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62,341 people (2025) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Bristol, CT shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
2026
▼ 100%
relative change
2 in 2021
Dropping fast  
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
109 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 33%
relative change
164 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Household income
Median household income
$79,076
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
$67,507 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
585 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
698 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
30.3%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
26.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.6%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
83.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
0.9%
2020-24
▼ 41%
relative change
1.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
62.5%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
73.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.6%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
4.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
64.9%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
63.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
61 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 41%
relative change
43 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Bristol, CT shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.8%
Jul 2026
▲ 32%
relative change
4.4% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
15.3%
2019-23
▼ 2%
relative change
15.6% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$271,159
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$255,039 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,709
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$1,613 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$350,637
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$331,417 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
61,462
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
60,218 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
74.8%
2020-24
high
vs peers
82.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
20.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
20.3% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Violent crime rose about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. Bristol started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 61 in July 2026, up from 43 a year earlier.
Bright spot 61 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%
Saratoga Springs, UT 65 (Jul 26) -25.9% 1st
Utica, NY 394 (Jul 26) -21.0% 2nd
Smyrna, TN 257 (Jul 26) -18.1% 3rd
Eden Prairie, MN 51 (Jul 26) -18.0% 4th
Taunton, MA 353 (Jul 26) -17.8% 5th
St. Peters, MO 171 (Jul 26) -17.3% 6th
Bossier City, LA 737 (Jul 26) -14.7% 7th
Little Elm, TX 116 (Jul 26) -11.0% 8th
Springfield, OR 278 (Mar 26) -7.2% 9th
Burlington, NC 673 (Jul 26) -6.8% 10th
Pontiac, MI 854 (Apr 26) -6.3% 11th
Bentonville, AR 206 (Jul 26) -5.8% 12th
Council Bluffs, IA 499 (Jul 26) -3.4% 13th
Kannapolis, NC 170 (Jul 26) -1.9% 14th
Blue Springs, MO 229 (Jul 26) +0.7% 15th
Santa Cruz, CA 584 (Jul 26) +0.8% 16th
Porterville, CA 333 (Jul 26) +1.9% 17th
Corvallis, OR 180 (Feb 26) +4.6% 18th
Brookline, MA 123 (Apr 25) +19.8% 19th
Bristol, CT 61 (Jul 26) +40.8% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities. Bristol started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 585 in July 2026, down from 698 a year earlier.
Bright spot 585 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%
Saratoga Springs, UT 397 (Jul 26) -25.4% 1st
Springfield, OR 2,116 (Mar 26) -25.2% 2nd
Little Elm, TX 285 (Jul 26) -23.8% 3rd
Corvallis, OR 1,833 (Jul 26) -22.8% 4th
Blue Springs, MO 1,720 (Jul 26) -21.5% 5th
Porterville, CA 1,135 (Jul 26) -18.2% 6th
Kannapolis, NC 1,360 (Jul 26) -17.5% 7th
Bossier City, LA 3,070 (Jul 26) -17.1% 8th
Bristol, CT 585 (Jul 26) -16.1% 9th
Smyrna, TN 1,688 (Jul 26) -14.8% 10th
Santa Cruz, CA 2,270 (Jul 26) -12.0% 11th
St. Peters, MO 769 (Jul 26) -11.9% 12th
Utica, NY 2,706 (Jul 26) -10.7% 13th
Pontiac, MI 1,401 (Apr 26) -8.2% 14th
Eden Prairie, MN 1,119 (Jul 26) -7.2% 15th
Bentonville, AR 685 (Jul 26) -6.7% 16th
Taunton, MA 948 (Jul 26) +4.6% 17th
Brookline, MA 869 (Apr 25) +9.0% 18th
Burlington, NC 2,914 (Jul 26) +9.3% 19th
Council Bluffs, IA 2,699 (Jul 26) +21.0% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% 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 Improving, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicide fell about 20% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Broader trend
Improving faster than 93% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in July 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
Bright spot 0 per 100k
2018Jun 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%
Taunton, MA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Utica, NY 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Eden Prairie, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Burlington, NC 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Kannapolis, NC 3 (Jul 26) -60.0% 5th
Pontiac, MI 13 (Apr 26) -0.1% 6th
Council Bluffs, IA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Little Elm, TX 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Bentonville, AR 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Bossier City, LA 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Smyrna, TN 3 (Jul 26) +100.0% 11th
Bristol, CT 0 (Jul 26)
Santa Cruz, CA 2 (Jul 26)
Blue Springs, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Porterville, CA 2 (Jul 26)
Corvallis, OR 2 (Jul 26)
St. Peters, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Springfield, OR 3 (Mar 26)
Brookline, MA 0 (Apr 25)
Saratoga Springs, UT 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 33% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 109 in July 2026, down from 164 a year earlier.
Bright spot 109 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Bentonville, AR 29 (Jul 26) -47.1% 1st
Porterville, CA 195 (Jul 26) -43.6% 2nd
Pontiac, MI 182 (Apr 26) -40.6% 3rd
Bossier City, LA 207 (Jul 26) -39.1% 4th
Corvallis, OR 59 (Jul 26) -37.9% 5th
Saratoga Springs, UT 20 (Jul 26) -36.9% 6th
Blue Springs, MO 162 (Jul 26) -36.7% 7th
Brookline, MA 21 (Apr 25) -35.1% 8th
Bristol, CT 109 (Jul 26) -33.3% 9th
Eden Prairie, MN 27 (Jul 26) -32.0% 10th
Springfield, OR 143 (Mar 26) -30.8% 11th
Kannapolis, NC 130 (Jul 26) -27.9% 12th
Santa Cruz, CA 125 (Jul 26) -24.5% 13th
Little Elm, TX 33 (Jul 26) -19.2% 14th
Burlington, NC 229 (Jul 26) -18.0% 15th
Smyrna, TN 194 (Jul 26) -12.1% 16th
St. Peters, MO 70 (Jul 26) -6.5% 17th
Council Bluffs, IA 313 (Jul 26) -3.0% 18th
Utica, NY 146 (Jul 26) +8.2% 19th
Taunton, MA 109 (Jul 26) +17.2% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% 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 17% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $67,507 to $79,076 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,755).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bristol started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 31% from 2014 to 2024 ($60,208 to $79,076).
Bright spot $79,076
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
Connecticut ref $95,781 +22%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 8th +48% 1st 46% above peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 22nd +44% 2nd 13% below peers
Lakewood, WA $74,720 20th +44% 3rd 6% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 9th +40% 4th 42% above peers
Utica, NY $52,484 30th +39% 5th 34% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 21st +38% 6th 7% below peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 26th +38% 7th 24% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 18th +33% 8th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 9th 44% below peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 28th +32% 10th 28% below peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 15th +31% 11th 3% above peers
Woodland, CA $90,180 13th +30% 12th 14% above peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 11th +28% 13th 39% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $59,648 27th +28% 14th 25% below peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 2nd +27% 15th 77% above peers
Taunton, MA $79,283 16th +26% 16th on par with peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $128,802 4th +26% 17th 62% above peers
Wellington, FL $115,632 7th +25% 18th 46% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 23rd +25% 19th 14% below peers
Corvallis, OR $65,012 24th +23% 20th 18% below peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 19th +23% 21st 4% below peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 10th +22% 22nd 40% above peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 1st +21% 23rd 79% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 5th +21% 24th 55% above peers
Little Elm, TX $119,219 6th +21% 25th 50% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $64,578 25th +21% 26th 19% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 14th +17% 27th 12% above peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 17th +17% 28th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 3rd +17% 29th 65% above peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 12th +16% 30th 16% above peers
Bossier City, LA $55,819 29th +11% 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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2 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,956 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 1.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.1 percentage points lower than in 2022 (4.4% then, 4.3% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 3.6% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.8% in July 2026, up from 4.4% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.8%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 5.2% (Jul 26) +1.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Vineland, NJ 7.2% (Jul 26) 26th -2.0pp 1st 60% above peers
Porterville, CA 12.8% (Jul 26) 29th -1.2pp 2nd 184% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Burlington, NC 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th -0.7pp 4th 7% below peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 5th 11% below peers
Woodland, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 6th 31% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.5pp 7th 11% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 8th 20% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 18th -0.4pp 9th 22% above peers
Corvallis, OR 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Hanford, CA 8.1% (Jul 26) 27th -0.3pp 12th 80% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 13th 24% below peers
Smyrna, TN 2.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 14th 36% below peers
Bentonville, AR 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 15th 33% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 16th 16% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.2pp 17th 29% below peers
Springfield, OR 5.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 18th 22% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 19th 22% below peers
Taunton, MA 5.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.1pp 20th 27% above peers
Little Elm, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th +0.4pp 22nd 9% below peers
Utica, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 21st +0.4pp 23rd 27% above peers
Lakewood, WA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.5pp 24th 31% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 6.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.6pp 25th 33% above peers
Pontiac, MI 10.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.6pp 26th 136% above peers
Jupiter, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 28th 7% above peers
Bristol, CT 5.8% (Jul 26) 22nd +1.4pp 29th 29% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.1% then, 10.7% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 10.7%).
10.7%
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
Connecticut ref 10.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Porterville, CA 17.3% 27th -10.2pp 1st 38% above peers
Bentonville, AR 5.2% 4th -2.4pp 2nd 58% below peers
Brookline, MA 8.7% 10th -3.5pp 3rd 30% below peers
Woodland, CA 8.2% 9th -3.0pp 4th 34% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.9% 22nd -4.4pp 5th 19% above peers
Pontiac, MI 24.4% 30th -6.4pp 6th 95% above peers
Lakewood, WA 13.2% 19th -3.4pp 7th 5% above peers
Burlington, NC 16.4% 24th -4.0pp 8th 31% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 17.0% 26th -3.9pp 9th 36% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 1st -0.8pp 10th 63% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.6% 17th -1.9pp 11th 1% above peers
Taunton, MA 13.0% 18th -1.2pp 12th 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 11.2% 15th -1.1pp 13th 10% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.4% 25th -1.1pp 14th 31% above peers
Utica, NY 27.5% 31st -1.9pp 15th 120% above peers
Corvallis, OR 24.3% 29th -1.3pp 16th 95% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.5% 20th -0.7pp 17th 16% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.0% 7th -0.2pp 18th 44% below peers
Bossier City, LA 20.8% 28th +1.1pp 19th 66% above peers
Bristol, CT 10.7% 14th +0.6pp 20th 14% below peers
Vineland, NJ 14.6% 21st +0.9pp 21st 17% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 6th +0.5pp 22nd 54% below peers
Wellington, FL 7.8% 8th +0.7pp 23rd 38% below peers
Jupiter, FL 9.5% 12th +1.4pp 24th 24% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 15.1% 23rd +2.2pp 25th 21% above peers
Smyrna, TN 12.5% 16th +1.8pp 26th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.3% 13th +3.1pp 27th 18% below peers
Little Elm, TX 9.0% 11th +3.9pp 28th 28% below peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 29th 61% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.7% 5th +2.5pp 30th 55% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 5.0% 3rd +2.7pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.8% then, 16.3% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 16.3%).
16.3%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 13.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Woodland, CA 7.6% 8th -7.9pp 1st 53% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 24th -14.7pp 2nd 25% above peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 15th -10.0pp 3rd 13% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 4th -3.5pp 4th 69% below peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 3rd -2.8pp 5th 71% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 26th -13.0pp 6th 37% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 9th -5.1pp 7th 41% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 7th -2.5pp 8th 61% below peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 21st -6.1pp 9th 12% above peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 30th -7.5pp 10th 118% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 22nd -3.7pp 11th 22% above peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 12th 142% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 20th -2.1pp 13th 12% above peers
Taunton, MA 20.4% 25th -2.2pp 14th 25% above peers
Corvallis, OR 16.8% 17th -1.8pp 15th 3% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 16th 80% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 23.3% 28th -1.7pp 17th 43% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 10th -0.4pp 18th 38% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 11th +0.6pp 19th 34% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 18th +1.2pp 20th 5% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 19th +1.3pp 21st 11% above peers
Bossier City, LA 34.2% 29th +4.5pp 22nd 110% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 16th +2.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.4% 27th +5.6pp 24th 37% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 12th +2.9pp 25th 34% below peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 23rd +5.9pp 26th 24% above peers
Wellington, FL 11.9% 14th +3.8pp 27th 27% below peers
Little Elm, TX 11.4% 13th +5.6pp 28th 30% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 5th +2.8pp 29th 66% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 6.2% 6th +3.8pp 30th 62% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 77% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.1% to 92.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bristol started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.3% to 92.6%).
Bright spot 92.6%
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
Connecticut ref 92.3% +6.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bossier City, LA 85.2% 30th +21.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 3rd +24.4pp 2nd 5% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 89.2% 25th +21.9pp 3rd 3% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 26th +12.6pp 4th 4% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 29th +12.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 28th +11.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 20th +11.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 24th +10.5pp 8th 3% below peers
Taunton, MA 90.7% 22nd +10.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 15th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 85.0% 31st +8.6pp 11th 8% below peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 12th +8.0pp 12th 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 16th +7.7pp 13th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 19th +7.3pp 14th 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 18th +7.0pp 15th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 13th +6.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 10th +6.1pp 17th 3% above peers
Woodland, CA 90.8% 21st +5.6pp 18th 2% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 23rd +5.5pp 19th 2% below peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 27th +4.9pp 20th 4% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 7th +5.0pp 21st 4% above peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 4th +4.6pp 22nd 5% above peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 11th +4.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 14th +3.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 8th +2.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Little Elm, TX 98.3% 2nd +2.7pp 26th 7% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 98.4% 1st +2.4pp 27th 7% above peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 5th +2.3pp 28th 4% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 9th +2.2pp 29th 3% above peers
Corvallis, OR 92.3% 17th +1.6pp 30th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 96.2% 6th +1.6pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.41).
Bright spot 0.41
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 0.50 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Porterville, CA 0.42 9th -0.061 1st 7% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 23rd -0.035 2nd 6% above peers
Burlington, NC 0.45 18th -0.030 3rd 2% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 8th -0.025 4th 8% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 15th -0.023 5th 1% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 27th -0.020 6th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 21st -0.017 7th 3% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 5th -0.013 8th 10% below peers
Woodland, CA 0.42 10th -0.013 9th 6% below peers
Taunton, MA 0.43 11th -0.014 10th 4% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 0.46 20th -0.014 11th 3% above peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 14th -0.012 12th 2% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 17th -0.011 13th 1% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 30th -0.013 14th 16% above peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 28th -0.009 15th 14% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 16th -0.005 16th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 12th -0.004 17th 4% below peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 31st -0.002 18th 17% above peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 4th +0.003 19th 14% below peers
Wellington, FL 0.45 19th +0.005 20th 2% above peers
Corvallis, OR 0.51 29th +0.009 21st 15% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 0.43 13th +0.012 22nd 4% below peers
Bossier City, LA 0.46 22nd +0.014 23rd 4% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 26th +0.015 24th 9% above peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 25th +0.019 25th 6% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 2nd +0.014 26th 24% below peers
Little Elm, TX 0.37 3rd +0.018 27th 18% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 24th +0.024 28th 6% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 6th +0.022 29th 9% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 0.32 1st +0.022 30th 28% below peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 7th +0.031 31st 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (15.6% then, 15.3% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.6% to 15.3%).
Needs attention 15.3%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 11.7% -0.5pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 88% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.5% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 88% below peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 81% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.9% 8th -1.9pp 4th 61% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 12.5% 17th -3.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 10th -1.2pp 6th 57% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 5th -0.8pp 7th 68% below peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 24th -2.8pp 8th 30% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 11th -0.8pp 9th 55% below peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 13th -0.7pp 10th 46% below peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 30th -3.0pp 11th 142% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 16th -1.2pp 12th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 21st -1.5pp 13th 22% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 26th -1.6pp 14th 39% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.7% 14th -0.8pp 15th 22% below peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 29th -1.5pp 16th 115% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.6% 25th -0.8pp 17th 34% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 18th 147% above peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 22nd -0.3pp 19th 24% above peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 23rd -0.0pp 20th 24% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 28th +0.3pp 21st 115% above peers
Corvallis, OR 13.6% 19th +0.4pp 22nd 10% above peers
Bossier City, LA 13.2% 18th +0.7pp 23rd 6% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 4th +0.3pp 24th 73% below peers
Woodland, CA 14.0% 20th +1.4pp 25th 13% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 6th +0.5pp 26th 67% below peers
Little Elm, TX 5.1% 9th +0.7pp 27th 59% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 7th +0.8pp 28th 67% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 15th +2.1pp 29th 16% below peers
Taunton, MA 24.5% 27th +5.2pp 30th 98% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 12th +1.4pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $350,637 in August 2026, up from $331,417 a year earlier.
Big move $350,637
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref $450,873 (Aug 26) +5.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Utica, NY $212,423 (Aug 26) 29th +7.0% 1st 49% below peers
White Plains, NY $808,180 (Aug 26) 4th +5.8% 2nd 94% above peers
Bristol, CT $350,637 (Aug 26) 20th +5.8% 3rd 16% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,348,968 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.7% 4th 224% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,743,951 (Aug 26) 1st +5.1% 5th 319% above peers
Taunton, MA $521,740 (Aug 26) 11th +4.0% 6th 25% above peers
Bentonville, AR $492,753 (Aug 26) 14th +2.8% 7th 18% above peers
Hanford, CA $383,336 (Aug 26) 19th +2.7% 8th 8% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $502,326 (Aug 26) 13th +2.7% 9th 21% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $229,838 (Aug 26) 27th +2.5% 10th 45% below peers
Vineland, NJ $314,247 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.3% 11th 25% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $311,297 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.1% 12th 25% below peers
Jupiter, FL $704,677 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 13th 69% above peers
Wellington, FL $658,628 (Aug 26) 6th +1.7% 14th 58% above peers
Pontiac, MI $139,885 (Aug 26) 30th +1.5% 15th 66% below peers
Bossier City, LA $229,529 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 16th 45% below peers
Burlington, NC $254,509 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 17th 39% below peers
Porterville, CA $330,293 (Aug 26) 21st +1.1% 18th 21% below peers
Springfield, OR $416,581 (Aug 26) 15th +1.0% 19th on par with peers
Herriman, UT $601,499 (Aug 26) 7th +0.8% 20th 44% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $552,914 (Aug 26) 9th +0.4% 21st 33% above peers
Lakewood, WA $515,727 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 22nd 24% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $279,713 (Aug 26) 24th +0.3% 23rd 33% below peers
Corvallis, OR $560,117 (Aug 26) 8th +0.3% 24th 34% above peers
Woodland, CA $551,676 (Aug 26) 10th -0.7% 25th 32% above peers
Smyrna, TN $401,595 (Aug 26) 17th -0.8% 26th 4% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $404,931 (Aug 26) 16th -1.3% 27th 3% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $272,484 (Aug 26) 25th -2.7% 28th 35% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,122,975 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.4% 29th 170% above peers
Little Elm, TX $393,657 (Aug 26) 18th -5.7% 30th 6% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $271,159 in August 2026, up from $255,039 a year earlier.
Big move $271,159
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref $308,389 (Aug 26) +5.5%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Santa Cruz, CA $956,795 (Aug 26) 2nd +7.1% 1st 196% above peers
White Plains, NY $460,903 (Aug 26) 4th +6.9% 2nd 42% above peers
Utica, NY $150,018 (Aug 26) 28th +6.8% 3rd 54% below peers
Bristol, CT $271,159 (Aug 26) 19th +6.3% 4th 16% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,201,516 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 5th 271% above peers
Taunton, MA $408,647 (Aug 26) 10th +4.7% 6th 26% above peers
Vineland, NJ $249,567 (Aug 26) 21st +4.4% 7th 23% below peers
Pontiac, MI $106,058 (Aug 26) 30th +3.2% 8th 67% below peers
Porterville, CA $263,368 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 9th 19% below peers
Bentonville, AR $348,303 (Aug 26) 13th +3.0% 10th 8% above peers
Burlington, NC $170,522 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 11th 47% below peers
Hanford, CA $297,783 (Aug 26) 18th +2.5% 12th 8% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $248,317 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.2% 13th 23% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $157,756 (Aug 26) 27th +1.9% 14th 51% below peers
Bossier City, LA $124,503 (Aug 26) 29th +1.7% 15th 62% below peers
Brookline, MA $709,683 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 16th 119% above peers
Jupiter, FL $431,982 (Aug 26) 9th +1.1% 17th 33% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $319,173 (Aug 26) 17th +1.0% 18th 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $202,090 (Aug 26) 24th +0.8% 19th 38% below peers
Springfield, OR $342,563 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 20th 6% above peers
Lakewood, WA $403,686 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 21st 25% above peers
Wellington, FL $453,911 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 22nd 40% above peers
Corvallis, OR $436,350 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 23rd 35% above peers
Woodland, CA $456,617 (Aug 26) 5th -0.4% 24th 41% above peers
Herriman, UT $443,129 (Aug 26) 7th -0.6% 25th 37% above peers
Smyrna, TN $323,583 (Aug 26) 15th -0.6% 26th on par with peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $407,949 (Aug 26) 11th -1.4% 27th 26% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $191,731 (Aug 26) 25th -3.2% 28th 41% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $227,351 (Aug 26) 23rd -4.3% 29th 30% below peers
Little Elm, TX $320,336 (Aug 26) 16th -5.8% 30th 1% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.6% then, 64.9% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.9% to 64.9%).
Bright spot 64.9%
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
Connecticut ref 66.5% +0.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 30th +6.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 28th +4.1pp 2nd 24% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 12th +5.4pp 3rd 6% above peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 17th +5.0pp 4th on par with peers
Woodland, CA 58.7% 18th +4.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 63.7% 14th +4.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 5th +5.1pp 7th 25% above peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 4th +4.5pp 8th 26% above peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 9th +4.0pp 9th 13% above peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 21st +2.7pp 10th 13% below peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 20th +2.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 22nd +2.3pp 12th 13% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 6th +3.1pp 13th 23% above peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 26th +1.7pp 14th 20% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 63.1% 15th +1.9pp 15th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 27th +1.4pp 16th 22% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 84.5% 1st +1.7pp 17th 36% above peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 13th +1.3pp 18th 5% above peers
Bossier City, LA 53.2% 23rd +0.4pp 19th 14% below peers
Wellington, FL 75.8% 7th -0.3pp 20th 22% above peers
Taunton, MA 62.1% 16th -0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 19th -0.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 24th -0.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
Corvallis, OR 41.8% 31st -0.9pp 24th 33% below peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 11th -1.5pp 25th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 10th -2.4pp 26th 11% above peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 2nd -2.7pp 27th 27% above peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 29th -2.1pp 28th 25% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 25th -3.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Little Elm, TX 70.1% 8th -6.4pp 30th 13% above peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 3rd -8.9pp 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,709 in August 2026, up from $1,613 a year earlier.
Big move $1,709
2022August 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%
Utica, NY $1,404 (Aug 26) 27th +7.2% 1st 20% below peers
Taunton, MA $2,096 (Aug 26) 10th +6.1% 2nd 20% above peers
White Plains, NY $3,262 (Aug 26) 5th +6.0% 3rd 87% above peers
Bristol, CT $1,709 (Aug 26) 19th +6.0% 4th 2% below peers
Bossier City, LA $1,515 (Aug 26) 25th +5.9% 5th 13% below peers
San Clemente, CA $3,426 (Aug 26) 4th +5.5% 6th 96% above peers
Porterville, CA $1,431 (Aug 26) 26th +4.8% 7th 18% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,811 (Aug 26) 15th +4.6% 8th 4% above peers
Hanford, CA $2,003 (Aug 26) 11th +4.2% 9th 15% above peers
Wellington, FL $3,540 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.7% 10th 103% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,532 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.8% 11th 102% above peers
Jupiter, FL $3,066 (Aug 26) 6th +2.7% 12th 75% above peers
Woodland, CA $2,330 (Aug 26) 7th +2.7% 13th 33% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,613 (Aug 26) 24th +2.6% 14th 8% below peers
Springfield, OR $1,687 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.6% 15th 3% below peers
Smyrna, TN $1,699 (Aug 26) 20th +2.4% 16th 3% below peers
Burlington, NC $1,284 (Aug 26) 30th +2.3% 17th 27% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $2,248 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 18th 29% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $1,350 (Aug 26) 28th +2.2% 19th 23% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,713 (Aug 26) 18th +2.0% 20th 2% below peers
Bentonville, AR $1,656 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.0% 21st 5% below peers
Little Elm, TX $2,307 (Aug 26) 8th +2.0% 22nd 32% above peers
Brookline, MA $3,559 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 23rd 104% above peers
Corvallis, OR $1,718 (Aug 26) 17th +2.0% 24th 2% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $1,698 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 25th 3% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,748 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 26th on par with peers
Herriman, UT $1,892 (Aug 26) 14th +0.9% 27th 8% above peers
Pontiac, MI $1,319 (Aug 26) 29th -0.5% 28th 25% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,952 (Aug 26) 12th -1.2% 29th 12% above peers
Vineland, NJ 13th 11% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.8% then, 36.0% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.3% to 36.0%).
36.0%
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
Connecticut ref 35.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 28th -7.0pp 1st 11% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 23rd -5.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 3rd 50% below peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 15th -3.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 27th -3.3pp 5th 9% above peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 26th -2.0pp 6th 9% above peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 29th -1.9pp 7th 13% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 25th -1.7pp 8th 8% above peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 20th -1.1pp 9th 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 19th -1.1pp 10th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 36.5% 18th -1.0pp 11th 1% above peers
Corvallis, OR 43.0% 31st +0.2pp 12th 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 3rd +0.2pp 13th 38% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 2nd +0.2pp 14th 39% below peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 11th +0.6pp 15th 9% below peers
Wellington, FL 36.5% 17th +0.8pp 16th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 24th +0.9pp 17th 8% above peers
Bossier City, LA 35.5% 12th +0.9pp 18th 2% below peers
Little Elm, TX 31.8% 9th +1.4pp 19th 12% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 10th +2.3pp 20th 12% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 21st +2.8pp 21st 5% above peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 7th +2.4pp 22nd 18% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 30.0% 8th +2.5pp 23rd 17% below peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 14th +3.1pp 24th 1% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 6th +2.3pp 25th 26% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 13th +3.2pp 26th 2% below peers
Woodland, CA 38.5% 22nd +3.6pp 27th 6% above peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 4th +2.3pp 28th 36% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 16th +3.7pp 29th on par with peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 25.5% 5th +4.7pp 30th 30% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.5% 30th +8.6pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.7% then, 7.6% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 7.6%).
7.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 8.8% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Porterville, CA 6.0% 13th -2.0pp 1st 21% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 5th -0.9pp 2nd 59% below peers
Little Elm, TX 2.3% 2nd -0.6pp 3rd 69% below peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 17th -1.1pp 4th 1% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 8.0% 21st -0.9pp 5th 6% above peers
Woodland, CA 7.0% 14th -0.7pp 6th 8% below peers
Taunton, MA 9.5% 25th -0.9pp 7th 25% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 10th -0.4pp 8th 49% below peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 28th -1.5pp 9th 106% above peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 23rd -0.8pp 10th 9% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.6% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 22nd -0.7pp 12th 8% above peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 15th -0.6pp 13th 6% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 6th -0.2pp 14th 59% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 15th 256% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 12th -0.2pp 16th 22% below peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 30th -0.4pp 17th 189% above peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 24th -0.1pp 18th 17% above peers
Corvallis, OR 9.7% 26th +0.1pp 19th 28% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 29th +0.2pp 20th 126% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 20th +0.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 7th +0.3pp 22nd 58% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 4th +0.5pp 23rd 60% below peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 19th +1.9pp 24th 3% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 11th +1.0pp 25th 49% below peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 9th +1.1pp 26th 52% below peers
Wellington, FL 3.3% 8th +1.1pp 27th 56% below peers
Bossier City, LA 10.1% 27th +3.7pp 28th 34% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 18th +3.1pp 29th 1% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.6% 1st +0.9pp 30th 79% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 3rd +2.5pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 (4.1% then, 4.6% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 4.6%).
Bright spot 4.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 5.4% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 84% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 2nd -2.3pp 2nd 58% below peers
White Plains, NY 5.9% 15th -3.7pp 3rd 10% below peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 7th -2.1pp 4th 42% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.6% 17th -2.8pp 5th on par with peers
Woodland, CA 5.2% 11th -2.1pp 6th 20% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 8th -1.3pp 7th 41% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 6th -0.9pp 8th 42% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 22nd -1.8pp 9th 36% above peers
Burlington, NC 11.3% 26th -2.1pp 10th 72% above peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 12th 12% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 5.8% 14th -0.8pp 13th 11% below peers
Little Elm, TX 11.7% 27th -1.5pp 14th 78% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 4th -0.4pp 15th 45% below peers
Corvallis, OR 5.2% 12th -0.6pp 16th 20% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 12.4% 29th -1.0pp 17th 90% above peers
Springfield, OR 7.2% 18th -0.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.6% 21st +0.1pp 19th 32% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.5% 30th +0.2pp 20th 91% above peers
Vineland, NJ 9.6% 23rd +0.5pp 21st 47% above peers
Jupiter, FL 10.0% 24th +0.7pp 22nd 52% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.1% 25th +0.7pp 23rd 54% above peers
Bristol, CT 4.6% 10th +0.5pp 24th 30% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 55% below peers
Bossier City, LA 12.1% 28th +2.8pp 26th 84% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 4.5% 9th +1.2pp 27th 32% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 19th +2.1pp 28th 14% above peers
Smyrna, TN 13.5% 31st +3.9pp 29th 107% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 20th +2.3pp 30th 21% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.7% 5th +1.5pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 roughly in line with the peer median.

32.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 31.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 1st 27% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 2nd 25% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 3rd 21% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 4th 18% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 5th 17% below peers
Wellington, FL 27.3% 6th 16% below peers
Corvallis, OR 27.5% 7th 15% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 8th 11% below peers
Woodland, CA 29.2% 9th 10% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 29.7% 10th 9% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 11th 7% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 12th 6% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 13th 4% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 14th 3% below peers
Little Elm, TX 32.3% 15th 1% below peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 17th 4% above peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 18th 4% above peers
Taunton, MA 34.6% 19th 6% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 20th 10% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 21st 11% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 22nd 13% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 23rd 15% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 24th 17% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 25th 19% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 26th 21% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 27th 29% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 28th 30% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.8% 29th 32% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 43.2% 30th 33% above peers
Bossier City, LA 46.2% 31st 42% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.6% then, 0.9% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.0% to 0.9%).
Bright spot 0.9%
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
Connecticut ref 2.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Herriman, UT 1.6% 6th -4.9pp 1st 61% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 3rd -2.2pp 2nd 74% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 5th -1.9pp 3rd 68% below peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 4th -1.1pp 4th 71% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 18th -3.3pp 5th 10% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 6th 78% below peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 9th -0.8pp 7th 52% below peers
Woodland, CA 1.9% 7th -0.6pp 8th 55% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 20th -1.6pp 9th 20% above peers
Little Elm, TX 10.0% 30th -2.6pp 10th 137% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2.9% 10th -0.6pp 11th 30% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 8th -0.4pp 12th 54% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 7.7% 26th -0.3pp 13th 83% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 14th -0.0pp 14th 18% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 24th +0.5pp 15th 32% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.1% 12th +0.4pp 16th 27% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 17th 90% below peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 25th +1.2pp 18th 46% above peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 16th +0.9pp 19th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 21st +1.1pp 20th 24% above peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 15th +0.8pp 21st 14% below peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 23rd +1.2pp 22nd 30% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 19th +1.6pp 23rd 16% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 11th +1.2pp 24th 27% below peers
Wellington, FL 8.8% 28th +3.5pp 25th 110% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 29th +3.8pp 26th 124% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.3% 22nd +2.5pp 27th 25% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 17th +2.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Bossier City, LA 11.6% 31st +7.8pp 29th 175% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 27th +5.6pp 30th 90% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.1% 13th +2.9pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.6% to 30.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bristol started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.7% to 30.3%).
Bright spot 30.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 42.5% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 18th +7.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 22nd +5.3pp 2nd 21% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 25th +4.6pp 3rd 26% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 31st +3.0pp 4th 52% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 30th +2.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 12th +7.4pp 6th 40% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 13th +6.5pp 7th 34% above peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 26th +3.4pp 8th 26% below peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 19th +4.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 17th +3.8pp 10th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 21.5% 28th +2.6pp 11th 29% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 22.0% 27th +2.4pp 12th 27% below peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 8th +5.7pp 13th 76% above peers
Woodland, CA 30.4% 16th +3.1pp 14th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 49.7% 10th +4.7pp 15th 64% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 5th +5.1pp 16th 82% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 20th +2.6pp 17th 9% below peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 6th +4.4pp 18th 78% above peers
Bossier City, LA 24.7% 21st +1.7pp 19th 19% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 51.8% 9th +3.5pp 20th 70% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 4th +3.8pp 21st 90% above peers
Taunton, MA 23.9% 23rd +1.4pp 22nd 21% below peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 7th +2.9pp 23rd 77% above peers
Corvallis, OR 61.4% 3rd +2.3pp 24th 102% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 24th +0.7pp 25th 24% below peers
Little Elm, TX 44.2% 11th +1.1pp 26th 46% above peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 27th 181% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 2nd +1.2pp 28th 114% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 15th +0.4pp 29th 15% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 14th +0.3pp 30th 29% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 29th -1.0pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (73.7% then, 62.5% now; margin ±20.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.1% to 62.5%).
Bright spot 62.5%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 59.7% -5.3pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 26th +13.5pp 1st 19% below peers
Little Elm, TX 46.4% 12th +15.2pp 2nd 11% above peers
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 3rd 85% above peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 15th +6.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 9th +6.6pp 5th 34% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 18th +4.0pp 6th 2% below peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 7th +5.5pp 7th 40% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 36.8% 23rd +1.4pp 8th 12% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 3rd +2.4pp 9th 74% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 14th +1.0pp 10th 4% above peers
Woodland, CA 51.1% 10th -0.2pp 11th 22% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 30th -0.3pp 12th 34% below peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 25th -1.0pp 13th 17% below peers
Taunton, MA 44.7% 13th -1.5pp 14th 6% above peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 2nd -2.6pp 15th 77% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 11th -2.2pp 16th 17% above peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 24th -2.7pp 17th 14% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 37.8% 21st -4.4pp 18th 10% below peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 22nd -5.4pp 19th 11% below peers
Wellington, FL 58.2% 8th -9.2pp 20th 39% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 28.1% 29th -4.9pp 21st 33% below peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 5th -11.2pp 22nd 49% above peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 16th -8.3pp 23rd on par with peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 4th -12.8pp 24th 50% above peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 28th -7.1pp 25th 26% below peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 6th -14.2pp 26th 48% above peers
Corvallis, OR 40.8% 19th -10.4pp 27th 3% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 17th -15.0pp 28th 2% below peers
Bossier City, LA 31.9% 27th -19.8pp 29th 24% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 20th -25.1pp 30th 8% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±16.3pp 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 (8.6% then, 6.4% now; margin ±6.6pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 6.4%).
6.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 5.1% +0.3pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 2nd -4.5pp 1st 87% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 97% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 6th -3.5pp 3rd 62% below peers
Burlington, NC 8.6% 23rd -9.9pp 4th 26% above peers
Woodland, CA 6.0% 14th -4.2pp 5th 12% below peers
Wellington, FL 2.8% 7th -1.5pp 6th 60% below peers
Taunton, MA 1.9% 4th -1.0pp 7th 73% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 16th -3.2pp 8th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 15th -2.3pp 9th 6% below peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 8th -1.1pp 10th 53% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 31st -4.7pp 11th 189% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 12th 20% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 9th -0.5pp 13th 53% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 10th -0.1pp 14th 51% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 18th +0.3pp 15th 4% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% 11th +0.5pp 16th 44% below peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 28th +2.5pp 17th 119% above peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 25th +2.0pp 18th 59% above peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 26th +3.9pp 19th 107% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 85% below peers
Little Elm, TX 7.5% 21st +2.8pp 21st 10% above peers
Bossier City, LA 17.6% 30th +6.8pp 22nd 158% above peers
Corvallis, OR 2.1% 5th +0.9pp 23rd 69% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 27th +6.4pp 24th 115% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 17.0% 29th +7.9pp 25th 149% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 24th +4.9pp 26th 52% above peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 13th +3.1pp 27th 15% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 12th +2.6pp 28th 32% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.0% 17th +4.6pp 29th 2% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 20th +5.3pp 30th 9% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 19th +6.8pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.5pp 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 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60,218 to 61,462 - more than the combined survey margin (±68). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (60,556 to 61,462).
Big move 61,462
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 48,425 31st +66% 1st 21% below peers
Herriman, UT 59,346 24th +48% 2nd 3% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 55,200 29th +34% 3rd 10% below peers
Little Elm, TX 54,820 30th +19% 4th 11% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 27th +19% 5th 6% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 26th +18% 6th 5% below peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 28th +14% 7th 8% below peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 23rd +12% 8th 3% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 20th +9% 9th 2% below peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 3rd +7% 10th 3% above peers
Utica, NY 64,217 1st +6% 11th 4% above peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 22nd +6% 12th 3% below peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 4th +6% 13th 3% above peers
Taunton, MA 60,433 19th +6% 14th 2% below peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 6th +5% 15th 2% above peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 18th +4% 16th 1% below peers
Woodland, CA 61,854 12th +4% 17th 1% above peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 10th +4% 18th 1% above peers
Corvallis, OR 59,960 21st +3% 19th 2% below peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 25th +3% 20th 4% below peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 16th +2% 21st on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 17th +2% 22nd 1% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 62,586 8th +0% 23rd 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 15th -1% 24th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 14th -1% 25th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 5th -2% 26th 3% above peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 2nd -2% 27th 3% above peers
Wellington, FL 62,146 9th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 11th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 13th -5% 30th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 62,901 7th -8% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.3% then, 20.1% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.5% to 20.1%).
Big move 20.1%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 20.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 8th +1.6pp 1st 14% above peers
Corvallis, OR 14.1% 30th +0.6pp 2nd 37% below peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 14th +0.9pp 3rd 5% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 9th +0.6pp 4th 14% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 29th +0.3pp 5th 24% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 4th +0.4pp 6th 28% above peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 26th +0.1pp 7th 16% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 21.4% 20th +0.0pp 8th 4% below peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 10th -0.1pp 9th 12% above peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 24th -0.2pp 10th 10% below peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 27th -0.3pp 11th 17% below peers
Woodland, CA 23.6% 13th -0.4pp 12th 6% above peers
Bossier City, LA 23.7% 11th -0.5pp 13th 6% above peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 3rd -0.7pp 14th 37% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.2% 17th -0.6pp 15th 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 7th -0.8pp 16th 22% above peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 23rd -0.6pp 17th 7% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 21st -0.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 28th -0.8pp 19th 17% below peers
Taunton, MA 21.6% 19th -1.0pp 20th 3% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 6th -1.3pp 21st 23% above peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 22nd -1.2pp 22nd 6% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 15th -1.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 41.8% 1st -3.2pp 24th 87% above peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 25th -1.6pp 25th 12% below peers
Little Elm, TX 28.0% 5th -2.7pp 26th 25% above peers
Wellington, FL 23.6% 12th -2.4pp 27th 6% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 28th 50% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 2nd -5.8pp 29th 55% above peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 18th -4.5pp 30th 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 16th -5.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction 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 (29.2% then, 32.6% now; margin ±7.7pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.0% to 32.6%).
32.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 30.8% +0.9pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 22nd +12.0pp 1st 23% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 7.4% 31st +2.1pp 2nd 77% below peers
Little Elm, TX 29.2% 19th +8.1pp 3rd 8% below peers
Woodland, CA 31.6% 16th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 22.8% 24th +4.3pp 5th 28% below peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 5th +7.9pp 6th 45% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 26th +2.7pp 7th 45% below peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 6th +5.5pp 8th 36% above peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 15th +3.4pp 9th 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 25th +1.8pp 10th 38% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 17th +2.3pp 11th 4% below peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 13th +2.3pp 12th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 13th 115% above peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 21st +1.4pp 14th 11% below peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 9th +1.6pp 15th 19% above peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 12th +1.3pp 16th 12% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 40.6% 7th -0.0pp 17th 28% above peers
Taunton, MA 47.5% 2nd -0.1pp 18th 50% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 30th -0.1pp 19th 74% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 10th -0.6pp 20th 15% above peers
Corvallis, OR 29.3% 18th -1.0pp 21st 7% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 28th -0.6pp 22nd 52% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 29th -0.8pp 23rd 53% below peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 4th -4.4pp 24th 47% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 3rd -4.6pp 25th 47% above peers
Bossier City, LA 38.5% 8th -4.0pp 26th 22% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 23rd -2.9pp 27th 27% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 20th -4.8pp 28th 10% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 14th -6.8pp 29th 10% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 36.0% 11th -8.9pp 30th 14% above peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 27th -11.2pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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2 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.4pp 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
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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (82.6% then, 74.8% now; margin ±12.4pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (85.3% to 74.8%).
Big move 74.8%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 75.2% +2.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Winter Haven, FL 70.4% 15th +21.6pp 1st 2% above peers
Corvallis, OR 65.5% 22nd +15.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 18th +15.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 13th +9.0pp 4th 4% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 5th +8.0pp 5th 11% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 26th +6.3pp 6th 10% below peers
Bossier City, LA 68.2% 19th +6.9pp 7th 2% below peers
Woodland, CA 67.1% 20th +6.2pp 8th 3% below peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 14th +5.9pp 9th 3% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 10th +5.5pp 10th 6% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 2nd +6.1pp 11th 18% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 4th +5.9pp 12th 16% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 6th +5.3pp 13th 8% above peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 9th +4.0pp 14th 7% above peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 11th +3.5pp 15th 5% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 16th 20% above peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 3rd +3.0pp 17th 17% above peers
Wellington, FL 64.0% 24th +2.1pp 18th 8% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 28th +0.7pp 19th 13% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 8th +0.2pp 20th 7% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 21st -0.2pp 21st 4% below peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 16th -2.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 72.1% 12th -3.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 23rd -5.9pp 24th 7% below peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 29th -5.4pp 25th 19% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 7th -7.8pp 26th 8% above peers
Taunton, MA 69.0% 17th -8.6pp 27th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 27th -7.9pp 28th 12% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 36.7% 31st -5.2pp 29th 47% below peers
Little Elm, TX 63.5% 25th -9.9pp 30th 8% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 30th -16.8pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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2 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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