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Daytona Beach, FL
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Daytona Beach, FL

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88,471 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Daytona Beach, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$52,058
2020-24
▲ 45%
relative change
$35,893 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.2%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
70.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
18.7%
2019-23
▼ 24%
relative change
24.8% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
27.8%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
23.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.5%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
15.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
20.4%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
24.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
47.5%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
44.0% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.1%
2020-24
▼ 42%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Daytona Beach, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.8%
Jul 2026
▲ 19%
relative change
5.7% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
38.8%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
44.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
11.3%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
13.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.49
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
0.50 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
44.1%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
44.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
39.8%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
41.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
78,992
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
67,604 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$136,833
Aug 2026
▼ 4%
relative change
$142,252 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$252,622
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$258,649 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,533
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$1,521 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
64.9%
2020-24
high
vs peers
63.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
15.3%
2020-24
low
vs peers
16.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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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 45% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $35,893 to $52,058 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,843).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Daytona Beach 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 85% from 2014 to 2024 ($28,164 to $52,058).
Bright spot $52,058
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%
Compton, CA $78,465 14th +48% 1st 7% above peers
Medford, OR $73,230 18th +46% 2nd on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL $52,058 31st +45% 3rd 29% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 19th +45% 4th 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 20th +44% 5th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 15th +43% 6th 1% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 8th +39% 7th 44% above peers
Melbourne, FL $66,991 23rd +38% 8th 9% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $89,585 10th +37% 9th 22% above peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 11th +37% 10th 16% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 27th +35% 11th 18% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 1st +34% 12th 93% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $82,314 13th +32% 13th 12% above peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 22nd +31% 14th 6% below peers
Gastonia, NC $64,059 25th +30% 15th 13% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $66,970 24th +29% 16th 9% below peers
South Jordan, UT $134,047 4th +28% 17th 82% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 17th +27% 18th on par with peers
Mission, TX $60,767 26th +24% 19th 17% below peers
Sioux City, IA $68,906 21st +24% 20th 6% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 29th +24% 21st 19% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 9th +24% 22nd 27% above peers
Kennewick, WA $73,576 16th +24% 23rd on par with peers
Lake Forest, CA $135,175 3rd +23% 24th 84% above peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 6th +22% 25th 62% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 7th +19% 26th 56% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 5th +18% 27th 63% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 2nd +15% 28th 85% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 30th +14% 29th 26% below peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 12th +14% 30th 13% above peers
Baytown, TX $59,910 28th +5% 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 ±$2,226 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 1.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.8% in July 2026, up from 5.7% a year earlier.
Needs attention 6.8%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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
South Gate, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st -1.2pp 1st 11% above peers
Compton, CA 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th -1.2pp 2nd 36% above peers
Waukegan, IL 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th -1.0pp 3rd 11% below peers
Westminster, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.8pp 4th 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 5th 13% above peers
Kennewick, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.6pp 6th 13% below peers
Gastonia, NC 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 7th 11% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 9th 9% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 2.8% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 10th 38% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.4pp 11th 13% above peers
Franklin, TN 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 12th 40% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 13th 9% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 3.6% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 14th 20% below peers
Sioux City, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 15th 18% below peers
Mission, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th -0.2pp 16th 33% above peers
Lawrence, MA 6.8% (Jul 26) 29th -0.2pp 17th 51% above peers
Ogden, UT 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Baytown, TX 7.7% (Jul 26) 31st +0.0pp 19th 71% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 4th +0.1pp 20th 20% below peers
Troy, MI 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.2pp 21st 11% below peers
Medford, OR 6.7% (Jul 26) 28th +0.2pp 22nd 49% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th +0.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.5pp 24th 4% above peers
Melbourne, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th +0.6pp 25th 7% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.6pp 26th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 27th 2% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 28th 2% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 6.8% (Jul 26) 30th +1.1pp 29th 51% above peers
Danbury, CT 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th +1.3pp 30th 16% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th +1.5pp 31st 20% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty fell 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.3% to 20.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Daytona Beach started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 11.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.9% to 20.4%).
Bright spot 20.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Franklin, TN 4.7% 3rd -2.0pp 1st 67% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 12th -4.4pp 2nd 9% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 8.6% 7th -2.9pp 3rd 39% below peers
Medford, OR 13.2% 14th -4.1pp 4th 6% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 15th -3.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.8% 2nd -1.0pp 6th 73% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.2% 17th -3.1pp 7th 2% above peers
Lawrence, MA 17.6% 26th -3.8pp 8th 26% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 20.4% 30th -3.9pp 9th 46% above peers
Mission, TX 19.4% 29th -3.1pp 10th 39% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.3% 22nd -2.3pp 11th 9% above peers
Compton, CA 17.9% 27th -2.6pp 12th 28% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 12.2% 11th -1.1pp 13th 13% below peers
Kennewick, WA 14.3% 18th -1.2pp 14th 2% above peers
Duluth, MN 16.8% 25th -1.4pp 15th 20% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.4% 19th -1.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 15.1% 20th -1.1pp 17th 7% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.9% 13th -0.6pp 18th 8% below peers
Gastonia, NC 16.3% 24th -0.5pp 19th 16% above peers
Melbourne, FL 15.8% 23rd -0.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.7% 10th +0.2pp 21st 16% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 60% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 4th +0.3pp 23rd 62% below peers
Sioux City, IA 15.3% 21st +1.0pp 24th 9% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 14.0% 16th +1.5pp 25th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.2% 9th +1.3pp 26th 20% below peers
Lawton, OK 21.1% 31st +2.6pp 27th 51% above peers
Baytown, TX 18.2% 28th +3.1pp 28th 30% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 8.5% 6th +1.6pp 29th 39% below peers
Bloomington, MN 9.2% 8th +1.8pp 30th 34% below peers
South Jordan, UT 3.7% 1st +1.0pp 31st 74% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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5 of 22 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.0% then, 38.8% now; margin ±5.6pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 10.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.5% to 38.8%).
Needs attention 38.8%
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%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 1st -4.6pp 1st 79% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 7.4% 6th -6.5pp 2nd 56% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 11th -9.6pp 3rd 13% below peers
Medford, OR 13.8% 10th -8.1pp 4th 18% below peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 2nd -1.4pp 5th 78% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 15th -6.5pp 6th 1% below peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 26th -7.2pp 7th 47% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 3rd -1.0pp 8th 78% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 19.3% 20th -4.0pp 9th 15% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 15.0% 12th -2.6pp 10th 11% below peers
Kennewick, WA 18.6% 18th -2.7pp 11th 11% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 17th -2.4pp 12th 2% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.8% 31st -5.2pp 13th 131% above peers
Gastonia, NC 21.3% 23rd -2.4pp 14th 27% above peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 24th -2.7pp 15th 44% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 28th -2.6pp 16th 55% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 21st -1.9pp 17th 15% above peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 25th -1.5pp 18th 46% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 5th -0.3pp 19th 67% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 19th -1.0pp 20th 13% above peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 16th -0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 20.4% 22nd +1.0pp 22nd 22% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 10.3% 8th +0.7pp 23rd 39% below peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 30th +2.3pp 24th 71% above peers
Melbourne, FL 25.9% 27th +3.3pp 25th 54% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 13th +2.2pp 26th 7% below peers
Baytown, TX 26.8% 29th +5.2pp 27th 60% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 9th +3.2pp 28th 22% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 14th +4.4pp 29th 5% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 7th +2.4pp 30th 54% below peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 4th +3.7pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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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 ±3.3pp 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 19.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 70.3% to 90.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Daytona Beach 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 24.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (65.7% to 90.2%).
Bright spot 90.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 91.7% +8.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Daytona Beach, FL 90.2% 25th +19.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 30th +14.0pp 2nd 6% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 31st +12.7pp 3rd 7% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 21st +12.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Baytown, TX 91.7% 16th +12.5pp 5th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 10th +12.4pp 6th 2% above peers
Gastonia, NC 90.0% 27th +10.8pp 7th 2% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 92.5% 14th +10.8pp 8th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 15th +9.7pp 9th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 87.1% 29th +9.0pp 10th 5% below peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 23rd +8.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Kennewick, WA 91.2% 19th +7.6pp 12th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 20th +7.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 93.7% 11th +7.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 24th +6.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Melbourne, FL 90.4% 22nd +6.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 12th +6.6pp 17th 2% above peers
Medford, OR 91.6% 17th +6.2pp 18th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 26th +6.1pp 19th 2% below peers
South Jordan, UT 95.2% 6th +6.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 94.4% 7th +6.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 9th +5.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 13th +5.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 18th +4.5pp 24th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 28th +4.2pp 25th 5% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 4th +3.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 97.1% 2nd +3.2pp 27th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 8th +3.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 29th 7% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 6% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 5th +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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5 of 22 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 →
  • 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 ±1.2pp 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 (0.50 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.04).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.50 to 0.49).
Needs attention 0.49
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
South Jordan, UT 0.36 1st -0.026 1st 17% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 2nd -0.022 2nd 17% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 0.38 3rd -0.022 3rd 13% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 11th -0.024 4th 2% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 27th -0.021 5th 10% above peers
Medford, OR 0.43 10th -0.018 6th 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 22nd -0.019 7th 7% above peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 14th -0.013 8th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 0.44 19th -0.013 9th 1% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 0.49 28th -0.013 10th 12% above peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 21st -0.010 11th 4% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 0.42 6th -0.007 12th 4% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 31st -0.007 13th 24% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.42 7th -0.002 14th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 25th +0.000 15th 9% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 0.44 17th +0.000 16th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 0.47 24th +0.002 17th 8% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 26th +0.002 18th 9% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 4th +0.003 19th 7% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 5th +0.004 20th 5% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 18th +0.005 21st 1% above peers
Sioux City, IA 0.44 16th +0.008 22nd on par with peers
Troy, MI 0.42 9th +0.009 23rd 3% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 13th +0.009 24th 1% below peers
Kennewick, WA 0.44 15th +0.009 25th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 12th +0.011 26th 1% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 30th +0.019 27th 14% above peers
Baytown, TX 0.45 20th +0.019 28th 3% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 8th +0.018 29th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 23rd +0.029 30th 7% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 29th +0.031 31st 13% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 6.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 24.8% to 18.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way. Daytona Beach 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 1.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (20.2% to 18.7%).
Bright spot 18.7%
20102023
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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
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 91% below peers
South Jordan, UT 1.2% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 91% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 3rd -1.4pp 3rd 82% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 12th -4.4pp 4th 16% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 18.7% 24th -6.1pp 5th 36% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 11th -1.5pp 6th 21% below peers
Medford, OR 21.1% 29th -2.8pp 7th 53% above peers
Sioux City, IA 13.8% 16th -1.8pp 8th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 23rd -2.0pp 9th 34% above peers
Melbourne, FL 11.8% 13th -1.3pp 10th 14% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 26th -1.2pp 11th 46% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.4% 17th -0.6pp 12th 4% above peers
Kennewick, WA 18.2% 22nd +0.5pp 13th 32% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 18th +0.4pp 14th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 7th +0.2pp 15th 57% below peers
Baytown, TX 16.7% 20th +0.8pp 16th 21% above peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 25th +1.0pp 17th 36% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 18th 218% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 15th +1.2pp 19th 10% below peers
Gastonia, NC 20.6% 28th +2.3pp 20th 50% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 10th +1.4pp 21st 21% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 12.0% 14th +1.6pp 22nd 13% below peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 5th +0.9pp 23rd 62% below peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 27th +3.6pp 24th 47% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 16.9% 21st +3.0pp 25th 22% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 19th +2.8pp 26th 5% above peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 30th +5.7pp 27th 81% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 5.3% 6th +1.6pp 28th 62% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 9th +2.5pp 29th 47% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 8th +3.2pp 30th 57% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 4th +3.2pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 12% higher than in 2021 ($224,842 then, $252,622 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $287,873 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $252,622 in August 2026, down from $258,649 a year earlier.
Big move $252,622
2000August 2026
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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%
Waukegan, IL $247,657 (Aug 26) 26th +6.9% 1st 46% below peers
Lawton, OK $146,805 (Aug 26) 31st +6.5% 2nd 68% below peers
Duluth, MN $298,068 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.2% 3rd 35% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,095,037 (Aug 26) 5th +4.9% 4th 139% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,824,406 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 5th 298% above peers
Danbury, CT $492,946 (Aug 26) 14th +4.4% 6th 7% above peers
Warner Robins, GA $215,087 (Aug 26) 29th +3.0% 7th 53% below peers
Compton, CA $638,376 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 8th 39% above peers
Sioux City, IA $202,482 (Aug 26) 30th +2.7% 9th 56% below peers
Franklin, TN $925,870 (Aug 26) 6th +2.6% 10th 102% above peers
Lawrence, MA $513,746 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 11th 12% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,206,543 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 12th 163% above peers
Troy, MI $458,678 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 13th on par with peers
South Gate, CA $692,930 (Aug 26) 7th +2.1% 14th 51% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,667,060 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.8% 15th 263% above peers
South Jordan, UT $661,471 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 16th 44% above peers
Bloomington, MN $362,340 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 17th 21% below peers
Medford, OR $408,210 (Aug 26) 18th +1.1% 18th 11% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $581,279 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 19th 27% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $1,179,160 (Aug 26) 4th +0.7% 20th 157% above peers
Kennewick, WA $431,000 (Aug 26) 17th +0.6% 21st 6% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $627,355 (Aug 26) 10th +0.1% 22nd 37% above peers
Ogden, UT $395,517 (Aug 26) 19th -0.3% 23rd 14% below peers
Gastonia, NC $275,364 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.4% 24th 40% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $470,694 (Aug 26) 15th -0.7% 25th 3% above peers
Mission, TX $219,583 (Aug 26) 28th -0.9% 26th 52% below peers
Melbourne, FL $356,996 (Aug 26) 21st -1.0% 27th 22% below peers
Baytown, TX $245,229 (Aug 26) 27th -1.0% 28th 47% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $528,885 (Aug 26) 12th -1.8% 29th 15% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $252,622 (Aug 26) 25th -2.3% 30th 45% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,563 (Aug 26) 24th -3.0% 31st 41% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 11% higher than in 2021 ($123,432 then, $136,833 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $163,055 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $136,833 in August 2026, down from $142,252 a year earlier.
Big move $136,833
2000August 2026
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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%
Waukegan, IL $201,000 (Aug 26) 23rd +10.4% 1st 41% below peers
Lawton, OK $83,114 (Aug 26) 31st +9.2% 2nd 75% below peers
Duluth, MN $202,793 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.9% 3rd 40% below peers
Westminster, CA $928,858 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.0% 4th 174% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,216,561 (Aug 26) 1st +4.6% 5th 260% above peers
Danbury, CT $338,397 (Aug 26) 16th +4.2% 6th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA $135,509 (Aug 26) 28th +4.0% 7th 60% below peers
Compton, CA $566,727 (Aug 26) 8th +3.9% 8th 67% above peers
Lawrence, MA $373,423 (Aug 26) 14th +3.0% 9th 10% above peers
Warner Robins, GA $134,103 (Aug 26) 29th +2.9% 10th 60% below peers
Franklin, TN $606,342 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 11th 79% above peers
South Gate, CA $628,812 (Aug 26) 6th +2.5% 12th 86% above peers
Troy, MI $330,983 (Aug 26) 17th +2.5% 13th 2% below peers
Mission, TX $145,560 (Aug 26) 26th +1.8% 14th 57% below peers
Kennewick, WA $340,031 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 15th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM $402,732 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 16th 19% above peers
Bloomington, MN $267,412 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 17th 21% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $864,518 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 18th 155% above peers
South Jordan, UT $497,273 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 19th 47% above peers
Medford, OR $320,741 (Aug 26) 18th +0.8% 20th 5% below peers
Ogden, UT $316,340 (Aug 26) 19th +0.1% 21st 7% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $938,358 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.4% 22nd 177% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $430,500 (Aug 26) 11th -0.6% 23rd 27% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $739,173 (Aug 26) 5th -0.7% 24th 118% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $476,013 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 25th 41% above peers
Gastonia, NC $177,036 (Aug 26) 24th -0.8% 26th 48% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $391,781 (Aug 26) 13th -1.2% 27th 16% above peers
Melbourne, FL $229,961 (Aug 26) 21st -1.4% 28th 32% below peers
Baytown, TX $172,044 (Aug 26) 25th -1.7% 29th 49% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $136,833 (Aug 26) 27th -3.8% 30th 60% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $122,749 (Aug 26) 30th -7.9% 31st 64% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.0% to 47.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.8% to 47.5%).
Bright spot 47.5%
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%
Medford, OR 56.3% 19th +4.9pp 1st 5% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 25th +3.7pp 2nd 15% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 47.5% 26th +3.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 9th +4.4pp 4th 8% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 60.7% 14th +3.9pp 5th 2% above peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 13th +3.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 58.2% 17th +3.2pp 7th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 27th +2.5pp 8th 24% below peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 5th +3.7pp 9th 20% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 53.5% 22nd +2.7pp 10th 10% below peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 18th +2.6pp 11th 5% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 12th 52% above peers
Sioux City, IA 65.3% 8th +2.5pp 13th 10% above peers
Melbourne, FL 59.7% 15th +1.6pp 14th 1% above peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 23rd +1.4pp 15th 10% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 70.5% 6th +1.2pp 16th 19% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 11th +0.9pp 17th 7% above peers
Gastonia, NC 54.2% 20th +0.5pp 18th 9% below peers
South Jordan, UT 81.4% 2nd +0.5pp 19th 37% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 3rd -0.0pp 20th 30% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 28th -0.1pp 21st 25% below peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 4th -0.5pp 22nd 23% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 16th -1.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 29th -0.8pp 24th 33% below peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 7th -1.5pp 25th 11% above peers
Kennewick, WA 61.3% 12th -2.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 27th 53% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 10th -2.6pp 28th 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 21st -4.3pp 29th 9% below peers
Baytown, TX 52.3% 24th -4.5pp 30th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 87% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,533 in August 2026, up from $1,521 a year earlier.
Big move $1,533
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Mission Viejo, CA $3,144 (Aug 26) 4th +8.3% 1st 65% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 5th +4.3% 2nd 46% above peers
Lawton, OK $1,118 (Aug 26) 31st +3.9% 3rd 41% below peers
Sioux City, IA $1,275 (Aug 26) 30th +3.5% 4th 33% below peers
South Gate, CA $2,228 (Aug 26) 10th +3.4% 5th 17% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $3,195 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.3% 6th 68% above peers
South Jordan, UT $2,074 (Aug 26) 14th +3.1% 7th 9% above peers
Medford, OR $1,678 (Aug 26) 21st +3.1% 8th 12% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,692 (Aug 26) 1st +3.1% 9th 94% above peers
Bloomington, MN $1,693 (Aug 26) 19th +3.1% 10th 11% below peers
Troy, MI $1,882 (Aug 26) 17th +3.0% 11th 1% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $1,425 (Aug 26) 27th +2.9% 12th 25% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,428 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 13th 25% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,687 (Aug 26) 20th +2.9% 14th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,380 (Aug 26) 9th +2.6% 15th 25% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $2,422 (Aug 26) 8th +2.5% 16th 27% above peers
Danbury, CT $2,546 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 17th 34% above peers
Baytown, TX $1,549 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 18th 19% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,074 (Aug 26) 13th +1.5% 19th 9% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,438 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 20th 81% above peers
Kennewick, WA $1,676 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 21st 12% below peers
Ogden, UT $1,305 (Aug 26) 29th +1.4% 22nd 31% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,426 (Aug 26) 7th +1.3% 23rd 27% above peers
Gastonia, NC $1,501 (Aug 26) 25th +1.1% 24th 21% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 12th +1.0% 25th 15% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $1,904 (Aug 26) 16th +0.9% 26th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL $1,533 (Aug 26) 24th +0.8% 27th 19% below peers
Compton, CA $2,209 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 28th 16% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,925 (Aug 26) 15th +0.4% 29th 1% above peers
Melbourne, FL $1,823 (Aug 26) 18th -0.7% 30th 4% below peers
Mission, TX $1,351 (Aug 26) 28th -0.9% 31st 29% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.6% then, 44.1% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.8% to 44.1%).
Needs attention 44.1%
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
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 2nd -3.9pp 1st 41% below peers
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 13th -5.4pp 2nd 9% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 3rd 20% above peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 6th -3.5pp 4th 22% below peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 29th -4.4pp 5th 28% above peers
Medford, OR 39.9% 21st -1.2pp 6th 6% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 27th -0.6pp 7th 21% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 44.1% 25th -0.5pp 8th 17% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 38.6% 18th -0.4pp 9th 3% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.4% 8th -0.2pp 10th 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 10th +0.4pp 11th 15% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 40.5% 22nd +0.6pp 12th 8% above peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 23rd +0.8pp 13th 11% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 24th +1.0pp 14th 13% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 15th 44% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 28th +1.4pp 16th 27% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 11th +1.3pp 17th 13% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 38.6% 19th +1.6pp 18th 3% above peers
Kennewick, WA 32.0% 9th +1.5pp 19th 15% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 14th +1.7pp 20th 5% below peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 5th +1.6pp 21st 23% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 22nd 28% above peers
Gastonia, NC 36.9% 15th +2.7pp 23rd 2% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 16th +2.8pp 24th on par with peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 25th 44% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.3% 4th +2.2pp 26th 30% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.5% 17th +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
South Jordan, UT 22.7% 3rd +2.1pp 28th 39% below peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 12th +3.4pp 29th 11% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 7th +5.4pp 30th 21% below peers
Baytown, TX 38.9% 20th +9.6pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.2% then, 11.3% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.5% to 11.3%).
Needs attention 11.3%
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
Sioux City, IA 7.0% 14th -2.1pp 1st 7% below peers
Medford, OR 6.8% 12th -2.0pp 2nd 10% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.1% 5th -1.1pp 3rd 46% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 68% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 21st -1.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 31st -3.9pp 6th 169% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 11.3% 29th -2.0pp 7th 49% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 28th -1.2pp 8th 35% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 9th 41% below peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 15th -0.6pp 10th 7% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 26th -0.6pp 11th 25% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 19th -0.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Melbourne, FL 8.7% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 15% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 17th -0.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 7.0% 13th -0.2pp 15th 8% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.0pp 16th 63% below peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 25th +0.0pp 17th 18% above peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 4th +0.0pp 18th 59% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 27th +0.4pp 19th 31% above peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 20th +0.5pp 20th 11% above peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 9th +0.3pp 21st 27% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 30th +0.9pp 22nd 51% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 5.7% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 25% below peers
Gastonia, NC 7.9% 18th +0.8pp 24th 5% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 16th +0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 7th +0.6pp 26th 40% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 11th +0.9pp 27th 11% below peers
South Jordan, UT 4.8% 8th +1.0pp 28th 37% below peers
Baytown, TX 8.7% 23rd +2.1pp 29th 16% above peers
Kennewick, WA 8.9% 24th +2.5pp 30th 17% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 ±1.8pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.1% to 12.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Daytona Beach started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.0% to 12.5%).
Bright spot 12.5%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Medford, OR 5.7% 11th -3.4pp 1st 32% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 51% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 62% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 7th -1.5pp 4th 44% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 10.0% 19th -3.1pp 5th 19% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 58% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 5.0% 8th -1.4pp 7th 41% below peers
Melbourne, FL 9.8% 18th -2.4pp 8th 17% above peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 9th -1.2pp 9th 34% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 15th -1.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 12.5% 22nd -2.6pp 11th 50% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 23rd -2.3pp 12th 53% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 12.0% 20th -1.7pp 13th 43% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.9% 29th -1.8pp 14th 103% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.8% 24th -1.3pp 15th 53% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.8% 27th -1.5pp 16th 77% above peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 13th -0.5pp 17th 25% below peers
South Jordan, UT 4.1% 5th -0.2pp 18th 51% below peers
Mission, TX 26.5% 30th -1.3pp 19th 217% above peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 26th -0.1pp 20th 64% above peers
Waukegan, IL 16.0% 28th -0.1pp 21st 91% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 1st +0.0pp 22nd 67% below peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 21st +0.8pp 23rd 49% above peers
Kennewick, WA 8.8% 17th +0.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.6% 10th +0.5pp 25th 33% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 6.7% 14th +0.8pp 26th 20% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 12th +0.8pp 27th 31% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.6% 6th +0.9pp 28th 45% below peers
Baytown, TX 27.9% 31st +6.0pp 29th 233% above peers
Sioux City, IA 8.4% 16th +1.9pp 30th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 12.9% 25th +3.3pp 31st 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±1.2pp 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.

38.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Westminster, CA 22.9% 1st 33% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 2nd 33% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 3rd 30% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 24.5% 4th 28% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 5th 27% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 6th 27% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 7th 20% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 8th 19% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 9th 16% below peers
South Jordan, UT 30.2% 10th 12% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 11th 8% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 12th 8% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 13th 8% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 14th 5% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 34.2% 15th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 17th on par with peers
Medford, OR 35.5% 18th 4% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 35.6% 19th 4% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 20th 9% above peers
Baytown, TX 37.4% 21st 9% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 22nd 10% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.0% 23rd 11% above peers
Gastonia, NC 38.0% 24th 11% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 25th 11% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 26th 12% above peers
Sioux City, IA 39.9% 27th 17% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.2% 28th 20% above peers
Kennewick, WA 41.7% 29th 22% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 30th 30% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 31% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.2% then, 5.1% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 5.1%).
5.1%
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 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lake Forest, CA 0.8% 1st -3.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 2nd -2.0pp 2nd 69% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 20th -5.2pp 3rd 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 6th -2.0pp 4th 57% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 5th -1.7pp 5th 59% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 3rd -1.4pp 6th 66% below peers
Medford, OR 2.9% 10th -1.6pp 7th 43% below peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 14th -2.1pp 8th 19% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 6.2% 22nd -2.5pp 9th 20% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 19th -1.2pp 10th 5% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 5.1% 16th -1.1pp 11th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 17th -0.9pp 12th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 21st -0.3pp 13th 13% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 2.7% 8th -0.1pp 14th 47% below peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 26th -0.2pp 15th 75% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 2.0% 4th +0.0pp 16th 60% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 28th +0.2pp 17th 121% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.5% 12th +0.1pp 18th 33% below peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 11th +0.3pp 19th 39% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 29th +2.4pp 20th 164% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 30th +3.6pp 21st 275% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 7th +0.4pp 22nd 56% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 9th +0.5pp 23rd 46% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 25th +1.9pp 24th 54% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 15th +1.2pp 25th 11% below peers
Melbourne, FL 7.0% 24th +2.7pp 26th 36% above peers
Baytown, TX 22.7% 31st +9.5pp 27th 343% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 23rd +3.2pp 28th 28% above peers
Sioux City, IA 5.3% 18th +3.2pp 29th 4% above peers
Gastonia, NC 10.6% 27th +6.6pp 30th 107% above peers
Kennewick, WA 4.0% 13th +2.7pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±1.4pp 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 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.1% to 27.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Daytona Beach 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 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.4% to 27.8%).
Bright spot 27.8%
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
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 28th +6.0pp 1st 44% below peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 22nd +5.1pp 2nd 14% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 3rd 65% below peers
Melbourne, FL 34.7% 12th +6.2pp 4th 15% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 27.8% 19th +4.7pp 5th 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 27th +3.5pp 6th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 7th 62% below peers
Medford, OR 30.1% 16th +4.9pp 8th on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 32.1% 14th +5.2pp 9th 7% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 10th +6.8pp 10th 50% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 23.9% 24th +3.6pp 11th 20% below peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 11th +6.1pp 12th 46% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 8th +6.1pp 13th 59% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 17th +3.5pp 14th 2% below peers
South Jordan, UT 47.9% 7th +5.6pp 15th 59% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.1% 15th +3.1pp 16th 3% above peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 9th +4.2pp 17th 53% above peers
Gastonia, NC 26.6% 20th +2.4pp 18th 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 18th +2.1pp 19th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 13th +2.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 2nd +4.0pp 21st 115% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 4th +3.0pp 22nd 73% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 26th +1.3pp 23rd 25% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 5th +2.7pp 24th 73% above peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 3rd +3.0pp 25th 114% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 50.8% 6th +2.1pp 26th 69% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 1st +2.8pp 27th 135% above peers
Sioux City, IA 22.9% 25th +0.8pp 28th 24% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.2% 21st +0.6pp 29th 13% below peers
Baytown, TX 14.8% 29th -0.2pp 30th 51% below peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 23rd -1.2pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.5% then, 39.8% now; margin ±15.1pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.9% to 39.8%).
Needs attention 39.8%
20112024
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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%
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 4th +23.0pp 1st 39% above peers
Medford, OR 53.8% 9th +14.6pp 2nd 25% above peers
Kennewick, WA 36.0% 27th +9.6pp 3rd 16% below peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 8th +14.2pp 4th 27% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 3rd +17.0pp 5th 52% above peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 12th +7.1pp 6th 3% above peers
Sioux City, IA 37.6% 23rd +2.9pp 7th 12% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 42.9% 16th +3.1pp 8th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 36.8% 25th +2.2pp 9th 14% below peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 17th +1.7pp 10th 1% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 14th +1.5pp 11th 2% above peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 18th +0.9pp 12th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 5th +1.0pp 13th 35% above peers
South Jordan, UT 51.5% 10th +0.3pp 14th 20% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 43.5% 15th -0.2pp 15th 1% above peers
Melbourne, FL 57.9% 6th -1.7pp 16th 35% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 39.8% 20th -1.7pp 17th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 2nd -4.4pp 18th 57% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 1st -5.0pp 19th 68% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 29th -5.2pp 20th 31% below peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 24th -7.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 11th -13.1pp 22nd 18% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 7th -14.6pp 23rd 29% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 22nd -11.7pp 24th 12% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 28th -13.1pp 25th 26% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 26.5% 30th -12.1pp 26th 38% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 21st -19.0pp 27th 10% below peers
Baytown, TX 19.1% 31st -9.8pp 28th 55% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 13th -25.8pp 29th 3% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 40.3% 19th -24.6pp 30th 6% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 26th -29.0pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (5.2% then, 3.1% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.6% to 3.1%).
Bright spot 3.1%
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
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 3.1% 4th -2.2pp 2nd 55% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 3rd -1.9pp 3rd 61% below peers
Medford, OR 5.7% 11th -2.3pp 4th 16% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 28th -4.0pp 5th 68% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.5% 5th -1.2pp 6th 49% below peers
Baytown, TX 8.1% 18th -1.6pp 7th 19% above peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 21st -1.0pp 8th 29% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 9.0% 22nd -0.3pp 9th 33% above peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 31st -0.3pp 10th 94% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 6th +0.2pp 11th 39% below peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 2nd +0.1pp 12th 62% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.2% 20th +0.8pp 13th 21% above peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 24th +1.0pp 14th 38% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 15th 9% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 6.8% 15th +1.1pp 16th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 17th +2.0pp 17th 19% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 7th +1.4pp 18th 29% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 23rd +2.9pp 19th 35% above peers
Gastonia, NC 10.4% 26th +3.6pp 20th 53% above peers
Melbourne, FL 5.7% 10th +2.1pp 21st 17% below peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 9th +2.2pp 22nd 20% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 8th +2.1pp 23rd 25% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 27th +4.9pp 24th 62% above peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 13th +2.7pp 25th 13% below peers
Sioux City, IA 6.8% 16th +3.1pp 26th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 29th +5.7pp 27th 79% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 25th +5.0pp 28th 52% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 12th +3.3pp 29th 15% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 30th +7.5pp 30th 87% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 8.1% 19th +5.5pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 17% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 67,604 to 78,992 - more than the combined survey margin (±91).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 28% from 2014 to 2024 (61,913 to 78,992).
Big move 78,992
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 31st +67% 1st 18% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 78,992 30th +17% 2nd 9% below peers
South Jordan, UT 82,686 28th +16% 3rd 5% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 81,849 29th +12% 4th 6% below peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 16th +12% 5th on par with peers
Baytown, TX 85,205 25th +11% 6th 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 9th +11% 7th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 11th +10% 8th 1% above peers
Gastonia, NC 82,884 27th +9% 9th 5% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 82,990 26th +9% 10th 5% below peers
Medford, OR 86,315 21st +6% 11th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 86,576 20th +6% 12th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 8th +6% 13th 2% above peers
Kennewick, WA 85,295 24th +5% 14th 2% below peers
Troy, MI 87,898 12th +5% 15th 1% above peers
Sioux City, IA 86,101 23rd +4% 16th 1% below peers
Mission, TX 87,038 18th +4% 17th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 10th +4% 18th 2% above peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 15th +3% 19th on par with peers
Lake Forest, CA 86,281 22nd +3% 20th 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 7th +2% 21st 2% above peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 17th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 14th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 86,995 19th -0% 24th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 4th -0% 25th 5% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 6th -1% 26th 3% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 3rd -3% 27th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 2nd -4% 28th 6% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 5th -4% 29th 4% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 13th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Compton, CA 92,698 1st -4% 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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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 (16.2% then, 15.3% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (16.2% to 15.3%).
Big move 15.3%
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 19.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 22nd +1.1pp 1st 10% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 26th +0.8pp 2nd 22% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 27.3% 6th +1.3pp 3rd 21% above peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 20th +0.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 25.0% 10th +0.4pp 5th 11% above peers
Gastonia, NC 24.6% 11th +0.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Melbourne, FL 17.6% 27th +0.2pp 7th 22% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 23rd +0.1pp 8th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 7th +0.0pp 9th 16% above peers
Baytown, TX 27.6% 4th +0.0pp 10th 22% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 20.4% 21st -0.2pp 11th 10% below peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 28th -0.2pp 12th 22% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.1% 9th -0.3pp 13th 15% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 25th -0.3pp 14th 21% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 21.3% 18th -0.5pp 15th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 24th -0.5pp 16th 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 13th -0.7pp 17th 2% above peers
Medford, OR 22.9% 14th -0.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 19th -0.9pp 19th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 12th -1.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Kennewick, WA 26.1% 8th -1.5pp 21st 16% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 15.3% 30th -0.9pp 22nd 32% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 5th -1.9pp 23rd 21% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 1st -2.3pp 24th 35% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
South Jordan, UT 29.3% 2nd -3.6pp 26th 30% above peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 3rd -4.3pp 27th 26% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 16th -3.6pp 28th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 29th -2.9pp 29th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 17th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 15th -5.4pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.7% then, 64.9% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.7% to 64.9%).
Big move 64.9%
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 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
South Jordan, UT 12.8% 27th +3.8pp 1st 62% below peers
Gastonia, NC 52.1% 3rd +13.9pp 2nd 55% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 11th +6.8pp 3rd 14% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 30th +1.9pp 4th 67% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 22nd +4.4pp 5th 23% below peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 4th +6.7pp 6th 40% above peers
Baytown, TX 40.9% 7th +4.7pp 7th 21% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 5th +5.1pp 8th 38% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 2nd +3.5pp 9th 85% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 29th +0.6pp 10th 66% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.9% 6th +1.4pp 11th 25% above peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 17th +0.9pp 12th 5% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 64.9% 1st +1.1pp 13th 93% above peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 8th +0.7pp 14th 20% above peers
Kennewick, WA 35.5% 15th +0.5pp 15th 6% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 16th +0.1pp 16th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 24th -0.1pp 17th 31% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 23rd -0.2pp 18th 26% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 13th -1.2pp 19th 13% above peers
Melbourne, FL 38.9% 9th -2.2pp 20th 16% above peers
Medford, OR 31.3% 19th -2.1pp 21st 7% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 10th -2.8pp 22nd 15% above peers
Sioux City, IA 38.2% 12th -3.3pp 23rd 13% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 27.6% 21st -2.8pp 24th 18% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 14th -4.0pp 25th 11% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 18th -4.0pp 26th 6% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 20th -6.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 28th -2.9pp 28th 64% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 22.1% 25th -8.8pp 29th 34% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 13.2% 26th -6.6pp 30th 61% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 31st -5.5pp 31st 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.3% then, 67.4% now; margin ±16.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 10.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.8% to 67.4%).
67.4%
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
South Jordan, UT 63.4% 22nd +19.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 2nd 28% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 3rd 24% above peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 13th +10.8pp 4th 3% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 67.4% 16th +10.2pp 5th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 77.8% 4th +9.3pp 6th 15% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 67.0% 17th +7.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 31st +5.9pp 8th 18% below peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 26th +5.0pp 9th 10% below peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 21st +4.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 12th +5.1pp 11th 4% above peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 12th 19% above peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 29th +3.6pp 13th 14% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 69.4% 14th +3.8pp 14th 3% above peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 23rd +3.4pp 15th 7% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 6th +3.5pp 16th 11% above peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 20th +2.9pp 17th 2% below peers
Baytown, TX 59.0% 27th +1.9pp 18th 12% below peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 8th +1.8pp 19th 9% above peers
Kennewick, WA 62.1% 25th +1.3pp 20th 8% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 10th +1.2pp 21st 6% above peers
Melbourne, FL 66.1% 19th -1.0pp 22nd 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 24th -1.8pp 23rd 7% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 11th -3.5pp 24th 6% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 15th -3.4pp 25th 2% above peers
Sioux City, IA 72.7% 9th -3.8pp 26th 8% above peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 7th -4.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 66.3% 18th -4.2pp 28th 2% below peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 5th -5.0pp 29th 13% above peers
Medford, OR 58.6% 28th -7.0pp 30th 13% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 58.0% 30th -13.3pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±13.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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