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Lehigh Acres, FL
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132,353 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Lehigh Acres, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Lehigh Acres, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

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 →

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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 $48,483 to $66,890 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,251). 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 69% from 2014 to 2024 ($39,686 to $66,890).
$66,890
20102024
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%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 141% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 17th +41% 2nd 2% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 7th +41% 3rd 35% above peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 30th +39% 4th 39% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 11th +39% 5th 24% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 13th +38% 6th 20% above peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 7th 29% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 22nd +38% 8th 10% below peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 16th +38% 9th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 23rd +37% 10th 11% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 11th 25% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 27th +35% 12th 24% below peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 24th +30% 13th 11% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 6th +29% 14th 36% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 25th +29% 15th 14% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 16th 49% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 10th +28% 17th 24% above peers
Orange, CA $117,113 3rd +28% 18th 57% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 5th +27% 19th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 14th +26% 20th 20% above peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 19th +24% 21st 6% below peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 26th +24% 22nd 16% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 15th +23% 23rd 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 9th +21% 24th 26% above peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 21st +21% 25th 10% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 18th +20% 26th 5% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 8th +20% 27th 33% above peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 4th +20% 28th 50% above peers
Norman, OK $67,704 20th +16% 29th 9% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 2nd +14% 30th 60% above peers
Midland, TX $89,585 12th +13% 31st 20% above peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,938 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.0% to 17.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 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; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.6% to 17.0%).
17.0%
20112024
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%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 2nd -2.6pp 1st 51% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 6th -2.6pp 2nd 36% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.5% 4th -2.3pp 3rd 39% below peers
Orange, CA 9.1% 9th -2.4pp 4th 26% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.8% 10th -2.5pp 5th 20% below peers
Kent, WA 10.7% 13th -2.5pp 6th 13% below peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 27th -4.4pp 7th 64% above peers
Hampton, VA 12.4% 18th -2.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Warren, MI 14.7% 20th -2.7pp 9th 19% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.0% 24th -2.9pp 10th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 8th -1.5pp 11th 31% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.6% 12th -1.6pp 12th 14% below peers
Columbia, MO 17.8% 26th -2.4pp 13th 45% above peers
Dayton, OH 24.6% 30th -3.2pp 14th 101% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.3% 31st -3.4pp 15th 123% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 16th 98% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 3rd -0.9pp 17th 42% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.6% 22nd -1.8pp 18th 27% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.6% 15th -1.3pp 19th 5% below peers
New Haven, CT 22.4% 28th -2.4pp 20th 83% above peers
Victorville, CA 17.6% 25th -1.7pp 21st 43% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.1% 19th -1.1pp 22nd 7% above peers
Norman, OK 15.7% 23rd -0.8pp 23rd 28% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.3% 16th -0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 14.7% 21st -0.1pp 25th 20% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.0% 14th +0.0pp 26th 10% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.0% 11th +0.9pp 27th 18% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.7% 5th +0.8pp 28th 37% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 29th 67% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 7th +1.7pp 30th 33% below peers
Midland, TX 12.3% 17th +3.2pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.2pp 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.6% to 22.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). 14 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; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.7% to 22.3%).
22.3%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 2nd -4.1pp 1st 65% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 4th -7.1pp 2nd 37% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 10th -5.0pp 3rd 21% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 7th -4.5pp 4th 28% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 12th -4.9pp 5th 16% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 26th -9.3pp 6th 61% above peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 24th -7.6pp 7th 41% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 6th -3.7pp 8th 31% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 25th -7.3pp 9th 47% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 22nd -5.2pp 10th 30% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 28th -7.0pp 11th 100% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 11th -2.8pp 12th 19% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 21st -3.1pp 13th 15% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 17th -2.7pp 14th on par with peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 20th -3.0pp 15th 12% above peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 23rd -3.4pp 16th 31% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 17th 83% below peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 5th -1.7pp 18th 32% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 29th -5.0pp 19th 105% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 16th -2.0pp 20th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 30th -4.0pp 21st 167% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 8th -1.1pp 22nd 27% below peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 27th -1.6pp 23rd 63% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 31st -1.9pp 24th 188% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 19th -0.3pp 25th 6% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 14th +0.4pp 26th 2% below peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 9th +1.5pp 27th 26% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 15th +2.3pp 28th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 3rd +1.5pp 29th 46% below peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 13th +3.3pp 30th 2% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 18th +4.2pp 31st 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 10.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.4% to 93.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 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 16.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.8% to 93.0%).
93.0%
20172024
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%
Abilene, TX 92.0% 22nd +14.5pp 1st 1% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 28th +13.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 26th +13.4pp 3rd 2% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 23rd +11.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 14th +11.0pp 5th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 15th +10.7pp 6th on par with peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 19th +10.2pp 7th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 31st +9.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 9th 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 5th +9.8pp 10th 3% above peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 13th +8.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 17th +7.6pp 12th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 27th +7.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 25th +7.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 24th +6.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 7th +6.8pp 16th 3% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 20th +6.2pp 17th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 12th +5.9pp 18th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 10th +5.9pp 19th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 18th +5.6pp 20th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 2nd +5.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 29th +4.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 21st +5.0pp 23rd 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 11th +5.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 16th +4.6pp 25th on par with peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 6th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 8th +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 3rd +2.9pp 28th 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 29th 5% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 4th +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 9th +0.7pp 31st 2% above peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 (0.39 then, 0.40 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
0.40
20102024
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
Allentown, PA 0.43 13th -0.033 1st 3% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 23rd -0.020 2nd 5% above peers
Athens, GA 0.50 28th -0.020 3rd 13% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 22nd -0.016 4th 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 21st -0.012 5th 4% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 30th -0.007 6th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 9th -0.006 7th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 25th -0.005 8th 8% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 4th -0.004 9th 7% below peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 12th -0.003 10th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 29th -0.002 11th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 16th -0.002 12th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 13th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 11th +0.001 14th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 2nd +0.002 15th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 8th +0.003 16th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 26th +0.003 17th 11% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 5th +0.005 18th 6% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 31st +0.007 19th 18% above peers
Orange, CA 0.45 19th +0.009 20th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 15th +0.010 21st 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 6th +0.014 22nd 6% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 27th +0.017 23rd 11% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 17th +0.019 24th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 10th +0.019 25th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 3rd +0.027 26th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 20th +0.034 27th 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 24th +0.042 28th 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 7th +0.038 29th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 14th +0.047 30th 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 18th +0.049 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 4.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 23.1% to 18.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 8 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 7.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (25.4% to 18.1%).
18.2%
20102023
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 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
Athens, GA 9.2% 13th -5.1pp 1st 2% below peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 6th -2.4pp 2nd 28% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 4th -1.8pp 3rd 47% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 4th 60% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 5th 59% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 12th -3.0pp 6th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 25th -4.9pp 7th 92% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 18th -2.7pp 8th 31% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 8th -1.4pp 9th 25% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 9th -1.3pp 10th 25% below peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 27th -2.4pp 11th 173% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 23rd -1.4pp 12th 69% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 11th -0.7pp 13th 3% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 17th -0.7pp 14th 15% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 15th -0.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 24th -0.6pp 16th 87% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 28th +0.1pp 17th 180% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 18th 233% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 16th +0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 26th +1.2pp 20th 110% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 19th +0.8pp 21st 40% above peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 29th +2.3pp 22nd 187% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 21st +1.7pp 23rd 50% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 20th +1.9pp 24th 46% above peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 10th +1.3pp 25th 17% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 26th 245% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 7th +1.2pp 27th 28% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 22nd +2.9pp 28th 60% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 60% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 5th +1.4pp 30th 46% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 14th +4.5pp 31st 2% below peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 7% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $281,935 in June 2026, down from $303,479 a year earlier.
$281,935
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $378,126 (Jun 26) -2.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Abilene, TX $222,043 (Jun 26) 26th +7.6% 1st 42% below peers
Stamford, CT $730,252 (Jun 26) 4th +6.8% 2nd 89% above peers
New Haven, CT $340,803 (Jun 26) 16th +5.6% 3rd 12% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,918 (Jun 26) 19th +4.0% 4th 16% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 20th +3.7% 5th 17% below peers
Columbia, MO $330,373 (Jun 26) 18th +2.7% 6th 14% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $215,210 (Jun 26) 27th +2.4% 7th 44% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $315,750 (Jun 26) 21st +2.4% 8th 18% below peers
Midland, TX $331,824 (Jun 26) 17th +2.1% 9th 14% below peers
Warren, MI $204,491 (Jun 26) 28th +1.7% 10th 47% below peers
Orange, CA $1,141,755 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 11th 196% above peers
Norman, OK $265,751 (Jun 26) 25th +1.3% 12th 31% below peers
Dayton, OH $141,446 (Jun 26) 29th +1.3% 13th 63% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $547,806 (Jun 26) 6th +1.2% 14th 42% above peers
West Valley City, UT $472,447 (Jun 26) 10th +0.7% 15th 23% above peers
Hampton, VA $283,362 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.7% 16th 27% below peers
Victorville, CA $437,583 (Jun 26) 11th +0.2% 17th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID $538,033 (Jun 26) 7th -0.1% 18th 40% above peers
Pasadena, CA $1,213,522 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.4% 19th 215% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,710,119 (Jun 26) 1st -0.8% 20th 344% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 15th -0.8% 21st on par with peers
Kent, WA $651,566 (Jun 26) 5th -1.6% 22nd 69% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $305,330 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.6% 23rd 21% below peers
Miramar, FL $520,975 (Jun 26) 9th -2.6% 24th 35% above peers
Carrollton, TX $409,845 (Jun 26) 12th -3.2% 25th 6% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $524,239 (Jun 26) 8th -3.5% 26th 36% above peers
Lewisville, TX $395,461 (Jun 26) 14th -4.1% 27th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX $407,038 (Jun 26) 13th -6.2% 28th 6% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $281,935 (Jun 26) 24th -7.1% 29th 27% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 8% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $230,341 in June 2026, down from $249,318 a year earlier.
$230,341
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $233,930 (Jun 26) -3.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
New Haven, CT $240,389 (Jun 26) 17th +7.3% 1st 4% below peers
Abilene, TX $132,930 (Jun 26) 27th +6.6% 2nd 47% below peers
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 18th +5.0% 3rd 5% below peers
Columbia, MO $233,249 (Jun 26) 19th +4.6% 4th 7% below peers
Stamford, CT $392,879 (Jun 26) 8th +4.5% 5th 57% above peers
Fargo, ND $229,082 (Jun 26) 21st +4.4% 6th 8% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $146,112 (Jun 26) 26th +3.9% 7th 41% below peers
Midland, TX $225,599 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.7% 8th 10% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $249,711 (Jun 26) 15th +2.6% 9th on par with peers
Warren, MI $126,201 (Jun 26) 28th +2.0% 10th 49% below peers
Dayton, OH $72,552 (Jun 26) 29th +1.6% 11th 71% below peers
Orange, CA $850,078 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.6% 12th 240% above peers
Norman, OK $183,406 (Jun 26) 25th +1.6% 13th 27% below peers
Hampton, VA $214,320 (Jun 26) 24th +1.1% 14th 14% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $427,901 (Jun 26) 6th +0.9% 15th 71% above peers
West Valley City, UT $408,896 (Jun 26) 7th +0.8% 16th 64% above peers
Victorville, CA $385,386 (Jun 26) 9th +0.6% 17th 54% above peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 18th 24% above peers
Meridian, ID $434,946 (Jun 26) 5th +0.0% 19th 74% above peers
Pasadena, CA $814,213 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.5% 20th 226% above peers
Kent, WA $482,714 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 21st 93% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,097,008 (Jun 26) 1st -2.4% 22nd 339% above peers
Carrollton, TX $324,658 (Jun 26) 11th -3.2% 23rd 30% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $241,602 (Jun 26) 16th -3.5% 24th 3% below peers
Miramar, FL $366,124 (Jun 26) 10th -3.6% 25th 47% above peers
Lewisville, TX $316,037 (Jun 26) 12th -4.2% 26th 27% above peers
Round Rock, TX $315,024 (Jun 26) 13th -6.4% 27th 26% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $230,341 (Jun 26) 20th -7.6% 28th 8% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $220,094 (Jun 26) 23rd -7.8% 29th 12% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 7.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 62.5% to 70.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 8 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 12.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.7% to 70.0%).
70.0%
20112024
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 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 12th +6.5pp 1st 6% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 7th +7.5pp 2nd 23% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 24th +4.2pp 3rd 19% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 4th 40% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 26th +2.4pp 5th 24% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 29th +2.2pp 6th 29% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 7th 55% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 5th +3.5pp 8th 27% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 23rd +1.8pp 9th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 3rd +2.8pp 10th 33% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 18th +2.1pp 11th 1% below peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 15th +2.1pp 12th on par with peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 6th +2.0pp 13th 25% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 22nd +1.3pp 14th 14% below peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 16th +1.2pp 15th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 16th 50% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 27th +0.5pp 17th 25% below peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 20th +0.5pp 18th 6% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 2nd +0.3pp 19th 34% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 25th +0.0pp 20th 23% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 11th +0.1pp 21st 14% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 13th -0.2pp 22nd 6% above peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 8th -0.6pp 23rd 21% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 9th -0.7pp 24th 20% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 14th -0.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 17th -1.2pp 26th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 4th -1.6pp 27th 31% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 10th -1.6pp 28th 18% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 28th -2.0pp 29th 28% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 21st -2.8pp 30th 14% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 19th -4.8pp 31st 2% below peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,856 in June 2026, down from $1,909 a year earlier.
$1,856
2015June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Abilene, TX $1,947 (Jun 26) 12th +41.4% 1st 8% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,288 (Jun 26) 27th +13.0% 2nd 29% below peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,890 (Jun 26) 1st +7.2% 3rd 116% above peers
Hampton, VA $1,693 (Jun 26) 18th +5.3% 4th 6% below peers
Meridian, ID $2,065 (Jun 26) 10th +4.1% 5th 14% above peers
Columbia, MO $1,424 (Jun 26) 24th +4.0% 6th 21% below peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 7th 4% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,207 (Jun 26) 28th +3.4% 8th 33% below peers
Fargo, ND $1,088 (Jun 26) 29th +3.2% 9th 40% below peers
Norman, OK $1,383 (Jun 26) 25th +3.1% 10th 23% below peers
Warren, MI $1,337 (Jun 26) 26th +3.0% 11th 26% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,227 (Jun 26) 9th +3.0% 12th 23% above peers
Orange, CA $3,181 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.8% 13th 76% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,591 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.1% 14th 12% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,242 (Jun 26) 8th +2.1% 15th 24% above peers
Carrollton, TX $1,618 (Jun 26) 20th +1.3% 16th 10% below peers
Stamford, CT $2,954 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 17th 64% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,255 (Jun 26) 7th +0.9% 18th 25% above peers
Kent, WA $1,978 (Jun 26) 11th +0.8% 19th 10% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 20th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,881 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 21st 4% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,357 (Jun 26) 6th -0.0% 22nd 31% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,710 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 23rd 50% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 17th -0.7% 24th 5% below peers
West Valley City, UT $1,504 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.9% 25th 17% below peers
Lewisville, TX $1,593 (Jun 26) 21st -1.1% 26th 12% below peers
Pasadena, CA $2,939 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 27th 63% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,856 (Jun 26) 14th -2.8% 28th 3% above peers
Midland, TX $1,634 (Jun 26) 19th -3.8% 29th 9% below peers
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 (35.9% then, 37.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.6% to 37.5%).
37.5%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 6th -5.6pp 1st 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 31st -3.2pp 3rd 49% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 23rd -2.3pp 4th 26% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 30th -2.7pp 5th 48% above peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 14th -1.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 17th -1.3pp 7th 7% above peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 1st -0.9pp 8th 23% below peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 22nd -0.3pp 9th 19% above peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 10th -0.1pp 10th 7% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 3rd -0.0pp 11th 15% below peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 27th +0.2pp 12th 29% above peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 20th +0.2pp 13th 15% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 8th +0.2pp 14th 8% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 24th +0.5pp 15th 28% above peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 5th +0.8pp 16th 12% below peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 17th 37% above peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 28th +1.6pp 18th 34% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 19th +1.6pp 19th 10% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 7th +1.5pp 20th 9% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 11th +1.9pp 21st 5% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 26th +2.8pp 22nd 29% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 21st +2.7pp 23rd 19% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 15th +2.3pp 24th 2% below peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 12th +2.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 25th +3.4pp 26th 28% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 2nd +2.6pp 27th 19% below peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 18th +3.9pp 28th 10% above peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 13th +3.7pp 29th 4% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 16th +7.4pp 30th on par with peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 4th +6.5pp 31st 15% below peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 3.8% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 3.8%).
3.8%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 18th -3.3pp 1st 10% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 13th -2.1pp 2nd 19% below peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 8th -1.9pp 3rd 25% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 25th -3.8pp 4th 58% above peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 28th -3.9pp 5th 173% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 6th -0.8pp 6th 35% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 30th -3.6pp 7th 253% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 27th -1.4pp 8th 61% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 19th -0.9pp 9th 21% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 15th -0.7pp 10th 2% below peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 29th -1.7pp 11th 184% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 12th 361% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 23% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 23rd -0.3pp 14th 30% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 26th -0.3pp 15th 60% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 20th -0.2pp 16th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 2nd -0.0pp 17th 59% below peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 7th +0.0pp 18th 34% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 16th +0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 11th +0.2pp 20th 20% below peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 12th +0.3pp 21st 20% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 9th +0.5pp 22nd 24% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 17th +0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 10th +0.5pp 24th 21% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 14th +0.7pp 25th 14% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 3rd +0.5pp 26th 41% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 24th +1.3pp 27th 42% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 21st +2.2pp 28th 22% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 5th +1.1pp 29th 40% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 4th +1.1pp 30th 40% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 61% below peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
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 (19.2% then, 18.9% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.5% to 18.9%).
18.9%
20122024
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 11.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 19th -3.1pp 1st 18% above peers
Pasadena, CA 5.6% 3rd -1.7pp 2nd 36% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 10th -2.0pp 3rd 24% below peers
Orange, CA 5.8% 6th -1.7pp 4th 33% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.3% 12th -1.5pp 5th 17% below peers
Athens, GA 11.2% 21st -2.2pp 6th 28% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.8% 11th -1.2pp 7th 22% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 4th -1.0pp 8th 35% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.2% 17th -1.6pp 9th 6% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.8% 5th -1.0pp 10th 34% below peers
Hampton, VA 6.6% 9th -1.1pp 11th 24% below peers
Midland, TX 14.2% 26th -2.3pp 12th 63% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 20th -1.6pp 13th 23% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.0% 15th -1.1pp 14th 9% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 15th 67% below peers
Fargo, ND 5.9% 7th -0.5pp 16th 32% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 27th -1.2pp 17th 75% above peers
Warren, MI 6.0% 8th -0.4pp 18th 31% below peers
West Valley City, UT 17.6% 29th -0.7pp 19th 101% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 30th -0.3pp 20th 116% above peers
Norman, OK 9.5% 18th -0.1pp 21st 8% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 13th -0.0pp 22nd 15% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 28th +0.1pp 23rd 78% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.2% 22nd +0.2pp 24th 28% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.7% 2nd +0.2pp 25th 46% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.7% 24th +0.7pp 26th 45% above peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 16th +0.5pp 27th on par with peers
Victorville, CA 7.6% 14th +0.4pp 28th 13% below peers
Abilene, TX 13.6% 25th +1.2pp 29th 56% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.0% 31st +3.5pp 30th 175% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.8% 23rd +2.5pp 31st 35% above peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

35.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 1st 42% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 2nd 31% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 3rd 27% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 4th 26% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 5th 24% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 6th 20% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 7th 16% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 8th 16% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 9th 11% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 10th 10% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 11th 7% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 12th 6% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 13th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 14th 3% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 15th 2% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 16th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 17th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 18th 1% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 19th 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 20th 4% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 21st 5% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 22nd 5% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 23rd 5% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 24th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 25th 10% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 26th 10% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 27th 10% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 28th 11% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 29th 21% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 30th 34% 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 (8.4% then, 8.4% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.1% to 8.4%).
8.4%
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
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 2nd -2.3pp 1st 55% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 69% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 27th -3.0pp 3rd 124% above peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 4th -0.4pp 4th 48% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 17th -0.6pp 5th 11% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 7th -0.3pp 6th 43% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 16th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 8th 169% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 10th -0.1pp 9th 33% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 22nd -0.2pp 10th 49% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 20th -0.1pp 11th 31% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 6th -0.0pp 12th 46% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 25th -0.0pp 13th 61% above peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 8th +0.1pp 14th 35% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 15th +0.1pp 15th 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 12th +0.1pp 16th 23% below peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 14th +0.3pp 17th 15% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 5th +0.3pp 18th 48% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 23rd +0.9pp 19th 58% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 11th +0.7pp 20th 24% below peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 19th +1.2pp 21st 18% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 3rd +0.5pp 22nd 54% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 24th +1.7pp 23rd 60% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 9th +0.7pp 24th 34% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 26th +2.4pp 25th 72% above peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 26th 193% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 27th 172% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 13th +1.4pp 28th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 21st +2.4pp 29th 41% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 18th +2.4pp 30th 15% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 28th +5.5pp 31st 149% above peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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 →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
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 (14.6% then, 14.3% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.9% to 14.3%).
14.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 16th +10.1pp 1st 4% below peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 26th +3.9pp 2nd 51% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 23rd +4.7pp 3rd 38% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 12th +6.6pp 4th 5% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 10th +6.9pp 5th 14% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 24th +3.2pp 6th 44% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 17th +4.8pp 7th 13% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 22nd +3.8pp 8th 30% below peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 20th +4.1pp 9th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 8th +6.0pp 10th 16% above peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 25th +2.5pp 11th 46% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 9th +4.8pp 12th 15% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 15th +4.0pp 13th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 14th 70% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 19th +2.7pp 15th 20% below peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 2nd +4.5pp 16th 46% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 28th +1.1pp 17th 63% below peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 5th +3.3pp 18th 22% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 11th +3.0pp 19th 11% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 3rd +3.8pp 20th 44% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 7th +2.9pp 21st 18% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 21st +1.6pp 22nd 27% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 27th +0.9pp 23rd 59% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 14th +2.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 13th +1.4pp 25th 3% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 18th +1.1pp 26th 15% below peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 4th +1.6pp 27th 33% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 6th -0.0pp 28th 21% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 29th 67% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 29th -0.3pp 30th 63% below peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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 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 ±1.1pp 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 (39.0% then, 37.1% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.0% to 37.1%).
37.1%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 19th +14.2pp 1st 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 16th +9.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 7th +11.1pp 3rd 29% above peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 29th +4.2pp 4th 43% below peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 22nd +5.4pp 5th 11% below peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 21st +4.9pp 6th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 4th +6.0pp 7th 37% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 23rd +3.4pp 8th 13% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 1st +3.4pp 9th 54% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 2nd +3.2pp 10th 46% above peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 6th +1.6pp 11th 30% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 25th +0.3pp 12th 33% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 13th +0.4pp 13th 4% above peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 8th +0.4pp 14th 25% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 14th +0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 27th +0.0pp 16th 37% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 24th -1.8pp 17th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 12th -3.2pp 18th 10% above peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 20th -3.3pp 19th 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 18th -3.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 5th -5.5pp 21st 32% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 17th -4.5pp 22nd 1% below peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 3rd -7.9pp 23rd 38% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 15th -7.1pp 24th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 11th -13.8pp 25th 12% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 9th -17.7pp 26th 17% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 26th -11.0pp 27th 35% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 10th -24.8pp 28th 15% above peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 30th -12.6pp 29th 52% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 28th -19.0pp 30th 40% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 62% below peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.5pp 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 (8.5% then, 10.1% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 10.1%).
10.1%
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
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 78% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 14th -3.2pp 2nd 4% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 29th -6.5pp 3rd 103% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 46% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 19th -3.1pp 5th 22% above peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 7th -1.1pp 6th 32% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 30th -2.4pp 7th 115% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 20th -1.2pp 8th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 8th -0.7pp 9th 29% below peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 71% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 11th -0.5pp 11th 19% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 16th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 21st +0.0pp 13th 43% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 14th 4% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 15th +0.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 18th +0.6pp 16th 15% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 23rd +1.2pp 17th 67% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 10th +0.6pp 18th 20% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 25th +1.6pp 19th 77% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 6th +0.6pp 20th 35% below peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 4th +0.6pp 21st 44% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 27th +2.4pp 22nd 88% above peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 9th +1.2pp 23rd 21% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 24th +2.9pp 24th 73% above peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 25th 122% above peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 28th +5.1pp 26th 102% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 5th +1.6pp 27th 42% below peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 22nd +4.8pp 28th 67% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 13th +2.9pp 29th 6% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 12th +2.7pp 30th 14% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 26th +6.1pp 31st 86% above peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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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 →
  • 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 ±2.9pp 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 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 123,378 to 132,353 - more than the combined survey margin (±4,326). 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 24% from 2014 to 2024 (106,747 to 132,353).
132,353
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 23rd +28% 1st 3% below peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 21st +23% 2nd 2% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 24th +16% 3rd 3% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 6th +13% 4th 2% above peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 20th +8% 5th 2% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 19th +7% 6th 1% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 8th +7% 7th 2% above peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 10th +6% 8th 2% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 26th +6% 9th 4% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 25th +6% 10th 3% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 29th +4% 11th 5% below peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 31st +4% 12th 6% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 9th +4% 13th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 135,603 15th +3% 14th 1% above peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 27th +3% 15th 5% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 16th +3% 16th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 28th +3% 17th 5% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 14th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Warren, MI 137,928 5th +2% 19th 3% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 30th +2% 20th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 22nd +2% 21st 3% below peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 7th +2% 22nd 2% above peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 3rd +2% 23rd 3% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 1st +1% 24th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 18th +1% 25th 1% below peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 2nd -1% 26th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 138,266 4th -1% 27th 3% above peers
Midland, TX 136,640 12th -1% 28th 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 17th -2% 29th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 13th -3% 30th 2% above peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 11th -3% 31st 2% above peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3,339 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.3% then, 27.4% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.5% to 27.4%).
27.4%
20172024
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 18.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Midland, TX 29.8% 2nd +2.2pp 1st 36% above peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 16th +0.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 25th +0.4pp 3rd 14% below peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 17th +0.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 4th +0.1pp 5th 25% above peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 22nd -0.1pp 6th 9% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 13th -0.1pp 7th 5% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 15th -0.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 10th -0.5pp 9th 8% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 6th -0.6pp 10th 18% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 18th -0.5pp 11th 3% below peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 12th 37% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 5th -1.0pp 13th 22% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 14th -0.9pp 14th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 24th -0.8pp 15th 12% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 30th -0.7pp 16th 24% below peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 21st -1.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 7th -1.2pp 18th 17% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 19th -1.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 12th -1.4pp 20th 5% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 3rd -2.1pp 21st 35% above peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 9th -2.0pp 22nd 11% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 20th -1.8pp 23rd 5% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 29th -1.5pp 24th 24% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 26th -2.1pp 25th 16% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 8th -3.0pp 26th 14% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 27th -2.1pp 27th 22% below peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 11th -3.3pp 28th 7% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 23rd -3.0pp 29th 10% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 28th -2.8pp 30th 22% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 31st -3.1pp 31st 30% below peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent fell 9.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 46.3% to 36.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.0pp). 2 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; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 9.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.7% to 36.8%).
36.8%
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
Pearland, TX 18.2% 28th +7.3pp 1st 44% below peers
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 14th +8.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 25th +2.6pp 3rd 23% below peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 26th +2.4pp 4th 25% below peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 6th +4.6pp 5th 48% above peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 15th +3.1pp 6th 1% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 23rd +2.0pp 7th 17% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 22nd +1.2pp 8th 14% below peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 8th +1.3pp 9th 17% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 11th +1.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 2nd +1.8pp 11th 94% above peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 3rd +1.6pp 12th 83% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 5th +1.3pp 13th 55% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 4th +1.3pp 14th 77% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 20th +0.2pp 15th 13% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 16th 98% above peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 17th -0.4pp 17th 2% below peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 24th -0.6pp 18th 20% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 29th -0.4pp 19th 47% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 9th -1.8pp 20th 14% above peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 19th -1.4pp 21st 11% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 16th -2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 13th -3.0pp 23rd 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 18th -3.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 30th -1.9pp 25th 55% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 7th -6.1pp 26th 23% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 12th -6.1pp 27th 11% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 21st -5.3pp 28th 13% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 27th -5.0pp 29th 33% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 57% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 10th -9.5pp 31st 14% above peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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4 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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
Demographics

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 (64.3% then, 58.8% now; margin ±7.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.3% to 58.8%).
58.8%
20102024
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 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 6th +9.0pp 1st 6% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 10th +7.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 17th +6.8pp 3rd 1% below peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 21st +6.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 12th +6.0pp 5th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 27th +5.0pp 6th 14% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 8th +5.8pp 7th 5% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 26th +4.6pp 8th 13% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 3rd +4.7pp 9th 11% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 2nd +4.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 7th +3.7pp 11th 5% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 23rd +3.1pp 12th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 18th +3.1pp 13th 1% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 4th +3.3pp 14th 8% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 9th +2.9pp 15th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 16th 17% above peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 16th +1.3pp 17th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 18th 20% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 20th +0.2pp 19th 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 14th +0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 24th -0.2pp 21st 11% below peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 22nd -0.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 28th -0.4pp 23rd 15% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 13th -0.9pp 24th 1% above peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 30th -1.7pp 25th 19% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 11th -2.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 19th -2.5pp 27th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 29th -5.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 5th -7.0pp 29th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 25th -7.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 15th -8.9pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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