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82,807 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Homestead, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$65,423
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
$47,508 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
23.3%
2020-24
▼ 30%
relative change
33.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
18.3%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
23.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
26.0%
2019-23
▼ 21%
relative change
32.7% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
48.3%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
40.9% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
19.5%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
22.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.3%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
83.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
62.7%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
60.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Homestead, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
51.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
52.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
10.2%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
24.9%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
22.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.9%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
10.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.0%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
10.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 7 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
82,807
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
68,438 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
29.5%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
32.7% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$324,261
Jun 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
$342,909 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$437,066
Jun 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
$457,931 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,444
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$2,483 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
44.0%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
48.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
63.0%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
67.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 38% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $47,508 to $65,423 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,582). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 63% from 2014 to 2024 ($40,250 to $65,423).
$65,423
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%
Cicero, IL $70,842 22nd +44% 1st 21% below peers
Alhambra, CA $88,024 19th +43% 2nd 2% below peers
Largo, FL $62,096 28th +40% 3rd 31% below peers
Buena Park, CA $110,550 9th +40% 4th 23% above peers
Lake Charles, LA $59,235 30th +38% 5th 34% below peers
Homestead, FL $65,423 25th +38% 6th 27% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $89,585 17th +37% 7th on par with peers
Somerville, MA $132,572 7th +36% 8th 47% above peers
Mountain View, CA $189,917 1st +36% 9th 111% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $72,856 21st +35% 10th 19% below peers
Redwood City, CA $157,814 3rd +35% 11th 76% above peers
New Rochelle, NY $109,167 10th +34% 12th 21% above peers
Layton, UT $102,480 12th +32% 13th 14% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $53,758 31st +32% 14th 40% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $160,093 2nd +31% 15th 78% above peers
Gastonia, NC $64,059 26th +30% 16th 29% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $66,970 24th +29% 17th 25% below peers
Longview, TX $63,340 27th +29% 18th 30% below peers
South Jordan, UT $134,047 6th +28% 19th 49% above peers
Frederick, MD $97,069 14th +28% 20th 8% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI $104,836 11th +26% 21st 17% above peers
Cranston, RI $90,206 15th +25% 22nd on par with peers
Newport Beach, CA $156,867 4th +23% 23rd 75% above peers
Westland, MI $62,076 29th +22% 24th 31% below peers
Folsom, CA $139,804 5th +22% 25th 56% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $70,074 23rd +22% 26th 22% below peers
The Villages, FL $77,622 20th +22% 27th 14% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $89,891 16th +22% 28th on par with peers
Waldorf, MD $116,089 8th +21% 29th 29% above peers
Warwick, RI $88,708 18th +20% 30th 1% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $99,860 13th +19% 31st 11% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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14 of 16 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,803 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 81% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 2.7% in May 2026, unchanged from 2.7% a year earlier.
2.7%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.8% (May 26) +1.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Warwick, RI 3.0% (May 26) 6th -0.9pp 1st 17% below peers
Cranston, RI 3.3% (May 26) 10th -0.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Redwood City, CA 3.0% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 3rd 17% below peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% (May 26) 13th -0.4pp 4th 3% below peers
Mountain View, CA 2.9% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 5th 19% below peers
Gastonia, NC 3.7% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 4.3% (May 26) 21st -0.2pp 7th 19% above peers
Somerville, MA 3.4% (May 26) 11th -0.2pp 8th 6% below peers
Buena Park, CA 3.6% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 9th on par with peers
Warner Robins, GA 2.8% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 10th 22% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 3.2% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Homestead, FL 2.7% (May 26) 2nd +0.0pp 12th 25% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 2.2% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 13th 39% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 2.9% (May 26) 5th +0.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.7% (May 26) 24th +0.0pp 15th 31% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.4% (May 26) 12th +0.1pp 16th 6% below peers
Frederick, MD 3.5% (May 26) 14th +0.1pp 17th 3% below peers
Layton, UT 3.2% (May 26) 9th +0.2pp 18th 11% below peers
Alhambra, CA 5.0% (May 26) 28th +0.2pp 19th 39% above peers
Westland, MI 3.9% (May 26) 17th +0.4pp 20th 8% above peers
Longview, TX 4.7% (May 26) 25th +0.4pp 21st 31% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 4.3% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 19% above peers
Cicero, IL 4.8% (May 26) 26th +0.7pp 23rd 33% above peers
Largo, FL 3.9% (May 26) 18th +0.8pp 24th 8% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.5% (May 26) 23rd +0.8pp 25th 25% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 4.9% (May 26) 27th +0.9pp 26th 36% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 4.0% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 27th 11% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 4.2% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 28th 17% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.7% to 18.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.5pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 13.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.4% to 18.3%).
18.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.9% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.0%
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 6th -2.7pp 1st 35% below peers
Buena Park, CA 8.7% 12th -3.5pp 2nd 9% below peers
Homestead, FL 18.3% 29th -5.4pp 3rd 90% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.2% 23rd -3.2pp 4th 47% above peers
Frederick, MD 9.0% 13th -1.8pp 5th 7% below peers
Somerville, MA 9.5% 15th -1.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 20.2% 30th -3.2pp 7th 110% above peers
Mountain View, CA 6.0% 5th -0.8pp 8th 38% below peers
Cicero, IL 14.4% 26th -1.6pp 9th 49% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 12.2% 19th -1.0pp 10th 26% above peers
Longview, TX 16.7% 28th -1.4pp 11th 73% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 6.6% 7th -0.5pp 12th 31% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 9.6% 16th -0.7pp 13th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 15.9% 27th -0.5pp 14th 66% above peers
Folsom, CA 5.0% 4th -0.1pp 15th 48% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 13.5% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 40% above peers
Westland, MI 14.2% 24th -0.1pp 17th 47% above peers
Alhambra, CA 12.5% 20th -0.1pp 18th 30% above peers
The Villages, FL 4.7% 3rd +0.0pp 19th 51% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 10.6% 18th +0.1pp 20th 10% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 22.7% 31st +0.6pp 21st 136% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 25th +0.4pp 22nd 48% above peers
Largo, FL 12.8% 21st +0.4pp 23rd 33% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.2% 2nd +0.3pp 24th 56% below peers
Layton, UT 8.0% 11th +0.7pp 25th 17% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 7.6% 9th +0.8pp 26th 21% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 9.5% 14th +1.1pp 27th 2% below peers
Cranston, RI 9.8% 17th +1.5pp 28th 2% above peers
Warwick, RI 7.5% 8th +1.4pp 29th 22% below peers
South Jordan, UT 3.7% 1st +0.9pp 30th 62% below peers
Waldorf, MD 7.7% 10th +2.2pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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14 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 9.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.1% to 23.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.5pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 19.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.4% to 23.3%).
23.3%
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%
Somerville, MA 6.7% 8th -13.5pp 1st 46% below peers
Redwood City, CA 5.7% 5th -5.9pp 2nd 55% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.9% 11th -8.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 1st -1.9pp 4th 67% below peers
Homestead, FL 23.3% 27th -9.8pp 5th 86% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 28.5% 29th -9.0pp 6th 127% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 19.3% 22nd -4.0pp 7th 54% above peers
Cranston, RI 10.3% 12th -1.8pp 8th 18% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 15.0% 19th -2.6pp 9th 19% above peers
Waldorf, MD 6.2% 6th -1.1pp 10th 51% below peers
Cicero, IL 19.9% 23rd -3.4pp 11th 59% above peers
Gastonia, NC 21.3% 24th -2.4pp 12th 70% above peers
Longview, TX 24.2% 28th -2.4pp 13th 93% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 5.3% 3rd -0.4pp 14th 58% below peers
Alhambra, CA 12.3% 14th -0.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 34.3% 30th -2.4pp 16th 174% above peers
Frederick, MD 12.5% 16th -0.7pp 17th on par with peers
New Rochelle, NY 13.0% 17th -0.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Westland, MI 23.1% 26th -0.4pp 19th 84% above peers
Largo, FL 15.8% 20th +0.0pp 20th 26% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 21.9% 25th +0.2pp 21st 75% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.9% 18th +0.7pp 22nd 19% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.3% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 65% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.1% 21st +1.8pp 24th 29% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 12.4% 15th +1.5pp 25th 1% below peers
Layton, UT 11.7% 13th +1.9pp 26th 7% below peers
Warwick, RI 7.0% 9th +1.4pp 27th 44% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 8.8% 10th +2.1pp 28th 29% below peers
Mountain View, CA 6.4% 7th +1.6pp 29th 49% below peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 4th +3.7pp 30th 57% below peers
The Villages, FL 71.8% 31st 473% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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14 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.4% to 91.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 16.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (74.4% to 91.2%).
91.3%
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%
Kissimmee, FL 92.0% 19th +18.5pp 1st 1% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 85.5% 31st +12.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Cicero, IL 88.0% 28th +11.5pp 3rd 5% below peers
Gastonia, NC 90.0% 25th +10.8pp 4th 3% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 92.5% 17th +10.8pp 5th on par with peers
Longview, TX 89.5% 26th +9.3pp 6th 3% below peers
Largo, FL 87.5% 30th +8.4pp 7th 6% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 87.6% 29th +8.3pp 8th 5% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 91.6% 21st +8.5pp 9th 1% below peers
Westland, MI 91.6% 22nd +8.3pp 10th 1% below peers
Homestead, FL 91.2% 24th +7.8pp 11th 2% below peers
Alhambra, CA 94.4% 11th +7.1pp 12th 2% above peers
Somerville, MA 94.8% 9th +6.5pp 13th 2% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 89.1% 27th +6.0pp 14th 4% below peers
Cranston, RI 92.0% 20th +6.0pp 15th 1% below peers
South Jordan, UT 95.2% 8th +6.2pp 16th 3% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 94.4% 10th +6.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 95.4% 7th +5.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 92.4% 18th +5.4pp 19th on par with peers
Warwick, RI 91.3% 23rd +4.7pp 20th 1% below peers
Buena Park, CA 95.4% 6th +4.9pp 21st 3% above peers
Frederick, MD 92.7% 16th +4.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Redwood City, CA 95.4% 5th +4.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 93.7% 13th +3.9pp 24th 1% above peers
Mountain View, CA 96.0% 2nd +3.9pp 25th 4% above peers
Waldorf, MD 93.9% 12th +3.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Layton, UT 93.1% 15th +3.2pp 27th on par with peers
Newport Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +2.0pp 28th 4% above peers
Folsom, CA 95.8% 4th +1.1pp 29th 3% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 98.0% 1st +1.1pp 30th 6% above peers
The Villages, FL 93.3% 14th +0.5pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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14 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.42).
0.42
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 0.49 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
South Jordan, UT 0.36 1st -0.026 1st 17% below peers
Homestead, FL 0.42 11th -0.030 2nd 4% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 0.52 28th -0.027 3rd 19% above peers
Alhambra, CA 0.46 23rd -0.018 4th 4% above peers
Largo, FL 0.43 14th -0.017 5th 1% below peers
Buena Park, CA 0.40 4th -0.016 6th 8% below peers
Longview, TX 0.46 24th -0.015 7th 7% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 0.40 5th -0.010 8th 8% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 0.42 10th -0.007 9th 4% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.41 9th -0.006 10th 6% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 0.53 30th -0.006 11th 21% above peers
Cicero, IL 0.40 6th -0.002 12th 8% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 0.44 16th -0.001 13th on par with peers
Westland, MI 0.43 13th -0.001 14th 2% below peers
The Villages, FL 0.40 7th +0.000 15th 7% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 0.44 17th +0.000 16th on par with peers
Mountain View, CA 0.48 26th +0.001 17th 9% above peers
Gastonia, NC 0.47 25th +0.002 18th 8% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 0.45 20th +0.002 19th 3% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 0.61 31st +0.004 20th 40% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 0.44 19th +0.006 21st 1% above peers
Warwick, RI 0.44 15th +0.007 22nd on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA 0.53 29th +0.011 23rd 21% above peers
Redwood City, CA 0.48 27th +0.011 24th 11% above peers
Frederick, MD 0.41 8th +0.011 25th 6% below peers
Waldorf, MD 0.38 2nd +0.015 26th 12% below peers
Cranston, RI 0.44 18th +0.022 27th 1% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 0.45 22nd +0.023 28th 3% above peers
Somerville, MA 0.45 21st +0.025 29th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.42 12th +0.027 30th 3% below peers
Layton, UT 0.40 3rd +0.028 31st 8% 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 →

SNAP fell 6.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 32.7% to 26.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.2pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (29.9% to 26.0%).
26.0%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
South Jordan, UT 1.2% 1st -1.2pp 1st 89% below peers
Layton, UT 4.1% 6th -4.3pp 2nd 62% below peers
Homestead, FL 26.0% 31st -6.7pp 3rd 140% above peers
Longview, TX 13.1% 22nd -2.3pp 4th 21% above peers
Largo, FL 11.1% 17th -1.9pp 5th 2% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 10.7% 15th -1.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 10.6% 14th -1.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 25.8% 30th -3.8pp 8th 138% above peers
Cicero, IL 22.3% 29th -2.6pp 9th 106% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 16.3% 26th -1.9pp 10th 50% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.4% 24th -0.6pp 11th 33% above peers
Somerville, MA 8.6% 10th -0.3pp 12th 21% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 5.4% 8th +0.1pp 13th 50% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 23rd +0.2pp 14th 32% above peers
Buena Park, CA 9.8% 12th +0.4pp 15th 10% below peers
Westland, MI 15.6% 25th +0.9pp 16th 44% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 8.9% 11th +0.5pp 17th 18% below peers
Warwick, RI 12.5% 21st +1.1pp 18th 16% above peers
Frederick, MD 11.6% 18th +1.0pp 19th 7% above peers
Cranston, RI 11.8% 19th +1.2pp 20th 9% above peers
Gastonia, NC 20.6% 28th +2.3pp 21st 91% above peers
Waldorf, MD 10.8% 16th +1.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Redwood City, CA 5.8% 9th +0.8pp 23rd 46% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 80% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 16.9% 27th +3.0pp 25th 56% above peers
Mountain View, CA 3.6% 4th +0.7pp 26th 67% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 12.3% 20th +2.7pp 27th 14% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 7th +1.7pp 28th 61% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.9% 5th +1.6pp 29th 64% below peers
Alhambra, CA 10.2% 13th +5.4pp 30th 6% below peers
The Villages, FL 1.3% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 88% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $437,066 in June 2026, down from $457,931 a year earlier.
$437,066
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $378,126 (Jun 26) -2.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Newport Beach, CA $3,732,150 (Jun 26) 1st +10.5% 1st 707% above peers
New Rochelle, NY $953,121 (Jun 26) 4th +7.9% 2nd 106% above peers
Warwick, RI $429,195 (Jun 26) 19th +4.0% 3rd 7% below peers
Cicero, IL $280,419 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 4th 39% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $216,088 (Jun 26) 30th +3.2% 5th 53% below peers
Westland, MI $219,218 (Jun 26) 29th +3.0% 6th 53% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $208,278 (Jun 26) 31st +2.8% 7th 55% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI $398,912 (Jun 26) 21st +2.7% 8th 14% below peers
Layton, UT $530,417 (Jun 26) 13th +2.5% 9th 15% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,884,858 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.5% 10th 307% above peers
Alhambra, CA $932,245 (Jun 26) 7th +2.0% 11th 102% above peers
South Jordan, UT $666,039 (Jun 26) 10th +1.5% 12th 44% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $354,606 (Jun 26) 24th +1.2% 13th 23% below peers
Buena Park, CA $944,693 (Jun 26) 5th +1.2% 14th 104% above peers
Longview, TX $236,068 (Jun 26) 28th +1.2% 15th 49% below peers
Mountain View, CA $1,972,669 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.9% 16th 326% above peers
Johns Creek, GA $710,727 (Jun 26) 9th +0.6% 17th 54% above peers
Cranston, RI $462,629 (Jun 26) 16th +0.4% 18th on par with peers
Somerville, MA $941,330 (Jun 26) 6th +0.4% 19th 103% above peers
Gastonia, NC $280,853 (Jun 26) 26th +0.3% 20th 39% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $556,502 (Jun 26) 11th -1.1% 21st 20% above peers
Frederick, MD $469,711 (Jun 26) 15th -1.1% 22nd 2% above peers
Waldorf, MD $439,312 (Jun 26) 17th -1.5% 23rd 5% below peers
Largo, FL $339,252 (Jun 26) 25th -1.5% 24th 27% below peers
Folsom, CA $767,454 (Jun 26) 8th -1.7% 25th 66% above peers
The Villages, FL $392,945 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.8% 26th 15% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $524,997 (Jun 26) 14th -2.0% 27th 13% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $537,180 (Jun 26) 12th -2.7% 28th 16% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $402,831 (Jun 26) 20th -2.7% 29th 13% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $359,462 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.1% 30th 22% below peers
Homestead, FL $437,066 (Jun 26) 18th -4.6% 31st 6% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 19% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $324,261 in June 2026, down from $342,909 a year earlier.
$324,261
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $233,930 (Jun 26) -3.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Newport Beach, CA $1,961,338 (Jun 26) 1st +8.4% 1st 454% above peers
Cicero, IL $235,585 (Jun 26) 25th +8.0% 2nd 33% below peers
New Rochelle, NY $516,419 (Jun 26) 8th +7.3% 3rd 46% above peers
Warwick, RI $357,079 (Jun 26) 14th +5.3% 4th 1% above peers
Westland, MI $161,200 (Jun 26) 28th +4.6% 5th 54% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $135,639 (Jun 26) 30th +3.2% 6th 62% below peers
Longview, TX $136,084 (Jun 26) 29th +2.9% 7th 62% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI $260,007 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 8th 27% below peers
Layton, UT $425,562 (Jun 26) 12th +2.5% 9th 20% above peers
Buena Park, CA $834,137 (Jun 26) 4th +2.4% 10th 136% above peers
Cranston, RI $388,867 (Jun 26) 13th +2.4% 11th 10% above peers
South Jordan, UT $502,277 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 12th 42% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $277,471 (Jun 26) 20th +1.2% 13th 22% below peers
Somerville, MA $684,705 (Jun 26) 6th +1.2% 14th 93% above peers
Lake Charles, LA $106,355 (Jun 26) 31st +0.5% 15th 70% below peers
Redwood City, CA $1,226,288 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.2% 16th 246% above peers
Alhambra, CA $717,637 (Jun 26) 5th +0.2% 17th 103% above peers
Gastonia, NC $181,771 (Jun 26) 27th -0.3% 18th 49% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $515,362 (Jun 26) 9th -0.4% 19th 46% above peers
Frederick, MD $354,262 (Jun 26) 15th -0.6% 20th on par with peers
Waldorf, MD $353,941 (Jun 26) 16th -0.9% 21st on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $438,921 (Jun 26) 11th -1.3% 22nd 24% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $340,683 (Jun 26) 17th -1.5% 23rd 4% below peers
Folsom, CA $609,152 (Jun 26) 7th -1.5% 24th 72% above peers
Mountain View, CA $1,059,012 (Jun 26) 3rd -2.2% 25th 199% above peers
The Villages, FL $303,516 (Jun 26) 19th -2.4% 26th 14% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $271,358 (Jun 26) 21st -3.8% 27th 23% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $269,797 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.4% 28th 24% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $240,704 (Jun 26) 24th -4.9% 29th 32% below peers
Largo, FL $198,409 (Jun 26) 26th -5.2% 30th 44% below peers
Homestead, FL $324,261 (Jun 26) 18th -5.4% 31st 8% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.9% to 48.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.2% to 48.3%).
48.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Homestead, FL 48.3% 25th +7.4pp 1st 17% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 60.9% 14th +8.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 46.3% 26th +4.9pp 3rd 20% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 40.9% 28th +4.3pp 4th 30% below peers
Cicero, IL 54.6% 19th +4.9pp 5th 6% below peers
Waldorf, MD 74.9% 4th +5.9pp 6th 29% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 38.3% 30th +2.5pp 7th 34% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 64.7% 11th +4.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 58.2% 16th +3.2pp 9th on par with peers
Largo, FL 61.7% 12th +3.2pp 10th 6% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 53.5% 22nd +2.7pp 11th 8% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 80.4% 3rd +3.9pp 12th 38% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 53.7% 21st +2.6pp 13th 8% below peers
Frederick, MD 58.8% 15th +2.1pp 14th 1% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 64.7% 10th +2.1pp 15th 11% above peers
Layton, UT 72.5% 6th +2.0pp 16th 25% above peers
Alhambra, CA 41.0% 27th +1.1pp 17th 29% below peers
Warwick, RI 73.3% 5th +1.9pp 18th 26% above peers
Westland, MI 61.3% 13th +1.3pp 19th 5% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.2% 31st +0.6pp 20th 41% below peers
Gastonia, NC 54.2% 20th +0.5pp 21st 7% below peers
Longview, TX 54.7% 18th +0.5pp 22nd 6% below peers
South Jordan, UT 81.4% 2nd +0.5pp 23rd 40% above peers
Folsom, CA 69.8% 8th +0.2pp 24th 20% above peers
Cranston, RI 67.6% 9th +0.2pp 25th 16% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 70.2% 7th -1.5pp 26th 21% above peers
Redwood City, CA 48.6% 24th -1.2pp 27th 17% below peers
The Villages, FL 93.3% 1st -2.6pp 28th 60% above peers
Buena Park, CA 55.0% 17th -2.4pp 29th 6% below peers
Mountain View, CA 38.6% 29th -3.0pp 30th 34% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 52.1% 23rd -4.6pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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14 of 16 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,444 in June 2026, down from $2,483 a year earlier.
$2,444
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Lake Charles, LA $1,270 (Jun 26) 29th +18.6% 1st 43% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN $1,649 (Jun 26) 23rd +10.4% 2nd 26% below peers
Mountain View, CA $4,334 (Jun 26) 1st +8.5% 3rd 95% above peers
Cicero, IL $1,229 (Jun 26) 30th +7.5% 4th 45% below peers
Redwood City, CA $3,949 (Jun 26) 3rd +7.1% 5th 78% above peers
Warwick, RI $2,220 (Jun 26) 16th +5.4% 6th on par with peers
Cranston, RI $2,009 (Jun 26) 19th +5.3% 7th 9% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $4,285 (Jun 26) 2nd +4.8% 8th 93% above peers
Westland, MI $1,276 (Jun 26) 28th +4.4% 9th 43% below peers
Waldorf, MD $2,249 (Jun 26) 15th +4.2% 10th 1% above peers
New Rochelle, NY $2,974 (Jun 26) 6th +4.1% 11th 34% above peers
Somerville, MA $3,589 (Jun 26) 4th +3.8% 12th 62% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $2,412 (Jun 26) 12th +3.2% 13th 9% above peers
Folsom, CA $2,655 (Jun 26) 7th +3.1% 14th 20% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $2,978 (Jun 26) 5th +2.9% 15th 34% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $2,404 (Jun 26) 13th +2.7% 16th 8% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $2,046 (Jun 26) 18th +2.3% 17th 8% below peers
South Jordan, UT $1,972 (Jun 26) 20th +2.1% 18th 11% below peers
The Villages, FL $2,256 (Jun 26) 14th +2.0% 19th 2% above peers
Frederick, MD $2,205 (Jun 26) 17th +2.0% 20th 1% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI $1,435 (Jun 26) 27th +1.9% 21st 35% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $1,492 (Jun 26) 26th +1.7% 22nd 33% below peers
Buena Park, CA $2,603 (Jun 26) 8th +1.3% 23rd 17% above peers
Longview, TX $1,176 (Jun 26) 31st +1.0% 24th 47% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $2,561 (Jun 26) 10th +0.9% 25th 15% above peers
Layton, UT $1,643 (Jun 26) 24th +0.5% 26th 26% below peers
Gastonia, NC $1,524 (Jun 26) 25th +0.4% 27th 31% below peers
Largo, FL $1,822 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.3% 28th 18% below peers
Alhambra, CA $2,592 (Jun 26) 9th +0.0% 29th 17% above peers
Homestead, FL $2,444 (Jun 26) 11th -1.6% 30th 10% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $1,966 (Jun 26) 21st -2.0% 31st 11% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (53.0% then, 51.7% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.9% to 51.7%).
51.7%
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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
Buena Park, CA 37.2% 20th -7.2pp 1st 9% above peers
Cicero, IL 34.7% 17th -6.5pp 2nd 2% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 41.4% 25th -5.1pp 3rd 21% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 29.0% 6th -2.8pp 4th 15% below peers
Redwood City, CA 37.4% 21st -3.4pp 5th 10% above peers
Alhambra, CA 43.8% 27th -3.1pp 6th 28% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.1% 16th -0.9pp 7th on par with peers
Frederick, MD 34.0% 15th -0.9pp 8th on par with peers
Homestead, FL 51.7% 30th -1.3pp 9th 52% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 33.4% 11th -0.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 27.2% 4th -0.6pp 11th 20% below peers
Mountain View, CA 33.5% 12th -0.4pp 12th 2% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 40.2% 23rd -0.4pp 13th 18% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 38.6% 22nd -0.4pp 14th 13% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.4% 8th -0.2pp 15th 8% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 50.6% 29th -0.3pp 16th 48% above peers
Cranston, RI 35.3% 18th +0.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Westland, MI 31.8% 9th +0.4pp 18th 7% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 53.1% 31st +1.2pp 19th 56% above peers
Longview, TX 32.9% 10th +1.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Waldorf, MD 34.0% 14th +1.6pp 21st on par with peers
Layton, UT 23.2% 2nd +1.2pp 22nd 32% below peers
Warwick, RI 33.7% 13th +1.9pp 23rd 1% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 44.7% 28th +3.0pp 24th 31% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 43.5% 26th +3.1pp 25th 28% above peers
Largo, FL 40.3% 24th +2.9pp 26th 18% above peers
Gastonia, NC 36.9% 19th +2.7pp 27th 8% above peers
Folsom, CA 31.3% 7th +2.7pp 28th 8% below peers
South Jordan, UT 22.7% 1st +2.1pp 29th 33% below peers
The Villages, FL 24.2% 3rd +2.2pp 30th 29% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 27.4% 5th +3.2pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±4.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.1% then, 8.0% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.2% to 8.0%).
8.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Longview, TX 5.6% 11th -1.8pp 1st 20% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 4.8% 8th -1.3pp 2nd 31% below peers
Homestead, FL 8.0% 22nd -2.1pp 3rd 14% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.0% 17th -1.5pp 4th on par with peers
Cicero, IL 9.2% 26th -2.0pp 5th 32% above peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% 4th -0.5pp 6th 50% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 16.4% 28th -2.0pp 7th 134% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 22.6% 31st -2.6pp 8th 223% above peers
Somerville, MA 21.6% 30th -2.3pp 9th 208% above peers
Alhambra, CA 7.4% 19th -0.6pp 10th 6% above peers
Warwick, RI 5.5% 10th -0.2pp 11th 22% below peers
Layton, UT 3.0% 2nd -0.1pp 12th 57% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 6.1% 13th -0.2pp 13th 12% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.5% 29th -0.5pp 14th 136% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 7.0% 16th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Largo, FL 8.6% 24th -0.0pp 16th 23% above peers
The Villages, FL 2.2% 1st +0.0pp 17th 68% below peers
Frederick, MD 6.7% 15th +0.1pp 18th 5% below peers
Westland, MI 8.7% 25th +0.1pp 19th 25% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 7.8% 20th +0.3pp 20th 11% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 10.5% 27th +0.4pp 21st 50% above peers
Cranston, RI 7.4% 18th +0.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 5.7% 12th +0.5pp 23rd 18% below peers
Gastonia, NC 7.9% 21st +0.8pp 24th 13% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 4.4% 6th +0.5pp 25th 37% below peers
Mountain View, CA 8.1% 23rd +1.3pp 26th 15% above peers
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 27th 12% below peers
Waldorf, MD 3.8% 5th +0.8pp 28th 46% below peers
South Jordan, UT 4.8% 7th +1.0pp 29th 32% below peers
Buena Park, CA 5.3% 9th +2.1pp 30th 25% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.0% 3rd +1.6pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.0pp 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
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Uninsured fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.5% to 19.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 11.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.3% to 19.5%).
19.5%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Mountain View, CA 2.4% 4th -2.6pp 1st 62% below peers
Somerville, MA 1.9% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 69% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.9pp 3rd 69% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 6.2% 16th -2.9pp 4th on par with peers
Alhambra, CA 4.2% 10th -1.8pp 5th 33% below peers
Layton, UT 6.5% 17th -2.7pp 6th 5% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.6% 12th -1.3pp 7th 27% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 4.9% 13th -1.4pp 8th 21% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 3.1% 6th -0.9pp 9th 50% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 12.6% 24th -3.4pp 10th 101% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 9.9% 22nd -2.3pp 11th 58% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.5% 28th -3.5pp 12th 149% above peers
Longview, TX 16.0% 29th -3.1pp 13th 156% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.2% 21st -1.5pp 14th 31% above peers
Redwood City, CA 4.5% 11th -0.8pp 15th 28% below peers
Homestead, FL 19.5% 30th -3.0pp 16th 213% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 11.7% 23rd -1.7pp 17th 87% above peers
Warwick, RI 3.2% 7th -0.3pp 18th 48% below peers
Buena Park, CA 7.9% 20th -0.5pp 19th 27% above peers
South Jordan, UT 4.1% 8th -0.2pp 20th 34% below peers
Westland, MI 5.8% 15th -0.1pp 21st 8% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.2% 27th -0.1pp 22nd 143% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 6.6% 18th +0.1pp 23rd 6% above peers
Folsom, CA 2.4% 5th +0.1pp 24th 62% below peers
Frederick, MD 7.4% 19th +0.2pp 25th 19% above peers
Cicero, IL 19.8% 31st +1.4pp 26th 218% above peers
Largo, FL 13.3% 26th +1.2pp 27th 113% above peers
Waldorf, MD 4.2% 9th +1.1pp 28th 33% below peers
Gastonia, NC 12.7% 25th +3.3pp 29th 104% above peers
Cranston, RI 5.1% 14th +1.9pp 30th 18% below peers
The Villages, FL 1.5% 1st +0.7pp 31st 76% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

31.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Alhambra, CA 20.3% 1st 35% below peers
Mountain View, CA 21.3% 2nd 32% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 21.8% 3rd 30% below peers
Somerville, MA 23.6% 4th 25% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 23.8% 5th 24% below peers
Redwood City, CA 23.9% 6th 24% below peers
Buena Park, CA 24.8% 7th 21% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 26.5% 8th 15% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 27.3% 9th 13% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 28.5% 10th 9% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 28.6% 11th 9% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.8% 12th 8% below peers
Folsom, CA 29.4% 13th 6% below peers
South Jordan, UT 30.2% 14th 4% below peers
Cranston, RI 30.6% 15th 2% below peers
Layton, UT 31.3% 16th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 31.7% 17th 1% above peers
Homestead, FL 31.8% 18th 2% above peers
Largo, FL 32.4% 19th 4% above peers
The Villages, FL 32.7% 20th 4% above peers
Warwick, RI 33.4% 21st 7% above peers
Frederick, MD 33.9% 22nd 8% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 34.2% 23rd 9% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 34.2% 24th 9% above peers
Westland, MI 34.5% 25th 10% above peers
Gastonia, NC 38.0% 26th 21% above peers
Cicero, IL 38.4% 27th 23% above peers
Longview, TX 40.0% 28th 28% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.2% 29th 32% above peers
Waldorf, MD 43.7% 30th 40% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 46.2% 31st 48% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 10.2% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.6% to 10.2%).
10.2%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Newport Beach, CA 0.0% 1st -1.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Mountain View, CA 0.4% 2nd -2.7pp 2nd 89% below peers
Folsom, CA 0.8% 3rd -1.7pp 3rd 81% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.2% 17th -7.5pp 4th 4% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 1.2% 4th -1.9pp 5th 69% below peers
Alhambra, CA 1.4% 5th -1.5pp 6th 66% below peers
Warwick, RI 1.5% 6th -1.3pp 7th 62% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 1.8% 8th -1.2pp 8th 56% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 2.7% 12th -1.5pp 9th 33% below peers
Longview, TX 8.9% 27th -4.1pp 10th 121% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 6.2% 23rd -2.5pp 11th 52% above peers
Redwood City, CA 1.7% 7th -0.6pp 12th 58% below peers
Layton, UT 5.4% 22nd -1.4pp 13th 34% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 9.3% 28th -1.7pp 14th 131% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 9.6% 29th -1.5pp 15th 137% above peers
Westland, MI 2.1% 9th -0.2pp 16th 47% below peers
Largo, FL 7.7% 26th -0.3pp 17th 92% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 2.7% 11th -0.1pp 18th 33% below peers
Waldorf, MD 2.8% 13th -0.0pp 19th 31% below peers
Frederick, MD 4.3% 18th +0.1pp 20th 7% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.5% 15th +0.1pp 21st 14% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.2% 21st +0.4pp 22nd 28% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 4.5% 19th +0.7pp 23rd 12% above peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% 20th +0.8pp 24th 14% above peers
Homestead, FL 10.2% 30th +2.0pp 25th 152% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.0% 16th +2.0pp 26th on par with peers
Cranston, RI 3.2% 14th +1.7pp 27th 20% below peers
Somerville, MA 2.5% 10th +1.4pp 28th 38% below peers
Gastonia, NC 10.6% 31st +6.6pp 29th 163% above peers
Buena Park, CA 7.1% 25th +5.4pp 30th 76% above peers
The Villages, FL 6.2% 24th 52% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.2% then, 24.9% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 9.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.7% to 24.9%).
24.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Kissimmee, FL 26.6% 26th +8.2pp 1st 27% below peers
Cicero, IL 10.8% 31st +1.9pp 2nd 70% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 32.1% 22nd +5.2pp 3rd 12% below peers
Largo, FL 27.4% 25th +4.2pp 4th 25% below peers
Waldorf, MD 34.8% 17th +5.2pp 5th 5% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 51.6% 10th +7.1pp 6th 42% above peers
Alhambra, CA 40.8% 14th +5.4pp 7th 12% above peers
South Jordan, UT 47.9% 11th +5.6pp 8th 32% above peers
Homestead, FL 24.9% 28th +2.8pp 9th 31% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.1% 23rd +3.1pp 10th 15% below peers
Longview, TX 23.7% 29th +2.3pp 11th 35% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 52.9% 9th +5.0pp 12th 45% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 60.6% 5th +5.7pp 13th 66% above peers
Gastonia, NC 26.6% 27th +2.4pp 14th 27% below peers
Cranston, RI 36.4% 16th +3.2pp 15th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 32.1% 21st +2.7pp 16th 12% below peers
Redwood City, CA 54.4% 8th +4.2pp 17th 49% above peers
Buena Park, CA 33.0% 19th +2.5pp 18th 9% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 32.7% 20th +2.4pp 19th 10% below peers
Mountain View, CA 75.0% 1st +5.5pp 20th 106% above peers
Somerville, MA 69.4% 4th +5.0pp 21st 91% above peers
Frederick, MD 43.2% 12th +3.0pp 22nd 19% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 72.7% 2nd +5.0pp 23rd 100% above peers
Folsom, CA 54.9% 7th +3.7pp 24th 51% above peers
Layton, UT 36.6% 15th +2.4pp 25th on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA 29.1% 24th +1.6pp 26th 20% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 57.6% 6th +3.1pp 27th 58% above peers
Westland, MI 23.0% 30th +0.9pp 28th 37% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 69.6% 3rd +2.6pp 29th 91% above peers
The Villages, FL 42.8% 13th +0.5pp 30th 18% above peers
Warwick, RI 33.6% 18th -0.1pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.5% then, 62.7% now; margin ±14.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.8% to 62.8%).
62.7%
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 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Kissimmee, FL 52.1% 13th +17.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Warwick, RI 57.1% 9th +16.3pp 2nd 11% above peers
Longview, TX 48.9% 18th +7.7pp 3rd 4% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 69.7% 3rd +10.7pp 4th 36% above peers
Buena Park, CA 54.0% 11th +6.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Cranston, RI 44.5% 22nd +3.9pp 6th 13% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 42.9% 24th +3.1pp 7th 16% below peers
Gastonia, NC 36.8% 27th +2.2pp 8th 28% below peers
Homestead, FL 62.8% 5th +2.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Somerville, MA 60.0% 7th +1.8pp 10th 17% above peers
Westland, MI 47.5% 19th +1.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 79.1% 2nd +1.5pp 12th 54% above peers
South Jordan, UT 51.5% 15th +0.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 43.5% 23rd -0.2pp 14th 15% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 59.3% 8th -1.9pp 15th 16% above peers
Waldorf, MD 44.8% 20th -2.8pp 16th 13% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 44.7% 21st -4.0pp 17th 13% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 51.2% 16th -8.1pp 18th on par with peers
Redwood City, CA 55.6% 10th -9.1pp 19th 8% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 63.4% 4th -12.1pp 20th 24% above peers
Alhambra, CA 52.4% 12th -10.9pp 21st 2% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 52.1% 14th -11.7pp 22nd 2% above peers
Mountain View, CA 61.8% 6th -14.3pp 23rd 21% above peers
Folsom, CA 51.1% 17th -14.7pp 24th on par with peers
Cicero, IL 30.6% 30th -9.7pp 25th 40% below peers
Layton, UT 26.5% 31st -9.7pp 26th 48% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 35.3% 28th -15.4pp 27th 31% below peers
Largo, FL 40.0% 25th -18.0pp 28th 22% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 34.7% 29th -15.8pp 29th 32% below peers
Frederick, MD 37.8% 26th -21.1pp 30th 26% below peers
The Villages, FL 100.0% 1st 95% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.9% then, 9.9% now; margin ±6.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 16.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.8% to 9.9%).
9.9%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
The Villages, FL 0.0% 1st -100.0pp 1st 100% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 0.4% 2nd -7.9pp 2nd 93% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.9% 3rd -4.3pp 3rd 86% below peers
Mountain View, CA 2.7% 8th -8.3pp 4th 58% below peers
Folsom, CA 1.1% 4th -3.0pp 5th 83% below peers
Cranston, RI 2.6% 7th -3.3pp 6th 59% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.4% 5th -1.5pp 7th 78% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 7.2% 20th -5.4pp 8th 14% above peers
Alhambra, CA 5.4% 12th -2.1pp 9th 15% below peers
Layton, UT 4.3% 11th -0.9pp 10th 32% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 5.5% 14th -1.0pp 11th 14% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.3% 21st -1.1pp 12th 16% above peers
Cicero, IL 9.7% 26th -1.4pp 13th 53% above peers
Homestead, FL 9.9% 27th -1.0pp 14th 57% above peers
Largo, FL 10.5% 29th -0.4pp 15th 67% above peers
Waldorf, MD 6.3% 16th +0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Farmington Hills, MI 3.7% 9th +0.5pp 17th 42% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 25th +1.3pp 18th 32% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 6.8% 17th +1.1pp 19th 7% above peers
Longview, TX 8.3% 24th +1.7pp 20th 31% above peers
Frederick, MD 6.9% 19th +1.6pp 21st 9% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 6.8% 18th +2.3pp 22nd 7% above peers
Gastonia, NC 10.4% 28th +3.6pp 23rd 64% above peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 13th +2.2pp 24th 14% below peers
Buena Park, CA 6.1% 15th +3.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Redwood City, CA 4.2% 10th +2.2pp 26th 34% below peers
Westland, MI 17.3% 31st +11.0pp 27th 174% above peers
Warwick, RI 8.2% 23rd +5.2pp 28th 29% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 8.1% 22nd +5.5pp 29th 29% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.4% 30th +11.1pp 30th 144% above peers
Somerville, MA 1.6% 6th +1.2pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 68,438 to 82,807 - more than the combined survey margin (±89). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 30% from 2014 to 2024 (63,459 to 82,807).
82,807
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Homestead, FL 82,807 17th +21% 1st on par with peers
Frederick, MD 83,395 8th +18% 2nd 1% above peers
South Jordan, UT 82,686 20th +16% 3rd on par with peers
Kissimmee, FL 81,479 26th +14% 4th 2% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 81,849 25th +12% 5th 1% below peers
Waldorf, MD 82,943 13th +10% 6th on par with peers
Layton, UT 83,286 9th +9% 7th 1% above peers
Gastonia, NC 82,884 15th +9% 8th on par with peers
Warner Robins, GA 82,990 12th +9% 9th on par with peers
Folsom, CA 83,916 1st +7% 10th 1% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 81,435 28th +6% 11th 2% below peers
The Villages, FL 83,498 7th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 81,143 29th +5% 13th 2% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 83,876 2nd +5% 14th 1% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 82,769 19th +5% 15th on par with peers
Farmington Hills, MI 83,515 6th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Warwick, RI 83,175 11th +3% 17th on par with peers
Mountain View, CA 83,732 4th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Cranston, RI 83,250 10th +2% 19th on par with peers
Westland, MI 83,633 5th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Longview, TX 82,923 14th +2% 21st on par with peers
Cicero, IL 82,797 18th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Buena Park, CA 82,871 16th +0% 23rd on par with peers
Somerville, MA 81,036 30th +0% 24th 2% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 81,462 27th -0% 25th 2% below peers
Largo, FL 82,617 21st -2% 26th on par with peers
Newport Beach, CA 83,845 3rd -2% 27th 1% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 81,988 24th -2% 28th 1% below peers
Redwood City, CA 82,447 22nd -4% 29th 1% below peers
Alhambra, CA 81,022 31st -4% 30th 2% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 82,031 23rd -9% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.7% to 29.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (31.6% to 29.5%).
29.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 18.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Warner Robins, GA 27.3% 5th +1.3pp 1st 25% above peers
Buena Park, CA 23.1% 13th +1.0pp 2nd 6% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.1% 28th +0.3pp 3rd 31% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 25.0% 9th +0.4pp 4th 14% above peers
Gastonia, NC 24.6% 11th +0.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Alhambra, CA 17.1% 25th +0.2pp 6th 22% below peers
Mountain View, CA 19.9% 20th +0.2pp 7th 9% below peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 28.0% 4th -0.1pp 8th 28% above peers
Redwood City, CA 21.3% 18th -0.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Warwick, RI 17.6% 24th -0.1pp 10th 20% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 23.8% 12th -0.2pp 11th 9% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 22.2% 15th -0.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 21.9% 17th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 17.1% 26th -0.3pp 14th 22% below peers
Frederick, MD 21.9% 16th -0.4pp 15th on par with peers
Johns Creek, GA 26.0% 6th -0.6pp 16th 19% above peers
Westland, MI 20.1% 19th -0.6pp 17th 8% below peers
Cranston, RI 19.6% 21st -0.6pp 18th 10% below peers
Waldorf, MD 24.9% 10th -0.8pp 19th 14% above peers
Longview, TX 25.1% 8th -0.9pp 20th 15% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 16.5% 27th -0.7pp 21st 24% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 19.5% 22nd -1.0pp 22nd 11% below peers
Folsom, CA 22.7% 14th -1.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 17.8% 23rd -1.2pp 24th 19% below peers
Largo, FL 14.8% 29th -1.0pp 25th 32% below peers
Layton, UT 29.0% 3rd -2.4pp 26th 32% above peers
The Villages, FL 0.7% 31st -0.1pp 27th 97% below peers
Homestead, FL 29.5% 1st -3.1pp 28th 35% above peers
Cicero, IL 25.8% 7th -3.0pp 29th 18% above peers
South Jordan, UT 29.3% 2nd -3.6pp 30th 34% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.8% 30th -1.9pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.3% then, 44.0% now; margin ±10.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.6% to 44.0%).
44.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Farmington Hills, MI 24.5% 21st +9.6pp 1st 15% below peers
South Jordan, UT 12.8% 31st +3.8pp 2nd 56% below peers
Westland, MI 43.3% 5th +12.0pp 3rd 49% above peers
Gastonia, NC 52.1% 1st +13.9pp 4th 80% above peers
Layton, UT 20.2% 24th +5.3pp 5th 30% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 21.5% 23rd +5.6pp 6th 26% below peers
Buena Park, CA 31.6% 15th +7.2pp 7th 9% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 33.8% 14th +7.3pp 8th 17% above peers
Alhambra, CA 29.0% 16th +4.9pp 9th on par with peers
Largo, FL 45.5% 3rd +7.7pp 10th 57% above peers
Frederick, MD 37.0% 13th +6.2pp 11th 28% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 38.3% 12th +4.9pp 12th 32% above peers
Longview, TX 42.5% 6th +4.7pp 13th 47% above peers
Warwick, RI 27.1% 19th +1.7pp 14th 6% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 15.3% 29th +0.9pp 15th 47% below peers
Cicero, IL 41.1% 9th +1.9pp 16th 42% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.9% 7th +1.4pp 17th 45% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 40.5% 11th +0.4pp 18th 40% above peers
Mountain View, CA 18.1% 26th -0.1pp 19th 37% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 20.0% 25th -1.2pp 20th 31% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 27.8% 18th -2.6pp 21st 4% below peers
Folsom, CA 13.2% 30th -1.3pp 22nd 54% below peers
Homestead, FL 44.0% 4th -4.3pp 23rd 52% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 41.0% 10th -4.1pp 24th 41% above peers
Cranston, RI 26.3% 20th -2.8pp 25th 9% below peers
Waldorf, MD 28.8% 17th -9.2pp 26th on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA 41.6% 8th -13.8pp 27th 44% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 22.1% 22nd -8.8pp 28th 24% below peers
Redwood City, CA 16.4% 28th -6.7pp 29th 43% below peers
Somerville, MA 17.0% 27th -13.7pp 30th 41% below peers
The Villages, FL 47.1% 2nd 63% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.6% then, 63.0% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.6% to 63.0%).
63.0%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
South Jordan, UT 63.4% 23rd +19.6pp 1st 9% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 68.8% 16th +17.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Buena Park, CA 70.0% 14th +13.2pp 3rd 1% above peers
Folsom, CA 76.2% 5th +13.3pp 4th 10% above peers
Gastonia, NC 77.8% 4th +9.3pp 5th 12% above peers
Westland, MI 72.0% 10th +8.5pp 6th 4% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 67.0% 21st +7.7pp 7th 4% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 68.0% 17th +7.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Redwood City, CA 73.6% 8th +6.2pp 9th 6% above peers
Alhambra, CA 64.8% 22nd +4.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Waldorf, MD 78.3% 3rd +4.8pp 11th 13% above peers
Brooklyn Park, MN 84.5% 1st +5.0pp 12th 22% above peers
Somerville, MA 80.0% 2nd +3.9pp 13th 15% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 60.1% 27th +2.5pp 14th 14% below peers
Layton, UT 54.1% 30th +2.3pp 15th 22% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 67.5% 20th +2.5pp 16th 3% below peers
Cicero, IL 61.9% 25th +1.7pp 17th 11% below peers
Cranston, RI 70.8% 13th +1.1pp 18th 2% above peers
Mountain View, CA 73.4% 9th +0.4pp 19th 6% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 74.7% 6th +0.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Longview, TX 60.2% 26th -0.5pp 21st 13% below peers
Largo, FL 69.5% 15th -2.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 74.6% 7th -4.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 71.7% 11th -4.4pp 24th 3% above peers
Homestead, FL 63.0% 24th -4.6pp 25th 9% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 67.8% 18th -6.6pp 26th 2% below peers
Warwick, RI 71.4% 12th -8.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Frederick, MD 67.8% 19th -7.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 56.0% 29th -7.2pp 29th 19% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 58.0% 28th -13.3pp 30th 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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