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58,014 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Bradenton, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Bradenton, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 3 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $46,776 to $60,822 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,518).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bradenton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 50% from 2014 to 2024 ($40,592 to $60,822).
Bright spot $60,822
20102024
▸ 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%
Gardena, CA $84,803 15th +45% 1st 4% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 25th +42% 2nd 18% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 23rd +42% 3rd 12% below peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 26th +40% 4th 22% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 5th 187% above peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 8th +36% 6th 33% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 5th +36% 7th 51% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 13th +36% 8th 16% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 24th +34% 9th 12% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 4th +34% 10th 51% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 16th +32% 11th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 11th +31% 12th 22% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 14th +30% 13th 6% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 6th +30% 14th 39% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 28th +30% 15th 26% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 22nd +30% 16th 12% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 17th +29% 17th 4% below peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 27th +27% 18th 25% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 20th +27% 19th 9% below peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 7th +26% 20th 37% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 21st 64% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 2nd +25% 22nd 73% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 10th +24% 23rd 24% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 29th +22% 24th 36% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 21st +21% 25th 10% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 30th +20% 26th 42% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 19th +19% 27th 8% below peers
Highland, CA $77,120 18th +19% 28th 6% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 31st +18% 29th 47% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 9th +14% 30th 24% above peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 12th +9% 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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1 of 12 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 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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,904 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 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 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%
1990July 2026
▸ 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 4.6% (Jul 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Springfield, OH 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -1.5pp 1st 2% below peers
Kettering, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -1.3pp 2nd 25% below peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.0pp 3rd 14% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th -0.9pp 4th 7% above peers
Highland, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 27th -0.8pp 5th 25% above peers
Kingsport, TN 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th -0.7pp 6th 20% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.7pp 7th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.4pp 8th 18% below peers
Santee, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Carson City, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 10th 11% below peers
National City, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 28th -0.3pp 11th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 14th 25% below peers
Lancaster, PA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.2pp 15th 9% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 3.6% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 16th 18% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Tigard, OR 5.4% (Jul 26) 26th -0.1pp 18th 23% above peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 19th 30% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.2pp 21st 30% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st +0.3pp 22nd 7% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.3pp 23rd 2% above peers
Decatur, AL 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.4pp 24th 30% below peers
Bradenton, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th +0.6pp 25th 18% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 25th +0.6pp 26th 18% above peers
Sarasota, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.7pp 27th 14% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 28th on par with peers
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 (15.5% then, 14.8% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.8% to 14.8%).
Needs attention 14.8%
20112024
▸ 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% 14th -5.7pp 1st 11% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.1% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 61% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 63% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.1% 23rd -4.5pp 4th 27% above peers
Kettering, OH 8.3% 11th -2.6pp 5th 20% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 7th -2.1pp 6th 35% below peers
National City, CA 14.6% 24th -3.7pp 7th 41% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.5% 4th -0.8pp 8th 57% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.3% 28th -3.6pp 9th 97% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.8% 19th -1.9pp 10th 14% above peers
Lincoln, CA 6.9% 8th -1.0pp 11th 33% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.3% 16th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.9% 13th -0.8pp 13th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 31st -1.7pp 14th 138% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 6th -0.3pp 15th 40% below peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 26th -0.7pp 16th 45% above peers
Highland, CA 17.1% 27th -0.8pp 17th 65% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 25th -0.7pp 18th 44% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.4% 21st -0.5pp 19th 20% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.1% 30th -0.1pp 20th 123% above peers
Towson, MD 12.1% 20th +0.6pp 21st 17% above peers
Santee, CA 7.9% 10th +0.7pp 22nd 23% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.7% 29th +1.8pp 23rd 101% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.4% 12th +0.8pp 24th 19% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 25th 45% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 15th +1.0pp 26th 7% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.6% 17th +1.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.8% 1st +0.6pp 28th 64% below peers
Southaven, MS 12.6% 22nd +2.2pp 29th 22% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.0% 18th +2.5pp 30th 6% above peers
Orland Park, IL 7.3% 9th +3.0pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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1 of 12 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 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 →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty fell 6.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.1% to 21.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.1pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Bradenton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 12.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.4% to 21.2%).
Bright spot 21.2%
20132024
▸ 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 30% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 74% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 11th -6.6pp 3rd 33% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 8th -4.6pp 4th 52% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 7th -4.0pp 5th 53% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 14th -5.9pp 6th 23% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 21st -8.3pp 7th 37% above peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 22nd -8.3pp 8th 37% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 5th -1.6pp 9th 69% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 6th -2.2pp 10th 54% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 4th -1.3pp 11th 70% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 25th -6.9pp 12th 61% above peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 16th -3.6pp 13th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 14th 78% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 28th -7.4pp 15th 111% above peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 20th -2.9pp 16th 23% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 17th 119% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 27th -2.3pp 18th 107% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 17th -1.0pp 19th 7% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 30th -0.1pp 20th 147% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 31st +0.1pp 21st 153% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 26th +0.2pp 22nd 78% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 12th +0.1pp 23rd 31% below peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 19th +0.7pp 24th 20% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 24th +1.7pp 25th 49% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 15th +1.2pp 26th 6% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 27th 79% below peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 23rd +5.7pp 28th 45% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 18th +5.0pp 29th 8% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 9th +3.1pp 30th 44% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 10th +3.9pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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1 of 12 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 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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.3pp 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 8.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.4% to 89.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bradenton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 15.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.9% to 89.3%).
Bright spot 89.3%
20172024
▸ 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%
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 24th +14.7pp 1st 3% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 30th +12.6pp 2nd 7% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 29th +11.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 12th +12.6pp 4th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 27th +11.0pp 5th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 23rd +10.5pp 6th 2% below peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 20th +9.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 26th +8.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 28th +8.7pp 9th 5% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 14th +9.1pp 10th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 21st +9.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 10th +7.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 25th +6.9pp 13th 3% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 19th +6.8pp 14th 1% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 11th +6.5pp 15th 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 22nd +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 6th +6.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 17th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 15th +5.2pp 19th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 16th +4.9pp 20th on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 8th +4.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 13th +4.3pp 22nd 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 4th +4.4pp 23rd 4% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 24th 5% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 9th +4.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 1st +4.3pp 26th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 7th +3.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 31st +2.7pp 28th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 29th 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 30th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 18th +2.3pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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1 of 12 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 in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.46).
Needs attention 0.46
20102024
▸ 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
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 4th -0.041 1st 14% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 28th -0.033 2nd 15% above peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 19th -0.025 3rd 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 27th -0.024 4th 13% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 7th -0.019 5th 10% below peers
Lincoln, CA 0.40 8th -0.017 6th 9% below peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 13th -0.015 7th 2% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 12th -0.015 8th 3% below peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 11th -0.012 9th 4% below peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 10th -0.010 10th 7% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 16th -0.007 11th on par with peers
Highland, CA 0.46 22nd -0.006 12th 3% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 13th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 21st -0.001 14th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 15th +0.003 15th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 6th +0.003 16th 11% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 5th +0.003 17th 12% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 20th +0.006 18th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 25th +0.006 19th 9% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 14th +0.006 20th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 23rd +0.008 21st 3% above peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 22nd 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 23rd 16% below peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 24th 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 17th +0.017 25th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 24th +0.019 26th 9% above peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 18th +0.020 27th 2% above peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 26th +0.036 28th 10% above peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 29th 31% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 9th +0.035 30th 8% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% above 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 14.5% to 11.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Bradenton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.9% to 11.5%).
Bright spot 11.5%
20102023
▸ 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
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 18th -5.8pp 1st 12% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 45% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 10th -2.5pp 3rd 18% below peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 7th -1.5pp 4th 28% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 23rd -3.1pp 5th 47% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 19th -2.4pp 6th 17% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 22nd -2.3pp 7th 30% above peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 26th -3.6pp 8th 104% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 25th -3.0pp 9th 74% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 11th -1.2pp 10th 14% below peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 20th -1.6pp 11th 18% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 16th -1.3pp 12th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 14th -1.1pp 13th 7% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 9th -0.6pp 14th 24% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 27th -1.3pp 15th 118% above peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 28th -1.1pp 16th 125% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 15th -0.4pp 17th 1% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 30th -0.1pp 18th 248% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 4th +0.0pp 19th 41% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 8th +0.0pp 20th 26% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 6th +0.1pp 21st 37% below peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 31st +0.9pp 22nd 269% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 13th +0.3pp 23rd 13% below peers
National City, CA 19.3% 29th +3.0pp 24th 149% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 5th +1.0pp 25th 40% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.3% 3rd +1.3pp 26th 44% below peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 24th +4.4pp 27th 54% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 17th +3.4pp 28th 10% above peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 12th +2.7pp 29th 14% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 21st +4.0pp 30th 22% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 78% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸

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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
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 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 17% higher than in 2021 ($301,970 then, $352,501 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $404,625 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $352,501 in August 2026, down from $364,140 a year earlier.
$352,501
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 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) 17th +6.2% 1st 16% below peers
Springfield, OH $189,587 (Aug 26) 26th +3.7% 2nd 62% below peers
Cupertino, CA $2,965,725 (Aug 26) 1st +3.3% 3rd 502% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $607,048 (Aug 26) 7th +3.1% 4th 23% above peers
Towson, MD $474,404 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 5th 4% below peers
Kettering, OH $247,139 (Aug 26) 24th +2.5% 6th 50% below peers
National City, CA $695,171 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 7th 41% above peers
Gardena, CA $779,150 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 8th 58% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $330,955 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 9th 33% below peers
Highland, CA $539,248 (Aug 26) 9th +1.6% 10th 9% above peers
Southaven, MS $273,007 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.5% 11th 45% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $911,771 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.5% 12th 85% above peers
Severn, MD $517,542 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 13th 5% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $162,375 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 14th 67% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $492,974 (Aug 26) 14th +0.9% 15th on par with peers
Lincoln, CA $640,640 (Aug 26) 6th +0.7% 16th 30% above peers
Bowie, MD $520,578 (Aug 26) 10th -0.4% 17th 6% above peers
Kingsport, TN $257,154 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.9% 18th 48% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $507,240 (Aug 26) 12th -1.0% 19th 3% above peers
Decatur, AL $223,248 (Aug 26) 25th -1.1% 20th 55% below peers
Tigard, OR $602,382 (Aug 26) 8th -1.4% 21st 22% above peers
Santee, CA $795,470 (Aug 26) 3rd -1.5% 22nd 61% above peers
Smyrna, GA $443,309 (Aug 26) 16th -2.2% 23rd 10% below peers
Sarasota, FL $409,878 (Aug 26) 18th -2.7% 24th 17% below peers
Bradenton, FL $352,501 (Aug 26) 19th -3.2% 25th 28% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $502,803 (Aug 26) 13th -3.2% 26th 2% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL $278,815 (Aug 26) 21st -6.4% 27th 43% below peers
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 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 15% higher than in 2021 ($179,600 then, $206,790 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $250,594 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $206,790 in August 2026, down from $218,488 a year earlier.
$206,790
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 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) 17th +4.6% 1st 7% below peers
National City, CA $571,379 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 2nd 84% above peers
Springfield, OH $104,091 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 3rd 67% below peers
Kettering, OH $182,217 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.7% 4th 41% below peers
Highland, CA $425,262 (Aug 26) 9th +3.4% 5th 37% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $449,366 (Aug 26) 8th +2.9% 6th 45% above peers
Southaven, MS $203,427 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 7th 35% below peers
Gardena, CA $642,831 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.9% 8th 107% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $243,482 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 9th 22% below peers
Severn, MD $384,636 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 10th 24% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,732,125 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 11th 457% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $412,639 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 12th 33% above peers
Towson, MD $310,817 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 13th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA $728,534 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.6% 14th 134% above peers
Lincoln, CA $522,636 (Aug 26) 6th +0.3% 15th 68% above peers
Bowie, MD $418,752 (Aug 26) 10th +0.2% 16th 35% above peers
Santee, CA $612,274 (Aug 26) 4th -0.3% 17th 97% above peers
Kingsport, TN $158,764 (Aug 26) 24th -0.6% 18th 49% below peers
Decatur, AL $139,417 (Aug 26) 25th -0.9% 19th 55% below peers
Tigard, OR $469,424 (Aug 26) 7th -1.5% 20th 51% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $357,564 (Aug 26) 13th -1.8% 21st 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA $306,933 (Aug 26) 16th -2.3% 22nd 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $93,084 (Aug 26) 27th -3.0% 23rd 70% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $308,838 (Aug 26) 15th -4.1% 24th 1% below peers
Sarasota, FL $259,750 (Aug 26) 18th -4.1% 25th 16% below peers
Bradenton, FL $206,790 (Aug 26) 20th -5.4% 26th 33% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,596 (Aug 26) 23rd -8.2% 27th 46% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.6% then, 56.0% now; margin ±3.2pp). 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
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.2% to 56.0%).
Needs attention 56.0%
20112024
▸ 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%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 21st +7.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 30th +5.1pp 2nd 23% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 17th +5.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 8th +5.4pp 4th 15% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 26th +3.7pp 5th 17% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 22nd +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% 13th +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
Gardena, CA 48.8% 29th +0.9pp 12th 23% below peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 3rd +1.3pp 13th 33% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 6th +1.3pp 14th 29% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 10th +1.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 12th +0.6pp 16th 7% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 9th +0.6pp 17th 14% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 19th +0.4pp 18th 4% below peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 11th +0.3pp 19th 12% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 18th +0.1pp 20th 3% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 23rd -0.1pp 21st 9% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 14th -0.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 16th -0.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 28th -0.5pp 24th 18% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 27th -0.5pp 25th 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 26th 36% above peers
National City, CA 34.8% 31st -0.6pp 27th 45% below peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 24th -1.6pp 28th 12% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 25th -1.8pp 29th 12% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 20th -2.2pp 30th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 15th -2.8pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,782 in August 2026, down from $1,817 a year earlier.
$1,782
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 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) 26th +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) 6th +3.9% 5th 24% above peers
Lancaster, PA $1,547 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.9% 6th 26% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,085 (Aug 26) 14th +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) 20th +3.4% 10th 20% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $996 (Aug 26) 28th +3.3% 11th 52% below peers
Kingsport, TN $1,294 (Aug 26) 25th +3.2% 12th 38% below peers
Kettering, OH $1,383 (Aug 26) 24th +3.1% 13th 34% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,392 (Aug 26) 10th +2.3% 14th 15% above peers
Santee, CA $2,850 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.3% 15th 37% above peers
National City, CA $2,457 (Aug 26) 8th +1.9% 16th 18% above peers
Decatur, AL $1,118 (Aug 26) 27th +1.8% 17th 46% below peers
Towson, MD $1,872 (Aug 26) 15th +1.6% 18th 10% below peers
Lincoln, CA $2,922 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.5% 19th 40% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,616 (Aug 26) 5th +1.3% 20th 25% above peers
Bowie, MD $2,522 (Aug 26) 7th +0.5% 21st 21% above peers
Southaven, MS $1,560 (Aug 26) 21st +0.5% 22nd 25% below peers
Tigard, OR $1,852 (Aug 26) 17th +0.2% 23rd 11% below peers
Severn, MD $2,336 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 24th 12% above peers
Sarasota, FL $2,175 (Aug 26) 13th -0.2% 25th 4% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $2,428 (Aug 26) 9th -0.3% 26th 16% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,470 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.4% 27th 30% below peers
Bradenton, FL $1,782 (Aug 26) 19th -1.9% 28th 15% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.5% to 44.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.4% to 44.1%).
Needs attention 44.1%
20102024
▸ 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
Tigard, OR 32.6% 16th -3.1pp 1st on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 1st -2.0pp 2nd 35% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 6th -2.1pp 3rd 18% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 9th -1.6pp 4th 12% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 8th -1.4pp 5th 16% below peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 28th -2.0pp 6th 36% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 30% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 15th -0.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 25th +0.0pp 9th 25% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 2nd +0.0pp 10th 31% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 29th +0.1pp 11th 38% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 12th 56% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 5th +0.2pp 13th 21% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 10th +0.3pp 14th 10% below peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 20th +0.5pp 15th 11% above peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 14th +0.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 11th +0.8pp 17th 9% below peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 23rd +1.6pp 18th 20% above peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 21st +2.4pp 19th 13% above peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 26th +2.9pp 20th 33% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 22nd +3.3pp 21st 15% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 7th +2.4pp 22nd 17% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 24th +3.7pp 23rd 22% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 4th +2.4pp 24th 23% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 19th +3.6pp 25th 7% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 13th +3.6pp 26th 4% below peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 17th +4.0pp 27th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 27th +5.6pp 28th 36% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 18th +4.3pp 29th 2% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 30th +6.8pp 30th 46% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 12th +5.1pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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1 of 12 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.8% then, 6.7% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.6% to 6.7%).
Needs attention 6.7%
20102024
▸ 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
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 11th -2.2pp 1st 17% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 2nd -1.2pp 2nd 53% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 14th -1.9pp 3rd 11% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 31st -5.8pp 4th 187% above peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 4th -1.2pp 5th 33% below peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 22nd -2.2pp 6th 29% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 16th -1.6pp 7th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 25th -2.2pp 8th 42% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 18th -1.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 1st -0.5pp 10th 63% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 6th -0.8pp 11th 28% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 20th -1.0pp 12th 12% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 23rd -1.1pp 13th 29% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 7th -0.6pp 14th 25% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 27th -1.2pp 15th 106% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 15th -0.3pp 16th 11% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 10th -0.2pp 17th 20% below peers
National City, CA 10.9% 28th -0.3pp 18th 110% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 30th -0.3pp 19th 141% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 21st -0.0pp 20th 17% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 26th +0.6pp 21st 72% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 8th +0.3pp 22nd 23% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 17th +0.4pp 23rd 1% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 12th +0.3pp 24th 17% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 19th +0.5pp 25th 12% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 3rd +0.4pp 26th 39% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 24th +1.1pp 27th 32% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 29th +1.9pp 28th 119% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 5th +0.8pp 29th 30% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 13th +1.2pp 30th 15% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 9th +1.4pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.2% then, 15.2% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 9.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.4% to 15.2%).
Needs attention 15.2%
20132024
▸ 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
Tigard, OR 3.1% 6th -4.3pp 1st 58% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 11th -2.4pp 2nd 43% below peers
Santee, CA 3.1% 7th -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
Coconut Creek, FL 10.4% 23rd -2.8pp 7th 40% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 8th -1.0pp 8th 49% below peers
Gardena, CA 8.5% 19th -2.2pp 9th 14% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 25th -2.7pp 10th 46% above peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 17th -1.7pp 11th 5% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 12th 76% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 21st -1.1pp 13th 25% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 31st -1.6pp 14th 110% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.3% 15th -0.7pp 15th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 24th -1.1pp 16th 43% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 16th -0.7pp 17th on par with peers
National City, CA 12.2% 28th -0.5pp 18th 65% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 5th -0.1pp 19th 66% below peers
Bradenton, FL 15.2% 30th +0.0pp 20th 105% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 13th +0.2pp 21st 24% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 9th +0.2pp 22nd 47% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.2% 26th +0.6pp 23rd 51% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 27th +0.8pp 24th 61% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.6% 22nd +0.7pp 25th 30% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.3% 18th +0.6pp 26th 12% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.8% 20th +0.7pp 27th 19% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 10th +0.3pp 28th 43% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 12th +0.7pp 29th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.2% 29th +2.5pp 30th 79% above peers
Severn, MD 6.6% 14th +2.9pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ 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 ±1.6pp 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 somewhat above the peer median.

36.0%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 52% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 2nd 43% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 3rd 21% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 4th 20% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 5th 19% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 6th 18% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 7th 12% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 8th 12% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 9th 10% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 10th 10% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 11th 9% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 12th 8% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 13th 6% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 14th 4% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 15th 4% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 17th 1% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 18th 4% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 19th 5% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 20th 7% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 21st 9% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 22nd 9% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 23rd 10% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 24th 11% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 25th 16% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 26th 24% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 27th 26% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 28th 26% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 29th 29% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 30th 31% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 31st 40% 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 (8.0% then, 8.6% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.3% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
20122024
▸ 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
Tigard, OR 2.3% 9th -2.2pp 5th 27% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 6th -1.4pp 6th 34% below peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 5th -1.0pp 7th 35% below peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 3rd -0.7pp 8th 48% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 28th -3.1pp 9th 179% above 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
Carson City, NV 7.6% 25th -0.7pp 14th 139% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 30th +0.3pp 15th 267% above peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 27th +0.6pp 16th 170% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 22nd +0.4pp 17th 68% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 14th +0.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 7th +0.3pp 19th 32% 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
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 29th +2.3pp 22nd 219% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 15th +0.7pp 23rd 8% below peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 24th +1.9pp 24th 119% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 11th +0.8pp 25th 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 26th 421% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 19th +1.5pp 27th 38% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 12th +1.0pp 28th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 26th +3.1pp 29th 152% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 8th +1.0pp 30th 29% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 10th +1.4pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 ±2.3pp 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 4.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.0% to 28.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bradenton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 28.3%).
Bright spot 28.3%
20102024
▸ 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
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 21st +6.5pp 1st 19% below peers
National City, CA 18.1% 30th +3.9pp 2nd 50% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 17th +5.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 24th +4.3pp 4th 22% below peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 13th +6.2pp 5th 15% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 20th +4.4pp 6th 18% below peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 14th +5.8pp 7th 11% above peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 18th +4.4pp 8th 13% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 11th +5.7pp 9th 19% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 6th +6.8pp 10th 41% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 23rd +3.7pp 11th 20% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 12th +5.3pp 12th 15% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 19th +3.9pp 13th 14% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 22nd +3.5pp 14th 20% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 16th +4.4pp 15th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 8th +6.0pp 16th 36% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 15th +4.3pp 17th 7% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 31st +1.8pp 18th 54% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 5th +5.9pp 19th 64% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 3rd +6.2pp 20th 77% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 4th +4.9pp 21st 64% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 25th +1.9pp 22nd 32% below peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 27th +1.6pp 23rd 35% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 2nd +4.2pp 24th 91% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 9th +2.6pp 25th 27% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 7th +2.2pp 26th 39% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 1st +3.5pp 27th 127% above peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 28th +0.8pp 28th 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 10th +1.0pp 29th 25% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 26th -0.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 29th -2.3pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment rose 20.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.1% to 58.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±18.5pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Bradenton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 18.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.1% to 58.4%).
Bright spot 58.4%
20112024
▸ 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% 2nd +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
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 8th +9.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 13th +8.1pp 5th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 20th +6.0pp 6th 19% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 23rd +5.7pp 7th 23% below peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 21st +5.0pp 8th 20% below peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 3rd +3.4pp 9th 30% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 14th +1.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 18th +0.3pp 11th 4% below peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 31st +0.1pp 12th 39% below peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 1st -0.4pp 13th 37% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 19th -1.1pp 14th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 9th -1.5pp 15th 7% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 4th -2.5pp 16th 22% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 17th -4.5pp 17th 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 7th -5.8pp 18th 12% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 10th -6.3pp 19th 6% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 20th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 25th -4.8pp 21st 25% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 24th -5.2pp 22nd 23% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 11th -7.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 22nd -6.5pp 24th 20% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 16th -12.0pp 25th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 12th -14.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 27th -12.5pp 27th 27% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 26th -12.7pp 28th 26% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 29th -13.8pp 29th 34% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 28th -15.1pp 30th 31% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 30th -14.5pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±15.3pp 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 (7.0% then, 11.1% now; margin ±8.3pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 11.1%).
Needs attention 11.1%
20102024
▸ 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% 18th -5.2pp 1st 7% above peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 23rd -5.4pp 2nd 13% above peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 4th -2.3pp 3rd 47% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 6th -1.8pp 4th 33% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 5th -1.5pp 5th 44% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 20th -1.8pp 6th 11% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 22nd -1.4pp 7th 13% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 11th -0.8pp 8th 22% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 21st -1.1pp 9th 13% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 3rd -0.1pp 10th 63% below peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 2nd -0.1pp 11th 64% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 12th -0.0pp 12th 19% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 16th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 27th +0.6pp 14th 49% above peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 15th 31% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 30th +1.3pp 16th 70% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 7th +0.5pp 17th 31% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 14th +1.2pp 18th 10% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 17th +1.5pp 19th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 19th +2.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 15th +2.2pp 21st 4% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 26th +3.3pp 22nd 42% above peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 25th +3.1pp 23rd 25% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 28th +4.1pp 24th 65% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 9th +1.8pp 25th 30% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 29th +4.4pp 26th 66% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 13th +2.4pp 27th 15% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 10th +2.4pp 28th 23% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 31st +5.9pp 29th 83% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 24th +6.7pp 30th 22% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 1st +2.1pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±7.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56,551 to 57,014 - more than the combined survey margin (±125).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 43% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (50,777 to 57,014).
57,014
20102024
▸ 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 9% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 14th +20% 2nd on par with peers
Severn, MD 58,402 9th +16% 3rd 1% above peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 30th +12% 4th 9% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 25th +12% 5th 3% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 10th +7% 6th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 26th +5% 7th 3% below peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 19th +5% 8th 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 28th +5% 9th 3% below peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 27th +4% 10th 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 20th +3% 11th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 56,675 23rd +3% 12th 2% below peers
Santee, CA 59,332 2nd +3% 13th 2% above peers
Towson, MD 58,679 5th +1% 14th 1% above peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 21st +1% 15th 2% below peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 24th +1% 16th 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 22nd +0% 17th 2% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 29th +0% 18th 3% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 1st -0% 19th 3% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 16th -1% 20th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 17th -1% 21st on par with peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 12th -2% 22nd on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 15th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 3rd -2% 24th 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 13th -2% 25th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 6th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 7th -3% 27th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 18th -3% 28th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 11th -4% 29th 1% above peers
National City, CA 58,893 4th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 8th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±53 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 (20.2% then, 19.7% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.8% to 19.7%).
Big move 19.7%
20172024
▸ 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 19.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 29th +1.5pp 1st 26% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 20th +1.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
National City, CA 21.5% 14th +1.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 8th +0.9pp 4th 9% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 5th +0.8pp 5th 13% above peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 9th +0.7pp 6th 9% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 12th +0.6pp 7th 3% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 18th +0.5pp 8th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 25th +0.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 21st +0.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 26th +0.1pp 11th 16% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 27th +0.1pp 12th 17% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 3rd +0.1pp 13th 24% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 7th -0.3pp 14th 12% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 10th -0.4pp 15th 9% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 6th -0.4pp 16th 13% above peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 24th -0.5pp 17th 7% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 23rd -0.6pp 18th 5% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 28th -0.5pp 19th 20% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 20th 30% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 16th -0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 17th -0.8pp 22nd 1% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 13th -0.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 4th -1.1pp 24th 21% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 15th -1.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 22nd -1.3pp 26th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 1st -2.7pp 27th 32% above peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 19th -2.5pp 28th 1% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 11th -3.1pp 29th 7% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 2nd -4.0pp 30th 26% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.4% then, 50.5% now; margin ±10.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.4% to 50.5%).
Big move 50.5%
20102024
▸ 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 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% 15th +11.9pp 2nd 11% above peers
Gardena, CA 43.4% 8th +14.6pp 3rd 51% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 14th +10.4pp 4th 11% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 11th +8.6pp 5th 26% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 6th +8.9pp 6th 56% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 7th 43% below peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 22nd +3.6pp 8th 18% below peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 10th +4.9pp 9th 41% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 5th +5.1pp 10th 57% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 2nd +5.0pp 11th 77% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 9th +3.7pp 12th 50% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 16th +2.4pp 13th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 7th +1.3pp 14th 52% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 3rd +1.0pp 15th 75% above peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 17th -0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 23rd -0.2pp 17th 18% below peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 18th -0.3pp 18th 5% below peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 29th -1.0pp 19th 42% below peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 1st -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
Carson City, NV 32.5% 13th -4.6pp 24th 13% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 4th -8.6pp 25th 59% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 24th -3.9pp 26th 28% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 26th -3.6pp 27th 36% below peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 27th -3.8pp 28th 37% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 21st -5.7pp 29th 12% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 30th 78% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 28th -4.5pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.1pp 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

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents rose 16.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.8% to 79.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±15.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 16.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.0% to 79.8%).
Big move 79.8%
20102024
▸ 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
Carson City, NV 83.2% 1st +22.1pp 1st 20% above peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 20th +14.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 8th +16.0pp 3rd 15% above peers
National City, CA 69.4% 16th +13.0pp 4th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 5th +14.1pp 5th 16% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 13th +10.9pp 6th 2% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 12th +10.8pp 7th 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 19th +10.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 2nd +11.4pp 9th 19% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 7th +10.6pp 10th 15% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 6th +8.9pp 11th 16% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 3rd +9.0pp 12th 18% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 9th +6.3pp 13th 12% above peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 23rd +1.8pp 14th 5% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 17th +1.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 4th +0.8pp 16th 16% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 29th +0.5pp 17th 15% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 25th -0.5pp 18th 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 11th -1.1pp 19th 4% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 10th -1.7pp 20th 5% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 22nd -2.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 21st -3.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 18th -3.8pp 23rd 2% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 28th -4.2pp 24th 13% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 15th -5.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 27th -7.0pp 26th 12% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 27th 21% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 24th -8.9pp 28th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 14th -14.6pp 29th 1% above 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? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±12.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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