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Cape Coral, FL
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215,536 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Cape Coral, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$78,104
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$61,599 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
7.8%
2019-23
▼ 18%
relative change
9.5% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
26.9%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
23.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.0%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
88.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
77.2%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
74.5% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.5%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
3.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.7%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
10.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
13.8%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
13.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.1%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
7.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Cape Coral, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
38.3%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
55.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.8%
May 2026
▲ 30%
relative change
3.7% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.7%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
34.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
10.5%
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
8.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
11.6%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
12.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 7 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
215,536
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
183,942 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$259,674
Jun 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
$278,634 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$337,346
Jun 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
$358,765 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,912
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$1,948 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
73.3%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
66.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.6%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
18.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
29.0%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
27.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $61,599 to $78,104 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,461). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 57% from 2014 to 2024 ($49,841 to $78,104).
$78,104
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%
Hialeah, FL $55,594 27th +59% 1st 25% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 19th +47% 2nd 10% below peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 17th +46% 3rd 6% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 5th +41% 4th 38% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 7th +41% 5th 25% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 18th +39% 6th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 8th +38% 7th 15% above peers
Richmond, VA $64,587 22nd +37% 8th 13% below peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 9th 144% above peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 15th +35% 10th on par with peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 11th +35% 11th 7% above peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 3rd +33% 12th 67% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 31st +33% 13th 37% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 6th +32% 14th 29% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 9th +31% 15th 12% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 28th +30% 16th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 24th +30% 17th 22% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 16th +28% 18th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 13th +27% 19th 2% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 12th +27% 20th 5% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 29th +27% 21st 28% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 26th +26% 22nd 23% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 25th +25% 23rd 22% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 21st +25% 24th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 14th +24% 25th 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 4th +23% 26th 65% above peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 20th +23% 27th 12% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 23rd +22% 28th 15% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 10th +21% 29th 10% above peers
Frisco, TX $150,212 2nd +18% 30th 102% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 30th +12% 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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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26 of 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,925 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 68% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.8% in May 2026, up from 3.7% a year earlier.
4.8%
1990May 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 4.8% (May 26) +1.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
San Bernardino, CA 4.9% (May 26) 23rd -0.7pp 1st 17% above peers
Modesto, CA 5.7% (May 26) 28th -0.6pp 2nd 36% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.6% (May 26) 21st -0.5pp 3rd 10% above peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 4th 14% below peers
Des Moines, IA 3.3% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 5th 21% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th -0.4pp 6th 19% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.2% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 7th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 4.3% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.3% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.5% (May 26) 20th -0.2pp 10th 7% above peers
Columbus, GA 3.9% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 11th 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 2.5% (May 26) 2nd +0.0pp 12th 40% below peers
Little Rock, AR 3.9% (May 26) 10th +0.0pp 13th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.8% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 14th 57% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (May 26) 24th +0.0pp 15th 17% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 16th 19% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.8% (May 26) 8th +0.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Richmond, VA 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 18th 7% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.2% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 4.3% (May 26) 19th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.5pp 21st 5% below peers
Amarillo, TX 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.1% (May 26) 13th +0.6pp 23rd 2% below peers
Tacoma, WA 5.1% (May 26) 26th +0.6pp 24th 21% above peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% (May 26) 3rd +0.7pp 25th 29% below peers
Mobile, AL 4.2% (May 26) 16th +0.9pp 26th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 5.7% (May 26) 29th +1.0pp 27th 36% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 4.8% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 28th 14% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.3% (May 26) 27th +1.2pp 29th 26% 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 →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.4% then, 10.7% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% to 10.7%).
10.7%
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 11.9% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.0%
San Bernardino, CA 18.1% 25th -6.6pp 1st 34% above peers
Huntsville, AL 12.0% 10th -4.1pp 2nd 11% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.9% 21st -5.4pp 3rd 26% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 6th -3.0pp 4th 27% below peers
Richmond, VA 17.4% 23rd -4.7pp 5th 29% above peers
Spokane, WA 13.5% 16th -3.3pp 6th on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 10.9% 8th -2.7pp 7th 19% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.6% 9th -2.8pp 8th 14% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.1% 14th -3.1pp 9th 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 5.6% 3rd -1.2pp 10th 58% below peers
Tacoma, WA 12.1% 13th -2.2pp 11th 10% below peers
Augusta, GA 19.1% 28th -2.8pp 12th 42% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 29th -3.1pp 13th 61% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.2% 15th -1.8pp 14th 2% below peers
Mobile, AL 17.8% 24th -2.3pp 15th 32% above peers
Rochester, NY 26.8% 31st -3.3pp 16th 99% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 4th -0.8pp 17th 45% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 16.4% 20th -1.6pp 18th 22% above peers
Yonkers, NY 13.7% 17th -1.1pp 19th 1% above peers
Columbus, GA 18.5% 27th -1.4pp 20th 38% above peers
Des Moines, IA 14.6% 18th -1.1pp 21st 9% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.4% 5th -0.7pp 22nd 30% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.5% 1st -0.1pp 23rd 74% below peers
Worcester, MA 18.2% 26th -0.3pp 24th 36% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.1% 12th -0.1pp 25th 10% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 24.1% 30th +0.2pp 26th 79% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.7% 7th +0.3pp 27th 21% below peers
Little Rock, AR 17.1% 22nd +0.7pp 28th 27% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.6% 19th +0.7pp 29th 16% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.0% 11th +0.8pp 30th 11% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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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26 of 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.1% then, 13.8% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.1% to 13.8%).
13.8%
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%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 6th -7.2pp 1st 25% below peers
Hialeah, FL 19.5% 18th -9.9pp 2nd 11% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 14th -8.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 25th -12.1pp 4th 46% above peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 9th -6.4pp 5th 17% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 7th -5.7pp 6th 23% below peers
Richmond, VA 28.1% 28th -8.9pp 7th 59% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 3rd -1.8pp 8th 62% below peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 15th -4.5pp 9th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 13th -4.2pp 10th 7% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 12th -3.9pp 11th 9% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 27th -5.7pp 12th 56% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 4th -1.7pp 13th 51% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 11th -2.7pp 14th 9% below peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 22nd -3.7pp 15th 32% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 10th -2.3pp 16th 15% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 17th -2.9pp 17th 8% above peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 18th 134% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 29th -4.8pp 19th 77% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 23rd -3.5pp 20th 39% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 19th -2.8pp 21st 22% above peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 24th -3.2pp 22nd 44% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 30th -3.3pp 23rd 84% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 5th -0.9pp 24th 32% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 20th -1.1pp 25th 25% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 16th +0.6pp 26th on par with peers
Frisco, TX 3.2% 1st +0.2pp 27th 82% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 8th +0.7pp 28th 22% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 26th +3.2pp 29th 52% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 21st +2.8pp 30th 30% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 2nd +1.4pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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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26 of 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp 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 →

Broadband rose 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.4% to 93.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 8.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.2% to 93.0%).
93.0%
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%
Hialeah, FL 86.7% 29th +15.7pp 1st 6% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 89.1% 26th +15.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 27th +11.5pp 4th 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 13th +12.0pp 5th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 18th +11.5pp 6th 1% below peers
Richmond, VA 86.3% 31st +10.6pp 7th 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 30th +10.5pp 8th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 23rd +10.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 8th +10.9pp 10th 1% above peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 19th +10.6pp 11th 1% below peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 22nd +9.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 4th +10.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 10th +9.6pp 14th 1% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 24th +8.9pp 15th 3% below peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 25th +8.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Tacoma, WA 92.9% 12th +8.9pp 17th 1% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 20th +7.0pp 18th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 9th +7.0pp 19th 1% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 17th +6.8pp 20th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 7th +7.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 16th +6.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 15th +5.7pp 23rd on par with peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 5th +5.5pp 24th 4% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 14th +5.3pp 25th on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 11th +4.6pp 26th 1% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 6th +4.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 3rd +3.7pp 28th 5% above peers
Fremont, CA 96.8% 2nd +3.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 21st +2.8pp 30th 1% below peers
Frisco, TX 97.7% 1st +1.8pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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
Loading tract map…
26 of 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.43).
0.43
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
Richmond, VA 0.51 29th -0.032 1st 13% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 9th -0.018 2nd 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 20th -0.020 3rd 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 4th 16% below peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 16th -0.016 5th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 21st -0.015 6th 5% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 11th -0.011 7th 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 25th -0.012 8th 9% above peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 22nd -0.010 9th 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 12th -0.008 10th 3% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 24th -0.007 11th 8% above peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 30th -0.007 12th 16% above peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 26th -0.004 13th 10% above peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 17th -0.003 14th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 15th 16% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 14th +0.000 16th 2% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 27th +0.002 17th 11% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 18th 11% below peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 13th +0.006 19th 3% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 28th +0.009 20th 13% above peers
Frisco, TX 0.42 6th +0.009 21st 7% below peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 7th +0.009 22nd 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 15th +0.010 23rd on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 10th +0.011 24th 5% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 23rd +0.014 25th 8% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 4th +0.013 26th 10% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 19th +0.017 27th 5% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 31st +0.023 28th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 5th +0.017 29th 8% below peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 8th +0.023 30th 7% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 18th +0.028 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 9.5% to 7.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.4% to 7.8%).
7.8%
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
Huntsville, AL 9.9% 10th -3.0pp 1st 32% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 55% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 37% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 19th -4.4pp 4th 12% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 6th -1.7pp 5th 46% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.3% 20th -2.6pp 6th 13% above peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 82% below peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 25th -2.9pp 8th 34% above peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 21st -2.3pp 9th 14% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.4% 28th -3.2pp 10th 62% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 7th -1.1pp 11th 40% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 12th -1.3pp 12th 26% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 30th -3.5pp 13th 116% above peers
Richmond, VA 14.6% 17th -1.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Frisco, TX 1.8% 1st -0.1pp 15th 87% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 13th -0.9pp 16th 14% below peers
Hialeah, FL 42.1% 31st -2.5pp 17th 191% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 24th -0.2pp 18th 34% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 27th -0.1pp 19th 46% above peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 14th +0.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 18th +0.6pp 21st 9% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 26th +0.9pp 22nd 39% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 32% below peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 15th +1.2pp 24th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 11th +1.1pp 25th 26% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 22nd +2.0pp 26th 29% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 23rd +2.2pp 27th 33% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 16th +1.7pp 28th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.6pp 29th 75% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 29th +4.7pp 30th 86% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 5th +2.7pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp 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 →

Home value fell about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $337,346 in June 2026, down from $358,765 a year earlier.
$337,346
2000June 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 $378,126 (Jun 26) -2.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Yonkers, NY $702,854 (Jun 26) 4th +6.1% 1st 74% above peers
Rochester, NY $252,192 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.3% 2nd 38% below peers
Little Rock, AR $222,779 (Jun 26) 25th +3.4% 3rd 45% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,834 (Jun 26) 27th +3.2% 4th 48% below peers
Columbus, GA $177,244 (Jun 26) 29th +2.3% 5th 56% below peers
Richmond, VA $379,365 (Jun 26) 16th +2.1% 6th 6% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $580,299 (Jun 26) 7th +1.7% 7th 44% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $336,151 (Jun 26) 18th +1.4% 8th 17% below peers
Worcester, MA $443,387 (Jun 26) 14th +1.2% 9th 10% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $496,080 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 10th 23% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $298,194 (Jun 26) 20th +1.1% 11th 26% below peers
Huntsville, AL $292,728 (Jun 26) 21st +0.7% 12th 27% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $233,067 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.4% 13th 42% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $227,387 (Jun 26) 24th +0.1% 14th 44% below peers
Des Moines, IA $213,036 (Jun 26) 26th +0.1% 15th 47% below peers
Oxnard, CA $765,564 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 16th 90% above peers
Spokane, WA $403,557 (Jun 26) 15th -0.3% 17th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA $498,063 (Jun 26) 9th -0.4% 18th 23% above peers
Fontana, CA $639,380 (Jun 26) 6th -0.6% 19th 58% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $553,116 (Jun 26) 8th -0.6% 20th 37% above peers
Modesto, CA $449,607 (Jun 26) 12th -0.7% 21st 11% above peers
Mobile, AL $199,106 (Jun 26) 28th -1.1% 22nd 51% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $798,112 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.3% 23rd 98% above peers
Hialeah, FL $445,331 (Jun 26) 13th -1.5% 24th 10% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $319,091 (Jun 26) 19th -1.7% 25th 21% below peers
Fremont, CA $1,499,629 (Jun 26) 1st -3.6% 26th 272% above peers
Frisco, TX $656,145 (Jun 26) 5th -5.0% 27th 63% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $337,346 (Jun 26) 17th -6.0% 28th 16% below peers
McKinney, TX $482,599 (Jun 26) 11th -6.7% 29th 20% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 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 →

Starter homes fell about 7% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $259,674 in June 2026, down from $278,634 a year earlier.
$259,674
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $233,930 (Jun 26) -3.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Yonkers, NY $355,502 (Jun 26) 12th +6.6% 1st 36% above peers
Little Rock, AR $118,393 (Jun 26) 26th +5.9% 2nd 55% below peers
Amarillo, TX $127,064 (Jun 26) 25th +4.5% 3rd 51% below peers
Rochester, NY $165,884 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.8% 4th 37% below peers
Richmond, VA $261,975 (Jun 26) 15th +2.5% 5th on par with peers
Worcester, MA $350,386 (Jun 26) 13th +2.2% 6th 34% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $408,858 (Jun 26) 7th +1.7% 7th 56% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $158,963 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.5% 8th 39% below peers
Oxnard, CA $647,757 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.3% 9th 147% above peers
Huntsville, AL $172,185 (Jun 26) 21st +1.2% 10th 34% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $183,939 (Jun 26) 20th +1.0% 11th 30% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $245,487 (Jun 26) 18th +0.8% 12th 6% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $495,598 (Jun 26) 5th +0.3% 13th 89% above peers
Fontana, CA $548,361 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 14th 109% above peers
Des Moines, IA $156,486 (Jun 26) 24th +0.2% 15th 40% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $408,629 (Jun 26) 8th +0.1% 16th 56% above peers
Modesto, CA $369,767 (Jun 26) 10th +0.1% 17th 41% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,933 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 18th 65% below peers
Mobile, AL $94,833 (Jun 26) 28th -0.2% 19th 64% below peers
Tacoma, WA $398,881 (Jun 26) 9th -0.5% 20th 52% above peers
Spokane, WA $293,434 (Jun 26) 14th -0.8% 21st 12% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $242,614 (Jun 26) 19th -1.4% 22nd 7% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $117,749 (Jun 26) 27th -1.7% 23rd 55% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $591,050 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.9% 24th 126% above peers
Fremont, CA $961,215 (Jun 26) 1st -4.4% 25th 267% above peers
Frisco, TX $462,723 (Jun 26) 6th -5.3% 26th 77% above peers
Hialeah, FL $248,710 (Jun 26) 17th -5.6% 27th 5% below peers
McKinney, TX $365,773 (Jun 26) 11th -6.1% 28th 40% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $259,674 (Jun 26) 16th -6.8% 29th 1% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.5% to 77.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 7.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.4% to 77.2%).
77.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 21st +5.3pp 1st 7% below peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 15th +3.8pp 2nd 2% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 24th +3.2pp 3rd 13% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 11th +3.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 12th +3.6pp 5th 8% above peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 19th +2.8pp 6th 7% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 22nd +2.6pp 7th 8% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 8th 30% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 1st +2.7pp 9th 42% above peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 29th +1.5pp 10th 21% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 14th +1.6pp 11th 7% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 6th +1.6pp 12th 16% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 2nd +1.8pp 13th 32% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 16th +1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Richmond, VA 43.5% 28th +0.9pp 15th 20% below peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 3rd +1.3pp 16th 23% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 25th +0.9pp 17th 14% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 18th 25% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 17th +0.7pp 19th 1% below peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 8th +0.4pp 20th 11% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 7th +0.2pp 21st 12% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 26th +0.1pp 22nd 15% below peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 9th -0.8pp 23rd 10% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 10th -1.1pp 24th 9% above peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 20th -1.3pp 25th 7% below peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 5th -2.0pp 26th 17% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 18th -1.8pp 27th 2% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 23rd -2.0pp 28th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 27th -2.2pp 29th 16% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 13th -3.9pp 30th 8% above peers
Frisco, TX 65.9% 4th -5.7pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Multi-year view: rent rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 89% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,912 in June 2026, down from $1,948 a year earlier.
$1,912
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Amarillo, TX $1,278 (Jun 26) 26th +4.8% 1st 24% below peers
Fremont, CA $3,308 (Jun 26) 1st +4.4% 2nd 97% above peers
Yonkers, NY $2,754 (Jun 26) 5th +3.9% 3rd 64% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,994 (Jun 26) 9th +3.7% 4th 19% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,327 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 5th 21% below peers
Rochester, NY $1,532 (Jun 26) 18th +3.2% 6th 9% below peers
Richmond, VA $1,682 (Jun 26) 15th +3.2% 7th on par with peers
Mobile, AL $1,311 (Jun 26) 25th +3.1% 8th 22% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,383 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 9th 18% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,275 (Jun 26) 27th +2.8% 10th 24% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,401 (Jun 26) 21st +2.8% 11th 17% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,121 (Jun 26) 29th +2.7% 12th 33% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,364 (Jun 26) 7th +2.4% 13th 41% above peers
Little Rock, AR $1,220 (Jun 26) 28th +2.3% 14th 27% below peers
Oxnard, CA $2,882 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 15th 71% above peers
Spokane, WA $1,498 (Jun 26) 20th +2.0% 16th 11% below peers
Tacoma, WA $1,749 (Jun 26) 14th +1.9% 17th 4% above peers
Fontana, CA $3,042 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 18th 81% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,507 (Jun 26) 19th +1.5% 19th 10% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,629 (Jun 26) 16th +1.4% 20th 3% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,806 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 21st 67% above peers
Huntsville, AL $1,322 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 22nd 21% below peers
Worcester, MA $2,164 (Jun 26) 8th +0.6% 23rd 29% above peers
Modesto, CA $1,986 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 24th 18% above peers
Hialeah, FL $2,374 (Jun 26) 6th -0.1% 25th 41% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,610 (Jun 26) 17th -0.3% 26th 4% below peers
Frisco, TX $1,861 (Jun 26) 12th -0.4% 27th 11% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,819 (Jun 26) 13th -1.6% 28th 8% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,912 (Jun 26) 11th -1.9% 29th 14% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 5.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.0% to 39.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.1% to 39.7%).
39.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 15th -5.0pp 1st 2% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 2nd 7% above peers
Hialeah, FL 51.5% 31st -3.9pp 3rd 30% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 4th 7% above peers
Richmond, VA 40.6% 21st -2.2pp 5th 2% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 2nd -1.3pp 6th 30% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 10th -1.5pp 7th 8% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 5th -0.9pp 8th 21% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 16th -1.1pp 9th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 13th -0.8pp 10th 5% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 27th -0.7pp 11th 10% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 29th -0.7pp 12th 13% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 18th -0.6pp 13th 1% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 15th 11% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 8th -0.0pp 16th 18% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 47.5% 30th -0.0pp 17th 20% above peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 18th 10% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 7th +0.2pp 19th 19% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 9th +0.2pp 20th 10% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 19th +0.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 4th +0.7pp 22nd 23% below peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 12th +1.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 23rd +1.7pp 24th 6% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 22nd +2.6pp 25th 4% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 20th +2.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Frisco, TX 28.7% 3rd +2.0pp 27th 27% below peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 6th +2.4pp 28th 20% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 11th +4.1pp 29th 7% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 17th +5.8pp 30th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 14th +8.3pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.2% then, 3.5% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 3.5%).
3.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Bernardino, CA 6.8% 15th -2.8pp 1st 11% below peers
Richmond, VA 13.0% 28th -3.5pp 2nd 69% above peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 9th -1.3pp 3rd 37% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 29th -2.8pp 4th 110% above peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 23rd -1.6pp 5th 28% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 16th -1.2pp 6th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 7th 205% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 8th 209% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 22nd -0.6pp 9th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 3rd -0.2pp 10th 56% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 13th -0.2pp 11th 17% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 18th -0.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 21st -0.1pp 13th 17% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 11th -0.0pp 14th 28% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 20th +0.2pp 15th 15% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 8th +0.1pp 16th 39% below peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 12th +0.1pp 17th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 26th +0.4pp 18th 42% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 25th +0.4pp 19th 41% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 17th +0.3pp 20th 2% above peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 24th +0.6pp 21st 30% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 55% below peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 7th +0.4pp 23rd 41% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 27th +1.1pp 24th 56% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 19th +0.9pp 25th 11% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 26th 58% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 4th +0.4pp 27th 56% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 6th +0.6pp 28th 50% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 14th +1.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.3% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 57% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 10th +1.8pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.6% then, 11.6% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.5% to 11.6%).
11.6%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Hialeah, FL 15.0% 29th -5.6pp 1st 69% above peers
Richmond, VA 8.7% 15th -3.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
McKinney, TX 8.1% 13th -2.1pp 3rd 9% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.2pp 4th 54% above peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 4th -1.0pp 5th 48% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 48% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.3% 22nd -2.2pp 7th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 6.2% 7th -1.0pp 8th 30% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.7% 18th -1.4pp 9th 9% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.1% 21st -1.3pp 10th 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.9% 19th -1.0pp 11th 12% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.2% 25th -1.1pp 12th 26% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 26th -1.0pp 13th 31% above peers
Huntsville, AL 8.9% 16th -0.7pp 14th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.7% 11th -0.6pp 15th 13% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.3% 30th -1.1pp 16th 72% above peers
Frisco, TX 6.3% 8th -0.4pp 17th 29% below peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 17th -0.5pp 18th 2% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 5th -0.3pp 19th 45% below peers
Spokane, WA 5.3% 6th -0.2pp 20th 40% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 8.5% 14th -0.3pp 21st 4% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.6% 24th -0.3pp 22nd 19% above peers
Tacoma, WA 7.0% 9th -0.2pp 23rd 22% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.4% 31st -0.0pp 24th 108% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.0% 12th +0.2pp 25th 10% below peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 10th +0.3pp 26th 19% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 27th +0.5pp 27th 40% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.0% 20th +0.4pp 28th 13% above peers
Little Rock, AR 10.5% 23rd +2.2pp 29th 18% above peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 30th 71% below peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

30.7%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Fremont, CA 14.1% 1st 60% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 30% below peers
Frisco, TX 26.6% 3rd 25% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 4th 14% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 5th 14% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 6th 13% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 7th 12% below peers
Hialeah, FL 31.5% 8th 11% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 9th 9% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 10th 7% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 11th 5% below peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 12th 2% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 13th 1% below peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 14th 1% below peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 15th on par with peers
Richmond, VA 35.3% 16th on par with peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 17th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 18th 3% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 19th 4% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 20th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 21st 5% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 22nd 6% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 23rd 9% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 24th 12% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 25th 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 26th 14% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 27th 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 28th 18% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 29th 24% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 30th 25% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 31st 25% 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 →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.6% then, 10.5% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.0% to 10.5%).
10.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 11th -2.5pp 1st 19% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 53% below peers
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 9th -1.2pp 3rd 33% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 27th -3.0pp 4th 94% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 5th 57% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 23rd -1.6pp 6th 35% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 22nd -1.1pp 7th 30% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 8th -0.5pp 8th 34% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 19th -0.7pp 9th 10% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 7th -0.3pp 10th 35% below peers
Frisco, TX 4.0% 13th -0.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 20th -0.2pp 12th 14% above peers
Richmond, VA 6.2% 24th -0.2pp 13th 38% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 14th 48% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 17th -0.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 29th -0.1pp 16th 126% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 15th +0.1pp 17th 5% below peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 14th +0.5pp 18th 10% below peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 10th +0.4pp 19th 28% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 16th +0.7pp 20th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 21st +0.9pp 21st 29% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 22nd 210% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 30th +1.9pp 23rd 133% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 28th +1.9pp 24th 111% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 12th +0.9pp 25th 15% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 6th +0.7pp 26th 40% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 18th +1.5pp 27th 7% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 28th 88% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 5th +1.2pp 29th 47% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 25th +4.6pp 30th 79% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.3% to 26.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.1% to 26.9%).
26.9%
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 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hialeah, FL 22.1% 26th +6.4pp 1st 31% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 20th +6.4pp 2nd 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 17th +6.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 19th +4.9pp 4th 6% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 27th +3.4pp 5th 33% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 18th +4.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 13th +5.0pp 7th 10% above peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 14th +4.8pp 8th 8% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 23rd +3.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Richmond, VA 45.6% 7th +6.0pp 10th 43% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 3rd +6.7pp 11th 69% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 12th 23% below peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 28th +2.5pp 13th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 24th +3.0pp 14th 17% below peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 2nd +6.9pp 15th 100% above peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 21st +3.0pp 16th 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 4th +4.9pp 17th 61% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 31st +1.2pp 18th 59% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 11th +3.3pp 19th 14% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 20th 44% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 16th +2.6pp 21st on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 10th +2.9pp 22nd 19% above peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 29th +1.5pp 23rd 39% below peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 15th +2.6pp 24th 6% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 9th +3.0pp 25th 25% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 6th +3.1pp 26th 48% above peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 8th +2.8pp 27th 40% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 5th +3.2pp 28th 61% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 22nd +1.8pp 29th 9% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 12th +2.2pp 30th 12% above peers
Frisco, TX 67.5% 1st +4.1pp 31st 111% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 17.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55.5% to 38.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.9% to 38.2%).
38.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
McKinney, TX 62.0% 2nd +6.9pp 1st 50% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 27th +2.2pp 2nd 32% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 19th +3.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Hialeah, FL 51.7% 6th +3.9pp 4th 25% above peers
Richmond, VA 48.8% 12th +2.1pp 5th 18% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 16th +0.1pp 6th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 44.8% 14th -0.0pp 7th 8% above peers
Fremont, CA 61.4% 3rd -0.5pp 8th 48% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 13th -2.1pp 9th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 10th 50% above peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 15th -3.0pp 11th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 10th -3.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 5th -5.6pp 13th 28% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 8th -5.9pp 14th 23% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 23rd -4.1pp 15th 20% below peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 11th -6.6pp 16th 19% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 21st -4.9pp 17th 14% below peers
Frisco, TX 55.6% 4th -8.7pp 18th 34% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 24th -6.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 29th -5.0pp 20th 34% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 9th -12.1pp 21st 22% above peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 25th -7.8pp 22nd 22% below peers
Huntsville, AL 41.2% 17th -11.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 7th -16.5pp 24th 23% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 20th -12.6pp 25th 11% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 28th -9.9pp 26th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 22nd -13.7pp 27th 19% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 38.2% 18th -17.2pp 28th 8% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 29th 45% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 20.5% 31st -15.5pp 30th 51% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 26th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.0pp 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 →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 7.1% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 7.1%).
7.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 1st -4.2pp 1st 84% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 9th -3.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.0% 4th -1.8pp 3rd 49% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.3% 2nd -0.8pp 4th 71% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 12th -2.2pp 5th 13% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 11th -1.7pp 6th 13% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 20th -1.3pp 7th 11% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 10th -0.9pp 8th 19% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 25th -0.8pp 9th 21% above peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 17th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Richmond, VA 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 11th 38% below peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 26th -0.4pp 12th 23% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 19th -0.4pp 13th 8% above peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 27th -0.3pp 14th 29% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 13th -0.2pp 15th 11% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 18th +0.0pp 16th 8% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 7th +0.2pp 17th 36% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 5th +0.2pp 18th 43% below peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 23rd +1.4pp 19th 18% above peers
Frisco, TX 3.1% 3rd +0.5pp 20th 60% below peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 24th +1.6pp 21st 18% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 28th +2.1pp 22nd 36% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 21st +1.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 29th +2.3pp 24th 36% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 16th +2.2pp 25th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 22nd +2.7pp 26th 15% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 8th +1.7pp 27th 28% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 15th +2.9pp 28th 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 14th +2.9pp 29th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 30th 101% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 87% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 17% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 183,942 to 215,536 - more than the combined survey margin (±128). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 33% from 2014 to 2024 (161,804 to 215,536).
215,536
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Frisco, TX 219,304 10th +24% 1st 4% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 13th +17% 2nd 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 18th +16% 3rd 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 30th +14% 4th 5% below peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 6th +14% 5th 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 22nd +12% 6th 2% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 2nd +8% 7th 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 25th +7% 8th 4% below peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 1st +6% 9th 9% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 12th +6% 10th 4% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 28th +6% 11th 5% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 21st +5% 12th 2% below peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 19th +5% 13th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 27th +5% 14th 5% below peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 8th +5% 15th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 23rd +4% 16th 4% below peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 11th +3% 17th 4% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 9th +3% 18th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 24th +3% 19th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 29th +2% 20th 5% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 16th +2% 21st on par with peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 14th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 26th +1% 23rd 5% below peers
Richmond, VA 229,359 3rd +1% 24th 8% above peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 20th +1% 25th 1% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 17th +0% 26th on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 7th -1% 27th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 15th -1% 28th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 4th -3% 29th 8% above peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 31st -3% 30th 5% below peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 5th -4% 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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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Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.2% then, 17.6% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.9% to 17.6%).
17.6%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 18.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Mobile, AL 22.2% 18th +1.1pp 1st 3% below peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 13th +1.0pp 2nd 7% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 24th +0.8pp 3rd 14% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 5th +0.7pp 4th 15% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 14th +0.3pp 5th 4% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 10th +0.2pp 6th 9% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 7th 27% below peers
Richmond, VA 17.5% 28th -0.1pp 8th 23% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 16th -0.3pp 9th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 12th -0.6pp 10th 7% above peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 17th -0.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 15th -0.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 27th -0.6pp 13th 23% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 19th -0.7pp 14th 8% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 29th -0.6pp 15th 26% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 7th -0.9pp 16th 14% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 11th -1.2pp 17th 8% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 1st -1.4pp 18th 20% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 3rd -1.5pp 19th 17% above peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 21st -1.2pp 20th 11% below peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 9th -1.5pp 21st 12% above peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 25th -1.2pp 22nd 15% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 20th -1.8pp 23rd 8% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 8th -2.3pp 24th 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 22nd -1.8pp 25th 13% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 6th -2.5pp 26th 15% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 23rd -2.0pp 27th 14% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 26th -1.8pp 28th 19% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 4th -2.9pp 29th 17% above peers
Frisco, TX 27.2% 2nd -3.2pp 30th 19% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.0% then, 29.0% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 8.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.7% to 29.0%).
29.0%
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
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 15th +5.9pp 1st 1% above peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 18th +5.4pp 2nd 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 23rd +3.8pp 3rd 16% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 16th +4.3pp 4th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 6th +5.2pp 5th 26% above peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 20th +2.7pp 6th 8% below peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 31st +0.8pp 7th 73% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 25th +2.0pp 8th 24% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 8th +3.1pp 9th 22% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 26th +1.8pp 10th 28% below peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 2nd +3.2pp 11th 55% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 7th +2.0pp 12th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 28th +0.6pp 13th 48% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 14th +0.8pp 14th 4% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 4th -0.1pp 15th 39% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 21st -0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 29th -0.2pp 17th 54% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 9th -0.9pp 18th 18% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 12th -0.9pp 19th 13% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 5th -1.1pp 20th 37% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 21st 81% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 13th -1.1pp 22nd 11% above peers
Richmond, VA 55.8% 3rd -3.3pp 23rd 45% above peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 17th -2.3pp 24th 5% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 24th -1.8pp 25th 24% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 11th -3.4pp 26th 13% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 27th -2.3pp 27th 28% below peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 19th -3.2pp 28th 7% below peers
Frisco, TX 11.9% 30th -1.1pp 29th 69% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 10th -4.2pp 30th 17% above peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 22nd -5.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.8% then, 73.3% now; margin ±10.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.5% to 73.3%).
73.3%
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 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Fremont, CA 69.9% 14th +12.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 18th +8.7pp 2nd 1% below peers
Frisco, TX 70.6% 13th +8.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 4th +7.0pp 4th 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 27th +5.8pp 5th 12% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 23rd +6.1pp 7th 3% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 3rd +6.6pp 8th 6% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 9th 19% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 17th +5.9pp 10th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 24th +5.4pp 11th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 19th +5.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 11th +4.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 5th +4.4pp 14th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 8th +3.6pp 15th 4% above peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 10th +2.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 6th +2.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 20th +1.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 22nd +0.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 15th -0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 25th -1.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 9th -1.3pp 22nd 3% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 16th -1.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 29th -2.0pp 24th 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 25th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 12th -2.9pp 26th 2% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 28th -2.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 26th -3.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 29th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 7th -5.2pp 30th 4% above peers
Richmond, VA 68.7% 21st -5.6pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 42 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 ±8.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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