The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Violent crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending March 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 62 (May 26) | 1st | -28.1% | 1st | 68% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 196 (Mar 26) | 12th | -26.8% | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 148 (May 26) | 8th | -23.7% | 3rd | 25% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 109 (May 26) | 4th | -18.3% | 4th | 44% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 141 (May 26) | 6th | -12.4% | 5th | 28% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 173 (May 26) | 10th | -12.1% | 6th | 12% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 119 (May 26) | 5th | -11.2% | 7th | 40% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 284 (May 26) | 16th | -10.5% | 8th | 45% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 198 (May 26) | 13th | -9.5% | 9th | 1% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 921 (May 26) | 23rd | -8.8% | 10th | 369% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 163 (May 26) | 9th | -7.6% | 11th | 17% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 219 (May 26) | 14th | -6.9% | 12th | 11% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 367 (May 26) | 17th | -4.3% | 13th | 87% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 177 (May 26) | 11th | -4.3% | 14th | 10% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 727 (Mar 26) | 22nd | -3.5% | 15th | 270% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 444 (May 26) | 18th | -3.1% | 16th | 126% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 554 (May 26) | 21st | +1.7% | 17th | 182% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 263 (May 26) | 15th | +2.9% | 18th | 34% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 496 (May 26) | 20th | +7.2% | 19th | 152% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 490 (May 26) | 19th | +11.8% | 20th | 149% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 109 (May 26) | 3rd | +17.5% | 21st | 45% below peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 144 (May 26) | 7th | +25.0% | 22nd | 27% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 95 (May 26) | 2nd | +47.6% | 23rd | 52% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Property crime fell about 15% over the 12 months ending March 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||||
| Ames, IA | 1,018 (May 26) | 7th | -33.4% | 1st | 28% below peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 589 (May 26) | 3rd | -30.9% | 2nd | 59% below peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 527 (May 26) | 2nd | -25.3% | 3rd | 63% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 676 (May 26) | 4th | -22.7% | 4th | 52% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 1,465 (May 26) | 13th | -20.8% | 5th | 3% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 1,666 (May 26) | 15th | -19.1% | 6th | 17% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 1,144 (May 26) | 9th | -18.0% | 7th | 20% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 2,490 (Mar 26) | 19th | -15.3% | 8th | 75% above peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 1,823 (May 26) | 17th | -14.9% | 9th | 28% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 2,437 (May 26) | 18th | -12.7% | 10th | 71% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 505 (May 26) | 1st | -11.8% | 11th | 64% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 1,060 (Mar 26) | 8th | -11.2% | 12th | 25% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 2,556 (May 26) | 21st | -10.1% | 13th | 80% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 1,401 (May 26) | 11th | -7.5% | 14th | 1% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 944 (May 26) | 6th | -6.6% | 15th | 34% below peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 1,766 (May 26) | 16th | -6.5% | 16th | 24% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 1,285 (May 26) | 10th | -6.4% | 17th | 10% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 1,422 (May 26) | 12th | -3.3% | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 2,511 (May 26) | 20th | -2.3% | 19th | 77% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 3,809 (May 26) | 23rd | +1.4% | 20th | 168% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 2,615 (May 26) | 22nd | +4.8% | 21st | 84% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 1,653 (May 26) | 14th | +13.5% | 22nd | 16% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 876 (May 26) | 5th | +18.1% | 23rd | 38% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicide fell about 100% over the 12 months ending March 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||||
| Commerce City, CO | 0 (Mar 26) | 1st | -100.0% | 1st | 100% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 0 (May 26) | 2nd | -100.0% | 2nd | 100% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 0 (May 26) | 3rd | -100.0% | 3rd | 100% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 0 (May 26) | 4th | -100.0% | 4th | 100% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 0 (May 26) | 5th | -100.0% | 5th | 100% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 1 (May 26) | 11th | -66.7% | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 1 (May 26) | 8th | -50.0% | 7th | 20% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 3 (May 26) | 14th | -33.4% | 8th | 94% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 4 (May 26) | 17th | -25.1% | 9th | 171% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 3 (May 26) | 15th | +0.0% | 10th | 99% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 6 (May 26) | 20th | +33.3% | 11th | 287% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 4 (May 26) | 18th | +50.0% | 12th | 194% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 35 (May 26) | 23rd | +64.3% | 13th | 2173% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 3 (May 26) | 13th | +99.3% | 14th | 88% above peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 3 (May 26) | 16th | +99.3% | 15th | 99% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 12 (May 26) | 22nd | +166.5% | 16th | 691% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 7 (May 26) | 21st | +401.4% | 17th | 372% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 1 (May 26) | 9th | 14% below peers | ||||
| Skokie, IL | 2 (May 26) | 12th | on par with peers | ||||
| Malden, MA | 0 (Mar 26) | 6th | 100% below peers | ||||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 0 (May 26) | 7th | 100% below peers | ||||
| Rowlett, TX | 1 (May 26) | 10th | 6% below peers | ||||
| Cheyenne, WY | 5 (May 26) | 19th | 198% above peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Vehicle theft fell about 43% over the 12 months ending March 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||||
| Rowlett, TX | 49 (May 26) | 5th | -56.2% | 1st | 41% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 41 (May 26) | 3rd | -50.9% | 2nd | 51% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 76 (May 26) | 11th | -49.0% | 3rd | 9% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 59 (May 26) | 8th | -46.8% | 4th | 29% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 32 (May 26) | 1st | -45.0% | 5th | 61% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 443 (Mar 26) | 23rd | -42.9% | 6th | 431% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 61 (May 26) | 9th | -42.0% | 7th | 26% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 83 (May 26) | 12th | -33.3% | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 38 (May 26) | 2nd | -33.3% | 9th | 54% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 48 (May 26) | 4th | -30.4% | 10th | 43% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 176 (May 26) | 19th | -28.1% | 11th | 111% above peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 50 (May 26) | 7th | -23.3% | 12th | 40% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 50 (May 26) | 6th | -22.6% | 13th | 40% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 135 (Mar 26) | 16th | -20.4% | 14th | 62% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 160 (May 26) | 18th | -19.8% | 15th | 91% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 68 (May 26) | 10th | -16.7% | 16th | 18% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 124 (May 26) | 15th | -12.0% | 17th | 48% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 103 (May 26) | 13th | -9.3% | 18th | 23% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 333 (May 26) | 22nd | -3.5% | 19th | 299% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 115 (May 26) | 14th | +2.5% | 20th | 38% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 136 (May 26) | 17th | +14.6% | 21st | 63% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 214 (May 26) | 20th | +28.2% | 22nd | 157% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 321 (May 26) | 21st | +33.1% | 23rd | 285% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 45% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $77,065 to $111,972 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$9,403). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Malden, MA | $100,606 | 11th | +52% | 1st | 14% above peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | $88,530 | 16th | +51% | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | $73,058 | 20th | +49% | 3rd | 17% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | $231,101 | 2nd | +46% | 4th | 161% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | $111,972 | 9th | +45% | 5th | 26% above peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | $239,690 | 1st | +38% | 6th | 171% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | $63,844 | 24th | +37% | 7th | 28% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | $56,376 | 29th | +35% | 8th | 36% below peers | ||
| Conway, AR | $63,004 | 25th | +33% | 9th | 29% below peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | $83,608 | 17th | +32% | 10th | 6% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | $64,310 | 23rd | +31% | 11th | 27% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | $95,337 | 14th | +31% | 12th | 8% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | $73,446 | 19th | +30% | 13th | 17% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | $90,045 | 15th | +30% | 14th | 2% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | $147,612 | 4th | +30% | 15th | 67% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | $127,335 | 6th | +30% | 16th | 44% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | $96,391 | 13th | +29% | 17th | 9% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | $47,240 | 31st | +29% | 18th | 47% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | $48,685 | 30th | +27% | 19th | 45% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | $60,991 | 27th | +27% | 20th | 31% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | $117,799 | 7th | +26% | 21st | 33% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | $67,226 | 21st | +24% | 22nd | 24% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | $62,188 | 26th | +22% | 23rd | 30% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | $78,839 | 18th | +22% | 24th | 11% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | $97,819 | 12th | +21% | 25th | 10% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | $57,480 | 28th | +21% | 26th | 35% below peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | $157,582 | 3rd | +21% | 27th | 78% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | $133,715 | 5th | +17% | 28th | 51% above peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | $64,520 | 22nd | +16% | 29th | 27% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | $110,723 | 10th | +13% | 30th | 25% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | $112,081 | 8th | +11% | 31st | 27% above peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado ref | 3.9% (May 26) | -0.2pp | ||||
| United States ref | 4.2% (Jun 26) | +0.1pp | ||||
| Lorain, OH | 3.8% (May 26) | 14th | -1.5pp | 1st | on par with peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | 4.0% (May 26) | 16th | -0.9pp | 2nd | 5% above peers | |
| Lodi, CA | 5.0% (May 26) | 27th | -0.8pp | 3rd | 32% above peers | |
| Union City, NJ | 4.6% (May 26) | 23rd | -0.6pp | 4th | 21% above peers | |
| Ames, IA | 2.7% (May 26) | 1st | -0.6pp | 5th | 29% below peers | |
| Union City, CA | 3.8% (May 26) | 15th | -0.5pp | 6th | on par with peers | |
| Greenwood, IN | 2.8% (May 26) | 3rd | -0.3pp | 7th | 26% below peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | 2.8% (May 26) | 4th | -0.3pp | 8th | 26% below peers | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 3.2% (May 26) | 7th | -0.3pp | 9th | 16% below peers | |
| Commerce City, CO | 4.1% (May 26) | 19th | -0.1pp | 10th | 8% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | 4.8% (May 26) | 24th | -0.1pp | 11th | 26% above peers | |
| Janesville, WI | 3.1% (May 26) | 6th | -0.1pp | 12th | 18% below peers | |
| Davis, CA | 3.6% (May 26) | 10th | -0.1pp | 13th | 5% below peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 2.7% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.1pp | 14th | 29% below peers | |
| Malden, MA | 4.0% (May 26) | 17th | -0.1pp | 15th | 5% above peers | |
| Caldwell, ID | 3.7% (May 26) | 11th | +0.0pp | 16th | 3% below peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | 2.9% (May 26) | 5th | +0.0pp | 17th | 24% below peers | |
| Yorba Linda, CA | 3.4% (May 26) | 8th | +0.0pp | 18th | 11% below peers | |
| Conway, AR | 3.5% (May 26) | 9th | +0.1pp | 19th | 8% below peers | |
| Victoria, TX | 4.1% (May 26) | 20th | +0.2pp | 20th | 8% above peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | 3.7% (May 26) | 12th | +0.2pp | 21st | 3% below peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | 4.0% (May 26) | 18th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 5% above peers | |
| Maricopa, AZ | 4.5% (May 26) | 22nd | +0.4pp | 23rd | 18% above peers | |
| Palatine, IL | 4.3% (May 26) | 21st | +0.6pp | 24th | 13% above peers | |
| Novi, MI | 3.7% (May 26) | 13th | +0.6pp | 25th | 3% below peers | |
| Skokie, IL | 4.9% (May 26) | 26th | +0.8pp | 26th | 29% above peers | |
| Ocala, FL | 5.0% (May 26) | 28th | +0.9pp | 27th | 32% above peers | |
| Sammamish, WA | 4.8% (May 26) | 25th | +1.1pp | 28th | 26% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.5% then, 8.6% now; margin ±3.2pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado ref | 9.1% | -0.8pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.0% | ||||||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 9.5% | 16th | -4.2pp | 1st | on par with peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 11.7% | 19th | -4.4pp | 2nd | 23% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 11.3% | 18th | -4.1pp | 3rd | 19% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 8.6% | 13th | -2.9pp | 4th | 9% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 8.9% | 15th | -2.3pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 12.3% | 20th | -2.9pp | 6th | 30% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 7.3% | 11th | -1.6pp | 7th | 23% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 8.1% | 12th | -1.6pp | 8th | 14% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 8.6% | 14th | -1.5pp | 9th | 9% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 7.3% | 9th | -1.1pp | 10th | 23% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 20.8% | 27th | -2.9pp | 11th | 119% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 15.6% | 21st | -2.0pp | 12th | 64% above peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 25.8% | 30th | -3.2pp | 13th | 172% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 26.2% | 31st | -3.1pp | 14th | 176% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 16.3% | 23rd | -0.9pp | 15th | 72% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 6.1% | 7th | -0.2pp | 16th | 36% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 6.0% | 5th | -0.1pp | 17th | 37% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 24.9% | 29th | +0.1pp | 18th | 163% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 9.6% | 17th | +0.2pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 5.6% | 3rd | +0.2pp | 20th | 41% below peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 7.3% | 10th | +0.2pp | 21st | 23% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 20.2% | 26th | +0.8pp | 22nd | 113% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 17.9% | 25th | +0.8pp | 23rd | 89% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 15.9% | 22nd | +0.8pp | 24th | 68% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 22.9% | 28th | +3.4pp | 25th | 141% above peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 17.3% | 24th | +2.8pp | 26th | 83% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 6.0% | 6th | +1.0pp | 27th | 36% below peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 5.8% | 4th | +1.3pp | 28th | 39% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 5.4% | 2nd | +1.4pp | 29th | 43% below peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 7.2% | 8th | +2.2pp | 30th | 24% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 4.3% | 1st | +1.9pp | 31st | 55% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.4% then, 13.9% now; margin ±4.0pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Malden, MA | 13.2% | 17th | -5.7pp | 1st | 2% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 9.0% | 13th | -3.7pp | 2nd | 31% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 13.0% | 16th | -5.3pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 11.7% | 15th | -4.6pp | 4th | 10% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 7.3% | 8th | -2.8pp | 5th | 44% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 14.3% | 20th | -5.5pp | 6th | 10% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 6.3% | 3rd | -2.1pp | 7th | 52% below peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 15.6% | 22nd | -5.1pp | 8th | 20% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 8.5% | 12th | -2.3pp | 9th | 35% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 7.0% | 6th | -1.6pp | 10th | 46% below peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 14.8% | 21st | -3.2pp | 11th | 13% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 6.2% | 2nd | -1.2pp | 12th | 52% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 20.3% | 23rd | -3.1pp | 13th | 56% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 22.6% | 25th | -3.2pp | 14th | 73% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 38.8% | 31st | -5.1pp | 15th | 198% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 8.0% | 11th | -0.9pp | 16th | 38% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 11.4% | 14th | -0.8pp | 17th | 13% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 13.9% | 19th | -0.4pp | 18th | 7% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 38.7% | 30th | -0.9pp | 19th | 198% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 23.8% | 26th | +0.2pp | 20th | 83% above peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 31.2% | 29th | +1.4pp | 21st | 140% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 7.4% | 9th | +0.5pp | 22nd | 43% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 30.5% | 28th | +2.9pp | 23rd | 134% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 6.9% | 5th | +0.7pp | 24th | 47% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 20.9% | 24th | +2.9pp | 25th | 60% above peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 27.0% | 27th | +5.7pp | 26th | 107% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 7.2% | 7th | +2.1pp | 27th | 45% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 13.3% | 18th | +4.7pp | 28th | 2% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 6.9% | 4th | +2.5pp | 29th | 47% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 4.9% | 1st | +2.0pp | 30th | 62% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 7.6% | 10th | +4.7pp | 31st | 42% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.2% to 91.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Lorain, OH | 83.4% | 28th | +14.2pp | 1st | 11% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 91.3% | 24th | +14.0pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 82.1% | 29th | +9.5pp | 3rd | 12% below peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 92.4% | 17th | +10.1pp | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 93.7% | 16th | +9.9pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 87.5% | 26th | +8.8pp | 6th | 7% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 88.1% | 25th | +8.8pp | 7th | 6% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 80.6% | 30th | +7.9pp | 8th | 14% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 91.3% | 23rd | +8.6pp | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 94.2% | 14th | +8.7pp | 10th | 1% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 94.3% | 13th | +8.6pp | 11th | 1% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 91.6% | 21st | +8.3pp | 12th | 2% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 91.6% | 20th | +8.2pp | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 91.8% | 19th | +7.6pp | 14th | 2% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 94.2% | 15th | +7.1pp | 15th | 1% above peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 92.0% | 18th | +6.2pp | 16th | 2% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 91.5% | 22nd | +6.0pp | 17th | 2% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 95.7% | 9th | +5.2pp | 18th | 2% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 85.2% | 27th | +4.1pp | 19th | 9% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 96.8% | 7th | +4.5pp | 20th | 3% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 97.2% | 4th | +3.8pp | 21st | 4% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 95.2% | 11th | +2.9pp | 22nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 98.1% | 2nd | +2.9pp | 23rd | 5% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 96.2% | 8th | +2.8pp | 24th | 3% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 97.1% | 5th | +2.5pp | 25th | 4% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 97.4% | 3rd | +2.3pp | 26th | 4% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 97.1% | 6th | +1.6pp | 27th | 4% above peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 94.5% | 12th | +1.0pp | 28th | 1% above peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 99.2% | 1st | +1.0pp | 29th | 6% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 95.7% | 10th | -0.0pp | 30th | 2% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 74.3% | 31st | -0.8pp | 31st | 21% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.39 then, 0.36 now; margin ±0.03).
| 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 | |||||
| Ocala, FL | 0.48 | 26th | -0.055 | 1st | 10% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 0.44 | 16th | -0.044 | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 0.43 | 14th | -0.040 | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 0.38 | 6th | -0.028 | 4th | 12% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 0.42 | 13th | -0.029 | 5th | 2% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 0.36 | 3rd | -0.023 | 6th | 17% below peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 0.37 | 4th | -0.023 | 7th | 15% below peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 0.48 | 27th | -0.027 | 8th | 10% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 0.44 | 19th | -0.024 | 9th | 1% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 0.39 | 7th | -0.019 | 10th | 10% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 0.35 | 1st | -0.016 | 11th | 21% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 0.41 | 10th | -0.019 | 12th | 5% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 0.35 | 2nd | -0.016 | 13th | 20% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 0.49 | 30th | -0.020 | 14th | 13% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 0.45 | 21st | -0.018 | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 0.43 | 15th | -0.016 | 16th | 2% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 0.42 | 11th | -0.016 | 17th | 3% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 0.48 | 28th | -0.013 | 18th | 11% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 0.47 | 25th | -0.010 | 19th | 8% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 0.47 | 24th | -0.004 | 20th | 8% above peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 0.53 | 31st | +0.001 | 21st | 21% above peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 0.44 | 17th | +0.005 | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 0.45 | 22nd | +0.007 | 23rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 0.42 | 12th | +0.010 | 24th | 3% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 0.41 | 9th | +0.010 | 25th | 5% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 0.46 | 23rd | +0.015 | 26th | 7% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 0.48 | 29th | +0.017 | 27th | 11% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 0.45 | 20th | +0.017 | 28th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 0.38 | 5th | +0.022 | 29th | 13% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 0.41 | 8th | +0.035 | 30th | 7% below peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 0.44 | 18th | +0.066 | 31st | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (10.1% then, 10.3% now; margin ±2.5pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Horizon West, FL | 2.1% | 1st | -1.5pp | 1st | 77% below peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 12.5% | 21st | -8.3pp | 2nd | 32% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 4.8% | 7th | -2.2pp | 3rd | 49% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 4.3% | 6th | -1.2pp | 4th | 55% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 12.8% | 23rd | -2.4pp | 5th | 36% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 8.8% | 15th | -1.2pp | 6th | 7% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 16.0% | 26th | -2.1pp | 7th | 70% above peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 18.1% | 27th | -1.8pp | 8th | 92% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 7.1% | 11th | -0.7pp | 9th | 25% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 11.8% | 20th | -1.0pp | 10th | 24% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 10.8% | 18th | -0.7pp | 11th | 14% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 25.0% | 30th | -1.1pp | 12th | 165% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 22.8% | 28th | -0.9pp | 13th | 141% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 6.4% | 10th | +0.1pp | 14th | 32% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 10.3% | 17th | +0.2pp | 15th | 9% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 7.3% | 12th | +0.2pp | 16th | 23% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 11.3% | 19th | +0.6pp | 17th | 19% above peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 23.3% | 29th | +1.6pp | 18th | 147% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 32.0% | 31st | +2.4pp | 19th | 238% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 14.7% | 24th | +1.1pp | 20th | 55% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 5.9% | 9th | +0.6pp | 21st | 37% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 8.2% | 14th | +1.1pp | 22nd | 13% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 15.9% | 25th | +2.3pp | 23rd | 68% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 12.6% | 22nd | +2.6pp | 24th | 33% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 3.2% | 4th | +0.9pp | 25th | 66% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 5.2% | 8th | +1.5pp | 26th | 45% below peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 8.0% | 13th | +2.4pp | 27th | 15% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 4.1% | 5th | +1.4pp | 28th | 57% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 2.6% | 3rd | +1.1pp | 29th | 72% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 2.5% | 2nd | +1.1pp | 30th | 73% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 9.4% | 16th | +5.8pp | 31st | on par with peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value fell about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado ref | $543,435 (Jun 26) | -2.0% | ||||
| United States ref | $372,995 (Jun 26) | +0.8% | ||||
| Skokie, IL | $435,880 (Jun 26) | 12th | +6.6% | 1st | 11% above peers | |
| Janesville, WI | $300,089 (Jun 26) | 21st | +6.1% | 2nd | 23% below peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | $262,782 (Jun 26) | 24th | +5.6% | 3rd | 33% below peers | |
| Palatine, IL | $396,075 (Jun 26) | 14th | +5.5% | 4th | 1% above peers | |
| Union City, NJ | $569,523 (Jun 26) | 8th | +5.0% | 5th | 45% above peers | |
| Lorain, OH | $158,944 (Jun 26) | 28th | +4.1% | 6th | 59% below peers | |
| Palo Alto, CA | $3,604,398 (Jun 26) | 1st | +3.6% | 7th | 820% above peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | $391,685 (Jun 26) | 15th | +3.5% | 8th | on par with peers | |
| Novi, MI | $478,638 (Jun 26) | 11th | +3.0% | 9th | 22% above peers | |
| Ames, IA | $307,551 (Jun 26) | 20th | +2.7% | 10th | 21% below peers | |
| Conway, AR | $252,300 (Jun 26) | 25th | +1.8% | 11th | 36% below peers | |
| Yorba Linda, CA | $1,420,519 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.7% | 12th | 263% above peers | |
| Malden, MA | $694,637 (Jun 26) | 7th | +1.5% | 13th | 77% above peers | |
| Greenwood, IN | $331,142 (Jun 26) | 19th | +1.4% | 14th | 15% below peers | |
| Victoria, TX | $217,561 (Jun 26) | 27th | +0.5% | 15th | 44% below peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | $149,410 (Jun 26) | 29th | +0.5% | 16th | 62% below peers | |
| Caldwell, ID | $402,988 (Jun 26) | 13th | +0.3% | 17th | 3% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | $134,986 (Jun 26) | 30th | -0.2% | 18th | 66% below peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | $730,793 (Jun 26) | 6th | -0.5% | 19th | 87% above peers | |
| Dundalk, MD | $227,014 (Jun 26) | 26th | -1.1% | 20th | 42% below peers | |
| Davis, CA | $854,071 (Jun 26) | 5th | -2.3% | 21st | 118% above peers | |
| Lodi, CA | $518,965 (Jun 26) | 9th | -2.4% | 22nd | 32% above peers | |
| Ocala, FL | $268,867 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -2.9% | 23rd | 31% below peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | $371,639 (Jun 26) | 17th | -3.3% | 24th | 5% below peers | |
| Maricopa, AZ | $345,384 (Jun 26) | 18th | -3.8% | 25th | 12% below peers | |
| Commerce City, CO | $489,357 (Jun 26) | 10th | -4.0% | 26th | 25% above peers | |
| Union City, CA | $1,247,792 (Jun 26) | 4th | -5.1% | 27th | 219% above peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | $375,312 (Jun 26) | 16th | -5.3% | 28th | 4% below peers | |
| Sammamish, WA | $1,591,920 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -5.7% | 29th | 306% above peers | |
| Port Charlotte, FL | $268,380 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -7.7% | 30th | 31% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes fell about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado ref | $362,289 (Jun 26) | -2.2% | ||||
| United States ref | $202,486 (Jun 26) | +2.0% | ||||
| Lorain, OH | $111,370 (Jun 26) | 28th | +9.2% | 1st | 63% below peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | $192,148 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +7.4% | 2nd | 36% below peers | |
| Janesville, WI | $222,465 (Jun 26) | 20th | +6.5% | 3rd | 26% below peers | |
| Skokie, IL | $306,804 (Jun 26) | 13th | +5.9% | 4th | 2% above peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | $301,669 (Jun 26) | 15th | +5.4% | 5th | on par with peers | |
| Palatine, IL | $244,680 (Jun 26) | 19th | +4.1% | 6th | 19% below peers | |
| Conway, AR | $186,535 (Jun 26) | 25th | +3.7% | 7th | 38% below peers | |
| Ames, IA | $208,311 (Jun 26) | 21st | +3.4% | 8th | 31% below peers | |
| Palo Alto, CA | $2,227,681 (Jun 26) | 1st | +3.3% | 9th | 638% above peers | |
| Novi, MI | $300,843 (Jun 26) | 16th | +2.5% | 10th | on par with peers | |
| Albany, GA | $62,478 (Jun 26) | 30th | +2.3% | 11th | 79% below peers | |
| Greenwood, IN | $249,037 (Jun 26) | 18th | +2.2% | 12th | 17% below peers | |
| Union City, NJ | $364,639 (Jun 26) | 10th | +1.7% | 13th | 21% above peers | |
| Malden, MA | $511,942 (Jun 26) | 6th | +1.3% | 14th | 70% above peers | |
| Yorba Linda, CA | $1,001,817 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.2% | 15th | 232% above peers | |
| Caldwell, ID | $338,708 (Jun 26) | 11th | +0.9% | 16th | 12% above peers | |
| Victoria, TX | $118,549 (Jun 26) | 27th | -0.3% | 17th | 61% below peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | $82,231 (Jun 26) | 29th | -0.4% | 18th | 73% below peers | |
| Davis, CA | $641,969 (Jun 26) | 5th | -0.9% | 19th | 113% above peers | |
| Dundalk, MD | $188,100 (Jun 26) | 24th | -1.3% | 20th | 38% below peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | $483,817 (Jun 26) | 7th | -1.7% | 21st | 60% above peers | |
| Lodi, CA | $402,484 (Jun 26) | 8th | -2.2% | 22nd | 33% above peers | |
| Ocala, FL | $195,336 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -3.4% | 23rd | 35% below peers | |
| Maricopa, AZ | $303,698 (Jun 26) | 14th | -4.1% | 24th | 1% above peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | $299,498 (Jun 26) | 17th | -4.3% | 25th | 1% below peers | |
| Commerce City, CO | $387,464 (Jun 26) | 9th | -4.6% | 26th | 28% above peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | $312,330 (Jun 26) | 12th | -5.3% | 27th | 4% above peers | |
| Sammamish, WA | $1,089,579 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -5.8% | 28th | 261% above peers | |
| Union City, CA | $779,118 (Jun 26) | 4th | -6.6% | 29th | 158% above peers | |
| Port Charlotte, FL | $181,828 (Jun 26) | 26th | -9.0% | 30th | 40% below peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
Homeownership rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.0% to 77.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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% | ||||||
| Caldwell, ID | 73.0% | 8th | +9.7pp | 1st | 13% above peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 52.1% | 25th | +6.0pp | 2nd | 19% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 83.2% | 2nd | +7.4pp | 3rd | 29% above peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 56.8% | 22nd | +4.4pp | 4th | 12% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 74.7% | 7th | +4.3pp | 5th | 15% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 83.6% | 1st | +4.0pp | 6th | 29% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 77.2% | 5th | +3.2pp | 7th | 19% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 42.1% | 28th | +1.4pp | 8th | 35% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 67.3% | 11th | +1.3pp | 9th | 4% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 62.1% | 18th | +1.2pp | 10th | 4% below peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 59.3% | 19th | +1.1pp | 11th | 8% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 67.1% | 12th | +1.2pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 57.1% | 21st | +1.0pp | 13th | 12% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 64.6% | 17th | +0.8pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 43.5% | 27th | +0.4pp | 15th | 33% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 41.3% | 29th | +0.3pp | 16th | 36% below peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 83.0% | 3rd | +0.4pp | 17th | 28% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 54.6% | 24th | +0.1pp | 18th | 16% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 55.0% | 23rd | -0.0pp | 19th | 15% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 66.3% | 13th | -0.4pp | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 64.7% | 16th | -0.7pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 65.1% | 15th | -1.3pp | 22nd | 1% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 65.7% | 14th | -1.4pp | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 67.4% | 10th | -1.7pp | 24th | 4% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 57.9% | 20th | -1.6pp | 25th | 11% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 82.5% | 4th | -3.1pp | 26th | 28% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 45.4% | 26th | -2.2pp | 27th | 30% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 69.9% | 9th | -4.6pp | 28th | 8% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 37.7% | 30th | -2.6pp | 29th | 42% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 19.1% | 31st | -1.7pp | 30th | 71% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 75.2% | 6th | -10.7pp | 31st | 16% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Palo Alto, CA | $4,299 (Jun 26) | 1st | +6.8% | 1st | 140% above peers | |
| Janesville, WI | $1,214 (Jun 26) | 24th | +5.2% | 2nd | 32% below peers | |
| Lorain, OH | $1,075 (Jun 26) | 28th | +5.1% | 3rd | 40% below peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | $1,208 (Jun 26) | 26th | +4.8% | 4th | 33% below peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | $898 (Jun 26) | 30th | +4.8% | 5th | 50% below peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | $1,494 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +4.2% | 6th | 17% below peers | |
| Skokie, IL | $2,250 (Jun 26) | 9th | +4.0% | 7th | 25% above peers | |
| Lodi, CA | $2,137 (Jun 26) | 10th | +4.0% | 8th | 19% above peers | |
| Caldwell, ID | $1,729 (Jun 26) | 16th | +3.9% | 9th | 4% below peers | |
| Yorba Linda, CA | $4,083 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +3.8% | 10th | 128% above peers | |
| Victoria, TX | $1,212 (Jun 26) | 25th | +3.1% | 11th | 32% below peers | |
| Ames, IA | $1,125 (Jun 26) | 27th | +3.0% | 12th | 37% below peers | |
| Conway, AR | $1,431 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +2.5% | 13th | 20% below peers | |
| Palatine, IL | $1,990 (Jun 26) | 12th | +2.5% | 14th | 11% above peers | |
| Dundalk, MD | $1,614 (Jun 26) | 19th | +2.4% | 15th | 10% below peers | |
| Union City, NJ | $2,421 (Jun 26) | 8th | +2.4% | 16th | 35% above peers | |
| Commerce City, CO | $2,484 (Jun 26) | 7th | +2.3% | 17th | 38% above peers | |
| Union City, CA | $2,867 (Jun 26) | 4th | +2.1% | 18th | 60% above peers | |
| Greenwood, IN | $1,609 (Jun 26) | 20th | +1.7% | 19th | 10% below peers | |
| Sammamish, WA | $3,738 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.5% | 20th | 108% above peers | |
| Novi, MI | $1,857 (Jun 26) | 13th | +1.5% | 21st | 4% above peers | |
| Maricopa, AZ | $1,831 (Jun 26) | 14th | +1.1% | 22nd | 2% above peers | |
| Davis, CA | $2,706 (Jun 26) | 6th | +0.7% | 23rd | 51% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | $937 (Jun 26) | 29th | +0.6% | 24th | 48% below peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | $2,116 (Jun 26) | 11th | +0.6% | 25th | 18% above peers | |
| Malden, MA | $2,803 (Jun 26) | 5th | -0.3% | 26th | 56% above peers | |
| Ocala, FL | $1,582 (Jun 26) | 21st | -0.7% | 27th | 12% below peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | $1,699 (Jun 26) | 17th | -1.4% | 28th | 5% below peers | |
| Port Charlotte, FL | $1,794 (Jun 26) | 15th | -2.0% | 29th | on par with peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | $1,668 (Jun 26) | 18th | -2.2% | 30th | 7% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.9% then, 34.2% now; margin ±4.9pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Union City, NJ | 50.5% | 31st | -6.1pp | 1st | 53% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 35.5% | 24th | -4.2pp | 2nd | 7% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 32.5% | 13th | -3.5pp | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 40.7% | 28th | -3.6pp | 4th | 23% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 34.8% | 22nd | -3.0pp | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 34.7% | 21st | -2.6pp | 6th | 5% above peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 38.0% | 25th | -2.5pp | 7th | 15% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 25.6% | 4th | -1.5pp | 8th | 22% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 28.1% | 6th | -0.6pp | 9th | 15% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 31.4% | 11th | -0.7pp | 10th | 5% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 28.5% | 8th | -0.5pp | 11th | 14% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 39.8% | 27th | -0.6pp | 12th | 21% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 34.6% | 20th | -0.2pp | 13th | 5% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 34.2% | 19th | +0.3pp | 14th | 4% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 25.5% | 3rd | +0.5pp | 15th | 23% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 33.9% | 18th | +0.7pp | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 32.0% | 12th | +0.7pp | 17th | 3% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 32.6% | 14th | +1.2pp | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 33.0% | 16th | +1.3pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 25.9% | 5th | +1.1pp | 20th | 22% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 25.2% | 2nd | +1.2pp | 21st | 24% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 28.1% | 7th | +1.3pp | 22nd | 15% below peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 35.5% | 23rd | +1.9pp | 23rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 28.8% | 9th | +1.8pp | 24th | 13% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 33.1% | 17th | +2.4pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 47.1% | 30th | +3.9pp | 26th | 43% above peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 43.1% | 29th | +3.8pp | 27th | 31% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 31.3% | 10th | +3.0pp | 28th | 5% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 23.2% | 1st | +2.6pp | 29th | 30% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 38.1% | 26th | +5.5pp | 30th | 15% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 33.0% | 15th | +8.6pp | 31st | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 3.6% now; margin ±1.7pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Waterloo, IA | 7.8% | 23rd | -3.1pp | 1st | 31% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 3.6% | 7th | -1.3pp | 2nd | 39% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 9.1% | 27th | -2.6pp | 3rd | 54% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 5.0% | 11th | -1.4pp | 4th | 16% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 8.9% | 26th | -2.0pp | 5th | 50% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 3.6% | 8th | -0.7pp | 6th | 39% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 17.5% | 30th | -2.4pp | 7th | 196% above peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 8.2% | 24th | -1.1pp | 8th | 39% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 12.4% | 28th | -1.6pp | 9th | 110% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 7.2% | 20th | -0.9pp | 10th | 22% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 7.0% | 18th | -0.7pp | 11th | 19% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 5.7% | 13th | -0.5pp | 12th | 4% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 5.8% | 14th | -0.4pp | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 12.4% | 29th | -0.8pp | 14th | 110% above peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 6.1% | 17th | -0.4pp | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 5.9% | 16th | -0.2pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 41.3% | 31st | -0.3pp | 17th | 601% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 7.7% | 22nd | -0.0pp | 18th | 30% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 7.2% | 19th | +0.0pp | 19th | 22% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 3.2% | 6th | +0.0pp | 20th | 46% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 5.1% | 12th | +0.2pp | 21st | 14% below peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 2.7% | 5th | +0.1pp | 22nd | 54% below peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 5.9% | 15th | +0.4pp | 23rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 8.5% | 25th | +1.5pp | 24th | 44% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 4.5% | 9th | +0.9pp | 25th | 24% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 4.7% | 10th | +1.0pp | 26th | 20% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 1.6% | 1st | +0.5pp | 27th | 73% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 2.4% | 4th | +1.1pp | 28th | 59% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 1.6% | 2nd | +0.8pp | 29th | 73% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 2.4% | 3rd | +1.3pp | 30th | 60% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 7.6% | 21st | +4.1pp | 31st | 29% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.8% then, 7.4% now; margin ±1.5pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado ref | 7.5% | +0.2pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.2% | -0.4pp | |||||
| Horizon West, FL | 6.3% | 14th | -4.9pp | 1st | 10% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 5.1% | 10th | -3.1pp | 2nd | 27% below peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 5.4% | 12th | -3.2pp | 3rd | 22% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 7.6% | 18th | -2.3pp | 4th | 9% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 3.4% | 6th | -0.9pp | 5th | 51% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 13.3% | 28th | -3.1pp | 6th | 91% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 7.4% | 17th | -1.4pp | 7th | 6% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 5.3% | 11th | -1.0pp | 8th | 23% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 4.4% | 7th | -0.8pp | 9th | 37% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 3.0% | 5th | -0.5pp | 10th | 58% below peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 2.5% | 3rd | -0.3pp | 11th | 64% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 11.8% | 25th | -1.4pp | 12th | 69% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 1.9% | 1st | -0.2pp | 13th | 73% below peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 7.8% | 19th | -0.6pp | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 17.3% | 30th | -1.0pp | 15th | 149% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 9.4% | 23rd | -0.5pp | 16th | 35% above peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 7.9% | 20th | -0.3pp | 17th | 13% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 12.5% | 27th | -0.3pp | 18th | 80% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 4.9% | 8th | -0.0pp | 19th | 30% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 6.7% | 15th | +0.1pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 23.9% | 31st | +0.6pp | 21st | 243% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 12.3% | 26th | +0.6pp | 22nd | 77% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 14.6% | 29th | +0.7pp | 23rd | 110% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 5.6% | 13th | +0.5pp | 24th | 20% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 7.0% | 16th | +0.6pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 4.9% | 9th | +0.6pp | 26th | 30% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 8.1% | 21st | +1.1pp | 27th | 17% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 2.9% | 4th | +0.8pp | 28th | 58% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 10.0% | 24th | +2.8pp | 29th | 44% above peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 9.1% | 22nd | +2.7pp | 30th | 31% above peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 2.3% | 2nd | +0.8pp | 31st | 67% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado ref | 26.3% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Union City, CA | 15.8% | 1st | 55% below peers | |
| Sammamish, WA | 18.8% | 2nd | 46% below peers | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 19.8% | 3rd | 44% below peers | |
| Yorba Linda, CA | 22.9% | 4th | 35% below peers | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 23.4% | 5th | 33% below peers | |
| Malden, MA | 24.2% | 6th | 31% below peers | |
| Novi, MI | 25.2% | 7th | 28% below peers | |
| Davis, CA | 26.3% | 8th | 25% below peers | |
| Skokie, IL | 26.6% | 9th | 24% below peers | |
| Horizon West, FL | 28.2% | 10th | 20% below peers | |
| Palatine, IL | 29.0% | 11th | 17% below peers | |
| Pflugerville, TX | 29.6% | 12th | 16% below peers | |
| Rowlett, TX | 31.7% | 13th | 10% below peers | |
| Cheyenne, WY | 33.5% | 14th | 5% below peers | |
| Commerce City, CO | 34.1% | 15th | 3% below peers | |
| Lodi, CA | 35.1% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Port Charlotte, FL | 35.6% | 17th | 1% above peers | |
| Ames, IA | 35.7% | 18th | 2% above peers | |
| Union City, NJ | 36.6% | 19th | 4% above peers | |
| Dundalk, MD | 36.8% | 20th | 5% above peers | |
| Janesville, WI | 36.9% | 21st | 5% above peers | |
| Maricopa, AZ | 37.7% | 22nd | 7% above peers | |
| Caldwell, ID | 39.0% | 23rd | 11% above peers | |
| Ocala, FL | 39.5% | 24th | 13% above peers | |
| Conway, AR | 40.0% | 25th | 14% above peers | |
| Victoria, TX | 40.6% | 26th | 16% above peers | |
| Oshkosh, WI | 41.0% | 27th | 17% above peers | |
| Greenwood, IN | 41.0% | 28th | 17% above peers | |
| Waterloo, IA | 41.1% | 29th | 17% above peers | |
| Lorain, OH | 44.9% | 30th | 28% above peers | |
| Albany, GA | 45.1% | 31st | 28% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 2.6% now; margin ±1.8pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Horizon West, FL | 2.5% | 7th | -7.3pp | 1st | 39% below peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 0.9% | 1st | -1.1pp | 2nd | 79% below peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 4.3% | 17th | -3.4pp | 3rd | 5% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 3.0% | 13th | -2.3pp | 4th | 27% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 2.6% | 9th | -1.7pp | 5th | 38% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 1.4% | 2nd | -0.8pp | 6th | 65% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 4.5% | 18th | -1.9pp | 7th | 8% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 4.6% | 19th | -1.4pp | 8th | 10% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 1.7% | 4th | -0.5pp | 9th | 60% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 9.8% | 26th | -2.6pp | 10th | 137% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 1.5% | 3rd | -0.3pp | 11th | 64% below peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 5.0% | 20th | -0.8pp | 12th | 21% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 7.3% | 23rd | -1.1pp | 13th | 77% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 3.5% | 14th | -0.4pp | 14th | 16% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 3.0% | 12th | -0.1pp | 15th | 27% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 8.4% | 24th | -0.0pp | 16th | 104% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 3.5% | 15th | +0.0pp | 17th | 16% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 2.0% | 5th | +0.1pp | 18th | 52% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 5.1% | 21st | +0.6pp | 19th | 24% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 14.5% | 31st | +2.3pp | 20th | 251% above peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 2.6% | 8th | +0.5pp | 21st | 38% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 3.0% | 11th | +0.7pp | 22nd | 28% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 9.2% | 25th | +2.5pp | 23rd | 122% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 5.6% | 22nd | +1.6pp | 24th | 35% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 2.7% | 10th | +0.8pp | 25th | 35% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 11.7% | 29th | +5.8pp | 26th | 183% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 4.1% | 16th | +2.3pp | 27th | on par with peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 9.8% | 27th | +5.6pp | 28th | 138% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 13.3% | 30th | +9.3pp | 29th | 223% above peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 2.1% | 6th | +1.5pp | 30th | 50% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 10.7% | 28th | +8.1pp | 31st | 158% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.1% to 25.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Caldwell, ID | 19.5% | 29th | +5.9pp | 1st | 42% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 28.4% | 19th | +6.8pp | 2nd | 15% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 31.2% | 18th | +7.0pp | 3rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 24.6% | 23rd | +5.4pp | 4th | 27% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 15.7% | 30th | +2.8pp | 5th | 53% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 25.8% | 22nd | +3.8pp | 6th | 23% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 14.8% | 31st | +2.1pp | 7th | 56% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 27.3% | 21st | +3.7pp | 8th | 19% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 45.1% | 12th | +6.1pp | 9th | 34% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 53.8% | 9th | +6.2pp | 10th | 60% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 45.1% | 11th | +4.8pp | 11th | 35% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 20.8% | 27th | +2.0pp | 12th | 38% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 33.5% | 16th | +3.2pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 43.0% | 13th | +4.0pp | 14th | 28% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 42.6% | 14th | +2.9pp | 15th | 27% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 33.4% | 17th | +2.3pp | 16th | 1% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 27.4% | 20th | +1.8pp | 17th | 18% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 37.9% | 15th | +2.4pp | 18th | 13% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 21.4% | 26th | +1.3pp | 19th | 36% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 64.1% | 6th | +3.5pp | 20th | 91% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 65.8% | 5th | +3.1pp | 21st | 96% above peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 76.8% | 3rd | +2.9pp | 22nd | 129% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 56.2% | 8th | +2.1pp | 23rd | 67% above peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 77.1% | 2nd | +1.9pp | 24th | 130% above peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 51.1% | 10th | +1.1pp | 25th | 52% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 70.7% | 4th | +1.5pp | 26th | 111% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 57.6% | 7th | +1.2pp | 27th | 72% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 82.3% | 1st | -0.5pp | 28th | 145% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 20.3% | 28th | -0.4pp | 29th | 40% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 23.6% | 24th | -1.1pp | 30th | 30% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 21.8% | 25th | -1.6pp | 31st | 35% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (53.3% then, 39.6% now; margin ±13.9pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Victoria, TX | 52.8% | 11th | +16.8pp | 1st | 19% above peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 72.7% | 1st | +20.2pp | 2nd | 64% above peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 64.5% | 7th | +16.7pp | 3rd | 46% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 41.8% | 17th | +9.0pp | 4th | 5% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 44.8% | 15th | +7.2pp | 5th | 1% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 65.3% | 5th | +9.8pp | 6th | 48% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 56.2% | 10th | +5.2pp | 7th | 27% above peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 67.5% | 3rd | +4.1pp | 8th | 53% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 61.5% | 8th | +3.6pp | 9th | 39% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 44.2% | 16th | +0.8pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 26.0% | 27th | +0.4pp | 11th | 41% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 65.9% | 4th | +0.3pp | 12th | 49% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 46.3% | 14th | -0.7pp | 13th | 5% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 36.8% | 22nd | -0.7pp | 14th | 17% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 69.5% | 2nd | -3.4pp | 15th | 57% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 26.2% | 26th | -2.5pp | 16th | 41% below peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 31.3% | 24th | -4.4pp | 17th | 29% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 30.4% | 25th | -4.3pp | 18th | 31% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 32.0% | 23rd | -4.9pp | 19th | 28% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 38.0% | 19th | -7.6pp | 20th | 14% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 65.3% | 6th | -15.5pp | 21st | 48% above peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 37.1% | 20th | -11.2pp | 22nd | 16% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 58.4% | 9th | -18.6pp | 23rd | 32% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 46.9% | 13th | -15.7pp | 24th | 6% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 39.6% | 18th | -13.7pp | 25th | 10% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 25.9% | 28th | -9.4pp | 26th | 41% below peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 49.2% | 12th | -22.1pp | 27th | 11% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 20.2% | 31st | -9.9pp | 28th | 54% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 25.1% | 29th | -16.0pp | 29th | 43% below peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 37.1% | 21st | -23.8pp | 30th | 16% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 20.8% | 30th | -19.3pp | 31st | 53% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric. Margins at this size are wide (low-reliability estimate); read the level, not the pace.
Disconnected youth rose 12.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.2% to 14.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Alpharetta, GA | 0.4% | 1st | -6.6pp | 1st | 93% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 1.9% | 4th | -6.2pp | 2nd | 68% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 0.7% | 2nd | -0.8pp | 3rd | 89% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 5.9% | 17th | -7.1pp | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 6.0% | 18th | -5.2pp | 5th | 2% above peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 2.6% | 7th | -2.1pp | 6th | 55% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 2.0% | 5th | -1.6pp | 7th | 65% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 2.9% | 9th | -0.8pp | 8th | 51% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 8.3% | 22nd | -1.5pp | 9th | 40% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 7.6% | 21st | -0.8pp | 10th | 29% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 7.4% | 20th | -0.6pp | 11th | 25% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 4.1% | 10th | -0.2pp | 12th | 30% below peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 4.4% | 12th | +0.1pp | 13th | 25% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 5.9% | 16th | +0.2pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 9.7% | 24th | +1.2pp | 15th | 64% above peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 10.4% | 27th | +1.5pp | 16th | 76% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 6.4% | 19th | +1.6pp | 17th | 8% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 16.5% | 31st | +4.1pp | 18th | 180% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 5.0% | 15th | +1.4pp | 19th | 15% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 10.3% | 26th | +3.8pp | 20th | 74% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 2.7% | 8th | +1.0pp | 21st | 54% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 13.2% | 29th | +6.2pp | 22nd | 123% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 4.6% | 14th | +2.4pp | 23rd | 22% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 1.7% | 3rd | +0.9pp | 24th | 71% below peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 2.5% | 6th | +1.4pp | 25th | 57% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 9.6% | 23rd | +5.4pp | 26th | 62% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 10.2% | 25th | +6.1pp | 27th | 74% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 4.3% | 11th | +3.1pp | 28th | 27% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 4.5% | 13th | +3.3pp | 29th | 24% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 11.8% | 28th | +9.8pp | 30th | 100% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 14.5% | 30th | +12.3pp | 31st | 146% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population rose about 18% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56,448 to 66,445 - more than the combined survey margin (±72). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon West, FL | 67,416 | 5th | +73% | 1st | 1% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 67,163 | 9th | +38% | 2nd | 1% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 66,516 | 16th | +21% | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 66,445 | 19th | +18% | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 66,029 | 24th | +14% | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 66,584 | 15th | +12% | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 66,717 | 14th | +11% | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 65,906 | 27th | +8% | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 65,971 | 25th | +7% | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 66,133 | 22nd | +6% | 10th | 1% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 65,969 | 26th | +5% | 11th | 1% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 66,219 | 21st | +4% | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 66,030 | 23rd | +3% | 13th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 66,463 | 17th | +3% | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 67,607 | 3rd | +3% | 15th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 65,463 | 29th | +3% | 16th | 2% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 65,239 | 31st | +3% | 17th | 2% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 65,395 | 30th | +2% | 18th | 2% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 67,669 | 1st | +2% | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 67,642 | 2nd | +2% | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 66,855 | 12th | +2% | 21st | 1% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 67,237 | 6th | +1% | 22nd | 1% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 66,729 | 13th | -0% | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 67,170 | 8th | -1% | 24th | 1% above peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 67,008 | 10th | -1% | 25th | 1% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 65,625 | 28th | -2% | 26th | 1% below peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 66,978 | 11th | -2% | 27th | 1% above peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 66,463 | 18th | -3% | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 66,293 | 20th | -3% | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 67,224 | 7th | -9% | 30th | 1% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 67,464 | 4th | -10% | 31st | 1% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Single-parent rose 8.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.2% to 28.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.2pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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 | |||||
| Pflugerville, TX | 25.8% | 18th | +11.3pp | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 26.6% | 17th | +8.2pp | 2nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 28.9% | 13th | +8.7pp | 3rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 16.8% | 25th | +2.8pp | 4th | 38% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 50.1% | 3rd | +8.0pp | 5th | 86% above peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 23.1% | 19th | +3.6pp | 6th | 14% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 50.0% | 4th | +7.5pp | 7th | 86% above peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 60.4% | 2nd | +5.2pp | 8th | 125% above peers | ||
| Union City, CA | 16.4% | 27th | +1.0pp | 9th | 39% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 26.9% | 16th | +1.5pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 21.0% | 22nd | +1.2pp | 11th | 22% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 44.0% | 5th | +2.0pp | 12th | 64% above peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 31.6% | 11th | +1.0pp | 13th | 17% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 71.5% | 1st | +1.8pp | 14th | 166% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 36.7% | 7th | +0.5pp | 15th | 36% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 33.9% | 9th | +0.1pp | 16th | 26% above peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 22.1% | 21st | -0.3pp | 17th | 18% below peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 12.7% | 29th | -0.2pp | 18th | 53% below peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 32.5% | 10th | -0.7pp | 19th | 21% above peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 40.8% | 6th | -1.3pp | 20th | 51% above peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 27.2% | 15th | -1.6pp | 21st | 1% above peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 22.3% | 20th | -2.0pp | 22nd | 17% below peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 35.3% | 8th | -3.6pp | 23rd | 31% above peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 28.7% | 14th | -2.9pp | 24th | 6% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 13.8% | 28th | -1.5pp | 25th | 49% below peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 20.8% | 23rd | -2.4pp | 26th | 23% below peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 29.5% | 12th | -3.4pp | 27th | 10% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 12.4% | 30th | -1.6pp | 28th | 54% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 18.2% | 24th | -3.4pp | 29th | 32% below peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 16.6% | 26th | -4.5pp | 30th | 38% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 6.7% | 31st | -2.7pp | 31st | 75% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.6% then, 67.3% now; margin ±13.0pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Union City, CA | 78.1% | 1st | +14.3pp | 1st | 12% above peers | ||
| Conway, AR | 76.4% | 2nd | +10.5pp | 2nd | 10% above peers | ||
| Pflugerville, TX | 70.2% | 13th | +9.2pp | 3rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Alpharetta, GA | 62.5% | 25th | +7.9pp | 4th | 10% below peers | ||
| Port Charlotte, FL | 67.6% | 19th | +7.8pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| Sammamish, WA | 60.3% | 26th | +6.6pp | 6th | 13% below peers | ||
| Lodi, CA | 62.8% | 24th | +6.5pp | 7th | 10% below peers | ||
| Caldwell, ID | 64.8% | 23rd | +6.1pp | 8th | 7% below peers | ||
| Skokie, IL | 68.9% | 17th | +6.5pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Rowlett, TX | 69.9% | 14th | +6.2pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Horizon West, FL | 59.8% | 27th | +4.5pp | 11th | 14% below peers | ||
| Union City, NJ | 72.6% | 9th | +5.4pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Janesville, WI | 74.0% | 3rd | +5.3pp | 13th | 6% above peers | ||
| Palo Alto, CA | 73.5% | 5th | +4.8pp | 14th | 5% above peers | ||
| Yorba Linda, CA | 67.5% | 20th | +4.0pp | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Lorain, OH | 69.7% | 15th | +3.0pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Greenwood, IN | 69.7% | 16th | +1.3pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Cheyenne, WY | 73.8% | 4th | +1.3pp | 18th | 6% above peers | ||
| Commerce City, CO | 67.3% | 21st | +0.7pp | 19th | 3% below peers | ||
| Novi, MI | 64.9% | 22nd | +0.6pp | 20th | 7% below peers | ||
| Ocala, FL | 70.4% | 12th | -1.2pp | 21st | 1% above peers | ||
| Davis, CA | 73.0% | 7th | -1.5pp | 22nd | 5% above peers | ||
| Victoria, TX | 70.8% | 11th | -1.8pp | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Malden, MA | 56.3% | 30th | -1.8pp | 24th | 19% below peers | ||
| Palatine, IL | 68.3% | 18th | -2.7pp | 25th | 2% below peers | ||
| Waterloo, IA | 72.0% | 10th | -3.6pp | 26th | 3% above peers | ||
| Albany, GA | 72.9% | 8th | -6.4pp | 27th | 5% above peers | ||
| Oshkosh, WI | 73.3% | 6th | -7.2pp | 28th | 5% above peers | ||
| Maricopa, AZ | 54.8% | 31st | -9.2pp | 29th | 21% below peers | ||
| Dundalk, MD | 57.7% | 29th | -11.3pp | 30th | 17% below peers | ||
| Ames, IA | 58.9% | 28th | -11.7pp | 31st | 15% below peers |