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101,581 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 3 indicators

Where Fort Myers, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$63,732
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
$46,409 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
12.8%
2019-23
▼ 21%
relative change
16.2% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.0%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
80.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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What needs attention 11 indicators

Where Fort Myers, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
33.2%
2020-24
▼ 41%
relative change
56.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
15.2%
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
11.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
44.6%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
38.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
17.8%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
15.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.3%
Jul 2026
▲ 13%
relative change
4.7% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.51 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
25.7%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
28.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.2%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
11.9% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.3%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
16.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
49.1%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
49.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.6%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
9.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 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
95,051
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
79,927 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.1%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
20.7% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$186,782
Aug 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
$201,693 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$305,650
Aug 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
$321,850 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
45.2%
2020-24
high
vs peers
47.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest 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 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $46,409 to $63,732 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,571).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Fort Myers 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 71% from 2014 to 2024 ($37,360 to $63,732).
Bright spot $63,732
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%
Deltona, FL $76,924 17th +46% 1st 1% below peers
Sunrise, FL $77,652 16th +42% 2nd on par with peers
Merced, CA $63,122 26th +40% 3rd 19% below peers
Avondale, AZ $86,123 15th +39% 4th 11% above peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 30th +39% 5th 28% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $63,732 25th +37% 6th 18% below peers
Albany, NY $61,986 27th +35% 7th 20% below peers
Hesperia, CA $72,160 20th +35% 8th 7% below peers
Inglewood, CA $72,750 19th +34% 9th 6% below peers
Lynn, MA $75,043 18th +34% 10th 3% below peers
Tracy, CA $121,119 5th +32% 11th 56% above peers
Daly City, CA $123,547 4th +31% 12th 59% above peers
Davenport, IA $66,200 23rd +30% 13th 15% below peers
Federal Way, WA $86,909 14th +29% 14th 12% above peers
Kenosha, WI $71,239 21st +29% 15th 8% below peers
Burbank, CA $97,082 11th +28% 16th 25% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $106,273 8th +28% 17th 37% above peers
Quincy, MA $98,882 10th +27% 18th 27% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $159,307 1st +27% 19th 105% above peers
San Angelo, TX $65,864 24th +27% 20th 15% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $60,177 28th +27% 21st 23% below peers
Edmond, OK $103,183 9th +27% 22nd 33% above peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 7th +27% 23rd 43% above peers
Roanoke, VA $55,378 31st +25% 24th 29% below peers
Plantation, FL $92,541 12th +24% 25th 19% above peers
New Bedford, MA $56,981 29th +23% 26th 27% below peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 2nd +23% 27th 98% above peers
Longmont, CO $90,671 13th +22% 28th 17% above peers
El Cajon, CA $67,511 22nd +22% 29th 13% below peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 3rd +21% 30th 69% above peers
Atascocita, TX $118,226 6th +18% 31st 52% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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17 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,074 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.3% in July 2026, up from 4.7% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.3%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.6% (Jul 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Burbank, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th -1.3pp 1st 20% above peers
Inglewood, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th -1.1pp 2nd 16% above peers
Hesperia, CA 6.6% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 3rd 35% above peers
South Bend, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 7th -0.7pp 4th 12% below peers
Davenport, IA 4.6% (Jul 26) 11th -0.6pp 5th 6% below peers
Vacaville, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 15th -0.6pp 6th on par with peers
Daly City, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.5pp 7th 24% below peers
Merced, CA 8.1% (Jul 26) 28th -0.5pp 8th 65% above peers
Tracy, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 20th -0.4pp 9th 8% above peers
El Cajon, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st -0.3pp 10th 8% above peers
Lynn, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 11th 6% above peers
Quincy, MA 4.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 12th 12% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 13th 20% below peers
New Bedford, MA 6.6% (Jul 26) 27th +0.1pp 14th 35% above peers
Kenosha, WI 3.6% (Jul 26) 1st +0.1pp 15th 27% below peers
Longmont, CO 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 16th 12% below peers
Albany, NY 4.8% (Jul 26) 14th +0.3pp 17th 2% below peers
Avondale, AZ 5.0% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 18th 2% above peers
Federal Way, WA 5.6% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.3pp 19th 14% above peers
San Angelo, TX 3.7% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.3pp 20th 24% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 21st 4% below peers
Deltona, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th +0.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Roanoke, VA 4.2% (Jul 26) 6th +0.5pp 23rd 14% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 24th 8% above peers
Plantation, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.7pp 25th 12% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 5.1% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Sunrise, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 13th +0.8pp 27th 4% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.8% (Jul 26) 4th +0.9pp 28th 22% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.8% then, 16.3% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 11.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.7% to 16.3%).
Needs attention 16.3%
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%
San Angelo, TX 11.0% 17th -3.3pp 1st 1% above peers
Edmond, OK 8.1% 6th -2.0pp 2nd 25% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.2% 12th -2.4pp 3rd 6% below peers
Merced, CA 23.9% 31st -5.4pp 4th 120% above peers
Avondale, AZ 10.9% 16th -2.4pp 5th on par with peers
Lynn, MA 13.8% 20th -2.8pp 6th 27% above peers
Hesperia, CA 16.9% 24th -2.9pp 7th 56% above peers
Kenosha, WI 13.7% 19th -2.4pp 8th 26% above peers
Sunrise, FL 10.7% 14th -1.6pp 9th 2% below peers
Inglewood, CA 14.6% 21st -2.1pp 10th 35% above peers
South Bend, IN 20.8% 29th -2.8pp 11th 92% above peers
Roanoke, VA 18.3% 26th -2.4pp 12th 69% above peers
Longmont, CO 8.6% 9th -1.0pp 13th 21% below peers
Davenport, IA 15.2% 22nd -1.4pp 14th 40% above peers
Quincy, MA 10.6% 13th -0.7pp 15th 3% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.8% 5th -0.3pp 16th 28% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 17.7% 25th -0.6pp 17th 63% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 16.3% 23rd -0.5pp 18th 50% above peers
Albany, NY 22.9% 30th +0.0pp 19th 111% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.9% 1st +0.0pp 20th 73% below peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 4th +0.1pp 21st 29% below peers
New Bedford, MA 20.6% 28th +0.3pp 22nd 89% above peers
Burbank, CA 10.7% 15th +0.2pp 23rd 1% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 31% below peers
El Cajon, CA 20.5% 27th +1.2pp 25th 89% above peers
Federal Way, WA 13.0% 18th +1.0pp 26th 20% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 7th +0.7pp 27th 24% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 10.0% 10th +0.9pp 28th 8% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.2% 8th +0.9pp 29th 24% below peers
Plantation, FL 10.0% 11th +1.6pp 30th 8% below peers
Atascocita, TX 7.4% 2nd +1.2pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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17 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (28.0% then, 25.7% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 18.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.8% to 25.7%).
Needs attention 25.7%
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%
San Angelo, TX 12.5% 13th -9.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 21st -6.0pp 2nd 51% above peers
Sunrise, FL 13.2% 16th -3.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 24.6% 25th -7.2pp 4th 87% above peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 4th -2.6pp 5th 28% below peers
Edmond, OK 9.6% 6th -2.6pp 6th 27% below peers
Davenport, IA 19.3% 20th -5.0pp 7th 46% above peers
Longmont, CO 10.7% 9th -2.7pp 8th 19% below peers
Deltona, FL 12.5% 14th -3.1pp 9th 5% below peers
Avondale, AZ 15.1% 17th -3.4pp 10th 15% above peers
Kenosha, WI 19.1% 19th -4.3pp 11th 45% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.9% 18th -3.4pp 12th 36% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.0% 1st -0.4pp 13th 85% below peers
Quincy, MA 12.6% 15th -2.3pp 14th 4% below peers
New Bedford, MA 25.9% 27th -4.4pp 15th 96% above peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 30th -4.8pp 16th 121% above peers
Merced, CA 33.4% 31st -5.5pp 17th 153% above peers
Inglewood, CA 20.3% 22nd -2.9pp 18th 54% above peers
Albany, NY 28.3% 29th -3.1pp 19th 115% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 25.7% 26th -2.3pp 20th 95% above peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 7th -0.8pp 21st 26% below peers
Tracy, CA 10.8% 10th -0.3pp 22nd 18% below peers
El Cajon, CA 26.5% 28th -0.3pp 23rd 101% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 2nd +0.6pp 24th 32% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 24.4% 24th +1.9pp 25th 85% above peers
Federal Way, WA 20.4% 23rd +1.9pp 26th 55% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 9.6% 5th +0.9pp 27th 28% below peers
Burbank, CA 10.8% 11th +1.6pp 28th 18% below peers
Atascocita, TX 9.4% 3rd +1.5pp 29th 29% below peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 12th +2.0pp 30th 18% below peers
Daly City, CA 10.0% 8th +2.4pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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16 of 28 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 99% 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 ±3.5pp 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 9.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.9% to 90.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Fort Myers 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 17.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.6% to 90.0%).
Bright spot 90.0%
20172024
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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 91.7% +8.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
South Bend, IN 89.1% 26th +17.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Sunrise, FL 92.1% 22nd +15.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Davenport, IA 90.0% 25th +12.3pp 3rd 4% below peers
Lynn, MA 91.5% 23rd +11.5pp 4th 3% below peers
Roanoke, VA 85.9% 31st +10.5pp 5th 9% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 88.3% 28th +10.8pp 6th 6% below peers
New Bedford, MA 86.7% 30th +9.8pp 7th 8% below peers
San Angelo, TX 87.9% 29th +9.8pp 8th 7% below peers
Burbank, CA 95.0% 9th +10.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Deltona, FL 94.7% 12th +10.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 90.0% 24th +9.1pp 11th 4% below peers
Kenosha, WI 92.5% 19th +9.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Inglewood, CA 92.2% 21st +9.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Albany, NY 88.4% 27th +8.1pp 14th 6% below peers
Quincy, MA 94.6% 13th +7.8pp 15th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 95.0% 10th +7.6pp 16th 1% above peers
Merced, CA 94.3% 14th +6.6pp 17th on par with peers
Plantation, FL 95.2% 8th +6.4pp 18th 1% above peers
El Cajon, CA 93.6% 17th +5.7pp 19th on par with peers
Avondale, AZ 92.5% 20th +5.6pp 20th 2% below peers
Daly City, CA 94.8% 11th +5.5pp 21st 1% above peers
Federal Way, WA 94.0% 16th +5.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Edmond, OK 96.3% 3rd +4.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Hesperia, CA 94.1% 15th +4.5pp 24th on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 6th +3.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 4th +3.1pp 26th 2% above peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 5th +2.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Atascocita, TX 97.4% 2nd +2.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Tracy, CA 95.2% 7th +2.1pp 29th 1% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 93.3% 18th +1.9pp 30th 1% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 98.1% 1st +1.8pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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17 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 (0.51 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 0.51
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
Atascocita, TX 0.35 1st -0.040 1st 21% below peers
Avondale, AZ 0.38 2nd -0.023 2nd 16% below peers
Kenosha, WI 0.43 9th -0.021 3rd 4% below peers
San Angelo, TX 0.45 17th -0.021 4th on par with peers
Davenport, IA 0.44 14th -0.019 5th 1% below peers
Edmond, OK 0.47 22nd -0.021 6th 6% above peers
Deltona, FL 0.38 3rd -0.011 7th 16% below peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 6th -0.011 8th 11% below peers
New Bedford, MA 0.45 18th -0.010 9th 1% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 0.38 4th -0.008 10th 15% below peers
Albany, NY 0.49 27th -0.009 11th 9% above peers
Hesperia, CA 0.40 7th -0.008 12th 9% below peers
Merced, CA 0.47 20th -0.008 13th 5% above peers
Sunrise, FL 0.44 13th -0.006 14th 2% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 23rd -0.006 15th 7% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 0.51 30th -0.001 16th 14% above peers
Inglewood, CA 0.45 15th -0.001 17th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 0.45 16th +0.003 18th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 0.45 19th +0.008 19th 2% above peers
Longmont, CO 0.43 10th +0.009 20th 4% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 0.56 31st +0.012 21st 25% above peers
Lynn, MA 0.47 21st +0.012 22nd 5% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 0.48 24th +0.013 23rd 7% above peers
Burbank, CA 0.50 28th +0.017 24th 11% above peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 8th +0.014 25th 9% below peers
Federal Way, WA 0.43 11th +0.015 26th 3% below peers
Tracy, CA 0.38 5th +0.014 27th 14% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 26th +0.023 28th 8% above peers
Roanoke, VA 0.51 29th +0.028 29th 14% above peers
Plantation, FL 0.48 25th +0.033 30th 8% above peers
Daly City, CA 0.44 12th +0.031 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 16.2% to 12.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way. Fort Myers started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 7.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (20.8% to 12.8%).
Bright spot 12.8%
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
Wichita Falls, TX 12.0% 14th -3.4pp 1st 7% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 12.8% 16th -3.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Avondale, AZ 12.0% 15th -2.6pp 3rd 7% below peers
Albany, NY 18.6% 25th -3.7pp 4th 45% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.2% 1st -0.2pp 5th 91% below peers
Kenosha, WI 16.5% 20th -2.4pp 6th 29% above peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 23rd -2.0pp 7th 30% above peers
Sunrise, FL 14.4% 18th -1.6pp 8th 12% above peers
Roanoke, VA 16.6% 22nd -1.9pp 9th 30% above peers
Federal Way, WA 16.6% 21st -1.4pp 10th 29% above peers
San Angelo, TX 9.8% 13th -0.2pp 11th 23% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 27th +0.1pp 12th 55% above peers
Deltona, FL 17.2% 24th +0.2pp 13th 34% above peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 8th +0.2pp 14th 37% below peers
Lynn, MA 28.9% 29th +0.9pp 15th 125% above peers
Longmont, CO 9.2% 11th +0.4pp 16th 28% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.1% 9th +0.7pp 17th 37% below peers
Atascocita, TX 5.3% 4th +0.4pp 18th 59% below peers
Davenport, IA 14.6% 19th +1.2pp 19th 13% above peers
Edmond, OK 6.6% 5th +0.6pp 20th 49% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 7th +1.2pp 21st 37% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 3rd +0.6pp 22nd 70% below peers
El Cajon, CA 24.7% 28th +3.6pp 23rd 93% above peers
Merced, CA 30.0% 30th +4.9pp 24th 134% above peers
New Bedford, MA 31.0% 31st +5.4pp 25th 141% above peers
Tracy, CA 9.7% 12th +2.1pp 26th 24% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 27th 77% below peers
Inglewood, CA 18.7% 26th +5.4pp 28th 46% above peers
Quincy, MA 13.8% 17th +4.1pp 29th 8% above peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 6th +2.6pp 30th 40% below peers
Burbank, CA 9.2% 10th +4.4pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 99% 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 ±1.7pp 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 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 9% higher than in 2021 ($279,604 then, $305,650 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $376,936 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $305,650 in August 2026, down from $321,850 a year earlier.
Big move $305,650
2000August 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 $375,470 (Aug 26) -1.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
South Bend, IN $201,639 (Aug 26) 29th +7.2% 1st 56% below peers
Kenosha, WI $284,850 (Aug 26) 26th +6.6% 2nd 38% below peers
San Mateo, CA $1,672,329 (Aug 26) 1st +4.6% 3rd 262% above peers
Albany, NY $332,657 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.2% 4th 28% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $576,824 (Aug 26) 12th +3.7% 5th 25% above peers
Davenport, IA $196,283 (Aug 26) 30th +3.6% 6th 58% below peers
New Bedford, MA $442,741 (Aug 26) 17th +3.6% 7th 4% below peers
Daly City, CA $1,115,941 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.2% 8th 142% above peers
Roanoke, VA $279,227 (Aug 26) 27th +2.6% 9th 40% below peers
Inglewood, CA $749,827 (Aug 26) 5th +2.3% 10th 62% above peers
Quincy, MA $679,587 (Aug 26) 7th +1.8% 11th 47% above peers
Hesperia, CA $462,029 (Aug 26) 16th +1.8% 12th on par with peers
Wichita Falls, TX $176,929 (Aug 26) 31st +1.6% 13th 62% below peers
Edmond, OK $355,447 (Aug 26) 21st +0.8% 14th 23% below peers
Lynn, MA $580,377 (Aug 26) 11th +0.7% 15th 26% above peers
Columbia, MD $507,609 (Aug 26) 14th +0.5% 16th 10% above peers
Burbank, CA $1,176,932 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.0% 17th 155% above peers
El Cajon, CA $817,309 (Aug 26) 4th -0.5% 18th 77% above peers
Vacaville, CA $601,486 (Aug 26) 9th -0.5% 19th 30% above peers
Federal Way, WA $586,172 (Aug 26) 10th -0.5% 20th 27% above peers
Deltona, FL $298,293 (Aug 26) 25th -0.7% 21st 35% below peers
Merced, CA $395,807 (Aug 26) 18th -1.0% 22nd 14% below peers
Avondale, AZ $394,129 (Aug 26) 19th -1.3% 23rd 15% below peers
Longmont, CO $544,848 (Aug 26) 13th -1.6% 24th 18% above peers
Atascocita, TX $307,522 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.7% 25th 33% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $694,234 (Aug 26) 6th -1.8% 26th 50% above peers
Plantation, FL $495,099 (Aug 26) 15th -2.1% 27th 7% above peers
Sunrise, FL $362,274 (Aug 26) 20th -3.0% 28th 22% below peers
San Angelo, TX $212,773 (Aug 26) 28th -3.7% 29th 54% below peers
Tracy, CA $672,627 (Aug 26) 8th -4.4% 30th 46% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $305,650 (Aug 26) 24th -5.0% 31st 34% 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 7% 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 ($168,221 then, $186,782 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $240,222 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $186,782 in August 2026, down from $201,693 a year earlier.
Big move $186,782
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%
South Bend, IN $120,201 (Aug 26) 30th +10.6% 1st 65% below peers
Kenosha, WI $222,966 (Aug 26) 24th +7.1% 2nd 35% below peers
Albany, NY $249,246 (Aug 26) 21st +5.1% 3rd 28% below peers
Davenport, IA $127,899 (Aug 26) 29th +4.8% 4th 63% below peers
New Bedford, MA $365,962 (Aug 26) 14th +4.3% 5th 6% above peers
Hesperia, CA $402,152 (Aug 26) 13th +2.6% 6th 17% above peers
Inglewood, CA $567,590 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 7th 65% above peers
Roanoke, VA $183,673 (Aug 26) 26th +1.9% 8th 47% below peers
Daly City, CA $879,603 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.7% 9th 156% above peers
San Mateo, CA $995,042 (Aug 26) 1st +1.7% 10th 189% above peers
Quincy, MA $477,931 (Aug 26) 9th +1.4% 11th 39% above peers
Edmond, OK $252,887 (Aug 26) 19th +1.0% 12th 27% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $89,547 (Aug 26) 31st +0.6% 13th 74% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $264,633 (Aug 26) 18th +0.3% 14th 23% below peers
Lynn, MA $446,726 (Aug 26) 10th +0.2% 15th 30% above peers
Burbank, CA $868,131 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.0% 16th 152% above peers
El Cajon, CA $591,375 (Aug 26) 4th -0.2% 17th 72% above peers
Merced, CA $323,928 (Aug 26) 17th -0.3% 18th 6% below peers
Columbia, MD $359,977 (Aug 26) 15th -0.3% 19th 5% above peers
Deltona, FL $248,755 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.6% 20th 28% below peers
Vacaville, CA $502,951 (Aug 26) 8th -0.8% 21st 46% above peers
Federal Way, WA $417,504 (Aug 26) 12th -1.3% 22nd 21% above peers
Avondale, AZ $344,189 (Aug 26) 16th -1.3% 23rd on par with peers
Atascocita, TX $251,852 (Aug 26) 20th -1.4% 24th 27% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $568,805 (Aug 26) 5th -1.7% 25th 65% above peers
Longmont, CO $423,526 (Aug 26) 11th -2.4% 26th 23% above peers
San Angelo, TX $133,030 (Aug 26) 28th -3.8% 27th 61% below peers
Tracy, CA $548,866 (Aug 26) 7th -4.0% 28th 59% above peers
Plantation, FL $246,728 (Aug 26) 23rd -4.7% 29th 28% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $186,782 (Aug 26) 25th -7.4% 30th 46% below peers
Sunrise, FL $139,376 (Aug 26) 27th -7.8% 31st 60% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.6% then, 49.1% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 49.1%).
Needs attention 49.1%
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%
Avondale, AZ 61.6% 14th +6.6pp 1st 2% above peers
Merced, CA 45.9% 25th +4.6pp 2nd 24% below peers
Hesperia, CA 67.2% 7th +5.8pp 3rd 12% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 6th +5.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Lynn, MA 48.1% 24th +3.2pp 5th 20% below peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 16th +3.0pp 6th on par with peers
Kenosha, WI 58.7% 18th +2.9pp 7th 2% below peers
El Cajon, CA 41.5% 28th +1.8pp 8th 31% below peers
Deltona, FL 80.2% 2nd +3.1pp 9th 33% above peers
Tracy, CA 65.0% 9th +2.2pp 10th 8% above peers
Sunrise, FL 68.8% 5th +2.3pp 11th 14% above peers
Burbank, CA 43.3% 27th +1.4pp 12th 28% below peers
Daly City, CA 60.2% 17th +1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 70.3% 4th +2.1pp 14th 17% above peers
Atascocita, TX 82.5% 1st +2.4pp 15th 37% above peers
Longmont, CO 62.5% 13th +1.8pp 16th 4% above peers
San Angelo, TX 61.2% 15th +1.4pp 17th 2% above peers
Roanoke, VA 52.4% 21st +1.0pp 18th 13% below peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 30th +0.7pp 19th 37% below peers
Inglewood, CA 36.2% 31st +0.4pp 20th 40% below peers
Davenport, IA 62.9% 12th +0.6pp 21st 4% above peers
Plantation, FL 64.3% 11th +0.5pp 22nd 7% above peers
New Bedford, MA 40.3% 29th +0.1pp 23rd 33% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 56.4% 19th +0.1pp 24th 6% below peers
Federal Way, WA 55.3% 20th -0.4pp 25th 8% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 10th -0.7pp 26th 8% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 49.1% 23rd -0.5pp 27th 19% below peers
Quincy, MA 45.2% 26th -0.9pp 28th 25% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 78.1% 3rd -2.1pp 29th 30% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 65.7% 8th -5.5pp 30th 9% above peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 22nd -4.5pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent is about 12% higher than in 2021 ($1,559 then, $1,745 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $1,908 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,745 in August 2026, down from $1,765 a year earlier.
$1,745
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%
Daly City, CA $2,962 (Aug 26) 2nd +9.8% 1st 45% above peers
San Mateo, CA $3,917 (Aug 26) 1st +9.6% 2nd 92% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $1,362 (Aug 26) 28th +7.6% 3rd 33% below peers
Kenosha, WI $1,638 (Aug 26) 25th +5.8% 4th 20% below peers
San Angelo, TX $1,304 (Aug 26) 29th +5.1% 5th 36% below peers
Albany, NY $1,631 (Aug 26) 26th +4.9% 6th 20% below peers
Deltona, FL $2,039 (Aug 26) 16th +4.7% 7th on par with peers
New Bedford, MA $1,841 (Aug 26) 20th +4.5% 8th 10% below peers
Davenport, IA $971 (Aug 26) 31st +4.3% 9th 52% below peers
Columbia, MD $2,259 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 10th 11% above peers
Roanoke, VA $1,413 (Aug 26) 27th +3.4% 11th 31% below peers
South Bend, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 30th +3.0% 12th 36% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $2,949 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.0% 13th 45% above peers
Hesperia, CA $2,229 (Aug 26) 15th +2.7% 14th 9% above peers
Lynn, MA $2,313 (Aug 26) 12th +2.3% 15th 13% above peers
Edmond, OK $1,690 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.2% 16th 17% below peers
Merced, CA $2,028 (Aug 26) 17th +1.8% 17th 1% below peers
Federal Way, WA $1,907 (Aug 26) 19th +1.6% 18th 6% below peers
Vacaville, CA $2,614 (Aug 26) 7th +1.5% 19th 28% above peers
Longmont, CO $1,923 (Aug 26) 18th +1.2% 20th 6% below peers
Burbank, CA $2,783 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 21st 36% above peers
Quincy, MA $2,770 (Aug 26) 5th +0.8% 22nd 36% above peers
Plantation, FL $2,470 (Aug 26) 10th +0.8% 23rd 21% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $2,597 (Aug 26) 8th +0.7% 24th 27% above peers
Sunrise, FL $2,457 (Aug 26) 11th +0.6% 25th 21% above peers
Tracy, CA $2,701 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 26th 32% above peers
Atascocita, TX $1,808 (Aug 26) 21st +0.2% 27th 11% below peers
El Cajon, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 13th +0.2% 28th 12% above peers
Inglewood, CA $2,492 (Aug 26) 9th -0.8% 29th 22% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $1,745 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.1% 30th 14% below peers
Avondale, AZ $1,688 (Aug 26) 24th -1.2% 31st 17% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.9% to 44.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.1% to 44.6%).
Needs attention 44.6%
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
Roanoke, VA 33.6% 11th -3.8pp 1st 13% below peers
Albany, NY 39.3% 17th -2.8pp 2nd 1% above peers
Deltona, FL 32.7% 10th -2.2pp 3rd 16% below peers
Davenport, IA 29.4% 5th -1.9pp 4th 24% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 30.1% 6th -1.9pp 5th 22% below peers
Kenosha, WI 32.0% 9th -1.5pp 6th 17% below peers
Tracy, CA 35.3% 13th -1.2pp 7th 9% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 4th -0.7pp 8th 29% below peers
Quincy, MA 39.8% 18th -0.7pp 9th 3% above peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 7th -0.5pp 10th 21% below peers
Merced, CA 43.4% 21st -0.6pp 11th 12% above peers
Daly City, CA 41.5% 19th -0.5pp 12th 7% above peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 15th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 27.7% 3rd +0.6pp 14th 29% below peers
Burbank, CA 47.7% 28th +2.1pp 15th 23% above peers
Avondale, AZ 35.2% 12th +1.6pp 16th 9% below peers
Sunrise, FL 47.6% 27th +2.7pp 17th 23% above peers
Lynn, MA 49.7% 29th +2.9pp 18th 28% above peers
Inglewood, CA 54.9% 30th +3.4pp 19th 42% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 16th +2.5pp 20th on par with peers
San Angelo, TX 32.0% 8th +2.1pp 21st 17% below peers
Federal Way, WA 42.3% 20th +2.8pp 22nd 9% above peers
Hesperia, CA 45.0% 24th +3.6pp 23rd 16% above peers
Atascocita, TX 25.7% 1st +2.4pp 24th 34% below peers
El Cajon, CA 55.4% 31st +5.6pp 25th 43% above peers
Longmont, CO 37.1% 14th +3.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Plantation, FL 44.7% 23rd +4.9pp 27th 15% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 44.6% 22nd +5.7pp 28th 15% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 45.1% 25th +6.1pp 29th 16% above peers
New Bedford, MA 45.9% 26th +6.5pp 30th 18% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 26.6% 2nd +5.0pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.9% then, 10.2% now; margin ±2.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.0% to 10.2%).
Needs attention 10.2%
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
Kenosha, WI 5.7% 13th -2.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Longmont, CO 4.2% 7th -1.6pp 2nd 34% below peers
Sunrise, FL 5.9% 15th -2.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
New Bedford, MA 16.6% 29th -4.4pp 4th 163% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.1% 28th -3.1pp 5th 123% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.2% 30th -3.8pp 6th 173% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 24th -2.0pp 7th 56% above peers
Deltona, FL 2.6% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 58% below peers
Merced, CA 8.9% 22nd -1.8pp 9th 42% above peers
Roanoke, VA 11.0% 27th -2.1pp 10th 74% above peers
San Angelo, TX 5.5% 12th -1.0pp 11th 13% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 10.2% 26th -1.7pp 12th 62% above peers
Federal Way, WA 6.3% 16th -1.0pp 13th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 3.3% 4th -0.5pp 14th 48% below peers
El Cajon, CA 8.1% 19th -1.0pp 15th 29% above peers
Albany, NY 24.0% 31st -2.2pp 16th 281% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 6th -0.3pp 17th 36% below peers
Avondale, AZ 4.6% 8th -0.2pp 18th 27% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 7.4% 18th -0.1pp 19th 17% above peers
Atascocita, TX 1.5% 1st -0.0pp 20th 76% below peers
Tracy, CA 3.4% 5th -0.0pp 21st 47% below peers
Davenport, IA 9.0% 23rd +0.1pp 22nd 43% above peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 14th +0.1pp 23rd 8% below peers
Burbank, CA 8.3% 20th +0.2pp 24th 32% above peers
Daly City, CA 8.4% 21st +0.2pp 25th 34% above peers
Inglewood, CA 9.9% 25th +0.5pp 26th 56% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.7% 3rd +0.2pp 27th 58% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 5.2% 10th +0.7pp 28th 17% below peers
Plantation, FL 5.3% 11th +0.9pp 29th 16% below peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 17th +1.8pp 30th 8% above peers
Hesperia, CA 4.7% 9th +1.2pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.7% to 17.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.2% to 17.8%).
Needs attention 17.8%
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
Vacaville, CA 2.6% 1st -1.6pp 1st 64% below peers
Burbank, CA 4.0% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 44% below peers
Sunrise, FL 9.8% 25th -3.2pp 3rd 37% above peers
Inglewood, CA 9.6% 23rd -2.8pp 4th 34% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 19th -2.1pp 5th 23% above peers
Lynn, MA 4.1% 6th -0.9pp 6th 43% below peers
El Cajon, CA 6.5% 13th -1.4pp 7th 9% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.5% 21st -1.6pp 8th 32% above peers
Kenosha, WI 6.2% 12th -1.1pp 9th 13% below peers
Tracy, CA 5.4% 10th -0.8pp 10th 24% below peers
Roanoke, VA 9.8% 24th -1.0pp 11th 37% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 7.2% 16th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 5th -0.1pp 13th 44% below peers
Merced, CA 7.6% 17th +0.0pp 14th 6% above peers
Albany, NY 5.2% 8th +0.3pp 15th 28% below peers
Quincy, MA 3.5% 2nd +0.2pp 16th 51% below peers
Atascocita, TX 9.0% 20th +0.7pp 17th 26% above peers
Longmont, CO 7.2% 15th +0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 7.8% 18th +0.7pp 19th 8% above peers
Daly City, CA 5.6% 11th +0.6pp 20th 22% below peers
San Angelo, TX 15.3% 29th +1.7pp 21st 114% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 16.8% 30th +1.9pp 22nd 134% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 17.8% 31st +2.1pp 23rd 148% above peers
Deltona, FL 12.3% 27th +1.5pp 24th 72% above peers
Federal Way, WA 10.2% 26th +1.3pp 25th 42% above peers
New Bedford, MA 5.4% 9th +0.7pp 26th 25% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.6% 7th +0.7pp 27th 36% below peers
Davenport, IA 6.6% 14th +1.0pp 28th 8% below peers
Avondale, AZ 13.4% 28th +2.2pp 29th 88% above peers
Hesperia, CA 9.5% 22nd +1.8pp 30th 32% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 3.8% 3rd +1.9pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 99% 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 ±1.4pp 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 roughly in line with the peer median.

33.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Daly City, CA 19.1% 1st 42% below peers
Longmont, CO 19.7% 2nd 40% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 20.8% 3rd 37% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 4th 33% below peers
Burbank, CA 24.6% 5th 25% below peers
Quincy, MA 25.5% 6th 23% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 26.9% 7th 18% below peers
Federal Way, WA 27.8% 8th 16% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 9th 12% below peers
Plantation, FL 29.5% 10th 11% below peers
El Cajon, CA 29.6% 11th 10% below peers
Atascocita, TX 32.1% 12th 3% below peers
Sunrise, FL 32.2% 13th 2% below peers
Tracy, CA 32.4% 14th 2% below peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 15th 2% below peers
Inglewood, CA 33.0% 16th on par with peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.9% 17th 3% above peers
Lynn, MA 34.3% 18th 4% above peers
Merced, CA 34.4% 19th 4% above peers
Edmond, OK 34.7% 20th 5% above peers
Deltona, FL 35.2% 21st 7% above peers
Avondale, AZ 36.2% 22nd 10% above peers
Roanoke, VA 36.3% 23rd 10% above peers
San Angelo, TX 37.0% 24th 12% above peers
New Bedford, MA 37.3% 25th 13% above peers
Hesperia, CA 38.0% 26th 15% above peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 27th 16% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 38.8% 28th 18% above peers
Davenport, IA 41.2% 29th 25% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 30th 27% above peers
Kenosha, WI 43.7% 31st 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.1% to 15.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.0% to 15.2%).
Needs attention 15.2%
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
Burbank, CA 1.7% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 61% below peers
New Bedford, MA 1.5% 1st -1.7pp 2nd 66% below peers
Inglewood, CA 4.3% 16th -1.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Plantation, FL 6.5% 23rd -2.1pp 4th 50% above peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 14th -1.0pp 5th 7% below peers
El Cajon, CA 3.2% 7th -0.5pp 6th 27% below peers
Tracy, CA 3.3% 9th -0.4pp 7th 23% below peers
Davenport, IA 3.3% 8th -0.0pp 8th 24% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 10.4% 27th +1.6pp 9th 140% above peers
Merced, CA 3.4% 10th +0.5pp 10th 22% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 6.7% 24th +1.1pp 11th 54% above peers
Kenosha, WI 3.6% 12th +0.6pp 12th 17% below peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 13th 61% below peers
Longmont, CO 4.1% 15th +1.1pp 14th 6% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.2% 31st +4.2pp 15th 252% above peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 11th +0.9pp 16th 22% below peers
Atascocita, TX 7.8% 25th +2.3pp 17th 81% above peers
Avondale, AZ 11.4% 29th +3.4pp 18th 164% above peers
Edmond, OK 5.0% 19th +1.6pp 19th 16% above peers
San Angelo, TX 12.7% 30th +4.5pp 20th 194% above peers
Federal Way, WA 3.9% 13th +1.4pp 21st 9% below peers
Sunrise, FL 7.9% 26th +3.0pp 22nd 82% above peers
Hesperia, CA 6.0% 21st +2.5pp 23rd 39% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.0% 6th +1.3pp 24th 31% below peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 4th +1.0pp 25th 53% below peers
Roanoke, VA 6.2% 22nd +3.1pp 26th 44% above peers
Lynn, MA 2.2% 5th +1.2pp 27th 49% below peers
Albany, NY 4.7% 17th +3.0pp 28th 9% above peers
Deltona, FL 10.6% 28th +6.8pp 29th 144% above peers
Daly City, CA 5.2% 20th +3.6pp 30th 20% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 4.9% 18th +4.0pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±2.7pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.7% then, 32.0% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.9% to 32.0%).
32.0%
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 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lynn, MA 24.1% 25th +5.5pp 1st 20% below peers
Tracy, CA 28.5% 20th +6.5pp 2nd 5% below peers
Roanoke, VA 30.0% 16th +6.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Sunrise, FL 33.6% 13th +6.9pp 4th 12% above peers
Deltona, FL 19.9% 29th +3.7pp 5th 34% below peers
Merced, CA 20.2% 28th +3.7pp 6th 33% below peers
Kenosha, WI 29.0% 19th +4.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Inglewood, CA 25.2% 23rd +4.0pp 8th 16% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 21st +4.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Davenport, IA 29.9% 17th +4.4pp 10th on par with peers
Avondale, AZ 21.3% 27th +2.8pp 11th 29% below peers
Albany, NY 45.3% 10th +5.7pp 12th 51% above peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 18th +3.6pp 13th 2% below peers
Federal Way, WA 30.8% 15th +3.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 61.8% 3rd +6.5pp 15th 106% above peers
Quincy, MA 50.3% 6th +5.2pp 16th 67% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.1% 7th +4.8pp 17th 57% above peers
El Cajon, CA 23.0% 26th +2.1pp 18th 23% below peers
Longmont, CO 47.0% 8th +4.1pp 19th 56% above peers
Edmond, OK 57.6% 5th +4.2pp 20th 92% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 32.0% 14th +2.3pp 21st 7% above peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 4th +3.6pp 22nd 93% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 25.4% 22nd +1.6pp 23rd 16% below peers
Hesperia, CA 11.9% 31st +0.7pp 24th 60% below peers
Plantation, FL 45.9% 9th +2.6pp 25th 53% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 67.8% 1st +3.4pp 26th 126% above peers
Atascocita, TX 38.9% 12th +1.2pp 27th 30% above peers
Daly City, CA 38.9% 11th +1.2pp 28th 30% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 2nd +0.9pp 29th 112% above peers
New Bedford, MA 17.0% 30th +0.0pp 30th 43% below peers
San Angelo, TX 24.7% 24th +0.0pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 23.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56.4% to 33.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.4pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 10.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.0% to 33.2%).
Needs attention 33.2%
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%
Lynn, MA 32.8% 28th +6.9pp 1st 27% below peers
Roanoke, VA 49.8% 12th +7.3pp 2nd 10% above peers
El Cajon, CA 52.0% 11th +6.0pp 3rd 15% above peers
Kenosha, WI 44.3% 17th +4.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Hesperia, CA 30.0% 29th +3.0pp 5th 34% below peers
Longmont, CO 72.5% 1st +7.1pp 6th 61% above peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 21st +3.5pp 7th 18% below peers
Davenport, IA 43.8% 18th +3.5pp 8th 3% below peers
Edmond, OK 52.5% 10th +3.5pp 9th 17% above peers
Plantation, FL 60.9% 5th +2.2pp 10th 35% above peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 4th +1.8pp 11th 40% above peers
Deltona, FL 36.5% 23rd +1.0pp 12th 19% below peers
Albany, NY 57.2% 7th -0.5pp 13th 27% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 45.8% 15th -0.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 71.5% 2nd -1.8pp 15th 59% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 64.2% 3rd -3.5pp 16th 42% above peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 8th -4.3pp 17th 25% above peers
Quincy, MA 59.9% 6th -8.1pp 18th 33% above peers
New Bedford, MA 36.5% 22nd -5.5pp 19th 19% below peers
Sunrise, FL 48.9% 14th -8.2pp 20th 8% above peers
Tracy, CA 37.7% 20th -7.0pp 21st 16% below peers
San Angelo, TX 34.5% 25th -7.8pp 22nd 23% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.6% 19th -10.2pp 23rd 8% below peers
Daly City, CA 49.4% 13th -12.7pp 24th 10% above peers
Atascocita, TX 45.1% 16th -13.6pp 25th on par with peers
Burbank, CA 53.0% 9th -21.8pp 26th 18% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 27th -14.3pp 27th 27% below peers
Merced, CA 36.2% 24th -19.4pp 28th 20% below peers
Federal Way, WA 20.7% 30th -14.1pp 29th 54% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.2% 26th -23.2pp 30th 26% below peers
Avondale, AZ 14.8% 31st -22.2pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.1% then, 8.6% now; margin ±6.3pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Avondale, AZ 4.2% 5th -6.6pp 1st 38% below peers
Federal Way, WA 5.3% 9th -7.4pp 2nd 21% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.4% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 79% below peers
Lynn, MA 5.7% 10th -3.6pp 4th 16% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.7% 3rd -2.0pp 5th 45% below peers
Davenport, IA 7.9% 20th -3.1pp 6th 17% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 24th -2.7pp 7th 31% above peers
El Cajon, CA 4.9% 6th -1.2pp 8th 27% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6.7% 15th -1.4pp 9th on par with peers
Kenosha, WI 8.1% 21st -1.6pp 10th 20% above peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 8th -0.9pp 11th 24% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 8.6% 23rd -0.5pp 12th 28% above peers
Sunrise, FL 6.6% 13th -0.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Daly City, CA 6.2% 12th +0.4pp 14th 9% below peers
Longmont, CO 10.8% 26th +0.7pp 15th 60% above peers
Merced, CA 11.9% 28th +0.8pp 16th 76% above peers
Plantation, FL 8.2% 22nd +0.5pp 17th 22% above peers
Roanoke, VA 13.0% 30th +2.7pp 18th 92% above peers
New Bedford, MA 10.0% 25th +2.2pp 19th 49% above peers
Hesperia, CA 13.2% 31st +2.9pp 20th 96% above peers
San Angelo, TX 6.8% 16th +1.5pp 21st on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.2% 2nd +0.7pp 22nd 53% below peers
Albany, NY 4.1% 4th +1.1pp 23rd 39% below peers
Burbank, CA 5.0% 7th +1.3pp 24th 26% below peers
Atascocita, TX 5.9% 11th +1.6pp 25th 12% below peers
Deltona, FL 7.3% 17th +2.4pp 26th 9% above peers
Tracy, CA 7.9% 19th +2.8pp 27th 16% above peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 14th +3.0pp 28th 1% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 18th +3.5pp 29th 9% above peers
Inglewood, CA 12.4% 29th +6.7pp 30th 84% above peers
Quincy, MA 11.0% 27th +9.1pp 31st 63% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 (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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.8pp 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 19% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79,927 to 95,051 - more than the combined survey margin (±93).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 44% from 2014 to 2024 (66,167 to 95,051).
Big move 95,051
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Atascocita, TX 99,354 22nd +22% 1st 1% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 95,051 29th +19% 2nd 5% below peers
Merced, CA 91,953 31st +11% 3rd 8% below peers
Avondale, AZ 92,477 30th +9% 4th 8% below peers
Lynn, MA 101,709 12th +8% 5th 1% above peers
Quincy, MA 102,114 10th +8% 6th 2% above peers
Deltona, FL 97,334 25th +8% 7th 3% below peers
Hesperia, CA 100,775 15th +7% 8th on par with peers
Tracy, CA 96,966 26th +7% 9th 4% below peers
New Bedford, MA 100,998 13th +6% 10th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 99,406 20th +5% 11th 1% below peers
Edmond, OK 96,825 27th +5% 12th 4% below peers
Sunrise, FL 97,918 24th +4% 13th 3% below peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 7th +4% 14th 2% above peers
Albany, NY 100,492 16th +3% 15th on par with peers
Federal Way, WA 99,493 19th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Plantation, FL 96,293 28th +3% 17th 4% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 100,234 17th +3% 18th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 104,449 3rd +1% 19th 4% above peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 6th +1% 20th 3% above peers
Burbank, CA 104,546 2nd +1% 21st 4% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 4th +0% 22nd 4% above peers
Kenosha, WI 99,372 21st -0% 23rd 1% below peers
San Angelo, TX 99,674 18th -0% 24th 1% below peers
Roanoke, VA 98,355 23rd -1% 25th 2% below peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 5th -1% 26th 3% above peers
Davenport, IA 100,913 14th -1% 27th on par with peers
Wichita Falls, TX 102,581 8th -2% 28th 2% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 102,257 9th -3% 29th 2% above peers
Daly City, CA 101,964 11th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Inglewood, CA 104,569 1st -5% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±61 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.7% to 19.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 1.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.5% to 19.1%).
Big move 19.1%
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
Burbank, CA 19.1% 25th +1.0pp 1st 15% below peers
New Bedford, MA 23.9% 11th +1.0pp 2nd 5% above peers
Roanoke, VA 22.6% 16th +0.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Plantation, FL 20.9% 21st +0.5pp 4th 8% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 22.3% 17th +0.3pp 5th 1% below peers
Merced, CA 29.9% 1st +0.4pp 6th 32% above peers
El Cajon, CA 25.6% 6th +0.3pp 7th 13% above peers
Edmond, OK 25.4% 8th -0.1pp 8th 12% above peers
San Angelo, TX 23.2% 13th -0.2pp 9th 2% above peers
Atascocita, TX 28.7% 3rd -0.3pp 10th 27% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.4% 29th -0.2pp 11th 36% below peers
Deltona, FL 23.1% 14th -0.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Sunrise, FL 20.7% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 9% below peers
Lynn, MA 24.1% 9th -0.4pp 14th 6% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 18th -0.8pp 15th 3% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 16.2% 28th -0.6pp 16th 28% below peers
Hesperia, CA 29.1% 2nd -1.5pp 17th 29% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 19th -1.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Federal Way, WA 22.8% 15th -1.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Kenosha, WI 23.3% 12th -1.4pp 20th 3% above peers
Tracy, CA 26.5% 5th -1.6pp 21st 17% above peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 7th -1.7pp 22nd 13% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 23rd -1.3pp 23rd 13% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 19.1% 26th -1.6pp 24th 16% below peers
Avondale, AZ 26.8% 4th -2.4pp 25th 18% above peers
Daly City, CA 14.4% 30th -1.3pp 26th 36% below peers
Davenport, IA 21.0% 20th -2.0pp 27th 7% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 24.0% 10th -3.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Inglewood, CA 19.4% 24th -4.2pp 29th 14% below peers
Longmont, CO 18.8% 27th -5.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Albany, NY 13.9% 31st -3.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (47.0% then, 45.2% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.4% to 45.2%).
Big move 45.2%
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
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 23rd +6.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 43.8% 8th +9.0pp 2nd 43% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 14.2% 31st +1.7pp 3rd 54% below peers
Burbank, CA 22.5% 24th +2.7pp 4th 26% below peers
Merced, CA 48.8% 3rd +3.9pp 5th 59% above peers
Lynn, MA 45.4% 5th +3.0pp 6th 48% above peers
Tracy, CA 19.0% 29th +1.2pp 7th 38% below peers
San Angelo, TX 36.1% 12th +2.1pp 8th 18% above peers
El Cajon, CA 28.9% 17th +1.3pp 9th 5% below peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 19th +0.2pp 10th 8% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 4th +0.1pp 11th 58% above peers
Deltona, FL 34.2% 14th -0.3pp 12th 12% above peers
Davenport, IA 39.0% 11th -0.4pp 13th 27% above peers
New Bedford, MA 55.6% 1st -0.6pp 14th 82% above peers
Avondale, AZ 34.9% 13th -0.6pp 15th 14% above peers
Roanoke, VA 51.7% 2nd -1.4pp 16th 69% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 45.2% 6th -1.8pp 17th 48% above peers
Longmont, CO 30.6% 16th -1.4pp 18th on par with peers
Daly City, CA 22.2% 25th -1.2pp 19th 27% below peers
Atascocita, TX 19.6% 27th -1.3pp 20th 36% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 19.9% 26th -1.5pp 21st 35% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.7% 9th -3.9pp 22nd 36% above peers
Kenosha, WI 41.2% 10th -4.4pp 23rd 35% above peers
Sunrise, FL 33.7% 15th -4.3pp 24th 10% above peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 22nd -4.0pp 25th 19% below peers
Quincy, MA 18.4% 30th -3.2pp 26th 40% below peers
Edmond, OK 19.1% 28th -4.0pp 27th 38% below peers
Federal Way, WA 27.5% 20th -5.9pp 28th 10% below peers
Hesperia, CA 28.8% 18th -7.3pp 29th 6% below peers
Albany, NY 44.6% 7th -14.5pp 30th 46% above peers
Plantation, FL 26.3% 21st -10.9pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±6.0pp 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 (72.6% then, 65.4% now; margin ±13.1pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.8% to 65.4%).
65.4%
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
Deltona, FL 82.2% 1st +13.8pp 1st 19% above peers
Merced, CA 64.6% 23rd +10.6pp 2nd 6% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 69.2% 15th +10.2pp 3rd 1% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 63.5% 25th +7.3pp 4th 8% below peers
Longmont, CO 66.4% 20th +6.6pp 5th 4% below peers
Atascocita, TX 74.2% 7th +7.2pp 6th 8% above peers
Quincy, MA 73.3% 9th +6.8pp 7th 6% above peers
San Angelo, TX 74.6% 6th +6.7pp 8th 8% above peers
New Bedford, MA 72.7% 10th +6.3pp 9th 6% above peers
Davenport, IA 78.9% 2nd +6.7pp 10th 15% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 68.8% 16th +5.6pp 11th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 54.3% 30th +3.8pp 12th 21% below peers
Plantation, FL 72.0% 11th +4.0pp 13th 5% above peers
Avondale, AZ 67.6% 18th +2.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Edmond, OK 64.3% 24th +2.5pp 15th 7% below peers
Tracy, CA 57.8% 29th +2.1pp 16th 16% below peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 3rd +2.9pp 17th 14% above peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 4th +2.0pp 18th 11% above peers
Roanoke, VA 70.4% 14th +1.2pp 19th 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 17th -1.0pp 20th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 28th -1.4pp 21st 14% below peers
Lynn, MA 71.2% 13th -2.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
Daly City, CA 74.1% 8th -2.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Sunrise, FL 75.5% 5th -4.9pp 24th 10% above peers
Federal Way, WA 60.3% 27th -4.1pp 25th 12% below peers
Burbank, CA 62.6% 26th -4.7pp 26th 9% below peers
Albany, NY 71.7% 12th -5.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Hesperia, CA 53.9% 31st -4.6pp 28th 22% below peers
Inglewood, CA 67.4% 19th -6.8pp 29th 2% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 65.4% 22nd -7.2pp 30th 5% below peers
Kenosha, WI 65.6% 21st -12.8pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±10.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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