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55,351 people (2025) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where West Haven, CT shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
79.0%
2020-24
▲ 80%
relative change
43.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
145 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 30%
relative change
208 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
30.5%
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
24.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
851 /100k
Mar 2026
▼ 25%
relative change
1,136 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Household income
Median household income
$74,382
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
$62,985 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.3%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
86.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
78 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 34%
relative change
58 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 11 indicators

Where West Haven, CT shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.8%
Jul 2026
▲ 28%
relative change
5.3% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
50.6%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
54.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
4 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 300%
relative change
1 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.8%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
12.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.8%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
5.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.9%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
42.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
17.5%
2019-23
flat
relative change
17.5% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
14.1%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
11.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.5%
2020-24
▲ 522%
relative change
0.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
16.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
17.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.44
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
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 →
Home value
Typical home value
$366,562
Aug 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$340,126 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$273,808
Aug 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$254,672 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,978
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,918 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
55,351
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
54,763 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
41.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
42.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
20.3%
2020-24
low
vs peers
19.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

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 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 16% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. West Haven started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 78 in July 2026, up from 58 a year earlier.
Bright spot 78 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%
Bartlett, TN 197 (Jul 26) -31.5% 1st
Tinley Park, IL 85 (Jul 26) -23.0% 2nd
Chicopee, MA 427 (Jul 26) -22.6% 3rd
Oak Lawn, IL 87 (Jul 26) -22.2% 4th
Mooresville, NC 192 (Jul 26) -21.9% 5th
Mount Prospect, IL 60 (Jul 26) -21.4% 6th
Port Arthur, TX 520 (Jul 26) -16.7% 7th
Apple Valley, MN 183 (Jul 26) -15.8% 8th
Logan, UT 166 (Jul 26) -6.1% 9th
Rocky Mount, NC 706 (Jun 26) -2.3% 10th
Anderson, IN 399 (Jun 26) +0.4% 11th
Fountain Valley, CA 195 (Jul 26) +4.9% 12th
Arcadia, CA 209 (Jul 26) +8.7% 13th
Twin Falls, ID 390 (Jul 26) +10.1% 14th
Jeffersonville, IN 288 (Mar 25) +14.7% 15th
Kentwood, MI 475 (Jul 26) +23.8% 16th
Peabody, MA 302 (Apr 26) +25.2% 17th
West Haven, CT 78 (Jul 26) +34.4% 18th
Edina, MN 79 (Jul 26) +38.7% 19th
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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. 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 →
  • Burnsville, MN down about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2023-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 10% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. West Haven started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 851 in March 2026, down from 1,136 a year earlier.
Bright spot 851 per 100k
2018March 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%
Bartlett, TN 769 (Jul 26) -39.8% 1st
Peabody, MA 570 (Apr 26) -28.9% 2nd
West Haven, CT 851 (Mar 26) -25.1% 3rd
Rocky Mount, NC 2,990 (Jun 26) -21.2% 4th
Mooresville, NC 1,644 (Jul 26) -20.5% 5th
Arcadia, CA 2,223 (Jul 26) -16.7% 6th
Anderson, IN 1,893 (Jun 26) -14.6% 7th
Port Arthur, TX 1,283 (Jul 26) -12.7% 8th
Mount Prospect, IL 751 (Jul 26) -10.5% 9th
Kentwood, MI 1,513 (Jul 26) -9.7% 10th
Fountain Valley, CA 1,564 (Jul 26) -9.1% 11th
Tinley Park, IL 1,050 (Jul 26) -7.9% 12th
Twin Falls, ID 1,060 (Jul 26) -7.3% 13th
Oak Lawn, IL 1,504 (Jul 26) -6.2% 14th
Logan, UT 1,036 (Jul 26) -3.5% 15th
Jeffersonville, IN 1,667 (Mar 25) -0.8% 16th
Apple Valley, MN 1,510 (Jul 26) +2.3% 17th
Edina, MN 1,446 (Jul 26) +3.4% 18th
Chicopee, MA 1,566 (Jul 26) +5.5% 19th
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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 →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% 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

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 300% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 50% higher than in 2021 (4 then, 5 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 0 in 2023 it has risen mostly since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent reading: 4 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 7 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 4 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Mount Prospect, IL 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Apple Valley, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Port Arthur, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Arcadia, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Anderson, IN 2 (Jun 26) -66.7% 5th
Chicopee, MA 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 6th
Twin Falls, ID 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 7th
Mooresville, NC 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Edina, MN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Rocky Mount, NC 25 (Jun 26) +27.3% 10th
Jeffersonville, IN 6 (Mar 25) +193.7% 11th
West Haven, CT 7 (Jul 26) +299.4% 12th
Fountain Valley, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Tinley Park, IL 0 (Jul 26)
Logan, UT 2 (Jul 26)
Kentwood, MI 0 (Jul 26)
Peabody, MA 0 (Apr 26)
Bartlett, TN 0 (Jul 26)
Oak Lawn, IL 4 (Jul 26)
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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 →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. West Haven started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 145 in July 2026, down from 208 a year earlier.
Bright spot 145 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Bartlett, TN 62 (Jul 26) -69.3% 1st
Rocky Mount, NC 218 (Jun 26) -45.2% 2nd
Arcadia, CA 155 (Jul 26) -40.4% 3rd
West Haven, CT 145 (Jul 26) -30.4% 4th
Chicopee, MA 107 (Jul 26) -28.9% 5th
Anderson, IN 276 (Jun 26) -22.9% 6th
Fountain Valley, CA 110 (Jul 26) -20.8% 7th
Jeffersonville, IN 299 (Mar 25) -19.8% 8th
Mount Prospect, IL 47 (Jul 26) -18.7% 9th
Oak Lawn, IL 156 (Jul 26) -15.4% 10th
Port Arthur, TX 116 (Jul 26) -14.5% 11th
Kentwood, MI 186 (Jul 26) -14.3% 12th
Mooresville, NC 95 (Jul 26) -10.2% 13th
Tinley Park, IL 131 (Jul 26) -5.3% 14th
Logan, UT 59 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
Peabody, MA 54 (Apr 26) +3.5% 16th
Edina, MN 149 (Jul 26) +39.7% 17th
Apple Valley, MN 81 (Jul 26) +40.6% 18th
Twin Falls, ID 91 (Jul 26) +41.7% 19th
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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 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 18% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $62,985 to $74,382 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,766).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. West Haven started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 49% from 2014 to 2024 ($49,993 to $74,382).
Bright spot $74,382
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%
San Jacinto, CA $80,647 17th +55% 1st 4% below peers
Logan, UT $60,687 26th +45% 2nd 28% below peers
South Whittier, CA $100,800 10th +41% 3rd 20% above peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 4th 45% below peers
Kentwood, MI $74,373 21st +37% 5th 11% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $55,534 28th +37% 6th 34% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $105,189 7th +34% 7th 25% above peers
Peabody, MA $96,657 12th +32% 8th 15% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $93,188 13th +32% 9th 11% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $90,794 14th +31% 10th 8% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 16th +30% 11th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN $77,518 19th +30% 12th 8% below peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 15th +30% 13th 7% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL $101,720 9th +28% 14th 21% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL $64,908 23rd +27% 15th 23% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $109,193 6th +27% 16th 30% above peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 30th +27% 17th 45% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 29th +27% 18th 44% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN $70,930 22nd +26% 19th 15% below peers
Berwyn, IL $78,408 18th +25% 20th 7% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 3rd +24% 21st 37% above peers
Edina, MN $128,767 1st +24% 22nd 53% above peers
Arcadia, CA $113,516 4th +21% 23rd 35% above peers
Placentia, CA $115,929 2nd +21% 24th 38% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 25th +21% 25th 27% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 8th +21% 26th 22% above peers
Manhattan, KS $60,172 27th +19% 27th 28% below peers
West Haven, CT $74,382 20th +18% 28th 11% below peers
Chicopee, MA $62,615 24th +18% 29th 25% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $97,673 11th +9% 30th 16% above peers
Methuen, MA $113,310 5th 35% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 11 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±$4,572 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 1.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is about where it was in 2022 (4.6% then, 4.6% 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: 6.8% in July 2026, up from 5.3% a year earlier.
Needs attention 6.8%
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
Rocky Mount, NC 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th -0.9pp 1st 30% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.0% (Jul 26) 19th -0.8pp 2nd 6% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 3rd 34% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.7pp 4th 26% below peers
Arcadia, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th -0.7pp 5th 4% above peers
Valdosta, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th -0.6pp 6th 15% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th -0.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Mooresville, NC 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.5pp 8th 21% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th -0.5pp 9th 13% below peers
Gallatin, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 10th 34% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 11th 28% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th -0.3pp 12th 4% above peers
Methuen, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th -0.2pp 13th 11% above peers
Bartlett, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 14th 19% below peers
Placentia, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 15th 6% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.1pp 16th 15% above peers
Manhattan, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Logan, UT 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.1pp 18th 34% below peers
Peabody, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th +0.1pp 19th 4% above peers
Chicopee, MA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.2pp 20th 26% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th +0.3pp 21st 2% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.3pp 22nd 11% above peers
Berwyn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.4pp 23rd 11% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 24th 9% below peers
Edina, MN 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 25th 15% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 9.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.6pp 26th 104% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 27th on par with peers
West Haven, CT 6.8% (Jul 26) 27th +1.5pp 28th 45% 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 (11.8% then, 14.1% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.2% to 14.1%).
Needs attention 14.1%
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 10.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tinley Park, IL 5.0% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 55% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.3% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 35% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.4% 18th -3.4pp 3rd 2% above peers
Valdosta, GA 26.1% 29th -6.1pp 4th 134% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.1% 3rd -1.1pp 5th 55% below peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 27th -4.5pp 6th 99% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 12.8% 20th -2.4pp 7th 15% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.9% 15th -1.9pp 8th 3% below peers
Arcadia, CA 8.6% 10th -1.2pp 9th 23% below peers
Anderson, IN 21.0% 26th -2.8pp 10th 88% above peers
Manhattan, KS 23.3% 28th -3.0pp 11th 109% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 11th -1.2pp 12th 18% below peers
Peabody, MA 7.7% 7th -1.0pp 13th 31% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 16.1% 23rd -1.0pp 14th 45% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.4% 13th -0.6pp 15th 7% below peers
Edina, MN 4.7% 1st -0.2pp 16th 58% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.6% 5th -0.1pp 17th 41% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 8th -0.1pp 18th 29% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.6% 12th -0.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.0% 9th +0.2pp 20th 28% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 19.7% 25th +0.5pp 21st 76% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.7% 19th +0.3pp 22nd 14% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.0% 30th +1.7pp 23rd 160% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 11.2% 16th +0.9pp 24th on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 14th +1.0pp 25th 5% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.0% 21st +1.3pp 26th 16% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 6.0% 4th +0.6pp 27th 47% below peers
West Haven, CT 14.1% 22nd +2.3pp 28th 27% above peers
Chicopee, MA 17.3% 24th +3.5pp 29th 55% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 11.3% 17th +2.8pp 30th 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±2.3pp 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 (17.0% then, 16.7% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.2% to 16.7%).
Needs attention 16.7%
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%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 1st -5.3pp 1st 70% below peers
Peabody, MA 6.2% 5th -6.7pp 2nd 57% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.1% 3rd -5.3pp 3rd 65% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 6th -6.1pp 4th 56% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.7% 8th -4.3pp 5th 47% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.5% 16th -8.1pp 6th on par with peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.5% 7th -3.2pp 7th 55% below peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 25th -7.1pp 8th 53% above peers
Arcadia, CA 9.4% 11th -2.8pp 9th 35% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 12th -2.9pp 10th 30% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 17th -4.1pp 11th 3% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.1% 4th -1.6pp 12th 58% below peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 29th -8.9pp 13th 130% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 13.9% 15th -3.4pp 14th 4% below peers
Berwyn, IL 15.4% 18th -3.3pp 15th 6% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 13.5% 14th -2.6pp 16th 7% below peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 27th -5.2pp 17th 115% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 13th -1.3pp 18th 27% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 10th -1.1pp 19th 37% below peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 2nd -0.4pp 20th 69% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 21st 165% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 8.0% 9th -0.2pp 22nd 45% below peers
West Haven, CT 16.7% 21st -0.3pp 23rd 15% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 21.6% 23rd +0.2pp 24th 49% above peers
Chicopee, MA 24.2% 26th +2.3pp 25th 67% above peers
Kentwood, MI 16.2% 20th +1.6pp 26th 11% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.3% 28th +4.2pp 27th 130% above peers
Manhattan, KS 16.8% 22nd +2.3pp 28th 16% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 15.5% 19th +5.2pp 29th 7% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 24th +8.4pp 30th 49% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±4.7pp 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 6.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.6% to 93.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. West Haven started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 13.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (80.2% to 93.3%).
Bright spot 93.3%
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 92.3% +6.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Port Arthur, TX 88.3% 27th +26.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 29th +19.7pp 2nd 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 94.0% 9th +14.3pp 3rd 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 22nd +12.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 28th +11.9pp 5th 5% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 92.0% 20th +11.5pp 6th 1% below peers
Gallatin, TN 92.2% 18th +10.5pp 7th 1% below peers
South Whittier, CA 93.3% 14th +10.2pp 8th 1% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 92.8% 15th +9.7pp 9th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 80.7% 30th +8.3pp 10th 13% below peers
Peabody, MA 91.4% 21st +9.2pp 11th 1% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 94.0% 10th +8.5pp 12th 1% above peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 1st +8.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Berwyn, IL 92.3% 17th +8.1pp 14th on par with peers
Yucaipa, CA 92.4% 16th +7.8pp 15th on par with peers
Logan, UT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Chicopee, MA 88.4% 26th +6.5pp 17th 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 94.6% 7th +6.8pp 18th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 93.3% 13th +6.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 24th +6.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Arcadia, CA 96.7% 2nd +5.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 8th +4.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Kentwood, MI 91.2% 23rd +4.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Manhattan, KS 92.1% 19th +4.2pp 24th 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 95.0% 5th +4.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 12th +4.0pp 26th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 95.2% 4th +4.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 93.7% 11th +3.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 94.6% 6th +3.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Placentia, CA 95.4% 3rd +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 (0.42 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.44).
Needs attention 0.44
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
Valdosta, GA 0.51 29th -0.050 1st 19% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 0.40 2nd -0.026 2nd 8% below peers
Logan, UT 0.41 6th -0.025 3rd 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 0.44 18th -0.018 4th 2% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 0.47 25th -0.015 5th 8% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 0.42 14th -0.013 6th 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 0.43 16th -0.010 7th on par with peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 8th 23% above peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 9th -0.005 9th 3% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 0.43 17th -0.004 10th 1% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 15th -0.002 11th 1% below peers
Kentwood, MI 0.41 4th -0.002 12th 6% below peers
Peabody, MA 0.44 22nd +0.000 13th 3% above peers
Berwyn, IL 0.41 8th +0.002 14th 5% below peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 23rd +0.003 15th 6% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 1st +0.003 16th 13% below peers
Gallatin, TN 0.47 26th +0.004 17th 10% above peers
Arcadia, CA 0.49 27th +0.007 18th 13% above peers
South Whittier, CA 0.40 3rd +0.007 19th 8% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 0.44 21st +0.008 20th 3% above peers
Manhattan, KS 0.49 28th +0.015 21st 15% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 0.42 11th +0.016 22nd 2% below peers
West Haven, CT 0.44 20th +0.019 23rd 3% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 19th +0.020 24th 2% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 0.41 5th +0.020 25th 5% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 0.41 7th +0.021 26th 5% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 0.42 12th +0.022 27th 2% below peers
Placentia, CA 0.42 13th +0.023 28th 2% below peers
Chicopee, MA 0.46 24th +0.028 29th 6% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 30th +0.035 30th 20% above peers
Methuen, MA 0.42 10th 3% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 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 (17.5% then, 17.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (14.9% to 17.5%).
Needs attention 17.5%
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
Logan, UT 5.6% 4th -5.6pp 1st 46% below peers
Gallatin, TN 9.6% 15th -6.6pp 2nd 8% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 2nd -1.8pp 3rd 62% below peers
Peabody, MA 10.3% 16th -1.6pp 4th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 23.8% 27th -3.0pp 5th 130% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.6% 18th -0.9pp 6th 3% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 7.1% 10th -0.4pp 7th 32% below peers
Berwyn, IL 16.2% 22nd -0.8pp 8th 56% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.7% 25th -0.9pp 9th 100% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.2% 14th -0.3pp 10th 11% below peers
West Haven, CT 17.5% 23rd +0.0pp 11th 69% above peers
Valdosta, GA 23.8% 26th +0.1pp 12th 130% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 25.4% 29th +0.2pp 13th 146% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 12.6% 20th +0.6pp 14th 22% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.5% 13th +0.5pp 15th 17% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.6% 6th +0.8pp 16th 36% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 19.8% 24th +2.6pp 17th 91% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 25.8% 30th +3.5pp 18th 149% above peers
Chicopee, MA 25.0% 28th +3.5pp 19th 142% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.8% 21st +2.5pp 20th 43% above peers
Edina, MN 2.7% 1st +0.6pp 21st 74% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 11th +1.6pp 22nd 26% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 11.9% 19th +2.6pp 23rd 15% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.8% 8th +1.6pp 24th 34% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.0% 9th +1.7pp 25th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.4% 3rd +1.8pp 26th 48% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.4% 17th +3.6pp 27th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 6.7% 7th +2.9pp 28th 35% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.2% 12th +4.3pp 29th 21% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.8% 5th +4.2pp 30th 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
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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 ±2.3pp 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 8% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $366,562 in August 2026, up from $340,126 a year earlier.
Big move $366,562
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%
West Haven, CT $366,562 (Aug 26) 16th +7.8% 1st 3% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $453,639 (Aug 26) 11th +7.4% 2nd 21% above peers
Berwyn, IL $321,149 (Aug 26) 20th +6.2% 3rd 15% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $301,042 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.1% 4th 20% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,382,591 (Aug 26) 1st +5.7% 5th 268% above peers
Manhattan, KS $298,350 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.9% 6th 21% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $337,869 (Aug 26) 17th +4.8% 7th 10% below peers
Edina, MN $626,258 (Aug 26) 6th +4.1% 8th 67% above peers
Valdosta, GA $214,117 (Aug 26) 25th +4.0% 9th 43% below peers
Kentwood, MI $334,412 (Aug 26) 18th +4.0% 10th 11% below peers
Chicopee, MA $322,260 (Aug 26) 19th +3.4% 11th 14% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $372,848 (Aug 26) 15th +3.3% 12th 1% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $127,534 (Aug 26) 28th +2.8% 13th 66% below peers
Logan, UT $389,638 (Aug 26) 13th +2.7% 14th 4% above peers
Placentia, CA $1,101,906 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 15th 193% above peers
Anderson, IN $135,767 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 16th 64% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $943,821 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 17th 151% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $573,373 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 18th 52% above peers
Arcadia, CA $1,381,933 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.8% 19th 267% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $253,784 (Aug 26) 24th +1.5% 20th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $376,085 (Aug 26) 14th +1.5% 21st on par with peers
Peabody, MA $696,552 (Aug 26) 5th +1.1% 22nd 85% above peers
Gallatin, TN $434,846 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 23rd 16% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $483,140 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 24th 28% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $188,603 (Aug 26) 26th +0.1% 25th 50% below peers
Mooresville, NC $478,099 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 26th 27% above peers
Bartlett, TN $320,892 (Aug 26) 21st -0.9% 27th 15% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $524,205 (Aug 26) 8th -2.1% 28th 39% above 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 8% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 17% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $273,808 in August 2026, up from $254,672 a year earlier.
Big move $273,808
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%
Port Arthur, TX $89,052 (Aug 26) 27th +13.0% 1st 67% below peers
Berwyn, IL $261,280 (Aug 26) 17th +9.9% 2nd 5% below peers
West Haven, CT $273,808 (Aug 26) 14th +7.5% 3rd on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL $305,449 (Aug 26) 11th +6.7% 4th 12% above peers
Manhattan, KS $215,910 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.6% 5th 21% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $201,303 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 6th 26% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,051,471 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 7th 284% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $253,005 (Aug 26) 20th +4.4% 8th 8% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $289,674 (Aug 26) 13th +4.4% 9th 6% above peers
Valdosta, GA $113,771 (Aug 26) 25th +4.4% 10th 58% below peers
Kentwood, MI $256,464 (Aug 26) 18th +4.3% 11th 6% below peers
Chicopee, MA $268,633 (Aug 26) 16th +4.0% 12th 2% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $463,771 (Aug 26) 6th +3.0% 13th 69% above peers
Anderson, IN $80,917 (Aug 26) 28th +2.7% 14th 70% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $721,092 (Aug 26) 4th +1.9% 15th 163% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $194,409 (Aug 26) 24th +1.8% 16th 29% below peers
Placentia, CA $806,415 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.4% 17th 195% above peers
Peabody, MA $554,211 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 18th 102% above peers
Bartlett, TN $253,907 (Aug 26) 19th +0.7% 19th 7% below peers
Logan, UT $301,582 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 20th 10% above peers
Gallatin, TN $309,188 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 21st 13% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $395,812 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 22nd 45% above peers
Arcadia, CA $929,293 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.4% 23rd 239% above peers
Mooresville, NC $322,437 (Aug 26) 9th +0.2% 24th 18% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $403,850 (Aug 26) 7th -0.6% 25th 47% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $270,889 (Aug 26) 15th -0.8% 26th 1% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $95,036 (Aug 26) 26th -2.0% 27th 65% below peers
Edina, MN $243,048 (Aug 26) 21st -3.3% 28th 11% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.6% to 50.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 21% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.5% to 50.6%).
Needs attention 50.6%
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%
San Jacinto, CA 75.0% 5th +10.6pp 1st 18% above peers
Manhattan, KS 43.5% 28th +4.5pp 2nd 32% below peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 29th +4.1pp 3rd 34% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.0% 9th +5.1pp 4th 13% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 60.2% 18th +3.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Kentwood, MI 61.4% 16th +3.2pp 6th 4% below peers
Berwyn, IL 61.1% 17th +3.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 3rd +3.0pp 8th 30% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 86.9% 1st +2.5pp 9th 37% above peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 8th +1.6pp 10th 14% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 14th +1.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 73.4% 6th +0.8pp 12th 15% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 21st +0.3pp 13th 9% below peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 2nd +0.4pp 14th 35% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 75.5% 4th +0.3pp 15th 19% above peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 19th +0.1pp 16th 8% below peers
Peabody, MA 65.6% 11th -0.2pp 17th 3% above peers
South Whittier, CA 64.7% 13th -0.5pp 18th 2% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 68.7% 10th -0.7pp 19th 8% above peers
Arcadia, CA 58.1% 20th -1.3pp 20th 9% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 24th -1.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Placentia, CA 63.6% 15th -1.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 49.0% 26th -1.6pp 23rd 23% below peers
Chicopee, MA 55.7% 23rd -2.9pp 24th 12% below peers
Logan, UT 37.2% 30th -2.1pp 25th 41% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 43.9% 27th -2.5pp 26th 31% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 73.4% 7th -4.3pp 27th 15% above peers
West Haven, CT 50.6% 25th -4.1pp 28th 20% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 64.8% 12th -5.3pp 29th 2% above peers
Gallatin, TN 57.1% 22nd -5.4pp 30th 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 9% a year from 2017 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,978 in August 2026, up from $1,918 a year earlier.
Big move $1,978
2017August 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%
Chicopee, MA $1,631 (Aug 26) 18th +8.8% 1st 8% below peers
Berwyn, IL $1,427 (Aug 26) 21st +5.6% 2nd 19% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $1,288 (Aug 26) 26th +5.5% 3rd 27% below peers
Kentwood, MI $1,592 (Aug 26) 19th +5.4% 4th 10% below peers
Manhattan, KS $1,338 (Aug 26) 24th +4.4% 5th 24% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $2,191 (Aug 26) 9th +4.4% 6th 24% above peers
Logan, UT $1,415 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.2% 7th 20% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $2,932 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.2% 8th 66% above peers
Valdosta, GA $1,349 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.0% 9th 24% below peers
San Jacinto, CA $2,459 (Aug 26) 6th +3.9% 10th 39% above peers
Anderson, IN $1,079 (Aug 26) 28th +3.8% 11th 39% below peers
Edina, MN $2,015 (Aug 26) 10th +3.3% 12th 14% above peers
Placentia, CA $2,853 (Aug 26) 5th +3.2% 13th 61% above peers
West Haven, CT $1,978 (Aug 26) 11th +3.1% 14th 12% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $1,557 (Aug 26) 20th +2.9% 15th 12% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $1,272 (Aug 26) 27th +2.8% 16th 28% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $1,744 (Aug 26) 15th +2.8% 17th 1% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $3,524 (Aug 26) 1st +2.4% 18th 99% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $2,263 (Aug 26) 8th +2.4% 19th 28% above peers
Gallatin, TN $1,660 (Aug 26) 16th +1.4% 20th 6% below peers
Arcadia, CA $3,414 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 21st 93% above peers
Peabody, MA $2,857 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 22nd 62% above peers
Mooresville, NC $1,655 (Aug 26) 17th +0.7% 23rd 6% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $1,768 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 24th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 25th +0.3% 25th 27% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $1,956 (Aug 26) 12th -0.4% 26th 11% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,844 (Aug 26) 13th -0.9% 27th 4% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $2,331 (Aug 26) 7th -2.5% 28th 32% 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 (42.0% then, 40.9% now; margin ±4.7pp).

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 13.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.2% to 40.9%).
Needs attention 40.9%
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
Rocky Mount, NC 32.0% 10th -6.2pp 1st 11% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 26.2% 3rd -4.4pp 2nd 27% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.0% 8th -3.8pp 3rd 14% below peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 5th -2.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 34.7% 14th -3.1pp 5th 4% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 11th -2.6pp 6th 9% below peers
Manhattan, KS 36.7% 18th -2.3pp 7th 2% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 41.1% 26th -2.1pp 8th 14% above peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 9th 20% below peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 24th -1.2pp 10th 12% above peers
West Haven, CT 40.9% 25th -1.1pp 11th 13% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 31.9% 9th -0.6pp 12th 12% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 24.2% 2nd -0.3pp 13th 33% below peers
Kentwood, MI 28.6% 6th -0.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Logan, UT 38.6% 21st +0.5pp 15th 7% above peers
South Whittier, CA 41.4% 28th +0.7pp 16th 15% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 37.7% 19th +1.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 41.1% 27th +1.1pp 18th 14% above peers
Berwyn, IL 39.3% 22nd +1.4pp 19th 9% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 51.9% 31st +2.1pp 20th 44% above peers
Peabody, MA 38.1% 20th +2.0pp 21st 6% above peers
Arcadia, CA 45.8% 30th +4.3pp 22nd 27% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 12th +3.3pp 23rd 9% below peers
Placentia, CA 43.0% 29th +4.5pp 24th 19% above peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 1st +2.5pp 25th 39% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 16th +4.2pp 26th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 40.3% 23rd +6.9pp 27th 12% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 27.6% 4th +5.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 36.4% 17th +6.8pp 29th 1% above peers
Gallatin, TN 34.9% 15th +6.9pp 30th 3% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.3% 13th 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.6pp 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 (12.6% then, 10.8% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 10.8%).
Needs attention 10.8%
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 8.8% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Jacinto, CA 3.5% 5th -3.4pp 1st 42% below peers
Manhattan, KS 4.3% 8th -4.1pp 2nd 28% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 1st -1.6pp 3rd 53% below peers
Peabody, MA 8.5% 24th -3.6pp 4th 43% above peers
Logan, UT 4.1% 7th -1.7pp 5th 31% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 27th -3.3pp 6th 60% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 25th -2.8pp 7th 50% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 19th -1.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 6th -0.8pp 9th 39% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.2% 4th -0.6pp 10th 46% below peers
West Haven, CT 10.8% 29th -1.8pp 11th 82% above peers
Chicopee, MA 10.0% 28th -1.4pp 12th 68% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 2nd -0.4pp 13th 52% below peers
Gallatin, TN 5.0% 13th -0.4pp 14th 17% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 7.7% 23rd -0.2pp 15th 30% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 30th -0.0pp 16th 82% above peers
Berwyn, IL 9.0% 26th +0.1pp 17th 50% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 12.0% 31st +0.7pp 18th 100% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.0% 17th +0.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 3rd +0.2pp 20th 52% below peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 21st +0.4pp 21st 9% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 22nd 23% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 6.1% 18th +0.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 6.4% 20th +0.9pp 24th 8% above peers
Kentwood, MI 7.6% 22nd +1.1pp 25th 27% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 5.9% 15th +1.5pp 26th 2% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.0% 11th +1.3pp 27th 17% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.0% 12th +1.6pp 28th 17% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.6% 10th +1.6pp 29th 23% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.3% 14th +2.2pp 30th 11% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.0% 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.5% then, 7.9% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.9% to 7.9%).
7.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 5.4% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Fountain Valley, CA 3.3% 3rd -1.9pp 1st 57% below peers
Kentwood, MI 3.9% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 50% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.9% 22nd -3.9pp 3rd 16% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.7% 9th -1.8pp 4th 39% below peers
Arcadia, CA 3.5% 6th -1.1pp 5th 55% below peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 1st -0.5pp 6th 78% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 14th -1.6pp 7th 21% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.2% 29th -3.1pp 8th 58% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 8.2% 20th -2.0pp 9th 6% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.2% 26th -1.5pp 10th 33% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.2% 24th -1.3pp 11th 19% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.7% 7th -0.3pp 12th 52% below peers
Peabody, MA 2.4% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 68% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.8% 30th -0.2pp 14th 119% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.5% 31st +0.1pp 15th 284% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.8% 17th +0.0pp 16th 1% above peers
Gallatin, TN 8.6% 21st +0.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 5.7% 12th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Placentia, CA 6.4% 15th +0.2pp 19th 17% below peers
West Haven, CT 7.9% 18th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.8% 10th +0.3pp 21st 38% below peers
Chicopee, MA 3.4% 5th +0.2pp 22nd 56% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.0% 19th +0.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.9% 27th +1.2pp 24th 43% above peers
Logan, UT 9.4% 25th +1.1pp 25th 22% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 9.1% 23rd +1.4pp 26th 18% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.5% 11th +1.1pp 27th 28% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 11.3% 28th +2.3pp 28th 47% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.8% 13th +1.2pp 29th 25% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 16th +2.0pp 30th on par with peers
Methuen, MA 3.4% 4th 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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.

34.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 31.3%
United States ref 33.4%
Arcadia, CA 16.3% 1st 51% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 21.7% 2nd 35% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 21.8% 3rd 35% below peers
Edina, MN 23.8% 4th 29% below peers
Placentia, CA 26.0% 5th 22% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 28.2% 6th 16% below peers
South Whittier, CA 28.8% 7th 14% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 29.0% 8th 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 29.4% 9th 12% below peers
Peabody, MA 29.9% 10th 11% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 30.5% 11th 9% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 12th 5% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 33.1% 13th 1% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 14th 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 33.4% 15th on par with peers
Manhattan, KS 33.5% 16th on par with peers
West Haven, CT 34.3% 17th 2% above peers
Kentwood, MI 34.3% 18th 2% above peers
Chicopee, MA 34.9% 19th 4% above peers
Berwyn, IL 35.4% 20th 6% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 21st 7% above peers
Logan, UT 36.4% 22nd 9% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 23rd 11% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.7% 24th 13% above peers
Gallatin, TN 40.6% 25th 21% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 26th 23% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 41.6% 27th 24% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 28th 27% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 29th 28% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 44.0% 30th 31% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.4% then, 5.8% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.8% to 5.8%).
Needs attention 5.8%
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
Fountain Valley, CA 1.3% 3rd -3.2pp 1st 56% below peers
Kentwood, MI 1.2% 2nd -2.7pp 2nd 60% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.9% 1st -1.5pp 3rd 68% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 2.5% 10th -3.9pp 4th 14% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 4.5% 25th -5.5pp 5th 57% above peers
Gallatin, TN 2.6% 11th -2.4pp 6th 10% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 13th -2.2pp 7th 7% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 1.9% 7th -1.3pp 8th 33% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 23rd -2.2pp 9th 47% above peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 24th -2.0pp 10th 52% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.6% 20th -1.1pp 11th 26% above peers
Berwyn, IL 2.3% 8th -0.7pp 12th 22% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.8% 15th -0.7pp 13th 5% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 12th -0.5pp 14th 9% below peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 6th -0.2pp 15th 34% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 9th -0.3pp 16th 21% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 21st +0.0pp 17th 37% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.8% 26th +0.1pp 18th 65% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 16th +0.1pp 19th on par with peers
West Haven, CT 5.8% 28th +0.4pp 20th 101% above peers
Peabody, MA 1.7% 5th +0.2pp 21st 42% below peers
Logan, UT 7.1% 29th +1.4pp 22nd 146% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 23rd 594% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 5.4% 27th +2.1pp 24th 86% above peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 30th +5.1pp 25th 293% above peers
Manhattan, KS 3.2% 18th +1.4pp 26th 10% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.4% 19th +1.6pp 27th 16% above peers
Chicopee, MA 3.1% 17th +1.6pp 28th 6% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.2% 22nd +2.4pp 29th 44% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 2.7% 14th +2.6pp 30th 6% below peers
Methuen, MA 1.5% 4th 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±3.6pp 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 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.3% to 30.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. West Haven started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.2% to 30.5%).
Bright spot 30.5%
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
West Haven, CT 30.5% 20th +6.2pp 1st 12% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 28.2% 22nd +5.4pp 2nd 18% below peers
Gallatin, TN 33.5% 17th +5.7pp 3rd 3% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 24th +4.0pp 4th 29% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 34.5% 16th +5.1pp 5th on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 17.9% 28th +2.6pp 6th 48% below peers
Kentwood, MI 36.7% 11th +4.8pp 7th 6% above peers
Chicopee, MA 22.9% 27th +2.8pp 8th 34% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.9% 26th +2.6pp 9th 34% below peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 7th +5.3pp 10th 32% above peers
Placentia, CA 44.2% 8th +4.9pp 11th 28% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 14.2% 30th +1.5pp 12th 59% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 48.5% 4th +4.8pp 13th 41% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.9% 23rd +2.5pp 14th 22% below peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 21st +2.6pp 15th 18% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 35.6% 13th +3.0pp 16th 3% above peers
Logan, UT 40.3% 9th +3.4pp 17th 17% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 18th 63% below peers
Berwyn, IL 24.2% 25th +1.6pp 19th 30% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 46.4% 5th +2.9pp 20th 35% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 18th +1.5pp 21st 8% below peers
Arcadia, CA 57.4% 2nd +2.6pp 22nd 66% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 23rd 111% above peers
Peabody, MA 35.0% 15th +1.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 35.1% 14th +1.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 53.3% 3rd +1.4pp 26th 55% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 45.9% 6th +0.9pp 27th 33% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 37.0% 10th +0.4pp 28th 7% above peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 29th -0.3pp 29th 55% below peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 12th -0.6pp 30th 4% above peers
Methuen, MA 31.0% 19th 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.1pp 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 Real improvement ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment rose 35.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.9% to 79.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±16.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way. West Haven started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 11.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.3% to 79.0%).
Bright spot 79.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 59.7% -5.3pp
United States ref 45.5%
West Haven, CT 79.0% 1st +35.0pp 1st 69% above peers
Placentia, CA 60.8% 6th +21.8pp 2nd 30% above peers
Kentwood, MI 59.0% 7th +15.1pp 3rd 26% above peers
Chicopee, MA 45.8% 17th +10.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 42.7% 20th +9.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Anderson, IN 26.6% 27th +5.2pp 6th 43% below peers
Manhattan, KS 60.8% 5th +11.1pp 7th 30% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.4% 24th +5.2pp 8th 29% below peers
South Whittier, CA 46.4% 16th +6.8pp 9th 1% below peers
Logan, UT 46.8% 15th +6.4pp 10th on par with peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 8th +7.0pp 11th 24% above peers
Berwyn, IL 50.8% 10th +4.0pp 12th 9% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 12th +3.6pp 13th 5% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 4th +2.6pp 14th 32% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 49.4% 11th -1.2pp 15th 6% above peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 14th -1.4pp 16th 2% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 62.0% 3rd -3.3pp 17th 32% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 52.3% 9th -3.3pp 18th 12% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 21st -3.0pp 19th 13% below peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 2nd -7.9pp 20th 42% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 43.2% 19th -5.4pp 21st 8% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 23rd -5.3pp 22nd 24% below peers
Gallatin, TN 32.8% 25th -6.8pp 23rd 30% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 38.4% 22nd -8.6pp 24th 18% below peers
Arcadia, CA 48.9% 13th -19.3pp 25th 4% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 24.3% 29th -11.6pp 26th 48% below peers
Peabody, MA 31.9% 26th -15.5pp 27th 32% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 43.5% 18th -23.6pp 28th 7% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 26.4% 28th -14.5pp 29th 44% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.0% 30th -23.3pp 30th 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Danbury, CT up 17.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.9pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
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 (0.7% then, 4.5% now; margin ±4.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 4.5%).
Needs attention 4.5%
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
Yucaipa, CA 2.8% 5th -6.9pp 1st 49% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 1.6% 2nd -3.8pp 2nd 71% below peers
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 6th -5.3pp 3rd 43% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 3.5% 9th -4.7pp 4th 37% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 12th -3.1pp 5th 27% below peers
Chicopee, MA 6.9% 22nd -4.3pp 6th 25% above peers
Manhattan, KS 1.8% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 68% below peers
South Whittier, CA 8.6% 26th -3.7pp 8th 56% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.5% 16th -2.2pp 9th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.1% 17th -2.1pp 10th 11% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 31st -3.3pp 11th 185% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.5% 10th -0.7pp 12th 37% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 13th -0.3pp 13th 25% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.3% 8th -0.0pp 14th 41% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.5% 24th -0.1pp 15th 36% above peers
Peabody, MA 5.3% 15th +0.1pp 16th 3% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 11th +0.1pp 17th 28% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 23rd +0.5pp 18th 29% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 27th +1.5pp 19th 58% above peers
Berwyn, IL 7.6% 25th +1.3pp 20th 38% above peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 20th +1.8pp 21st 22% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 12.3% 28th +4.8pp 22nd 123% above peers
Logan, UT 6.4% 19th +2.8pp 23rd 16% above peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 7th +1.5pp 24th 41% below peers
Arcadia, CA 1.6% 1st +0.8pp 25th 71% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.9% 30th +7.0pp 26th 151% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 13.2% 29th +6.8pp 27th 138% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.8% 21st +3.9pp 28th 22% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.7% 4th +1.6pp 29th 51% below peers
West Haven, CT 4.5% 14th +3.8pp 30th 18% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.3% 18th 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.2pp 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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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54,763 to 55,351 - more than the combined survey margin (±66). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
66% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 31% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Big move 55,351
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mooresville, NC 52,381 29th +38% 1st 5% below peers
Gallatin, TN 48,532 31st +27% 2nd 12% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 55,180 14th +15% 3rd on par with peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 25th +11% 4th 1% below peers
Logan, UT 54,907 17th +8% 5th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 30th +7% 6th 7% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 55,679 5th +5% 7th 1% above peers
Kentwood, MI 54,296 22nd +5% 8th 1% below peers
Peabody, MA 54,695 19th +3% 9th on par with peers
West Sacramento, CA 54,927 16th +3% 10th on par with peers
Edina, MN 53,262 27th +3% 11th 3% below peers
Placentia, CA 52,826 28th +2% 12th 4% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 54,421 20th +2% 13th 1% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 2nd +2% 14th 4% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 55,472 9th +2% 15th 1% above peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 10th +2% 16th 1% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 4th +1% 17th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 55,351 11th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 56,258 3rd +0% 19th 2% above peers
Berwyn, IL 55,595 8th +0% 20th 1% above peers
Chicopee, MA 55,295 12th -0% 21st 1% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 54,297 21st -0% 22nd 1% below peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 13th -2% 23rd 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 54,291 23rd -2% 24th 1% below peers
Manhattan, KS 54,239 24th -2% 25th 1% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 54,842 18th -3% 26th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 1st -4% 27th 4% above peers
Arcadia, CA 55,170 15th -5% 28th on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 55,650 7th -8% 29th 1% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 55,665 6th -8% 30th 1% above peers
Methuen, MA 53,475 26th 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±38 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 (19.7% then, 20.3% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.6% to 20.2%).
Big move 20.3%
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
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 9th +2.1pp 1st 4% above peers
Peabody, MA 18.7% 28th +1.6pp 2nd 16% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.2% 3rd +1.5pp 3rd 17% above peers
West Haven, CT 20.2% 25th +0.5pp 4th 10% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 2nd +0.4pp 5th 23% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 24.9% 6th +0.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 8th +0.2pp 7th 5% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 21st +0.2pp 8th 7% below peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 14th -0.2pp 9th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 23.2% 11th -0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 19th -0.5pp 11th 4% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 22.9% 12th -0.7pp 12th 2% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 25.3% 4th -0.8pp 13th 13% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 19.0% 27th -0.7pp 14th 15% below peers
Chicopee, MA 19.2% 26th -0.8pp 15th 14% below peers
Kentwood, MI 23.3% 10th -1.1pp 16th 4% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 16th -1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.0% 17th -1.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Manhattan, KS 14.6% 31st -0.8pp 19th 35% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 20th 19% below peers
Arcadia, CA 20.9% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 7% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 27.6% 1st -1.7pp 22nd 23% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 7th -1.9pp 23rd 8% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 24th 9% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 20.9% 22nd -1.9pp 25th 7% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 5th -2.3pp 26th 12% above peers
Logan, UT 21.7% 18th -2.1pp 27th 3% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 15.5% 30th -1.7pp 28th 31% below peers
South Whittier, CA 22.9% 13th -2.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Berwyn, IL 22.4% 15th -4.8pp 30th on par with peers
Methuen, MA 21.3% 20th 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.1% then, 41.1% now; margin ±9.6pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.1% to 41.1%).
Big move 41.1%
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
Fountain Valley, CA 21.8% 24th +7.5pp 1st 27% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 24.1% 20th +6.9pp 2nd 19% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 31st +3.5pp 3rd 50% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 13th +7.0pp 4th 7% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 20.9% 25th +4.5pp 5th 30% below peers
Gallatin, TN 37.8% 7th +7.6pp 6th 26% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 5th +8.7pp 7th 61% above peers
Chicopee, MA 56.4% 2nd +9.4pp 8th 88% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 30.0% 16th +4.3pp 9th on par with peers
Arcadia, CA 21.9% 23rd +2.5pp 10th 27% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.2% 19th +2.6pp 11th 19% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.4% 1st +6.2pp 12th 118% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.1% 9th +3.4pp 13th 24% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 30.2% 15th +2.6pp 14th 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL 37.5% 8th +1.5pp 15th 25% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 22nd +0.6pp 16th 20% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 15.8% 29th +0.2pp 17th 47% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 35.0% 10th -0.2pp 18th 17% above peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 3rd -0.3pp 19th 74% above peers
West Haven, CT 41.1% 6th -1.0pp 20th 37% above peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 4th -2.0pp 21st 62% above peers
Logan, UT 24.1% 21st -1.1pp 22nd 20% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 27th -1.1pp 23rd 38% below peers
Peabody, MA 24.4% 18th -1.5pp 24th 19% below peers
South Whittier, CA 20.9% 26th -1.3pp 25th 30% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 32.8% 12th -3.0pp 26th 9% above peers
Kentwood, MI 31.2% 14th -5.0pp 27th 4% above peers
Placentia, CA 18.5% 28th -3.2pp 28th 38% below peers
Manhattan, KS 27.6% 17th -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 30th -5.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.9% 11th 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 11 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 ±6.9pp 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 (72.4% then, 66.7% now; margin ±15.7pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 18.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (85.1% to 66.7%).
66.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Connecticut ref 75.2% +2.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Mount Prospect, IL 74.1% 7th +18.5pp 1st 9% above peers
Arcadia, CA 70.7% 12th +17.6pp 2nd 4% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 29th +13.6pp 3rd 18% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 54.2% 31st +10.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Chicopee, MA 82.7% 1st +14.5pp 5th 22% above peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 5th +11.2pp 6th 11% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.9% 10th +10.3pp 7th 8% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 72.4% 11th +7.7pp 8th 7% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 3rd +7.5pp 9th 14% above peers
South Whittier, CA 75.5% 4th +6.4pp 10th 11% above peers
Logan, UT 54.3% 30th +2.8pp 11th 20% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 67.9% 15th +3.3pp 12th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 64.4% 23rd +1.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Placentia, CA 69.4% 13th +1.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 73.5% 9th +1.5pp 15th 8% above peers
Berwyn, IL 74.5% 6th +1.2pp 16th 10% above peers
Kentwood, MI 67.8% 16th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 14th +0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 65.0% 21st +0.5pp 19th 4% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 26th +0.2pp 20th 6% below peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 20th -0.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Peabody, MA 78.3% 2nd -3.5pp 22nd 16% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 63.7% 25th -4.5pp 23rd 6% below peers
West Haven, CT 66.7% 18th -5.7pp 24th 2% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 57.8% 28th -5.4pp 25th 15% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 64.7% 22nd -7.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 67.7% 17th -8.8pp 27th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.6% 19th -10.1pp 28th 3% below peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 27th -10.5pp 29th 7% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 24th -10.8pp 30th 6% below peers
Methuen, MA 73.8% 8th 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 11 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 ±11.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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