pp 2nd 6% above peers
Mountain View, CA 19.9% 20th +0.2pp 3rd 9% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.0% 5th -0.1pp 4th 28% above peers
Redwood City, CA 21.3% 17th -0.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Warwick, RI 17.6% 26th -0.1pp 6th 20% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 23.8% 12th -0.2pp 7th 9% above peers
Whittier, CA 22.7% 15th -0.3pp 8th 4% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 21.9% 16th -0.3pp 9th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 17.1% 27th -0.3pp 10th 22% below peers
Livermore, CA 23.0% 14th -0.6pp 11th 5% above peers
Westland, MI 20.1% 19th -0.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Cranston, RI 19.6% 21st -0.6pp 13th 10% below peers
Mansfield, TX 28.4% 4th -0.8pp 14th 30% above peers
Waldorf, MD 24.9% 9th -0.8pp 15th 14% above peers
Longview, TX 25.1% 8th -0.9pp 16th 15% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 24.7% 10th -1.0pp 17th 13% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 16.5% 28th -0.7pp 18th 24% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 24.0% 11th -1.2pp 19th 10% above peers
Bloomington, IN 10.6% 29th -0.5pp 20th 52% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 19.5% 22nd -1.0pp 21st 11% below peers
San Leandro, CA 18.1% 24th -1.0pp 22nd 17% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 17.8% 25th -1.2pp 23rd 19% below peers
Pasco, WA 31.4% 1st -2.2pp 24th 43% above peers
Redmond, WA 20.9% 18th -1.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Layton, UT 29.0% 2nd -2.4pp 26th 33% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 26.1% 6th -2.7pp 27th 19% above peers
The Villages, FL 0.7% 31st -0.1pp 28th 97% below peers
Cicero, IL 25.8% 7th -3.0pp 29th 18% above peers
Perris, CA 28.5% 3rd -3.7pp 30th 30% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.8% 30th -1.9pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.9% then, 14.1% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.1% to 14.1%).
Big move 14.1%
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
Colorado ref 24.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Farmington Hills, MI 24.5% 20th +9.6pp 1st 13% below peers
Westland, MI 43.3% 2nd +12.0pp 2nd 54% above peers
Layton, UT 20.2% 24th +5.3pp 3rd 28% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 21.5% 23rd +5.6pp 4th 23% below peers
Buena Park, CA 31.6% 14th +7.2pp 5th 13% above peers
Whittier, CA 28.0% 16th +4.7pp 6th on par with peers
Pasco, WA 35.6% 12th +5.9pp 7th 27% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 14.1% 29th +2.1pp 8th 50% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 41.0% 7th +5.5pp 9th 46% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 38.3% 10th +4.9pp 10th 37% above peers
Mansfield, TX 25.0% 19th +3.0pp 11th 11% below peers
Longview, TX 42.5% 3rd +4.7pp 12th 52% above peers
Bloomington, IN 36.0% 11th +2.4pp 13th 29% above peers
Warwick, RI 27.1% 17th +1.7pp 14th 3% below peers
Cicero, IL 41.1% 5th +1.9pp 15th 47% above peers
Perris, CA 32.0% 13th +1.4pp 16th 14% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 40.5% 9th +0.4pp 17th 45% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 41.1% 6th -0.2pp 18th 47% above peers
Mountain View, CA 18.1% 26th -0.1pp 19th 35% below peers
Redmond, WA 12.1% 31st -0.1pp 20th 57% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 20.0% 25th -1.2pp 21st 29% below peers
Livermore, CA 13.0% 30th -1.0pp 22nd 54% below peers
Auburn, AL 24.3% 21st -2.1pp 23rd 13% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 41.0% 8th -4.1pp 24th 46% above peers
Cranston, RI 26.3% 18th -2.8pp 25th 6% below peers
San Leandro, CA 23.6% 22nd -3.9pp 26th 16% below peers
Waldorf, MD 28.8% 15th -9.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 41.6% 4th -13.8pp 28th 48% above peers
Redwood City, CA 16.4% 28th -6.7pp 29th 41% below peers
Somerville, MA 17.0% 27th -13.7pp 30th 39% below peers
The Villages, FL 47.1% 1st 68% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents rose 15.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.5% to 76.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.5pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.1% to 76.6%).
Big move 76.6%
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
Colorado ref 67.2% +3.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Kissimmee, FL 68.8% 16th +17.0pp 1st 2% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 76.6% 4th +15.1pp 2nd 9% above peers
Buena Park, CA 70.0% 15th +13.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Redmond, WA 57.6% 28th +6.9pp 4th 18% below peers
Westland, MI 72.0% 11th +8.5pp 5th 3% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 74.9% 6th +8.3pp 6th 7% above peers
Auburn, AL 66.3% 19th +6.8pp 7th 5% below peers
Redwood City, CA 73.6% 9th +6.2pp 8th 5% above peers
Livermore, CA 72.0% 12th +6.0pp 9th 3% above peers
Waldorf, MD 78.3% 3rd +4.8pp 10th 12% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 84.5% 1st +5.0pp 11th 21% above peers
Somerville, MA 80.0% 2nd +3.9pp 12th 14% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 60.1% 25th +2.5pp 13th 14% below peers
Layton, UT 54.1% 30th +2.3pp 14th 23% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 67.5% 18th +2.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Bloomington, IN 62.5% 20th +1.9pp 16th 11% below peers
Cicero, IL 61.9% 21st +1.7pp 17th 12% below peers
Mansfield, TX 76.0% 5th +1.9pp 18th 9% above peers
Perris, CA 59.4% 26th +1.5pp 19th 15% below peers
Cranston, RI 70.8% 14th +1.1pp 20th 1% above peers
Mountain View, CA 73.4% 10th +0.4pp 21st 5% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 74.7% 7th +0.1pp 22nd 7% above peers
Longview, TX 60.2% 24th -0.5pp 23rd 14% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 74.6% 8th -4.2pp 24th 7% above peers
Pasco, WA 61.9% 22nd -4.4pp 25th 12% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 67.8% 17th -6.6pp 26th 3% below peers
Warwick, RI 71.4% 13th -8.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Whittier, CA 56.4% 29th -12.6pp 28th 19% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.5% 27th -14.5pp 29th 16% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 60.2% 23rd -21.0pp 30th 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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3 of 10 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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