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148,671 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Gainesville, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.6%
2020-24
▼ 61%
relative change
4.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$46,195
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$37,264 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.9%
2019-23
▼ 22%
relative change
11.4% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
53.7%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
45.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
7.4%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
8.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
53.0%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
62.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.1%
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
3.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Gainesville, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.8%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
9.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.6%
Jul 2026
▲ 18%
relative change
5.6% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
51.3%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
44.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
30.8%
2020-24
flat
relative change
30.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
85.7%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
84.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.53
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
0.53 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
37.7%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
38.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
23.2%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
23.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 3 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
145,702
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
132,127 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$182,482
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$186,971 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
13.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
13.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 24% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $37,264 to $46,195 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,731).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Gainesville 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 44% from 2014 to 2024 ($32,108 to $46,195).
Bright spot $46,195
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%
Escondido, CA $91,967 10th +44% 1st 24% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 17th +41% 2nd 2% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 7th +41% 3rd 35% above peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 16th +38% 4th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 20th +37% 5th 11% below peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 6th 123% above peers
Waco, TX $54,365 27th +35% 7th 27% below peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 11th +35% 8th 21% above peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 28th +34% 9th 29% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 10th 150% above peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 24th +32% 11th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 14th +32% 12th 10% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 22nd +32% 13th 17% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 15th +31% 14th 7% above peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 9th +31% 15th 24% above peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 5th +31% 16th 52% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 6th +30% 17th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 13th +26% 18th 20% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 4th +26% 19th 53% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 23rd +26% 20th 21% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 18th +25% 21st 3% below peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 29th +25% 22nd 36% below peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 30th +24% 23rd 38% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 19th +24% 24th 10% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 26th +24% 25th 26% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 26th 108% above peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 8th +20% 27th 33% above peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 21st +18% 28th 13% below peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 25th +17% 29th 25% below peers
Midland, TX $89,585 12th +13% 30th 20% above peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 31st +8% 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±$2,205 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 1.0 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.6 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.6% in July 2026, up from 5.6% a year earlier.
Needs attention 6.6%
1990July 2026
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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
Elizabeth, NJ 6.1% (Jul 26) 26th -1.6pp 1st 30% above peers
Rockford, IL 5.0% (Jul 26) 19th -1.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Columbia, SC 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th -0.9pp 3rd 2% above peers
Pomona, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 4th 21% above peers
Hayward, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th -0.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Victorville, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 29th -0.6pp 6th 53% above peers
Visalia, CA 7.0% (Jul 26) 28th -0.3pp 7th 49% above peers
Escondido, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 8th 6% below peers
Jackson, MS 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 9th 6% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.5% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 10th 26% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 11th 36% below peers
Savannah, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.1pp 12th 34% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.1pp 13th 21% below peers
Pasadena, TX 5.8% (Jul 26) 25th +0.0pp 14th 23% above peers
Thornton, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th +0.0pp 15th 11% below peers
Springfield, MA 8.0% (Jul 26) 31st +0.0pp 16th 70% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th +0.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Midland, TX 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th +0.1pp 19th 11% above peers
Waco, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 18th +0.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.2pp 21st 13% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 23rd 4% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.3pp 24th 15% above peers
Round Rock, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.4pp 25th 15% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Hollywood, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th +0.6pp 27th 9% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 28th 11% above peers
Miramar, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th +0.8pp 29th 6% below peers
Gainesville, FL 6.6% (Jul 26) 27th +1.0pp 30th 40% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 7.3% (Jul 26) 30th +1.6pp 31st 55% 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.6% then, 30.8% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.9% to 30.8%).
Needs attention 30.8%
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 12.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 4th -2.6pp 1st 55% below peers
Visalia, CA 11.5% 12th -4.7pp 2nd 14% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 47% below peers
Pomona, CA 14.3% 17th -3.6pp 4th 7% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 8th -1.4pp 5th 36% below peers
Escondido, CA 12.2% 14th -1.9pp 6th 9% below peers
McAllen, TX 20.0% 23rd -3.1pp 7th 50% above peers
Waco, TX 23.1% 26th -3.1pp 8th 73% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.8% 19th -1.9pp 9th 18% above peers
Savannah, GA 19.6% 22nd -2.2pp 10th 47% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.7% 13th -1.3pp 11th 12% below peers
Victorville, CA 18.4% 20th -1.8pp 12th 37% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.8% 30th -2.3pp 13th 115% above peers
Rockford, IL 21.3% 25th -1.0pp 14th 59% above peers
Springfield, MA 25.8% 28th -1.1pp 15th 93% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.6% 2nd -0.2pp 16th 58% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 21.0% 24th -0.8pp 17th 57% above peers
Gainesville, FL 30.8% 31st +0.1pp 18th 130% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.2% 9th +0.1pp 19th 31% below peers
Joliet, IL 11.1% 11th +0.2pp 20th 17% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 21st 67% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.4% 16th +0.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 56% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 6th +0.6pp 24th 46% below peers
Jackson, MS 27.9% 29th +2.5pp 25th 109% above peers
Columbia, SC 24.0% 27th +2.2pp 26th 79% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.9% 21st +1.9pp 27th 42% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.8% 7th +0.8pp 28th 42% below peers
Hayward, CA 9.6% 10th +1.3pp 29th 28% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.7% 18th +2.1pp 30th 10% above peers
Midland, TX 12.4% 15th +3.2pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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4 of 29 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better 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 (23.9% then, 23.2% now; margin ±5.7pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.8% to 23.2%).
Needs attention 23.2%
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%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 2nd -4.1pp 1st 69% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 2nd 80% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 16th -8.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 11th -6.8pp 4th 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 3rd -2.5pp 5th 69% below peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 12th -5.5pp 6th 17% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 5th -2.8pp 7th 50% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 18th -5.2pp 8th 14% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 22nd -6.4pp 9th 57% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 14th -2.7pp 10th 12% below peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 7th -1.7pp 11th 40% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 24th -3.4pp 12th 63% above peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 27th -3.4pp 13th 76% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 15th -1.7pp 14th 10% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 29th -3.3pp 15th 108% above peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 21st -1.6pp 16th 43% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 17th 154% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 20th -0.7pp 18th 34% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 26th -0.8pp 19th 74% above peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 30th +1.0pp 20th 136% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 28th +2.1pp 21st 93% above peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 10th +1.2pp 22nd 25% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 23rd +2.6pp 23rd 62% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 25th +3.0pp 24th 72% above peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 9th +1.3pp 25th 34% below peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 8th +1.5pp 26th 35% below peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 17th +2.6pp 27th 11% above peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 19th +3.9pp 28th 22% above peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 13th +3.3pp 29th 14% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 4th +1.5pp 30th 67% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 6th +3.6pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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4 of 29 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 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 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.4pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (84.9% then, 85.7% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 4.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.4% to 85.7%).
Needs attention 85.7%
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%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 27th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 30th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 25th +13.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 24th +13.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 23rd +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 19th +10.9pp 6th 1% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 22nd +9.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 28th +9.2pp 8th 5% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 5th +9.8pp 9th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 29th +8.0pp 10th 7% below peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 26th +7.8pp 11th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 11th +7.8pp 12th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 16th +7.8pp 13th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 14th +7.6pp 14th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 10th +7.5pp 15th 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 9th +7.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 4th +6.5pp 17th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 18th +6.2pp 18th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 21st +5.9pp 19th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 17th +6.0pp 20th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 8th +5.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 15th +5.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 20th +4.7pp 23rd 1% below peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 13th +4.6pp 24th on par with peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 12th +4.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 26th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 6th +2.3pp 27th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 31st +0.8pp 30th 8% below peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 7th +0.7pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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4 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 ±1.7pp 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 (0.53 then, 0.53 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 0.53
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
Visalia, CA 0.41 5th -0.037 1st 11% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 22nd -0.026 2nd 6% above peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 18th -0.011 3rd 4% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 25th -0.011 4th 9% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 9th -0.006 5th 7% below peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 20th -0.006 6th 4% above peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 7th -0.000 7th 8% below peers
Waco, TX 0.51 29th +0.002 8th 12% above peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 3rd +0.003 9th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 23rd +0.005 10th 7% above peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 11th 17% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 12th 21% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 6th +0.005 13th 8% below peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 11th +0.006 14th 4% below peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 15th +0.008 15th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 28th +0.010 16th 11% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 12th +0.010 17th 4% below peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 1st +0.010 18th 15% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 24th +0.017 19th 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 26th +0.018 20th 9% above peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 27th +0.018 21st 10% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 8th +0.016 22nd 8% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 17th +0.020 23rd 1% above peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 2nd +0.017 24th 12% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 21st +0.022 25th 6% above peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 16th +0.023 26th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 4th +0.021 27th 11% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 13th +0.031 28th 3% below peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 19th +0.042 29th 4% above peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 10th +0.047 30th 5% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 14th +0.049 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 2.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 11.4% to 8.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Gainesville started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.7% to 8.9%).
Bright spot 8.9%
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
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 83% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 6th -1.8pp 2nd 64% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 73% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 10th -2.5pp 4th 37% below peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 23rd -4.1pp 5th 29% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 13th -2.7pp 6th 7% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 4th -0.8pp 7th 70% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 21st -2.4pp 8th 23% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 27th -3.1pp 9th 70% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 26th -2.4pp 10th 38% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 18th -1.7pp 11th 5% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 17th -1.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 19th -1.4pp 13th 13% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 14th 100% above peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 9th -0.4pp 15th 41% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 16th 156% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 15th -0.3pp 17th 3% below peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 20th -0.2pp 18th 15% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 11th +0.2pp 19th 26% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 25th +1.1pp 20th 32% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 12th +0.8pp 21st 21% below peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 28th +2.3pp 22nd 91% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 24th +1.6pp 23rd 31% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 7th +0.6pp 24th 49% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 22nd +2.0pp 25th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 16th +1.7pp 26th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 29th +3.6pp 27th 99% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 14th +1.9pp 28th 3% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 8th +1.3pp 29th 45% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 79% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 5th +1.8pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $295,760 in August 2026, down from $299,252 a year earlier.
$295,760
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%
Rockford, IL $186,897 (Aug 26) 30th +9.7% 1st 53% below peers
Syracuse, NY $224,508 (Aug 26) 27th +5.4% 2nd 44% below peers
Olathe, KS $434,937 (Aug 26) 13th +4.8% 3rd 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $364,989 (Aug 26) 17th +4.5% 4th 8% below peers
Naperville, IL $625,494 (Aug 26) 6th +4.4% 5th 57% above peers
Springfield, MA $305,068 (Aug 26) 20th +4.3% 6th 23% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $548,920 (Aug 26) 8th +2.5% 7th 38% above peers
Midland, TX $330,434 (Aug 26) 18th +1.9% 8th 17% below peers
Visalia, CA $397,626 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 9th on par with peers
Joliet, IL $269,608 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 10th 32% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,994,916 (Aug 26) 1st +1.2% 11th 402% above peers
Columbia, SC $230,191 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 12th 42% below peers
Jackson, MS $86,367 (Aug 26) 31st +1.1% 13th 78% below peers
Meridian, ID $535,976 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 14th 35% above peers
Victorville, CA $434,932 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 15th 9% above peers
McAllen, TX $229,066 (Aug 26) 26th +0.5% 16th 42% below peers
Escondido, CA $842,305 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.4% 17th 112% above peers
Pomona, CA $682,283 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 18th 72% above peers
Gainesville, FL $295,760 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.2% 19th 26% below peers
Waco, TX $197,932 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 20th 50% below peers
Miramar, FL $521,195 (Aug 26) 10th -1.4% 21st 31% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $303,910 (Aug 26) 21st -1.7% 22nd 24% below peers
Lakewood, CO $556,597 (Aug 26) 7th -2.0% 23rd 40% above peers
Thornton, CO $492,295 (Aug 26) 11th -2.2% 24th 24% above peers
Hollywood, FL $444,268 (Aug 26) 12th -2.3% 25th 12% above peers
Pasadena, TX $218,883 (Aug 26) 28th -2.3% 26th 45% below peers
Mesquite, TX $258,678 (Aug 26) 24th -2.5% 27th 35% below peers
Savannah, GA $322,239 (Aug 26) 19th -2.8% 28th 19% below peers
Hayward, CA $820,844 (Aug 26) 4th -3.2% 29th 106% above peers
Bellevue, WA $1,418,231 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.9% 30th 257% above peers
Round Rock, TX $398,221 (Aug 26) 15th -5.4% 31st on par with 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $182,482 in August 2026, down from $186,971 a year earlier.
Big move $182,482
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 $231,656 (Aug 26) -2.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Rockford, IL $117,389 (Aug 26) 30th +12.9% 1st 55% below peers
Syracuse, NY $154,567 (Aug 26) 27th +6.8% 2nd 40% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $230,143 (Aug 26) 19th +6.2% 3rd 11% below peers
Olathe, KS $333,257 (Aug 26) 13th +6.1% 4th 29% above peers
Springfield, MA $258,798 (Aug 26) 16th +5.6% 5th on par with peers
Jackson, MS $37,873 (Aug 26) 31st +5.1% 6th 85% below peers
Naperville, IL $396,237 (Aug 26) 8th +3.3% 7th 53% above peers
Midland, TX $226,993 (Aug 26) 20th +2.9% 8th 12% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $426,821 (Aug 26) 7th +2.7% 9th 65% above peers
Visalia, CA $316,933 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 10th 22% above peers
Victorville, CA $383,617 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 11th 48% above peers
McAllen, TX $160,497 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 12th 38% below peers
Joliet, IL $202,194 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 13th 22% below peers
Meridian, ID $434,141 (Aug 26) 6th +1.1% 14th 68% above peers
Columbia, SC $141,482 (Aug 26) 28th +1.0% 15th 45% below peers
Pomona, CA $570,077 (Aug 26) 5th +0.5% 16th 120% above peers
Escondido, CA $648,894 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.6% 17th 151% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,214,029 (Aug 26) 1st -0.8% 18th 369% above peers
Waco, TX $125,268 (Aug 26) 29th -1.0% 19th 52% below peers
Gainesville, FL $182,482 (Aug 26) 24th -2.4% 20th 29% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $240,102 (Aug 26) 17th -2.5% 21st 7% below peers
Miramar, FL $365,221 (Aug 26) 12th -2.6% 22nd 41% above peers
Mesquite, TX $207,504 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.9% 23rd 20% below peers
Hayward, CA $636,981 (Aug 26) 4th -2.9% 24th 146% above peers
Thornton, CO $384,871 (Aug 26) 9th -3.0% 25th 49% above peers
Pasadena, TX $166,424 (Aug 26) 25th -3.4% 26th 36% below peers
Hollywood, FL $239,304 (Aug 26) 18th -3.7% 27th 8% below peers
Bellevue, WA $762,573 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.8% 28th 195% above peers
Savannah, GA $214,177 (Aug 26) 21st -3.8% 29th 17% below peers
Lakewood, CO $367,696 (Aug 26) 11th -4.5% 30th 42% above peers
Round Rock, TX $306,560 (Aug 26) 15th -5.7% 31st 18% above 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 (38.9% then, 37.7% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.0% to 37.7%).
Needs attention 37.7%
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%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 11th +6.5pp 1st 9% above peers
Hayward, CA 58.0% 15th +5.2pp 2nd 5% above peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 23rd +3.3pp 3rd 11% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 4th 44% above peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 29th +2.7pp 5th 25% below peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 22nd +3.0pp 6th 11% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 9th +3.7pp 7th 13% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 8th 54% below peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 20th +2.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 5th +3.0pp 10th 33% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 13th +2.3pp 11th 6% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 26th +1.6pp 12th 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 2nd +2.6pp 13th 35% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 28th +1.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 10th +1.4pp 15th 10% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 19th +1.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 18th +0.9pp 17th 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 17th +0.7pp 18th 1% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 8th +0.1pp 19th 17% above peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 14th -0.2pp 20th 5% above peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 7th -0.6pp 21st 24% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 25th -0.5pp 22nd 18% below peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 3rd -0.8pp 23rd 35% above peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 6th -1.4pp 24th 29% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 4th -1.6pp 25th 34% above peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 12th -1.4pp 26th 7% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 24th -1.3pp 27th 12% below peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 30th -1.2pp 28th 32% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 27th -1.6pp 29th 21% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 21st -2.1pp 30th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 16th -4.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,618 in August 2026, up from $1,590 a year earlier.
$1,618
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%
Sunnyvale, CA $3,932 (Aug 26) 1st +8.8% 1st 112% above peers
Rockford, IL $1,195 (Aug 26) 31st +7.8% 2nd 35% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,668 (Aug 26) 21st +5.2% 3rd 10% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 9th +4.7% 4th 23% above peers
Meridian, ID $2,084 (Aug 26) 11th +4.7% 5th 12% above peers
Olathe, KS $1,810 (Aug 26) 17th +4.4% 6th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY $1,541 (Aug 26) 24th +4.3% 7th 17% below peers
Springfield, MA $1,853 (Aug 26) 16th +4.3% 8th on par with peers
Jackson, MS $1,265 (Aug 26) 30th +4.0% 9th 32% below peers
Visalia, CA $1,871 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 10th 1% above peers
Hayward, CA $2,637 (Aug 26) 4th +3.0% 11th 42% above peers
Naperville, IL $2,289 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 12th 24% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $1,990 (Aug 26) 12th +2.7% 13th 7% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,479 (Aug 26) 25th +2.7% 14th 20% below peers
Gainesville, FL $1,618 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.7% 15th 13% below peers
Bellevue, WA $2,828 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 16th 53% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,243 (Aug 26) 10th +1.6% 17th 21% above peers
Hollywood, FL $2,341 (Aug 26) 7th +1.3% 18th 26% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,741 (Aug 26) 20th +1.2% 19th 6% below peers
Pasadena, TX $1,378 (Aug 26) 27th +1.2% 20th 26% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,353 (Aug 26) 6th +1.1% 21st 27% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,867 (Aug 26) 15th +1.1% 22nd 1% above peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Aug 26) 29th +1.0% 23rd 31% below peers
Waco, TX $1,363 (Aug 26) 28th +0.3% 24th 26% below peers
Escondido, CA $2,547 (Aug 26) 5th +0.2% 25th 37% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,689 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.1% 26th 45% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,757 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 27th 5% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,471 (Aug 26) 26th -0.7% 28th 21% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,881 (Aug 26) 13th -1.1% 29th 2% above peers
Lakewood, CO $1,800 (Aug 26) 18th -1.3% 30th 3% below peers
Midland, TX $1,599 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.2% 31st 14% 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 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.9% to 51.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp). 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
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.8% to 51.3%).
Needs attention 51.3%
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 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Joliet, IL 28.5% 4th -3.9pp 1st 28% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 25th -4.0pp 2nd 10% above peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 27th -3.0pp 3rd 16% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 29th -3.2pp 4th 27% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 23rd -2.3pp 5th 8% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 6th 28% above peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 34% below peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 17th -1.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 6th -0.7pp 9th 26% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 10th 38% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 26th -0.8pp 11th 16% above peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 9th -0.6pp 12th 16% below peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 5% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 5th -0.1pp 14th 26% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 21st +0.1pp 15th 5% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 7th +0.2pp 16th 21% below peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 14th +0.6pp 17th 9% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 11th +0.7pp 18th 13% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 18th +1.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 19th +1.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 15th +1.9pp 21st 7% below peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 24th +3.4pp 22nd 10% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 23rd 40% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 12th +3.2pp 24th 10% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 28th +4.5pp 25th 26% above peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 20th +4.0pp 26th 5% above peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 8th +3.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 16th +4.6pp 28th on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 29th 29% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 13th +5.5pp 30th 10% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 10th +7.4pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 99% 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 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.1% to 10.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 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
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 10.8%).
Needs attention 10.8%
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 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 5th -1.6pp 1st 43% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 9th -2.1pp 2nd 23% below peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 24th -3.2pp 3rd 73% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 18th -1.9pp 4th 12% above peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 28th -3.7pp 5th 199% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 30th -3.6pp 6th 238% above peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 15th -0.9pp 7th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 3rd -0.3pp 8th 47% below peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 13th -0.5pp 9th 4% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 51% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 31st -1.4pp 11th 323% above peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 16th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 7th -0.1pp 13th 38% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 29th -0.6pp 14th 220% above peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 21st -0.2pp 15th 35% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 12th -0.1pp 16th 7% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 17th -0.1pp 17th 7% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 1st -0.0pp 18th 60% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 26th -0.0pp 19th 89% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 27th +0.1pp 20th 110% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 8th +0.2pp 21st 23% below peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 19th +0.3pp 22nd 15% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 10th +0.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 14th +0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 23rd +0.9pp 25th 58% above peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 11th +0.7pp 26th 17% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 4th +0.5pp 27th 43% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 25th +1.7pp 28th 77% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 20th +1.1pp 29th 15% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 22nd +1.7pp 30th 50% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 6th +1.1pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±1.2pp 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 →
What changed

Uninsured fell 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.5% to 7.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way. Gainesville started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 7.4%).
Bright spot 7.4%
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 11.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 17th -3.1pp 1st 4% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 2nd 71% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.9% 22nd -3.1pp 3rd 40% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.9% 8th -1.2pp 4th 31% below peers
Midland, TX 14.4% 23rd -2.4pp 5th 45% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.4% 11th -1.1pp 6th 25% below peers
Columbia, SC 7.7% 13th -1.1pp 7th 22% below peers
Escondido, CA 10.8% 18th -1.5pp 8th 9% above peers
Pomona, CA 11.0% 19th -1.4pp 9th 11% above peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 10th 75% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.5% 27th -1.4pp 11th 56% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 4th -0.3pp 12th 57% below peers
McAllen, TX 24.1% 29th -1.2pp 13th 143% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 3rd -0.2pp 14th 61% below peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 12th -0.3pp 15th 24% below peers
Waco, TX 15.2% 26th -0.2pp 16th 54% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.2% 9th -0.0pp 17th 28% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.0% 5th +0.0pp 18th 49% below peers
Joliet, IL 8.1% 15th +0.2pp 19th 18% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.5% 28th +0.7pp 20th 117% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.8% 21st +0.7pp 21st 29% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.9% 14th +0.5pp 22nd 20% below peers
Rockford, IL 7.2% 10th +0.4pp 23rd 27% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.5% 31st +2.1pp 24th 187% above peers
Jackson, MS 14.9% 25th +1.1pp 25th 50% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 6th +0.5pp 26th 39% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.8% 24th +1.2pp 27th 50% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.2% 30th +3.4pp 28th 144% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 16th +1.6pp 29th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 11.9% 20th +2.5pp 30th 20% above peers
Hayward, CA 6.2% 7th +1.4pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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
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.

34.2%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Bellevue, WA 19.1% 1st 44% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.4% 2nd 43% below peers
Hayward, CA 21.7% 3rd 37% below peers
Lakewood, CO 25.6% 4th 25% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 5th 20% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 6th 17% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 7th 17% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 8th 14% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 9th 8% below peers
Hollywood, FL 31.5% 10th 8% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 11th 7% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 12th 6% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 13th 3% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 14th 3% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 15th 1% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 17th 1% above peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 18th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 19th 4% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 20th 7% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 21st 8% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 22nd 13% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 23rd 14% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 24th 15% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 25th 17% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 26th 18% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 27th 19% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 28th 20% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 29th 21% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 30th 30% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 31st 40% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 4.1% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 4.1%).
Bright spot 4.1%
20122024
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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 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 1st 73% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 11th -1.1pp 2nd 27% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 27th -3.0pp 3rd 124% above peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 20th -1.0pp 4th 28% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 15th -0.7pp 5th 9% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 16th -0.4pp 6th on par with peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 2nd -0.1pp 7th 67% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 23rd -0.3pp 8th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 22nd -0.1pp 9th 31% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 14th +0.1pp 10th 11% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 17th +0.2pp 11th 2% above peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 12th 181% above peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 13th 238% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 25th +0.8pp 14th 68% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 29th +1.4pp 15th 166% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 7th +0.4pp 16th 45% below peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 18th +0.8pp 17th 6% above peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 10th +0.6pp 18th 29% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 12th +0.7pp 19th 24% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 9th +0.6pp 20th 37% below peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 8th +0.7pp 21st 44% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 6th +0.6pp 22nd 55% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 13th +1.1pp 23rd 22% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 4th +0.6pp 24th 60% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 26th +2.4pp 25th 72% above peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 5th +0.6pp 26th 59% below peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 19th +1.9pp 27th 20% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 24th +2.4pp 28th 41% above peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 21st +2.7pp 29th 30% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 28th +5.5pp 30th 149% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 8.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45.1% to 53.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Gainesville started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 11.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.5% to 53.7%).
Bright spot 53.7%
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 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 10th +10.1pp 1st 15% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 25th +4.6pp 2nd 28% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 23rd +4.7pp 3rd 26% below peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 11th +6.3pp 4th 5% above peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 18th +5.1pp 5th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 33.8% 12th +5.9pp 6th 4% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 4th +8.6pp 7th 65% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 9th +6.9pp 8th 36% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 14th +5.1pp 9th 3% above peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 13th +4.8pp 10th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 21st +3.4pp 11th 21% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 20th +3.8pp 12th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 15th +3.7pp 13th 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 29th +1.8pp 14th 50% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 27th +2.2pp 15th 38% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 8th +4.8pp 16th 38% above peers
Lakewood, CO 45.3% 7th +4.4pp 17th 39% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 26th +1.9pp 18th 37% below peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 17th +2.8pp 19th 4% below peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 28th +1.8pp 20th 40% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 30th +1.1pp 21st 55% below peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 16th +2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 69.3% 3rd +4.3pp 23rd 114% above peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 24th 123% above peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 19th +1.6pp 25th 11% below peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 24th +1.1pp 26th 28% below peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 27th 122% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 6th +2.1pp 28th 41% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 22nd +0.9pp 29th 26% below peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 5th +0.8pp 30th 56% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 31st -0.2pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up 6.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.6% then, 53.0% now; margin ±15.6pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.5% to 53.0%).
Bright spot 53.0%
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 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 21st +11.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 20th +9.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 3rd 47% above peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 23rd +5.4pp 4th 15% below peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 4th +7.7pp 5th 29% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 12th +5.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 11th +5.8pp 7th 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 16th +4.3pp 8th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 19th +3.8pp 9th 4% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 27th +1.7pp 10th 31% below peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 29th +1.0pp 11th 37% below peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 6th +1.6pp 12th 24% above peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 15th -1.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 18th -1.5pp 14th 1% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 2nd -2.2pp 15th 37% above peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 13th -3.2pp 16th 5% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 5th -5.5pp 17th 27% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 22nd -3.8pp 18th 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 7th -5.9pp 19th 24% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 3rd -6.5pp 20th 33% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 17th -4.9pp 21st 1% below peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 25th -3.8pp 22nd 24% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 24th -4.5pp 23rd 18% below peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 14th -6.8pp 24th 4% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 9th -9.6pp 25th 10% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 10th -12.0pp 26th 9% above peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 8th -19.0pp 27th 13% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 26th -12.3pp 28th 30% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 30th -19.0pp 29th 42% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 28th -23.1pp 30th 34% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.1% to 1.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Gainesville started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.3% to 1.6%).
Bright spot 1.6%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 75% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 10th -3.2pp 3rd 14% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 28th -6.5pp 4th 82% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 9th -2.4pp 5th 17% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 13th -2.4pp 6th 8% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 16th -2.2pp 7th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 22nd -1.6pp 8th 14% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 17th -1.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 29th -2.4pp 10th 94% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 6th -0.7pp 11th 36% below peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 11th -0.9pp 12th 12% below peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 12th -0.8pp 13th 9% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 15th -0.8pp 14th 6% below peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 20th -0.9pp 15th 5% above peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 18th -0.8pp 16th 1% above peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 8th -0.4pp 17th 29% below peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 23rd -0.4pp 18th 28% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 7th -0.1pp 19th 35% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 24th +0.0pp 20th 29% above peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 25th +0.1pp 21st 46% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 14th +0.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 30th +0.7pp 23rd 96% above peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 31st +2.3pp 24th 103% above peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 21st +1.3pp 25th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 26th +2.4pp 26th 69% above peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 27th +2.6pp 27th 71% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 5th +1.2pp 28th 40% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 19th +2.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 4th +1.9pp 30th 40% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 3rd +1.7pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 132,127 to 145,702 - more than the combined survey margin (±84).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 15% from 2014 to 2024 (126,465 to 145,702).
Big move 145,702
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 29th +28% 1st 11% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 30th +16% 2nd 11% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 26th +13% 3rd 6% below peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 18th +10% 4th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 22nd +9% 5th 2% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 27th +7% 6th 6% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 23rd +6% 7th 2% below peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 20th +5% 8th 1% below peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 21st +5% 9th 2% below peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 6th +5% 10th 4% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 24th +5% 11th 5% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 11th +4% 12th 2% above peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 31st +3% 13th 13% below peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 17th +2% 14th on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 12th +2% 15th 2% above peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 19th +2% 16th 1% below peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 7th +2% 17th 3% above peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 8th +2% 18th 3% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 14th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 3rd +2% 20th 6% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 5th +1% 21st 5% above peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 2nd +1% 22nd 7% above peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 4th +0% 23rd 6% above peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 15th +0% 24th 1% above peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 1st -0% 25th 8% above peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 25th -1% 26th 5% below peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 9th -1% 27th 2% above peers
Midland, TX 136,640 28th -1% 28th 7% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 10th -3% 29th 2% above peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 13th -3% 30th 1% above peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 16th -12% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.2% then, 13.1% now; margin ±1.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (12.5% to 13.1%).
Big move 13.1%
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
Midland, TX 29.8% 1st +2.2pp 1st 27% above peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 28% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 24th -0.0pp 3rd 13% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 3rd -0.1pp 4th 20% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 5th 44% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 6th 6% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 11th -0.6pp 7th 5% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 13th -0.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 14th -0.8pp 9th 3% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 28th -0.7pp 10th 19% below peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 20th -0.9pp 11th 6% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 18th -1.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 5th -1.3pp 13th 18% above peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 23rd -1.0pp 14th 13% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 8th -1.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 15th -1.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 26th -1.1pp 17th 17% below peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 6th -1.6pp 18th 18% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 4th -1.8pp 19th 19% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 2nd -2.1pp 20th 26% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 27th -1.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 19th -1.8pp 22nd 4% below peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 17th -2.2pp 23rd 3% below peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 7th -2.4pp 24th 10% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 25th -1.9pp 25th 17% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 22nd -2.3pp 26th 11% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 9th -3.0pp 27th 6% above peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 10th -3.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 30th -2.1pp 29th 31% below peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 12th -3.3pp 30th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 16th -3.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.6% then, 43.9% now; margin ±8.7pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.2% to 43.9%).
43.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 27th +3.8pp 1st 57% below peers
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 11th +7.2pp 2nd 10% above peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 17th +5.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 23rd +2.3pp 4th 29% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 10th +3.3pp 5th 19% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 14th +2.8pp 6th 3% above peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 9th +2.1pp 7th 25% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 5th +2.4pp 8th 46% above peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 19th +1.5pp 9th 7% below peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 15th +1.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 7th +1.3pp 11th 35% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 12th 71% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 13th 62% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 20th +0.2pp 14th 15% below peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 6th -0.1pp 15th 39% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 8th -0.6pp 16th 26% above peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 4th -1.0pp 17th 50% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 18th 72% above peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 24th -0.6pp 19th 30% below peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 13th -1.1pp 20th 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 21st 64% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 16th -1.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 3rd -3.0pp 23rd 54% above peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 25th -2.0pp 24th 30% below peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 12th -3.3pp 25th 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 21st -2.7pp 26th 19% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 22nd -3.3pp 27th 21% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 29th -1.9pp 28th 61% below peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 18th -6.1pp 29th 3% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 26th -5.0pp 30th 41% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 28th -5.8pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±7.0pp 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 (69.2% then, 71.7% now; margin ±12.1pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.2% to 71.7%).
71.7%
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
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 24th +10.0pp 1st 7% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 14th +8.7pp 2nd 2% above peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 20th +7.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 3rd +7.8pp 4th 14% above peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 4th +7.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 21st +6.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 12th +6.0pp 7th 2% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 27th +4.6pp 8th 10% below peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 6th +4.7pp 9th 9% above peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 13th +4.0pp 10th 2% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 11th +3.9pp 11th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 26th +3.5pp 12th 8% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 7th +3.7pp 13th 9% above peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 14th 18% above peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 10th +2.5pp 15th 6% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 16th 21% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 15th +2.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 18th +0.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 28th -0.4pp 19th 13% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 20th 23% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 17th -1.3pp 21st on par with peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 8th -1.7pp 22nd 7% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 22nd -1.6pp 23rd 5% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 5th -2.0pp 24th 11% above peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 29th -1.7pp 25th 17% below peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 9th -2.2pp 26th 6% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 25th -3.2pp 27th 7% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 23rd -3.9pp 28th 7% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 29th 17% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 16th -6.3pp 30th on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 19th -7.7pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±10.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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