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57,634 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Bonita Springs, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$95,210
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
$70,249 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.3%
2019-23
▼ 29%
relative change
6.1% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
43.1%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
37.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
0.54 in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.1%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
88.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
81.8%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
80.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Bonita Springs, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.2%
Jul 2026
▲ 13%
relative change
4.6% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
11.7%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
11.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
33.5%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
47.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.5%
2020-24
▲ 54%
relative change
6.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
19.6%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
17.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.6%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
11.7% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.2%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
27.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.1%
2020-24
▲ 54%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
10.9%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
12.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$308,838
Aug 2026
▼ 4%
relative change
$322,024 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$502,803
Aug 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$519,632 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
60.4%
2020-24
low
vs peers
64.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Population
55,904
2020-24
low
vs peers
55,902 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
19.6%
2020-24
low
vs peers
22.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 36% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $70,249 to $95,210 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,057).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bonita Springs started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 78% from 2014 to 2024 ($53,530 to $95,210).
Bright spot $95,210
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%
Plainfield, NJ $85,908 15th +52% 1st 1% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 26th +50% 2nd 22% below peers
Gardena, CA $84,803 16th +45% 3rd on par with peers
National City, CA $66,841 25th +42% 4th 21% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 23rd +42% 5th 15% below peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 27th +40% 6th 25% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 7th 177% above peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 8th +36% 8th 28% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 5th +36% 9th 46% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 12th +36% 10th 12% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 24th +34% 11th 15% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 4th +34% 12th 46% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 17th +32% 13th 3% below peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 10th +31% 14th 18% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 14th +30% 15th 2% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 6th +30% 16th 34% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 29th +30% 17th 28% below peers
Albany, OR $78,114 19th +29% 18th 8% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 18th +29% 19th 7% below peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 28th +27% 20th 27% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 21st +27% 21st 12% below peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 7th +26% 22nd 32% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 23rd 59% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 2nd +25% 24th 67% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 9th +24% 25th 19% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 30th +22% 26th 38% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 22nd +21% 27th 13% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 31st +20% 28th 44% below peers
Highland, CA $77,120 20th +19% 29th 9% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 13th +18% 30th 11% above peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 11th +9% 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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13 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$6,734 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 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.2% in July 2026, up from 4.6% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.2%
1999July 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.6% (Jul 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Plainfield, NJ 5.5% (Jul 26) 27th -1.9pp 1st 22% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 5.3% (Jul 26) 24th -1.8pp 2nd 18% above peers
Springfield, OH 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -1.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
Kettering, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -1.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th -1.0pp 5th 11% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th -0.9pp 6th 4% above peers
Highland, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 28th -0.8pp 7th 22% above peers
Kingsport, TN 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th -0.7pp 8th 22% below peers
Albany, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 25th -0.5pp 9th 18% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.4pp 10th 20% below peers
Santee, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.3pp 11th 2% above peers
National City, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 29th -0.3pp 12th 27% above peers
Lincoln, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 14th 4% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 15th 27% below peers
Lancaster, PA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 16th 11% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 3.6% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 17th 20% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 18th 16% below peers
Tigard, OR 5.4% (Jul 26) 26th -0.1pp 19th 20% above peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 20th 31% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.2pp 22nd 31% below peers
Burleson, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th +0.2pp 23rd 7% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 25th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.4pp 26th 31% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 27th 16% above peers
Bradenton, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 28th 16% above peers
Sarasota, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 29th 11% 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 (8.6% then, 9.6% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.1% to 9.6%).
9.6%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.2% 15th -5.7pp 1st 5% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.1% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 58% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 15.5% 26th -5.7pp 3rd 61% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 60% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.1% 21st -4.5pp 5th 36% above peers
Kettering, OH 8.3% 12th -2.6pp 6th 14% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 7th -2.1pp 7th 30% below peers
National City, CA 14.6% 23rd -3.7pp 8th 52% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.5% 4th -0.8pp 9th 53% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.3% 28th -3.6pp 10th 112% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.8% 18th -1.9pp 11th 23% above peers
Lincoln, CA 6.9% 8th -1.0pp 12th 28% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.9% 14th -0.8pp 13th 7% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 32.0% 31st -2.4pp 14th 233% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 6th -0.3pp 15th 35% below peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 25th -0.7pp 16th 56% above peers
Highland, CA 17.1% 27th -0.8pp 17th 78% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 24th -0.7pp 18th 55% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.4% 19th -0.5pp 19th 29% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.1% 30th -0.1pp 20th 140% above peers
Santee, CA 7.9% 11th +0.7pp 21st 17% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.7% 29th +1.8pp 22nd 116% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.4% 13th +0.8pp 23rd 12% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 24th 40% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 16th +1.0pp 25th on par with peers
Albany, OR 13.5% 22nd +1.5pp 26th 41% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.6% 17th +1.2pp 27th 11% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.8% 1st +0.6pp 28th 61% below peers
Southaven, MS 12.6% 20th +2.2pp 29th 31% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 9th +1.4pp 30th 26% below peers
Orland Park, IL 7.3% 10th +3.0pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 17 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 ±1.7pp 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 (17.9% then, 19.6% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 27.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.9% to 19.6%).
Needs attention 19.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 13th -11.0pp 1st 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 76% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 11th -6.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 8th -4.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 7th -4.0pp 5th 56% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 14th -5.9pp 6th 28% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 19th -8.3pp 7th 28% above peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 20th -8.3pp 8th 28% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 5th -1.6pp 9th 71% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 6th -2.2pp 10th 57% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 4th -1.3pp 11th 72% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 24th -6.9pp 12th 50% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 13th 80% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.8% 25th -6.0pp 14th 61% above peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 28th -7.4pp 15th 97% above peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 18th -2.9pp 16th 15% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 27th -2.3pp 17th 93% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 16th -1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 29th -0.1pp 19th 131% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 30th +0.1pp 20th 136% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 26th +0.2pp 21st 66% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 12th +0.1pp 22nd 36% below peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 17th +0.7pp 23rd 13% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 9th +0.5pp 24th 46% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 23rd +1.7pp 25th 39% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 15th +1.2pp 26th 12% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 27th 209% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 21st +2.3pp 28th 33% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 29th 80% below peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 22nd +5.7pp 30th 35% above peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 10th +3.9pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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11 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 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 ±6.8pp 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 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.2% to 93.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bonita Springs started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 9.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.1% to 93.1%).
Bright spot 93.1%
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%
Plainfield, NJ 95.0% 11th +24.2pp 1st 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 24th +14.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 31st +12.6pp 3rd 7% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 29th +12.5pp 4th 6% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 30th +11.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 14th +12.6pp 6th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 27th +11.0pp 7th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 23rd +10.5pp 8th 3% below peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 26th +8.9pp 9th 5% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 28th +8.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 16th +9.1pp 11th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 21st +9.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 12th +7.6pp 13th 1% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 25th +6.9pp 14th 3% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 20th +6.8pp 15th 1% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 13th +6.5pp 16th 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 22nd +6.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 6th +6.0pp 18th 2% above peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 8th +5.9pp 19th 2% above peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 19th +5.4pp 20th 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 17th +5.2pp 21st on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 18th +4.9pp 22nd 1% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 9th +4.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 15th +4.3pp 24th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 4th +4.4pp 25th 4% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 26th 4% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 10th +4.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 1st +4.3pp 28th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 7th +3.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 30th 3% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 17 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 →
▸

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 →
  • 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality fell about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.54 to 0.51 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.03).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.54 to 0.51).
Bright spot 0.51
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
Plainfield, NJ 0.41 10th -0.070 1st 6% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 4th -0.041 2nd 12% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 30th -0.033 3rd 17% above peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 22nd -0.025 4th 4% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 28th -0.024 5th 15% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 8th -0.019 6th 7% below peers
Lincoln, CA 0.40 9th -0.017 7th 7% below peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 16th -0.015 8th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 15th -0.015 9th 1% below peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 14th -0.012 10th 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 12th -0.010 11th 5% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 19th -0.007 12th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 0.46 24th -0.006 13th 5% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 14th 13% below peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 18th +0.003 15th 2% above peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 6th +0.003 16th 9% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 5th +0.003 17th 10% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 29th +0.005 18th 17% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 13th +0.005 19th 3% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 23rd +0.006 20th 4% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 17th +0.006 21st on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 25th +0.008 22nd 5% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 23rd 14% below peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 24th 15% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 20th +0.017 25th 3% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 26th +0.019 26th 11% above peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 21st +0.020 27th 4% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 7th +0.028 28th 9% below peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 27th +0.036 29th 12% above peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 30th 34% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 11th +0.035 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
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 6.1% to 4.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Bonita Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.8% to 4.3%).
Bright spot 4.3%
20102023
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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 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
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 17th -5.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 50% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 10th -2.5pp 3rd 25% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.4% 23rd -3.8pp 4th 56% above peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 7th -1.5pp 5th 35% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 21st -3.1pp 6th 34% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 18th -2.4pp 7th 6% above peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 25th -3.6pp 8th 85% above peers
Burleson, TX 4.9% 5th -1.1pp 9th 43% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 24th -3.0pp 10th 57% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 11th -1.2pp 11th 22% below peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 19th -1.6pp 12th 7% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 15th -1.3pp 13th 9% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 9th -0.6pp 14th 31% below peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 26th -1.1pp 15th 104% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 14th -0.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Albany, OR 18.5% 27th -0.3pp 17th 116% above peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 30th -0.1pp 18th 216% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 8th +0.0pp 19th 33% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 6th +0.1pp 20th 43% below peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 31st +0.9pp 21st 234% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 13th +0.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 20.7% 29th +2.9pp 23rd 141% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 28th +3.0pp 24th 125% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 4th +1.0pp 25th 45% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.3% 3rd +1.3pp 26th 50% below peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 22nd +4.4pp 27th 39% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 16th +3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 12th +2.7pp 29th 22% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 20th +4.0pp 30th 10% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 80% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 19% higher than in 2021 ($424,279 then, $502,803 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $594,023 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $502,803 in August 2026, down from $519,632 a year earlier.
Big move $502,803
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $375,470 (Aug 26) -1.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Orland Park, IL $413,308 (Aug 26) 19th +6.2% 1st 18% below peers
Springfield, OH $189,587 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 2nd 62% below peers
Cupertino, CA $2,965,725 (Aug 26) 1st +3.3% 3rd 490% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $607,048 (Aug 26) 7th +3.1% 4th 21% above peers
Kettering, OH $247,139 (Aug 26) 26th +2.5% 5th 51% below peers
National City, CA $695,171 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 6th 38% above peers
Gardena, CA $779,150 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 7th 55% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $330,955 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.1% 8th 34% below peers
Highland, CA $539,248 (Aug 26) 9th +1.6% 9th 7% above peers
Southaven, MS $273,007 (Aug 26) 24th +1.5% 10th 46% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $911,771 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.5% 11th 81% above peers
Severn, MD $517,542 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 12th 3% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $492,974 (Aug 26) 15th +0.9% 13th 2% below peers
Lincoln, CA $640,640 (Aug 26) 6th +0.7% 14th 27% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $448,096 (Aug 26) 16th +0.6% 15th 11% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $519,451 (Aug 26) 11th +0.6% 16th 3% above peers
Albany, OR $434,335 (Aug 26) 18th +0.2% 17th 14% below peers
Bowie, MD $520,578 (Aug 26) 10th -0.4% 18th 4% above peers
Kingsport, TN $257,154 (Aug 26) 25th -0.9% 19th 49% below peers
Burleson, TX $337,266 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.9% 20th 33% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $507,240 (Aug 26) 13th -1.0% 21st 1% above peers
Decatur, AL $223,248 (Aug 26) 27th -1.1% 22nd 56% below peers
Tigard, OR $602,382 (Aug 26) 8th -1.4% 23rd 20% above peers
Santee, CA $795,470 (Aug 26) 3rd -1.5% 24th 58% above peers
Smyrna, GA $443,309 (Aug 26) 17th -2.2% 25th 12% below peers
Sarasota, FL $409,878 (Aug 26) 20th -2.7% 26th 18% below peers
Bradenton, FL $352,501 (Aug 26) 21st -3.2% 27th 30% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $502,803 (Aug 26) 14th -3.2% 28th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 21% higher than in 2021 ($255,416 then, $308,838 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $373,107 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $308,838 in August 2026, down from $322,024 a year earlier.
Big move $308,838
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $231,656 (Aug 26) -2.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Orland Park, IL $289,176 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 1st 19% below peers
National City, CA $571,379 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 2nd 60% above peers
Springfield, OH $104,091 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 3rd 71% below peers
Kettering, OH $182,217 (Aug 26) 25th +3.7% 4th 49% below peers
Highland, CA $425,262 (Aug 26) 10th +3.4% 5th 19% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $352,436 (Aug 26) 15th +3.1% 6th 1% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $449,366 (Aug 26) 8th +2.9% 7th 26% above peers
Plainfield, NJ $438,088 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 8th 23% above peers
Southaven, MS $203,427 (Aug 26) 24th +2.1% 9th 43% below peers
Gardena, CA $642,831 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.9% 10th 80% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $243,482 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.7% 11th 32% below peers
Severn, MD $384,636 (Aug 26) 13th +1.3% 12th 8% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,732,125 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 13th 384% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $412,639 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 14th 15% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $728,534 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.6% 15th 104% above peers
Albany, OR $343,606 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 16th 4% below peers
Lincoln, CA $522,636 (Aug 26) 6th +0.3% 17th 46% above peers
Bowie, MD $418,752 (Aug 26) 11th +0.2% 18th 17% above peers
Santee, CA $612,274 (Aug 26) 4th -0.3% 19th 71% above peers
Kingsport, TN $158,764 (Aug 26) 26th -0.6% 20th 56% below peers
Decatur, AL $139,417 (Aug 26) 27th -0.9% 21st 61% below peers
Tigard, OR $469,424 (Aug 26) 7th -1.5% 22nd 31% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $357,564 (Aug 26) 14th -1.8% 23rd on par with peers
Burleson, TX $259,821 (Aug 26) 20th -2.2% 24th 27% below peers
Smyrna, GA $306,933 (Aug 26) 18th -2.3% 25th 14% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $308,838 (Aug 26) 17th -4.1% 26th 14% below peers
Sarasota, FL $259,750 (Aug 26) 21st -4.1% 27th 27% below peers
Bradenton, FL $206,790 (Aug 26) 23rd -5.4% 28th 42% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (80.6% then, 81.8% now; margin ±3.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.2% to 81.8%).
Bright spot 81.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 1st 66% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 20th +7.3pp 2nd 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 28th +5.1pp 3rd 23% below peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 8th +5.4pp 4th 15% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 25th +3.7pp 5th 17% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 21st +4.1pp 6th 6% below peers
Lincoln, CA 83.9% 2nd +4.2pp 7th 33% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 5th +4.1pp 8th 29% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 14th +2.5pp 9th 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 7th +2.6pp 10th 17% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 4th +2.2pp 11th 31% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 10th +1.5pp 12th 14% above peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 27th +0.9pp 13th 23% below peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 3rd +1.3pp 14th 33% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 6th +1.3pp 15th 29% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 11th +1.0pp 16th 13% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 44.8% 29th +0.6pp 17th 29% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 13th +0.6pp 18th 7% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 9th +0.6pp 19th 14% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 18th +0.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 12th +0.3pp 21st 12% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 17th +0.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 22nd +0.1pp 23rd 7% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 23rd -0.1pp 24th 9% below peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 16th -0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 26th -0.5pp 26th 18% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 27th 36% above peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 28th 45% below peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 24th -1.6pp 29th 12% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 19th -2.2pp 30th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 15th -2.8pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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How breakdowns work →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,428 in August 2026, down from $2,435 a year earlier.
$2,428
2021August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Springfield, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 28th +8.3% 1st 40% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +8.0% 2nd 110% above peers
Orland Park, IL $2,759 (Aug 26) 4th +4.9% 3rd 32% above peers
Gardena, CA $2,354 (Aug 26) 11th +4.3% 4th 13% above peers
Highland, CA $2,593 (Aug 26) 7th +3.9% 5th 24% above peers
Lancaster, PA $1,547 (Aug 26) 24th +3.9% 6th 26% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,085 (Aug 26) 15th +3.7% 7th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC $1,823 (Aug 26) 18th +3.6% 8th 13% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $1,861 (Aug 26) 16th +3.5% 9th 11% below peers
Smyrna, GA $1,665 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.4% 10th 20% below peers
Kingsport, TN $1,294 (Aug 26) 27th +3.2% 11th 38% below peers
Kettering, OH $1,383 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 12th 34% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ $2,731 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 13th 31% above peers
Santee, CA $2,850 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.3% 14th 37% above peers
National City, CA $2,457 (Aug 26) 9th +1.9% 15th 18% above peers
Decatur, AL $1,118 (Aug 26) 29th +1.8% 16th 46% below peers
Lincoln, CA $2,922 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.5% 17th 40% above peers
Albany, OR $1,738 (Aug 26) 20th +1.4% 18th 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,616 (Aug 26) 6th +1.3% 19th 25% above peers
Bowie, MD $2,522 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 20th 21% above peers
Southaven, MS $1,560 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.5% 21st 25% below peers
Tigard, OR $1,852 (Aug 26) 17th +0.2% 22nd 11% below peers
Severn, MD $2,336 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 23rd 12% above peers
Sarasota, FL $2,175 (Aug 26) 13th -0.2% 24th 4% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $2,428 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 25th 16% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,470 (Aug 26) 25th -0.4% 26th 30% below peers
Burleson, TX $1,731 (Aug 26) 21st -1.0% 27th 17% below peers
Bradenton, FL $1,782 (Aug 26) 19th -1.9% 28th 15% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 14th 3% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit 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 (27.6% then, 31.2% now; margin ±3.8pp). 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
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.0% to 31.2%).
Needs attention 31.2%
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
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 31st -6.2pp 1st 63% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 46.6% 29th -4.6pp 2nd 43% above peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 16th -3.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 1st -2.0pp 4th 35% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 6th -2.1pp 5th 18% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 9th -1.6pp 6th 12% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 8th -1.4pp 7th 16% below peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 27th -2.0pp 8th 36% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 3rd -1.0pp 9th 30% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 24th +0.0pp 10th 25% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 2nd +0.0pp 11th 31% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 28th +0.1pp 12th 38% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 30th +0.3pp 13th 56% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 5th +0.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 10th +0.3pp 15th 10% below peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 19th +0.5pp 16th 11% above peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 15th +0.8pp 17th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 11th +0.8pp 18th 9% below peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 23rd +1.6pp 19th 20% above peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 21st +2.4pp 20th 13% above peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 25th +2.9pp 21st 33% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 22nd +3.3pp 22nd 15% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 7th +2.4pp 23rd 17% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 4th +2.4pp 24th 23% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 13th +3.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 20th +4.4pp 26th 12% above peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 17th +4.0pp 27th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 26th +5.6pp 28th 36% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 18th +4.3pp 29th 2% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 12th +5.1pp 30th 5% below peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 14th +7.8pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
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 (2.6% then, 4.1% now; margin ±1.6pp). 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
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.0% to 4.1%).
Needs attention 4.1%
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
Plainfield, NJ 12.7% 29th -8.3pp 1st 175% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 12th -2.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 3rd -1.2pp 3rd 47% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 15th -1.9pp 4th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 30th -5.8pp 5th 222% above peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 5th -1.2pp 6th 25% below peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 23rd -2.2pp 7th 45% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 17th -1.6pp 8th 12% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 25th -2.2pp 9th 59% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 19th -1.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 1st -0.5pp 11th 59% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 7th -0.8pp 12th 19% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 21st -1.0pp 13th 26% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 24th -1.1pp 14th 45% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 8th -0.6pp 15th 16% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 16th 470% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 20th -0.4pp 17th 19% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 16th -0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 11th -0.2pp 19th 10% below peers
National City, CA 10.9% 26th -0.3pp 20th 135% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 28th -0.3pp 21st 171% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 22nd -0.0pp 22nd 31% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 9th +0.3pp 23rd 13% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 18th +0.4pp 24th 13% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 13th +0.3pp 25th 6% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 4th +0.4pp 26th 32% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 27th +1.9pp 27th 146% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 6th +0.8pp 28th 21% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 14th +1.2pp 29th 4% below peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 54% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 10th +1.4pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±1.3pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.7% then, 10.6% now; margin ±2.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 12.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.7% to 10.6%).
Needs attention 10.6%
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
Florida ref 11.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Tigard, OR 3.1% 5th -4.3pp 1st 58% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 10th -2.4pp 2nd 43% below peers
Santee, CA 3.1% 6th -1.3pp 3rd 58% below peers
Lincoln, CA 2.5% 4th -1.0pp 4th 66% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.9pp 5th 66% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 2nd -0.7pp 6th 68% below peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 7th -1.0pp 7th 49% below peers
Gardena, CA 8.5% 19th -2.2pp 8th 14% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 24th -2.7pp 9th 46% above peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 17th -1.7pp 10th 5% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 11th 76% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 21st -1.1pp 12th 25% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 29th -1.6pp 13th 110% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.3% 15th -0.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 22nd -1.1pp 15th 43% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 16th -0.7pp 16th on par with peers
National City, CA 12.2% 26th -0.5pp 17th 65% above peers
Albany, OR 6.8% 14th -0.0pp 18th 8% below peers
Bradenton, FL 15.2% 28th +0.0pp 19th 105% above peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 23rd +0.0pp 20th 43% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 12th +0.2pp 21st 24% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 8th +0.2pp 22nd 47% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 25th +0.8pp 23rd 61% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.3% 18th +0.6pp 24th 12% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.8% 20th +0.7pp 25th 19% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 9th +0.3pp 26th 43% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 28.0% 31st +2.3pp 27th 277% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 11th +0.7pp 28th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.2% 27th +2.5pp 29th 79% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.6% 30th +4.8pp 30th 205% above peers
Severn, MD 6.6% 13th +2.9pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

29.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 54% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 2nd 45% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 3rd 24% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 4th 24% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 5th 23% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 6th 22% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 7th 16% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 8th 16% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 9th 14% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 10th 14% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 11th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 12th 10% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 13th 9% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 14th 5% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 15th 1% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 16th on par with peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 17th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 18th 2% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 35.0% 19th 3% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 21st 4% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 22nd 5% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 23rd 6% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 24th 11% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 25th 11% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 26th 12% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 27th 18% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 28th 20% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 29th 20% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 30th 23% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 31st 33% 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 (11.4% then, 11.7% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.9% to 11.7%).
Needs attention 11.7%
20122024
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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 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 18th -8.6pp 2nd 25% above peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 13th -3.7pp 3rd 11% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 2nd -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 12th -2.7pp 5th 12% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 8th -2.2pp 6th 27% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 6th -1.4pp 7th 34% below peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 5th -1.0pp 8th 35% below peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 3rd -0.7pp 9th 48% below peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 4th -0.7pp 10th 35% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 17th -0.8pp 11th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 16th -0.7pp 12th on par with peers
National City, CA 5.9% 23rd -1.2pp 13th 85% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.6% 30th -0.5pp 14th 326% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 25th -0.1pp 15th 121% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 29th +0.3pp 16th 267% above peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 26th +0.6pp 17th 170% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 22nd +0.4pp 18th 68% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 14th +0.3pp 19th 10% below peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 20th +0.7pp 20th 55% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 21st +0.8pp 21st 59% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 27th +1.7pp 22nd 210% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 28th +2.3pp 23rd 219% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 15th +0.7pp 24th 8% below peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 24th +1.9pp 25th 119% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 10th +0.8pp 26th 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 27th 421% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 19th +1.5pp 28th 38% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 11th +1.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 7th +1.0pp 30th 29% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 9th +1.4pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 →
  • 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 ±3.9pp 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 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.4% to 43.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bonita Springs started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 11.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.2% to 43.1%).
Bright spot 43.1%
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
Burleson, TX 34.0% 16th +7.6pp 1st on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 21st +6.5pp 2nd 14% below peers
National City, CA 18.1% 30th +3.9pp 3rd 47% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 15th +5.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 24th +4.3pp 5th 17% below peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 12th +6.2pp 6th 22% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 19th +4.4pp 7th 13% below peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 13th +5.8pp 8th 18% above peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 17th +4.4pp 9th 8% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 10th +5.7pp 10th 27% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 5th +6.8pp 11th 50% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 23rd +3.7pp 12th 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 11th +5.3pp 13th 23% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 18th +3.9pp 14th 8% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 22nd +3.5pp 15th 15% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 14th +4.4pp 16th 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 7th +6.0pp 17th 45% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.0% 29th +2.5pp 18th 35% below peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 31st +1.8pp 19th 51% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 4th +5.9pp 20th 75% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 2nd +6.2pp 21st 89% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 3rd +4.9pp 22nd 75% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 20th +2.1pp 23rd 13% below peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 8th +2.6pp 24th 35% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 6th +2.2pp 25th 48% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 1st +3.5pp 26th 142% above peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 27th +0.8pp 27th 33% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 26th +0.8pp 28th 31% below peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 9th +1.0pp 29th 33% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 25th -0.3pp 30th 29% below peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 28th -2.3pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (47.2% then, 33.5% now; margin ±31.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.8% to 33.5%).
Needs attention 33.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Severn, MD 66.5% 3rd +33.2pp 1st 31% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 5th +26.4pp 2nd 18% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 6th +20.3pp 3rd 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 13th +8.1pp 4th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 20th +6.0pp 5th 19% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 67.7% 2nd +9.3pp 6th 34% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 21st +5.0pp 7th 20% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 14th +1.4pp 8th 1% above peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 18th +0.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 29th +0.1pp 10th 39% below peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 1st -0.4pp 11th 37% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 19th -1.1pp 12th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 9th -1.5pp 13th 7% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 4th -2.5pp 14th 22% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 17th -4.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 7th -5.8pp 16th 12% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 10th -6.3pp 17th 6% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 18th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 23rd -4.8pp 19th 25% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 11th -7.7pp 20th 4% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 22nd -6.5pp 21st 20% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 16th -12.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 12th -14.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 8th -15.6pp 24th 8% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 30th -9.6pp 25th 42% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 25th -12.5pp 26th 27% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 24th -12.7pp 27th 26% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 27th -13.8pp 28th 34% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 26th -15.1pp 29th 31% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 28th -14.5pp 30th 37% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 31st -19.2pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±26.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.2% then, 9.5% now; margin ±11.5pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.1% to 9.5%).
Needs attention 9.5%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 17th -5.2pp 1st 6% above peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 22nd -5.4pp 2nd 13% above peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 3rd -2.3pp 3rd 47% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 5th -1.8pp 4th 33% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 19th -1.8pp 5th 11% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 21st -1.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 10th -0.8pp 7th 23% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 20th -1.1pp 8th 13% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 10.3% 28th -0.6pp 9th 53% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 2nd -0.1pp 10th 63% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 11th -0.0pp 11th 19% below peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 31st +0.1pp 12th 112% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 15th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 27th +0.6pp 14th 48% above peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 7th +0.5pp 15th 31% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 6th +0.5pp 16th 31% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 13th +1.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 16th +1.5pp 18th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 18th +2.1pp 19th 8% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 25th +3.0pp 20th 31% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 14th +2.2pp 21st 4% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 26th +3.3pp 22nd 42% above peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 24th +3.1pp 23rd 25% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 29th +4.1pp 24th 65% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 8th +1.8pp 25th 30% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 12th +2.4pp 26th 15% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 9th +2.4pp 27th 23% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 4th +1.8pp 28th 44% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 30th +5.9pp 29th 83% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 23rd +6.7pp 30th 22% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 1st +2.1pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±9.1pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55,902 then, 55,904 now; margin ±62). 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
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 21% from 2014 to 2024 (46,384 to 55,904).
Big move 55,904
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
Wake Forest, NC 52,844 31st +25% 1st 8% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 10th +20% 2nd 2% above peers
Severn, MD 58,402 7th +16% 3rd 2% above peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 30th +15% 4th 7% below peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 29th +12% 5th 7% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 22nd +12% 6th 1% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 55,236 28th +10% 7th 3% below peers
Albany, OR 56,839 19th +6% 8th 1% below peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 24th +5% 9th 2% below peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 15th +5% 10th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 26th +5% 11th 2% below peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 25th +4% 12th 2% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 16th +3% 13th on par with peers
Highland, CA 56,675 20th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Santee, CA 59,332 2nd +3% 15th 4% above peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 17th +1% 16th on par with peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 23rd +1% 17th 2% below peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 21st +1% 18th 1% below peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 18th +0% 19th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 27th +0% 20th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 1st -0% 21st 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 12th -1% 22nd 1% above peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 13th -1% 23rd 1% above peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 8th -2% 24th 2% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 11th -2% 25th 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 3rd -2% 26th 3% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 9th -2% 27th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 5th -2% 28th 3% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 6th -3% 29th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 14th -3% 30th 1% above peers
National City, CA 58,893 4th -4% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±37 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
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.9% to 10.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 3.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (14.1% to 10.9%).
Big move 10.9%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Plainfield, NJ 28.9% 1st +2.9pp 1st 34% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 29th +1.5pp 2nd 28% below peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 7th +1.7pp 3rd 14% above peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 23rd +1.1pp 4th 4% below peers
National City, CA 21.5% 16th +1.0pp 5th on par with peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 11th +0.9pp 6th 7% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 8th +0.8pp 7th 11% above peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 12th +0.7pp 8th 7% above peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 2nd +0.9pp 9th 34% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 21st +0.5pp 10th 3% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 24th +0.4pp 11th 4% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 27th +0.1pp 12th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 5th +0.1pp 13th 22% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 10th -0.3pp 14th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 13th -0.4pp 15th 7% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 9th -0.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 26th -0.5pp 17th 9% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 28th -0.5pp 18th 22% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 19th 31% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 19th -0.8pp 20th 2% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 20th -0.8pp 21st 3% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 15th -0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 6th -1.1pp 23rd 18% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 18th -1.0pp 24th 2% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 17th -1.3pp 25th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 25th -1.3pp 26th 7% below peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 3rd -2.7pp 27th 29% above peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 22nd -2.5pp 28th 3% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 14th -3.1pp 29th 5% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 4th -4.0pp 30th 23% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 (22.1% then, 19.6% now; margin ±10.4pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 12.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.9% to 19.6%).
Big move 19.6%
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 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 20th +12.4pp 1st 9% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.0% 14th +11.9pp 2nd 11% above peers
Gardena, CA 43.4% 9th +14.6pp 3rd 51% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 13th +10.4pp 4th 11% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 7th +8.9pp 5th 56% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 6th 43% below peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 11th +4.9pp 7th 41% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 6th +5.1pp 8th 57% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 9th 110% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 55.8% 2nd +5.9pp 10th 94% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 10th +3.7pp 11th 50% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 16th +2.4pp 12th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 8th +1.3pp 13th 52% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 4th +1.0pp 14th 75% above peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 17th -0.0pp 15th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 18% below peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 18th -0.3pp 17th 5% below peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 15th -1.1pp 18th 6% above peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 29th -1.0pp 19th 42% below peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 3rd -4.8pp 20th 93% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 19th -2.8pp 21st 8% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 12th -3.5pp 22nd 15% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 25th -2.6pp 23rd 32% below peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 5th -8.6pp 24th 59% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 24th -3.9pp 25th 28% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 26th -3.6pp 26th 36% below peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 27th -3.8pp 27th 37% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 21st -5.7pp 28th 12% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 29th 78% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 28th -4.5pp 30th 39% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 23rd -7.2pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±7.8pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.6% then, 60.4% now; margin ±22.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.8% to 60.4%).
Big move 60.4%
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 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
New Brunswick, NJ 83.7% 1st +26.1pp 1st 20% above peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 22nd +14.8pp 2nd 3% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 9th +16.0pp 3rd 14% above peers
National City, CA 69.4% 17th +13.0pp 4th 1% below peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 6th +14.1pp 5th 15% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 15th +10.9pp 6th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 14th +10.8pp 7th 2% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 21st +10.2pp 8th 3% below peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 2nd +11.4pp 9th 18% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 8th +10.6pp 10th 15% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 81.0% 4th +9.5pp 11th 16% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 7th +8.9pp 12th 15% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 3rd +9.0pp 13th 17% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 12th +6.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 10th +6.3pp 15th 11% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 19th +5.1pp 16th 2% below peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 23rd +1.8pp 17th 5% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 5th +0.8pp 19th 16% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 29th +0.5pp 20th 16% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 25th -0.5pp 21st 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 13th -1.1pp 22nd 3% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 11th -1.7pp 23rd 5% above peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 20th -3.8pp 24th 2% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 28th -4.2pp 25th 14% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 16th -5.4pp 26th on par with peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 27th -7.0pp 27th 13% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 28th 22% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 24th -8.9pp 29th 6% below peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 26th -16.9pp 30th 9% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 30th -19.8pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±19.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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