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63,883 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Palm Beach Gardens, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$106,947
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
$87,969 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
57.4%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
52.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.6%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
93.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
2.7%
2019-23
▲ 6%
relative change
2.6% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
73.0%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
73.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
59.8%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
75.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.5%
2020-24
▲ 89%
relative change
2.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Palm Beach Gardens, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
6.2%
2020-24
▲ 129%
relative change
2.7% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.2%
Jul 2026
▲ 17%
relative change
3.6% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.55
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
0.52 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
35.5%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
32.3% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.8%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
6.5% 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 →
Population
60,959
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
56,219 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,814
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$2,700 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$695,799
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$673,959 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
16.6%
2020-24
low
vs peers
15.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $87,969 to $106,947 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,864).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Palm Beach Gardens started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 59% from 2014 to 2024 ($67,102 to $106,947).
Bright spot $106,947
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%
Brentwood, NY $111,572 15th +51% 1st 1% above peers
Lakewood, WA $74,720 26th +44% 2nd 33% below peers
Lynwood, CA $74,844 25th +43% 3rd 32% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 14th +40% 4th 2% above peers
Utica, NY $52,484 31st +39% 5th 53% below peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 28th +38% 6th 45% below peers
Celina, TX $170,894 2nd +37% 7th 54% above peers
Millcreek, UT $98,045 18th +36% 8th 11% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $97,200 19th +34% 9th 12% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $142,779 4th +32% 10th 29% above peers
Bellevue, NE $85,462 22nd +31% 11th 23% below peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 23rd +31% 12th 26% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $136,578 7th +30% 13th 23% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $140,452 6th +29% 14th 27% above peers
Wylie, TX $119,522 12th +29% 15th 8% above peers
Marietta, GA $72,725 27th +27% 16th 34% below peers
Waltham, MA $120,216 11th +25% 17th 9% above peers
West Hartford, CT $129,890 9th +25% 18th 17% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $88,251 20th +24% 19th 20% below peers
Reston, VA $148,710 3rd +24% 20th 34% above peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 16th +22% 21st on par with peers
Moore, OK $80,420 24th +22% 22nd 27% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 17th +22% 23rd 3% below peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 5th +21% 24th 28% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 10th +21% 25th 11% above peers
Little Elm, TX $119,219 13th +21% 26th 8% above peers
Hamilton, OH $55,166 30th +17% 27th 50% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 21st +17% 28th 22% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 8th +17% 29th 18% above peers
Fulshear, TX $187,035 1st +12% 30th 69% above peers
Bossier City, LA $55,819 29th +11% 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,750 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 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in July 2026, up from 3.6% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.2%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 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
Hamilton, OH 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -1.3pp 1st 3% below peers
Porterville, CA 12.8% (Jul 26) 26th -1.2pp 2nd 220% above peers
Lynwood, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 3rd 48% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 4th 7% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.4pp 5th on par with peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.8% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 6th 30% below peers
Bossier City, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 8th 15% below peers
Marietta, GA 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 9th 28% below peers
Smyrna, TN 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 10th 28% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.0% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 11th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 3.0% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 12th 25% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 13th 20% below peers
Waltham, MA 4.1% (Jul 26) 15th -0.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Bellevue, NE 3.1% (Jul 26) 5th +0.0pp 15th 22% below peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (Jul 26) 8th +0.1pp 16th 12% below peers
Little Elm, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 20th +0.3pp 17th 12% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 18th 2% above peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 19th +0.4pp 19th 7% above peers
Utica, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.4pp 20th 43% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.5pp 21st 20% above peers
Celina, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 22nd 5% above peers
Lakewood, WA 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th +0.5pp 23rd 48% above peers
Fulshear, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st +0.6pp 24th 15% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 18th +0.6pp 25th 5% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (Jul 26) 14th +1.1pp 26th on par with 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 (6.2% then, 7.2% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 7.2%).
7.2%
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%
Brentwood, NY 6.7% 11th -5.7pp 1st 15% below peers
Porterville, CA 17.3% 26th -10.2pp 2nd 122% above peers
Fulshear, TX 1.6% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 80% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.2% 5th -2.4pp 4th 33% below peers
Brookline, MA 8.7% 18th -3.5pp 5th 12% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.8% 16th -2.7pp 6th on par with peers
Lakewood, WA 13.2% 25th -3.4pp 7th 69% above peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 7th -1.2pp 8th 27% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 2nd -0.8pp 9th 41% below peers
Wylie, TX 5.6% 6th -0.8pp 10th 28% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 6.4% 10th -0.8pp 11th 18% below peers
White Plains, NY 11.2% 21st -1.1pp 12th 44% above peers
Millcreek, UT 7.8% 15th -0.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Marietta, GA 12.8% 24th -1.2pp 14th 64% above peers
Utica, NY 27.5% 31st -1.9pp 15th 253% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 18.6% 28th -0.9pp 16th 138% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 6.7% 13th -0.2pp 17th 14% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 6.7% 12th -0.2pp 18th 14% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.3% 9th -0.1pp 19th 19% below peers
Lynwood, CA 18.0% 27th +0.1pp 20th 130% above peers
Waltham, MA 9.4% 20th +0.1pp 21st 21% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.3% 8th +0.1pp 22nd 19% below peers
Bossier City, LA 20.8% 30th +1.1pp 23rd 167% above peers
Hamilton, OH 19.6% 29th +2.6pp 24th 152% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.2% 14th +1.0pp 25th 7% below peers
Smyrna, TN 12.5% 23rd +1.8pp 26th 60% above peers
Moore, OK 11.4% 22nd +2.8pp 27th 46% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 8.2% 17th +2.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Little Elm, TX 9.0% 19th +3.9pp 29th 15% above peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 4th +2.1pp 30th 38% below peers
Celina, TX 4.7% 3rd +4.1pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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3 of 15 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 →
▸ 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 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Worsening ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.7% to 6.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 6.2%).
Needs attention 6.2%
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%
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 14th -9.9pp 1st 4% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 83% below peers
Bellevue, NE 8.1% 19th -5.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 22nd -10.0pp 4th 91% above peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 5th -3.5pp 5th 32% below peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 3rd -2.8pp 6th 37% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 27th -13.0pp 7th 199% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 18th -4.0pp 8th 2% above peers
Millcreek, UT 5.7% 7th -2.7pp 9th 24% below peers
Reston, VA 6.6% 11th -2.9pp 10th 12% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 10th -2.5pp 11th 14% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.2% 6th -2.0pp 12th 30% below peers
Marietta, GA 15.3% 23rd -4.8pp 13th 105% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.8% 8th -1.7pp 14th 22% below peers
Wylie, TX 6.8% 12th -1.8pp 15th 9% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 7.5% 17th -1.6pp 16th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 16th -1.5pp 17th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 13th -1.2pp 18th 7% below peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 19th 429% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 7.2% 15th -0.6pp 20th 3% below peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 25th +1.3pp 21st 142% above peers
Lynwood, CA 29.0% 29th +2.3pp 22nd 289% above peers
Hamilton, OH 27.6% 28th +3.0pp 23rd 271% above peers
Bossier City, LA 34.2% 30th +4.5pp 24th 359% above peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 26th +5.9pp 25th 172% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 12.3% 21st +3.8pp 26th 66% above peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 24th +7.9pp 27th 134% above peers
Little Elm, TX 11.4% 20th +5.6pp 28th 54% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.2% 9th +3.5pp 29th 17% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 30th 50% below peers
Celina, TX 4.7% 4th 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.3% to 95.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Palm Beach Gardens started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.8% to 95.6%).
Bright spot 95.6%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 91.7% +8.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bossier City, LA 85.2% 30th +21.7pp 1st 10% below peers
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 5th +24.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Lynwood, CA 91.0% 26th +19.6pp 3rd 4% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 29th +11.7pp 4th 8% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 27th +10.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Marietta, GA 94.2% 19th +9.1pp 6th 1% below peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 17th +8.0pp 7th on par with peers
Hamilton, OH 88.6% 28th +6.8pp 8th 7% below peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 25th +7.0pp 9th 3% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 95.7% 11th +6.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 95.4% 14th +6.3pp 11th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 96.7% 7th +5.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Millcreek, UT 93.3% 23rd +5.6pp 13th 2% below peers
Waltham, MA 94.0% 20th +5.4pp 14th 1% below peers
Bellevue, NE 93.3% 21st +5.3pp 15th 2% below peers
West Hartford, CT 94.3% 18th +5.1pp 16th on par with peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 15th +5.0pp 17th on par with peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 6th +4.6pp 18th 2% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 92.9% 24th +4.2pp 19th 2% below peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 16th +4.0pp 20th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 97.1% 3rd +4.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 22nd +3.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 13th +2.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Little Elm, TX 98.3% 2nd +2.7pp 24th 4% above peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 9th +2.3pp 25th 2% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 95.6% 12th +2.3pp 26th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 96.6% 8th +2.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Reston, VA 97.0% 4th +2.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Celina, TX 98.5% 1st +1.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 30th 18% below peers
Fulshear, TX 96.0% 10th -2.2pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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3 of 15 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 (0.52 then, 0.55 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.55).
Needs attention 0.55
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
Celina, TX 0.37 6th -0.064 1st 15% below peers
Porterville, CA 0.42 14th -0.061 2nd 5% below peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 9th -0.036 3rd 9% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0.41 12th -0.033 4th 7% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 23rd -0.035 5th 7% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 0.47 22nd -0.017 6th 7% above peers
Reston, VA 0.41 13th -0.014 7th 6% below peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 16th -0.012 8th on par with peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 29th -0.013 9th 18% above peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 28th -0.009 10th 16% above peers
Lynwood, CA 0.40 10th -0.006 11th 8% below peers
Marietta, GA 0.48 27th -0.006 12th 9% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 19th -0.005 13th 2% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 30th +0.000 14th 25% above peers
Bellevue, NE 0.39 7th +0.004 15th 10% below peers
West Hartford, CT 0.47 24th +0.007 16th 7% above peers
Millcreek, UT 0.47 26th +0.009 17th 8% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 0.37 5th +0.008 18th 15% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 0.43 15th +0.012 19th 3% below peers
Bossier City, LA 0.46 21st +0.014 20th 6% above peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 25th +0.019 21st 8% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 22nd 23% below peers
Little Elm, TX 0.37 3rd +0.018 23rd 16% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 0.55 31st +0.027 24th 25% above peers
Hamilton, OH 0.44 17th +0.022 25th 1% above peers
Moore, OK 0.40 8th +0.024 26th 9% below peers
Waltham, MA 0.44 18th +0.032 27th 1% above peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 11th +0.031 28th 7% below peers
Fulshear, TX 0.34 2nd +0.026 29th 22% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 0.46 20th +0.059 30th 5% above peers
Wylie, TX 0.37 4th +0.051 31st 16% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (2.6% then, 2.7% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 0.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (3.6% to 2.7%).
Bright spot 2.7%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Herriman, UT 1.4% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 76% below peers
Celina, TX 0.9% 1st -0.9pp 2nd 86% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.5% 10th -2.6pp 3rd 24% below peers
Reston, VA 3.6% 5th -1.1pp 4th 41% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 9th -1.2pp 5th 28% below peers
Marietta, GA 9.4% 22nd -2.6pp 6th 57% above peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 25th -3.1pp 7th 111% above peers
Millcreek, UT 4.9% 11th -1.2pp 8th 19% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 7.2% 19th -1.6pp 9th 20% above peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 6th -0.8pp 10th 34% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.9% 12th -0.9pp 11th 18% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.4% 17th -1.2pp 12th 7% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.3% 20th -1.3pp 13th 21% above peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 27th -2.8pp 14th 170% above peers
Hamilton, OH 17.8% 28th -2.8pp 15th 197% above peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 18th -0.7pp 16th 11% above peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 31st -3.0pp 17th 401% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.7% 23rd -0.8pp 18th 62% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 30th +0.3pp 19th 345% above peers
Bossier City, LA 13.2% 26th +0.7pp 20th 120% above peers
Lynwood, CA 21.4% 29th +1.2pp 21st 257% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2.7% 3rd +0.2pp 22nd 54% below peers
Little Elm, TX 5.1% 13th +0.7pp 23rd 14% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 7th +0.8pp 24th 32% below peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 21st +1.5pp 25th 28% above peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 24th +2.7pp 26th 103% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.7% 15th +1.6pp 28th 6% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 5.3% 14th +1.5pp 29th 12% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.2% 8th +1.6pp 30th 29% below peers
Fulshear, TX 3.2% 4th +1.9pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp 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 Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $695,799 in August 2026, up from $673,959 a year earlier.
Big move $695,799
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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%
Utica, NY $212,423 (Aug 26) 31st +7.0% 1st 59% below peers
White Plains, NY $808,180 (Aug 26) 6th +5.8% 2nd 58% above peers
West Hartford, CT $509,334 (Aug 26) 17th +5.5% 3rd 1% below peers
Brentwood, NY $645,519 (Aug 26) 9th +5.1% 4th 26% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $1,485,606 (Aug 26) 1st +4.8% 5th 190% above peers
Hamilton, OH $307,195 (Aug 26) 27th +3.6% 6th 40% below peers
Millcreek, UT $633,137 (Aug 26) 10th +3.4% 7th 24% above peers
Lynwood, CA $684,690 (Aug 26) 8th +3.3% 8th 34% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $695,799 (Aug 26) 7th +3.2% 9th 36% above peers
Bellevue, NE $300,450 (Aug 26) 28th +3.0% 10th 41% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $1,222,899 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.9% 11th 139% above peers
Bentonville, AR $492,753 (Aug 26) 20th +2.8% 12th 4% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $502,326 (Aug 26) 18th +2.7% 13th 2% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $330,973 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 14th 35% below peers
Bossier City, LA $229,529 (Aug 26) 29th +1.2% 15th 55% below peers
Porterville, CA $330,293 (Aug 26) 26th +1.1% 16th 35% below peers
Waltham, MA $819,328 (Aug 26) 5th +1.1% 17th 60% above peers
Herriman, UT $601,499 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 18th 18% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $1,089,663 (Aug 26) 4th +0.8% 19th 113% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $518,234 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 20th 1% above peers
Lakewood, WA $515,727 (Aug 26) 15th +0.3% 21st 1% above peers
Reston, VA $624,958 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 22nd 22% above peers
Moore, OK $222,111 (Aug 26) 30th +0.3% 23rd 57% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $631,034 (Aug 26) 11th -0.7% 24th 23% above peers
Smyrna, TN $401,595 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.8% 25th 22% below peers
Marietta, GA $471,117 (Aug 26) 21st -1.2% 26th 8% below peers
Fulshear, TX $499,162 (Aug 26) 19th -3.2% 27th 2% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,122,975 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.4% 28th 119% above peers
Wylie, TX $412,915 (Aug 26) 22nd -5.7% 29th 19% below peers
Little Elm, TX $393,657 (Aug 26) 24th -5.7% 30th 23% below peers
Celina, TX $511,903 (Aug 26) 16th -9.2% 31st 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 Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $375,101 in August 2026, up from $371,457 a year earlier.
$375,101
2000August 2026
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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%
Brentwood, NY $597,003 (Aug 26) 7th +13.3% 1st 61% above peers
White Plains, NY $460,903 (Aug 26) 8th +6.9% 2nd 24% above peers
Utica, NY $150,018 (Aug 26) 30th +6.8% 3rd 59% below peers
West Hartford, CT $359,385 (Aug 26) 17th +5.4% 4th 3% below peers
Lynwood, CA $618,877 (Aug 26) 5th +4.0% 5th 67% above peers
Hamilton, OH $173,177 (Aug 26) 29th +4.0% 6th 53% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $940,947 (Aug 26) 1st +3.2% 7th 154% above peers
Porterville, CA $263,368 (Aug 26) 25th +3.1% 8th 29% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $895,797 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.1% 9th 142% above peers
Bentonville, AR $348,303 (Aug 26) 19th +3.0% 10th 6% below peers
Bellevue, NE $233,634 (Aug 26) 27th +3.0% 11th 37% below peers
Millcreek, UT $425,521 (Aug 26) 10th +1.8% 12th 15% above peers
Waltham, MA $613,699 (Aug 26) 6th +1.7% 13th 66% above peers
Bossier City, LA $124,503 (Aug 26) 31st +1.7% 14th 66% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $262,904 (Aug 26) 26th +1.6% 15th 29% below peers
Brookline, MA $709,683 (Aug 26) 4th +1.1% 16th 92% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $319,173 (Aug 26) 24th +1.0% 17th 14% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $375,101 (Aug 26) 14th +1.0% 18th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $844,087 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.6% 19th 128% above peers
Lakewood, WA $403,686 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 20th 9% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $370,361 (Aug 26) 16th +0.2% 21st on par with peers
Moore, OK $174,228 (Aug 26) 28th +0.0% 22nd 53% below peers
Reston, VA $388,601 (Aug 26) 13th -0.4% 23rd 5% above peers
Herriman, UT $443,129 (Aug 26) 9th -0.6% 24th 20% above peers
Smyrna, TN $323,583 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.6% 25th 13% below peers
Marietta, GA $325,113 (Aug 26) 21st -1.3% 26th 12% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $372,531 (Aug 26) 15th -2.4% 27th 1% above peers
Fulshear, TX $352,861 (Aug 26) 18th -3.7% 28th 5% below peers
Wylie, TX $325,118 (Aug 26) 20th -5.0% 29th 12% below peers
Little Elm, TX $320,336 (Aug 26) 23rd -5.8% 30th 14% below peers
Celina, TX $390,583 (Aug 26) 12th -8.7% 31st 5% above 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 (73.9% then, 73.0% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.2% to 73.0%).
Bright spot 73.0%
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%
Celina, TX 92.7% 1st +12.0pp 1st 51% above peers
Marietta, GA 47.2% 30th +5.2pp 2nd 23% below peers
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 3rd +7.5pp 3rd 31% above peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 28th +4.1pp 4th 23% below peers
Bellevue, NE 65.5% 15th +3.4pp 5th 7% above peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 20th +2.7pp 6th 12% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 27th +2.0pp 7th 22% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 6th +3.1pp 8th 24% above peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 25th +1.7pp 9th 19% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 71.7% 10th +1.7pp 10th 17% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 72.5% 9th +1.3pp 11th 18% above peers
Millcreek, UT 61.4% 16th +0.8pp 12th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 53.2% 22nd +0.4pp 13th 13% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 74.8% 7th +0.3pp 14th 22% above peers
Hamilton, OH 54.3% 21st -0.2pp 15th 12% below peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 19th -0.3pp 16th 7% below peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 12th -0.4pp 17th 11% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 73.0% 8th -0.9pp 18th 19% above peers
Wylie, TX 77.4% 5th -1.1pp 19th 26% above peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 23rd -0.8pp 20th 17% below peers
Reston, VA 60.6% 17th -1.0pp 21st 1% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 67.4% 14th -1.6pp 22nd 10% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 59.0% 18th -2.2pp 23rd 4% below peers
Waltham, MA 49.7% 26th -2.0pp 24th 19% below peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 31st -2.1pp 25th 24% below peers
West Hartford, CT 67.4% 13th -3.6pp 26th 10% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 29th -2.9pp 27th 23% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 24th -3.8pp 28th 18% below peers
Little Elm, TX 70.1% 11th -6.4pp 29th 14% above peers
Fulshear, TX 90.0% 2nd -8.3pp 30th 47% above peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 4th -8.9pp 31st 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,814 in August 2026, up from $2,700 a year earlier.
Big move $2,814
2015August 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
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
South San Francisco, CA $4,027 (Aug 26) 1st +16.5% 1st 113% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $2,889 (Aug 26) 6th +7.3% 2nd 53% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $3,383 (Aug 26) 3rd +7.2% 3rd 79% above peers
Utica, NY $1,404 (Aug 26) 29th +7.2% 4th 26% below peers
White Plains, NY $3,262 (Aug 26) 4th +6.0% 5th 72% above peers
Bossier City, LA $1,515 (Aug 26) 25th +5.9% 6th 20% below peers
Lynwood, CA $2,129 (Aug 26) 11th +5.0% 7th 13% above peers
Porterville, CA $1,431 (Aug 26) 28th +4.8% 8th 24% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,811 (Aug 26) 16th +4.6% 9th 4% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $2,814 (Aug 26) 7th +4.2% 10th 49% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $1,611 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.1% 11th 15% below peers
West Hartford, CT $2,448 (Aug 26) 9th +4.1% 12th 29% above peers
Hamilton, OH $1,512 (Aug 26) 27th +3.6% 13th 20% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $1,674 (Aug 26) 21st +2.5% 14th 12% below peers
Waltham, MA $2,939 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 15th 55% above peers
Smyrna, TN $1,699 (Aug 26) 18th +2.4% 16th 10% below peers
Reston, VA $2,598 (Aug 26) 8th +2.0% 17th 37% above peers
Bentonville, AR $1,656 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.0% 18th 12% below peers
Little Elm, TX $2,307 (Aug 26) 10th +2.0% 19th 22% above peers
Brookline, MA $3,559 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.0% 20th 88% above peers
Marietta, GA $1,689 (Aug 26) 20th +1.6% 21st 11% below peers
Millcreek, UT $1,516 (Aug 26) 24th +1.6% 22nd 20% below peers
Moore, OK $1,513 (Aug 26) 26th +1.5% 23rd 20% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,748 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 24th 8% below peers
Herriman, UT $1,892 (Aug 26) 15th +0.9% 25th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC $1,690 (Aug 26) 19th +0.5% 26th 11% below peers
Wylie, TX $1,914 (Aug 26) 14th -0.5% 27th 1% above peers
Celina, TX $2,028 (Aug 26) 13th -1.4% 28th 7% above peers
Bellevue, NE $1,360 (Aug 26) 30th -1.9% 29th 28% below peers
Fulshear, TX $2,124 (Aug 26) 12th -2.2% 30th 12% above 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 (32.3% then, 35.5% now; margin ±3.5pp). 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.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.0% to 35.5%).
Needs attention 35.5%
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 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 17th -14.5pp 1st 1% above peers
Fulshear, TX 23.0% 4th -3.6pp 2nd 30% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 31st -6.4pp 3rd 45% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 25th -5.1pp 4th 18% above peers
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 5th 45% below peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 22nd -3.2pp 6th 10% above peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 26th -3.3pp 7th 21% above peers
West Hartford, CT 28.0% 9th -1.6pp 8th 15% below peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 28th -1.9pp 9th 25% above peers
Celina, TX 21.9% 2nd -1.0pp 10th 33% below peers
Reston, VA 25.9% 5th -1.1pp 11th 21% below peers
Bellevue, NE 26.0% 6th -1.1pp 12th 21% below peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 23rd -1.1pp 13th 13% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 41.4% 29th -1.1pp 14th 26% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 3rd +0.2pp 15th 32% below peers
Wylie, TX 30.4% 13th +0.4pp 16th 8% below peers
Bossier City, LA 35.5% 20th +0.9pp 17th 8% above peers
Hamilton, OH 32.9% 16th +1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 35.6% 21st +1.1pp 19th 8% above peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 8th +1.1pp 20th 17% below peers
Little Elm, TX 31.8% 15th +1.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Waltham, MA 35.1% 18th +2.0pp 22nd 7% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 29.5% 10th +1.8pp 23rd 10% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 38.7% 24th +2.6pp 24th 18% above peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 12th +2.4pp 25th 10% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 7th +2.3pp 26th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 35.5% 19th +3.2pp 27th 8% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 27th +4.0pp 28th 22% above peers
Millcreek, UT 30.4% 14th +3.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Marietta, GA 42.4% 30th +5.1pp 30th 29% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 29.6% 11th +3.9pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (3.8% then, 4.8% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 4.8%).
4.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Wylie, TX 1.3% 3rd -0.8pp 1st 76% below peers
Millcreek, UT 4.3% 13th -2.3pp 2nd 23% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.0% 18th -2.0pp 3rd 9% above peers
Little Elm, TX 2.3% 4th -0.6pp 4th 58% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 17th -1.0pp 5th 6% above peers
Bellevue, NE 3.8% 12th -0.5pp 6th 30% below peers
Hamilton, OH 8.1% 22nd -1.0pp 7th 48% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 11th -0.4pp 8th 31% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 9th 389% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.4% 5th -0.1pp 10th 57% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% 6th -0.1pp 11th 51% below peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 30th -0.4pp 12th 297% above peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 25th -0.1pp 13th 60% above peers
Lynwood, CA 7.1% 20th -0.0pp 14th 29% above peers
Marietta, GA 8.8% 24th +0.1pp 15th 60% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 29th +0.2pp 16th 209% above peers
Waltham, MA 8.6% 23rd +0.7pp 17th 56% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 8th +0.3pp 18th 43% below peers
Reston, VA 4.6% 14th +0.5pp 19th 16% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.5% 16th +0.8pp 20th on par with peers
West Hartford, CT 8.9% 26th +1.6pp 21st 62% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 21st +1.4pp 22nd 36% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 19th +1.4pp 23rd 14% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.8% 15th +1.0pp 24th 13% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 28th +2.9pp 25th 92% above peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 10th +1.1pp 26th 34% below peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 9th +1.1pp 27th 37% below peers
Celina, TX 1.2% 2nd +0.4pp 28th 78% below peers
Bossier City, LA 10.1% 27th +3.7pp 29th 83% above peers
Fulshear, TX 1.0% 1st +0.9pp 30th 82% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 7th +2.5pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.4% then, 7.0% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 7.0%).
7.0%
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
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 84% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 58% below peers
White Plains, NY 5.9% 13th -3.7pp 3rd 10% below peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 9th -2.1pp 4th 42% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% 7th -1.5pp 5th 53% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.1% 14th -2.2pp 6th 6% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.3% 25th -3.8pp 7th 73% above peers
Celina, TX 7.4% 19th -2.1pp 8th 13% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.8% 20th -2.0pp 9th 19% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.9% 5th -0.6pp 10th 56% below peers
Fulshear, TX 2.8% 4th -0.4pp 11th 57% below peers
Lynwood, CA 13.6% 30th -2.0pp 12th 108% above peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 16th -1.0pp 13th on par with peers
Little Elm, TX 11.7% 26th -1.5pp 14th 78% above peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 12th -0.5pp 15th 13% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.2% 18th -0.6pp 16th 10% above peers
Wylie, TX 13.0% 28th -0.3pp 17th 98% above peers
Marietta, GA 17.9% 31st -0.2pp 18th 173% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 23rd -0.1pp 19th 50% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.9% 10th +0.1pp 20th 40% below peers
Hamilton, OH 8.6% 22nd +0.6pp 21st 31% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.1% 11th +0.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.3% 8th +0.2pp 23rd 50% below peers
Lakewood, WA 10.1% 24th +0.7pp 24th 54% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.0% 17th +0.6pp 25th 7% above peers
West Hartford, CT 2.6% 2nd +0.4pp 26th 60% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 6th +0.7pp 27th 55% below peers
Bossier City, LA 12.1% 27th +2.8pp 28th 84% above peers
Smyrna, TN 13.5% 29th +3.9pp 29th 107% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 21st +2.3pp 30th 21% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 15th +2.3pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

26.2%
20202022
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▸ 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%
Castro Valley, CA 19.3% 1st 39% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 21.4% 2nd 32% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 3rd 25% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.1% 4th 24% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 5th 23% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 24.8% 6th 22% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 7th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 26.2% 8th 17% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 9th 15% below peers
West Hartford, CT 27.7% 10th 12% below peers
Reston, VA 27.9% 11th 12% below peers
Celina, TX 30.8% 12th 3% below peers
Fulshear, TX 30.8% 13th 3% below peers
Millcreek, UT 31.2% 14th 1% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 15th 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Wylie, TX 31.7% 17th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 32.0% 18th 1% above peers
Little Elm, TX 32.3% 19th 2% above peers
Lynwood, CA 33.1% 20th 5% above peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 21st 7% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 22nd 11% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 23rd 16% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 36.8% 24th 16% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 37.7% 25th 19% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 26th 20% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 27th 22% above peers
Bellevue, NE 40.3% 28th 28% above peers
Hamilton, OH 40.4% 29th 28% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 30th 34% above peers
Bossier City, LA 46.2% 31st 46% 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 (6.5% then, 7.8% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.9% to 7.8%).
Needs attention 7.8%
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
Herriman, UT 1.6% 4th -4.9pp 1st 64% below peers
Celina, TX 4.5% 16th -7.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 2nd -1.1pp 3rd 74% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 10th -2.0pp 4th 37% below peers
Bellevue, NE 3.4% 13th -1.3pp 5th 26% below peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 8th -0.8pp 6th 56% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.0% 7th -0.6pp 7th 56% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.8% 6th -0.5pp 8th 61% below peers
Little Elm, TX 10.0% 28th -2.6pp 9th 119% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 1.4% 3rd -0.3pp 10th 70% below peers
Waltham, MA 2.1% 9th -0.3pp 11th 53% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.8% 17th -0.5pp 12th 5% above peers
Lynwood, CA 5.4% 21st -0.5pp 13th 20% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 14th -0.0pp 14th 24% below peers
Millcreek, UT 5.3% 19th +0.2pp 15th 17% above peers
Reston, VA 5.3% 20th +0.4pp 16th 18% above peers
Marietta, GA 11.0% 30th +1.0pp 17th 143% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.8% 24th +1.3pp 18th 72% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 19th 91% below peers
West Hartford, CT 1.8% 5th +0.4pp 20th 61% below peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 15th +0.9pp 21st 7% below peers
Wylie, TX 10.2% 29th +2.5pp 22nd 125% above peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 26th +2.1pp 23rd 90% above peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 23rd +2.8pp 24th 71% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.1% 12th +1.2pp 25th 32% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 11th +1.2pp 26th 32% below peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 27th +3.8pp 27th 108% above peers
Hamilton, OH 5.5% 22nd +3.0pp 28th 22% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% 18th +2.8pp 29th 6% above peers
Bossier City, LA 11.6% 31st +7.8pp 30th 155% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 25th +5.6pp 31st 76% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±4.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.4% to 57.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Palm Beach Gardens started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.9% to 57.4%).
Bright spot 57.4%
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 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Celina, TX 64.3% 7th +19.8pp 1st 45% above peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 28th +4.2pp 2nd 61% below peers
Lynwood, CA 9.8% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 78% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 30th +3.0pp 4th 67% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 19th +7.4pp 5th 4% below peers
Bellevue, NE 34.5% 21st +6.0pp 6th 22% below peers
Wylie, TX 43.3% 18th +7.0pp 7th 2% below peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 27th +3.4pp 8th 49% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.9% 17th +6.0pp 9th 1% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 40.8% 20th +5.2pp 10th 8% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.4% 14th +5.4pp 11th 7% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 59.8% 8th +6.2pp 12th 35% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 11th +5.1pp 13th 25% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 23rd +2.6pp 14th 37% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 57.4% 9th +5.0pp 15th 30% above peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 22nd +2.5pp 16th 34% below peers
Fulshear, TX 74.8% 3rd +6.4pp 17th 69% above peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 13th +4.4pp 18th 22% above peers
Bossier City, LA 24.7% 25th +1.7pp 19th 44% below peers
Millcreek, UT 54.2% 12th +3.6pp 20th 23% above peers
Waltham, MA 57.3% 10th +3.0pp 21st 30% above peers
Reston, VA 72.0% 4th +3.2pp 22nd 63% above peers
West Hartford, CT 66.6% 5th +1.9pp 23rd 51% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 26th +0.7pp 24th 47% below peers
Little Elm, TX 44.2% 16th +1.1pp 25th on par with peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 26th 93% above peers
Hamilton, OH 16.5% 29th +0.3pp 27th 63% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 6th +1.2pp 28th 47% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 25.7% 24th -0.1pp 29th 42% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 2nd -0.3pp 30th 73% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 44.5% 15th -0.3pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 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 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 (75.9% then, 59.8% now; margin ±19.9pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 10.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.1% to 59.8%).
Bright spot 59.8%
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 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 26th +13.5pp 1st 31% below peers
Hamilton, OH 51.3% 13th +20.4pp 2nd 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 14th +18.5pp 3rd 1% above peers
Little Elm, TX 46.4% 18th +15.2pp 4th 6% below peers
Bellevue, NE 43.1% 22nd +12.3pp 5th 12% below peers
Celina, TX 62.1% 9th +12.3pp 6th 26% above peers
Reston, VA 76.1% 1st +15.0pp 7th 55% above peers
Waltham, MA 74.0% 4th +13.1pp 8th 50% above peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 21st +6.5pp 9th 12% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 63.2% 7th +9.0pp 10th 29% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 52.9% 11th +7.5pp 11th 8% above peers
Marietta, GA 51.8% 12th +4.5pp 12th 5% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.5% 20th +2.2pp 13th 12% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 63.9% 6th +2.3pp 14th 30% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 5th +2.4pp 15th 49% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 30th -0.3pp 16th 44% below peers
West Hartford, CT 75.2% 2nd -1.1pp 17th 53% above peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 3rd -2.6pp 18th 51% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 16th -2.2pp 19th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 47.8% 17th -2.5pp 20th 3% below peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 24th -5.4pp 21st 24% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 36.0% 25th -5.3pp 22nd 27% below peers
Wylie, TX 45.0% 19th -7.0pp 23rd 9% below peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 8th -12.8pp 24th 28% above peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 28th -7.1pp 25th 37% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 59.8% 10th -16.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 29th -12.3pp 27th 38% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 23rd -25.1pp 28th 13% below peers
Bossier City, LA 31.9% 27th -19.8pp 29th 35% below peers
Lynwood, CA 27.0% 31st -17.1pp 30th 45% below peers
Fulshear, TX 49.5% 15th -35.3pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±16.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.4% then, 4.5% now; margin ±6.9pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.5% to 4.5%).
Bright spot 4.5%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Fulshear, TX 0.0% 1st -0.7pp 1st 100% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 97% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 3rd -0.7pp 3rd 96% below peers
Marietta, GA 1.6% 4th -1.2pp 4th 72% below peers
Bellevue, NE 5.2% 15th -3.9pp 5th 9% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 20th -3.2pp 6th 20% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 24th -1.2pp 7th 45% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 21st +0.3pp 8th 26% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.4% 5th +0.1pp 9th 58% below peers
Wylie, TX 4.3% 10th +0.8pp 10th 23% below peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 25th +1.8pp 11th 66% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.6% 13th +1.1pp 12th 19% below peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 29th +3.9pp 13th 149% above peers
Waltham, MA 4.3% 9th +1.3pp 14th 24% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 4.1% 8th +1.2pp 15th 27% below peers
Hamilton, OH 10.2% 27th +3.5pp 16th 80% above peers
Lynwood, CA 14.4% 30th +5.3pp 17th 154% above peers
Little Elm, TX 7.5% 23rd +2.8pp 18th 33% above peers
Bossier City, LA 17.6% 31st +6.8pp 19th 211% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.5% 12th +2.1pp 20th 20% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.0% 6th +1.4pp 21st 47% below peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 28th +4.9pp 22nd 84% above peers
Millcreek, UT 6.7% 19th +3.3pp 23rd 18% above peers
Reston, VA 6.2% 18th +3.1pp 24th 10% above peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 17th +3.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 14th +2.6pp 26th 18% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.7% 16th +3.2pp 27th on par with peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 26th +7.7pp 28th 73% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 22nd +6.8pp 29th 29% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.6% 7th +3.5pp 30th 36% below peers
Celina, TX 4.4% 11th 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.3pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56,219 to 60,959 - more than the combined survey margin (±100).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 22% from 2014 to 2024 (50,147 to 60,959).
Big move 60,959
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Fulshear, TX 34,868 30th +252% 1st 45% below peers
Celina, TX 34,268 31st +208% 2nd 46% below peers
Herriman, UT 59,346 26th +48% 3rd 6% below peers
Wylie, TX 60,334 25th +21% 4th 4% below peers
Bellevue, NE 64,510 5th +21% 5th 2% above peers
Little Elm, TX 54,820 29th +19% 6th 13% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 27th +18% 7th 8% below peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 28th +14% 8th 10% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 63,091 17th +11% 9th on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 60,959 23rd +8% 10th 3% below peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 15th +7% 11th on par with peers
Utica, NY 64,217 8th +6% 12th 2% above peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 16th +6% 13th on par with peers
Reston, VA 64,414 6th +5% 14th 2% above peers
Millcreek, UT 63,648 10th +5% 15th 1% above peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 19th +5% 16th on par with peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 24th +4% 17th 4% below peers
Moore, OK 63,420 14th +4% 18th on par with peers
Waltham, MA 64,902 3rd +3% 19th 3% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 65,001 2nd +3% 20th 3% above peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 1st +3% 21st 3% above peers
Marietta, GA 62,263 21st +3% 22nd 1% below peers
Hamilton, OH 63,468 12th +2% 23rd on par with peers
Coon Rapids, MN 63,468 13th +2% 24th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 22nd +1% 25th 2% below peers
West Hartford, CT 63,620 11th +1% 26th 1% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 18th -2% 27th on par with peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 64,139 9th -3% 28th 2% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 64,305 7th -5% 29th 2% above peers
Bossier City, LA 62,901 20th -8% 30th on par with peers
Lynwood, CA 64,578 4th -9% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 ±78 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 (15.5% then, 16.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (15.2% to 16.6%).
Big move 16.6%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 16.6% 29th +1.1pp 1st 26% below peers
Moore, OK 25.7% 8th +1.3pp 2nd 14% above peers
Fulshear, TX 34.8% 1st +1.0pp 3rd 54% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 9th +0.6pp 4th 13% above peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 24th +0.1pp 5th 17% below peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 11th -0.1pp 6th 11% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 21.5% 19th -0.1pp 7th 5% below peers
Waltham, MA 13.6% 31st -0.1pp 8th 40% below peers
Bellevue, NE 24.2% 12th -0.2pp 9th 8% above peers
Hamilton, OH 23.3% 14th -0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 25th -0.3pp 11th 18% below peers
Celina, TX 31.7% 3rd -0.5pp 12th 41% above peers
Bossier City, LA 23.7% 13th -0.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 4th -0.7pp 14th 35% above peers
West Hartford, CT 21.5% 18th -0.5pp 15th 5% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 7th -0.8pp 16th 21% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 20.8% 22nd -0.8pp 17th 8% below peers
Marietta, GA 21.4% 20th -0.8pp 18th 5% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 17.2% 28th -1.2pp 19th 24% below peers
Millcreek, UT 20.9% 21st -1.4pp 20th 7% below peers
Reston, VA 18.6% 26th -1.3pp 21st 18% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 22.5% 17th -1.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 15th -1.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 23rd -1.6pp 24th 13% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 30th -1.3pp 25th 34% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 17.9% 27th -1.7pp 26th 21% below peers
Little Elm, TX 28.0% 5th -2.7pp 27th 24% above peers
Wylie, TX 27.6% 6th -2.8pp 28th 23% above peers
Lynwood, CA 25.4% 10th -2.9pp 29th 13% above peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 2nd -5.8pp 30th 53% above peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 16th -3.9pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 (21.7% then, 18.7% now; margin ±7.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.8% to 18.7%).
18.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fulshear, TX 6.0% 31st +4.2pp 1st 75% below peers
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 15th +12.0pp 2nd 2% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 22.8% 18th +7.9pp 3rd 5% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.0% 16th +7.3pp 4th on par with peers
Lynwood, CA 53.3% 1st +14.9pp 5th 122% above peers
Little Elm, TX 29.2% 13th +8.1pp 6th 22% above peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 4th +7.9pp 7th 91% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 25th +2.7pp 8th 28% below peers
Reston, VA 23.3% 17th +3.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 8th +2.3pp 10th 46% above peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 14th +1.4pp 11th 17% above peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 7th +1.6pp 12th 56% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 11th +1.2pp 13th 26% above peers
Hamilton, OH 47.6% 2nd +1.7pp 14th 98% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 34.7% 9th +0.5pp 15th 44% above peers
Bellevue, NE 30.1% 12th -0.1pp 16th 25% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 30th -0.1pp 17th 66% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 22.4% 19th -0.4pp 18th 7% below peers
West Hartford, CT 22.4% 20th -0.8pp 19th 7% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 27th -0.8pp 20th 38% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 21st -1.3pp 21st 19% below peers
Marietta, GA 38.8% 5th -3.2pp 22nd 61% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 10th -2.9pp 23rd 38% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 3rd -4.6pp 24th 94% above peers
Bossier City, LA 38.5% 6th -4.0pp 25th 60% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 18.8% 22nd -2.6pp 26th 22% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18.7% 23rd -3.0pp 27th 22% below peers
Millcreek, UT 16.0% 26th -3.9pp 28th 33% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 18.0% 24th -5.4pp 29th 25% below peers
Celina, TX 10.0% 29th -9.0pp 30th 58% below peers
Wylie, TX 12.6% 28th -12.9pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 ±4.9pp 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 →
What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.5% then, 64.6% now; margin ±13.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.4% to 64.6%).
64.6%
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 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marietta, GA 74.4% 11th +17.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 78.8% 3rd +18.5pp 2nd 15% above peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 16th +15.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Lynwood, CA 64.2% 21st +8.4pp 4th 6% below peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 12th +9.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 6th +8.0pp 6th 12% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 23rd +6.3pp 7th 9% below peers
Bossier City, LA 68.2% 17th +6.9pp 8th on par with peers
West Hartford, CT 79.3% 2nd +6.7pp 9th 16% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 7th +6.1pp 10th 11% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 1st +5.9pp 11th 18% above peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 14th +4.5pp 12th 3% above peers
Wylie, TX 60.8% 26th +3.8pp 13th 11% below peers
Waltham, MA 78.3% 5th +4.6pp 14th 14% above peers
Millcreek, UT 57.3% 29th +3.1pp 15th 16% below peers
Bellevue, NE 71.5% 13th +3.6pp 16th 4% above peers
Fulshear, TX 65.1% 19th +2.7pp 17th 5% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 78.4% 4th +2.7pp 18th 14% above peers
Hamilton, OH 75.5% 8th +1.6pp 19th 10% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 61.3% 25th +0.8pp 20th 11% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 28th +0.7pp 21st 12% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 10th +0.2pp 22nd 9% above peers
Reston, VA 66.7% 18th -1.6pp 23rd 3% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 75.3% 9th -3.4pp 24th 10% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 68.7% 15th -5.2pp 25th on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 64.6% 20th -4.9pp 26th 6% below peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 30th -5.4pp 27th 18% below peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 27th -7.9pp 28th 12% below peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 24th -9.4pp 29th 10% below peers
Little Elm, TX 63.5% 22nd -9.9pp 30th 7% below peers
Celina, TX 48.2% 31st -12.0pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 ±9.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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