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142,570 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Miramar, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
37.4%
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
27.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$89,125
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
$70,669 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.3%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
13.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.5%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
86.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.5%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
3.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
10.4%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
12.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
68.8%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
69.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
59.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
58.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
8.5%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
10.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
5.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Miramar, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.4%
Jul 2026
▲ 22%
relative change
3.6% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.6%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
40.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.8%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
6.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$365,221
Aug 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$374,839 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$521,195
Aug 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$528,447 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,689
Aug 2026
high
vs peers
$2,686 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
82.1%
2020-24
high
vs peers
79.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 26% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $70,669 to $89,125 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,393).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Miramar started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 37% from 2014 to 2024 ($64,987 to $89,125).
Bright spot $89,125
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $74,568 +34%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Escondido, CA $91,967 10th +44% 1st 24% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 18th +41% 2nd 2% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 6th +41% 3rd 35% above peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 29th +39% 4th 39% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 9th +39% 5th 24% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 12th +38% 6th 20% above peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 16th +38% 7th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 21st +37% 8th 11% below peers
Waco, TX $54,365 27th +35% 9th 27% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 24th +35% 10th 24% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 14th +32% 11th 10% above peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 15th +31% 12th 7% above peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 4th +30% 13th 40% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 5th +30% 14th 39% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 23rd +29% 15th 14% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 16th 49% below peers
Orange, CA $117,113 1st +28% 17th 57% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 13th +26% 18th 20% above peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 28th +25% 19th 36% below peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 2nd +24% 20th 56% above peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 26th +24% 21st 26% below peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 20th +24% 22nd 6% below peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 17th +23% 23rd 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 8th +21% 24th 26% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 19th +20% 25th 5% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 7th +20% 26th 33% above peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 3rd +20% 27th 50% above peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 22nd +18% 28th 13% below peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 25th +17% 29th 25% below peers
Midland, TX $89,585 11th +13% 30th 20% above peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 30th +8% 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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14 of 24 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,376 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.8 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.4% in July 2026, up from 3.6% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.4%
1990July 2026
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▸ 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 4.6% (Jul 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Dayton, OH 4.5% (Jul 26) 12th -1.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th -1.6pp 2nd 33% above peers
Rockford, IL 5.0% (Jul 26) 19th -1.2pp 3rd 9% above peers
Columbia, SC 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 4th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.8pp 5th on par with peers
Pomona, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 6th 24% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 28th -0.6pp 7th 57% above peers
Orange, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 8th 11% below peers
Jackson, MS 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Escondido, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 10th 4% below peers
Visalia, CA 7.0% (Jul 26) 26th -0.3pp 11th 52% above peers
West Valley City, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 12th 22% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 13th 35% below peers
Fullerton, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 15th 13% below peers
Thornton, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th +0.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Pasadena, TX 5.8% (Jul 26) 24th +0.0pp 17th 26% above peers
Hampton, VA 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Midland, TX 3.5% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.1pp 19th 24% below peers
Waco, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Lewisville, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 7th +0.3pp 21st 11% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.4% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.3pp 22nd 17% above peers
Round Rock, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 5th +0.4pp 23rd 13% below peers
Warren, MI 7.7% (Jul 26) 29th +0.5pp 24th 67% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 25th 13% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 18th +0.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th +0.8pp 27th 4% below peers
Stamford, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th +1.3pp 28th 9% above peers
New Haven, CT 7.0% (Jul 26) 27th +1.5pp 29th 52% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.0% then, 8.5% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 8.5%).
Bright spot 8.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 1st -2.6pp 1st 52% below peers
Visalia, CA 11.5% 12th -4.7pp 2nd 7% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 6th -2.6pp 3rd 37% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.6% 3rd -2.3pp 4th 39% below peers
Orange, CA 9.5% 8th -2.6pp 5th 23% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 2nd -1.8pp 6th 43% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.9% 9th -2.5pp 7th 20% below peers
Pomona, CA 14.3% 19th -3.6pp 8th 16% above peers
Hampton, VA 12.7% 18th -2.5pp 9th 2% above peers
Warren, MI 14.8% 20th -2.7pp 10th 19% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 7th -1.4pp 11th 31% below peers
Escondido, CA 12.2% 14th -1.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 11th -1.7pp 13th 13% below peers
Dayton, OH 26.9% 28th -3.6pp 14th 117% above peers
Waco, TX 23.1% 25th -3.1pp 15th 86% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.4% 29th -3.4pp 16th 121% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.8% 21st -1.9pp 17th 27% above peers
New Haven, CT 23.9% 26th -2.6pp 18th 93% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.7% 13th -1.3pp 19th 5% below peers
Victorville, CA 18.4% 22nd -1.8pp 20th 48% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.8% 31st -2.3pp 21st 132% above peers
Rockford, IL 21.3% 24th -1.0pp 22nd 72% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.3% 15th +0.0pp 23rd 1% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 17th +0.7pp 24th 1% above peers
Jackson, MS 27.9% 30th +2.5pp 25th 125% above peers
Columbia, SC 24.0% 27th +2.2pp 26th 93% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.1% 10th +1.0pp 27th 18% below peers
Pasadena, TX 18.9% 23rd +1.9pp 28th 52% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.8% 5th +0.8pp 29th 37% below peers
Torrance, CA 7.8% 4th +0.9pp 30th 37% below peers
Midland, TX 12.4% 16th +3.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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14 of 24 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.0% then, 10.4% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 10.4%).
Bright spot 10.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 1st -4.1pp 1st 66% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 4th -7.1pp 2nd 39% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 18th -8.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 11th -6.8pp 4th 9% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 9th -5.0pp 5th 24% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 7th -4.5pp 6th 30% below peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 12th -5.5pp 7th 9% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 10th -4.9pp 8th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 21st -7.6pp 9th 37% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 6th -3.7pp 10th 33% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 3rd -2.8pp 11th 45% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 19th -5.2pp 12th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 14th -2.7pp 13th 3% below peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 20th -3.4pp 14th 26% above peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 5th -1.7pp 15th 34% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 27th -5.0pp 16th 99% above peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 24th -3.4pp 17th 80% above peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 17th -1.9pp 18th 4% above peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 26th -3.4pp 19th 95% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 28th -4.0pp 20th 159% above peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 22nd -1.6pp 21st 58% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 15th -1.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 30th -1.9pp 23rd 179% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 24th 180% above peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 29th +1.0pp 25th 161% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 23rd +2.6pp 26th 79% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 25th +3.0pp 27th 90% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 8th +1.5pp 28th 29% below peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 49% below peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 13th +3.3pp 30th 5% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 16th +4.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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14 of 24 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.3% to 92.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Miramar started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.1% to 92.5%).
Bright spot 92.5%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 91.7% +8.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 29th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 27th +13.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 26th +13.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 23rd +13.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 24th +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 19th +11.1pp 6th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 12th +11.0pp 7th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 31st +9.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 22nd +9.7pp 9th 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 4th +9.8pp 10th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 30th +8.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 28th +7.8pp 12th 4% below peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 16th +7.8pp 13th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 14th +7.6pp 14th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 8th +7.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 21st +6.8pp 17th 2% below peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 1st +6.5pp 18th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 18th +6.2pp 19th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 17th +6.0pp 20th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 10th +5.9pp 21st 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 15th +5.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 2nd +5.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 11th +5.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 20th +4.7pp 25th 1% below peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 13th +4.6pp 26th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 5th +4.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 6th +3.4pp 28th 3% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 9th +3.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 3rd +2.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 7th +0.7pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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14 of 24 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.42).
Bright spot 0.42
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 0.49 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Visalia, CA 0.41 3rd -0.037 1st 9% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 19th -0.020 2nd 5% above peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 21st -0.011 3rd 6% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 26th -0.011 4th 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 28th -0.007 5th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 8th -0.006 6th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 23rd -0.005 7th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 4th -0.004 8th 7% below peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 10th -0.003 9th 3% below peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 6th -0.000 10th 7% below peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 11th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 9th +0.001 12th 4% below peers
Waco, TX 0.51 29th +0.002 13th 14% above peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 13th +0.004 14th 1% below peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 15th 24% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 5th +0.005 16th 7% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 30th +0.007 17th 17% above peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 17th +0.008 18th on par with peers
Orange, CA 0.45 16th +0.009 19th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 24th +0.011 20th 8% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 12th +0.010 21st 2% below peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 2nd +0.010 22nd 14% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 25th +0.017 23rd 10% above peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 27th +0.018 24th 12% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 20th +0.020 25th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 14th +0.019 26th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 18th +0.023 27th 2% above peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 22nd +0.042 28th 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 7th +0.038 29th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 11th +0.047 30th 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 15th +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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (11.9% then, 13.8% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.1% to 13.8%).
13.8%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 2nd -1.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 1st -1.3pp 2nd 72% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 9th -3.0pp 3rd 33% below peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 22nd -4.1pp 4th 33% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 15th -2.7pp 5th 5% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 5th -1.3pp 6th 48% below peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 18th -1.7pp 7th 8% above peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 26th -2.4pp 8th 87% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 20th -1.4pp 9th 16% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 10th 105% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 13th -0.7pp 11th 21% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 11th -0.6pp 12th 33% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 7th -0.4pp 13th 39% below peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 27th +0.1pp 14th 92% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 8th +0.2pp 15th 37% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 24th +1.1pp 16th 36% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 12th +0.6pp 17th 31% below peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 25th +1.2pp 18th 44% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 14th +0.8pp 19th 19% below peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 28th +2.3pp 20th 97% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 23rd +1.6pp 21st 35% above peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 21st +2.0pp 22nd 29% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 17th +1.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 29th +3.6pp 24th 104% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 16th +1.9pp 25th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 10th +1.4pp 26th 33% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 6th +1.3pp 27th 43% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 28th 136% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 4th +1.2pp 29th 51% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 19th +2.9pp 30th 10% above peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 3rd +2.5pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
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 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $521,195 in August 2026, down from $528,447 a year earlier.
Big move $521,195
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $375,470 (Aug 26) -1.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Rockford, IL $186,897 (Aug 26) 28th +9.7% 1st 53% below peers
Stamford, CT $724,387 (Aug 26) 5th +7.7% 2nd 82% above peers
Metairie, LA $328,021 (Aug 26) 19th +6.4% 3rd 18% below peers
New Haven, CT $339,182 (Aug 26) 17th +6.1% 4th 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY $224,508 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.4% 5th 44% below peers
Orange, CA $1,125,988 (Aug 26) 1st +2.6% 6th 183% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $548,920 (Aug 26) 7th +2.5% 7th 38% above peers
Fullerton, CA $1,039,798 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 8th 162% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $212,086 (Aug 26) 25th +2.3% 9th 47% below peers
Hampton, VA $282,439 (Aug 26) 21st +2.0% 10th 29% below peers
Torrance, CA $1,104,855 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.0% 11th 178% above peers
Midland, TX $330,434 (Aug 26) 18th +1.9% 12th 17% below peers
Visalia, CA $397,626 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 13th on par with peers
Columbia, SC $230,191 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.2% 14th 42% below peers
Jackson, MS $86,367 (Aug 26) 30th +1.1% 15th 78% below peers
Dayton, OH $140,625 (Aug 26) 29th +1.1% 16th 65% below peers
Meridian, ID $535,976 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 17th 35% above peers
Victorville, CA $434,932 (Aug 26) 13th +0.7% 18th 9% above peers
West Valley City, UT $465,915 (Aug 26) 12th +0.4% 19th 17% above peers
Escondido, CA $842,305 (Aug 26) 4th +0.4% 20th 112% above peers
Warren, MI $200,537 (Aug 26) 26th +0.4% 21st 50% below peers
Pomona, CA $682,283 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 22nd 72% above peers
Waco, TX $197,932 (Aug 26) 27th -1.3% 23rd 50% below peers
Miramar, FL $521,195 (Aug 26) 10th -1.4% 24th 31% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $303,910 (Aug 26) 20th -1.7% 25th 24% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $523,439 (Aug 26) 9th -1.9% 26th 32% above peers
Thornton, CO $492,295 (Aug 26) 11th -2.2% 27th 24% above peers
Pasadena, TX $218,883 (Aug 26) 24th -2.3% 28th 45% below peers
Lewisville, TX $387,166 (Aug 26) 16th -2.8% 29th 3% below peers
Round Rock, TX $398,221 (Aug 26) 14th -5.4% 30th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $365,221 in August 2026, down from $374,839 a year earlier.
Big move $365,221
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $231,656 (Aug 26) -2.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Rockford, IL $117,389 (Aug 26) 28th +12.9% 1st 62% below peers
Metairie, LA $231,140 (Aug 26) 18th +12.5% 2nd 25% below peers
New Haven, CT $240,089 (Aug 26) 17th +7.8% 3rd 22% below peers
Syracuse, NY $154,567 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.8% 4th 50% below peers
Stamford, CT $393,405 (Aug 26) 9th +5.5% 5th 28% above peers
Jackson, MS $37,873 (Aug 26) 30th +5.1% 6th 88% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $143,370 (Aug 26) 24th +3.3% 7th 53% below peers
Hampton, VA $212,258 (Aug 26) 21st +3.0% 8th 31% below peers
Midland, TX $226,993 (Aug 26) 19th +2.9% 9th 26% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $426,821 (Aug 26) 7th +2.7% 10th 39% above peers
Fullerton, CA $786,679 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.6% 11th 157% above peers
Orange, CA $838,273 (Aug 26) 1st +2.5% 12th 173% above peers
Dayton, OH $74,399 (Aug 26) 29th +2.0% 13th 76% below peers
Visalia, CA $316,933 (Aug 26) 13th +1.8% 14th 3% above peers
Victorville, CA $383,617 (Aug 26) 11th +1.2% 15th 25% above peers
Meridian, ID $434,141 (Aug 26) 6th +1.1% 16th 42% above peers
Columbia, SC $141,482 (Aug 26) 25th +1.0% 17th 54% below peers
Torrance, CA $804,774 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.8% 18th 163% above peers
Pomona, CA $570,077 (Aug 26) 5th +0.5% 19th 86% above peers
West Valley City, UT $401,966 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 20th 31% above peers
Warren, MI $123,766 (Aug 26) 27th +0.1% 21st 60% below peers
Escondido, CA $648,894 (Aug 26) 4th -0.6% 22nd 112% above peers
Waco, TX $125,268 (Aug 26) 26th -1.0% 23rd 59% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $240,102 (Aug 26) 16th -2.5% 24th 22% below peers
Miramar, FL $365,221 (Aug 26) 12th -2.6% 25th 19% above peers
Lewisville, TX $308,593 (Aug 26) 14th -2.8% 26th 1% above peers
Thornton, CO $384,871 (Aug 26) 10th -3.0% 27th 26% above peers
Pasadena, TX $166,424 (Aug 26) 22nd -3.4% 28th 46% below peers
Round Rock, TX $306,560 (Aug 26) 15th -5.7% 29th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL $217,912 (Aug 26) 20th -6.4% 30th 29% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.4% then, 68.8% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.2% to 68.8%).
Bright spot 68.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 12th +6.5pp 1st 9% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 27th +4.2pp 2nd 17% below peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 23rd +3.3pp 3rd 11% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 4th 44% above peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 29th +2.7pp 5th 25% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 6th 54% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 3rd +3.5pp 7th 30% above peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 21st +2.2pp 8th 4% below peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 26th +1.8pp 9th 13% below peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 5th +2.0pp 10th 28% above peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 11th +1.4pp 11th 10% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 20th +1.2pp 12th 3% below peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 14th +1.2pp 13th 3% above peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 10th +1.1pp 14th 12% above peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 19th +0.9pp 15th 2% below peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 16th 49% below peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 18th +0.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 9th +0.1pp 18th 17% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 13th -0.2pp 19th 9% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 22nd -0.4pp 20th 7% below peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 6th -0.6pp 21st 24% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 28th -0.5pp 22nd 18% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 7th -0.7pp 23rd 23% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 17th -0.9pp 24th 1% below peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 4th -1.4pp 25th 29% above peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 15th -1.2pp 26th 2% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 2nd -1.6pp 27th 34% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 8th -1.6pp 28th 21% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 25th -1.3pp 29th 12% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 24th -2.8pp 30th 12% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 16th -4.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,689 in August 2026, up from $2,686 a year earlier.
Big move $2,689
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,291 (Aug 26) 27th +14.6% 1st 31% below peers
Rockford, IL $1,195 (Aug 26) 30th +7.8% 2nd 36% below peers
Hampton, VA $1,698 (Aug 26) 17th +5.9% 3rd 9% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 9th +4.7% 4th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID $2,084 (Aug 26) 11th +4.7% 5th 12% above peers
Syracuse, NY $1,541 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.3% 6th 17% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,952 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.1% 7th 58% above peers
Jackson, MS $1,265 (Aug 26) 28th +4.0% 8th 32% below peers
Visalia, CA $1,871 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 9th on par with peers
Dayton, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 10th 33% below peers
Fullerton, CA $2,917 (Aug 26) 4th +3.4% 11th 56% above peers
Warren, MI $1,366 (Aug 26) 25th +3.3% 12th 27% below peers
Orange, CA $3,116 (Aug 26) 1st +3.1% 13th 67% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,479 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.7% 14th 21% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,015 (Aug 26) 12th +2.2% 15th 8% above peers
Stamford, CT $2,966 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.1% 16th 59% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,243 (Aug 26) 10th +1.6% 17th 20% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,741 (Aug 26) 16th +1.2% 18th 7% below peers
Pasadena, TX $1,378 (Aug 26) 24th +1.2% 19th 26% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,353 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 20th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,867 (Aug 26) 15th +1.1% 21st on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,330 (Aug 26) 8th +0.8% 22nd 25% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,545 (Aug 26) 21st +0.7% 23rd 17% below peers
Waco, TX $1,363 (Aug 26) 26th +0.3% 24th 27% below peers
Escondido, CA $2,547 (Aug 26) 6th +0.2% 25th 36% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,689 (Aug 26) 5th +0.1% 26th 44% above peers
Lewisville, TX $1,557 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 27th 17% below peers
West Valley City, UT $1,586 (Aug 26) 19th -0.2% 28th 15% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,881 (Aug 26) 13th -1.1% 29th 1% above peers
Midland, TX $1,599 (Aug 26) 18th -2.2% 30th 14% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.2% then, 43.6% now; margin ±4.6pp). 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.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 10.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.6% to 43.6%).
Needs attention 43.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 5th -4.0pp 1st 22% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 26th -4.0pp 2nd 8% above peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 29th -3.0pp 3rd 14% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 31st -3.2pp 4th 25% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 23rd -2.3pp 5th 6% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 30th -2.7pp 6th 24% above peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 14th -1.3pp 7th 10% below peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 1st -0.9pp 8th 36% below peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 28th -0.7pp 9th 9% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 19th -0.3pp 10th on par with peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 6th -0.1pp 11th 22% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 3rd -0.0pp 12th 28% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 22nd +0.1pp 13th 3% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 7th +0.1pp 14th 21% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 4th +0.2pp 15th 22% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 24th +0.5pp 16th 7% above peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 13th +0.6pp 17th 11% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 10th +0.7pp 18th 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 16th +1.0pp 19th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 20th +1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 27th +2.8pp 21st 8% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 17th +2.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 18th +2.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 25th +3.4pp 24th 7% above peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 11th +3.2pp 25th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 2nd +2.6pp 26th 32% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 21st +4.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 15th +3.9pp 28th 8% below peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 8th +3.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 12th +5.5pp 30th 11% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 9th +7.4pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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14 of 24 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

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 3.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.8% to 3.5%).
Bright spot 3.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 1st 39% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 11th -2.1pp 2nd 18% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 23rd -3.8pp 3rd 61% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 20th -1.9pp 4th 19% above peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 28th -3.9pp 5th 177% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 29th -3.6pp 6th 258% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 15th -0.9pp 7th 8% below peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 18th -0.9pp 8th 6% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 24th -1.4pp 9th 63% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 21st -0.9pp 10th 23% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 2nd -0.2pp 12th 48% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 30th -1.4pp 13th 348% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 14th 368% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 22nd -0.3pp 15th 32% above peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 19th -0.1pp 16th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 1st -0.0pp 17th 58% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 26th -0.0pp 18th 100% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 27th +0.1pp 19th 122% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 6th +0.0pp 20th 33% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 12th +0.0pp 21st 15% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 14th +0.1pp 22nd 8% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 9th +0.2pp 23rd 19% below peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 10th +0.3pp 24th 18% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 17th +0.5pp 25th 5% above peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 25th +0.9pp 26th 68% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 7th +0.5pp 27th 22% below peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 28th 20% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 13th +0.7pp 29th 13% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 3rd +0.5pp 30th 40% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 5th +1.1pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% 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 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.4% to 10.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Miramar started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 12.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.6% to 10.3%).
Bright spot 10.3%
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 11.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 19th -3.1pp 1st 11% above peers
Orange, CA 6.0% 4th -1.8pp 2nd 36% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 8th -2.0pp 3rd 27% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.4% 12th -1.5pp 4th 21% below peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 17th -1.9pp 5th 6% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.9% 9th -1.2pp 6th 26% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.3% 16th -1.6pp 7th on par with peers
Midland, TX 14.4% 25th -2.4pp 8th 55% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.0% 10th -1.1pp 9th 25% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 21st -1.6pp 10th 17% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.2% 15th -1.2pp 11th 12% below peers
Columbia, SC 7.7% 13th -1.1pp 12th 17% below peers
Escondido, CA 10.8% 20th -1.5pp 13th 16% above peers
Pomona, CA 11.0% 22nd -1.4pp 14th 19% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 1st -0.5pp 15th 55% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 28th -1.2pp 16th 65% above peers
Warren, MI 6.1% 6th -0.4pp 17th 34% below peers
West Valley City, UT 17.7% 29th -0.6pp 18th 90% above peers
Waco, TX 15.2% 27th -0.2pp 19th 64% above peers
Syracuse, NY 5.0% 3rd +0.0pp 20th 46% below peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 7th +0.2pp 21st 28% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.8% 2nd +0.2pp 22nd 49% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.8% 24th +0.7pp 23rd 38% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.9% 14th +0.5pp 24th 15% below peers
Rockford, IL 7.2% 11th +0.4pp 25th 22% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.5% 31st +2.1pp 26th 207% above peers
Jackson, MS 14.9% 26th +1.1pp 27th 60% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 5th +0.5pp 28th 35% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.2% 30th +3.4pp 29th 160% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 18th +1.6pp 30th 7% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.9% 23rd +2.5pp 31st 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

31.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Torrance, CA 20.0% 1st 44% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 2nd 28% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 3rd 27% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 4th 24% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 5th 20% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 6th 20% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 7th 17% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 8th 16% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 9th 11% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 10th 10% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 11th 10% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 12th 7% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 13th 6% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 14th 2% below peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 15th 1% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 16th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 17th 1% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 18th 3% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 19th 3% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 20th 5% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 21st 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 22nd 10% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 23rd 10% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 24th 10% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 25th 15% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 26th 16% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 27th 16% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 28th 21% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 29th 34% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 35% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 6.8% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.0% to 6.8%).
Needs attention 6.8%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 5th -2.3pp 1st 57% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 2nd -1.1pp 2nd 71% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 62% below peers
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 4th 75% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 11th -1.1pp 5th 30% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 27th -3.0pp 6th 114% above peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 6th -0.4pp 7th 50% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 18th -0.6pp 8th 6% above peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 15th -0.4pp 9th 4% below peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 10th 157% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 24th -0.2pp 11th 43% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 22nd -0.1pp 12th 26% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 7th -0.0pp 13th 48% below peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 10th +0.1pp 14th 38% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 13th +0.1pp 15th 26% below peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 16th 224% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 25th +0.8pp 17th 61% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 8th +0.4pp 18th 47% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 20th +1.0pp 19th 24% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 17th +0.8pp 20th 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 12th +0.7pp 21st 27% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 9th +0.6pp 22nd 40% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 4th +0.6pp 23rd 57% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 26th +2.4pp 24th 64% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 25th 160% above peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 19th +1.9pp 26th 15% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 14th +1.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 23rd +2.4pp 28th 35% above peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 21st +2.7pp 29th 24% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 16th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 28th +5.5pp 31st 139% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 10.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.3% to 37.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Miramar started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.0% to 37.4%).
Bright spot 37.4%
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 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 12th +10.1pp 1st 14% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 22nd +4.7pp 2nd 27% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 17th +5.1pp 3rd 12% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 8th +6.6pp 4th 24% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 5th +6.9pp 5th 35% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 24th +3.2pp 6th 34% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 13th +4.8pp 7th 3% above peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 19th +3.8pp 8th 12% below peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 25th +2.5pp 9th 36% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 15th +3.7pp 10th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 27th +1.8pp 11th 51% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 26th +2.2pp 12th 38% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 4th +4.8pp 13th 37% above peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 7th +4.2pp 14th 26% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 11th +4.0pp 15th 19% above peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 16th +2.8pp 16th 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 29th +1.1pp 17th 56% below peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 1st +3.3pp 18th 65% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 20th +1.6pp 19th 13% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 28th +0.9pp 20th 51% below peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 18th +1.6pp 21st 12% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 10th +2.0pp 22nd 21% above peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 23rd +1.1pp 23rd 28% below peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 3rd +2.1pp 24th 40% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 21st +0.9pp 25th 27% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 9th +1.4pp 26th 22% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 14th +1.1pp 27th 1% above peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 2nd +1.6pp 28th 58% above peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 6th +1.0pp 29th 33% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 30th 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Spring Valley, NV up 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.3% then, 59.9% now; margin ±14.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.9% to 59.9%).
Bright spot 59.9%
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%
Meridian, ID 46.2% 18th +9.5pp 1st 3% below peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 2nd 49% above peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 22nd +5.4pp 3rd 14% below peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 20th +4.9pp 4th 11% below peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 11th +5.8pp 5th 7% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 23rd +3.4pp 6th 16% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 27th +1.7pp 7th 30% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 2nd +3.4pp 8th 48% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 3rd +3.2pp 9th 41% above peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 29th +1.0pp 10th 37% below peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 6th +1.6pp 11th 25% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 28th +0.3pp 12th 36% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 15th +0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 13th -1.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 16th -1.5pp 15th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 12th -3.2pp 16th 6% above peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 19th -3.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 7th -4.1pp 18th 15% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 5th -5.5pp 19th 28% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 14th -4.9pp 20th on par with peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 25th -3.8pp 21st 23% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 24th -4.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 4th -9.7pp 23rd 38% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 17th -7.1pp 24th 3% below peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 10th -13.8pp 25th 8% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 21st -13.1pp 26th 13% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 8th -17.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 26th -12.3pp 28th 29% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 9th -24.8pp 29th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 30th -19.0pp 30th 42% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±9.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.7% then, 5.9% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.2% to 5.9%).
Bright spot 5.9%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 81% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 2nd -3.1pp 2nd 70% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 10th -3.2pp 3rd 17% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 28th -6.5pp 4th 76% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 8th -2.4pp 5th 20% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 19th -3.1pp 6th 6% above peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 15th -2.2pp 7th 4% below peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 5th -1.1pp 8th 41% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 20th -1.6pp 9th 10% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 29th -2.4pp 10th 87% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 6th -0.7pp 11th 39% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 14th -0.8pp 12th 9% below peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 18th -0.9pp 13th 1% above peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 7th -0.4pp 14th 32% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 12th -0.3pp 15th 13% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 21st +0.0pp 16th 24% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 13th +0.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 30th +0.7pp 18th 89% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 11th +0.4pp 19th 14% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 17th +0.6pp 20th on par with peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 24th +1.2pp 21st 45% above peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 3rd +0.5pp 22nd 42% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 26th +2.4pp 23rd 63% above peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 27th +2.6pp 24th 65% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 4th +1.2pp 25th 42% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 16th +2.1pp 26th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 27th 92% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 22nd +3.6pp 28th 27% above peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 23rd +4.8pp 29th 45% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 9th +2.9pp 30th 18% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 25th +6.1pp 31st 61% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 139,468 to 138,600 - more than the combined survey margin (±116). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 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.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 67% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (128,414 to 138,600).
138,600
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
Meridian, ID 130,138 29th +28% 1st 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 28th +23% 2nd 5% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 30th +16% 3rd 6% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 19th +13% 4th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 8th +9% 5th 4% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 21st +7% 6th 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 23rd +6% 7th 1% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 9th +6% 8th 4% above peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 7th +5% 9th 4% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 13th +5% 10th 1% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 22nd +4% 11th 1% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 27th +3% 12th 3% below peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 31st +3% 13th 8% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 26th +3% 14th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 6th +2% 15th 6% above peers
Warren, MI 137,928 18th +2% 16th on par with peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 20th +2% 17th 1% below peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 16th +2% 18th on par with peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 14th +1% 19th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 11th +1% 20th 2% above peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 4th +0% 21st 7% above peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 15th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 1st -1% 23rd 8% above peers
Orange, CA 138,266 17th -1% 24th on par with peers
Midland, TX 136,640 24th -1% 25th 1% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 12th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 10th -2% 27th 3% above peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 2nd -3% 28th 8% above peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 3rd -3% 29th 7% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 25th -3% 30th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 5th -12% 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±86 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 →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.1% then, 22.2% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.3% to 22.2%).
22.2%
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 19.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 24th +1.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Midland, TX 29.8% 2nd +2.2pp 2nd 31% above peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 30th +0.9pp 3rd 25% below peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 20th +0.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 21st +0.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 19th +0.3pp 6th 2% below peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 26th +0.2pp 7th 8% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 18th -0.3pp 8th 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 6th -0.6pp 9th 14% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 22nd -0.5pp 10th 6% below peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 11th 32% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 10th -0.8pp 12th 7% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 17th -0.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 15th -1.0pp 14th 1% above peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 28th -1.0pp 15th 10% below peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 27th -1.0pp 16th 10% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 7th -1.2pp 17th 13% above peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 11th -1.2pp 18th 5% above peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 5th -1.6pp 19th 23% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 23rd -1.2pp 20th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 13th -1.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 4th -1.8pp 22nd 23% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 3rd -2.1pp 23rd 31% above peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 16th -1.8pp 24th on par with peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 25th -1.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 14th -2.2pp 26th 1% above peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 29th -2.1pp 27th 19% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 8th -3.0pp 28th 10% above peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 9th -3.1pp 29th 10% above peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 12th -3.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 31st -3.1pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.4% then, 37.7% now; margin ±6.8pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.5% to 37.7%).
37.7%
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
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 9th +7.2pp 1st 13% above peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 28th +2.4pp 2nd 33% below peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 19th +3.1pp 3rd 9% below peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 25th +2.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 12th +2.8pp 5th 6% above peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 26th +1.3pp 6th 27% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 24th +1.2pp 7th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 18th +1.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 13th +1.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 15th +1.0pp 10th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 3rd +1.8pp 11th 75% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 7th +1.3pp 12th 39% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 13th 76% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 4th +1.3pp 14th 60% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 15th 78% above peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 6th -0.1pp 16th 43% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 8th -0.6pp 17th 30% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 20th -0.5pp 18th 10% below peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 27th -0.6pp 19th 28% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 14th -1.8pp 20th 3% above peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 5th -3.0pp 21st 58% above peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 11th -3.3pp 22nd 9% above peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 17th -3.0pp 23rd 5% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 22nd -3.3pp 24th 19% below peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 30th -1.7pp 25th 59% below peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 21st -3.5pp 26th 16% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 31st -1.9pp 27th 60% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 10th -6.1pp 28th 11% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 16th -6.1pp 29th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 23rd -5.3pp 30th 22% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 29th -5.0pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±4.8pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (79.3% then, 82.1% now; margin ±13.7pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.1% to 82.1%).
Big move 82.1%
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 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 27th +10.0pp 1st 10% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 18th +8.7pp 2nd 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 22nd +7.6pp 3rd 5% below peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 9th +7.2pp 4th 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 16th +6.8pp 5th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 23rd +6.1pp 6th 5% below peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 17th +6.0pp 7th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 24th +5.6pp 8th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 13th +6.0pp 9th 2% above peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 6th +5.8pp 10th 6% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 29th +4.6pp 11th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 4th +4.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 3rd +4.7pp 13th 12% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 5th +3.7pp 14th 6% above peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 15th 15% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 7th +2.9pp 16th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 28th +2.4pp 17th 10% below peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 18th 18% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 19th +2.2pp 19th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 15th +1.3pp 20th 1% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 21st +0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 25th -0.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 30th -0.4pp 23rd 15% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 12th -0.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 8th -1.7pp 25th 4% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 26th -1.6pp 26th 7% below peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 31st -1.7pp 27th 19% below peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 10th -2.2pp 28th 3% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 11th -2.5pp 29th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 20th -2.5pp 30th 3% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 14th -8.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±12.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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