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176,714 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Pembroke Pines, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$85,104
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$68,745 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
39.7%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
33.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.3%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
87.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
61.3%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
59.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
69.6%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
71.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.5%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
7.4%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
8.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.0%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
9.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Pembroke Pines, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.6%
Jul 2026
▲ 18%
relative change
3.9% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.6%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
39.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.3%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
8.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
10.5%
2019-23
▲ 10%
relative change
9.5% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.1%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
9.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 3 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$227,093
Aug 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
$241,975 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$488,121
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$497,701 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
76.5%
2020-24
high
vs peers
75.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 24% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $68,745 to $85,104 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,610).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Pembroke Pines started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($61,539 to $85,104).
Bright spot $85,104
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%
Lancaster, CA $81,511 17th +48% 1st on par with peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 8th +40% 2nd 18% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 15th +40% 3rd 2% above peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 19th +37% 4th 3% below peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 11th +37% 5th 9% above peers
Paterson, NJ $55,997 27th +35% 6th 32% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 21st +35% 7th 8% below peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 7th +34% 8th 20% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 9th 54% above peers
Roseville, CA $119,288 4th +34% 10th 46% above peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 28th +34% 11th 40% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 12th +34% 12th 8% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 10th +33% 13th 13% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 6th +31% 14th 21% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 22nd +31% 15th 15% below peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 24th +31% 16th 19% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 9th +31% 17th 15% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 16th +30% 18th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 23rd +29% 19th 15% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 18th +29% 20th 2% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 14th +29% 21st 4% above peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 22nd 65% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 23rd 48% above peers
Denton, TX $76,019 20th +27% 24th 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 29th +25% 25th 40% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 30th +24% 26th 41% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 13th +24% 27th 4% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 5th +23% 28th 37% above peers
Killeen, TX $60,977 25th +23% 29th 25% below peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 26th +23% 30th 28% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR $31,750 31st +19% 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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11 of 31 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,341 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 0.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 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: 4.6% in July 2026, up from 3.9% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.6%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.6% (Jul 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Paterson, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 29th -1.9pp 1st 65% above peers
Akron, OH 4.1% (Jul 26) 5th -1.7pp 2nd 11% below peers
Palmdale, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th -1.5pp 3rd 30% above peers
Glendale, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.1pp 4th 11% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 28th -1.0pp 5th 54% above peers
Springfield, MO 3.9% (Jul 26) 4th -0.5pp 6th 15% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 7th 2% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th -0.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -0.4pp 10th 4% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th -0.3pp 11th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN 4.1% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 12th 11% below peers
Aurora, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.3pp 13th 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 14th 33% below peers
Oceanside, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Cary, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 16th 35% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th -0.3pp 17th 4% above peers
Roseville, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 18th 9% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 19th 9% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.2pp 20th 11% above peers
Salem, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 25th -0.2pp 21st 15% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 3.7% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 20% below peers
Denton, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.0pp 23rd 4% below peers
Newport News, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th +0.1pp 24th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th +0.4pp 26th 30% above peers
Surprise, AZ 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th +0.7pp 27th 11% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th +0.7pp 28th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.8pp 29th 2% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.3% then, 10.0% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 9.9%).
Bright spot 10.0%
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%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 8th -5.8pp 1st 39% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.9% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 59% below peers
Lancaster, CA 15.6% 19th -6.2pp 3rd 8% above peers
Paterson, NJ 21.2% 28th -5.4pp 4th 48% above peers
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 21st -4.0pp 5th 10% above peers
Springfield, MO 18.4% 26th -4.5pp 6th 28% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 6th -2.0pp 7th 43% below peers
Aurora, IL 9.5% 9th -1.9pp 8th 34% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 12th -2.1pp 9th 14% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.3% 13th -1.7pp 10th 14% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 18th -1.9pp 11th 5% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.4% 14th -1.2pp 12th 14% below peers
Shreveport, LA 23.5% 30th -2.1pp 13th 64% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 16th -1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 19.0% 27th -1.3pp 15th 32% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% 10th -0.6pp 16th 32% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 17th -0.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.9% 15th -0.6pp 18th 10% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.3pp 19th 46% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.8% 22nd -0.5pp 20th 10% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.0% 4th -0.1pp 21st 45% below peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 29th -0.1pp 22nd 62% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 5th +0.1pp 23rd 44% below peers
Denton, TX 15.8% 23rd +0.2pp 24th 10% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 34.2% 31st +0.3pp 25th 138% above peers
Palmdale, CA 15.7% 20th +0.2pp 26th 9% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.6% 25th +0.2pp 27th 22% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 11th +0.6pp 28th 31% below peers
Surprise, AZ 8.6% 7th +1.2pp 29th 40% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 1st +0.9pp 30th 61% below peers
Killeen, TX 17.4% 24th +2.7pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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11 of 31 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 No measurable change ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.3% then, 7.4% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 7.5%).
Bright spot 7.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 1st -11.8pp 1st 66% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 7th -6.2pp 2nd 44% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.5% 2nd -3.0pp 3rd 65% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 22nd -8.1pp 4th 30% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 14th -4.5pp 5th 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 12th -3.7pp 6th 18% below peers
Paterson, NJ 29.4% 28th -8.2pp 7th 89% above peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 29th -8.4pp 8th 96% above peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 19th -4.4pp 9th 8% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 16th -4.0pp 10th on par with peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 21st -4.8pp 11th 24% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 5th -1.8pp 12th 46% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 11th -2.3pp 13th 27% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 6th -1.7pp 14th 44% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 18th -3.2pp 15th 7% above peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 20th -2.9pp 16th 9% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 26th -4.1pp 17th 61% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 13th -2.0pp 18th 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 17th -2.0pp 19th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 4th -0.9pp 20th 52% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 23rd -1.9pp 21st 31% above peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 25th -1.5pp 22nd 54% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 30th -1.3pp 23rd 125% above peers
Denton, TX 14.5% 15th +0.1pp 24th 7% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 8th +0.1pp 25th 40% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 3rd +0.1pp 26th 61% below peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 24th +0.5pp 27th 42% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 28th 233% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 9th +0.6pp 29th 32% below peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 10th +1.9pp 30th 30% below peers
Killeen, TX 26.0% 27th +6.1pp 31st 67% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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11 of 31 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 4.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.1% to 91.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Pembroke Pines started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.1% to 91.3%).
Bright spot 91.3%
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%
Paterson, NJ 89.3% 27th +20.2pp 1st 3% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 29th +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 23rd +15.1pp 3rd 1% below peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 21st +12.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 26th +11.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 28th +11.0pp 6th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 7th 10% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 8th +11.5pp 8th 3% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +9.1pp 9th 8% below peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 18th +9.1pp 10th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 22nd +8.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 12th +7.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 11th +6.9pp 13th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +6.2pp 14th 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 13th +5.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 14th +5.7pp 16th on par with peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 15th +5.7pp 17th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 10th +5.7pp 18th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 19th +5.5pp 19th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 91.4% 24th +5.0pp 20th 1% below peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 16th +5.0pp 21st on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 5th +5.1pp 22nd 3% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 9th +5.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 25th +4.3pp 24th 1% below peers
Denton, TX 92.2% 20th +4.1pp 25th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 26th 5% above peers
Roseville, CA 95.5% 6th +4.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 4th +3.6pp 28th 3% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 17th +2.4pp 29th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 7th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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11 of 31 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 (0.45 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.45).
0.45
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
Lancaster, CA 0.43 14th -0.034 1st 2% below peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 13% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 23rd -0.026 3rd 4% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 5th -0.021 4th 6% below peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 7th -0.019 5th 6% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 17th -0.017 6th 1% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 12% below peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 24th -0.008 8th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 30th -0.009 9th 21% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 8th -0.006 10th 5% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 15th -0.006 11th on par with peers
Roseville, CA 0.42 6th -0.004 12th 6% below peers
Paterson, NJ 0.47 25th -0.004 13th 7% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 16th -0.002 14th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 10th +0.000 15th 4% below peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 27th +0.002 16th 12% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 22nd +0.002 17th 4% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 26th +0.003 18th 8% above peers
Denton, TX 0.46 21st +0.003 19th 3% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 18th +0.003 20th 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 12th +0.003 21st 3% below peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 22nd 14% above peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 23rd 21% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 19th +0.008 24th 2% above peers
Cary, NC 0.43 11th +0.009 25th 4% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 29th +0.015 26th 15% above peers
Killeen, TX 0.42 9th +0.017 27th 5% below peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 4th +0.017 28th 8% below peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 3rd +0.018 29th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 13th +0.020 30th 3% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 20th +0.022 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (9.5% then, 10.5% now; margin ±1.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (8.2% to 10.5%).
Needs attention 10.5%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Murfreesboro, TN 7.0% 8th -3.1pp 1st 47% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 2nd -1.5pp 2nd 62% below peers
Denton, TX 6.7% 6th -1.7pp 3rd 49% below peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 13th -2.6pp 4th 20% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 5th -1.4pp 5th 54% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 16th -2.6pp 6th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 23rd -1.9pp 7th 29% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 8th 79% below peers
Paterson, NJ 34.1% 30th -3.1pp 9th 161% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 7th -0.4pp 10th 48% below peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 29th -0.1pp 11th 92% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 9th +0.0pp 12th 45% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 18th +0.1pp 13th 7% above peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 22nd +0.1pp 14th 27% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 27th +0.2pp 15th 58% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.9% 21st +0.2pp 16th 22% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 15th +0.2pp 17th 5% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 20th +0.2pp 18th 18% above peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 19th +0.8pp 19th 11% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 28th +1.6pp 20th 65% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 14th +1.0pp 21st 20% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 12th +0.9pp 22nd 30% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 17th +1.8pp 23rd 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 4th +1.1pp 24th 56% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 31st +7.7pp 25th 176% above peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 26th +4.9pp 26th 45% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 10th +2.4pp 27th 35% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.6% 3rd +1.6pp 28th 57% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 11th +3.1pp 29th 32% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 24th +8.6pp 30th 34% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 25th +10.5pp 31st 43% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp 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

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $488,121 in August 2026, down from $497,701 a year earlier.
Big move $488,121
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $375,470 (Aug 26) -1.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Huntington Beach, CA $1,351,762 (Aug 26) 1st +5.4% 1st 177% above peers
Paterson, NJ $536,737 (Aug 26) 12th +4.8% 2nd 10% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $1,007,401 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.4% 3rd 106% above peers
Shreveport, LA $148,292 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 4th 70% below peers
Aurora, IL $324,261 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.2% 5th 34% below peers
Springfield, MO $245,882 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 6th 50% below peers
Newport News, VA $294,403 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 7th 40% below peers
Akron, OH $141,681 (Aug 26) 29th +2.7% 8th 71% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,180,773 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 9th 142% above peers
Oceanside, CA $867,314 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 10th 78% above peers
Eugene, OR $475,563 (Aug 26) 16th +0.8% 11th 3% below peers
Roseville, CA $645,119 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 12th 32% above peers
Salem, OR $435,095 (Aug 26) 19th +0.4% 13th 11% below peers
Clarksville, TN $319,419 (Aug 26) 24th +0.3% 14th 35% below peers
Palmdale, CA $499,832 (Aug 26) 14th +0.1% 15th 2% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $781,865 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 16th 60% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $709,775 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 17th 45% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $560,192 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 18th 15% above peers
Ontario, CA $661,918 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 19th 36% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $426,156 (Aug 26) 20th -0.4% 20th 13% below peers
Lancaster, CA $461,962 (Aug 26) 17th -0.6% 21st 5% below peers
Tempe, AZ $461,342 (Aug 26) 18th -0.6% 22nd 5% below peers
Killeen, TX $219,533 (Aug 26) 27th -1.1% 23rd 55% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,473 (Aug 26) 13th -1.3% 24th 5% above peers
Cary, NC $619,636 (Aug 26) 10th -1.4% 25th 27% above peers
Surprise, AZ $415,995 (Aug 26) 21st -1.8% 26th 15% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $488,121 (Aug 26) 15th -1.9% 27th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA $626,316 (Aug 26) 9th -2.0% 28th 28% above peers
Denton, TX $346,719 (Aug 26) 22nd -3.2% 29th 29% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $227,093 in August 2026, down from $241,975 a year earlier.
Big move $227,093
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $231,656 (Aug 26) -2.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Paterson, NJ $426,126 (Aug 26) 11th +6.9% 1st 13% above peers
Aurora, IL $249,096 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.8% 2nd 34% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $919,906 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 3rd 144% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $804,040 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.9% 4th 113% above peers
Akron, OH $89,235 (Aug 26) 28th +3.2% 5th 76% below peers
Springfield, MO $163,323 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 6th 57% below peers
Newport News, VA $209,825 (Aug 26) 25th +2.3% 7th 44% below peers
Shreveport, LA $50,354 (Aug 26) 29th +0.8% 8th 87% below peers
Eugene, OR $377,092 (Aug 26) 15th +0.8% 9th on par with peers
Roseville, CA $523,076 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 10th 39% above peers
Salem, OR $358,853 (Aug 26) 16th +0.4% 11th 5% below peers
Oceanside, CA $618,888 (Aug 26) 4th +0.1% 12th 64% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $553,737 (Aug 26) 6th -0.0% 13th 47% above peers
Ontario, CA $535,254 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 14th 42% above peers
Palmdale, CA $418,496 (Aug 26) 12th -0.2% 15th 11% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $326,985 (Aug 26) 19th -0.2% 16th 13% below peers
Glendale, CA $727,876 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.3% 17th 93% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $611,808 (Aug 26) 5th -0.4% 18th 62% above peers
Clarksville, TN $240,564 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.5% 19th 36% below peers
Killeen, TX $162,502 (Aug 26) 27th -0.6% 20th 57% below peers
Lancaster, CA $382,507 (Aug 26) 14th -1.0% 21st 1% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $408,179 (Aug 26) 13th -1.4% 22nd 8% above peers
Surprise, AZ $351,070 (Aug 26) 17th -1.8% 23rd 7% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $528,286 (Aug 26) 8th -2.0% 24th 40% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,400 (Aug 26) 20th -2.2% 25th 19% below peers
Tempe, AZ $333,045 (Aug 26) 18th -2.3% 26th 12% below peers
Cary, NC $433,664 (Aug 26) 10th -2.6% 27th 15% above peers
Denton, TX $268,860 (Aug 26) 21st -3.2% 28th 29% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $227,093 (Aug 26) 24th -6.2% 29th 40% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.0% then, 69.6% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 69.6%).
Bright spot 69.6%
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%
Lancaster, CA 60.4% 10th +7.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Killeen, TX 49.5% 24th +5.7pp 2nd 11% below peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 12th +4.5pp 3rd 5% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 30th +2.2pp 4th 37% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 29th +2.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 13th +2.7pp 6th 2% above peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 15th +2.5pp 7th on par with peers
Roseville, CA 68.8% 5th +3.1pp 8th 24% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 28th +1.7pp 9th 24% below peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 10th 43% above peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 27th +1.6pp 11th 21% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 4th +2.4pp 12th 25% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.9% 31st +0.8pp 13th 51% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 7th +1.9pp 14th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 14th +1.6pp 15th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 17th +1.4pp 16th 2% below peers
Denton, TX 50.0% 23rd +1.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 8th +0.9pp 18th 19% above peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 26th +0.6pp 19th 14% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 9th +0.8pp 20th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 11th +0.7pp 21st 5% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 22nd +0.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 18th +0.5pp 23rd 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 20th +0.1pp 24th 5% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 19th -0.1pp 25th 4% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 2nd -1.1pp 26th 33% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 25th -0.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 3rd -1.4pp 28th 26% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 16th -1.2pp 29th on par with peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 6th -1.8pp 30th 20% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 21st -1.8pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,608 in August 2026, up from $2,572 a year earlier.
$2,608
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Newport News, VA $1,605 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.8% 1st 18% below peers
Shreveport, LA $1,184 (Aug 26) 28th +5.9% 2nd 40% below peers
Springfield, MO $1,200 (Aug 26) 27th +5.2% 3rd 39% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $2,767 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 4th 41% above peers
Akron, OH $1,167 (Aug 26) 29th +4.3% 5th 40% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,081 (Aug 26) 1st +3.5% 6th 57% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,560 (Aug 26) 12th +3.1% 7th 31% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,253 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 8th 15% above peers
Oceanside, CA $2,931 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.6% 9th 50% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,736 (Aug 26) 7th +2.5% 10th 40% above peers
Eugene, OR $1,806 (Aug 26) 18th +2.5% 11th 8% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,802 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.2% 12th 43% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,716 (Aug 26) 8th +1.8% 13th 39% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $1,675 (Aug 26) 20th +1.7% 14th 15% below peers
Clarksville, TN $1,374 (Aug 26) 25th +1.7% 15th 30% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $1,960 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 16th on par with peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $2,608 (Aug 26) 9th +1.4% 17th 33% above peers
Ontario, CA $2,580 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 18th 32% above peers
Paterson, NJ $1,878 (Aug 26) 17th +1.0% 19th 4% below peers
Cary, NC $1,774 (Aug 26) 19th +1.0% 20th 9% below peers
Palmdale, CA $2,751 (Aug 26) 6th +0.7% 21st 40% above peers
Surprise, AZ $1,947 (Aug 26) 16th +0.5% 22nd 1% below peers
Lancaster, CA $2,420 (Aug 26) 13th +0.5% 23rd 23% above peers
Salem, OR $1,581 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.4% 24th 19% below peers
Tempe, AZ $1,649 (Aug 26) 21st +0.4% 25th 16% below peers
Roseville, CA $2,569 (Aug 26) 11th +0.4% 26th 31% above peers
Glendale, CA $2,790 (Aug 26) 4th +0.2% 27th 42% above peers
Killeen, TX $1,273 (Aug 26) 26th -1.0% 28th 35% below peers
Denton, TX $1,519 (Aug 26) 24th -2.7% 29th 23% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.9% to 43.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp). 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
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.0% to 43.6%).
Needs attention 43.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Newport News, VA 37.2% 12th -2.8pp 1st 7% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 4th -2.1pp 2nd 21% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 11th -2.4pp 3rd 8% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 5th -1.8pp 4th 19% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 3rd -1.7pp 5th 24% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 25th -1.1pp 6th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 24th -1.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Paterson, NJ 56.6% 31st -0.7pp 8th 41% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 21st -0.2pp 9th 8% above peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 23rd -0.0pp 10th 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 15th +0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 8th +0.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 30th +0.5pp 13th 33% above peers
Roseville, CA 36.2% 9th +0.5pp 14th 10% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 26th +0.6pp 15th 13% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 6th +0.6pp 16th 17% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 13th +0.7pp 17th 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 19th +0.9pp 18th 4% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 28th +1.2pp 19th 16% above peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 29th +1.4pp 20th 16% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 16th +1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 14th +1.4pp 22nd 6% below peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 10th +1.5pp 23rd 8% below peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 2nd +1.7pp 24th 29% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 20th +2.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Denton, TX 41.3% 18th +3.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 27th +3.5pp 27th 13% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 22nd +3.7pp 28th 9% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 7th +3.1pp 29th 14% below peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 30th 43% below peers
Killeen, TX 40.2% 17th +4.6pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (5.6% then, 6.6% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 6.6%).
6.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Killeen, TX 5.0% 12th -1.5pp 1st 20% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 20th -1.9pp 2nd 23% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 8th -1.0pp 3rd 35% below peers
Paterson, NJ 26.1% 31st -5.2pp 4th 317% above peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 11th -0.9pp 5th 24% below peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 26th -1.4pp 6th 65% above peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 23rd -0.9pp 7th 44% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 10th -0.5pp 8th 28% below peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 25th -1.0pp 9th 63% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 27th -1.1pp 10th 76% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 22nd -0.7pp 11th 32% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 24th -0.8pp 12th 56% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 44% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 28th -1.0pp 14th 96% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 9th -0.2pp 15th 30% below peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 18th -0.2pp 16th 11% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 16th +0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 18th 134% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 19th 128% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 21st +0.2pp 20th 24% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 4th +0.4pp 21st 43% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 5th +0.5pp 22nd 42% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 7th +0.6pp 23rd 37% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 17th +1.0pp 24th 5% above peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 25th 49% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.7% 15th +1.4pp 26th 9% below peers
Denton, TX 5.4% 14th +1.4pp 27th 13% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 13th +1.3pp 28th 16% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 19th +1.9pp 29th 12% above peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 47% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 6th +1.1pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Fayetteville, AR down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better 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 (9.7% then, 9.1% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.5% to 9.1%).
Needs attention 9.1%
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 11.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 8.3% 17th -2.9pp 1st 1% above peers
Roseville, CA 3.1% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 62% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.2% 6th -1.6pp 3rd 37% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.7% 9th -1.6pp 4th 31% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 11th -1.3pp 5th 24% below peers
Shreveport, LA 8.0% 15th -1.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Lancaster, CA 4.5% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 44% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 4th -0.8pp 8th 40% below peers
Aurora, IL 9.8% 24th -1.3pp 9th 20% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.2% 22nd -1.2pp 10th 13% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 27th -1.7pp 11th 67% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.7% 12th -0.8pp 12th 18% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.4% 7th -0.6pp 13th 34% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 18th -0.9pp 14th 2% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 14th -0.7pp 15th 9% below peers
Springfield, MO 12.6% 26th -0.8pp 16th 55% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 21st -0.6pp 17th 12% above peers
Surprise, AZ 6.1% 10th -0.2pp 18th 25% below peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 19th -0.1pp 19th 5% above peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 13th +0.0pp 20th 9% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 20th +0.1pp 21st 8% above peers
Denton, TX 15.5% 30th +0.4pp 22nd 90% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 28th +0.4pp 23rd 86% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 16th +0.3pp 24th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 5.0% 5th +0.2pp 25th 39% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 8th +0.5pp 26th 32% below peers
Paterson, NJ 19.5% 31st +1.6pp 27th 139% above peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 25th +1.1pp 28th 21% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 29th 64% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 23rd +1.3pp 30th 19% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.3% 29th +3.0pp 31st 88% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

30.7%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Cary, NC 21.8% 1st 33% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 22.7% 2nd 30% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 24.1% 3rd 25% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 4th 25% below peers
Roseville, CA 24.6% 5th 24% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 6th 22% below peers
Oceanside, CA 26.8% 7th 17% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 8th 9% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 9th 7% below peers
Palmdale, CA 30.4% 10th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 11th 5% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 12th 4% below peers
Lancaster, CA 31.1% 13th 4% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 14th 3% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 15th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 16th on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 32.5% 17th 1% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 33.4% 18th 3% above peers
Denton, TX 34.3% 19th 6% above peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 20th 7% above peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 21st 10% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.0% 22nd 15% above peers
Paterson, NJ 37.3% 23rd 15% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 24th 16% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 25th 18% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 26th 25% above peers
Killeen, TX 41.7% 27th 29% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 28th 35% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 29th 41% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 30th 42% 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 (8.0% then, 6.3% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 6.3%).
Needs attention 6.3%
20122024
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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 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 59% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 9th -2.0pp 2nd 31% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 58% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 8th -1.8pp 4th 33% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 4th -1.1pp 5th 52% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 10th -1.6pp 6th 26% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 7th -1.2pp 7th 40% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 22nd -1.9pp 8th 8% above peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 6th -0.7pp 9th 43% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 26th -1.9pp 10th 53% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 29th -2.3pp 11th 92% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 24th -1.7pp 12th 38% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 12th -0.8pp 13th 24% below peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 28th -1.0pp 14th 86% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 20th -0.1pp 15th 5% above peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 17th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 11th +0.3pp 17th 26% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 25th +0.5pp 18th 42% above peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% 23rd +0.7pp 19th 31% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 16th +0.6pp 20th on par with peers
Denton, TX 11.7% 31st +2.2pp 21st 156% above peers
Roseville, CA 2.5% 5th +0.5pp 22nd 46% below peers
Paterson, NJ 9.0% 30th +1.8pp 23rd 96% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 27th +1.7pp 24th 78% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 13th +0.9pp 25th 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 21st +1.5pp 26th 7% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 14th +1.2pp 27th 14% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 28th 55% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 15th +1.7pp 29th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 18th +1.7pp 30th 3% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 19th +1.9pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.9% to 39.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Pembroke Pines started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.5% to 39.8%).
Bright spot 39.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 30 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
Ontario, CA 22.5% 26th +5.4pp 1st 38% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 13th +7.3pp 2nd 7% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 11th +5.9pp 3rd 10% above peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 19th +4.4pp 4th 15% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 5th +6.7pp 5th 31% above peers
Oceanside, CA 36.1% 15th +5.1pp 6th on par with peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 22nd +3.8pp 7th 21% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 4th +6.4pp 8th 35% above peers
Springfield, MO 31.4% 18th +4.0pp 9th 13% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 25.3% 23rd +3.0pp 10th 30% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.0% 28th +2.3pp 11th 45% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 17th +3.1pp 12th 13% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 25th +2.3pp 13th 35% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 10th +3.8pp 14th 13% above peers
Palmdale, CA 17.1% 29th +1.6pp 15th 53% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 60.7% 2nd +5.2pp 16th 68% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 43.0% 8th +3.4pp 17th 19% above peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 21st +2.4pp 18th 17% below peers
Killeen, TX 21.9% 27th +1.7pp 19th 39% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 6th +3.3pp 20th 25% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 16th +2.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 24th +1.7pp 22nd 33% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 3rd +3.4pp 23rd 38% above peers
Denton, TX 41.8% 9th +2.9pp 24th 15% above peers
Surprise, AZ 30.5% 20th +2.0pp 25th 16% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 14th +2.3pp 26th 4% above peers
Paterson, NJ 11.8% 30th +0.7pp 27th 67% below peers
Roseville, CA 44.3% 7th +2.6pp 28th 22% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 12th +2.0pp 29th 7% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 30th 95% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 (59.4% then, 61.3% now; margin ±13.7pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.4% to 61.3%).
Bright spot 61.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lancaster, CA 41.1% 20th +9.6pp 1st 9% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 11th +8.7pp 2nd 13% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 14th +4.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 22nd +3.3pp 4th 16% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 5th 39% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 7th +4.2pp 6th 25% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 6th +3.2pp 7th 27% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 13th +1.5pp 8th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 2nd +1.9pp 9th 36% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 3rd +1.5pp 10th 34% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 10th +1.1pp 11th 13% above peers
Oceanside, CA 43.6% 18th -1.0pp 12th 4% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 17th -1.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 8th -2.9pp 14th 18% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 4th -3.8pp 15th 31% above peers
Denton, TX 51.9% 9th -4.8pp 16th 15% above peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 25th -4.0pp 17th 19% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 12th -5.5pp 18th 9% above peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 15th -6.0pp 19th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 28th -4.3pp 20th 36% below peers
Paterson, NJ 58.2% 5th -10.9pp 21st 29% above peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 19th -10.4pp 22nd 7% below peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 23rd -10.1pp 23rd 16% below peers
Killeen, TX 26.2% 30th -7.3pp 24th 42% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 26th -9.8pp 25th 23% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 27th -9.6pp 26th 34% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 16th -14.8pp 27th on par with peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 24th -12.8pp 28th 18% below peers
Roseville, CA 39.2% 21st -17.6pp 29th 13% below peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 29th -12.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.1% then, 3.5% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 3.5%).
Bright spot 3.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 68% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 2nd 56% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 76% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 17th -1.2pp 4th 5% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 5th -0.5pp 5th 43% below peers
Paterson, NJ 6.8% 14th -0.5pp 6th 15% below peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 15th -0.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 19th -0.5pp 8th 13% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 4th +0.0pp 9th 49% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 12th +0.0pp 10th 19% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 7th +0.6pp 11th 35% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 21st +1.4pp 12th 24% above peers
Killeen, TX 11.9% 27th +2.3pp 13th 49% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 14th 83% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 26th +2.4pp 15th 42% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 16th +1.7pp 16th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 11th +1.4pp 17th 25% below peers
Denton, TX 4.8% 6th +1.1pp 18th 40% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 30th +3.8pp 19th 71% above peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 29th +3.9pp 20th 67% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 8th +1.7pp 21st 32% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 9th +1.9pp 22nd 31% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 13th +2.3pp 23rd 17% below peers
Roseville, CA 8.8% 18th +3.2pp 24th 10% above peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 28th +4.7pp 25th 59% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 23rd +4.0pp 26th 33% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 25th +4.5pp 27th 37% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 24th +4.4pp 28th 34% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 10th +2.5pp 29th 26% below peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 22nd +4.6pp 30th 29% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 20th +4.3pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 170,072 to 173,194 - more than the combined survey margin (±112).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (159,920 to 173,194).
173,194
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Murfreesboro, TN 161,445 26th +18% 1st 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 16th +15% 2nd on par with peers
Roseville, CA 155,955 29th +15% 3rd 12% below peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 30th +14% 4th 12% below peers
Denton, TX 152,866 31st +12% 5th 13% below peers
Paterson, NJ 158,735 27th +9% 6th 10% below peers
Killeen, TX 158,159 28th +9% 7th 10% below peers
Cary, NC 179,306 12th +8% 8th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 11th +7% 9th 2% above peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 23rd +6% 10th 4% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 14th +6% 11th 1% above peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 25th +5% 12th 7% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 13th +5% 13th 2% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 24th +4% 14th 5% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 6th +3% 15th 5% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 170,229 21st +3% 16th 4% below peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 7th +3% 17th 4% above peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 9th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 18th +2% 19th 2% below peers
Springfield, MO 169,954 22nd +2% 20th 4% below peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 4th +0% 21st 7% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 17th -1% 22nd 1% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 20th -1% 23rd 3% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 15th -1% 24th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 19th -2% 25th 2% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 1st -3% 26th 11% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 3rd -4% 27th 7% above peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 2nd -5% 28th 8% above peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 8th -6% 29th 3% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 10th -10% 30th 2% above peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 5th -21% 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.3% to 18.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.9% to 18.8%).
18.8%
20172024
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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
Glendale, CA 18.4% 23rd +0.8pp 1st 18% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 17th +0.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 11th +0.3pp 3rd 3% above peers
Paterson, NJ 27.6% 3rd +0.4pp 4th 23% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 12th +0.0pp 5th 3% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 9th -0.2pp 6th 8% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 25th -0.2pp 7th 22% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 5th -0.4pp 8th 18% above peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 1st -0.5pp 9th 31% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 21st -0.4pp 10th 12% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 18th -0.5pp 11th 7% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 7th -0.7pp 12th 12% above peers
Killeen, TX 29.3% 2nd -1.0pp 13th 30% above peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 14th 37% below peers
Roseville, CA 22.6% 15th -1.1pp 15th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 16th -1.2pp 16th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 27th -0.9pp 17th 23% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 14th -1.3pp 18th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 13th -1.3pp 19th 2% above peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 19th -1.3pp 20th 10% below peers
Denton, TX 18.2% 24th -1.3pp 21st 19% below peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 4th -2.0pp 22nd 19% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 8th -1.8pp 23rd 9% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 20th -1.5pp 24th 11% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 10th -1.8pp 25th 4% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 22nd -1.5pp 26th 16% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 29th -1.3pp 27th 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 26th -1.6pp 28th 22% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 28th -2.3pp 29th 27% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 6th -3.6pp 30th 12% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 30th -2.7pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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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 (26.3% then, 28.6% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.1% to 28.6%).
28.6%
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
Aurora, IL 32.5% 18th +6.6pp 1st 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 13th +4.6pp 2nd 4% above peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 10th +4.5pp 3rd 8% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 3rd +7.4pp 4th 77% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 1st +7.3pp 5th 90% above peers
Killeen, TX 43.1% 7th +4.5pp 6th 30% above peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 23rd +2.1pp 7th 23% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 19th +2.3pp 8th 14% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 17th +2.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Denton, TX 26.2% 22nd +1.4pp 10th 21% below peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 12th +1.8pp 11th 5% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 5th +1.2pp 12th 37% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 13th 37% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 6th +1.0pp 14th 32% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 2nd +1.0pp 15th 78% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 26th +0.3pp 16th 32% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 20th -0.1pp 17th 18% below peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 15th -0.1pp 18th 2% above peers
Paterson, NJ 54.0% 4th -0.6pp 19th 63% above peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 14th -0.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 16th -0.6pp 21st on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 27th -0.6pp 22nd 33% below peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 9th -1.3pp 23rd 15% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 24th 45% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 25th 49% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 25th -1.7pp 26th 30% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 21st -2.3pp 27th 19% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 24th -2.1pp 28th 26% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 11th -4.2pp 29th 6% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 8th -8.3pp 30th 18% above peers
Roseville, CA 17.8% 30th -4.0pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.7pp 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 (75.7% then, 76.5% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.7% to 76.5%).
Big move 76.5%
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 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lancaster, CA 61.8% 27th +9.5pp 1st 8% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 19th +9.1pp 2nd 3% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 15th +8.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 4th +9.3pp 4th 10% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 2nd +9.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 7th +6.0pp 6th 5% above peers
Killeen, TX 67.2% 16th +5.7pp 7th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 3rd +5.9pp 8th 10% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 21st +4.4pp 9th 4% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 8th +4.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Paterson, NJ 64.4% 20th +3.7pp 11th 4% below peers
Roseville, CA 64.3% 23rd +3.5pp 12th 4% below peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 6th +3.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 14th +2.7pp 14th 1% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 18th +1.9pp 15th 1% below peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 9th +1.8pp 16th 4% above peers
Denton, TX 69.2% 11th +1.7pp 17th 3% above peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 24th +0.8pp 18th 5% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 1st +0.8pp 19th 14% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 12th +0.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 17th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 26th +0.2pp 22nd 6% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 13th -0.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 5th -0.1pp 24th 8% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 22nd -2.2pp 25th 4% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 25th -2.4pp 26th 6% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 20% below peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 29th -4.4pp 28th 9% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 10th -8.1pp 29th 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 28th -7.6pp 30th 9% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 30th -10.2pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 ±8.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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