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Ocala, FL
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66,584 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 5 indicators

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

What needs attention 10 indicators

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

Big shifts 5 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
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $41,755 to $56,376 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,501). 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 51% from 2014 to 2024 ($37,442 to $56,376).
$56,376
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%
Malden, MA $100,606 12th +52% 1st 12% above peers
Lodi, CA $88,530 17th +51% 2nd 2% below peers
Caldwell, ID $73,058 21st +49% 3rd 19% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 2nd +46% 4th 157% above peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 10th +45% 5th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 6th 166% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 25th +37% 7th 29% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 30th +35% 8th 37% below peers
Conway, AR $63,004 26th +33% 9th 30% below peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 19th +32% 10th 7% below peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 24th +31% 11th 29% below peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 15th +31% 12th 6% above peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 20th +30% 13th 18% below peers
Davis, CA $90,045 16th +30% 14th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 4th +30% 15th 64% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 16th 41% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 14th +29% 17th 7% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 31st +29% 18th 48% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 18th +27% 19th 2% below peers
Ames, IA $60,991 28th +27% 20th 32% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 8th +26% 21st 31% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 22nd +24% 22nd 25% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 27th +22% 23rd 31% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 13th +21% 24th 9% above peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 29th +21% 25th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 26th 75% above peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 27th 43% above peers
Union City, CA $133,715 5th +17% 28th 48% above peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 23rd +16% 29th 28% below peers
Novi, MI $110,723 11th +13% 30th 23% above peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 9th +11% 31st 24% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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5 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,924 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 81% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.0% in May 2026, up from 4.1% a year earlier.
5.0%
1990May 2026
Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.8% (May 26) +1.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Waterloo, IA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.9pp 1st on par with peers
Lodi, CA 5.0% (May 26) 27th -0.8pp 2nd 25% above peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.6pp 3rd 15% above peers
Ames, IA 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.6pp 4th 32% below peers
Union City, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Greenwood, IN 2.8% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 6th 30% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 7th 20% below peers
Haverhill, MA 4.3% (May 26) 20th -0.2pp 8th 7% above peers
Commerce City, CO 4.1% (May 26) 18th -0.1pp 9th 2% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (May 26) 24th -0.1pp 10th 20% above peers
Davis, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 11th 10% below peers
Janesville, WI 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 12th 22% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 13th 32% below peers
Malden, MA 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.1pp 14th on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.0pp 15th 7% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 2.9% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 16th 28% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Conway, AR 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.1pp 18th 12% below peers
Victoria, TX 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.9% (May 26) 14th +0.3pp 21st 3% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Palatine, IL 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 24th 7% above peers
Novi, MI 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (May 26) 26th +0.8pp 26th 23% above peers
Ocala, FL 5.0% (May 26) 28th +0.9pp 27th 25% above peers
Sammamish, WA 4.8% (May 26) 25th +1.1pp 28th 20% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.4% then, 20.2% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.1% to 20.2%).
20.2%
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%
Port Charlotte, FL 9.5% 16th -4.2pp 1st on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 11.7% 20th -4.4pp 2nd 23% above peers
Malden, MA 11.3% 19th -4.1pp 3rd 19% above peers
Commerce City, CO 8.6% 14th -2.9pp 4th 9% below peers
Janesville, WI 8.9% 15th -2.3pp 5th 6% below peers
Lodi, CA 12.3% 21st -2.9pp 6th 30% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.3% 11th -1.6pp 7th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.1% 13th -1.6pp 8th 14% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -1.1pp 9th 23% below peers
Ames, IA 20.8% 28th -2.9pp 10th 119% above peers
Conway, AR 15.6% 22nd -2.0pp 11th 64% above peers
Davis, CA 25.8% 30th -3.2pp 12th 172% above peers
Albany, GA 26.2% 31st -3.1pp 13th 176% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.2% 18th -1.2pp 14th 18% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.3% 24th -0.9pp 15th 72% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 7th -0.2pp 16th 36% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 5th -0.1pp 17th 37% below peers
Skokie, IL 9.6% 17th +0.2pp 18th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 3rd +0.2pp 19th 41% below peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 10th +0.2pp 20th 23% below peers
Ocala, FL 20.2% 27th +0.8pp 21st 113% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.9% 26th +0.8pp 22nd 89% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 15.9% 23rd +0.8pp 23rd 68% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.9% 29th +3.4pp 24th 141% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.3% 25th +2.8pp 25th 83% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.0% 6th +1.0pp 26th 36% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.5% 12th +1.3pp 27th 20% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 28th 39% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 2nd +1.4pp 29th 43% below peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 8th +2.2pp 30th 24% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 1st +1.9pp 31st 55% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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5 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.8% then, 31.2% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
31.2%
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%
Malden, MA 13.2% 17th -5.7pp 1st 2% above peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 16th -5.3pp 2nd on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 22nd -5.9pp 3rd 14% above peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 15th -4.6pp 4th 10% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 5th 44% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 20th -5.5pp 6th 10% above peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 4th -2.1pp 7th 52% below peers
Caldwell, ID 15.6% 23rd -5.1pp 8th 20% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 13th -2.3pp 9th 35% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 7th -1.6pp 10th 46% below peers
Conway, AR 14.8% 21st -3.2pp 11th 13% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 3rd -1.2pp 12th 52% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 24th -3.1pp 13th 56% above peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 26th -3.2pp 14th 73% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 31st -5.1pp 15th 198% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 12th -0.9pp 16th 38% below peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 14th -0.8pp 17th 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 19th -0.4pp 18th 7% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 27th +0.2pp 19th 83% above peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 30th +1.4pp 20th 140% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 10th +0.5pp 21st 43% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 29th +2.9pp 22nd 134% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 6th +0.7pp 23rd 47% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 25th +2.9pp 24th 60% above peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 28th +5.7pp 25th 107% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 2nd +1.3pp 26th 55% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 27th 45% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 18th +4.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 5th +2.5pp 29th 47% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 1st +2.0pp 30th 62% below peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 11th +4.7pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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5 of 17 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.6pp 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 14.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.3% to 91.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). 26 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; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 19.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (71.8% to 91.3%).
91.3%
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%
Ocala, FL 91.3% 25th +14.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 29th +9.5pp 2nd 13% below peers
Caldwell, ID 92.4% 19th +10.1pp 3rd 2% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 18th +10.0pp 4th 1% below peers
Conway, AR 93.7% 17th +9.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 27th +8.8pp 6th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 26th +8.8pp 7th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 24th +8.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 15th +8.7pp 10th on par with peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 14th +8.6pp 11th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 23rd +8.3pp 12th 3% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 22nd +8.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 21st +7.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 16th +7.1pp 15th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 20th +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 9th +5.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 28th +4.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 7th +4.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 4th +3.8pp 20th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 12th +2.9pp 21st 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 2nd +2.9pp 22nd 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 8th +2.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 5th +2.5pp 24th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 11th +2.3pp 25th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 3rd +2.3pp 26th 3% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 6th +1.6pp 27th 3% above peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 13th +1.0pp 28th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 10th -0.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 31st -0.8pp 31st 21% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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5 of 17 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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 Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality fell about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.53 to 0.48 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.04). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 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; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.48).
0.48
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
Ocala, FL 0.48 26th -0.055 1st 11% above peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 17th -0.044 2nd 1% above peers
Malden, MA 0.43 13th -0.040 3rd 1% below peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 6th -0.028 4th 12% below peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 12th -0.029 5th 2% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 3rd -0.023 6th 16% below peers
Caldwell, ID 0.37 4th -0.023 7th 14% below peers
Conway, AR 0.48 27th -0.027 8th 11% above peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 20th -0.024 9th 2% above peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 7th -0.019 10th 9% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 11th 20% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 10th -0.019 12th 4% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 2nd -0.016 13th 19% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 14th 14% above peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 22nd -0.018 15th 4% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 14th -0.016 16th 1% below peers
Ames, IA 0.48 28th -0.013 17th 12% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 25th -0.010 18th 9% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 19th 22% above peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 18th +0.005 20th 1% above peers
Novi, MI 0.45 23rd +0.007 21st 5% above peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 16th +0.007 22nd on par with peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 15th +0.007 23rd on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 11th +0.010 24th 2% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 9th +0.010 25th 4% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 24th +0.015 26th 8% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 27th 12% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 21st +0.017 28th 3% above peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 5th +0.022 29th 13% below peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 8th +0.035 30th 6% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 19th +0.066 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (19.9% then, 18.1% now; margin ±2.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (20.4% to 18.1%).
18.1%
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
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 77% below peers
Caldwell, ID 12.5% 21st -8.3pp 2nd 32% above peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 6th -1.2pp 3rd 55% below peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 23rd -2.4pp 4th 36% above peers
Conway, AR 8.8% 15th -1.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 26th -2.1pp 6th 70% above peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 27th -1.8pp 7th 92% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 11th -0.7pp 8th 25% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 20th -1.0pp 9th 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 18th -0.7pp 10th 14% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 29th -0.9pp 11th 141% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 9th +0.1pp 12th 32% below peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 17th +0.2pp 13th 9% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 12th +0.2pp 14th 23% below peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 19th +0.6pp 15th 19% above peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 30th +1.6pp 16th 147% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 17th 238% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 24th +1.1pp 18th 55% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 8th +0.6pp 19th 37% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 10th +0.7pp 20th 26% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 14th +1.1pp 21st 13% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 25th +2.3pp 22nd 68% above peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 28th +3.6pp 23rd 121% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 22nd +2.6pp 24th 33% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 4th +0.9pp 25th 66% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 7th +1.5pp 26th 45% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 13th +2.4pp 27th 15% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 5th +1.4pp 28th 57% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 72% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 73% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 16th +5.8pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 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
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $268,867 in June 2026, down from $276,813 a year earlier.
$268,867
2004June 2026
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 $378,126 (Jun 26) -2.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Skokie, IL $435,880 (Jun 26) 14th +6.6% 1st 8% above peers
Janesville, WI $300,089 (Jun 26) 22nd +6.1% 2nd 26% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $262,782 (Jun 26) 25th +5.6% 3rd 35% below peers
Palatine, IL $396,075 (Jun 26) 16th +5.5% 4th 2% below peers
Union City, NJ $569,523 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 5th 41% above peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,604,398 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 6th 794% above peers
Novi, MI $478,638 (Jun 26) 13th +3.0% 7th 19% above peers
Ames, IA $307,551 (Jun 26) 21st +2.7% 8th 24% below peers
Haverhill, MA $558,210 (Jun 26) 10th +2.1% 9th 39% above peers
Conway, AR $252,300 (Jun 26) 26th +1.8% 10th 37% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,420,519 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 11th 252% above peers
Malden, MA $694,637 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 12th 72% above peers
Greenwood, IN $331,142 (Jun 26) 20th +1.4% 13th 18% below peers
Victoria, TX $217,561 (Jun 26) 28th +0.5% 14th 46% below peers
Waterloo, IA $149,410 (Jun 26) 29th +0.5% 15th 63% below peers
Caldwell, ID $402,988 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 16th on par with peers
Albany, GA $134,986 (Jun 26) 30th -0.2% 17th 67% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $730,793 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 18th 81% above peers
Rockville, MD $623,896 (Jun 26) 8th -1.1% 19th 55% above peers
Dundalk, MD $227,014 (Jun 26) 27th -1.1% 20th 44% below peers
Davis, CA $854,071 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 21st 112% above peers
Lodi, CA $518,965 (Jun 26) 11th -2.4% 22nd 29% above peers
Ocala, FL $268,867 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.9% 23rd 33% below peers
Rowlett, TX $371,639 (Jun 26) 18th -3.3% 24th 8% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $345,384 (Jun 26) 19th -3.8% 25th 14% below peers
Commerce City, CO $489,357 (Jun 26) 12th -4.0% 26th 21% above peers
Union City, CA $1,247,792 (Jun 26) 4th -5.1% 27th 210% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $375,312 (Jun 26) 17th -5.3% 28th 7% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,591,920 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.7% 29th 295% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $268,380 (Jun 26) 24th -7.7% 30th 33% 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 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 18% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $195,336 in June 2026, down from $202,296 a year earlier.
$195,336
2004June 2026
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 $233,930 (Jun 26) -3.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Oshkosh, WI $192,148 (Jun 26) 24th +7.4% 1st 37% below peers
Janesville, WI $222,465 (Jun 26) 21st +6.5% 2nd 27% below peers
Skokie, IL $306,804 (Jun 26) 15th +5.9% 3rd on par with peers
Palatine, IL $244,680 (Jun 26) 20th +4.1% 4th 20% below peers
Conway, AR $186,535 (Jun 26) 26th +3.7% 5th 39% below peers
Ames, IA $208,311 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.4% 6th 32% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,227,681 (Jun 26) 1st +3.3% 7th 626% above peers
Novi, MI $300,843 (Jun 26) 17th +2.5% 8th 2% below peers
Albany, GA $62,478 (Jun 26) 30th +2.3% 9th 80% below peers
Greenwood, IN $249,037 (Jun 26) 19th +2.2% 10th 19% below peers
Haverhill, MA $423,895 (Jun 26) 8th +1.8% 11th 38% above peers
Union City, NJ $364,639 (Jun 26) 12th +1.7% 12th 19% above peers
Malden, MA $511,942 (Jun 26) 6th +1.3% 13th 67% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,001,817 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 227% above peers
Caldwell, ID $338,708 (Jun 26) 13th +0.9% 15th 10% above peers
Victoria, TX $118,549 (Jun 26) 28th -0.3% 16th 61% below peers
Waterloo, IA $82,231 (Jun 26) 29th -0.4% 17th 73% below peers
Davis, CA $641,969 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 18th 109% above peers
Dundalk, MD $188,100 (Jun 26) 25th -1.3% 19th 39% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $483,817 (Jun 26) 7th -1.7% 20th 58% above peers
Lodi, CA $402,484 (Jun 26) 9th -2.2% 21st 31% above peers
Rockville, MD $369,367 (Jun 26) 11th -2.6% 22nd 20% above peers
Ocala, FL $195,336 (Jun 26) 23rd -3.4% 23rd 36% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $303,698 (Jun 26) 16th -4.1% 24th 1% below peers
Rowlett, TX $299,498 (Jun 26) 18th -4.3% 25th 2% below peers
Commerce City, CO $387,464 (Jun 26) 10th -4.6% 26th 26% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $312,330 (Jun 26) 14th -5.3% 27th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,089,579 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.8% 28th 255% above peers
Union City, CA $779,118 (Jun 26) 4th -6.6% 29th 154% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $181,828 (Jun 26) 27th -9.0% 30th 41% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 46.1% to 52.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.8% to 52.1%).
52.1%
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 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Caldwell, ID 73.0% 8th +9.7pp 1st 13% above peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 25th +6.0pp 2nd 19% below peers
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 17th +5.7pp 3rd 3% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 2nd +7.4pp 4th 29% above peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 21st +4.4pp 5th 12% below peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 7th +4.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 1st +4.0pp 7th 29% above peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 5th +3.2pp 8th 20% above peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 28th +1.4pp 9th 35% below peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 11th +1.3pp 10th 4% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 18th +1.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 19th +1.1pp 12th 8% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 16th +0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 27th +0.4pp 14th 33% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 15th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 3rd +0.4pp 16th 29% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 23rd +0.1pp 17th 15% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 22nd -0.0pp 18th 15% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 12th -0.4pp 19th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 15th -0.7pp 20th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 14th -1.3pp 21st 1% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 13th -1.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 10th -1.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 20th -1.6pp 24th 10% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 4th -3.1pp 25th 28% above peers
Conway, AR 45.4% 26th -2.2pp 26th 30% below peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 24th -2.8pp 27th 18% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 9th -4.6pp 28th 8% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 29th 42% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 30th 70% below peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 6th -10.7pp 31st 17% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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5 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp 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 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% 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: $1,582 in June 2026, down from $1,593 a year earlier.
$1,582
2015June 2026
Compare all 30 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%
Palo Alto, CA $4,299 (Jun 26) 1st +6.8% 1st 131% above peers
Janesville, WI $1,214 (Jun 26) 25th +5.2% 2nd 35% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,208 (Jun 26) 27th +4.8% 3rd 35% below peers
Waterloo, IA $898 (Jun 26) 30th +4.8% 4th 52% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,250 (Jun 26) 11th +4.0% 5th 21% above peers
Lodi, CA $2,137 (Jun 26) 12th +4.0% 6th 15% above peers
Caldwell, ID $1,729 (Jun 26) 18th +3.9% 7th 7% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 8th 120% above peers
Victoria, TX $1,212 (Jun 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 35% below peers
Ames, IA $1,125 (Jun 26) 28th +3.0% 10th 39% below peers
Conway, AR $1,431 (Jun 26) 24th +2.5% 11th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL $1,990 (Jun 26) 14th +2.5% 12th 7% above peers
Dundalk, MD $1,614 (Jun 26) 21st +2.4% 13th 13% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,421 (Jun 26) 9th +2.4% 14th 30% above peers
Commerce City, CO $2,484 (Jun 26) 7th +2.3% 15th 34% above peers
Union City, CA $2,867 (Jun 26) 4th +2.1% 16th 54% above peers
Greenwood, IN $1,609 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.7% 17th 13% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,738 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 18th 101% above peers
Novi, MI $1,857 (Jun 26) 15th +1.5% 19th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA $2,345 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 20th 26% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,831 (Jun 26) 16th +1.1% 21st 1% below peers
Davis, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 6th +0.7% 22nd 46% above peers
Albany, GA $937 (Jun 26) 29th +0.6% 23rd 50% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,116 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 24th 14% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,426 (Jun 26) 8th -0.2% 25th 31% above peers
Malden, MA $2,803 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 26th 51% above peers
Ocala, FL $1,582 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.7% 27th 15% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,699 (Jun 26) 19th -1.4% 28th 9% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,794 (Jun 26) 17th -2.0% 29th 3% below peers
Rowlett, TX $1,668 (Jun 26) 20th -2.2% 30th 10% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.3% then, 43.1% now; margin ±4.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.9% to 43.1%).
43.1%
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
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 1st 52% above peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 23rd -4.2pp 2nd 7% above peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 12th -3.5pp 3rd 2% below peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 28th -3.6pp 4th 23% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 21st -3.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 20th -2.6pp 6th 5% above peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 24th -2.5pp 7th 15% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 8th 23% below peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 6th -0.6pp 9th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 10th -0.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 8th -0.5pp 11th 14% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 26th -0.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 19th -0.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 18th +0.3pp 14th 3% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 3rd +0.5pp 15th 23% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 17th +0.7pp 16th 2% above peers
Caldwell, ID 32.0% 11th +0.7pp 17th 3% below peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 27th +1.2pp 18th 21% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 13th +1.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 15th +1.3pp 20th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 5th +1.1pp 21st 22% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 2nd +1.2pp 22nd 24% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 7th +1.3pp 23rd 15% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 22nd +1.9pp 24th 7% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 9th +1.8pp 25th 13% below peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 16th +2.4pp 26th on par with peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 27th 42% above peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 29th +3.8pp 28th 30% above peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 29th 30% below peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 25th +5.5pp 30th 15% above peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 14th +8.6pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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5 of 17 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

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 (10.9% then, 8.9% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.1% to 8.9%).
8.9%
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
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 22nd -3.1pp 1st 27% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.6% 7th -1.3pp 2nd 42% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 11th -1.4pp 3rd 19% below peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 26th -2.0pp 4th 45% above peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 25th -1.8pp 5th 40% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 8th -0.7pp 6th 41% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 7th 186% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 23rd -1.1pp 8th 35% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 9th 102% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 19th -0.9pp 10th 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 17th -0.7pp 11th 15% above peers
Conway, AR 5.7% 13th -0.5pp 12th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 29th -0.8pp 13th 102% above peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 16th -0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 15th -0.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 16th 576% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 21st -0.0pp 17th 25% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 18th +0.0pp 18th 18% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 6th +0.0pp 19th 48% below peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 12th +0.2pp 20th 17% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 5th +0.1pp 21st 56% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 14th +0.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 24th +1.5pp 23rd 39% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 27th +2.1pp 24th 82% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 9th +0.9pp 25th 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 10th +1.0pp 26th 23% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 27th 74% below peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 4th +1.1pp 28th 61% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 74% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 61% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 20th +4.1pp 31st 25% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.1% then, 11.8% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.2% to 11.8%).
11.8%
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
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 16th -4.9pp 1st on par with peers
Skokie, IL 5.1% 11th -3.1pp 2nd 19% below peers
Greenwood, IN 5.4% 14th -3.2pp 3rd 13% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 20th -2.3pp 4th 22% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 6th -0.9pp 5th 46% below peers
Albany, GA 13.3% 28th -3.1pp 6th 112% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.2% 12th -1.2pp 7th 16% below peers
Commerce City, CO 7.4% 19th -1.4pp 8th 18% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.3% 13th -1.0pp 9th 15% below peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 8th -0.8pp 10th 30% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 11th 53% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 60% below peers
Ocala, FL 11.8% 25th -1.4pp 13th 88% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 14th 69% below peers
Conway, AR 7.8% 21st -0.6pp 15th 25% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.3% 30th -1.0pp 16th 177% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 23rd -0.5pp 17th 50% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 22nd -0.3pp 18th 26% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 19th 100% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.9% 9th -0.0pp 20th 22% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 17th +0.1pp 21st 6% above peers
Union City, NJ 23.9% 31st +0.6pp 22nd 281% above peers
Rowlett, TX 12.3% 26th +0.6pp 23rd 96% above peers
Caldwell, ID 14.6% 29th +0.7pp 24th 134% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 15th +0.5pp 25th 11% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 18th +0.6pp 26th 11% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 7th +0.4pp 27th 43% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 10th +0.6pp 28th 22% below peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 4th +0.8pp 29th 54% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 24th +2.8pp 30th 60% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 2nd +0.8pp 31st 63% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 somewhat above the peer median.

39.5%
20202022
Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 54% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 45% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 3rd 42% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 4th 34% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 5th 33% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 6th 31% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 7th 29% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 8th 26% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 9th 23% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 10th 22% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 11th 17% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 12th 15% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 13th 13% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 14th 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 15th 5% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 16th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 17th 3% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 18th 4% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 19th 5% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 20th 7% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 21st 8% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 22nd 8% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 23rd 11% above peers
Caldwell, ID 39.0% 24th 14% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 25th 16% above peers
Conway, AR 40.0% 26th 17% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 27th 19% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 28th 20% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 29th 20% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 30th 21% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 31st 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.2% to 9.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.1% to 9.8%).
9.8%
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 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 8th -7.3pp 1st 27% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 75% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 18th -3.4pp 3rd 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 15th -2.3pp 4th 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 10th -1.7pp 5th 26% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 58% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 12th -1.5pp 7th 15% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 19th -1.9pp 8th 28% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 20th -1.4pp 9th 31% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 5th -0.5pp 10th 52% below peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 27th -2.6pp 11th 182% above peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 2nd -0.2pp 12th 72% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 4th -0.3pp 13th 57% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 21st -0.8pp 14th 44% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 24th -1.1pp 15th 111% above peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 14th -0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 25th -0.0pp 17th 143% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 16th +0.0pp 18th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 6th +0.1pp 19th 43% below peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 22nd +0.6pp 20th 47% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 21st 317% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 9th +0.5pp 22nd 26% below peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 13th +0.7pp 23rd 14% below peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 26th +2.5pp 24th 164% above peers
Conway, AR 5.6% 23rd +1.6pp 25th 61% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 11th +0.8pp 26th 23% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 29th +5.8pp 27th 236% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 17th +2.3pp 28th 19% above peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 28th +5.6pp 29th 183% above peers
Caldwell, ID 13.3% 30th +9.3pp 30th 284% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 7th +1.5pp 31st 40% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment rose 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.2% to 31.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.2% to 31.2%).
31.2%
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 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Caldwell, ID 19.5% 30th +5.9pp 1st 48% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 20th +6.8pp 2nd 25% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 19th +7.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 24th +5.4pp 4th 35% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 31st +2.8pp 5th 59% below peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 23rd +3.8pp 6th 32% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 22nd +3.7pp 7th 28% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 13th +6.1pp 8th 19% above peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 10th +6.2pp 9th 42% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 12th +4.8pp 10th 19% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 28th +2.0pp 11th 45% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 14th +4.0pp 12th 13% above peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 18th +2.8pp 13th 14% below peers
Conway, AR 42.6% 15th +2.9pp 14th 13% above peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 17th +2.3pp 15th 12% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 21st +1.8pp 16th 28% below peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 16th +2.4pp 17th on par with peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 27th +1.3pp 18th 44% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 7th +3.5pp 19th 69% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 5th +3.1pp 20th 73% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 3rd +2.9pp 21st 103% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 9th +2.1pp 22nd 48% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 2nd +1.9pp 23rd 103% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 11th +1.1pp 24th 35% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 4th +1.5pp 25th 87% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 8th +1.2pp 26th 52% above peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 6th +0.7pp 27th 73% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 28th 117% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 29th -0.4pp 29th 47% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 25th -1.1pp 30th 38% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp 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 (48.3% then, 37.1% now; margin ±19.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 24.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.4% 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%
Victoria, TX 52.8% 13th +16.8pp 1st 14% above peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 57% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 7th +16.7pp 3rd 39% above peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 19th +9.0pp 4th 10% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 17th +7.2pp 5th 3% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 5th +9.8pp 6th 41% above peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 12th +5.2pp 7th 21% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 10th +3.7pp 8th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 3rd +4.1pp 9th 46% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 8th +3.6pp 10th 33% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 18th +0.8pp 11th 4% below peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 28th +0.4pp 12th 44% below peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 4th +0.3pp 13th 42% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 16th -0.7pp 14th on par with peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 23rd -0.7pp 15th 20% below peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 2nd -3.4pp 16th 50% above peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 11th -4.7pp 17th 22% above peers
Caldwell, ID 26.2% 27th -2.5pp 18th 43% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 25th -4.4pp 19th 32% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 26th -4.3pp 20th 34% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 24th -4.9pp 21st 31% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 6th -15.5pp 22nd 41% above peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 21st -11.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 9th -18.6pp 24th 26% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 15th -15.7pp 25th 1% above peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 20th -13.7pp 26th 14% below peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 29th -9.4pp 27th 44% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 14th -22.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 29th 56% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 30th -16.0pp 30th 46% below peers
Conway, AR 37.1% 22nd -23.8pp 31st 20% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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6 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.1pp 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 (7.0% then, 13.2% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 13.2%).
13.2%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 1st -6.6pp 1st 91% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 4th -6.2pp 2nd 63% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 87% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 10th -3.0pp 4th 42% below peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 18th -5.2pp 5th 20% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 7th -2.1pp 6th 48% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 5th -1.6pp 7th 59% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 9th -0.8pp 8th 42% below peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 23rd -1.5pp 9th 65% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 22nd -0.8pp 10th 51% above peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 20th -0.7pp 11th 30% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 21st -0.6pp 12th 47% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 11th -0.2pp 13th 18% below peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 13th +0.1pp 14th 12% below peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 15th 17% above peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 25th +1.2pp 16th 92% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 27th +1.5pp 17th 106% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 19th +1.6pp 18th 27% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 19th 228% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 16th +1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 8th +1.0pp 21st 46% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 29th +6.2pp 22nd 162% above peers
Conway, AR 4.6% 15th +2.4pp 23rd 8% below peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 3rd +0.9pp 24th 66% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 25th 50% below peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 24th +5.4pp 26th 90% above peers
Caldwell, ID 10.2% 26th +6.1pp 27th 104% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 12th +3.1pp 28th 14% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 14th +3.3pp 29th 11% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 28th +9.8pp 30th 134% above peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 30th +12.3pp 31st 188% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.1pp 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 12% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59,267 to 66,584 - more than the combined survey margin (±93). 20 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 17% from 2014 to 2024 (56,918 to 66,584).
66,584
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
Horizon West, FL 67,416 7th +73% 1st 1% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 11th +38% 2nd 1% above peers
Caldwell, ID 66,516 18th +21% 3rd on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 66,445 21st +18% 4th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 26th +14% 5th 1% below peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 17th +12% 6th on par with peers
Novi, MI 66,717 16th +11% 7th on par with peers
Malden, MA 65,906 29th +8% 8th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 27th +7% 9th 1% below peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 1st +7% 10th 1% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 24th +6% 11th 1% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 28th +5% 12th 1% below peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 23rd +4% 13th 1% below peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 25th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 19th +3% 15th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 5th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 31st +3% 17th 2% below peers
Ames, IA 67,669 3rd +2% 18th 1% above peers
Conway, AR 67,642 4th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 14th +2% 20th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 8th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 2nd +0% 22nd 1% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 15th -0% 23rd on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 10th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 12th -1% 25th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 30th -2% 26th 2% below peers
Davis, CA 66,978 13th -2% 27th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 20th -3% 28th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 22nd -3% 29th 1% below peers
Albany, GA 67,224 9th -9% 30th 1% above peers
Union City, CA 67,464 6th -10% 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 ±82 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 (22.7% then, 22.1% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.9% to 22.1%).
22.1%
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
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 9th +1.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 10th +1.1pp 2nd 8% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 17th +0.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 8th +0.6pp 4th 11% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 6th +0.1pp 5th 15% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 2nd +0.1pp 6th 29% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 5th -0.2pp 7th 20% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 20th -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 27th -0.4pp 9th 23% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 15th -0.5pp 10th on par with peers
Conway, AR 20.3% 24th -0.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 19th -0.6pp 12th 1% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 14th -0.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 18th -0.8pp 14th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 7th -0.9pp 15th 11% above peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 25th -0.8pp 16th 10% below peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 4th -1.3pp 17th 28% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 26th -1.2pp 18th 19% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 22nd -1.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Caldwell, ID 30.3% 1st -2.3pp 20th 35% above peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 21st -1.8pp 21st 5% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 22nd 50% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 23rd 39% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 30th -1.4pp 24th 40% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 16th -2.5pp 25th on par with peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 28th -1.9pp 26th 24% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 12th -2.7pp 27th 6% above peers
Greenwood, IN 23.5% 13th -2.9pp 28th 5% above peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 23rd -2.8pp 29th 7% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 3rd -4.4pp 30th 28% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 11th -3.7pp 31st 7% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 ±1.7pp 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 →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.1% then, 44.0% now; margin ±9.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 44.0%).
44.0%
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 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 18th +11.3pp 1st 3% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 16th +8.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 12th +8.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 17th +6.2pp 4th on par with peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 25th +2.8pp 5th 37% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 2nd +8.0pp 6th 88% above peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 19th +3.6pp 7th 13% below peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 3rd +7.5pp 8th 88% above peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 9th 38% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 15th +1.5pp 10th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 22nd +1.2pp 11th 21% below peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 4th +2.0pp 12th 66% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 11th +1.0pp 13th 19% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 1st +1.8pp 14th 169% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 7th +0.5pp 15th 38% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 9th +0.1pp 16th 27% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 17th 17% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 29th -0.2pp 18th 52% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 10th -0.7pp 19th 22% above peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 5th -1.3pp 20th 53% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 14th -1.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 6th -2.7pp 22nd 50% above peers
Caldwell, ID 22.3% 20th -2.0pp 23rd 16% below peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 8th -3.6pp 24th 33% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 13th -2.9pp 25th 8% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 28th -1.5pp 26th 48% below peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 23rd -2.4pp 27th 22% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 30th -1.6pp 28th 53% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 24th -3.4pp 29th 32% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 26th -4.5pp 30th 38% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 31st -2.7pp 31st 75% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±7.5pp 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 (71.6% then, 70.4% now; margin ±15.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.5% to 70.4%).
70.4%
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
Union City, CA 78.1% 2nd +14.3pp 1st 12% above peers
Conway, AR 76.4% 3rd +10.5pp 2nd 10% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 14th +9.2pp 3rd 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 25th +7.9pp 4th 10% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 19th +7.8pp 5th 3% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 26th +6.6pp 6th 13% below peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 24th +6.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Caldwell, ID 64.8% 23rd +6.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 17th +6.5pp 9th 1% below peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 15th +6.2pp 10th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 27th +4.5pp 11th 14% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 9th +5.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 4th +5.3pp 13th 6% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 5th +4.8pp 14th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 20th +4.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 16th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 21st +0.7pp 17th 3% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 22nd +0.6pp 18th 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 19th 18% above peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 13th -1.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 7th -1.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 12th -1.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 11th -2.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 30th -1.8pp 24th 19% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 18th -2.7pp 25th 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 10th -3.6pp 26th 3% above peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 8th -6.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 6th -7.2pp 28th 5% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 31st -9.2pp 29th 21% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 29th -11.3pp 30th 17% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 28th -11.7pp 31st 15% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 ±11.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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