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Milford, CT

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51,215 people (2025) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Milford, CT shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$111,201
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$91,783 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
50.3%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
42.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,642 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
1,964 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.1%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
88.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
0.9%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
1.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
5.1%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
4.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.5%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
2.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
60.1%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
69.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
68 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 29%
relative change
96 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.3%
2019-23
▲ 23%
relative change
4.3% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
75.5%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
74.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
0.44 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.8%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
4.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.9%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
33.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Milford, CT shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
180 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 23%
relative change
232 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Homicide
Homicide rate
2 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 100%
relative change
1 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.2%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 3 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 →
Population
51,023
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
52,732 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
83.5%
2020-24
high
vs peers
77.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.3%
2020-24
low
vs peers
17.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 23% lower than in 2021 (104 then, 80 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 120 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 10% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 68 in July 2026, down from 96 a year earlier.
Bright spot 68 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Dunwoody, GA 106 (Jul 26) -40.2% 1st
Harrisburg, PA 499 (Jul 26) -33.5% 2nd
Milford, CT 68 (Jul 26) -28.6% 3rd
Draper, UT 162 (Jul 26) -16.3% 4th
Harrisonburg, VA 216 (Jul 26) -10.6% 5th
East Hartford, CT 84 (Jul 26) -8.7% 6th
La Crosse, WI 402 (Jul 26) -1.9% 7th
Novato, CA 223 (Jun 26) +0.9% 8th
Newark, OH 315 (Dec 25) +4.9% 9th
Collierville, TN 156 (Jul 26) +8.0% 10th
Grapevine, TX 168 (Jul 26) +13.3% 11th
Florissant, MO 336 (Mar 25) +14.9% 12th
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 224 (Jun 26) +16.3% 13th
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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 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities. Milford started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,642 in July 2026, down from 1,964 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,642 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Grapevine, TX 1,333 (Jul 26) -29.3% 1st
Collierville, TN 855 (Jul 26) -21.7% 2nd
Newark, OH 1,377 (Dec 25) -18.9% 3rd
Florissant, MO 1,781 (Mar 25) -17.8% 4th
Harrisburg, PA 1,692 (Jul 26) -17.6% 5th
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 1,585 (Jun 26) -17.5% 6th
Milford, CT 1,642 (Jul 26) -16.4% 7th
La Crosse, WI 2,987 (Jul 26) -14.8% 8th
Dunwoody, GA 2,668 (Jul 26) -11.1% 9th
Harrisonburg, VA 1,365 (Jul 26) -10.9% 10th
East Hartford, CT 1,438 (Jul 26) -6.3% 11th
Draper, UT 1,056 (Jul 26) -2.9% 12th
Novato, CA 1,249 (Jun 26) -0.6% 13th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide rose slightly from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent reading: 2 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 4 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 2 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Newark, OH 0 (Dec 25) -100.0% 1st
East Hartford, CT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Draper, UT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Harrisburg, PA 20 (Jul 26) -23.1% 4th
La Crosse, WI 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 5th
Florissant, MO 6 (Mar 25) +0.2% 6th
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 4 (Jun 26) +100.0% 7th
Milford, CT 4 (Jul 26) +100.5% 8th
Harrisonburg, VA 0 (Jul 26)
Grapevine, TX 0 (Jul 26)
Dunwoody, GA 0 (Jul 26)
Collierville, TN 0 (Jul 26)
Novato, CA 0 (Jun 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, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 27% lower than in 2021 (268 then, 197 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 348 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 11% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 180 in July 2026, down from 232 a year earlier.
Needs attention 180 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 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%
Collierville, TN 52 (Jul 26) -51.8% 1st
Grapevine, TX 146 (Jul 26) -46.8% 2nd
Newark, OH 117 (Dec 25) -40.2% 3rd
Dunwoody, GA 112 (Jul 26) -36.3% 4th
Harrisburg, PA 267 (Jul 26) -32.2% 5th
La Crosse, WI 114 (Jul 26) -31.8% 6th
Draper, UT 69 (Jul 26) -27.1% 7th
East Hartford, CT 212 (Jul 26) -23.2% 8th
Milford, CT 180 (Jul 26) -22.7% 9th
Florissant, MO 575 (Mar 25) -20.0% 10th
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 92 (Jun 26) -17.6% 11th
Harrisonburg, VA 59 (Jul 26) +7.1% 12th
Novato, CA 167 (Jun 26) +33.9% 13th
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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. 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 →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% 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 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $91,783 to $111,201 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,493).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Milford started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($80,793 to $111,201).
Bright spot $111,201
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 $95,781 +22%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Country Club, FL $75,212 18th +56% 1st 4% below peers
Huntington Park, CA $59,996 25th +41% 2nd 23% below peers
Watsonville, CA $78,393 16th +41% 3rd on par with peers
Newark, OH $61,670 24th +37% 4th 21% below peers
Burien, WA $91,318 14th +35% 5th 16% above peers
Paramount, CA $75,250 17th +35% 6th 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL $47,072 31st +34% 7th 40% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $62,254 23rd +33% 8th 21% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $73,685 19th +31% 9th 6% below peers
Ocoee, FL $98,911 13th +31% 10th 26% above peers
Cleveland, TN $58,559 26th +31% 11th 25% below peers
Levittown, PA $105,071 12th +30% 12th 34% above peers
Troy, NY $58,477 27th +28% 13th 25% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $72,705 20th +27% 14th 7% below peers
Irondequoit, NY $79,162 15th +27% 15th 1% above peers
Dunwoody, GA $121,903 6th +27% 16th 56% above peers
East Hartford, CT $70,778 21st +26% 17th 10% below peers
Mishawaka, IN $54,291 29th +26% 18th 31% below peers
La Crosse, WI $55,866 28th +24% 19th 29% below peers
Grapevine, TX $111,376 8th +22% 20th 42% above peers
Collierville, TN $138,598 4th +22% 21st 77% above peers
Harrisburg, PA $48,099 30th +21% 22nd 39% below peers
Milford, CT $111,201 9th +21% 23rd 42% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $165,349 1st +20% 24th 111% above peers
East Honolulu, HI $159,518 2nd +20% 25th 103% above peers
Florissant, MO $65,318 22nd +19% 26th 17% below peers
Levittown, NY $146,068 3rd +17% 27th 86% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $106,806 11th +16% 28th 36% above peers
Novato, CA $115,736 7th +14% 29th 48% above peers
Draper, UT $128,910 5th +10% 30th 64% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA $108,281 10th +9% 31st 38% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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How breakdowns work →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,598 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 5.2% now; margin ±1.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 5.2%).
Needs attention 5.2%
20112024
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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 10.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Country Club, FL 11.8% 17th -4.8pp 1st 11% above peers
Paramount, CA 12.6% 18th -4.1pp 2nd 19% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 18.3% 25th -5.3pp 3rd 74% above peers
Collierville, TN 3.2% 1st -0.6pp 4th 69% below peers
Cleveland, TN 16.7% 23rd -2.8pp 5th 58% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.1% 6th -0.9pp 6th 42% below peers
East Hartford, CT 13.2% 20th -1.8pp 7th 25% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 26.2% 29th -3.2pp 8th 149% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 25.7% 28th -2.6pp 9th 144% above peers
Florissant, MO 10.1% 14th -1.0pp 10th 4% below peers
La Crosse, WI 21.4% 26th -1.6pp 11th 103% above peers
Levittown, NY 4.7% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 56% below peers
Newark, OH 17.1% 24th -1.1pp 13th 63% above peers
Troy, NY 23.4% 27th -1.0pp 14th 122% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.5% 16th -0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Watsonville, CA 14.7% 21st -0.1pp 16th 40% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 30.4% 30th -0.0pp 17th 188% above peers
Burien, WA 12.9% 19th +0.4pp 18th 22% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.5% 2nd +0.1pp 19th 66% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 16.4% 22nd +0.7pp 20th 56% above peers
Ocoee, FL 10.3% 15th +0.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Milford, CT 5.2% 4th +0.5pp 22nd 51% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 9.2% 11th +0.9pp 23rd 13% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 30.5% 31st +4.2pp 24th 189% above peers
Grapevine, TX 6.7% 8th +1.0pp 25th 37% below peers
Levittown, PA 7.0% 9th +1.3pp 26th 33% below peers
Novato, CA 9.6% 12th +2.7pp 27th 9% below peers
Draper, UT 6.2% 7th +2.0pp 28th 42% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.2% 10th +2.6pp 29th 32% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 5.3% 5th +2.0pp 30th 50% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 10.0% 13th +3.9pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (4.5% then, 5.1% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 5.1%).
Bright spot 5.1%
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 13.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Collierville, TN 3.0% 1st -2.5pp 1st 78% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.4% 7th -4.4pp 2nd 53% below peers
Country Club, FL 13.2% 13th -7.2pp 3rd 3% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 25.8% 27th -8.7pp 4th 90% above peers
Paramount, CA 18.6% 22nd -5.1pp 5th 37% above peers
East Hartford, CT 16.2% 19th -4.2pp 6th 19% above peers
Burien, WA 16.7% 20th -2.4pp 7th 23% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 37.5% 29th -4.4pp 8th 176% above peers
Newark, OH 23.4% 25th -2.7pp 9th 72% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 14.8% 18th -1.4pp 10th 9% above peers
Watsonville, CA 19.5% 23rd -1.9pp 11th 43% above peers
Cleveland, TN 25.3% 26th -1.8pp 12th 86% above peers
La Crosse, WI 14.3% 17th -0.8pp 13th 5% above peers
Florissant, MO 18.4% 21st -0.0pp 14th 36% above peers
Ocoee, FL 12.9% 12th +0.1pp 15th 5% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 44.0% 31st +1.8pp 16th 224% above peers
Levittown, NY 5.6% 5th +0.5pp 17th 59% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 9.9% 11th +0.9pp 18th 27% below peers
Troy, NY 40.5% 30th +3.7pp 19th 198% above peers
Milford, CT 5.1% 4th +0.6pp 20th 62% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 21.8% 24th +3.4pp 21st 60% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 26.5% 28th +4.2pp 22nd 95% above peers
Grapevine, TX 8.3% 9th +1.3pp 23rd 39% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 13.6% 15th +2.2pp 24th on par with peers
Levittown, PA 8.1% 8th +1.6pp 25th 40% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.7% 2nd +1.0pp 26th 73% below peers
Draper, UT 6.1% 6th +2.1pp 27th 55% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 9.8% 10th +4.5pp 28th 28% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 4.8% 3rd +2.2pp 29th 65% below peers
Novato, CA 13.4% 14th +6.3pp 30th 2% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 13.6% 16th +7.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.2% to 94.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Milford started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 9.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.3% to 94.1%).
Bright spot 94.1%
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%
Watsonville, CA 89.5% 24th +14.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 89.3% 25th +13.9pp 2nd 4% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 85.9% 30th +13.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 90.3% 21st +12.1pp 4th 3% below peers
Cleveland, TN 89.8% 23rd +11.9pp 5th 3% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 85.7% 31st +11.2pp 6th 8% below peers
Paramount, CA 90.7% 19th +10.9pp 7th 2% below peers
Country Club, FL 95.5% 9th +9.4pp 8th 3% above peers
Newark, OH 89.9% 22nd +8.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 85.9% 29th +7.7pp 10th 7% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 91.9% 18th +7.7pp 11th 1% below peers
East Hartford, CT 88.6% 27th +7.4pp 12th 4% below peers
Levittown, PA 94.0% 14th +7.7pp 13th 1% above peers
Troy, NY 88.9% 26th +7.2pp 14th 4% below peers
Florissant, MO 92.7% 17th +7.0pp 15th on par with peers
La Crosse, WI 88.5% 28th +6.5pp 16th 4% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 90.7% 20th +6.1pp 17th 2% below peers
Milford, CT 94.1% 13th +5.9pp 18th 2% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 96.3% 5th +4.8pp 19th 4% above peers
Draper, UT 95.0% 11th +4.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Collierville, TN 97.8% 1st +4.1pp 21st 6% above peers
Ocoee, FL 95.5% 8th +3.9pp 22nd 3% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 96.8% 3rd +3.3pp 23rd 4% above peers
Burien, WA 92.9% 15th +3.2pp 24th on par with peers
Levittown, NY 95.2% 10th +3.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 95.8% 7th +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Novato, CA 94.7% 12th +3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 92.7% 16th +2.0pp 28th on par with peers
Diamond Bar, CA 96.1% 6th +2.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Grapevine, TX 96.3% 4th +1.5pp 30th 4% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 97.3% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% 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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.44 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.42).
Bright spot 0.42
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 0.50 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Country Club, FL 0.39 4th -0.036 1st 10% below peers
Cleveland, TN 0.47 26th -0.033 2nd 7% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 0.45 23rd -0.030 3rd 3% above peers
La Crosse, WI 0.45 22nd -0.026 4th 3% above peers
Newark, OH 0.44 15th -0.025 5th on par with peers
Milford, CT 0.42 10th -0.023 6th 4% below peers
East Hartford, CT 0.43 12th -0.013 7th 3% below peers
Watsonville, CA 0.43 13th -0.009 8th 3% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 0.41 8th -0.007 9th 7% below peers
Burien, WA 0.45 20th -0.005 10th 3% above peers
Collierville, TN 0.41 7th -0.004 11th 7% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.42 9th +0.001 12th 5% below peers
Levittown, NY 0.35 1st +0.002 13th 20% below peers
Troy, NY 0.48 27th +0.004 14th 8% above peers
Draper, UT 0.44 16th +0.004 15th on par with peers
Fort Pierce, FL 0.48 29th +0.010 16th 9% above peers
Novato, CA 0.47 25th +0.014 17th 6% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 0.53 31st +0.017 18th 21% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 0.42 11th +0.013 19th 4% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.37 2nd +0.016 20th 15% below peers
Grapevine, TX 0.44 18th +0.020 21st on par with peers
East Honolulu, HI 0.43 14th +0.020 22nd 2% below peers
Florissant, MO 0.38 3rd +0.019 23rd 14% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 0.48 30th +0.024 24th 10% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 0.41 5th +0.023 25th 7% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 0.45 21st +0.030 26th 3% above peers
Paramount, CA 0.41 6th +0.031 27th 7% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 0.44 19th +0.035 28th 1% above peers
Ocoee, FL 0.44 17th +0.035 29th on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 0.48 28th +0.038 30th 9% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 0.47 24th +0.038 31st 6% above 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 (4.3% then, 5.3% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 0.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.1% to 5.3%).
Bright spot 5.3%
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
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.8% 1st -1.0pp 1st 92% below peers
Grapevine, TX 2.2% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 78% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 1.3% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 87% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.9% 6th -1.1pp 4th 71% below peers
Cleveland, TN 14.6% 22nd -4.0pp 5th 43% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.6% 17th -2.8pp 6th 3% above peers
Country Club, FL 22.6% 28th -4.5pp 7th 121% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.9% 31st -4.3pp 8th 172% above peers
Burien, WA 13.5% 21st -1.7pp 9th 32% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.2% 16th -1.2pp 10th on par with peers
East Hartford, CT 20.1% 25th -1.3pp 11th 96% above peers
Newark, OH 19.1% 24th -0.7pp 12th 87% above peers
Draper, UT 1.8% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 82% below peers
Troy, NY 21.4% 26th -0.5pp 14th 109% above peers
Ocoee, FL 11.2% 19th -0.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 27.4% 30th +0.2pp 16th 168% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.2% 15th +0.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 14th +0.4pp 18th 3% below peers
Paramount, CA 17.3% 23rd +1.1pp 19th 69% above peers
Collierville, TN 3.3% 7th +0.3pp 20th 67% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.4% 5th +0.2pp 21st 77% below peers
Watsonville, CA 21.8% 27th +2.2pp 22nd 113% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 10.9% 18th +1.2pp 23rd 6% above peers
La Crosse, WI 12.6% 20th +1.8pp 24th 23% above peers
Levittown, PA 9.7% 13th +1.6pp 25th 5% below peers
Milford, CT 5.3% 8th +1.0pp 26th 48% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.0% 29th +4.9pp 27th 134% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.1% 12th +1.8pp 28th 30% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.1% 9th +2.0pp 29th 41% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 6.2% 10th +3.4pp 30th 40% below peers
Novato, CA 6.8% 11th +3.7pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.4% then, 75.5% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (77.5% to 75.5%).
Bright spot 75.5%
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%
Country Club, FL 45.6% 24th +4.4pp 1st 19% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49.5% 20th +3.4pp 2nd 12% below peers
Troy, NY 37.4% 29th +1.8pp 3rd 34% below peers
Paramount, CA 43.0% 26th +2.0pp 4th 24% below peers
Levittown, PA 87.2% 3rd +4.0pp 5th 54% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 64.4% 14th +2.4pp 6th 14% above peers
Watsonville, CA 44.8% 25th +1.7pp 7th 21% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 40.2% 27th +1.5pp 8th 29% below peers
Ocoee, FL 73.2% 10th +2.5pp 9th 29% above peers
East Hartford, CT 60.4% 15th +1.9pp 10th 7% above peers
Burien, WA 56.6% 16th +1.7pp 11th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 67.1% 12th +1.9pp 12th 19% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 36.6% 30th +0.9pp 13th 35% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 84.5% 4th +1.5pp 14th 49% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 77.3% 7th +1.3pp 15th 37% above peers
Milford, CT 75.5% 8th +1.1pp 16th 33% above peers
Newark, OH 55.8% 18th +0.8pp 17th 1% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 56.2% 17th +0.6pp 18th 1% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 78.8% 6th +0.7pp 19th 39% above peers
Collierville, TN 79.9% 5th +0.7pp 20th 41% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 87.5% 2nd +0.7pp 21st 55% above peers
Cleveland, TN 48.0% 22nd +0.3pp 22nd 15% below peers
La Crosse, WI 46.1% 23rd +0.0pp 23rd 18% below peers
Grapevine, TX 52.7% 19th -0.1pp 24th 7% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.5% 28th -0.1pp 25th 30% below peers
Levittown, NY 92.2% 1st -1.7pp 26th 63% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 74.2% 9th -1.5pp 27th 31% above peers
Novato, CA 66.1% 13th -2.0pp 28th 17% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 49.3% 21st -1.7pp 29th 13% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.2% 31st -3.0pp 30th 57% below peers
Draper, UT 68.6% 11th -11.1pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (33.9% then, 31.9% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.2% to 31.9%).
Bright spot 31.9%
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
Country Club, FL 46.8% 27th -10.6pp 1st 38% above peers
Newark, OH 26.4% 3rd -5.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Levittown, PA 26.7% 4th -5.1pp 3rd 21% below peers
Collierville, TN 19.0% 1st -2.9pp 4th 44% below peers
Watsonville, CA 45.6% 26th -4.8pp 5th 34% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.1% 31st -4.8pp 6th 50% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.0% 16th -2.7pp 7th on par with peers
Milford, CT 31.9% 12th -2.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Burien, WA 37.4% 20th -2.1pp 9th 10% above peers
East Hartford, CT 39.1% 22nd -1.8pp 10th 15% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 28.6% 6th -1.2pp 11th 16% below peers
Levittown, NY 33.4% 14th -1.1pp 12th 2% below peers
Paramount, CA 46.8% 28th -1.1pp 13th 38% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 25.2% 2nd -0.3pp 14th 26% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 27.4% 5th +0.2pp 15th 19% below peers
La Crosse, WI 36.0% 19th +0.5pp 16th 6% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 32.0% 13th +0.7pp 17th 6% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 30.5% 10th +0.7pp 18th 10% below peers
Cleveland, TN 34.6% 18th +1.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Florissant, MO 30.4% 9th +1.2pp 20th 10% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49.5% 29th +2.1pp 21st 46% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 51.0% 30th +2.2pp 22nd 50% above peers
Troy, NY 40.2% 23rd +2.0pp 23rd 19% above peers
Novato, CA 44.5% 25th +2.6pp 24th 31% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 40.8% 24th +2.7pp 25th 20% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 30.3% 8th +2.2pp 26th 11% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 38.8% 21st +3.1pp 27th 14% above peers
Ocoee, FL 34.0% 15th +3.2pp 28th on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 31.3% 11th +3.4pp 29th 8% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 34.4% 17th +4.3pp 30th 1% above peers
Draper, UT 29.8% 7th +6.1pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 ±3.1pp 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 (4.3% then, 4.8% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 4.8%).
Bright spot 4.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 8.8% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Dunwoody, GA 3.5% 7th -1.3pp 1st 38% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 6.5% 17th -2.0pp 2nd 15% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 4.9% 12th -1.4pp 3rd 13% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.3% 6th -0.9pp 4th 41% below peers
Cleveland, TN 6.7% 19th -1.6pp 5th 19% above peers
Levittown, PA 4.0% 8th -0.5pp 6th 28% below peers
Troy, NY 19.7% 30th -2.2pp 7th 249% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 8th 58% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.8% 20th -0.4pp 9th 20% above peers
Newark, OH 8.5% 24th -0.5pp 10th 51% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 21st -0.3pp 11th 24% above peers
La Crosse, WI 9.8% 26th -0.4pp 12th 73% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.7% 23rd -0.2pp 13th 36% above peers
Country Club, FL 5.7% 16th -0.1pp 14th on par with peers
Fort Pierce, FL 11.1% 27th -0.2pp 15th 96% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 24.3% 31st -0.1pp 16th 330% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 7.0% 22nd +0.2pp 17th 24% above peers
Florissant, MO 6.5% 18th +0.4pp 18th 16% above peers
Burien, WA 8.9% 25th +0.7pp 19th 57% above peers
East Hartford, CT 12.1% 28th +0.9pp 20th 115% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.5% 14th +0.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.3% 29th +1.4pp 22nd 153% above peers
Milford, CT 4.8% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 16% below peers
Levittown, NY 3.3% 5th +0.4pp 24th 42% below peers
Novato, CA 5.0% 13th +0.7pp 25th 11% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 2.2% 1st +0.3pp 26th 61% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.6% 3rd +0.5pp 27th 54% below peers
Grapevine, TX 4.3% 9th +0.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Draper, UT 2.9% 4th +1.0pp 29th 48% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.8% 11th +1.9pp 30th 15% below peers
Ocoee, FL 5.6% 15th +3.2pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.8% then, 2.5% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.4% to 2.5%).
Bright spot 2.5%
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
Diamond Bar, CA 3.4% 6th -2.4pp 1st 51% below peers
Cleveland, TN 10.2% 23rd -4.3pp 2nd 48% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 15.6% 30th -5.0pp 3rd 126% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.9% 17th -2.2pp 4th 14% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.5% 25th -1.9pp 5th 52% above peers
Levittown, NY 2.5% 3rd -0.4pp 6th 64% below peers
Troy, NY 4.6% 7th -0.7pp 7th 34% below peers
Milford, CT 2.5% 4th -0.3pp 8th 64% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.9% 12th -0.5pp 9th 29% below peers
Country Club, FL 14.5% 28th -1.3pp 10th 110% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.3% 18th -0.7pp 11th 20% above peers
Burien, WA 10.3% 24th -0.6pp 12th 50% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.7% 5th -0.1pp 13th 61% below peers
Draper, UT 4.7% 9th -0.2pp 14th 32% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 9.4% 21st -0.1pp 15th 35% above peers
Ocoee, FL 13.6% 27th +0.0pp 16th 97% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 4.6% 8th +0.0pp 17th 34% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 17.9% 31st +0.5pp 18th 159% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.7% 1st +0.1pp 19th 75% below peers
East Hartford, CT 6.5% 14th +0.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Newark, OH 6.9% 16th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 12.9% 26th +1.7pp 22nd 86% above peers
Watsonville, CA 9.2% 20th +1.3pp 23rd 33% above peers
Paramount, CA 15.2% 29th +3.6pp 24th 120% above peers
Novato, CA 4.9% 11th +1.4pp 25th 30% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 8.7% 19th +2.6pp 26th 26% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 9.4% 22nd +2.9pp 27th 36% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6.6% 15th +2.0pp 28th 5% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 29th 70% below peers
Collierville, TN 6.0% 13th +2.1pp 30th 13% below peers
Levittown, PA 4.8% 10th +1.8pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

28.1%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 31.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Diamond Bar, CA 17.6% 1st 46% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 22.1% 2nd 32% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 22.3% 3rd 32% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 25.0% 4th 24% below peers
Novato, CA 25.3% 5th 23% below peers
Levittown, NY 26.2% 6th 20% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 26.5% 7th 19% below peers
Burien, WA 27.2% 8th 17% below peers
Milford, CT 28.1% 9th 14% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 29.6% 10th 9% below peers
Country Club, FL 29.7% 11th 9% below peers
Draper, UT 30.1% 12th 8% below peers
Collierville, TN 30.9% 13th 6% below peers
Levittown, PA 31.5% 14th 4% below peers
Paramount, CA 31.8% 15th 3% below peers
Ocoee, FL 32.7% 16th on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA 33.4% 17th 2% above peers
Grapevine, TX 34.1% 18th 4% above peers
Watsonville, CA 34.5% 19th 6% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 36.3% 20th 11% above peers
La Crosse, WI 37.2% 21st 14% above peers
Florissant, MO 37.4% 22nd 14% above peers
East Hartford, CT 37.4% 23rd 14% above peers
Newark, OH 38.1% 24th 17% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 38.2% 25th 17% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 38.7% 26th 18% above peers
Troy, NY 39.2% 27th 20% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.7% 28th 21% above peers
Fort Pierce, FL 41.1% 29th 26% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 41.1% 30th 26% above peers
Cleveland, TN 41.7% 31st 28% 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 (1.1% then, 0.9% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (0.9% 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
Troy, NY 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 1st 79% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.0% 7th -2.6pp 2nd 44% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 3.6% 15th -3.4pp 3rd 1% below peers
Newark, OH 1.4% 4th -1.2pp 4th 61% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 7.0% 22nd -2.2pp 5th 91% above peers
Levittown, NY 2.1% 8th -0.3pp 6th 44% below peers
Milford, CT 0.9% 3rd -0.1pp 7th 75% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 8.9% 28th -0.8pp 8th 145% above peers
Burien, WA 2.8% 11th -0.2pp 9th 23% below peers
East Hartford, CT 2.8% 10th -0.1pp 10th 23% below peers
Country Club, FL 6.8% 21st +0.1pp 11th 86% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.8% 6th +0.1pp 12th 51% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.5% 9th +0.1pp 13th 33% below peers
Ocoee, FL 9.1% 30th +1.2pp 14th 149% above peers
La Crosse, WI 3.0% 13th +0.5pp 15th 18% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.8% 2nd +0.1pp 16th 77% below peers
Draper, UT 3.9% 17th +1.0pp 17th 7% above peers
Cleveland, TN 7.9% 25th +2.0pp 18th 116% above peers
Grapevine, TX 11.2% 31st +3.8pp 19th 207% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.1% 27th +2.8pp 20th 121% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.2% 18th +1.5pp 21st 16% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.0% 26th +3.0pp 22nd 119% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 3.5% 14th +1.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 6.3% 20th +2.7pp 24th 73% above peers
Paramount, CA 7.7% 24th +3.8pp 25th 112% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 8.9% 29th +4.5pp 26th 145% above peers
Watsonville, CA 2.8% 12th +1.7pp 27th 22% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.6% 5th +1.2pp 28th 56% below peers
Novato, CA 4.5% 19th +3.4pp 29th 24% above peers
Collierville, TN 7.2% 23rd +5.7pp 30th 97% above peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.6% 16th +3.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 7.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 42.6% to 50.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Milford started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.6% to 50.3%).
Bright spot 50.3%
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 42.5% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Country Club, FL 33.3% 18th +10.2pp 1st 11% below peers
Troy, NY 37.3% 16th +10.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA 8.5% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 77% below peers
Paramount, CA 14.9% 29th +3.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Cleveland, TN 30.2% 21st +5.2pp 5th 19% below peers
Grapevine, TX 57.5% 5th +9.8pp 6th 54% above peers
Burien, WA 33.2% 19th +5.5pp 7th 11% below peers
Levittown, PA 26.0% 23rd +4.0pp 8th 30% below peers
Milford, CT 50.3% 9th +7.7pp 9th 35% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 25.9% 24th +3.7pp 10th 31% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 29.2% 22nd +4.1pp 11th 22% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 18.7% 27th +2.6pp 12th 50% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 37.7% 14th +4.4pp 13th 1% above peers
Levittown, NY 38.6% 13th +4.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Newark, OH 23.0% 25th +2.5pp 15th 38% below peers
Collierville, TN 62.5% 2nd +5.1pp 16th 67% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 59.9% 3rd +4.9pp 17th 61% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 54.4% 6th +4.4pp 18th 46% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 40.4% 12th +3.2pp 19th 8% above peers
Novato, CA 48.9% 10th +2.4pp 20th 31% above peers
Draper, UT 51.9% 8th +1.9pp 21st 39% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 37.5% 15th +1.2pp 22nd on par with peers
East Honolulu, HI 59.9% 4th +1.6pp 23rd 61% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 48.5% 11th +0.7pp 24th 30% above peers
Watsonville, CA 12.4% 30th +0.1pp 25th 67% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 72.2% 1st -0.1pp 26th 93% above peers
La Crosse, WI 35.0% 17th -0.5pp 27th 6% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 52.8% 7th -2.1pp 28th 42% above peers
Florissant, MO 22.4% 26th -1.5pp 29th 40% below peers
Ocoee, FL 32.5% 20th -2.4pp 30th 13% below peers
East Hartford, CT 17.2% 28th -2.2pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 (69.1% then, 60.1% now; margin ±17.2pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.7% to 60.1%).
Bright spot 60.1%
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 59.7% -5.3pp
United States ref 45.5%
Ocoee, FL 61.3% 4th +12.9pp 1st 27% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 45.2% 20th +7.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Country Club, FL 54.0% 10th +6.9pp 3rd 12% above peers
Burien, WA 42.9% 22nd +5.5pp 4th 11% below peers
Novato, CA 67.7% 1st +8.4pp 5th 40% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 66.0% 2nd +7.9pp 6th 37% above peers
La Crosse, WI 52.8% 13th +5.0pp 7th 9% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 47.0% 17th +4.4pp 8th 3% below peers
Draper, UT 55.2% 9th +5.0pp 9th 14% above peers
Cleveland, TN 34.8% 27th +0.7pp 10th 28% below peers
Collierville, TN 47.0% 19th -0.4pp 11th 3% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 55.8% 8th -3.2pp 12th 15% above peers
Paramount, CA 36.3% 26th -2.8pp 13th 25% below peers
Newark, OH 39.0% 25th -4.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 41.3% 23rd -4.3pp 15th 15% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 48.4% 16th -5.1pp 16th on par with peers
Dunwoody, GA 52.8% 12th -6.2pp 17th 9% above peers
East Hartford, CT 51.5% 14th -6.3pp 18th 6% above peers
Florissant, MO 52.9% 11th -7.7pp 19th 9% above peers
Milford, CT 60.1% 5th -8.9pp 20th 24% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 33.6% 28th -5.0pp 21st 31% below peers
Levittown, PA 49.0% 15th -7.4pp 22nd 1% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 55.9% 7th -11.9pp 23rd 16% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.8% 29th -7.2pp 24th 38% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 63.0% 3rd -16.7pp 25th 30% above peers
Levittown, NY 58.5% 6th -15.7pp 26th 21% above peers
Grapevine, TX 47.0% 18th -17.7pp 27th 3% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 45.1% 21st -20.2pp 28th 7% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 39.2% 24th -17.9pp 29th 19% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 28.0% 30th -18.8pp 30th 42% below peers
Troy, NY 25.8% 31st -31.2pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±13.4pp 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 (3.9% then, 5.7% now; margin ±6.1pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.6% to 5.7%).
5.7%
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 5.1% +0.3pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Ocoee, FL 0.9% 1st -9.3pp 1st 85% below peers
Levittown, NY 2.7% 7th -4.4pp 2nd 53% below peers
Collierville, TN 2.5% 6th -2.1pp 3rd 56% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 5.5% 14th -4.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.1% 21st -5.6pp 5th 24% above peers
Novato, CA 4.7% 12th -3.3pp 6th 19% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 5.9% 17th -3.0pp 7th 3% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 2.0% 4th -0.7pp 8th 66% below peers
Burien, WA 4.6% 11th -1.7pp 9th 21% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.6% 3rd -0.5pp 10th 72% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 1.1% 2nd -0.3pp 11th 81% below peers
East Hartford, CT 8.0% 24th -1.4pp 12th 38% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 3.7% 9th -0.6pp 13th 36% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.4% 10th -0.2pp 14th 24% below peers
Country Club, FL 11.6% 27th -0.1pp 15th 100% above peers
Newark, OH 6.7% 18th +0.5pp 16th 15% above peers
Draper, UT 5.4% 13th +1.2pp 17th 6% below peers
Florissant, MO 16.6% 31st +4.7pp 18th 187% above peers
Milford, CT 5.7% 15th +1.8pp 19th 2% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.6% 25th +3.4pp 20th 84% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 14.2% 30th +5.0pp 21st 147% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 5.8% 16th +2.3pp 22nd on par with peers
East Honolulu, HI 3.2% 8th +1.3pp 23rd 44% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 2.3% 5th +1.1pp 24th 61% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 12.5% 28th +6.6pp 25th 116% above peers
Troy, NY 7.0% 19th +3.9pp 26th 21% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 20th +4.2pp 27th 22% above peers
Cleveland, TN 7.3% 22nd +4.4pp 28th 27% above peers
Levittown, PA 10.7% 26th +7.0pp 29th 85% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 7.9% 23rd +5.4pp 30th 36% above peers
Grapevine, TX 12.7% 29th +9.8pp 31st 120% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52,732 to 51,023 - more than the combined survey margin (±361). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 57% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (51,509 to 51,023).
Big move 51,023
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
El Dorado Hills, CA 51,026 18th +10% 1st on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 48,829 30th +9% 2nd 5% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 49,082 28th +8% 3rd 4% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 51,360 12th +8% 4th on par with peers
Ocoee, FL 49,033 29th +6% 5th 4% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 51,758 7th +5% 6th 1% above peers
Draper, UT 50,278 27th +5% 7th 2% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 51,021 20th +4% 8th on par with peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 50,909 23rd +3% 9th on par with peers
Troy, NY 51,033 17th +3% 10th on par with peers
Collierville, TN 51,515 9th +3% 11th 1% above peers
Newark, OH 50,783 24th +3% 12th 1% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 48,491 31st +3% 13th 5% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 50,287 26th +2% 14th 2% below peers
Country Club, FL 51,296 14th +2% 15th on par with peers
East Hartford, CT 50,918 22nd +1% 16th on par with peers
Irondequoit, NY 50,657 25th +1% 17th 1% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 51,175 15th +1% 18th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 51,773 6th +1% 19th 1% above peers
Levittown, NY 51,904 5th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Burien, WA 51,513 10th +0% 21st 1% above peers
La Crosse, WI 51,356 13th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Levittown, PA 50,926 21st -2% 23rd on par with peers
Milford, CT 51,023 19th -3% 24th on par with peers
Harrisonburg, VA 51,392 11th -4% 25th on par with peers
Watsonville, CA 51,712 8th -4% 26th 1% above peers
Grapevine, TX 51,139 16th -4% 27th on par with peers
Paramount, CA 52,050 4th -5% 28th 2% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 53,355 1st -5% 29th 4% above peers
Novato, CA 52,546 3rd -6% 30th 3% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 53,108 2nd -9% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±278 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.0% then, 17.3% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (18.1% to 17.3%).
Big move 17.3%
20172024
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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 20.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Novato, CA 20.5% 19th +1.8pp 1st 2% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 25.2% 5th +1.4pp 2nd 21% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 17.3% 27th +0.9pp 3rd 17% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 19.9% 21st +1.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Levittown, NY 20.5% 20th +1.0pp 5th 2% below peers
Collierville, TN 26.8% 4th +0.8pp 6th 28% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.5% 3rd +0.8pp 7th 32% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 24.0% 11th +0.5pp 8th 15% above peers
Milford, CT 17.3% 28th +0.2pp 9th 17% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 19.6% 23rd +0.1pp 10th 6% below peers
Cleveland, TN 20.9% 16th -0.2pp 11th on par with peers
La Crosse, WI 14.6% 30th -0.2pp 12th 30% below peers
East Hartford, CT 21.7% 14th -0.4pp 13th 4% above peers
Newark, OH 22.2% 13th -0.6pp 14th 6% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.1% 1st -1.2pp 15th 39% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 20.8% 17th -1.1pp 16th 1% below peers
Diamond Bar, CA 19.0% 25th -1.1pp 17th 9% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 24.3% 10th -1.4pp 18th 16% above peers
Dunwoody, GA 24.6% 9th -1.5pp 19th 17% above peers
Grapevine, TX 21.3% 15th -1.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Ocoee, FL 25.1% 6th -1.9pp 21st 20% above peers
Burien, WA 20.6% 18th -1.9pp 22nd 1% below peers
Draper, UT 28.7% 2nd -3.3pp 23rd 37% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 17.7% 26th -2.4pp 24th 15% below peers
Huntington Park, CA 24.7% 8th -3.4pp 25th 18% above peers
Troy, NY 17.2% 29th -2.4pp 26th 18% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.3% 12th -3.1pp 27th 7% above peers
Paramount, CA 25.1% 7th -3.5pp 28th 20% above peers
Levittown, PA 19.2% 24th -3.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Country Club, FL 19.7% 22nd -3.3pp 30th 6% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 10.3% 31st -2.7pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
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 (17.4% then, 21.4% now; margin ±6.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.7% to 21.4%).
21.4%
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 30.8% +0.9pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
La Crosse, WI 43.4% 8th +12.3pp 1st 26% above peers
Burien, WA 39.1% 10th +10.4pp 2nd 13% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 20.8% 22nd +5.0pp 3rd 40% below peers
Novato, CA 23.8% 18th +5.2pp 4th 31% below peers
Milford, CT 21.4% 20th +4.1pp 5th 38% below peers
Fort Pierce, FL 66.4% 3rd +10.3pp 6th 92% above peers
Huntington Park, CA 51.4% 4th +7.2pp 7th 49% above peers
Troy, NY 71.8% 1st +9.9pp 8th 108% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 34.9% 15th +4.3pp 9th 1% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 20.0% 24th +2.3pp 10th 42% below peers
Watsonville, CA 37.9% 11th +4.0pp 11th 10% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 27.8% 17th +2.7pp 12th 20% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 12.6% 28th +1.2pp 13th 63% below peers
Dunwoody, GA 18.8% 26th +1.6pp 14th 46% below peers
Paramount, CA 36.1% 14th +2.9pp 15th 4% above peers
Country Club, FL 45.1% 7th +2.7pp 16th 30% above peers
Ocoee, FL 21.5% 19th +0.9pp 17th 38% below peers
Newark, OH 43.1% 9th +1.6pp 18th 25% above peers
Florissant, MO 47.6% 5th +1.2pp 19th 38% above peers
East Hartford, CT 47.0% 6th -0.5pp 20th 36% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 37.8% 12th -1.0pp 21st 9% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 66.8% 2nd -4.7pp 22nd 93% above peers
Cleveland, TN 37.6% 13th -2.8pp 23rd 9% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.6% 16th -3.4pp 24th on par with peers
Levittown, PA 20.8% 23rd -2.3pp 25th 40% below peers
Levittown, NY 9.5% 30th -2.1pp 26th 73% below peers
Draper, UT 9.9% 29th -2.2pp 27th 71% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 12.8% 27th -3.4pp 28th 63% below peers
Grapevine, TX 20.9% 21st -6.6pp 29th 39% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 19.9% 25th -9.1pp 30th 42% below peers
Collierville, TN 8.6% 31st -4.5pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (77.1% then, 83.5% now; margin ±14.7pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 18.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.2% to 83.5%).
Big move 83.5%
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 75.2% +2.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Dunwoody, GA 78.7% 7th +25.5pp 1st 11% above peers
Diamond Bar, CA 72.6% 13th +15.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
Country Club, FL 84.3% 1st +16.0pp 3rd 19% above peers
Novato, CA 69.8% 18th +12.0pp 4th 2% below peers
Collierville, TN 64.5% 27th +10.9pp 5th 9% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 70.9% 16th +10.7pp 6th on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 71.3% 14th +10.4pp 7th 1% above peers
La Crosse, WI 80.2% 5th +11.3pp 8th 13% above peers
Burien, WA 78.8% 6th +10.8pp 9th 11% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 69.8% 19th +7.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Grapevine, TX 74.6% 11th +8.0pp 11th 5% above peers
Milford, CT 83.5% 3rd +6.4pp 12th 18% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 63.1% 28th +4.0pp 13th 11% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 70.9% 17th +3.8pp 14th on par with peers
Huntington Park, CA 68.6% 22nd +2.5pp 15th 3% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 82.6% 4th +2.1pp 16th 17% above peers
Paramount, CA 60.9% 29th +1.5pp 17th 14% below peers
Florissant, MO 83.5% 2nd +1.6pp 18th 18% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 67.8% 23rd +0.3pp 19th 4% below peers
East Honolulu, HI 71.2% 15th -0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Fort Pierce, FL 75.8% 8th -0.6pp 21st 7% above peers
Troy, NY 74.6% 10th -1.0pp 22nd 5% above peers
Levittown, NY 74.5% 12th -3.0pp 23rd 5% above peers
East Hartford, CT 75.2% 9th -5.8pp 24th 6% above peers
Newark, OH 69.4% 20th -5.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Draper, UT 50.0% 31st -3.9pp 26th 30% below peers
Levittown, PA 69.2% 21st -6.5pp 27th 2% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 64.9% 26th -6.3pp 28th 9% below peers
Ocoee, FL 65.3% 24th -6.5pp 29th 8% below peers
Watsonville, CA 56.7% 30th -5.9pp 30th 20% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 65.2% 25th -13.1pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±11.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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