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119,961 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Lakeland, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$64,185
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$47,511 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.6%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
70.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
17.8%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
23.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
12.3%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
15.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
29.4%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
25.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.0%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
8.6% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Lakeland, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
34.1%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
54.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.7%
May 2026
▲ 30%
relative change
4.4% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
14.4%
2019-23
▲ 4%
relative change
13.8% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.5%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
9.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.2%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 4 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
119,961
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
107,922 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$223,033
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$229,654 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$313,405
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$319,209 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.0%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
19.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $47,511 to $64,185 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,968). 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 64% from 2014 to 2024 ($39,238 to $64,185).
$64,185
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%
Wilmington, NC $66,738 23rd +40% 1st 19% below peers
Richmond, CA $95,391 12th +39% 2nd 16% above peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 4th +39% 3rd 43% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 27th +38% 4th 23% below peers
Lowell, MA $78,658 19th +38% 5th 4% below peers
High Point, NC $64,561 25th +37% 6th 21% below peers
Clearwater, FL $66,381 24th +36% 7th 19% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 21st +35% 8th 11% below peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 26th +35% 9th 22% below peers
West Jordan, UT $108,153 6th +34% 10th 32% above peers
Manchester, NH $81,007 17th +33% 11th 1% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 22nd +33% 12th 17% below peers
Evansville, IN $53,387 30th +33% 13th 35% below peers
Westminster, CO $100,272 9th +32% 14th 22% above peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 18th +30% 15th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 13th +30% 16th 10% above peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 17th 44% below peers
Antioch, CA $97,465 11th +27% 18th 19% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 2nd +27% 19th 59% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 7th +26% 20th 31% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 16th +25% 21st on par with peers
Billings, MT $73,712 20th +24% 22nd 10% below peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 14th +22% 23rd 9% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 5th +21% 24th 32% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 28th +21% 25th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 8th +21% 26th 24% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 29th +19% 27th 27% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 15th +19% 28th 6% above peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 29th 71% above peers
Richardson, TX $98,111 10th +15% 30th 19% above peers
League City, TX $121,099 3rd +11% 31st 47% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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3 of 31 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,146 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 →

Unemployment rose 1.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.7% in May 2026, up from 4.4% a year earlier.
5.7%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.8% (May 26) +1.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Independence, MO 3.7% (May 26) 13th -0.8pp 1st on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 3.3% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 2nd 11% below peers
Antioch, CA 4.6% (May 26) 24th -0.5pp 3rd 24% above peers
Manchester, NH 2.8% (May 26) 1st -0.5pp 4th 24% below peers
Richmond, CA 4.0% (May 26) 17th -0.5pp 5th 8% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.3% (May 26) 21st -0.4pp 6th 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 7th 14% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.6% (May 26) 25th -0.3pp 8th 24% above peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 26th -0.3pp 9th 27% above peers
Evansville, IN 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Berkeley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Concord, CA 3.7% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 13th 3% below peers
Arvada, CO 3.6% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 14th 3% below peers
Westminster, CO 3.6% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 15th 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.1pp 16th 14% below peers
High Point, NC 4.4% (May 26) 23rd -0.1pp 17th 19% above peers
North Charleston, SC 3.3% (May 26) 6th +0.0pp 18th 11% below peers
Billings, MT 2.9% (May 26) 2nd +0.0pp 19th 22% below peers
Richardson, TX 3.7% (May 26) 15th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 21st 8% above peers
Rochester, MN 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
League City, TX 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 23rd 5% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.7pp 24th 11% above peers
Clearwater, FL 4.3% (May 26) 22nd +1.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Lakeland, FL 5.7% (May 26) 27th +1.3pp 26th 54% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 4.1% (May 26) 20th +1.4pp 27th 11% above peers
Hartford, CT 7.9% (May 26) 28th +2.2pp 28th 114% 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 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.7% to 12.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 10 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.6% to 12.3%).
12.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.9% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.0%
North Charleston, SC 14.0% 21st -5.9pp 1st 21% above peers
Wilmington, NC 15.5% 24th -5.8pp 2nd 34% above peers
Lakeland, FL 12.3% 18th -3.4pp 3rd 6% above peers
Manchester, NH 10.9% 12th -2.9pp 4th 6% below peers
Antioch, CA 11.3% 15th -2.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.6% 16th -2.3pp 6th on par with peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 6th -1.5pp 7th 29% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 7th -1.6pp 8th 28% below peers
Evansville, IN 17.8% 28th -3.3pp 9th 54% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 20th -2.4pp 10th 18% above peers
High Point, NC 14.6% 23rd -2.5pp 11th 26% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.2% 9th -1.4pp 12th 20% below peers
Lowell, MA 16.2% 27th -1.9pp 13th 40% above peers
Berkeley, CA 15.5% 25th -1.7pp 14th 34% above peers
Richmond, CA 13.4% 19th -1.1pp 15th 16% above peers
West Jordan, UT 6.0% 4th -0.5pp 16th 48% below peers
Hartford, CT 24.7% 31st -1.9pp 17th 113% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.0% 29th -1.0pp 18th 55% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.6% 22nd -0.7pp 19th 26% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 17th -0.4pp 20th 4% above peers
League City, TX 5.4% 1st -0.1pp 21st 53% below peers
Billings, MT 9.6% 10th -0.1pp 22nd 17% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 23rd 50% below peers
Cambridge, MA 11.0% 13th +0.0pp 24th 5% below peers
Westminster, CO 7.3% 5th +0.2pp 25th 37% below peers
Independence, MO 15.6% 26th +0.7pp 26th 35% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.1% 14th +0.6pp 27th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 21.7% 30th +1.6pp 28th 87% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.7% 8th +0.8pp 29th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.1% 11th +1.6pp 30th 13% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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2 of 31 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 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.5% to 17.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp). 10 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.2% to 17.8%).
17.8%
20132024
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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 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 23rd -13.7pp 1st 40% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 7th -5.0pp 2nd 49% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 21st -11.1pp 3rd 25% above peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 4th 51% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 14th -5.4pp 5th 9% below peers
League City, TX 5.3% 2nd -1.7pp 6th 65% below peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 19th -5.8pp 7th 17% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 15th -4.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Antioch, CA 16.3% 18th -5.0pp 9th 7% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 26th -6.5pp 10th 47% above peers
Evansville, IN 27.2% 30th -7.3pp 11th 79% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 9th -2.5pp 12th 37% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 1st -0.9pp 13th 77% below peers
High Point, NC 22.8% 27th -4.9pp 14th 50% above peers
West Jordan, UT 7.1% 3rd -1.4pp 15th 53% below peers
Clearwater, FL 20.0% 22nd -3.5pp 16th 32% above peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 17th 62% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.8% 24th -2.6pp 18th 43% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 10th -1.1pp 19th 30% below peers
Westminster, CO 9.5% 8th -0.6pp 20th 37% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 28th -1.3pp 21st 57% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 22nd 134% above peers
Manchester, NH 18.9% 20th -0.9pp 23rd 24% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 17th -0.6pp 24th 1% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 25th 53% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 11th -0.2pp 26th 29% below peers
Richmond, CA 22.2% 25th +0.8pp 27th 46% above peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 13th +1.9pp 28th 10% below peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 16th +2.5pp 29th on par with peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 6th +1.9pp 30th 50% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 12th +3.4pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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2 of 31 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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Broadband rose 19.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 70.0% to 89.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 28 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 22.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (67.3% to 89.7%).
89.6%
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%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 25th +19.6pp 1st 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 28th +17.8pp 2nd 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 31st +14.7pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lowell, MA 87.4% 29th +11.8pp 4th 6% below peers
Evansville, IN 89.6% 26th +11.4pp 5th 4% below peers
High Point, NC 91.0% 23rd +9.5pp 6th 2% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 24th +9.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 22nd +9.0pp 8th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 27th +8.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 19th +7.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Clearwater, FL 87.3% 30th +6.8pp 11th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 15th +7.0pp 12th on par with peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 20th +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Antioch, CA 96.0% 5th +7.0pp 14th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 4th +6.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 8th +5.9pp 16th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 12th +5.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Richmond, CA 93.3% 16th +5.3pp 18th on par with peers
Westminster, CO 94.2% 11th +4.9pp 19th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 18th +4.5pp 20th 1% below peers
Manchester, NH 91.7% 21st +4.4pp 21st 2% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 6th +4.5pp 22nd 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 14th +3.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
West Jordan, UT 96.3% 3rd +3.1pp 24th 3% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 10th +2.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 9th +2.7pp 26th 1% above peers
League City, TX 96.4% 2nd +2.8pp 27th 3% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 13th +2.5pp 28th 1% above peers
Richardson, TX 95.0% 7th +2.0pp 29th 2% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 30th 4% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 17th +0.9pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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2 of 31 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.49 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.47).
0.47
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
Lakeland, FL 0.47 21st -0.020 1st 3% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 14th -0.018 2nd 2% below peers
Lowell, MA 0.45 15th -0.013 3rd 1% below peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 27th -0.012 4th 13% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 10th -0.007 5th 3% below peers
Manchester, NH 0.42 5th -0.006 6th 7% below peers
West Jordan, UT 0.35 1st -0.005 7th 23% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 23rd +0.000 8th 9% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 24th +0.002 9th 10% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 29th +0.002 10th 15% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 3rd +0.002 11th 10% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 26th +0.002 12th 12% above peers
Evansville, IN 0.46 18th +0.002 13th 1% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 4th +0.002 14th 9% below peers
High Point, NC 0.47 22nd +0.004 15th 5% above peers
Billings, MT 0.46 20th +0.008 16th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 19th +0.009 17th 2% above peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 28th +0.011 18th 14% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 31st +0.012 19th 19% above peers
Richmond, CA 0.45 16th +0.010 20th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 0.50 25th +0.012 21st 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 22nd 3% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 12th +0.011 23rd 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 30th +0.014 24th 16% above peers
Concord, CA 0.43 8th +0.014 25th 5% below peers
Antioch, CA 0.43 7th +0.015 26th 6% below peers
League City, TX 0.40 2nd +0.015 27th 12% below peers
Westminster, CO 0.42 6th +0.017 28th 7% below peers
Richardson, TX 0.45 17th +0.020 29th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 13th +0.030 30th 3% below peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 9th +0.035 31st 4% 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (13.8% then, 14.4% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 0.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (14.0% to 14.4%).
14.4%
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
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 17th -5.4pp 1st 2% above peers
West Jordan, UT 4.4% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 59% below peers
Richardson, TX 3.5% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 68% below peers
Manchester, NH 10.7% 16th -3.6pp 4th on par with peers
League City, TX 3.9% 3rd -1.0pp 5th 64% below peers
Clearwater, FL 10.7% 15th -2.8pp 6th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 9th -1.3pp 7th 29% below peers
High Point, NC 17.6% 29th -2.7pp 8th 64% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 25th -1.9pp 9th 29% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 10th 76% below peers
Evansville, IN 14.6% 28th -1.7pp 11th 36% above peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 21st -1.3pp 12th 12% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 13th 240% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 14th 54% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 7th -0.3pp 15th 46% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 14th -0.5pp 16th 10% below peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 10th -0.4pp 17th 25% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 19th -0.6pp 18th 8% above peers
Antioch, CA 13.5% 24th -0.7pp 19th 26% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 27th -0.5pp 20th 35% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 20th -0.3pp 21st 10% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 13th -0.2pp 22nd 18% below peers
Westminster, CO 6.2% 8th +0.1pp 23rd 43% below peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 26th +0.6pp 24th 34% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 23rd +0.9pp 25th 24% above peers
Lowell, MA 25.3% 30th +2.1pp 26th 136% above peers
Richmond, CA 12.2% 22nd +1.3pp 27th 14% above peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 5th +0.6pp 28th 55% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 18th +1.4pp 29th 3% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 12th +1.4pp 30th 20% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 11th +3.7pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $313,405 in June 2026, down from $319,209 a year earlier.
$313,405
2000June 2026
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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%
Rochester, MN $348,286 (Jun 26) 20th +4.0% 1st 18% below peers
Evansville, IN $206,632 (Jun 26) 29th +3.9% 2nd 51% below peers
Independence, MO $214,195 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 3rd 49% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $540,694 (Jun 26) 9th +3.0% 4th 28% above peers
Hartford, CT $205,552 (Jun 26) 30th +2.8% 5th 51% below peers
Berkeley, CA $1,478,916 (Jun 26) 1st +2.6% 6th 250% above peers
Billings, MT $402,554 (Jun 26) 17th +2.1% 7th 5% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $291,736 (Jun 26) 25th +2.1% 8th 31% below peers
Lafayette, LA $228,144 (Jun 26) 27th +2.0% 9th 46% below peers
West Jordan, UT $563,414 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 10th 33% above peers
Manchester, NH $448,035 (Jun 26) 14th +0.9% 11th 6% above peers
High Point, NC $252,160 (Jun 26) 26th +0.5% 12th 40% below peers
Lowell, MA $492,699 (Jun 26) 12th +0.1% 13th 17% above peers
League City, TX $377,316 (Jun 26) 18th +0.0% 14th 11% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $403,887 (Jun 26) 16th -0.7% 15th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC $422,872 (Jun 26) 15th -0.8% 16th on par with peers
Richardson, TX $448,332 (Jun 26) 13th -1.0% 17th 6% above peers
Brandon, FL $358,445 (Jun 26) 19th -1.3% 18th 15% below peers
Cambridge, MA $1,044,286 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.5% 19th 147% above peers
Lakeland, FL $313,405 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.8% 20th 26% below peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.9% 21st 74% above peers
North Charleston, SC $315,206 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.9% 22nd 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA $609,593 (Jun 26) 6th -2.2% 23rd 44% above peers
Arvada, CO $614,627 (Jun 26) 5th -2.5% 24th 45% above peers
Westminster, CO $527,400 (Jun 26) 10th -2.6% 25th 25% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $308,500 (Jun 26) 24th -2.7% 26th 27% below peers
Antioch, CA $596,320 (Jun 26) 7th -2.7% 27th 41% above peers
Clearwater, FL $344,142 (Jun 26) 21st -3.0% 28th 19% below peers
Richmond, CA $614,962 (Jun 26) 4th -3.4% 29th 45% above peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 11th -4.3% 30th 25% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 20% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $223,033 in June 2026, down from $229,654 a year earlier.
$223,033
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%
Rochester, MN $255,234 (Jun 26) 19th +4.6% 1st 15% below peers
Independence, MO $157,158 (Jun 26) 26th +4.6% 2nd 48% below peers
Evansville, IN $119,133 (Jun 26) 29th +3.9% 3rd 60% below peers
Billings, MT $300,960 (Jun 26) 15th +2.7% 4th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK $229,532 (Jun 26) 21st +2.5% 5th 24% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $356,154 (Jun 26) 11th +2.0% 6th 18% above peers
Berkeley, CA $995,582 (Jun 26) 1st +1.7% 7th 231% above peers
Manchester, NH $339,876 (Jun 26) 14th +1.1% 8th 13% above peers
West Jordan, UT $457,643 (Jun 26) 8th +1.1% 9th 52% above peers
Hartford, CT $109,220 (Jun 26) 30th +1.0% 10th 64% below peers
Lafayette, LA $137,808 (Jun 26) 28th +1.0% 11th 54% below peers
High Point, NC $147,051 (Jun 26) 27th +0.6% 12th 51% below peers
Cambridge, MA $700,797 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.3% 13th 133% above peers
Lowell, MA $346,316 (Jun 26) 12th -0.1% 14th 15% above peers
League City, TX $286,671 (Jun 26) 17th -0.4% 15th 5% below peers
Wilmington, NC $298,235 (Jun 26) 16th -1.1% 16th 1% below peers
Richardson, TX $344,866 (Jun 26) 13th -1.2% 17th 15% above peers
North Charleston, SC $225,334 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.3% 18th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA $488,580 (Jun 26) 4th -2.3% 19th 62% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $247,731 (Jun 26) 20th -2.4% 20th 18% below peers
Brandon, FL $278,112 (Jun 26) 18th -2.5% 21st 8% below peers
Lakeland, FL $223,033 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.9% 22nd 26% below peers
Arvada, CO $484,930 (Jun 26) 5th -3.1% 23rd 61% above peers
Richmond, CA $474,988 (Jun 26) 7th -3.2% 24th 58% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 9th -3.4% 25th 42% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 3rd -3.5% 26th 66% above peers
Westminster, CO $402,135 (Jun 26) 10th -3.6% 27th 34% above peers
Antioch, CA $484,699 (Jun 26) 6th -3.6% 28th 61% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $212,464 (Jun 26) 24th -5.9% 29th 29% below peers
Clearwater, FL $180,856 (Jun 26) 25th -7.1% 30th 40% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.6% then, 56.4% now; margin ±2.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.3% to 56.4%).
56.4%
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%
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 24th +5.0pp 1st 13% below peers
Manchester, NH 48.7% 25th +4.6pp 2nd 15% below peers
Richmond, CA 54.7% 19th +4.9pp 3rd 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 4th 55% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 26th +3.1pp 5th 17% below peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 18th +3.5pp 6th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 7th 40% above peers
High Point, NC 57.8% 15th +3.1pp 8th 1% above peers
Antioch, CA 63.6% 9th +3.4pp 9th 11% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 23rd +1.7pp 10th 12% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 12th +2.0pp 11th 7% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 16th +1.9pp 12th on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 77.2% 2nd +2.4pp 13th 35% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 11th +1.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 8th +1.8pp 15th 13% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 28th +1.2pp 16th 23% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 5th +2.0pp 17th 26% above peers
Lowell, MA 43.2% 29th +0.9pp 18th 25% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 3rd +1.2pp 19th 31% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 17th +0.8pp 20th 2% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 27th +0.3pp 21st 21% below peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 13th +0.2pp 22nd 6% above peers
Clearwater, FL 58.6% 14th +0.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Evansville, IN 54.6% 20th -0.5pp 24th 5% below peers
League City, TX 74.7% 4th -1.4pp 25th 30% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 6th -1.6pp 26th 26% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 27th 42% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 7th -2.7pp 28th 13% above peers
Westminster, CO 61.9% 10th -3.2pp 29th 8% above peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 21st -3.5pp 30th 7% below peers
Richardson, TX 50.7% 22nd -7.9pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,689 in June 2026, up from $1,661 a year earlier.
$1,689
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Broken Arrow, OK $1,607 (Jun 26) 25th +4.9% 1st 15% below peers
Evansville, IN $1,038 (Jun 26) 30th +4.8% 2nd 45% below peers
Manchester, NH $2,058 (Jun 26) 12th +3.4% 3rd 9% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,598 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 4th 90% above peers
Billings, MT $1,458 (Jun 26) 26th +2.9% 5th 23% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.9% 6th 37% above peers
Wilmington, NC $1,694 (Jun 26) 19th +2.8% 7th 10% below peers
High Point, NC $1,401 (Jun 26) 27th +2.8% 8th 26% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,392 (Jun 26) 7th +2.8% 9th 27% above peers
Independence, MO $1,378 (Jun 26) 28th +2.7% 10th 27% below peers
Richmond, CA $2,509 (Jun 26) 5th +2.5% 11th 33% above peers
Rochester, MN $1,702 (Jun 26) 18th +2.2% 12th 10% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,941 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.0% 13th 56% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,738 (Jun 26) 17th +1.9% 14th 8% below peers
Fairfield, CA $2,446 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 15th 29% above peers
Lakeland, FL $1,689 (Jun 26) 20th +1.7% 16th 11% below peers
Hartford, CT $1,672 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.5% 17th 12% below peers
Antioch, CA $2,575 (Jun 26) 4th +1.3% 18th 36% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,158 (Jun 26) 10th +1.1% 19th 14% above peers
Lowell, MA $2,316 (Jun 26) 8th +0.3% 20th 23% above peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 21st 15% above peers
League City, TX $1,889 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 22nd on par with peers
Lafayette, LA $1,324 (Jun 26) 29th +0.2% 23rd 30% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,094 (Jun 26) 11th +0.0% 24th 11% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,943 (Jun 26) 14th -0.2% 25th 3% above peers
West Jordan, UT $1,656 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.2% 26th 12% below peers
Westminster, CO $1,879 (Jun 26) 16th -0.9% 27th 1% below peers
Richardson, TX $1,675 (Jun 26) 21st -0.9% 28th 11% below peers
Clearwater, FL $1,962 (Jun 26) 13th -2.5% 29th 4% above peers
Brandon, FL $1,639 (Jun 26) 24th -4.2% 30th 13% 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 (33.5% then, 34.6% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.2% to 34.6%).
34.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
High Point, NC 32.5% 10th -3.6pp 1st 12% below peers
Richmond, CA 43.1% 23rd -1.9pp 2nd 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 19th -1.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 32% below peers
Evansville, IN 32.5% 9th -0.9pp 5th 12% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 22nd -0.9pp 6th 13% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 8th -0.2pp 7th 20% below peers
Manchester, NH 38.3% 18th +0.0pp 8th 3% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 16th +0.1pp 9th on par with peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 25th +0.3pp 10th 18% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 7th +0.4pp 11th 21% below peers
Antioch, CA 45.0% 28th +0.9pp 12th 21% above peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 5th +0.6pp 13th 24% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 30th +1.3pp 14th 24% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 15th +1.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 21st +1.7pp 16th 12% above peers
Westminster, CO 33.0% 11th +1.5pp 17th 11% below peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 18th 47% above peers
Lowell, MA 44.2% 27th +2.5pp 19th 19% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 29th +2.7pp 20th 23% above peers
West Jordan, UT 27.3% 4th +1.9pp 21st 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 12th +2.4pp 22nd 10% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 17th +2.9pp 23rd 3% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 24th 33% below peers
Clearwater, FL 44.0% 26th +3.8pp 25th 19% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 20th +4.0pp 26th 11% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 3rd +2.8pp 27th 28% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 13th +4.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 24th +6.0pp 29th 16% above peers
Richardson, TX 34.2% 14th +5.0pp 30th 8% below peers
League City, TX 28.6% 6th +6.9pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.1% then, 7.4% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.0% to 7.4%).
7.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 15th -2.4pp 1st 2% below peers
Clearwater, FL 8.9% 24th -2.3pp 2nd 20% above peers
Manchester, NH 7.4% 16th -1.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Lowell, MA 13.8% 28th -2.9pp 4th 86% above peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 10th -0.9pp 5th 31% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 21st -1.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 19th -1.2pp 7th 8% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 17th -0.7pp 8th on par with peers
Antioch, CA 5.2% 11th -0.5pp 9th 30% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 67% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 5th -0.3pp 11th 47% below peers
Evansville, IN 10.2% 26th -0.7pp 12th 38% above peers
Richmond, CA 8.3% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 12% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 14th -0.2pp 14th 10% below peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 15th 46% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 8th -0.1pp 16th 35% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 13th -0.0pp 17th 18% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 27th -0.1pp 18th 72% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 19th 314% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 20th 348% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 4th +0.1pp 21st 55% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 22nd 180% above peers
High Point, NC 7.7% 18th +0.4pp 23rd 4% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 25th +0.8pp 24th 29% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 23rd +0.8pp 25th 13% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 7th +0.4pp 26th 46% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 20th +1.2pp 27th 10% above peers
Westminster, CO 4.9% 9th +0.8pp 28th 34% below peers
Richardson, TX 5.5% 12th +1.5pp 29th 25% below peers
West Jordan, UT 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 30th 64% below peers
League City, TX 2.2% 1st +0.9pp 31st 70% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.9% then, 10.5% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.7% to 10.5%).
10.5%
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
Richmond, CA 7.3% 12th -2.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Manchester, NH 7.4% 13th -2.3pp 2nd 7% below peers
West Jordan, UT 7.9% 14th -2.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.1% 5th -0.9pp 4th 49% below peers
Evansville, IN 8.0% 16th -1.7pp 5th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 6th 79% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.7% 29th -2.2pp 7th 84% above peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 6th -0.6pp 8th 45% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 4th -0.4pp 9th 52% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 31st -1.0pp 10th 87% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.2% 25th -0.6pp 11th 40% above peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 65% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 8th -0.3pp 13th 24% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 67% below peers
High Point, NC 10.6% 23rd -0.1pp 15th 32% above peers
Richardson, TX 13.2% 28th -0.1pp 16th 64% above peers
Brandon, FL 12.2% 26th -0.1pp 17th 52% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 19th +0.2pp 18th 22% above peers
Antioch, CA 6.4% 9th +0.1pp 19th 20% below peers
Wilmington, NC 10.8% 24th +0.6pp 20th 35% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.5% 22nd +0.6pp 21st 31% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 11th +0.4pp 22nd 14% below peers
Independence, MO 12.4% 27th +1.0pp 23rd 55% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.9% 30th +1.3pp 24th 86% above peers
Billings, MT 8.0% 15th +1.1pp 25th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 10.4% 21st +1.5pp 26th 30% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.1% 20th +1.5pp 27th 26% above peers
League City, TX 8.6% 18th +1.5pp 28th 8% above peers
Westminster, CO 8.2% 17th +1.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.7% 7th +1.3pp 30th 29% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 10th +1.5pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (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
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 about a quarter above the peer median.

40.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 37% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 26% below peers
Lowell, MA 26.2% 4th 21% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 5th 15% below peers
Westminster, CO 28.3% 6th 15% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 7th 11% below peers
Richardson, TX 29.7% 8th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 9th 9% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 10th 6% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 11th 4% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 12th 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 32.6% 13th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 14th 2% below peers
Richmond, CA 33.1% 15th 1% below peers
Manchester, NH 33.3% 16th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 17th 1% above peers
Clearwater, FL 33.5% 18th 1% above peers
Antioch, CA 33.5% 19th 1% above peers
High Point, NC 33.6% 20th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 21st 2% above peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 22nd 4% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 23rd 6% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 24th 7% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 25th 8% above peers
League City, TX 36.0% 26th 8% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 27th 9% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 20% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 23% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 24% above peers
Evansville, IN 41.6% 31st 25% 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 (5.2% then, 6.2% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.7% to 6.2%).
6.2%
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
Richardson, TX 8.2% 28th -4.5pp 1st 54% above peers
Richmond, CA 3.2% 7th -1.5pp 2nd 39% below peers
Lowell, MA 1.3% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 76% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 19th -1.5pp 4th 10% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 4th -0.6pp 5th 49% below peers
Westminster, CO 3.3% 8th -0.7pp 6th 38% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 22nd -1.2pp 7th 24% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 21st -1.1pp 8th 20% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 14th -0.8pp 9th 7% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.7% 23rd -0.8pp 10th 26% above peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 5th -0.2pp 11th 46% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 29th +0.5pp 12th 91% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 66% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 25th +0.7pp 14th 46% above peers
Manchester, NH 4.3% 12th +0.6pp 15th 20% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 20th +1.0pp 16th 16% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 31st +2.1pp 17th 129% above peers
High Point, NC 4.6% 13th +1.1pp 18th 12% below peers
League City, TX 7.9% 27th +2.0pp 19th 49% above peers
Evansville, IN 5.0% 15th +1.5pp 20th 5% below peers
Antioch, CA 4.2% 11th +1.3pp 21st 22% below peers
Clearwater, FL 11.4% 30th +3.9pp 22nd 116% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 16th +1.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 10th +1.7pp 24th 22% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 18th +2.6pp 25th 6% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 26th +3.8pp 26th 47% above peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 17th +2.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 9th +2.1pp 28th 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 3rd +1.4pp 29th 54% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 6th +1.6pp 30th 46% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 24th +4.3pp 31st 38% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.8pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.9% to 29.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 20 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; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.7% to 29.4%).
29.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 6th +10.4pp 1st 52% above peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 25th +5.8pp 2nd 16% below peers
Lowell, MA 30.0% 21st +5.9pp 3rd 12% below peers
Richmond, CA 33.0% 19th +4.8pp 4th 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 29.1% 23rd +4.1pp 5th 14% below peers
Westminster, CO 44.6% 10th +6.0pp 6th 31% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 31st +2.5pp 7th 43% below peers
Antioch, CA 23.9% 27th +3.0pp 8th 30% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 12th +4.8pp 9th 15% above peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 22nd +3.5pp 10th 13% below peers
Manchester, NH 34.0% 17th +3.9pp 11th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 9th +5.3pp 12th 38% above peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 29th +2.3pp 13th 36% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 24th +3.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 30th +2.0pp 15th 41% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 7th +4.2pp 16th 50% above peers
High Point, NC 34.0% 16th +2.7pp 17th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 15th +2.5pp 18th 5% above peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 11th +2.9pp 19th 21% above peers
Clearwater, FL 32.6% 20th +2.2pp 20th 4% below peers
Richardson, TX 57.0% 5th +3.8pp 21st 68% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 18th +2.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Evansville, IN 22.8% 28th +1.2pp 23rd 33% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 14th +1.8pp 24th 8% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 4th +2.3pp 25th 94% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 13th +1.1pp 26th 10% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 27th 129% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 28th 137% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 29th 120% above peers
League City, TX 47.6% 8th +0.4pp 30th 40% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 26th -1.6pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 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 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 20.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.5% to 34.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.3pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 10.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.4% to 34.1%).
34.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
High Point, NC 45.6% 15th +9.4pp 1st on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 16th +8.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 55.3% 6th +10.3pp 3rd 22% above peers
Antioch, CA 43.7% 18th +7.8pp 4th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 13th +7.6pp 5th 12% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 20th +5.0pp 6th 8% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 12th +2.0pp 7th 12% above peers
Westminster, CO 52.0% 10th +2.0pp 8th 14% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 9th 72% above peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 9th +1.8pp 10th 14% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 11th 37% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 25th +0.4pp 12th 17% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 5th -1.4pp 13th 22% above peers
Manchester, NH 47.2% 14th -2.2pp 14th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 15th 72% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 8th -4.7pp 16th 17% above peers
League City, TX 54.5% 7th -5.0pp 17th 20% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 17th -4.1pp 18th 3% below peers
Richmond, CA 38.9% 23rd -4.6pp 19th 14% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 3rd -8.2pp 20th 42% above peers
Richardson, TX 51.4% 11th -6.7pp 21st 13% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 22nd -6.6pp 22nd 14% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 31st -5.4pp 23rd 35% below peers
Evansville, IN 34.3% 27th -6.4pp 24th 24% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 19th -8.8pp 25th 6% below peers
West Jordan, UT 38.4% 24th -8.5pp 26th 15% below peers
Lowell, MA 37.9% 26th -9.6pp 27th 17% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 30th -9.7pp 28th 33% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 29th -10.7pp 29th 26% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 28th -20.4pp 30th 25% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 21st -31.0pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±8.4pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.6% then, 6.0% now; margin ±4.0pp). 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.*

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 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 97% below peers
Manchester, NH 4.0% 5th -5.2pp 2nd 36% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 10th -4.3pp 3rd 15% below peers
Richmond, CA 8.0% 25th -5.6pp 4th 27% above peers
Lowell, MA 4.2% 6th -2.9pp 5th 34% below peers
Richardson, TX 1.8% 3rd -0.9pp 6th 71% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 13th -2.6pp 7th 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 16th -2.6pp 8th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 2nd -0.6pp 9th 75% below peers
Evansville, IN 5.8% 12th -2.1pp 10th 8% below peers
High Point, NC 5.1% 8th -1.7pp 11th 19% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 14th -2.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Clearwater, FL 7.5% 22nd -2.1pp 13th 19% above peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 29th -1.5pp 14th 45% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 19th -0.8pp 15th 11% above peers
West Jordan, UT 6.6% 17th -0.0pp 16th 5% above peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 26th +0.1pp 17th 37% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 30th +0.4pp 18th 46% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 15th +0.3pp 19th 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 28th +1.6pp 20th 44% above peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 9th +1.2pp 21st 19% below peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 18th +2.0pp 22nd 11% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 24th +2.3pp 23rd 24% above peers
Antioch, CA 7.7% 23rd +2.9pp 24th 22% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 27th +3.8pp 25th 41% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 21st +3.4pp 26th 18% above peers
Westminster, CO 7.1% 20th +3.4pp 27th 13% above peers
League City, TX 4.8% 7th +2.7pp 28th 25% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 29th 116% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 4th +2.4pp 30th 45% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 11th +4.5pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Manchester, NH down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics

Population

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Population rose about 11% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 107,922 to 119,961 - more than the combined survey margin (±105). 24 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 20% from 2014 to 2024 (99,942 to 119,961).
119,961
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
League City, TX 116,215 27th +12% 1st 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 5th +11% 2nd 2% above peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 15th +11% 3rd on par with peers
Billings, MT 119,434 18th +9% 4th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 22nd +9% 5th 1% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 14th +8% 6th on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 16th +8% 7th on par with peers
Lowell, MA 118,368 21st +6% 8th 1% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 10th +6% 9th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 4th +6% 10th 2% above peers
Richmond, CA 115,505 30th +5% 11th 4% below peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 12th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Antioch, CA 116,477 25th +5% 13th 3% below peers
High Point, NC 116,245 26th +4% 14th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 121,740 7th +4% 15th 2% above peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 17th +3% 16th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 3rd +3% 17th 2% above peers
Manchester, NH 115,643 29th +3% 18th 4% below peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 1st +2% 19th 4% above peers
West Jordan, UT 116,692 24th +2% 20th 3% below peers
Westminster, CO 115,484 31st +2% 21st 4% below peers
Richardson, TX 118,731 20th +2% 22nd 1% below peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 19th +2% 23rd 1% below peers
Clearwater, FL 117,247 23rd +2% 24th 2% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 6th +1% 25th 2% above peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 11th +1% 26th 1% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 13th -1% 27th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 9th -2% 28th 1% above peers
Evansville, IN 116,116 28th -2% 29th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 8th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Concord, CA 124,035 2nd -4% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±72 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction No measurable change
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Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.3% then, 19.0% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.7% to 19.0%).
19.0%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 18.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Concord, CA 21.3% 15th +0.7pp 1st 1% above peers
Brandon, FL 21.2% 16th +0.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Lowell, MA 21.7% 13th +0.5pp 3rd 2% above peers
Evansville, IN 21.3% 14th +0.3pp 4th 1% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 1st +0.4pp 5th 32% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 6th 40% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 7th 42% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 17th -0.0pp 8th 1% below peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 7th -0.2pp 9th 8% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 24th -0.3pp 10th 10% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 4th -0.5pp 11th 20% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 12th 41% below peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 6th -0.7pp 13th 10% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 20th -0.7pp 14th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 9th -0.8pp 15th 7% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 26th -0.7pp 16th 16% below peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 11th -1.0pp 17th 4% above peers
Richmond, CA 20.8% 18th -1.0pp 18th 2% below peers
League City, TX 26.4% 3rd -1.4pp 19th 25% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 5th -1.3pp 20th 14% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 21st -1.1pp 21st 6% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 22nd -1.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 23rd 22% below peers
Manchester, NH 18.0% 25th -1.5pp 24th 15% below peers
Antioch, CA 22.8% 8th -2.1pp 25th 8% above peers
Clearwater, FL 16.9% 27th -1.6pp 26th 20% below peers
High Point, NC 22.0% 10th -2.1pp 27th 4% above peers
Richardson, TX 20.2% 19th -2.0pp 28th 5% below peers
West Jordan, UT 27.7% 2nd -2.8pp 29th 31% above peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 12th -2.7pp 30th 4% above peers
Westminster, CO 19.3% 23rd -2.7pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.4% then, 37.9% now; margin ±6.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.1% to 37.9%).
37.9%
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 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
West Jordan, UT 21.4% 26th +4.7pp 1st 37% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 2nd +11.6pp 2nd 63% above peers
Manchester, NH 44.7% 5th +3.9pp 3rd 32% above peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 18th +1.8pp 4th 13% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 28th +0.4pp 5th 41% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 21st +0.4pp 6th 27% below peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 10th +0.5pp 7th 18% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 13th +0.4pp 8th 6% above peers
Westminster, CO 28.4% 19th +0.2pp 9th 16% below peers
Lowell, MA 46.8% 3rd +0.1pp 10th 38% above peers
Richmond, CA 35.5% 14th -0.0pp 11th 5% above peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 11th -0.5pp 12th 12% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 27th -0.4pp 13th 40% below peers
Clearwater, FL 41.9% 8th -0.8pp 14th 24% above peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 6th -0.9pp 15th 26% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 9th -1.0pp 16th 19% above peers
Evansville, IN 46.7% 4th -2.7pp 17th 38% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 23rd -1.3pp 18th 34% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 20th -2.1pp 19th 19% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 20th 71% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 21st 83% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 7th -4.7pp 22nd 25% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 24th -2.4pp 23rd 36% below peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 25th -2.8pp 24th 36% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 12th -5.5pp 25th 9% above peers
Richardson, TX 23.0% 22nd -3.5pp 26th 32% below peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 29th -3.8pp 27th 44% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 15th -7.4pp 28th 4% above peers
High Point, NC 33.9% 16th -8.6pp 29th on par with peers
Antioch, CA 32.9% 17th -8.6pp 30th 3% below peers
League City, TX 10.8% 30th -5.1pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±4.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.2% then, 68.8% now; margin ±9.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.2% to 68.8%).
68.8%
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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 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 31st +13.0pp 1st 18% below peers
West Jordan, UT 70.4% 14th +12.4pp 2nd 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 5th +9.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 13th +9.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Richardson, TX 64.3% 28th +8.0pp 5th 8% below peers
Clearwater, FL 71.7% 9th +7.6pp 6th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 1st +7.4pp 7th 11% above peers
League City, TX 67.1% 22nd +5.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Richmond, CA 66.2% 23rd +4.9pp 9th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 2nd +4.8pp 10th 10% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 19th +4.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Antioch, CA 70.3% 15th +3.7pp 12th 1% above peers
Westminster, CO 71.5% 10th +3.8pp 13th 2% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 24th +3.3pp 14th 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 6th +3.4pp 15th 6% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 20th +3.0pp 16th 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 18th +2.6pp 17th 2% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 27th +1.6pp 18th 7% below peers
High Point, NC 69.2% 17th +1.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 25th +1.3pp 20th 6% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 12th +1.2pp 21st 2% above peers
Manchester, NH 71.1% 11th +0.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 4th +0.2pp 23rd 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 3rd +0.0pp 24th 9% above peers
Lowell, MA 72.2% 7th -0.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Evansville, IN 71.8% 8th -0.6pp 26th 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 26th -2.2pp 27th 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 16th -3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 30th -3.7pp 29th 16% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 21st -5.9pp 30th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 29th -5.7pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±7.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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