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Fort Lauderdale, FL
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185,604 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Fort Lauderdale, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$83,130
2020-24
▲ 40%
relative change
$59,450 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.1%
2019-23
▼ 17%
relative change
15.7% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
25.1%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
29.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
13.5%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
15.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.8%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
83.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
40.8%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
37.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
53.2%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
56.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Fort Lauderdale, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.4%
May 2026
▲ 33%
relative change
3.3% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.54
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.54 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.8%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
11.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
45.3%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
44.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
11.0%
2020-24
▲ 69%
relative change
6.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.2%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
8.9% 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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
39.2%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
47.6% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
69.3%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
77.3% in 2019
Falling  
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$306,773
Jun 2026
▼ 4%
relative change
$319,429 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,794
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$2,707 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$511,582
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$528,068 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
185,604
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
180,124 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.3%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
18.3% 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 40% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $59,450 to $83,130 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,870). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; 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 70% from 2014 to 2024 ($48,898 to $83,130).
$83,130
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 $74,568 +34%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 21st +49% 1st 14% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 23rd +42% 2nd 19% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 14th +40% 3rd 4% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 20th +38% 4th 13% below peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 16th +37% 5th on par with peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 11th +37% 6th 12% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 25th +35% 7th 27% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 28th +35% 8th 35% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 17th +35% 9th 5% below peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 7th +34% 10th 23% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 11th 58% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 27th +34% 12th 32% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 12th +34% 13th 11% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 10th +33% 14th 16% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 15th +32% 15th 2% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 6th +31% 16th 24% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 18th +31% 17th 13% below peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 22nd +31% 18th 16% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 9th +31% 19th 18% above peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 19th +29% 20th 13% below peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 21st 69% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 22nd 52% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 8th +27% 23rd 20% above peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 29th +25% 24th 39% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 30th +24% 25th 40% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 13th +24% 26th 7% above peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 27th 42% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 4th +23% 28th 40% above peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 24th +23% 29th 26% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 5th +21% 30th 32% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 26th +18% 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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10 of 49 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 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,345 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 54% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.4% in May 2026, up from 3.3% a year earlier.
4.4%
1990May 2026
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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
Akron, OH 3.4% (May 26) 4th -1.9pp 1st 15% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.1% (May 26) 29th -1.3pp 2nd 77% above peers
Providence, RI 4.1% (May 26) 17th -1.1pp 3rd 2% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 4th 15% below peers
Oceanside, CA 3.9% (May 26) 12th -0.3pp 5th 3% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 6th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.7% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 7th 7% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.2% (May 26) 27th -0.2pp 8th 30% above peers
Salem, OR 4.7% (May 26) 25th -0.2pp 9th 18% above peers
Knoxville, TN 2.8% (May 26) 1st -0.2pp 10th 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.5% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 11th 12% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.3% (May 26) 28th -0.1pp 12th 32% above peers
Cary, NC 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 13th 28% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 14th 5% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.3% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 15th 18% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% (May 26) 23rd +0.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th +0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN 3.6% (May 26) 7th +0.0pp 18th 10% below peers
Eugene, OR 4.6% (May 26) 24th +0.1pp 19th 15% above peers
Overland Park, KS 3.6% (May 26) 8th +0.2pp 20th 10% below peers
Newport News, VA 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Aurora, IL 4.3% (May 26) 19th +0.4pp 23rd 7% above peers
Vancouver, WA 5.0% (May 26) 26th +0.6pp 24th 25% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 20th +0.6pp 25th 7% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.9pp 26th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.9pp 27th 7% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.4% (May 26) 21st +1.1pp 29th 10% 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 (16.7% then, 14.8% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.0% to 14.8%).
14.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.9% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.0%
Tempe, AZ 15.0% 19th -3.7pp 1st 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.1% 11th -2.5pp 2nd 26% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.2% 6th -2.0pp 3rd 40% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.4% 30th -5.6pp 4th 71% above peers
Providence, RI 19.2% 24th -4.3pp 5th 40% above peers
Knoxville, TN 19.2% 25th -4.1pp 6th 40% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.4% 20th -3.3pp 7th 19% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.4% 8th -1.8pp 8th 31% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.0% 12th -2.1pp 9th 12% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.2% 13th -1.7pp 10th 11% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 14.8% 18th -1.8pp 11th 8% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.3% 14th -1.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Shreveport, LA 22.9% 29th -2.1pp 13th 67% above peers
Salem, OR 13.7% 16th -1.1pp 14th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 18.3% 22nd -1.4pp 15th 34% above peers
Birmingham, AL 23.6% 31st -1.4pp 16th 72% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.1% 26th -1.2pp 17th 47% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.6% 9th -0.5pp 18th 30% below peers
Glendale, CA 12.8% 15th -0.6pp 19th 7% below peers
Newport News, VA 13.9% 17th -0.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.2pp 21st 43% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 7.9% 5th -0.1pp 22nd 42% below peers
Akron, OH 22.8% 28th -0.0pp 23rd 66% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.4% 21st +0.2pp 24th 27% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 7.9% 4th +0.1pp 25th 43% below peers
Montgomery, AL 20.6% 27th +0.7pp 26th 50% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 10th +0.6pp 27th 28% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 18.5% 23rd +1.7pp 28th 35% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.3% 7th +0.9pp 29th 40% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 30th 59% below peers
Cary, NC 5.6% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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10 of 49 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 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.2% to 25.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.9pp). 12 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; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.0% to 25.1%).
25.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 5th -6.2pp 1st 48% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 10th -6.5pp 2nd 28% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 21st -9.1pp 3rd 43% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 27th -10.4pp 4th 84% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 13th -4.5pp 5th 15% below peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 11th -3.7pp 6th 23% below peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 26th -8.4pp 7th 83% above peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 17th -4.4pp 8th 1% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 14th -4.0pp 9th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 20th -5.9pp 10th 38% above peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 24th -6.8pp 11th 68% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 4th -1.8pp 12th 50% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 9th -2.3pp 13th 32% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 16th -3.2pp 14th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 18th -2.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 23rd -4.1pp 16th 50% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 12th -2.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 15th -2.0pp 18th 1% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 3rd -0.9pp 19th 55% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 19th -1.9pp 20th 22% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 25th -2.1pp 21st 75% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 22nd 70% below peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 22nd -1.5pp 23rd 43% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 30th -1.3pp 24th 110% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 31st -0.4pp 25th 142% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 29th +0.1pp 26th 95% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 7th +0.1pp 27th 44% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 2nd +0.1pp 28th 64% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 8th +0.6pp 29th 36% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 6th +0.6pp 30th 45% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 28th +4.6pp 31st 88% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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9 of 49 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 8.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.1% to 91.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (79.2% to 91.8%).
91.8%
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%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 29th +32.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 30th +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 28th +15.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 19th +15.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 22nd +12.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 27th +12.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 25th +11.4pp 7th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 26th +11.0pp 8th 3% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 7th +11.5pp 9th 3% above peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 23rd +10.9pp 10th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 24th +10.6pp 11th 3% below peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 16th +9.1pp 12th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 18th +8.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 14th 8% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 21st +7.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 11th +6.9pp 16th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 4th +6.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 13th +5.9pp 18th 1% above peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 14th +5.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 10th +5.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 17th +5.5pp 21st on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 12th +5.5pp 22nd 1% above peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 15th +5.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 5th +5.1pp 24th 3% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 9th +5.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 20th +4.3pp 26th 1% below peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 8th +4.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 3rd +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 6th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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…
10 of 49 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 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 (0.54 then, 0.54 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.54 to 0.54).
0.54
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 0.49 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 13% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 14% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 20th -0.026 3rd 3% above peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 4th -0.019 4th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 9th -0.017 5th 3% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 16th -0.017 6th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 13% below peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 21st -0.011 8th 4% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 23rd -0.010 9th 10% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 30th -0.009 10th 20% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 5th -0.006 11th 6% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 12th -0.006 12th 1% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 10th -0.005 13th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 24th -0.003 14th 10% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 14th -0.002 15th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 26th -0.001 16th 13% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 6th +0.000 17th 5% below peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 25th +0.002 18th 11% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 22nd +0.003 19th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 17th +0.003 20th 1% above peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 21st 14% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 22nd 13% above peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 23rd 20% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 18th +0.008 24th 1% above peers
Cary, NC 0.43 7th +0.009 25th 4% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 13th +0.010 26th 1% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 27th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 3rd +0.017 28th 9% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 8th +0.020 29th 4% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 19th +0.022 30th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 11th +0.025 31st 1% below 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 2.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 15.7% to 13.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (14.6% to 13.1%).
13.1%
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
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 13th -4.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 17th -4.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 30th -7.4pp 3rd 81% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 86% below peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 10th -2.6pp 5th 25% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 4th -1.4pp 6th 57% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 19th -3.5pp 7th 10% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 14th -2.6pp 8th 7% below peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 22nd -1.9pp 9th 20% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 81% below peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 27th -1.6pp 11th 56% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 5th -0.4pp 12th 51% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 20th -0.7pp 13th 19% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 29th -0.1pp 14th 80% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 6th +0.0pp 15th 50% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 16th +0.1pp 16th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 21st +0.1pp 17th 19% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 24th +0.2pp 18th 48% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 12th +0.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 18th +0.2pp 20th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 28th +1.1pp 21st 78% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 31st +1.9pp 22nd 108% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 25th +1.6pp 23rd 54% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 26th +1.6pp 24th 55% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 11th +1.0pp 25th 25% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 9th +0.9pp 26th 35% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 15th +1.8pp 27th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 28th 59% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 7th +2.4pp 29th 39% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 8th +3.1pp 30th 36% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 23rd +10.5pp 31st 34% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $511,582 in June 2026, down from $528,068 a year earlier.
$511,582
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%
Overland Park, KS $493,605 (Jun 26) 12th +5.5% 1st 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $1,369,864 (Jun 26) 1st +4.2% 2nd 183% above peers
Akron, OH $144,687 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 3rd 70% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $1,016,134 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.1% 4th 110% above peers
Aurora, IL $327,932 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 5th 32% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $313,551 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.8% 6th 35% below peers
Montgomery, AL $153,885 (Jun 26) 26th +2.4% 7th 68% below peers
Newport News, VA $297,976 (Jun 26) 24th +2.4% 8th 38% below peers
Brownsville, TX $196,964 (Jun 26) 25th +2.2% 9th 59% below peers
Shreveport, LA $147,051 (Jun 26) 27th +2.1% 10th 70% below peers
Providence, RI $438,893 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 11th 9% below peers
Knoxville, TN $376,648 (Jun 26) 19th +1.0% 12th 22% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,197,774 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 13th 147% above peers
Salem, OR $440,407 (Jun 26) 17th +0.3% 14th 9% below peers
Oceanside, CA $877,395 (Jun 26) 4th +0.1% 15th 81% above peers
Eugene, OR $484,308 (Jun 26) 15th +0.0% 16th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN $322,202 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.2% 17th 33% below peers
Vancouver, WA $511,271 (Jun 26) 11th -0.5% 18th 6% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $789,064 (Jun 26) 5th -0.7% 19th 63% above peers
Ontario, CA $670,587 (Jun 26) 7th -1.0% 20th 38% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $324,364 (Jun 26) 21st -1.1% 21st 33% below peers
Tempe, AZ $467,863 (Jun 26) 16th -1.3% 22nd 3% below peers
Peoria, AZ $486,091 (Jun 26) 14th -1.3% 23rd on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA $720,728 (Jun 26) 6th -1.5% 24th 49% above peers
Cary, NC $631,158 (Jun 26) 9th -2.0% 25th 30% above peers
Birmingham, AL $139,502 (Jun 26) 29th -2.2% 26th 71% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $637,106 (Jun 26) 8th -3.0% 27th 32% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $489,023 (Jun 26) 13th -3.0% 28th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,582 (Jun 26) 10th -3.1% 29th 6% 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 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $306,773 in June 2026, down from $319,429 a year earlier.
$306,773
2000June 2026
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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%
Overland Park, KS $341,186 (Jun 26) 15th +5.9% 1st on par with peers
Montgomery, AL $69,404 (Jun 26) 27th +4.9% 2nd 80% below peers
Akron, OH $92,045 (Jun 26) 26th +4.3% 3rd 73% below peers
Aurora, IL $251,367 (Jun 26) 19th +4.2% 4th 26% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $932,527 (Jun 26) 1st +3.7% 5th 173% above peers
Brownsville, TX $131,535 (Jun 26) 25th +3.2% 6th 61% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $808,746 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.1% 7th 137% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $234,470 (Jun 26) 21st +2.7% 8th 31% below peers
Providence, RI $354,879 (Jun 26) 14th +2.6% 9th 4% above peers
Newport News, VA $212,134 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.7% 10th 38% below peers
Knoxville, TN $255,108 (Jun 26) 18th +1.5% 11th 25% below peers
Birmingham, AL $64,767 (Jun 26) 28th +1.1% 12th 81% below peers
Salem, OR $362,862 (Jun 26) 13th +0.5% 13th 6% above peers
Eugene, OR $384,769 (Jun 26) 11th +0.2% 14th 13% above peers
Shreveport, LA $48,751 (Jun 26) 29th +0.1% 15th 86% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $201,990 (Jun 26) 24th -0.4% 16th 41% below peers
Ontario, CA $543,241 (Jun 26) 7th -0.4% 17th 59% above peers
Glendale, CA $743,964 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.7% 18th 118% above peers
Oceanside, CA $630,359 (Jun 26) 4th -0.8% 19th 85% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $618,061 (Jun 26) 5th -0.8% 20th 81% above peers
Vancouver, WA $416,145 (Jun 26) 10th -0.9% 21st 22% above peers
Clarksville, TN $243,006 (Jun 26) 20th -1.2% 22nd 29% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA $563,545 (Jun 26) 6th -1.2% 23rd 65% above peers
Peoria, AZ $368,292 (Jun 26) 12th -1.8% 24th 8% above peers
Tempe, AZ $336,259 (Jun 26) 16th -2.7% 25th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $536,250 (Jun 26) 8th -3.0% 26th 57% above peers
Cary, NC $441,245 (Jun 26) 9th -3.2% 27th 29% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,773 (Jun 26) 17th -4.0% 28th 10% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $225,973 (Jun 26) 22nd -8.1% 29th 34% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.7% then, 54.1% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.9% to 54.1%).
54.1%
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%
Providence, RI 41.4% 30th +5.3pp 1st 24% below peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 10th +4.5pp 2nd 7% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 35% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 29th +2.6pp 4th 23% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 11th +2.7pp 5th 5% above peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 13th +2.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 28th +1.7pp 7th 22% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 21st +1.7pp 8th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 5th +1.9pp 9th 23% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 12th +1.6pp 10th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 16th +1.4pp 11th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 12th 40% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 26th +0.8pp 13th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 7th +1.0pp 14th 14% above peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 27th +0.6pp 15th 16% below peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 25th +0.6pp 16th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 6th +0.8pp 17th 15% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 9th +0.7pp 18th 8% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 23rd +0.5pp 19th 6% below peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 18th +0.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 19th -0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 20th -0.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 15th -0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 2nd -1.1pp 24th 36% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 24th -0.8pp 25th 11% below peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 22nd -0.9pp 26th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 3rd -1.4pp 27th 29% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 14th -1.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 17th -1.4pp 29th on par with peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 4th -1.8pp 30th 23% above peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 8th -2.8pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,794 in June 2026, up from $2,707 a year earlier.
$2,794
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%
Newport News, VA $1,587 (Jun 26) 21st +6.5% 1st 13% below peers
Brownsville, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.5% 2nd 14% below peers
Akron, OH $1,130 (Jun 26) 29th +4.6% 3rd 38% below peers
Shreveport, LA $1,170 (Jun 26) 28th +3.7% 4th 36% below peers
Providence, RI $2,293 (Jun 26) 11th +3.3% 5th 26% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,800 (Jun 26) 16th +3.2% 6th 1% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,794 (Jun 26) 4th +3.2% 7th 54% above peers
Eugene, OR $1,842 (Jun 26) 14th +3.1% 8th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,627 (Jun 26) 20th +2.9% 9th 10% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $2,679 (Jun 26) 7th +2.9% 10th 47% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,343 (Jun 26) 27th +2.8% 11th 26% below peers
Oceanside, CA $2,974 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.7% 12th 64% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,287 (Jun 26) 12th +2.5% 13th 26% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,534 (Jun 26) 10th +2.4% 14th 39% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,078 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 15th 69% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,688 (Jun 26) 6th +2.0% 16th 48% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,505 (Jun 26) 24th +1.9% 17th 17% below peers
Ontario, CA $2,635 (Jun 26) 8th +1.1% 18th 45% above peers
Clarksville, TN $1,376 (Jun 26) 25th +0.7% 19th 24% below peers
Birmingham, AL $1,359 (Jun 26) 26th +0.5% 20th 25% below peers
Cary, NC $1,775 (Jun 26) 17th +0.4% 21st 2% below peers
Vancouver, WA $1,818 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 22nd on par with peers
Peoria, AZ $1,876 (Jun 26) 13th +0.3% 23rd 3% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,735 (Jun 26) 18th +0.1% 24th 5% below peers
Salem, OR $1,585 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.1% 25th 13% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,813 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 26th 55% above peers
Glendale, CA $2,732 (Jun 26) 5th -0.6% 27th 50% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $2,550 (Jun 26) 9th -0.8% 28th 40% above peers
Tempe, AZ $1,667 (Jun 26) 19th -1.2% 29th 8% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.7% then, 45.3% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.9% to 45.3%).
45.3%
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 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 6th -2.8pp 1st 17% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 7th -2.5pp 2nd 16% below peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 13th -2.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 12th -2.4pp 4th 3% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 8th -1.8pp 5th 15% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 4th -1.7pp 6th 20% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 21st -1.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 5th -1.3pp 8th 18% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 27th -1.1pp 9th 18% above peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 26th -1.1pp 10th 18% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 23rd -0.2pp 11th 13% above peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 12th 40% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 28th +0.6pp 13th 19% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 9th +0.6pp 14th 13% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 15th 23% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 14th +0.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 20th +0.9pp 17th 9% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 30th +1.2pp 18th 22% above peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 19th +1.1pp 19th 8% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 17th +1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 18th +1.4pp 21st 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 15th +1.4pp 22nd 1% below peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 11th +1.5pp 23rd 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 16th +1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 10th +2.0pp 25th 7% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 22nd +2.7pp 26th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 25th +3.3pp 27th 16% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 29th +3.5pp 28th 19% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 24th +3.7pp 29th 15% above peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 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 →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.9% then, 8.2% now; margin ±1.2pp).

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 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 8.2%).
8.2%
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
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 15th -1.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 17th -1.9pp 2nd 4% above peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 21st -1.3pp 3rd 23% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 27th -1.7pp 4th 62% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 24th -1.4pp 5th 39% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 16th -0.9pp 6th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 20th -0.9pp 7th 16% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 9th -0.5pp 8th 39% below peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 23rd -1.0pp 9th 37% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 26th -1.1pp 10th 48% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 19th -0.7pp 11th 11% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 22nd -0.8pp 12th 32% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 25th -0.8pp 13th 48% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 31st -1.3pp 14th 131% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 7th -0.3pp 15th 41% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 8th -0.2pp 16th 41% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 13th -0.2pp 17th 7% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 11th +0.0pp 18th 16% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 19th 97% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 20th 92% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 18th +0.2pp 21st 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 28th +1.0pp 22nd 64% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 2nd +0.4pp 23rd 52% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.5pp 24th 51% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 5th +0.6pp 25th 47% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 12th +1.0pp 26th 11% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 27th 57% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 10th +1.3pp 28th 29% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 14th +1.9pp 29th 6% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 6th +1.2pp 30th 42% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 4th +1.1pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 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 →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.2% to 13.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 13 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; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.1% to 13.5%).
13.5%
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
Newport News, VA 7.8% 16th -2.8pp 1st on par with peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% 5th -1.6pp 2nd 35% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.6% 7th -1.6pp 3rd 28% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.1% 8th -1.3pp 4th 22% below peers
Shreveport, LA 7.8% 15th -1.6pp 5th 1% below peers
Brownsville, TX 26.0% 31st -4.9pp 6th 232% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.1% 9th -1.3pp 7th 9% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 8th 42% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 4th -0.8pp 9th 37% below peers
Aurora, IL 9.7% 22nd -1.3pp 10th 24% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.1% 21st -1.2pp 11th 17% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.5% 28th -1.7pp 12th 72% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.1% 17th -0.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 12th -0.7pp 14th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 20th -0.6pp 15th 16% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.5% 14th -0.3pp 16th 4% below peers
Providence, RI 7.3% 11th -0.2pp 17th 7% below peers
Akron, OH 8.4% 18th -0.1pp 18th 8% above peers
Salem, OR 7.2% 10th +0.0pp 19th 9% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 20th 125% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 29th +0.4pp 21st 93% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.6% 27th +0.4pp 22nd 61% above peers
Montgomery, AL 10.8% 24th +0.5pp 23rd 37% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.9% 3rd +0.2pp 24th 38% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 6th +0.5pp 25th 29% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 23rd +1.0pp 26th 26% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.5% 25th +1.5pp 27th 47% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 63% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.0% 19th +1.3pp 29th 15% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.0% 26th +1.8pp 30th 54% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.4% 13th +1.1pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

31.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Cary, NC 21.8% 1st 37% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 24.1% 2nd 31% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 3rd 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 4th 27% below peers
Oceanside, CA 26.8% 5th 23% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 6th 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 7th 14% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 8th 12% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 9th 12% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 10th 11% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 11th 10% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 12th 8% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 13th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 14th 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 15th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 16th on par with peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 17th 2% above peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 18th 2% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 19th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 20th 7% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 21st 8% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 22nd 9% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 23rd 10% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 24th 17% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 25th 18% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 26th 25% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 27th 29% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 28th 29% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 29th 31% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 30th 33% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 37% 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 (11.2% then, 8.8% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.8% to 8.8%).
8.8%
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
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 59% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 2nd 59% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 33% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 4th -1.1pp 4th 52% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 7th -1.6pp 5th 26% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 22nd -1.9pp 6th 8% above peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 7th 30% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 29th -2.3pp 8th 91% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 24th -1.7pp 9th 37% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 10th 200% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 9th -0.8pp 11th 25% below peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 28th -1.0pp 12th 85% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 10th +0.1pp 13th 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 16th +0.3pp 14th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 8th +0.3pp 15th 26% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 16th 153% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 15th +0.6pp 17th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 19th +0.9pp 18th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 20th +1.0pp 19th 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 27th +1.7pp 20th 77% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 11th +0.9pp 21st 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 21st +1.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 12th +1.2pp 23rd 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 24th 55% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 14th +1.7pp 25th 1% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 13th +1.8pp 26th 2% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 18th +1.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 23rd +2.3pp 28th 18% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 17th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 26th +3.9pp 30th 77% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 25th +3.8pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 ±2.0pp 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 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.0% to 40.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 29 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.9% to 40.8%).
40.8%
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
Ontario, CA 22.5% 30th +5.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 27th +5.6pp 2nd 30% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 11th +7.3pp 3rd 10% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 15th +5.9pp 4th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 9th +5.9pp 5th 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 23rd +4.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 5th +6.7pp 7th 35% above peers
Oceanside, CA 36.1% 14th +5.1pp 8th 3% above peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 25th +3.8pp 9th 19% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 4th +6.4pp 10th 40% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 17th +4.5pp 11th 1% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 7th +5.2pp 12th 19% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 13th 66% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 25.3% 26th +3.0pp 14th 28% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 22nd +3.7pp 15th 11% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 21st +3.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 29th +2.3pp 17th 33% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 20th +3.1pp 18th 8% below peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 13th +3.4pp 19th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 8th +3.8pp 20th 16% above peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 24th +2.4pp 21st 15% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 6th +3.3pp 22nd 28% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 16th +2.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 28th +1.7pp 24th 31% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 3rd +3.4pp 25th 42% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 18th +2.2pp 26th 1% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 12th +2.3pp 27th 7% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 10th +2.0pp 28th 11% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 29th 101% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 81% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 19th +1.0pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (56.0% then, 53.2% now; margin ±10.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.0% to 53.2%).
53.2%
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 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 6th +6.1pp 1st 21% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 13th +5.0pp 2nd 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 14th +4.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 4th 39% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 4th +4.2pp 5th 25% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 20th +2.1pp 6th 8% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 12th +1.5pp 7th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 2nd +1.9pp 8th 36% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 3rd +1.5pp 9th 34% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 9th +1.1pp 10th 13% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 10th +0.8pp 11th 10% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 5th +0.2pp 12th 23% above peers
Oceanside, CA 43.6% 18th -1.0pp 13th 4% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 17th -1.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 7th -2.9pp 15th 18% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 21st -2.4pp 16th 8% below peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 22nd -2.5pp 17th 10% below peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 24th -4.0pp 18th 19% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 11th -5.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 15th -6.0pp 20th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 30th -3.2pp 21st 47% below peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 28th -4.3pp 22nd 36% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 25th -6.3pp 23rd 22% below peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 19th -10.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 8th -13.6pp 25th 14% above peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 23rd -10.1pp 26th 16% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 27th -8.6pp 27th 30% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 26th -9.8pp 28th 23% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 16th -14.8pp 29th on par with peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 29th -12.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.9pp 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 (6.5% then, 11.0% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.3% to 11.0%).
11.0%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 86% below peers
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 2nd -2.1pp 2nd 67% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 19th -4.5pp 3rd 12% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 13th -2.9pp 5th 17% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 6th 55% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 20th -2.3pp 7th 15% above peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 7th -0.8pp 8th 36% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 18th -1.2pp 9th 8% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 10th 42% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 8th -0.4pp 11th 31% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 23rd -0.7pp 12th 30% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 16th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 5th +0.0pp 14th 48% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 14th +0.0pp 15th 17% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 30th +0.4pp 16th 85% above peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 22nd +1.4pp 17th 28% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 18th 88% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 28th +2.4pp 19th 47% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 17th +1.7pp 20th 3% above peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 12th +1.4pp 21st 23% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 9th +1.7pp 22nd 30% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 10th +1.9pp 23rd 29% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 15th +2.3pp 24th 14% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 29th +4.7pp 25th 63% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 27th +4.5pp 26th 41% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 25th +4.4pp 27th 38% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 11th +2.5pp 28th 23% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 26th +4.7pp 29th 41% above peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 24th +4.6pp 30th 33% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 21st +4.3pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 census tracts
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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 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 180,124 to 185,604 - more than the combined survey margin (±104). 17 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (171,137 to 185,604).
185,604
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 6th +17% 1st 6% above peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 27th +15% 2nd 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 7th +8% 3rd 5% above peers
Cary, NC 179,306 23rd +8% 4th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 10th +7% 5th 3% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 22nd +7% 6th 3% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 25th +6% 7th 4% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 24th +5% 8th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 1st +5% 9th 8% above peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 9th +5% 10th 5% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 13th +4% 11th 2% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 16th +3% 12th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 2nd +3% 13th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 17th +3% 14th on par with peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 18th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 20th +2% 16th 3% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 29th +2% 17th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 14th +0% 18th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 3rd +0% 19th 7% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 28th -1% 20th 6% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 5th -1% 21st 6% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 31st -1% 22nd 8% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 26th -1% 23rd 5% below peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 30th -2% 24th 7% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 8th -3% 25th 5% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 12th -4% 26th 2% above peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 11th -5% 27th 3% above peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 19th -6% 28th 3% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 4th -7% 29th 7% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 21st -10% 30th 3% below peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 15th -21% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 (18.3% then, 17.3% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (18.3% to 17.3%).
17.3%
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 18.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 16th +1.6pp 1st on par with peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 26th +0.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 15th +0.4pp 3rd 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 8th +0.2pp 4th 14% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 10th +0.0pp 5th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 6th 30% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 7th -0.2pp 7th 15% above peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 3rd -0.4pp 8th 26% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 23rd -0.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 18th -0.5pp 10th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 5th -0.7pp 11th 20% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 14th -1.0pp 12th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 13th 33% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 12th -1.0pp 14th 8% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 15th 15% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 13th -1.2pp 16th 7% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 29th -0.9pp 17th 18% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 17th -1.2pp 18th on par with peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 11th -1.3pp 19th 8% above peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 20th -1.3pp 20th 4% below peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 24th -1.2pp 21st 10% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 22nd 35% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 6th -1.8pp 23rd 16% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 19th -1.6pp 24th 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 22nd -1.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 9th -1.8pp 26th 11% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 25th -1.5pp 27th 11% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 28th 25% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 28th -1.6pp 29th 17% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 21st -2.3pp 30th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 4th -3.6pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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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Children in single-parent families

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent fell 8.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.5% to 39.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.5pp). None of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.2% to 39.2%).
39.2%
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
Aurora, IL 32.5% 21st +6.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 16th +4.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 14th +4.5pp 3rd 4% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 3rd +7.4pp 4th 70% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 19th +2.8pp 5th 2% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 22nd +2.3pp 6th 17% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 24th +1.7pp 7th 26% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 20th +2.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 4th +3.3pp 9th 60% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 5th +3.0pp 10th 46% above peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 15th +1.8pp 11th 1% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 7th +1.2pp 12th 32% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 13th 39% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 9th +1.0pp 14th 27% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 1st +1.4pp 15th 94% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 2nd +1.0pp 16th 71% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 26th +0.3pp 17th 34% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 10th +0.5pp 18th 22% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 13th -0.0pp 19th 5% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 23rd -0.1pp 20th 21% below peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 18th -0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 17th -0.5pp 22nd 1% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 27th -0.6pp 23rd 35% below peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 8th -1.3pp 24th 28% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 6th -1.6pp 25th 38% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 12th -2.2pp 26th 13% above peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 30th -1.1pp 27th 48% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 28th 48% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 29th 51% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 25th -2.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 11th -8.3pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 ±5.0pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents fell 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.3% to 69.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.0pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.7% to 69.3%).
69.3%
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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
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 19th +9.9pp 1st 1% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 30th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 20th +8.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 2nd +9.4pp 4th 10% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 8th +6.3pp 5th 5% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 3rd +5.9pp 6th 8% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 23rd +4.4pp 7th 6% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 10th +4.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 6th +4.2pp 9th 6% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 9th +3.4pp 10th 3% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 18th +2.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 4th +2.7pp 12th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 14th +2.5pp 13th 1% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 22nd +1.9pp 14th 3% below peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 11th +1.8pp 15th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 16th +1.5pp 16th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 26th +0.8pp 17th 7% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 1st +0.8pp 18th 11% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 15th +0.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 21st +0.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 28th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 17th -0.1pp 22nd 1% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 7th -0.1pp 23rd 6% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 12th -0.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 26th 7% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 27th -2.4pp 27th 8% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 28th 22% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 5th -7.0pp 29th 6% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 13th -8.1pp 30th 1% above peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 29th -7.6pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 49 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 ±6.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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