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Alafaya, FL

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92,449 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Alafaya, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$100,950
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
$75,307 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
50.0%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
43.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
1.6%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
2.1% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.38
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
0.40 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.5%
2020-24
▼ 59%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.2%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
93.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
64.4%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
62.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Alafaya, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
31.8%
2020-24
▼ 50%
relative change
63.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
31.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.1%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
9.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 2 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
61.9%
2020-24
low
vs peers
71.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
18.6%
2020-24
low
vs peers
25.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $75,307 to $100,950 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,949).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Alafaya started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 60% from 2014 to 2024 ($63,022 to $100,950).
Bright spot $100,950
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $74,568 +34%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 30th +48% 1st 47% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 19th +48% 2nd 20% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 26th +45% 3rd 41% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 20th +44% 4th 21% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 21st +43% 5th 24% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 22nd +42% 6th 28% below peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 10th +39% 7th 11% above peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 24th +39% 8th 29% below peers
Leander, TX $139,048 3rd +36% 9th 42% above peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 14th +34% 10th 3% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 12th +32% 11th 11% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 28th +31% 12th 44% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 23rd +30% 13th 28% below peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 25th +30% 14th 40% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 5th +29% 15th 31% above peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 18th +28% 16th 2% below peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 16th +28% 17th on par with peers
Frederick, MD $97,069 17th +28% 18th 1% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 19th 94% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 13th +25% 20th 10% above peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 7th +24% 21st 20% above peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 15th +23% 22nd on par with peers
Folsom, CA $139,804 2nd +22% 23rd 42% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 11th +22% 24th 11% above peers
Erie, PA $46,113 31st +22% 25th 53% below peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 6th +22% 26th 22% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 9th +19% 27th 14% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 8th +19% 28th 17% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 27th +16% 29th 43% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 4th +15% 30th 39% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 29th +14% 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,224 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.5% then, 9.3% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.8% to 9.3%).
9.3%
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
Florida ref 12.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Indio, CA 11.5% 19th -5.0pp 1st 25% above peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 2nd -2.0pp 2nd 49% below peers
Hemet, CA 14.9% 24th -6.3pp 3rd 62% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 20th -4.4pp 4th 38% above peers
Trenton, NJ 21.6% 28th -7.1pp 5th 135% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.4% 21st -4.2pp 6th 45% above peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 11th -1.9pp 7th 14% below peers
Redding, CA 14.1% 22nd -3.3pp 8th 53% above peers
San Marcos, CA 9.2% 16th -2.1pp 9th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 5.1% 4th -1.1pp 10th 45% below peers
Frederick, MD 9.2% 15th -1.9pp 11th on par with peers
Nashua, NH 7.8% 10th -1.5pp 12th 15% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 3rd -0.8pp 13th 49% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.3% 26th -2.8pp 14th 99% above peers
Compton, CA 17.9% 25th -2.6pp 15th 95% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 17th -1.2pp 16th 1% above peers
Erie, PA 23.3% 30th -2.9pp 17th 153% above peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 14th -1.0pp 18th 1% below peers
Folsom, CA 5.3% 5th -0.2pp 19th 42% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 9th -0.1pp 20th 18% below peers
Carson, CA 8.7% 12th -0.0pp 21st 6% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.1% 29th +0.3pp 22nd 151% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.2% 23rd +0.4pp 23rd 55% above peers
Champaign, IL 25.9% 31st +0.9pp 24th 181% above peers
Newton, MA 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 25th 51% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 7th +0.3pp 26th 39% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.5% 6th +0.3pp 27th 41% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.2% 18th +1.3pp 28th 22% above peers
Lawton, OK 21.1% 27th +2.6pp 29th 130% above peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 13th +2.2pp 30th 4% below peers
Leander, TX 5.8% 8th +1.7pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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13 of 16 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 ±1.6pp 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 (10.3% then, 8.5% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.6% to 8.5%).
8.5%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 3rd -4.6pp 1st 72% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 8th -7.8pp 2nd 41% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 2nd -3.4pp 3rd 74% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 19th -9.6pp 4th 17% above peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 24th -10.7pp 5th 41% above peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 13th -4.7pp 6th 34% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 11th -4.1pp 7th 39% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 8th 85% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 5th -2.8pp 9th 58% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 9th -3.7pp 10th 41% below peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 20th -7.5pp 11th 23% above peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 25th -8.7pp 12th 45% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 28th -12.2pp 13th 110% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 4th -1.9pp 14th 67% below peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 23rd -6.4pp 15th 40% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 26th -7.5pp 16th 81% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 15th -2.3pp 17th 23% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 14th -1.8pp 18th 32% below peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 22nd -3.1pp 19th 30% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 7th -0.6pp 20th 54% below peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 30th -3.3pp 21st 136% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 27th -2.6pp 22nd 107% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 31st -3.1pp 23rd 178% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 17th -1.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 21st -1.2pp 25th 25% above peers
Frederick, MD 12.5% 16th -0.7pp 26th on par with peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 6th -0.3pp 27th 56% below peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 28th 129% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 12th +2.4pp 29th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 18th +5.2pp 30th 13% above peers
Leander, TX 7.6% 10th +3.4pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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13 of 16 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (93.6% then, 95.2% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 3.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.5% to 95.2%).
Bright spot 95.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 91.7% +8.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Springdale, AR 91.2% 22nd +18.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 29th +14.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 26th +11.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 30th +10.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 27th +10.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 14th +11.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 17th +10.4pp 8th on par with peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 28th +8.4pp 9th 7% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 21st +8.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 20th +7.2pp 11th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 23rd +7.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 24th +6.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 25th +6.5pp 14th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 11th +6.8pp 15th 2% above peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 12th +5.4pp 16th 1% above peers
Frederick, MD 92.7% 19th +4.7pp 17th 1% below peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 8th +4.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 16th +3.8pp 19th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 7th +3.9pp 20th 3% above peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 4th +3.9pp 21st 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 15th +3.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Leander, TX 97.3% 1st +3.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 13th +3.0pp 24th 1% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 3rd +3.1pp 25th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 6th +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 18th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 5th +2.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 2nd +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 10th +1.6pp 30th 2% above peers
Folsom, CA 95.8% 9th +1.1pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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13 of 16 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.40 then, 0.38 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.38).
Bright spot 0.38
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 0.49 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 12th -0.036 1st 3% below peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 1st -0.014 2nd 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 14th -0.013 3rd 2% below peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 16th -0.011 4th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 3rd -0.009 5th 9% below peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 19th -0.009 6th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 7th 23% above peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 27th -0.006 8th 12% above peers
Redding, CA 0.46 21st -0.003 9th 3% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 15th -0.001 10th 1% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 2nd +0.000 11th 11% below peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 23rd +0.002 12th 7% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 22nd +0.003 13th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 4th +0.003 14th 8% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 17th +0.005 15th 1% above peers
Compton, CA 0.41 6th +0.004 16th 6% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 17th 19% above peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 13th +0.009 18th 2% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 25th +0.012 19th 11% above peers
Frederick, MD 0.41 5th +0.011 20th 7% below peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 20th +0.012 21st 3% above peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 22nd 27% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 8th +0.018 23rd 5% below peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 26th +0.026 24th 11% above peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 24th +0.027 25th 7% above peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 18th +0.027 26th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.42 9th +0.027 27th 4% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 28th 18% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 11th +0.028 29th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 0.43 10th +0.031 30th 3% below peers
Leander, TX 0.41 7th +0.041 31st 6% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 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 (9.4% then, 8.6% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.5% to 8.6%).
8.6%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Roswell, GA 3.2% 3rd -2.8pp 1st 67% below peers
Springdale, AR 6.0% 10th -5.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 1st -1.4pp 3rd 74% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 13th -2.6pp 4th 25% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 24th -3.6pp 5th 36% above peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 6th 70% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 14th -0.8pp 7th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 18th -1.0pp 8th 16% above peers
Leander, TX 3.4% 4th -0.3pp 9th 65% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 30th -0.1pp 10th 170% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 23rd +0.1pp 11th 36% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 31st +1.0pp 12th 213% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 16th +0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 7th +0.2pp 14th 54% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 15th +0.4pp 15th 8% below peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 5th +0.2pp 16th 58% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 26th +1.0pp 17th 94% above peers
Frederick, MD 11.6% 19th +1.0pp 18th 20% above peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 8th +0.4pp 19th 50% below peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 27th +2.5pp 20th 106% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 20th +1.5pp 21st 22% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 22nd +1.8pp 22nd 32% above peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 28th +3.6pp 23rd 110% above peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 12th +1.4pp 24th 26% below peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 17th +2.3pp 25th 5% above peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 29th +5.7pp 26th 159% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 6th +1.7pp 27th 56% below peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 21st +5.1pp 28th 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 11th +3.2pp 29th 38% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 25th +9.4pp 30th 79% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 9th +3.2pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.7% then, 64.4% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.8% to 64.4%).
Bright spot 64.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Springdale, AR 53.4% 23rd +4.0pp 1st 10% below peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 25th +3.7pp 2nd 13% below peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 15th +3.8pp 3rd 5% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 10th +4.1pp 4th 13% above peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 22nd +3.3pp 5th 9% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 27th +2.5pp 6th 24% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 24th +2.7pp 7th 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 30th +1.9pp 8th 36% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 6th +3.6pp 9th 21% above peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 26th +2.5pp 10th 15% below peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 18th +2.6pp 11th 5% below peers
Frederick, MD 58.8% 17th +2.1pp 12th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 29th +1.2pp 13th 26% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 12th +1.7pp 14th 8% above peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 16th +1.6pp 15th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 7th +1.7pp 16th 19% above peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 14th +1.4pp 17th 7% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 19th +1.0pp 18th 6% below peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 19th 46% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 4th +0.9pp 20th 24% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 21st +0.6pp 21st 8% below peers
Folsom, CA 69.8% 9th +0.2pp 22nd 17% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 2nd -0.0pp 23rd 29% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 28th -0.1pp 24th 25% below peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 8th -2.0pp 25th 18% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 26th 53% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 13th -2.6pp 27th 7% above peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 20th -2.4pp 28th 7% below peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 3rd -3.4pp 29th 26% above peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 11th -3.5pp 30th 13% above peers
Leander, TX 73.4% 5th -4.8pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
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 (31.6% then, 32.6% now; margin ±4.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 12.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.2% to 32.6%).
Needs attention 32.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Germantown, MD 29.9% 9th -4.0pp 1st 13% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 28th -5.8pp 2nd 31% above peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 29th -4.2pp 3rd 33% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 31st -4.4pp 4th 39% above peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 17th -3.0pp 5th 4% above peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 23rd -3.4pp 6th 20% above peers
Leander, TX 25.6% 5th -1.7pp 7th 26% below peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 25th -2.0pp 8th 23% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 7th -0.8pp 9th 18% below peers
Frederick, MD 34.0% 15th -0.9pp 10th 2% below peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 30th -0.5pp 11th 35% above peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 16th -0.4pp 12th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 6th -0.3pp 13th 22% below peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 24th -0.4pp 14th 21% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 14th -0.3pp 15th 2% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 15% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 2nd +0.0pp 17th 30% below peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 4th +0.2pp 18th 28% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 12th +0.4pp 19th 7% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 27th +0.6pp 20th 27% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 26th +1.0pp 21st 23% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 13th +1.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 20th +1.2pp 23rd 10% above peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 10th +1.0pp 24th 12% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 21st +1.3pp 25th 14% above peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 18th +1.5pp 26th 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 3rd +1.1pp 27th 29% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 28th 41% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 19th +2.8pp 29th 9% above peers
Folsom, CA 31.3% 11th +2.7pp 30th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 8th +5.4pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *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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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ National leader
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 (2.1% then, 1.6% now; margin ±1.1pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 1.6%).
Bright spot 1.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sandy, UT 2.5% 3rd -1.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.9% 11th -1.9pp 2nd 41% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 3rd 77% below peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 4th 48% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 8th -0.9pp 5th 48% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 6th -0.7pp 6th 52% below peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 22nd -1.1pp 7th 15% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 19th -1.0pp 8th 14% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 9th 300% above peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% 10th -0.5pp 10th 47% below peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 30th -1.4pp 11th 157% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 17th -0.6pp 12th 5% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 27th -0.5pp 13th 50% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 21st -0.3pp 14th 15% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 4th -0.0pp 15th 58% below peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 12th -0.0pp 16th 40% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 23rd -0.0pp 17th 18% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 25th -0.0pp 18th 35% above peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 20th +0.0pp 19th 14% above peers
Leander, TX 1.8% 2nd +0.0pp 20th 73% below peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 5th +0.0pp 21st 53% below peers
Frederick, MD 6.7% 16th +0.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 15th +0.2pp 23rd 2% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 26th +0.4pp 24th 49% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 14th +0.3pp 25th 4% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 28th +0.9pp 26th 72% above peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 24th +1.7pp 27th 27% above peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 28th 150% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 13th +1.0pp 29th 31% below peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 30th 50% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 18th +2.0pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp 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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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 (9.9% then, 8.1% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 9.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.7% to 8.1%).
Needs attention 8.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 23rd -6.3pp 1st 45% above peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 14th -3.7pp 2nd 5% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.5% 20th -3.8pp 3rd 19% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 8th -1.9pp 4th 25% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 4th -1.0pp 5th 55% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 6th 34% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 5th -1.0pp 7th 50% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% 15th -1.7pp 8th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 19th -1.8pp 9th 14% above peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 16th -1.4pp 10th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 27th -2.3pp 11th 80% above peers
Erie, PA 5.8% 10th -0.8pp 12th 19% below peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 2nd -0.3pp 13th 65% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.8% 28th -1.3pp 14th 80% above peers
Bryan, TX 17.0% 29th -1.6pp 15th 139% above peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 12th -0.5pp 16th 7% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 7th -0.3pp 17th 29% below peers
Leander, TX 9.2% 22nd -0.5pp 18th 29% above peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 11th -0.3pp 19th 11% below peers
Trenton, NJ 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 20th 148% above peers
Folsom, CA 2.5% 3rd +0.0pp 21st 65% below peers
Newton, MA 1.3% 1st +0.0pp 22nd 82% below peers
Frederick, MD 7.6% 17th +0.2pp 23rd 6% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.7% 26th +0.5pp 24th 79% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 25th +0.8pp 25th 75% above peers
Redding, CA 6.6% 13th +0.5pp 26th 7% below peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 24th +1.0pp 27th 65% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 21st +1.2pp 28th 28% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.4% 9th +0.8pp 29th 25% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.9% 31st +3.2pp 30th 195% above peers
Nashua, NH 8.0% 18th +2.0pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±1.0pp 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.

30.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Newton, MA 20.4% 1st 33% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 2nd 24% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 3rd 17% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 4th 17% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 5th 15% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 6th 15% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 7th 12% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 8th 12% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 9th 7% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 10th 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 11th 5% below peers
Leander, TX 29.0% 12th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 13th 4% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 14th 3% below peers
Folsom, CA 29.4% 15th 3% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 16th on par with peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 17th 2% above peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 18th 3% above peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 19th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 20th 7% above peers
Frederick, MD 33.9% 21st 12% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 22nd 13% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 23rd 16% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 24th 21% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 25th 22% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 26th 23% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 27th 26% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 28th 31% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 29th 35% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 41% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 31st 47% 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 (6.0% then, 4.1% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.1% to 4.1%).
4.1%
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
Florida ref 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 24th -17.1pp 1st 48% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 2nd 79% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 4th -2.0pp 3rd 59% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 16th -3.9pp 4th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 6th -2.0pp 5th 42% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 5th -1.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 3rd -0.7pp 7th 75% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 12th -1.9pp 8th 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 21st -2.3pp 9th 15% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 19th -2.1pp 10th 9% above peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 18th -1.9pp 11th 9% above peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 8th -1.0pp 12th 38% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 15th -1.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Leander, TX 6.8% 26th -1.6pp 14th 79% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 10th -0.4pp 15th 33% below peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 30th -1.2pp 16th 163% above peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 17th -0.4pp 17th 3% above peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 11th -0.1pp 18th 32% below peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 31st -0.3pp 19th 246% above peers
Frederick, MD 4.3% 20th +0.1pp 20th 14% above peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 7th +0.3pp 21st 40% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 9th +0.4pp 22nd 34% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 14th +0.6pp 23rd 5% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 23rd +1.0pp 24th 21% above peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 27th +1.9pp 25th 108% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 22nd +1.2pp 26th 20% above peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 13th +1.4pp 27th 7% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 29th +4.0pp 28th 161% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 2nd +0.4pp 29th 77% below peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 28th +5.5pp 30th 159% above peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 25th +5.1pp 31st 78% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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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 →
  • 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 ±1.3pp 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 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.2% to 50.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Alafaya started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.1% to 50.0%).
Bright spot 50.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hemet, CA 15.5% 29th +4.4pp 1st 64% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 28th +4.0pp 2nd 63% below peers
Leander, TX 53.3% 8th +12.1pp 3rd 23% above peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 4th 75% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 5th 74% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 27th +3.3pp 6th 53% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 23rd +3.9pp 7th 44% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 15th +6.8pp 8th 1% above peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 12th +6.8pp 9th 16% above peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 18th +5.1pp 10th 5% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 3rd +7.9pp 11th 53% above peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 20th +3.5pp 12th 30% below peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 17th +4.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 13th +4.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 24th +2.0pp 15th 45% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 7th +4.5pp 16th 24% above peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 19th +2.9pp 17th 18% below peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 5th +5.0pp 18th 45% above peers
Frederick, MD 43.2% 16th +3.0pp 19th on par with peers
Folsom, CA 54.9% 6th +3.7pp 20th 27% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 25th +1.5pp 21st 47% below peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 9th +3.2pp 22nd 22% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 10th +3.0pp 23rd 21% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 26th +1.3pp 24th 48% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 22nd +1.2pp 25th 38% below peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 4th +3.0pp 26th 49% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 27th 64% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 21st +1.1pp 28th 32% below peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 14th +1.4pp 29th 4% above peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 30th 88% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 11th +0.3pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 31.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.6% to 31.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±18.9pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 21.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.6% to 31.9%).
Needs attention 31.8%
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
Florida ref 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Leander, TX 64.4% 6th +14.7pp 1st 43% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 24th +6.9pp 2nd 18% below peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 10th +4.6pp 3rd 20% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 7th +5.2pp 4th 40% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 8th +4.5pp 5th 37% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 6th 68% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 5th +2.3pp 7th 48% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 13th -0.2pp 8th 13% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 16th -1.2pp 9th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 19th -1.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 15th -2.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 4th -4.4pp 12th 49% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 2nd -5.0pp 13th 60% above peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 11th -4.6pp 14th 14% above peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 18th -8.1pp 15th 3% below peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 23rd -7.4pp 16th 17% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 3rd -13.5pp 17th 49% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 9th -13.3pp 18th 25% above peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 14th -14.5pp 19th 12% above peers
Folsom, CA 51.1% 12th -14.7pp 20th 14% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 21st -11.7pp 21st 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 28th -13.1pp 22nd 29% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 30th -11.4pp 23rd 50% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 29th -15.0pp 24th 36% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 20th -20.5pp 25th 13% below peers
Frederick, MD 37.8% 22nd -21.1pp 26th 16% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 25th -20.9pp 27th 20% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 17th -25.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 26th -24.8pp 29th 20% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 31st -16.3pp 30th 52% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 27th -31.7pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.6% then, 1.5% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.2% to 1.5%).
Bright spot 1.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Folsom, CA 1.1% 2nd -3.0pp 1st 82% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 6th -5.1pp 2nd 66% below peers
Leander, TX 4.2% 9th -7.0pp 3rd 29% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 4th -2.2pp 4th 75% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 3rd -1.5pp 5th 81% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 7th -3.1pp 6th 51% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 7th 89% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 21st -5.8pp 8th 32% above peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 5th -1.0pp 9th 71% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 8th -1.5pp 10th 40% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 10th -1.5pp 11th 28% below peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 14th -0.4pp 12th 9% below peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 28th -0.3pp 13th 122% above peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 20th +0.4pp 14th 22% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 23rd +0.6pp 15th 52% above peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 24th +1.0pp 16th 58% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 17th 130% above peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 25th +1.6pp 18th 64% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 22nd +1.4pp 19th 40% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 26th +2.1pp 20th 69% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 29th +3.0pp 21st 129% above peers
Frederick, MD 6.9% 19th +1.6pp 22nd 16% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 15th +1.4pp 23rd 4% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 13th +1.4pp 24th 15% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 12th +1.4pp 25th 19% below peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 18th +2.1pp 26th 13% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 27th 27% below peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 16th +2.7pp 28th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 17th +3.7pp 29th 7% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 27th +7.5pp 30th 114% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 162% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±3.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (91,068 then, 92,449 now; margin ±4,864).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (85,561 to 92,449).
92,449
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Leander, TX 74,067 31st +38% 1st 19% below peers
Frederick, MD 83,395 30th +18% 2nd 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 28th +12% 3rd 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 26th +11% 4th 3% below peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 9th +9% 5th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 21st +8% 6th 1% below peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 16th +8% 7th on par with peers
Folsom, CA 83,916 29th +7% 8th 8% below peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 24th +5% 9th 2% below peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 27th +5% 10th 4% below peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 12th +4% 11th 1% above peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 2nd +3% 12th 4% above peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 17th +3% 13th on par with peers
Indio, CA 91,950 14th +3% 14th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 22nd +3% 15th 1% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 23rd +2% 16th 2% below peers
Redding, CA 93,409 6th +2% 17th 2% above peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 11th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Carson, CA 92,871 7th +1% 19th 2% above peers
Newton, MA 89,044 25th +1% 20th 2% below peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 19th +0% 21st 1% below peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 4th -0% 22nd 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 18th -0% 23rd on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 1st -0% 24th 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 3rd -2% 25th 3% above peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 10th -2% 26th 1% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 15th -3% 27th on par with peers
Erie, PA 93,850 5th -4% 28th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 13th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 20th -4% 30th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 92,698 8th -4% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±3,878 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 (22.8% then, 21.2% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 3.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.3% to 21.2%).
21.2%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 19.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Indio, CA 24.8% 7th +2.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 23rd +1.1pp 2nd 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 2nd +1.3pp 3rd 22% above peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 5th +1.2pp 4th 16% above peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 27th +0.2pp 5th 17% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 18th +0.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 24th -0.1pp 7th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 25th -0.2pp 8th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 10th -0.4pp 9th 5% above peers
Frederick, MD 21.9% 19th -0.4pp 10th 3% below peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 8th -0.6pp 11th 8% above peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 14th -0.7pp 12th 2% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 1st -0.9pp 13th 31% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 29th -0.6pp 14th 30% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 6th -1.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 28th -0.8pp 16th 18% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 11th -1.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 22nd -1.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 12th -1.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 22.7% 16th -1.5pp 20th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 26th -1.3pp 21st 17% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 3rd -1.9pp 22nd 21% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 20th -1.6pp 23rd 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 9th -1.8pp 24th 8% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 21st -1.6pp 25th 6% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 26th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 15th -2.8pp 27th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 13th -3.1pp 28th 2% above peers
Leander, TX 26.9% 4th -4.7pp 29th 18% above peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 17th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
Asheville, NC 14.8% 30th -3.0pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.7% then, 18.6% now; margin ±7.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.8% to 18.6%).
Big move 18.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sandy, UT 20.5% 21st +5.2pp 1st 29% below peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 25th +3.6pp 2nd 33% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 19th +4.4pp 3rd 10% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 6th +6.6pp 4th 36% above peers
Frederick, MD 37.0% 9th +6.2pp 5th 29% above peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 3rd +6.7pp 6th 65% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 7th 117% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 13th +2.0pp 8th 12% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 10th +2.1pp 9th 22% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 23rd +1.2pp 10th 31% below peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 11th 124% above peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 8th +1.7pp 12th 29% above peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 15th +0.8pp 13th 6% above peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 16th +0.5pp 14th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 4th +0.7pp 15th 40% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 11th +0.5pp 16th 14% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 18th +0.3pp 17th 3% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 7th -1.2pp 18th 32% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 14th -1.5pp 19th 6% above peers
Folsom, CA 13.2% 28th -1.3pp 20th 54% below peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 20th -2.5pp 21st 28% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 12th -4.7pp 22nd 13% above peers
Leander, TX 14.6% 27th -2.2pp 23rd 49% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 5th -7.2pp 24th 37% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 17th -5.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 24th -4.1pp 26th 33% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 29th -2.9pp 27th 58% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 28th 64% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 22nd -7.6pp 29th 29% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 26th -7.1pp 30th 35% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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13 of 16 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 ±4.8pp 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 (71.0% then, 61.9% now; margin ±21.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 16.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.1% to 61.9%).
Big move 61.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 23% above peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 2nd +15.2pp 2nd 13% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 10th +14.0pp 3rd 6% above peers
Folsom, CA 76.2% 7th +13.3pp 4th 8% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 25th +10.8pp 5th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 18th +10.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 5th +9.7pp 7th 9% above peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 6th +9.3pp 8th 9% above peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 8th +8.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 21st +6.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 12th +7.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 31st +5.0pp 12th 13% below peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 4th +6.0pp 13th 11% above peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 15th +5.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 26th +4.9pp 15th 8% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 16th +5.1pp 16th on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 19th +4.4pp 17th 1% below peers
Leander, TX 70.0% 17th +4.0pp 18th on par with peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 29th +3.6pp 19th 9% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 24th +2.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 9th +2.7pp 21st 8% above peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 11th +2.5pp 22nd 5% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 13th +1.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 28th +1.3pp 24th 8% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 22nd +0.7pp 25th 5% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 3rd -0.0pp 26th 11% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 14th -1.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 23rd -4.5pp 28th 6% below peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 27th -5.4pp 29th 8% below peers
Frederick, MD 67.8% 20th -7.8pp 30th 4% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 30th -9.1pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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13 of 16 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 ±19.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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