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Colorado Springs, CO

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494,743 people (2025) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 15 indicators

Where Colorado Springs, CO shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
298 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 48%
relative change
577 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
10.2%
2020-24
▼ 36%
relative change
15.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$84,818
2020-24
▲ 31%
relative change
$64,712 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.0%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
11.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.4%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
9.4%
2019-23
▼ 13%
relative change
10.8% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
674 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
726 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
42.7%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
39.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.6%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
90.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
60.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
59.0% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.44 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
7.7%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
7.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
18 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 36%
relative change
28 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.7%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
6.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
43.4%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
45.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Colorado Springs, CO shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.3%
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
3,010 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
3,380 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
35.8%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
34.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
21.8%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
23.2% in 2019
Falling  
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$332,027
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$337,640 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$441,553
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$448,292 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
26.4%
2020-24
low
vs peers
29.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
62.0%
2020-24
low
vs peers
60.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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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 7% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 674 in July 2026, down from 726 a year earlier.
Bright spot 674 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Memphis, TN 1,471 (Jul 26) -35.5% 1st
Tucson, AZ 458 (Jul 26) -27.3% 2nd
Arlington, TX 360 (Jul 26) -18.9% 3rd
Long Beach, CA 670 (Jul 26) -18.7% 4th
Miami, FL 315 (Jul 26) -15.7% 5th
Tulsa, OK 758 (May 26) -15.4% 6th
Aurora, CO 713 (Jul 26) -15.3% 7th
Raleigh, NC 392 (Jul 26) -12.1% 8th
Milwaukee, WI 1,107 (Jun 26) -11.1% 9th
Baltimore, MD 1,482 (Jul 26) -9.0% 10th
Colorado Springs, CO 674 (Jul 26) -7.2% 11th
Fresno, CA 675 (Jun 26) -7.2% 12th
Kansas City, MO 1,367 (Jul 26) -6.5% 13th
Sacramento, CA 619 (Jul 26) -6.5% 14th
Omaha, NE 354 (Jul 26) -1.0% 15th
Minneapolis, MN 1,047 (Jul 26) -0.8% 16th
Mesa, AZ 441 (Jul 26) -0.3% 17th
Bakersfield, CA 507 (Jul 26) +6.9% 18th
Virginia Beach, VA 100 (Jul 26) +13.7% 19th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Tucson, AZ down about 27% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
  • Arlington, TX down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Miami, FL down about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 14% lower than in 2021 (3,522 then, 3,041 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 3,891 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3,010 in July 2026, down from 3,380 a year earlier.
Needs attention 3,010 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Memphis, TN 3,691 (Jul 26) -38.3% 1st
Tucson, AZ 2,228 (Jul 26) -29.7% 2nd
Long Beach, CA 2,312 (Jul 26) -20.4% 3rd
Arlington, TX 1,800 (Jul 26) -18.9% 4th
Miami, FL 2,205 (Jul 26) -17.5% 5th
Raleigh, NC 2,139 (Jul 26) -17.2% 6th
Mesa, AZ 1,178 (Jul 26) -15.6% 7th
Tulsa, OK 2,985 (May 26) -15.4% 8th
Atlanta, GA 3,121 (Apr 26) -14.8% 9th
Aurora, CO 2,355 (Jul 26) -14.7% 10th
Milwaukee, WI 2,251 (Jun 26) -13.9% 11th
Sacramento, CA 2,060 (Jul 26) -13.0% 12th
Virginia Beach, VA 1,381 (Jul 26) -12.9% 13th
Omaha, NE 2,652 (Jul 26) -11.1% 14th
Colorado Springs, CO 3,010 (Jul 26) -10.9% 15th
Fresno, CA 2,539 (Jun 26) -10.5% 16th
Kansas City, MO 3,950 (Jul 26) -7.9% 17th
Minneapolis, MN 4,738 (Jul 26) -1.8% 18th
Baltimore, MD 4,248 (Jul 26) +2.9% 19th
Bakersfield, CA 2,261 (Jul 26) +7.5% 20th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Reno, NV down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Urban Honolulu, HI down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Glendale, AZ down about 15% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 36% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities. Colorado Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 18 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 28 in the prior 12 months. That is 4 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 18 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Arlington, TX 2 (Jul 26) -57.8% 1st
Tucson, AZ 5 (Jul 26) -54.6% 2nd
Aurora, CO 5 (Jul 26) -43.2% 3rd
Memphis, TN 22 (Jul 26) -40.3% 4th
Albuquerque, NM 10 (Jul 26) -37.8% 5th
Raleigh, NC 3 (Jul 26) -36.0% 6th
Virginia Beach, VA 2 (Jul 26) -35.9% 7th
Colorado Springs, CO 4 (Jul 26) -35.7% 8th
Baltimore, MD 20 (Jul 26) -32.1% 9th
Sacramento, CA 6 (Jul 26) -30.3% 10th
Mesa, AZ 3 (Jul 26) -26.2% 11th
Bakersfield, CA 5 (Jul 26) -25.0% 12th
Fresno, CA 4 (Jun 26) -22.6% 13th
Atlanta, GA 16 (Jul 26) -21.8% 14th
Minneapolis, MN 13 (Jul 26) -20.6% 15th
Miami, FL 4 (Jul 26) -18.3% 16th
Milwaukee, WI 22 (Jun 26) -15.4% 17th
Kansas City, MO 26 (Jul 26) -11.3% 18th
Tulsa, OK 6 (May 26) -7.1% 19th
Omaha, NE 4 (Jul 26) -4.4% 20th
Long Beach, CA 6 (Jul 26) -3.7% 21st
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Henderson, NV down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Seattle, WA down about 39% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laredo, TX down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 44% lower than in 2021 (551 then, 309 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 932 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 298 in July 2026, down from 577 a year earlier.
Bright spot 298 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Memphis, TN 503 (Jul 26) -58.4% 1st
Tucson, AZ 198 (Jul 26) -54.8% 2nd
Colorado Springs, CO 298 (Jul 26) -48.4% 3rd
Aurora, CO 392 (Jul 26) -41.8% 4th
Arlington, TX 176 (Jul 26) -40.8% 5th
Miami, FL 198 (Jul 26) -37.1% 6th
Atlanta, GA 469 (Apr 26) -31.6% 7th
Omaha, NE 375 (Jul 26) -31.1% 8th
Milwaukee, WI 729 (Jun 26) -28.4% 9th
Mesa, AZ 135 (Jul 26) -25.6% 10th
Raleigh, NC 286 (Jul 26) -25.3% 11th
Fresno, CA 405 (Jun 26) -22.4% 12th
Long Beach, CA 612 (Jul 26) -19.8% 13th
Virginia Beach, VA 83 (Jul 26) -19.5% 14th
Tulsa, OK 350 (May 26) -18.8% 15th
Kansas City, MO 1,188 (Jul 26) -14.2% 16th
Sacramento, CA 376 (Jul 26) -14.0% 17th
Bakersfield, CA 464 (Jul 26) -10.2% 18th
Minneapolis, MN 1,264 (Jul 26) -3.6% 19th
Baltimore, MD 817 (Jul 26) -1.5% 20th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Miami, FL down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reno, NV down about 28% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 4% a year · 2020-2025
  • Lubbock, TX down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $64,712 to $84,818 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,873).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Colorado Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 56% from 2014 to 2024 ($54,228 to $84,818).
Bright spot $84,818
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref $95,470 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Miami, FL $62,462 19th +60% 1st 17% below peers
Atlanta, GA $85,652 6th +43% 2nd 13% above peers
Mesa, AZ $82,752 9th +42% 3rd 10% above peers
Fresno, CA $70,991 15th +41% 4th 6% below peers
Tampa, FL $75,475 12th +40% 5th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA $87,321 5th +40% 6th 16% above peers
Long Beach, CA $87,430 4th +39% 7th 16% above peers
Oakland, CA $101,600 1st +38% 8th 35% above peers
Aurora, CO $88,368 3rd +36% 9th 17% above peers
Tucson, AZ $57,073 22nd +31% 10th 24% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $84,818 8th +31% 11th 12% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $54,234 23rd +30% 12th 28% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $80,846 10th +29% 13th 7% above peers
Albuquerque, NM $68,317 17th +29% 14th 9% below peers
Kansas City, MO $69,166 16th +28% 15th 8% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $80,540 11th +28% 16th 7% above peers
Raleigh, NC $85,395 7th +27% 17th 13% above peers
Tulsa, OK $59,838 21st +26% 18th 21% below peers
Memphis, TN $51,736 24th +25% 19th 31% below peers
Arlington, TX $75,171 13th +24% 20th on par with peers
Baltimore, MD $62,177 20th +23% 21st 18% below peers
Wichita, KS $64,620 18th +23% 22nd 14% below peers
Omaha, NE $73,201 14th +22% 23rd 3% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $92,968 2nd +21% 24th 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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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35 of 112 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

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,638 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 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in July 2026, up from 4.1% a year earlier.
4.2%
1990July 2026
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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 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Long Beach, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 17th -0.9pp 1st 6% above peers
Kansas City, MO 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.8pp 2nd 23% below peers
Fresno, CA 6.9% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.6pp 3rd 44% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 6.9% (Jul 26) 24th -0.5pp 4th 44% above peers
Miami, FL 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 5th 54% below peers
Oakland, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 14th -0.4pp 6th 2% above peers
Omaha, NE 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 7th 31% below peers
Raleigh, NC 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 8th 31% below peers
Atlanta, GA 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 9th 27% below peers
Sacramento, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 10th 10% above peers
Memphis, TN 5.6% (Jul 26) 20th -0.1pp 11th 17% above peers
Wichita, KS 4.7% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 12th 2% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 4.9% (Jul 26) 15th +0.0pp 13th 2% above peers
Baltimore, MD 5.7% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.0pp 14th 19% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th +0.1pp 15th 12% below peers
Aurora, CO 4.4% (Jul 26) 8th +0.2pp 16th 8% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th +0.4pp 17th 27% below peers
Mesa, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 10th +0.5pp 18th 4% below peers
Arlington, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 19th 2% below peers
Tucson, AZ 5.6% (Jul 26) 21st +0.6pp 20th 17% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.3% (Jul 26) 19th +0.6pp 21st 10% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th +0.6pp 22nd 8% below peers
Tampa, FL 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Tulsa, OK 4.8% (Jul 26) 13th +1.3pp 24th on par with peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.7% to 9.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 4% moved the other way. Colorado Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.9% to 9.1%).
Bright spot 9.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 9.4% -0.9pp
United States ref 12.4%
Mesa, AZ 10.3% 3rd -4.5pp 1st 33% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.1% 2nd -2.6pp 2nd 42% below peers
Fresno, CA 20.1% 22nd -5.1pp 3rd 29% above peers
Oakland, CA 13.4% 7th -3.4pp 4th 14% below peers
Atlanta, GA 16.9% 17th -3.9pp 5th 9% above peers
Miami, FL 19.4% 20th -4.0pp 6th 25% above peers
Tampa, FL 15.4% 12th -3.2pp 7th 1% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 16.0% 15th -3.2pp 8th 3% above peers
Tucson, AZ 18.9% 19th -3.6pp 9th 21% above peers
Sacramento, CA 13.9% 9th -2.6pp 10th 10% below peers
Long Beach, CA 14.8% 11th -2.0pp 11th 5% below peers
Arlington, TX 12.9% 6th -1.7pp 12th 17% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 22.8% 23rd -2.6pp 13th 47% above peers
Kansas City, MO 14.7% 10th -1.5pp 14th 6% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 15.5% 13th -1.3pp 15th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 23.1% 24th -2.0pp 16th 49% above peers
Baltimore, MD 19.8% 21st -1.5pp 17th 27% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.3% 16th -1.1pp 18th 5% above peers
Raleigh, NC 11.9% 4th -0.7pp 19th 23% below peers
Tulsa, OK 18.7% 18th -0.7pp 20th 21% above peers
Wichita, KS 15.9% 14th +0.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Omaha, NE 13.5% 8th +0.1pp 22nd 13% below peers
Aurora, CO 11.9% 5th +1.2pp 23rd 23% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 8.6% 1st +1.3pp 24th 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Irvine, CA down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 72% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 71% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.8% to 10.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 4% moved the other way. Colorado Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.6% to 10.2%).
Bright spot 10.2%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 11.1% -1.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Mesa, AZ 13.4% 3rd -8.8pp 1st 33% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 10.2% 1st -5.6pp 2nd 49% below peers
Oakland, CA 16.6% 5th -8.2pp 3rd 17% below peers
Atlanta, GA 23.3% 17th -10.2pp 4th 17% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 17.9% 9th -7.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Tampa, FL 19.2% 12th -7.3pp 6th 3% below peers
Long Beach, CA 18.6% 11th -5.7pp 7th 6% below peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 22nd -8.1pp 8th 38% above peers
Sacramento, CA 17.0% 6th -4.9pp 9th 14% below peers
Miami, FL 25.2% 19th -6.6pp 10th 27% above peers
Tucson, AZ 24.2% 18th -6.3pp 11th 22% above peers
Arlington, TX 17.7% 8th -4.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Baltimore, MD 25.5% 20th -5.5pp 13th 28% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 19.9% 13th -4.1pp 14th on par with peers
Kansas City, MO 20.3% 14th -3.9pp 15th 2% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 31.7% 23rd -5.0pp 16th 60% above peers
Memphis, TN 35.6% 24th -5.1pp 17th 80% above peers
Raleigh, NC 16.0% 4th -1.8pp 18th 20% below peers
Omaha, NE 17.2% 7th -1.5pp 19th 14% below peers
Tulsa, OK 27.4% 21st -2.4pp 20th 38% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 22.0% 16th -1.2pp 21st 11% above peers
Wichita, KS 21.8% 15th -0.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 11.4% 2nd +1.3pp 23rd 42% below peers
Aurora, CO 18.1% 10th +3.1pp 24th 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Anchorage municipality, AK down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 71% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 70% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 64% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.5% to 94.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Colorado Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 7.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.5% to 94.6%).
Bright spot 94.6%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 93.7% +5.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Miami, FL 83.7% 24th +17.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Memphis, TN 87.6% 22nd +17.9pp 2nd 4% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 88.4% 21st +13.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Baltimore, MD 85.5% 23rd +10.7pp 4th 7% below peers
Atlanta, GA 91.7% 11th +10.5pp 5th on par with peers
Wichita, KS 91.6% 13th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Albuquerque, NM 90.6% 16th +9.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 90.5% 18th +8.9pp 8th 1% below peers
Oakland, CA 91.7% 12th +8.7pp 9th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA 93.4% 8th +8.8pp 10th 2% above peers
Tulsa, OK 89.8% 19th +8.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Tampa, FL 93.6% 7th +8.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Fresno, CA 88.9% 20th +7.1pp 13th 3% below peers
Omaha, NE 91.6% 14th +7.1pp 14th on par with peers
Minneapolis, MN 90.9% 15th +7.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Tucson, AZ 90.5% 17th +6.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Sacramento, CA 93.7% 6th +6.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 94.1% 4th +6.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Arlington, TX 92.4% 10th +6.6pp 19th 1% above peers
Mesa, AZ 93.3% 9th +6.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Aurora, CO 93.7% 5th +6.1pp 21st 2% above peers
Raleigh, NC 94.7% 1st +4.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 94.5% 3rd +4.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 94.6% 2nd +4.0pp 24th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Bakersfield, CA up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 60% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC up 6.7pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 61% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverside, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 65% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 (0.44 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
35% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.43).
Bright spot 0.43
20102024
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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
Atlanta, GA 0.56 24th -0.024 1st 18% above peers
Mesa, AZ 0.43 2nd -0.017 2nd 9% below peers
Sacramento, CA 0.45 6th -0.016 3rd 6% below peers
Tulsa, OK 0.51 18th -0.012 4th 7% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 0.43 3rd -0.009 5th 8% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 0.46 9th -0.009 6th 3% below peers
Miami, FL 0.56 23rd -0.009 7th 17% above peers
Baltimore, MD 0.51 19th -0.006 8th 7% above peers
Long Beach, CA 0.46 10th -0.005 9th 2% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 0.45 7th -0.005 10th 5% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 0.47 11th -0.004 11th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 0.47 12th -0.003 12th 1% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 0.50 17th -0.003 13th 4% above peers
Fresno, CA 0.48 14th -0.000 14th 2% above peers
Oakland, CA 0.51 20th -0.000 15th 8% above peers
Tucson, AZ 0.46 8th +0.001 16th 3% below peers
Tampa, FL 0.54 22nd +0.001 17th 15% above peers
Memphis, TN 0.52 21st +0.002 18th 10% above peers
Arlington, TX 0.44 5th +0.005 19th 8% below peers
Wichita, KS 0.47 13th +0.009 20th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 0.49 16th +0.015 21st 3% above peers
Raleigh, NC 0.48 15th +0.018 22nd 2% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 0.44 4th +0.019 23rd 8% below peers
Aurora, CO 0.43 1st +0.020 24th 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 10.8% to 9.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys.

Broader trend
52% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 22% moved the other way. Colorado Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 0.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (9.6% to 9.4%).
Bright spot 9.4%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 8.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Mesa, AZ 8.1% 2nd -1.9pp 1st 44% below peers
Tampa, FL 15.7% 16th -3.6pp 2nd 10% above peers
Miami, FL 25.4% 23rd -5.6pp 3rd 78% above peers
Kansas City, MO 10.5% 7th -2.2pp 4th 26% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 12.4% 10th -2.3pp 5th 13% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.4% 4th -1.4pp 6th 34% below peers
Arlington, TX 10.4% 6th -1.4pp 7th 28% below peers
Omaha, NE 10.2% 5th -1.3pp 8th 29% below peers
Atlanta, GA 14.3% 13th -1.6pp 9th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 16.2% 17th -1.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Memphis, TN 20.4% 20th -2.1pp 11th 42% above peers
Wichita, KS 11.1% 9th -1.0pp 12th 22% below peers
Baltimore, MD 23.6% 22nd -0.9pp 13th 65% above peers
Raleigh, NC 8.3% 3rd -0.3pp 14th 42% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.5% 24th -0.2pp 15th 92% above peers
Fresno, CA 23.0% 21st -0.0pp 16th 61% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.5% 1st +0.1pp 17th 55% below peers
Tulsa, OK 15.6% 15th +0.5pp 18th 9% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.8% 18th +1.1pp 19th 17% above peers
Aurora, CO 10.8% 8th +1.0pp 20th 25% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 17.3% 19th +2.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Sacramento, CA 14.7% 14th +2.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Long Beach, CA 13.8% 12th +2.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Oakland, CA 13.7% 11th +3.5pp 24th 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Irving, TX down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lexington, KY down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 4% higher than in 2021 ($425,045 then, $441,553 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $479,194 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $441,553 in August 2026, down from $448,292 a year earlier.
Big move $441,553
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref $532,748 (Aug 26) -1.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Virginia Beach, VA $427,730 (Aug 26) 9th +3.3% 1st 12% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $227,629 (Aug 26) 20th +3.2% 2nd 40% below peers
Tulsa, OK $220,221 (Aug 26) 21st +3.1% 3rd 42% below peers
Wichita, KS $207,080 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.7% 4th 46% below peers
Long Beach, CA $850,917 (Aug 26) 1st +2.5% 5th 123% above peers
Omaha, NE $296,615 (Aug 26) 18th +1.9% 6th 22% below peers
Kansas City, MO $253,549 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 7th 34% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $345,503 (Aug 26) 14th +1.6% 8th 10% below peers
Miami, FL $580,866 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 9th 52% above peers
Fresno, CA $388,924 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 10th 2% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $328,529 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 11th 14% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $388,250 (Aug 26) 11th -0.0% 12th 2% above peers
Tampa, FL $377,566 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 13th 1% below peers
Arlington, TX $309,891 (Aug 26) 17th -0.8% 14th 19% below peers
Oakland, CA $708,610 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.9% 15th 86% above peers
Sacramento, CA $473,797 (Aug 26) 4th -0.9% 16th 24% above peers
Mesa, AZ $429,657 (Aug 26) 7th -0.9% 17th 12% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $441,553 (Aug 26) 6th -1.5% 18th 16% above peers
Raleigh, NC $428,671 (Aug 26) 8th -1.7% 19th 12% above peers
Tucson, AZ $321,918 (Aug 26) 16th -2.0% 20th 16% below peers
Atlanta, GA $381,948 (Aug 26) 12th -2.0% 21st on par with peers
Memphis, TN $145,335 (Aug 26) 24th -2.8% 22nd 62% below peers
Aurora, CO $452,698 (Aug 26) 5th -2.8% 23rd 19% above peers
Baltimore, MD $186,741 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.4% 24th 51% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 5% higher than in 2021 ($317,031 then, $332,027 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $362,160 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $332,027 in August 2026, down from $337,640 a year earlier.
Big move $332,027
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref $355,059 (Aug 26) -1.7%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Milwaukee, WI $141,250 (Aug 26) 19th +4.4% 1st 48% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $306,966 (Aug 26) 8th +4.0% 2nd 13% above peers
Wichita, KS $125,010 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.2% 3rd 54% below peers
Tulsa, OK $130,721 (Aug 26) 21st +3.0% 4th 52% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $271,532 (Aug 26) 12th +2.0% 5th on par with peers
Omaha, NE $202,029 (Aug 26) 18th +1.7% 6th 26% below peers
Kansas City, MO $137,976 (Aug 26) 20th +1.4% 7th 49% below peers
Fresno, CA $283,671 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 8th 4% above peers
Long Beach, CA $579,985 (Aug 26) 1st +0.7% 9th 114% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $215,674 (Aug 26) 16th +0.6% 10th 21% below peers
Tampa, FL $242,802 (Aug 26) 15th +0.0% 11th 11% below peers
Sacramento, CA $372,061 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.1% 12th 37% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $290,276 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 13th 7% above peers
Arlington, TX $248,825 (Aug 26) 13th -0.5% 14th 8% below peers
Miami, FL $351,367 (Aug 26) 4th -1.5% 15th 29% above peers
Mesa, AZ $324,316 (Aug 26) 7th -1.6% 16th 19% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $332,027 (Aug 26) 5th -1.7% 17th 22% above peers
Oakland, CA $470,071 (Aug 26) 2nd -2.8% 18th 73% above peers
Tucson, AZ $243,236 (Aug 26) 14th -2.9% 19th 10% below peers
Raleigh, NC $294,789 (Aug 26) 9th -3.2% 20th 9% above peers
Memphis, TN $79,282 (Aug 26) 24th -3.3% 21st 71% below peers
Baltimore, MD $98,808 (Aug 26) 23rd -4.1% 22nd 64% below peers
Aurora, CO $325,627 (Aug 26) 6th -4.3% 23rd 20% above peers
Atlanta, GA $215,285 (Aug 26) 17th -4.6% 24th 21% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59.0% to 60.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
65% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 9% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.8% to 60.9%).
Bright spot 60.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 66.2% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Fresno, CA 50.1% 16th +3.4pp 1st 3% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.4% 19th +2.9pp 2nd 10% below peers
Sacramento, CA 51.7% 13th +3.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 64.4% 2nd +3.3pp 4th 24% above peers
Aurora, CO 62.4% 3rd +2.5pp 5th 20% above peers
Miami, FL 30.8% 24th +1.2pp 6th 41% below peers
Kansas City, MO 55.4% 9th +2.1pp 7th 7% above peers
Oakland, CA 42.3% 21st +1.6pp 8th 18% below peers
Tampa, FL 50.3% 15th +1.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 61.8% 4th +2.1pp 10th 19% above peers
Long Beach, CA 41.2% 23rd +1.3pp 11th 21% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 60.9% 5th +1.8pp 12th 17% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 60.6% 6th +1.5pp 13th 17% above peers
Tucson, AZ 51.9% 12th +1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 51.9% 11th +1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Virginia Beach, VA 65.2% 1st +1.4pp 16th 26% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 47.7% 17th +0.5pp 17th 8% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 41.8% 22nd +0.4pp 18th 19% below peers
Wichita, KS 58.9% 7th +0.1pp 19th 14% above peers
Baltimore, MD 47.5% 18th +0.0pp 20th 8% below peers
Raleigh, NC 50.8% 14th -0.8pp 21st 2% below peers
Arlington, TX 54.3% 10th -0.9pp 22nd 5% above peers
Omaha, NE 57.4% 8th -1.3pp 23rd 11% above peers
Memphis, TN 44.9% 20th -1.7pp 24th 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 78% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,740 in August 2026, up from $1,705 a year earlier.
$1,740
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Oakland, CA $2,735 (Aug 26) 2nd +10.1% 1st 57% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA $2,086 (Aug 26) 4th +6.7% 2nd 20% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $1,477 (Aug 26) 16th +5.0% 3rd 15% below peers
Kansas City, MO $1,428 (Aug 26) 19th +4.3% 4th 18% below peers
Wichita, KS $1,158 (Aug 26) 24th +4.2% 5th 33% below peers
Baltimore, MD $1,802 (Aug 26) 10th +3.7% 6th 4% above peers
Tulsa, OK $1,287 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.5% 7th 26% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $1,682 (Aug 26) 13th +3.5% 8th 3% below peers
Fresno, CA $1,940 (Aug 26) 8th +3.4% 9th 12% above peers
Atlanta, GA $1,944 (Aug 26) 7th +3.4% 10th 12% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $1,858 (Aug 26) 9th +2.4% 11th 7% above peers
Omaha, NE $1,414 (Aug 26) 21st +2.2% 12th 19% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $1,740 (Aug 26) 12th +2.1% 13th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA $2,422 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.0% 14th 39% above peers
Tucson, AZ $1,425 (Aug 26) 20th +1.4% 15th 18% below peers
Memphis, TN $1,232 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.3% 16th 29% below peers
Sacramento, CA $2,056 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 17th 18% above peers
Albuquerque, NM $1,455 (Aug 26) 18th +1.1% 18th 16% below peers
Arlington, TX $1,462 (Aug 26) 17th +0.9% 19th 16% below peers
Miami, FL $3,008 (Aug 26) 1st +0.8% 20th 73% above peers
Raleigh, NC $1,577 (Aug 26) 14th +0.5% 21st 9% below peers
Mesa, AZ $1,538 (Aug 26) 15th +0.2% 22nd 12% below peers
Tampa, FL $1,957 (Aug 26) 6th -0.8% 23rd 12% above peers
Aurora, CO $1,758 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 24th 1% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.2% to 35.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
22% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 4% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.6% to 35.8%).
Needs attention 35.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 34.0% +1.7pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Milwaukee, WI 40.3% 16th -1.5pp 1st 2% above peers
Miami, FL 54.7% 24th -1.6pp 2nd 38% above peers
Wichita, KS 28.1% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 29% below peers
Fresno, CA 42.5% 21st -0.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Long Beach, CA 45.7% 23rd -0.8pp 5th 15% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 33.5% 5th -0.6pp 6th 15% below peers
Oakland, CA 43.1% 22nd -0.6pp 7th 9% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.1% 7th +0.4pp 8th 11% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.2% 3rd +0.4pp 9th 16% below peers
Tulsa, OK 33.2% 4th +0.5pp 10th 16% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 35.2% 8th +0.6pp 11th 11% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.7% 12th +0.6pp 12th 2% below peers
Atlanta, GA 38.5% 11th +0.8pp 13th 3% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 39.7% 14th +1.0pp 14th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 41.8% 20th +1.4pp 15th 6% above peers
Sacramento, CA 41.4% 18th +1.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Tampa, FL 40.9% 17th +1.7pp 17th 3% above peers
Aurora, CO 39.7% 15th +1.7pp 18th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 35.8% 10th +1.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Baltimore, MD 41.7% 19th +2.2pp 20th 5% above peers
Omaha, NE 32.8% 2nd +1.9pp 21st 17% below peers
Kansas City, MO 33.9% 6th +2.1pp 22nd 14% below peers
Raleigh, NC 35.6% 9th +4.7pp 23rd 10% below peers
Arlington, TX 39.6% 13th +5.5pp 24th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Louis, MO down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 0.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.2% to 4.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp).

Broader trend
48% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 9% moved the other way. Colorado Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 4.4%).
Bright spot 4.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 5.2% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fresno, CA 8.2% 11th -2.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Mesa, AZ 5.2% 4th -1.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.4% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 48% below peers
Tampa, FL 8.5% 14th -1.4pp 4th 1% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.4% 6th -1.0pp 5th 24% below peers
Kansas City, MO 9.0% 16th -1.3pp 6th 7% above peers
Tucson, AZ 10.1% 17th -1.5pp 7th 20% above peers
Memphis, TN 10.3% 18th -1.3pp 8th 22% above peers
Atlanta, GA 14.2% 19th -1.6pp 9th 69% above peers
Baltimore, MD 26.7% 24th -2.2pp 10th 217% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.9% 15th -0.7pp 11th 6% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 15.6% 20th -1.2pp 12th 85% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 16.2% 22nd -1.2pp 13th 93% above peers
Miami, FL 17.9% 23rd -0.9pp 14th 112% above peers
Omaha, NE 7.5% 10th -0.4pp 15th 11% below peers
Tulsa, OK 8.3% 12th -0.3pp 16th 1% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.0% 8th -0.2pp 17th 17% below peers
Sacramento, CA 8.4% 13th -0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Oakland, CA 16.2% 21st +0.1pp 19th 92% above peers
Raleigh, NC 6.0% 5th +0.3pp 20th 28% below peers
Aurora, CO 6.6% 7th +0.5pp 21st 22% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.6% 2nd +0.4pp 22nd 45% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 9th +1.3pp 23rd 12% below peers
Arlington, TX 5.0% 3rd +0.9pp 24th 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 (7.8% then, 7.7% now; margin ±0.5pp).

Broader trend
74% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% to 7.7%).
Bright spot 7.7%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 7.8% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Oakland, CA 5.6% 2nd -2.3pp 1st 40% below peers
Fresno, CA 6.1% 5th -2.1pp 2nd 34% below peers
Miami, FL 16.3% 23rd -3.4pp 3rd 75% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.3% 6th -1.3pp 4th 32% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 5.7% 3rd -0.9pp 5th 39% below peers
Mesa, AZ 10.6% 16th -1.7pp 6th 14% above peers
Baltimore, MD 5.9% 4th -0.6pp 7th 36% below peers
Omaha, NE 9.2% 12th -1.0pp 8th 1% below peers
Raleigh, NC 9.3% 13th -0.9pp 9th on par with peers
Tampa, FL 10.6% 17th -1.0pp 10th 14% above peers
Sacramento, CA 5.4% 1st -0.5pp 11th 42% below peers
Tucson, AZ 10.6% 15th -0.9pp 12th 14% above peers
Kansas City, MO 11.0% 18th -0.8pp 13th 18% above peers
Tulsa, OK 16.1% 22nd -0.5pp 14th 72% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 9.1% 11th -0.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Atlanta, GA 10.1% 14th -0.2pp 16th 8% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.4% 9th -0.1pp 17th 10% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 7.7% 8th -0.1pp 18th 17% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 7th -0.0pp 19th 21% below peers
Wichita, KS 12.4% 19th +0.2pp 20th 33% above peers
Arlington, TX 19.0% 24th +0.7pp 21st 104% above peers
Memphis, TN 14.7% 21st +1.0pp 22nd 58% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 8.6% 10th +0.7pp 23rd 8% below peers
Aurora, CO 13.7% 20th +2.4pp 24th 47% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp 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.

28.3%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 26.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Oakland, CA 23.7% 1st 32% below peers
Long Beach, CA 27.6% 2nd 20% below peers
Raleigh, NC 28.2% 3rd 19% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 28.3% 4th 18% below peers
Aurora, CO 28.3% 5th 18% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 28.4% 6th 18% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 29.6% 7th 15% below peers
Miami, FL 30.3% 8th 13% below peers
Tampa, FL 32.3% 9th 7% below peers
Atlanta, GA 32.5% 10th 6% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 33.8% 11th 3% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.9% 12th 2% below peers
Sacramento, CA 34.7% 13th on par with peers
Bakersfield, CA 34.7% 14th on par with peers
Wichita, KS 34.7% 15th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 34.8% 16th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 17th 5% above peers
Baltimore, MD 37.9% 18th 9% above peers
Fresno, CA 38.7% 19th 12% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.2% 20th 13% above peers
Tulsa, OK 39.4% 21st 14% above peers
Kansas City, MO 40.0% 22nd 15% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 43.4% 23rd 25% above peers
Memphis, TN 45.1% 24th 30% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.2% to 5.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 4% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.1% to 5.3%).
Needs attention 5.3%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 5.2% +0.7pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mesa, AZ 8.3% 20th -1.7pp 1st 40% above peers
Oakland, CA 3.5% 5th -0.7pp 2nd 41% below peers
Miami, FL 7.3% 17th -1.3pp 3rd 24% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 3.0% 2nd -0.5pp 4th 50% below peers
Fresno, CA 2.5% 1st -0.2pp 5th 57% below peers
Tucson, AZ 7.8% 18th -0.2pp 6th 33% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.5% 16th -0.1pp 7th 10% above peers
Raleigh, NC 5.4% 11th -0.1pp 8th 9% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 3.3% 4th +0.0pp 9th 43% below peers
Long Beach, CA 3.7% 6th +0.1pp 10th 38% below peers
Tulsa, OK 8.4% 21st +0.2pp 11th 43% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.0% 8th +0.2pp 12th 31% below peers
Omaha, NE 6.4% 15th +0.6pp 13th 9% above peers
Baltimore, MD 4.6% 9th +0.6pp 14th 22% below peers
Tampa, FL 6.2% 14th +0.8pp 15th 5% above peers
Arlington, TX 13.1% 24th +1.8pp 16th 122% above peers
Atlanta, GA 5.8% 12th +0.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 8.1% 19th +1.5pp 18th 38% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.9% 23rd +1.8pp 19th 52% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 5.3% 10th +1.1pp 20th 9% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 3.8% 7th +1.0pp 21st 35% below peers
Memphis, TN 8.7% 22nd +2.4pp 22nd 48% above peers
Sacramento, CA 3.1% 3rd +0.9pp 23rd 48% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.9% 13th +2.5pp 24th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.9% to 42.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
96% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Colorado Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.4% to 42.7%).
Bright spot 42.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 45.7% +4.8pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miami, FL 37.4% 11th +7.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Mesa, AZ 32.5% 18th +5.1pp 2nd 12% below peers
Tampa, FL 45.7% 5th +7.1pp 3rd 23% above peers
Fresno, CA 25.5% 23rd +3.6pp 4th 31% below peers
Atlanta, GA 59.2% 1st +7.4pp 5th 60% above peers
Long Beach, CA 35.6% 14th +4.5pp 6th 4% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 40.9% 7th +4.9pp 7th 10% above peers
Tucson, AZ 31.1% 19th +3.7pp 8th 16% below peers
Baltimore, MD 36.1% 13th +4.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Aurora, CO 33.6% 15th +3.9pp 10th 9% below peers
Sacramento, CA 37.1% 12th +4.0pp 11th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.4% 22nd +2.8pp 12th 26% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 39.2% 9th +4.0pp 13th 6% above peers
Oakland, CA 48.8% 4th +4.7pp 14th 32% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 55.5% 2nd +5.1pp 15th 50% above peers
Kansas City, MO 38.4% 10th +3.1pp 16th 4% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 23.6% 24th +1.7pp 17th 36% below peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 17th +2.3pp 18th 12% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 42.7% 6th +2.9pp 19th 15% above peers
Memphis, TN 28.0% 21st +1.9pp 20th 24% below peers
Tulsa, OK 33.6% 16th +2.1pp 21st 9% below peers
Omaha, NE 40.1% 8th +2.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Raleigh, NC 54.0% 3rd +3.1pp 23rd 46% above peers
Wichita, KS 31.1% 20th +1.0pp 24th 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.0% then, 43.4% now; margin ±5.6pp).

Broader trend
52% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.6% to 43.4%).
Bright spot 43.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 48.7% -1.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Aurora, CO 44.2% 8th +6.0pp 1st 4% above peers
Tampa, FL 58.2% 3rd +4.6pp 2nd 38% above peers
Memphis, TN 39.9% 15th +2.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Miami, FL 67.7% 1st +4.3pp 4th 60% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.7% 16th +2.0pp 5th 6% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.6% 18th +0.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Atlanta, GA 62.2% 2nd -0.9pp 7th 47% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 43.4% 10th -1.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Mesa, AZ 32.1% 23rd -1.2pp 9th 24% below peers
Wichita, KS 36.5% 20th -1.5pp 10th 14% below peers
Kansas City, MO 42.2% 13th -2.4pp 11th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 42.5% 11th -4.3pp 12th on par with peers
Minneapolis, MN 50.2% 5th -5.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Fresno, CA 35.5% 22nd -3.9pp 14th 16% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 47.6% 6th -6.1pp 15th 12% above peers
Oakland, CA 51.0% 4th -6.9pp 16th 21% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 38.7% 17th -5.9pp 17th 9% below peers
Long Beach, CA 44.0% 9th -7.0pp 18th 4% above peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 21st -6.0pp 19th 14% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.3% 24th -5.1pp 20th 31% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 42.3% 12th -7.8pp 21st on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 45.6% 7th -9.7pp 22nd 8% above peers
Sacramento, CA 38.0% 19th -8.4pp 23rd 10% below peers
Baltimore, MD 42.0% 14th -9.8pp 24th 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.2% then, 6.7% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
22% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 6.7%).
Bright spot 6.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 6.6% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kansas City, MO 5.7% 6th -3.3pp 1st 22% below peers
Tulsa, OK 5.8% 7th -3.4pp 2nd 20% below peers
Miami, FL 8.5% 17th -4.1pp 3rd 16% above peers
Baltimore, MD 9.0% 21st -2.7pp 4th 23% above peers
Arlington, TX 6.3% 8th -1.0pp 5th 14% below peers
Sacramento, CA 7.2% 11th -0.7pp 6th 1% below peers
Atlanta, GA 4.5% 1st -0.4pp 7th 38% below peers
Oakland, CA 7.9% 15th -0.6pp 8th 8% above peers
Omaha, NE 5.6% 5th -0.3pp 9th 23% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.2% 12th -0.4pp 10th 1% below peers
Fresno, CA 8.9% 20th -0.4pp 11th 23% above peers
Long Beach, CA 7.3% 14th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Aurora, CO 8.1% 16th -0.1pp 13th 11% above peers
Tucson, AZ 7.3% 13th -0.0pp 14th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 4.7% 2nd -0.0pp 15th 36% below peers
Tampa, FL 5.2% 4th +0.0pp 16th 28% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.5% 18th +0.3pp 17th 17% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 6.7% 9th +0.5pp 18th 9% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 8.8% 19th +0.7pp 19th 21% above peers
Memphis, TN 13.1% 24th +1.8pp 20th 80% above peers
Wichita, KS 9.0% 22nd +1.7pp 21st 24% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.9% 3rd +1.0pp 22nd 33% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 10.0% 23rd +2.0pp 23rd 37% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.8% 10th +1.9pp 24th 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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 ±1.3pp 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 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 464,871 to 487,887 - more than the combined survey margin (±147).

Broader trend
78% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (433,547 to 487,887).
487,887
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Bakersfield, CA 411,986 20th +9% 1st 16% below peers
Aurora, CO 394,432 24th +7% 2nd 19% below peers
Sacramento, CA 528,706 7th +6% 3rd 8% above peers
Kansas City, MO 510,612 9th +5% 4th 5% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 487,887 12th +5% 5th on par with peers
Fresno, CA 545,970 6th +4% 6th 12% above peers
Raleigh, NC 481,031 13th +4% 7th 1% below peers
Tampa, FL 401,618 21st +4% 8th 18% below peers
Atlanta, GA 505,268 10th +3% 9th 4% above peers
Oakland, CA 439,418 17th +3% 10th 10% below peers
Tulsa, OK 413,794 19th +3% 11th 15% below peers
Omaha, NE 488,837 11th +3% 12th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 511,764 8th +2% 13th 5% above peers
Wichita, KS 397,945 22nd +2% 14th 18% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 427,246 18th +2% 15th 12% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 456,349 15th +1% 16th 6% below peers
Miami, FL 459,745 14th +1% 17th 6% below peers
Tucson, AZ 547,073 5th +1% 18th 12% above peers
Arlington, TX 397,742 23rd +1% 19th 18% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 562,218 4th +1% 20th 15% above peers
Long Beach, CA 455,548 16th -2% 21st 7% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 566,973 3rd -5% 22nd 16% above peers
Memphis, TN 618,980 1st -5% 23rd 27% above peers
Baltimore, MD 573,243 2nd -6% 24th 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±110 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.2% to 21.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 4% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 1.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.8% to 21.8%).
Big move 21.8%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 21.0% -1.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Memphis, TN 25.2% 4th +0.3pp 1st 15% above peers
Baltimore, MD 20.9% 15th +0.2pp 2nd 5% below peers
Tulsa, OK 24.1% 7th -0.4pp 3rd 10% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 21.9% 12th -0.4pp 4th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 25.4% 3rd -0.6pp 5th 16% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.2% 1st -0.7pp 6th 33% above peers
Kansas City, MO 22.5% 11th -0.6pp 7th 3% above peers
Arlington, TX 24.8% 5th -0.8pp 8th 13% above peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 2nd -1.0pp 9th 25% above peers
Omaha, NE 24.2% 6th -0.9pp 10th 11% above peers
Wichita, KS 24.1% 8th -1.2pp 11th 10% above peers
Raleigh, NC 19.8% 18th -1.0pp 12th 9% below peers
Oakland, CA 18.9% 21st -1.0pp 13th 14% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 18.8% 22nd -1.0pp 14th 14% below peers
Miami, FL 16.5% 24th -1.0pp 15th 24% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 21.8% 13th -1.4pp 16th on par with peers
Aurora, CO 23.9% 9th -1.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Sacramento, CA 21.5% 14th -1.6pp 18th 2% below peers
Mesa, AZ 22.5% 10th -1.8pp 19th 3% above peers
Tucson, AZ 19.4% 20th -1.8pp 20th 12% below peers
Atlanta, GA 16.6% 23rd -1.6pp 21st 24% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 20.3% 16th -2.1pp 22nd 7% below peers
Tampa, FL 19.4% 19th -2.1pp 23rd 11% below peers
Long Beach, CA 19.9% 17th -2.5pp 24th 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.0% then, 26.4% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.7% to 26.4%).
Big move 26.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 24.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Aurora, CO 34.0% 19th +4.7pp 1st 12% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 30.6% 22nd +2.5pp 2nd 21% below peers
Sacramento, CA 36.9% 13th +2.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Long Beach, CA 40.2% 9th +2.8pp 4th 4% above peers
Omaha, NE 33.3% 20th +1.9pp 5th 14% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 42.2% 7th +2.4pp 6th 9% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 61.4% 1st +2.9pp 7th 58% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 35.5% 16th +1.4pp 8th 9% below peers
Oakland, CA 35.8% 15th +1.3pp 9th 8% below peers
Memphis, TN 59.9% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 54% above peers
Raleigh, NC 34.8% 17th -0.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Mesa, AZ 30.4% 23rd -0.5pp 12th 22% below peers
Kansas City, MO 38.8% 12th -1.3pp 13th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 43.2% 5th -1.7pp 14th 11% above peers
Wichita, KS 34.6% 18th -1.6pp 15th 11% below peers
Tampa, FL 40.1% 10th -2.4pp 16th 3% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.9% 14th -2.3pp 17th 8% below peers
Tulsa, OK 39.2% 11th -2.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Baltimore, MD 54.2% 3rd -3.8pp 19th 40% above peers
Fresno, CA 40.9% 8th -3.3pp 20th 5% above peers
Miami, FL 42.6% 6th -3.5pp 21st 10% above peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 21st -3.0pp 22nd 16% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 26.4% 24th -2.6pp 23rd 32% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.5% 4th -6.6pp 24th 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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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35 of 112 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.4% then, 62.0% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.9% to 62.0%).
Big move 62.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Colorado ref 67.2% +3.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Sacramento, CA 71.9% 6th +7.6pp 1st 2% above peers
Oakland, CA 71.6% 8th +7.0pp 2nd 2% above peers
Tampa, FL 74.3% 4th +6.3pp 3rd 6% above peers
Long Beach, CA 71.3% 9th +5.9pp 4th 1% above peers
Fresno, CA 65.0% 18th +3.6pp 5th 8% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 68.8% 14th +3.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Baltimore, MD 74.6% 2nd +3.8pp 7th 6% above peers
Arlington, TX 67.2% 16th +1.8pp 8th 4% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 62.0% 24th +1.6pp 9th 12% below peers
Mesa, AZ 63.5% 20th +1.6pp 10th 10% below peers
Atlanta, GA 75.7% 1st +1.7pp 11th 8% above peers
Raleigh, NC 70.5% 11th +1.4pp 12th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 72.5% 5th +1.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Wichita, KS 70.3% 12th +1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 63.8% 19th +0.9pp 15th 9% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 69.7% 13th +0.6pp 16th 1% below peers
Miami, FL 67.6% 15th +0.3pp 17th 4% below peers
Kansas City, MO 71.9% 7th -0.3pp 18th 2% above peers
Memphis, TN 66.7% 17th -1.8pp 19th 5% below peers
Aurora, CO 63.5% 21st -1.9pp 20th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 70.8% 10th -2.1pp 21st 1% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 62.4% 23rd -1.9pp 22nd 11% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 74.6% 3rd -3.9pp 23rd 6% above peers
Tucson, AZ 62.5% 22nd -3.9pp 24th 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 112 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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