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173,194 people (2024) 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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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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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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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.9%
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
4.5%
May 2026
▲ 32%
relative change
3.4% 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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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.1%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
9.7% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) 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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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$225,973
Jun 2026
▼ 8%
relative change
$245,842 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
18.8%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
20.3% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$489,023
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$504,307 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Population
173,194
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
170,072 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,550
Jun 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$2,571 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
76.5%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
75.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

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). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($61,539 to $85,104).
$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%
Salinas, CA $91,908 10th +49% 1st 13% above peers
Lancaster, CA $81,511 16th +48% 2nd on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 23rd +42% 3rd 21% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 14th +40% 4th 2% above peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 18th +37% 5th 2% below peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 11th +37% 6th 9% above peers
Paterson, NJ $55,997 26th +35% 7th 31% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 27th +35% 8th 36% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 19th +35% 9th 7% below peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 7th +34% 10th 20% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 11th 54% above peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 28th +34% 12th 40% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 9th +33% 13th 13% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 6th +31% 14th 22% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 20th +31% 15th 15% below peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 3rd +31% 16th 39% above peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 22nd +31% 17th 18% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 8th +31% 18th 15% above peers
Corona, CA $109,242 5th +30% 19th 34% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 15th +30% 20th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 21st +29% 21st 15% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 17th +29% 22nd 2% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 13th +29% 23rd 4% above peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 24th 66% above 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 12th +24% 27th 4% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 4th +23% 28th 37% above peers
Killeen, TX $60,977 24th +23% 29th 25% below peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 25th +23% 30th 27% 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 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% 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 →

Unemployment rose 1.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

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.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.5% in May 2026, up from 3.4% a year earlier.
4.5%
1990May 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 4.8% (May 26) +1.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Akron, OH 3.4% (May 26) 4th -1.9pp 1st 15% below peers
Paterson, NJ 6.7% (May 26) 26th -1.4pp 2nd 68% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.1% (May 26) 28th -1.3pp 3rd 77% above peers
Salinas, CA 7.3% (May 26) 29th -0.9pp 4th 82% above peers
Hayward, CA 3.8% (May 26) 10th -0.6pp 5th 5% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 6th 15% below peers
Springfield, MO 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 3.4% (May 26) 6th -0.4pp 8th 15% below peers
Oceanside, CA 3.9% (May 26) 12th -0.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.7% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 10th 7% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 11th on par with peers
Salem, OR 4.7% (May 26) 23rd -0.2pp 12th 18% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 13th 5% below peers
Cary, NC 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 14th 28% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 15th 32% below peers
Clarksville, TN 3.6% (May 26) 8th +0.0pp 16th 10% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th +0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% (May 26) 21st +0.0pp 18th 15% above peers
Palmdale, CA 6.2% (May 26) 25th +0.0pp 19th 55% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.3% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 20th 18% below peers
Corona, CA 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.0pp 21st on par with peers
Eugene, OR 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +0.1pp 22nd 15% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% (May 26) 27th +0.2pp 23rd 75% above peers
Newport News, VA 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 24th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.4pp 25th 2% above peers
Aurora, IL 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 26th 7% above peers
Killeen, TX 5.5% (May 26) 24th +0.5pp 27th 38% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 4.5% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.4% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 29th 10% 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 →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.3% then, 9.9% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 9.9%).
9.9%
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 11.9% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.0%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.5% 5th -5.6pp 1st 39% below peers
Lancaster, CA 15.1% 20th -5.6pp 2nd 8% above peers
Paterson, NJ 21.1% 27th -5.3pp 3rd 51% above peers
Tempe, AZ 15.0% 18th -3.7pp 4th 7% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.2% 4th -2.0pp 5th 41% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.4% 30th -5.6pp 6th 68% above peers
Salinas, CA 13.5% 14th -3.2pp 7th 3% below peers
Springfield, MO 17.4% 24th -4.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.4% 7th -1.8pp 9th 32% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.0% 11th -2.1pp 10th 14% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.2% 12th -1.7pp 11th 12% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 14.8% 17th -1.8pp 12th 6% above peers
Corona, CA 8.7% 6th -1.1pp 13th 38% below peers
Ontario, CA 12.3% 13th -1.2pp 14th 11% below peers
Shreveport, LA 22.9% 29th -2.1pp 15th 64% above peers
Salem, OR 13.7% 15th -1.1pp 16th 2% below peers
Eugene, OR 18.3% 25th -1.4pp 17th 31% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.6% 9th -0.5pp 18th 31% below peers
Newport News, VA 13.9% 16th -0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.0% 19th -0.5pp 20th 8% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 7.9% 3rd -0.1pp 21st 43% below peers
Akron, OH 22.8% 28th -0.0pp 22nd 64% above peers
Palmdale, CA 15.6% 21st +0.2pp 23rd 12% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.4% 22nd +0.2pp 24th 25% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 7.9% 2nd +0.1pp 25th 44% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 33.4% 31st +0.6pp 26th 139% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 10th +0.6pp 27th 29% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 18.5% 26th +1.7pp 28th 33% above peers
Hayward, CA 9.5% 8th +1.3pp 29th 32% below peers
Cary, NC 5.6% 1st +0.9pp 30th 60% below peers
Killeen, TX 17.4% 23rd +2.7pp 31st 25% 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 2.6pp 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 7.5%).
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 69% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 5th -6.2pp 2nd 48% below peers
Salinas, CA 17.8% 18th -7.8pp 3rd 6% above peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 20th -8.1pp 4th 20% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 28th -10.4pp 5th 83% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 12th -4.5pp 6th 15% below peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 11th -3.7pp 7th 24% below peers
Paterson, NJ 29.4% 26th -8.2pp 8th 75% above peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 27th -8.4pp 9th 81% above peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 16th -4.4pp 10th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 13th -4.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 19th -4.8pp 12th 15% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 9th -2.3pp 13th 33% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 4th -1.7pp 14th 49% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 15th -3.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 17th -2.9pp 16th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 24th -4.1pp 17th 49% above peers
Corona, CA 10.2% 7th -1.6pp 18th 40% below peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 14th -2.0pp 19th 2% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 3rd -0.9pp 20th 56% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 21st -1.9pp 21st 21% above peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 23rd -1.5pp 22nd 42% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 30th -1.3pp 23rd 108% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 6th +0.1pp 24th 45% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 2nd +0.1pp 25th 64% below peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 22nd +0.5pp 26th 31% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 27th 208% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 8th +0.6pp 28th 37% below peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 10th +1.3pp 29th 32% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 29th +4.6pp 30th 86% above peers
Killeen, TX 26.0% 25th +6.1pp 31st 55% 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 →

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). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.1% to 91.3%).
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%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 28th +32.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Paterson, NJ 89.3% 26th +20.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 29th +15.8pp 3rd 8% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 21st +15.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 24th +12.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 19th +12.9pp 6th 1% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 25th +11.4pp 7th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 27th +11.0pp 8th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 9th 10% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 6th +11.5pp 10th 3% above peers
Salinas, CA 94.4% 8th +11.5pp 11th 2% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +9.1pp 12th 8% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 20th +8.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 12th +7.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 11th +6.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 13th +5.9pp 16th 1% above peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 4th +5.8pp 17th 3% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 14th +5.7pp 18th on par with peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 15th +5.7pp 19th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 10th +5.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 18th +5.5pp 21st on par with peers
Killeen, TX 91.4% 22nd +5.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 16th +5.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 3rd +5.1pp 24th 3% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 7th +5.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Corona, CA 94.3% 9th +4.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 23rd +4.3pp 27th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 17th +2.4pp 29th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 5th +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 →
  • 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
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.45).
0.45
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 0.49 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lancaster, CA 0.43 15th -0.034 1st 2% below peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 13% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 22nd -0.026 3rd 4% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 6th -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
Corona, CA 0.41 5th -0.010 8th 6% below peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 23rd -0.011 9th 5% above peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 24th -0.008 10th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 30th -0.009 11th 21% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 8th -0.006 12th 5% 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
Salinas, CA 0.41 4th -0.001 15th 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 28th -0.001 16th 14% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 11th +0.000 17th 4% below peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 27th +0.002 18th 12% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 21st +0.002 19th 4% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 26th +0.003 20th 8% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 18th +0.003 21st 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 13th +0.003 22nd 3% below 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 12th +0.009 25th 4% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 29th +0.015 26th 15% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 9th +0.016 27th 5% below peers
Killeen, TX 0.42 10th +0.017 28th 5% below peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 3rd +0.017 29th 8% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 14th +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 →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (8.2% to 10.5%).
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% 4th -3.1pp 1st 47% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 15th -4.7pp 2nd 1% below peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 10th -2.6pp 3rd 20% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 54% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 16th -2.6pp 5th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 23rd -1.9pp 6th 29% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 7th 79% below peers
Paterson, NJ 34.1% 30th -3.1pp 8th 161% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 48% below peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 28th -0.1pp 10th 92% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 5th +0.0pp 11th 45% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 18th +0.1pp 12th 7% above peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 22nd +0.1pp 13th 27% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 26th +0.2pp 14th 58% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.9% 21st +0.2pp 15th 22% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 14th +0.2pp 16th 5% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 20th +0.2pp 17th 18% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 12th +0.2pp 18th 19% below peers
Corona, CA 7.6% 6th +0.3pp 19th 42% below peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 19th +0.8pp 20th 11% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 29th +1.9pp 21st 123% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 27th +1.6pp 22nd 65% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 11th +1.0pp 23rd 20% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 9th +0.9pp 24th 30% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 17th +1.8pp 25th 6% above peers
Salinas, CA 11.0% 13th +1.7pp 26th 16% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 31st +7.7pp 27th 176% above peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 25th +4.9pp 28th 45% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 7th +2.4pp 29th 35% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 8th +3.1pp 30th 32% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 24th +8.6pp 31st 34% 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 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp 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
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $489,023 in June 2026, down from $504,307 a year earlier.
$489,023
2000June 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 $378,126 (Jun 26) -2.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Paterson, NJ $541,017 (Jun 26) 12th +4.6% 1st 11% above peers
Akron, OH $144,687 (Jun 26) 29th +3.5% 2nd 70% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $1,016,134 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 3rd 108% above peers
Aurora, IL $327,932 (Jun 26) 21st +2.8% 4th 33% below peers
Springfield, MO $248,023 (Jun 26) 25th +2.5% 5th 49% below peers
Newport News, VA $297,976 (Jun 26) 24th +2.4% 6th 39% below peers
Brownsville, TX $196,964 (Jun 26) 27th +2.2% 7th 60% below peers
Shreveport, LA $147,051 (Jun 26) 28th +2.1% 8th 70% below peers
Salinas, CA $754,292 (Jun 26) 6th +0.4% 9th 54% above peers
Salem, OR $440,407 (Jun 26) 19th +0.3% 10th 10% below peers
Oceanside, CA $877,395 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.1% 11th 79% above peers
Eugene, OR $484,308 (Jun 26) 16th +0.0% 12th 1% below peers
Palmdale, CA $505,741 (Jun 26) 14th -0.2% 13th 3% above peers
Clarksville, TN $322,202 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.2% 14th 34% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $430,236 (Jun 26) 20th -0.3% 15th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $789,064 (Jun 26) 4th -0.7% 16th 61% above peers
Lancaster, CA $467,567 (Jun 26) 18th -0.9% 17th 4% below peers
Corona, CA $762,689 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 18th 56% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $569,102 (Jun 26) 11th -1.0% 19th 16% above peers
Ontario, CA $670,587 (Jun 26) 8th -1.0% 20th 37% above peers
Killeen, TX $220,742 (Jun 26) 26th -1.0% 21st 55% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $324,364 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.1% 22nd 34% below peers
Tempe, AZ $467,863 (Jun 26) 17th -1.3% 23rd 4% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA $720,728 (Jun 26) 7th -1.5% 24th 47% above peers
Cary, NC $631,158 (Jun 26) 10th -2.0% 25th 29% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $637,106 (Jun 26) 9th -3.0% 26th 30% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $489,023 (Jun 26) 15th -3.0% 27th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,582 (Jun 26) 13th -3.1% 28th 5% above peers
Hayward, CA $842,802 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.2% 29th 72% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 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 →

Starter homes fell about 8% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes is about 18% higher than in 2021 ($191,701 then, $225,973 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $273,001 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $225,973 in June 2026, down from $245,842 a year earlier.
$225,973
2000June 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 $233,930 (Jun 26) -3.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Paterson, NJ $424,376 (Jun 26) 12th +6.4% 1st 10% above peers
Akron, OH $92,045 (Jun 26) 28th +4.3% 2nd 76% below peers
Aurora, IL $251,367 (Jun 26) 20th +4.2% 3rd 35% below peers
Brownsville, TX $131,535 (Jun 26) 27th +3.2% 4th 66% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $808,746 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 5th 110% above peers
Springfield, MO $164,990 (Jun 26) 25th +2.2% 6th 57% below peers
Newport News, VA $212,134 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.7% 7th 45% below peers
Salinas, CA $631,481 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.9% 8th 64% above peers
Salem, OR $362,862 (Jun 26) 16th +0.5% 9th 6% below peers
Eugene, OR $384,769 (Jun 26) 15th +0.2% 10th on par with peers
Shreveport, LA $48,751 (Jun 26) 29th +0.1% 11th 87% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $330,473 (Jun 26) 18th -0.1% 12th 14% below peers
Corona, CA $628,508 (Jun 26) 5th -0.2% 13th 63% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $201,990 (Jun 26) 24th -0.4% 14th 48% below peers
Ontario, CA $543,241 (Jun 26) 8th -0.4% 15th 41% above peers
Palmdale, CA $424,425 (Jun 26) 11th -0.5% 16th 10% above peers
Oceanside, CA $630,359 (Jun 26) 4th -0.8% 17th 64% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $618,061 (Jun 26) 6th -0.8% 18th 61% above peers
Killeen, TX $163,831 (Jun 26) 26th -0.9% 19th 57% below peers
Clarksville, TN $243,006 (Jun 26) 21st -1.2% 20th 37% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA $563,545 (Jun 26) 7th -1.2% 21st 46% above peers
Lancaster, CA $387,189 (Jun 26) 14th -1.3% 22nd 1% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $414,514 (Jun 26) 13th -2.0% 23rd 8% above peers
Tempe, AZ $336,259 (Jun 26) 17th -2.7% 24th 13% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $536,250 (Jun 26) 9th -3.0% 25th 39% above peers
Cary, NC $441,245 (Jun 26) 10th -3.2% 26th 15% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,773 (Jun 26) 19th -4.0% 27th 20% below peers
Hayward, CA $652,742 (Jun 26) 2nd -4.8% 28th 70% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $225,973 (Jun 26) 22nd -8.1% 29th 41% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 69.6%).
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
Hayward, CA 58.0% 12th +5.2pp 3rd 4% above peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 13th +4.5pp 4th 4% above peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 30th +2.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 14th +2.7pp 6th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 47.0% 27th +2.2pp 7th 15% below peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 16th +2.5pp 8th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 29th +1.7pp 9th 24% below peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 28th +1.6pp 10th 21% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 3rd +2.4pp 11th 25% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.9% 31st +0.8pp 12th 52% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 5th +1.9pp 13th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 15th +1.6pp 14th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 17th +1.4pp 15th 3% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 9th +1.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 6th +0.9pp 17th 19% above peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 26th +0.6pp 18th 14% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 8th +0.8pp 19th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 11th +0.7pp 20th 5% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 23rd +0.5pp 21st 9% below peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 18th +0.5pp 22nd 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 21st +0.1pp 23rd 6% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 19th -0.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 20th -0.2pp 25th 6% below peers
Corona, CA 63.8% 7th -0.3pp 26th 15% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 1st -1.1pp 27th 33% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 25th -0.8pp 28th 13% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 2nd -1.4pp 29th 25% above peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 4th -1.8pp 30th 20% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 22nd -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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,550 in June 2026, down from $2,571 a year earlier.
$2,550
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Newport News, VA $1,587 (Jun 26) 21st +6.5% 1st 18% below peers
Brownsville, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.5% 2nd 19% below peers
Salinas, CA $2,498 (Jun 26) 12th +5.0% 3rd 29% above peers
Akron, OH $1,130 (Jun 26) 29th +4.6% 4th 42% below peers
Shreveport, LA $1,170 (Jun 26) 28th +3.7% 5th 40% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,794 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.2% 6th 44% above peers
Springfield, MO $1,230 (Jun 26) 27th +3.1% 7th 37% below peers
Eugene, OR $1,842 (Jun 26) 17th +3.1% 8th 5% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $2,679 (Jun 26) 7th +2.9% 9th 38% above peers
Corona, CA $2,682 (Jun 26) 6th +2.8% 10th 38% above peers
Oceanside, CA $2,974 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 11th 53% above peers
Hayward, CA $2,615 (Jun 26) 9th +2.5% 12th 35% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,287 (Jun 26) 14th +2.5% 13th 18% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,534 (Jun 26) 11th +2.4% 14th 31% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,688 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 15th 38% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,505 (Jun 26) 24th +1.9% 16th 22% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $1,687 (Jun 26) 19th +1.7% 17th 13% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $1,938 (Jun 26) 16th +1.3% 18th on par with peers
Ontario, CA $2,635 (Jun 26) 8th +1.1% 19th 36% above peers
Clarksville, TN $1,376 (Jun 26) 25th +0.7% 20th 29% below peers
Palmdale, CA $2,720 (Jun 26) 4th +0.6% 21st 40% above peers
Lancaster, CA $2,403 (Jun 26) 13th +0.5% 22nd 24% above peers
Cary, NC $1,775 (Jun 26) 18th +0.4% 23rd 9% below peers
Salem, OR $1,585 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.1% 24th 18% below peers
Paterson, NJ $1,941 (Jun 26) 15th -0.1% 25th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,813 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.3% 26th 45% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $2,550 (Jun 26) 10th -0.8% 27th 31% above peers
Tempe, AZ $1,667 (Jun 26) 20th -1.2% 28th 14% below peers
Killeen, TX $1,254 (Jun 26) 26th -1.7% 29th 35% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

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. 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.0% to 43.6%).
43.6%
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 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Salinas, CA 41.2% 18th -5.9pp 1st 3% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 3rd -2.8pp 2nd 21% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 5th -2.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 12th -2.8pp 4th 7% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 4th -2.1pp 5th 21% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 11th -2.4pp 6th 8% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 6th -1.8pp 7th 20% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 2nd -1.7pp 8th 24% below peers
Corona, CA 41.7% 20th -1.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 16th -1.2pp 10th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 26th -1.1pp 11th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 25th -1.1pp 12th 11% above peers
Paterson, NJ 56.6% 31st -0.7pp 13th 41% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 22nd -0.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 24th -0.0pp 15th 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 15th +0.2pp 16th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 9th +0.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 27th +0.6pp 18th 13% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 7th +0.6pp 19th 17% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 13th +0.7pp 20th 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 19th +0.9pp 21st 3% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 29th +1.2pp 22nd 16% above peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 30th +1.4pp 23rd 16% above peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 14th +1.4pp 24th 6% below peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 10th +1.5pp 25th 8% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 21st +2.7pp 26th 5% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 28th +3.5pp 27th 13% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 23rd +3.7pp 28th 9% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 8th +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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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% 11th -1.5pp 1st 24% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 20th -1.9pp 2nd 17% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 7th -1.0pp 3rd 38% below peers
Paterson, NJ 26.1% 31st -5.2pp 4th 296% above peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 10th -0.9pp 5th 28% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 19th -0.9pp 6th 12% above peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 24th -0.9pp 7th 36% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 23rd -0.9pp 8th 30% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 9th -0.5pp 9th 32% below peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 26th -1.0pp 10th 54% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 27th -1.1pp 11th 67% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 22nd -0.7pp 12th 25% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 25th -0.8pp 13th 48% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 2nd -0.3pp 14th 47% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 28th -1.0pp 15th 86% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 8th -0.2pp 16th 34% below peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 17th -0.2pp 17th 5% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 14th -0.1pp 18th 14% below peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 12th +0.0pp 19th 21% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 15th +0.0pp 20th 5% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 21st 122% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 22nd 116% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 21st +0.2pp 23rd 18% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.5pp 24th 45% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 6th +0.6pp 25th 40% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 16th +1.0pp 26th on par with peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 27th 52% below peers
Corona, CA 3.7% 5th +0.8pp 28th 44% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 13th +1.3pp 29th 20% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 18th +1.9pp 30th 6% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 4th +1.1pp 31st 44% 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

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). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.4% to 9.1%).
9.1%
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 11.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 7.8% 13th -2.8pp 1st 6% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% 5th -1.6pp 2nd 38% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.1% 8th -1.3pp 3rd 26% below peers
Shreveport, LA 7.8% 12th -1.6pp 4th 7% below peers
Brownsville, TX 26.0% 31st -4.9pp 5th 213% above peers
Lancaster, CA 4.4% 2nd -0.7pp 6th 47% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 4th -0.8pp 7th 41% below peers
Aurora, IL 9.7% 22nd -1.3pp 8th 17% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.1% 21st -1.2pp 9th 10% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.5% 27th -1.7pp 10th 62% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.5% 9th -0.8pp 11th 22% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.1% 14th -0.9pp 12th 3% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.3% 6th -0.6pp 13th 36% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 11th -0.7pp 14th 11% below peers
Corona, CA 8.3% 16th -0.7pp 15th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 12.2% 25th -0.8pp 16th 47% above peers
Springfield, MO 12.4% 26th -0.8pp 17th 49% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 20th -0.6pp 18th 9% above peers
Akron, OH 8.4% 17th -0.1pp 19th 2% above peers
Salem, OR 7.2% 10th +0.0pp 20th 14% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.7% 18th +0.1pp 21st 5% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 29th +0.4pp 22nd 82% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 15th +0.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.9% 3rd +0.2pp 24th 41% below peers
Paterson, NJ 19.4% 30th +1.6pp 25th 133% above peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 23rd +1.0pp 26th 19% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 27th 65% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.0% 19th +1.3pp 28th 8% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.0% 24th +1.8pp 29th 44% above peers
Killeen, TX 14.2% 28th +2.7pp 30th 71% above peers
Hayward, CA 6.1% 7th +1.4pp 31st 26% 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 · Age · 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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below 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%
Hayward, CA 21.7% 1st 35% below peers
Cary, NC 21.8% 2nd 35% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 22.7% 3rd 32% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 24.1% 4th 28% below peers
Oceanside, CA 26.8% 5th 20% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 6th 12% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 7th 10% below peers
Palmdale, CA 30.4% 8th 9% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 9th 8% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 10th 7% below peers
Lancaster, CA 31.1% 11th 7% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 12th 6% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 14th 3% below peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 15th 3% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 33.4% 16th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 34.2% 17th 2% above peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 18th 4% above peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 19th 6% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 20th 7% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.0% 21st 11% above peers
Paterson, NJ 37.3% 22nd 12% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 23rd 13% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 24th 14% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 25th 21% above peers
Killeen, TX 41.7% 26th 25% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 27th 30% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 28th 36% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 29th 38% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 30th 43% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.0% then, 6.3% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 6.3%).
6.3%
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
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 8th -2.0pp 1st 31% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 59% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 34% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 3rd -1.1pp 4th 52% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 9th -1.6pp 5th 27% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 5th -1.2pp 6th 41% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 21st -1.9pp 7th 7% above peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 4th -0.7pp 8th 44% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 25th -1.9pp 9th 51% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 29th -2.3pp 10th 89% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 24th -1.7pp 11th 36% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 12th 198% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 11th -0.8pp 13th 25% below peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 28th -1.0pp 14th 84% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 19th -0.1pp 15th 4% above peers
Corona, CA 4.7% 16th +0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 15th +0.3pp 17th 1% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 10th +0.3pp 18th 27% below peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% 23rd +0.7pp 19th 30% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 14th +0.6pp 20th 1% below peers
Paterson, NJ 9.0% 30th +1.8pp 21st 93% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 27th +1.7pp 22nd 76% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 6th +0.7pp 23rd 37% below peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 12th +0.9pp 24th 21% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 20th +1.5pp 25th 5% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 26th 55% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 13th +1.7pp 27th 2% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 17th +1.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 18th +1.9pp 29th 3% above peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 22nd +2.3pp 30th 12% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 26th +3.8pp 31st 62% 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

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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). 27 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.5% to 39.8%).
39.7%
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 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 25th +5.4pp 1st 31% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 22nd +5.6pp 2nd 24% below peers
Salinas, CA 16.5% 29th +3.1pp 3rd 49% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 9th +7.3pp 4th 19% above peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 14th +6.3pp 5th 5% above peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 15th +5.4pp 6th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 12th +5.9pp 7th 11% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 7th +5.9pp 8th 23% above peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 18th +4.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Oceanside, CA 36.1% 11th +5.1pp 10th 12% above peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 20th +3.8pp 11th 12% below peers
Springfield, MO 31.4% 17th +4.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 25.3% 21st +3.0pp 13th 22% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.0% 27th +2.3pp 14th 38% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 16th +3.1pp 15th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 24th +2.3pp 16th 27% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 6th +3.8pp 17th 26% above peers
Palmdale, CA 17.1% 28th +1.6pp 18th 47% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 60.7% 2nd +5.2pp 19th 87% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 43.0% 5th +3.4pp 20th 33% above peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 19th +2.4pp 21st 8% below peers
Killeen, TX 21.9% 26th +1.7pp 22nd 32% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 4th +3.3pp 23rd 39% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 13th +2.5pp 24th 8% above peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 23rd +1.7pp 25th 26% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 3rd +3.4pp 26th 54% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 10th +2.3pp 27th 16% above peers
Paterson, NJ 11.8% 30th +0.7pp 28th 64% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 8th +2.0pp 29th 20% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 30th 118% 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 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.4% to 61.3%).
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% 19th +9.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 9th +8.7pp 2nd 17% above peers
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 6th +6.1pp 3rd 25% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 12th +4.7pp 4th 4% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 5th +3.2pp 5th 31% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 11th +1.5pp 6th 10% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 1st +1.9pp 7th 40% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 2nd +1.5pp 8th 39% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 8th +1.1pp 9th 17% above peers
Oceanside, CA 43.6% 16th -1.0pp 10th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 15th -1.7pp 11th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 7th -2.9pp 12th 22% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 3rd -3.8pp 13th 36% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 18th -3.8pp 14th 5% below peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 22nd -4.0pp 15th 16% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 10th -5.5pp 16th 13% above peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 13th -6.0pp 17th 4% above peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 26th -4.3pp 18th 34% below peers
Paterson, NJ 58.2% 4th -10.9pp 19th 33% above peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 17th -10.4pp 20th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 20th -10.1pp 21st 13% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 24th -8.6pp 22nd 27% below peers
Killeen, TX 26.2% 30th -7.3pp 23rd 40% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 23rd -9.8pp 24th 20% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 25th -9.6pp 25th 32% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 14th -14.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Salinas, CA 26.9% 29th -8.9pp 27th 38% below peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 21st -12.8pp 28th 15% below peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 28th -12.3pp 29th 38% below peers
Corona, CA 27.5% 27th -12.9pp 30th 37% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 31st 55% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 3.5%).
3.5%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 68% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 19th -4.5pp 2nd 9% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 56% below peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 9th -0.9pp 4th 30% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 1st -0.3pp 5th 76% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 18th -1.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 4th -0.5pp 7th 43% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 6th -0.4pp 8th 33% below peers
Paterson, NJ 6.8% 13th -0.5pp 9th 15% below peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 15th -0.5pp 10th 10% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 20th -0.5pp 11th 13% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 12th +0.0pp 12th 19% below peers
Salinas, CA 8.4% 17th +0.0pp 13th 4% above peers
Corona, CA 7.0% 14th +0.6pp 14th 13% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 5th +0.6pp 15th 35% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 22nd +1.4pp 16th 24% above peers
Killeen, TX 11.9% 27th +2.3pp 17th 49% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 18th 83% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 26th +2.4pp 19th 42% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 16th +1.7pp 20th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 11th +1.4pp 21st 25% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 30th +3.8pp 22nd 71% above peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 29th +3.9pp 23rd 67% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 7th +1.7pp 24th 32% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 8th +1.9pp 25th 31% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 28th +4.7pp 26th 59% 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% 23rd +4.6pp 30th 29% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 21st +4.3pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
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EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp 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

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 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 27th +18% 1st 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 16th +15% 2nd on par with peers
Paterson, NJ 158,735 30th +9% 3rd 10% below peers
Killeen, TX 158,159 31st +9% 4th 10% below peers
Cary, NC 179,306 12th +8% 5th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 11th +7% 6th 2% above peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 23rd +6% 7th 4% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 14th +6% 8th 1% above peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 25th +5% 9th 7% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 13th +5% 10th 2% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 2nd +4% 11th 7% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 24th +4% 12th 5% below peers
Salinas, CA 161,761 26th +4% 13th 8% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 5th +3% 14th 5% above 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 3rd +0% 21st 7% above peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 29th -0% 22nd 10% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 17th -1% 23rd 1% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 20th -1% 24th 3% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 15th -1% 25th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 19th -2% 26th 2% below peers
Corona, CA 159,670 28th -4% 27th 10% below peers
Akron, OH 189,247 1st -4% 28th 7% 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 4th -21% 31st 5% 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: 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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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 15 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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 18.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 18th +0.4pp 2nd 6% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 13th +0.3pp 3rd 2% above peers
Paterson, NJ 27.6% 5th +0.4pp 4th 21% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 14th +0.0pp 5th 2% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 11th -0.2pp 6th 6% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 26th -0.2pp 7th 23% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 7th -0.4pp 8th 17% above peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 1st -0.5pp 9th 30% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 23rd -0.4pp 10th 14% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 20th -0.5pp 11th 8% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 9th -0.7pp 12th 10% above peers
Killeen, TX 29.3% 3rd -1.0pp 13th 28% above peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 14th 38% below peers
Salinas, CA 29.4% 2nd -1.6pp 15th 29% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 17th -1.2pp 16th 1% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 27th -0.9pp 17th 24% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 16th -1.3pp 18th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 21st -1.3pp 19th 11% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 4th -2.0pp 20th 25% above peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 6th -2.0pp 21st 17% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 10th -1.8pp 22nd 7% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 22nd -1.5pp 23rd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 12th -1.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 25th -1.5pp 25th 17% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 29th -1.3pp 26th 31% below peers
Corona, CA 23.2% 15th -2.1pp 27th 2% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 24th -1.9pp 28th 14% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 28th -2.3pp 29th 28% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 8th -3.6pp 30th 11% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 30th -2.7pp 31st 32% 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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Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.3% then, 28.6% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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
Salinas, CA 43.8% 6th +9.2pp 1st 27% above peers
Aurora, IL 32.5% 21st +6.6pp 2nd 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 16th +4.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 13th +4.5pp 4th 4% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 3rd +7.4pp 5th 70% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 1st +7.3pp 6th 83% above peers
Killeen, TX 43.1% 8th +4.5pp 7th 25% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 22nd +2.3pp 8th 17% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 20th +2.0pp 9th 6% below peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 15th +1.8pp 10th 1% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 5th +1.2pp 11th 32% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 30th +0.5pp 12th 39% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 7th +1.0pp 13th 27% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 2nd +1.0pp 14th 71% above peers
Corona, CA 22.5% 28th +0.3pp 15th 35% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 9th +0.5pp 16th 22% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 12th -0.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 23rd -0.1pp 18th 21% below peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 18th -0.1pp 19th 2% below peers
Paterson, NJ 54.0% 4th -0.6pp 20th 56% above peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 17th -0.5pp 21st 1% below peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 19th -0.6pp 22nd 4% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 29th -0.6pp 23rd 35% below peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 11th -1.3pp 24th 10% above peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 25th 51% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 27th -1.7pp 26th 33% below peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 25th -2.0pp 27th 26% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 24th -2.3pp 28th 22% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 26th -2.1pp 29th 29% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 14th -4.2pp 30th 2% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 10th -8.3pp 31st 14% 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: 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
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.7% to 76.5%).
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% 25th +9.5pp 1st 8% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 28th +8.8pp 2nd 10% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 19th +9.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 15th +8.8pp 4th on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 4th +9.3pp 5th 10% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 2nd +9.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Salinas, CA 59.9% 30th +6.0pp 7th 11% below peers
Corona, CA 67.8% 14th +5.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Killeen, TX 67.2% 16th +5.7pp 9th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 3rd +5.9pp 10th 10% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 21st +4.4pp 11th 4% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 7th +4.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Paterson, NJ 64.4% 20th +3.7pp 13th 4% below peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 9th +4.0pp 14th 3% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 6th +3.4pp 15th 5% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 13th +2.7pp 16th 1% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 18th +1.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 8th +1.8pp 18th 4% above peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 23rd +0.8pp 19th 5% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 1st +0.8pp 20th 14% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 17th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 12th -0.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 5th -0.1pp 23rd 8% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 10th -0.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 22nd -2.2pp 25th 4% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 24th -2.4pp 26th 6% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 20% below peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 27th -4.4pp 28th 9% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 11th -8.1pp 29th 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 26th -7.6pp 30th 9% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 29th -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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