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96,293 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Plantation, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$92,541
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$74,903 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.4%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
11.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.2%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
88.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
60.9%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
58.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.4%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
12.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
45.9%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
43.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.9%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
8.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
64.3%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
63.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Plantation, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.1%
May 2026
▲ 32%
relative change
3.1% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
44.7%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
39.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.48
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.5%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
8.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.3%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
4.4% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.2%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
7.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
26.3%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
37.2% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$250,872
Jun 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
$265,852 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Home value
Typical home value
$498,545
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$515,535 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Population
96,293
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
93,449 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,514
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$2,491 a year earlier
Rising recently 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 $74,903 to $92,541 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,796). 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 ($66,886 to $92,541).
$92,541
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%
Arden-Arcade, CA $77,321 17th +53% 1st on par with peers
Deltona, FL $76,924 18th +46% 2nd 1% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 26th +43% 3rd 19% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 20th +42% 4th 8% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 16th +42% 5th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL $77,652 15th +42% 6th on par with peers
Yakima, WA $62,815 25th +40% 7th 19% below peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 6th +39% 8th 41% above peers
Beaverton, OR $98,622 9th +37% 9th 28% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $63,732 24th +37% 10th 18% below peers
Reading, PA $44,091 31st +37% 11th 43% below peers
Vista, CA $94,975 11th +32% 12th 23% above peers
Tracy, CA $121,119 2nd +32% 13th 57% above peers
Fall River, MA $56,673 28th +30% 14th 27% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 21st +30% 15th 9% below peers
Orem, UT $83,342 14th +29% 16th 8% above peers
Kenosha, WI $71,239 19th +29% 17th 8% below peers
Edmond, OK $103,183 7th +27% 18th 33% above peers
Toms River, NJ $100,137 8th +25% 19th 29% above peers
Roanoke, VA $55,378 29th +25% 20th 28% below peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 22nd +25% 21st 14% below peers
Suffolk, VA $92,666 12th +24% 22nd 20% above peers
Plantation, FL $92,541 13th +24% 23rd 20% above peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 10th +23% 24th 27% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 5th +23% 25th 43% above peers
Erie, PA $46,113 30th +22% 26th 40% below peers
Lawrence, KS $65,009 23rd +21% 27th 16% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $124,755 1st +21% 28th 61% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 4th +19% 29th 45% above peers
Atascocita, TX $118,226 3rd +18% 30th 53% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $60,491 27th +16% 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,276 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 1.0 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 78% 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: 4.1% in May 2026, up from 3.1% a year earlier.
4.1%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.8% (May 26) +1.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Asheville, NC 3.4% (May 26) 6th -1.6pp 1st 17% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.8% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 2nd 32% below peers
Tracy, CA 4.4% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 3rd 7% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.4% (May 26) 26th -0.3pp 4th 32% above peers
Redding, CA 4.2% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 5th 2% above peers
Kenosha, WI 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 6th 24% below peers
San Marcos, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 7th 12% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.4% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 8th 17% below peers
Vista, CA 3.9% (May 26) 13th -0.1pp 9th 5% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.1pp 10th 22% below peers
Orem, UT 3.4% (May 26) 8th +0.0pp 11th 17% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.8% (May 26) 2nd +0.0pp 12th 32% below peers
Beaverton, OR 4.7% (May 26) 22nd +0.1pp 13th 15% above peers
Suffolk, VA 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 14th 10% below peers
Lawrence, KS 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.3pp 15th 15% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.3% (May 26) 5th +0.3pp 16th 20% below peers
Roanoke, VA 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Yakima, WA 5.9% (May 26) 27th +0.3pp 18th 44% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 4.4% (May 26) 19th +0.3pp 19th 7% above peers
Bellingham, WA 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Erie, PA 4.6% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 21st 12% above peers
Plantation, FL 4.1% (May 26) 16th +1.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Deltona, FL 5.0% (May 26) 23rd +1.0pp 23rd 22% above peers
Sunrise, FL 4.4% (May 26) 20th +1.0pp 24th 7% above peers
Edmond, OK 3.9% (May 26) 14th +1.2pp 25th 5% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 5.0% (May 26) 24th +1.2pp 26th 22% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 5.3% (May 26) 25th +1.2pp 27th 29% above peers
Reading, PA 6.3% (May 26) 28th +1.3pp 28th 54% 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 (8.3% then, 9.9% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.2% 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%
Arden-Arcade, CA 16.8% 24th -5.0pp 1st 59% above peers
Toms River, NJ 5.8% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 45% below peers
Edmond, OK 8.0% 8th -2.0pp 3rd 24% below peers
San Marcos, CA 9.0% 9th -2.2pp 4th 14% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.2% 14th -2.4pp 5th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 13.8% 20th -3.3pp 6th 31% above peers
Yakima, WA 16.3% 23rd -3.6pp 7th 55% above peers
Lawrence, KS 16.0% 22nd -3.1pp 8th 52% above peers
Vista, CA 10.4% 15th -1.9pp 9th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 10th 56% below peers
Kenosha, WI 13.3% 18th -2.2pp 11th 26% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.5% 16th -1.7pp 12th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL 10.6% 17th -1.6pp 13th on par with peers
Reading, PA 27.8% 31st -3.9pp 14th 164% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 12th -1.4pp 15th 5% below peers
Erie, PA 21.9% 30th -3.0pp 16th 107% above peers
Roanoke, VA 18.0% 27th -2.4pp 17th 71% above peers
Beaverton, OR 10.1% 13th -1.2pp 18th 5% below peers
Bellingham, WA 17.8% 26th -2.0pp 19th 69% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 19.0% 28th -2.0pp 20th 80% above peers
Suffolk, VA 9.3% 10th -1.0pp 21st 12% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.7% 7th -0.3pp 22nd 27% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.8% 21st -0.4pp 23rd 50% above peers
Fall River, MA 19.3% 29th -0.1pp 24th 83% above peers
Asheville, NC 13.8% 19th +0.4pp 25th 31% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 16.9% 25th +0.8pp 26th 60% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 3rd +0.3pp 27th 48% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.9% 11th +1.6pp 28th 6% below peers
Atascocita, TX 7.2% 6th +1.2pp 29th 31% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 49% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% 5th +1.5pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.1% then, 9.4% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.7% to 9.4%).
9.4%
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%
Toms River, NJ 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 73% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 2nd 76% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 6th -4.1pp 3rd 42% below peers
Yakima, WA 21.5% 24th -10.8pp 4th 63% above peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 18th -7.5pp 5th 17% above peers
Beaverton, OR 11.3% 13th -5.4pp 6th 14% below peers
Orem, UT 9.4% 8th -4.4pp 7th 28% below peers
Vista, CA 13.8% 17th -4.6pp 8th 5% above peers
Lawrence, KS 9.8% 11th -3.0pp 9th 26% below peers
Sunrise, FL 13.2% 16th -3.9pp 10th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 24.6% 25th -7.2pp 11th 87% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 25.5% 27th -7.1pp 12th 93% above peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 9th -2.6pp 13th 28% below peers
Edmond, OK 9.6% 10th -2.6pp 14th 27% below peers
Suffolk, VA 12.7% 15th -3.3pp 15th 3% below peers
Deltona, FL 12.5% 14th -3.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Kenosha, WI 19.1% 22nd -4.3pp 17th 45% above peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 19th -3.1pp 18th 23% above peers
Fall River, MA 26.6% 29th -4.8pp 19th 102% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.9% 26th -4.0pp 20th 89% above peers
Reading, PA 39.0% 31st -6.2pp 21st 196% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 20th -2.2pp 22nd 28% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 4th -0.6pp 23rd 57% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 25.7% 28th -2.3pp 24th 95% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 30th -3.1pp 25th 164% above peers
Tracy, CA 10.8% 12th -0.3pp 26th 18% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 5th +0.5pp 27th 53% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 23rd +3.2pp 28th 58% above peers
Atascocita, TX 9.4% 7th +1.5pp 29th 29% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 5.4% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 59% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 21st +6.9pp 31st 43% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.7% to 95.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.2% to 95.2%).
95.2%
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%
Fall River, MA 86.5% 29th +16.1pp 1st 6% below peers
Sunrise, FL 92.1% 17th +15.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Reading, PA 86.6% 28th +12.3pp 3rd 6% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 25th +11.4pp 4th 4% below peers
Yakima, WA 89.3% 24th +11.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Roanoke, VA 85.9% 30th +10.5pp 6th 7% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 26th +10.7pp 7th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 11th +11.0pp 8th 2% above peers
Deltona, FL 94.7% 9th +10.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 90.0% 23rd +9.1pp 10th 3% below peers
Kenosha, WI 92.5% 15th +9.3pp 11th on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 90.2% 22nd +8.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 88.0% 27th +8.1pp 13th 5% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 18th +7.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 21st +6.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Plantation, FL 95.2% 6th +6.4pp 16th 3% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 93.8% 13th +6.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 12th +5.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 10th +5.4pp 19th 2% above peers
Edmond, OK 96.3% 2nd +4.7pp 20th 4% above peers
Vista, CA 95.3% 4th +4.6pp 21st 3% above peers
Toms River, NJ 91.7% 20th +4.4pp 22nd 1% below peers
Beaverton, OR 94.8% 8th +4.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 3rd +4.0pp 24th 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 14th +3.7pp 25th 1% above peers
Lawrence, KS 91.7% 19th +3.4pp 26th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 7th +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Orem, UT 92.5% 16th +2.7pp 28th on par with peers
Atascocita, TX 97.4% 1st +2.4pp 29th 5% above peers
Tracy, CA 95.2% 5th +2.1pp 30th 3% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 84.1% 31st -8.8pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.45 to 0.48 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.03). 6 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: inequality rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.48).
0.48
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
Atascocita, TX 0.35 1st -0.040 1st 22% below peers
Yakima, WA 0.43 7th -0.028 2nd 5% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 28th -0.028 3rd 11% above peers
Kenosha, WI 0.43 6th -0.021 4th 5% below peers
Edmond, OK 0.47 22nd -0.021 5th 5% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 0.51 31st -0.017 6th 14% above peers
Deltona, FL 0.38 2nd -0.011 7th 16% below peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 14th -0.011 8th 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 3rd -0.009 9th 15% below peers
Lawrence, KS 0.48 23rd -0.009 10th 6% above peers
Sunrise, FL 0.44 12th -0.006 11th 3% below peers
Toms River, NJ 0.43 11th -0.005 12th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 0.46 18th -0.003 13th 2% above peers
Fall River, MA 0.46 19th -0.003 14th 2% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 0.51 30th -0.001 15th 14% above peers
Suffolk, VA 0.43 10th -0.000 16th 3% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 5th +0.000 17th 13% below peers
Beaverton, OR 0.43 9th +0.001 18th 4% below peers
Erie, PA 0.46 20th +0.003 19th 3% above peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 24th +0.005 20th 6% above peers
Reading, PA 0.47 21st +0.013 21st 5% above peers
Tracy, CA 0.38 4th +0.014 22nd 15% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 0.45 16th +0.017 23rd on par with peers
Orem, UT 0.44 13th +0.017 24th 2% below peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 27th +0.026 25th 10% above peers
Roanoke, VA 0.51 29th +0.028 26th 13% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 8th +0.028 27th 5% below peers
Plantation, FL 0.48 25th +0.033 28th 7% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 0.49 26th +0.045 29th 8% above peers
Vista, CA 0.44 15th +0.043 30th 1% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 17th +0.050 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (7.5% then, 8.1% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.5% to 8.1%).
8.1%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Mount Pleasant, SC 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 89% below peers
Orem, UT 4.9% 5th -2.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 74% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 12.8% 21st -3.4pp 4th 15% above peers
Vista, CA 7.6% 12th -1.4pp 5th 32% below peers
Suffolk, VA 11.2% 16th -1.7pp 6th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 13th -1.2pp 7th 31% below peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 19th -1.8pp 8th 10% above peers
Kenosha, WI 16.5% 23rd -2.4pp 9th 48% above peers
Reading, PA 38.5% 31st -5.4pp 10th 245% above peers
Sunrise, FL 14.4% 22nd -1.6pp 11th 29% above peers
Roanoke, VA 16.6% 24th -1.9pp 12th 49% above peers
Yakima, WA 22.6% 28th -2.2pp 13th 103% above peers
Lawrence, KS 5.9% 8th -0.5pp 14th 47% below peers
Toms River, NJ 5.4% 7th -0.1pp 15th 52% below peers
Beaverton, OR 11.2% 17th -0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Deltona, FL 17.2% 25th +0.2pp 17th 54% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 29th +1.0pp 18th 171% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 10th +0.2pp 19th 39% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.1% 14th +0.7pp 20th 27% below peers
Atascocita, TX 5.3% 6th +0.4pp 21st 53% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 4th +0.4pp 22nd 57% below peers
Edmond, OK 6.6% 9th +0.6pp 23rd 41% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 17.5% 26th +1.8pp 24th 57% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 18th +1.5pp 25th 6% above peers
Fall River, MA 31.6% 30th +4.0pp 26th 184% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 20th +1.8pp 27th 14% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 3rd +0.6pp 28th 60% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 11th +1.4pp 29th 36% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 19.2% 27th +4.1pp 30th 72% above peers
Tracy, CA 9.7% 15th +2.1pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $498,545 in June 2026, down from $515,535 a year earlier.
$498,545
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%
Kenosha, WI $286,642 (Jun 26) 25th +6.7% 1st 26% below peers
Erie, PA $209,960 (Jun 26) 29th +5.9% 2nd 45% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $385,227 (Jun 26) 15th +4.3% 3rd on par with peers
Toms River, NJ $470,769 (Jun 26) 10th +3.7% 4th 22% above peers
Lawrence, KS $341,775 (Jun 26) 20th +3.6% 5th 11% below peers
Reading, PA $268,714 (Jun 26) 28th +3.2% 6th 30% below peers
Orem, UT $511,940 (Jun 26) 8th +3.1% 7th 33% above peers
Roanoke, VA $285,213 (Jun 26) 26th +3.0% 8th 26% below peers
Livonia, MI $323,035 (Jun 26) 21st +2.8% 9th 16% below peers
Suffolk, VA $392,538 (Jun 26) 14th +2.3% 10th 2% above peers
Fall River, MA $459,250 (Jun 26) 12th +2.3% 11th 19% above peers
Sandy, UT $670,855 (Jun 26) 6th +1.8% 12th 74% above peers
Yakima, WA $367,991 (Jun 26) 16th +1.4% 13th 4% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $269,835 (Jun 26) 27th +0.8% 14th 30% below peers
Edmond, OK $358,374 (Jun 26) 18th +0.6% 15th 7% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $887,149 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.4% 16th 130% above peers
Vista, CA $883,373 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 17th 129% above peers
Bellingham, WA $674,798 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 18th 75% above peers
Redding, CA $394,739 (Jun 26) 13th -1.0% 19th 2% above peers
San Marcos, CA $957,606 (Jun 26) 1st -1.1% 20th 149% above peers
Atascocita, TX $311,344 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.8% 21st 19% below peers
Deltona, FL $300,807 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 22nd 22% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $344,274 (Jun 26) 19th -2.5% 23rd 11% below peers
Beaverton, OR $532,257 (Jun 26) 7th -3.0% 24th 38% above peers
Plantation, FL $498,545 (Jun 26) 9th -3.3% 25th 29% above peers
Sunrise, FL $363,431 (Jun 26) 17th -4.1% 26th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC $464,131 (Jun 26) 11th -5.2% 27th 20% above peers
Tracy, CA $688,735 (Jun 26) 4th -5.3% 28th 79% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $309,562 (Jun 26) 23rd -7.3% 29th 20% below 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 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes is about 26% higher than in 2021 ($199,023 then, $250,872 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $283,149 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $250,872 in June 2026, down from $265,852 a year earlier.
$250,872
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%
Kenosha, WI $225,725 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.5% 1st 15% below peers
Erie, PA $129,940 (Jun 26) 29th +6.8% 2nd 51% below peers
Reading, PA $176,564 (Jun 26) 27th +5.5% 3rd 34% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $284,971 (Jun 26) 13th +4.9% 4th 7% above peers
Lawrence, KS $246,413 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.3% 5th 7% below peers
Fall River, MA $370,359 (Jun 26) 9th +3.4% 6th 39% above peers
Livonia, MI $248,896 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 7th 6% below peers
Suffolk, VA $257,172 (Jun 26) 16th +2.8% 8th 3% below peers
Toms River, NJ $329,204 (Jun 26) 10th +2.2% 9th 24% above peers
Roanoke, VA $188,328 (Jun 26) 26th +1.9% 10th 29% below peers
Yakima, WA $265,615 (Jun 26) 15th +1.8% 11th on par with peers
Orem, UT $382,402 (Jun 26) 8th +1.7% 12th 44% above peers
Sandy, UT $511,817 (Jun 26) 5th +1.3% 13th 93% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $203,980 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 14th 23% below peers
Edmond, OK $254,750 (Jun 26) 18th +0.8% 15th 4% below peers
Vista, CA $693,753 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 16th 161% above peers
Bellingham, WA $486,485 (Jun 26) 6th +0.6% 17th 83% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $557,254 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.1% 18th 110% above peers
Redding, CA $304,862 (Jun 26) 12th -0.8% 19th 15% above peers
San Marcos, CA $706,614 (Jun 26) 1st -1.1% 20th 166% above peers
Atascocita, TX $254,773 (Jun 26) 17th -1.3% 21st 4% below peers
Deltona, FL $251,065 (Jun 26) 19th -2.1% 22nd 5% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $280,183 (Jun 26) 14th -2.2% 23rd 5% above peers
Beaverton, OR $407,484 (Jun 26) 7th -4.2% 24th 53% above peers
Asheville, NC $325,051 (Jun 26) 11th -4.7% 25th 22% above peers
Tracy, CA $557,108 (Jun 26) 4th -5.2% 26th 110% above peers
Plantation, FL $250,872 (Jun 26) 20th -5.6% 27th 6% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $191,148 (Jun 26) 25th -9.5% 28th 28% below peers
Sunrise, FL $140,986 (Jun 26) 28th -9.6% 29th 47% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.8% then, 64.3% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.5% to 64.3%).
64.3%
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 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 29th +5.2pp 1st 28% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 46.1% 26th +4.7pp 2nd 20% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 3rd +7.6pp 3rd 41% above peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 22nd +3.7pp 4th 10% below peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 19th +3.3pp 5th 7% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 57.9% 16th +2.9pp 6th on par with peers
Vista, CA 51.7% 23rd +2.5pp 7th 11% below peers
Kenosha, WI 58.7% 15th +2.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Deltona, FL 80.2% 6th +3.1pp 9th 38% above peers
Tracy, CA 65.0% 12th +2.2pp 10th 12% above peers
Sunrise, FL 68.8% 11th +2.3pp 11th 19% above peers
Toms River, NJ 81.8% 4th +2.5pp 12th 41% above peers
Edmond, OK 70.3% 10th +2.1pp 13th 21% above peers
Reading, PA 40.6% 30th +1.2pp 14th 30% below peers
Atascocita, TX 82.5% 2nd +2.4pp 15th 42% above peers
Suffolk, VA 70.7% 9th +2.0pp 16th 22% above peers
Beaverton, OR 50.5% 24th +1.2pp 17th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 14th +1.4pp 18th 10% above peers
Roanoke, VA 52.4% 21st +1.0pp 19th 9% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 73.6% 8th +1.2pp 20th 27% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 21st 50% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 18th +0.6pp 22nd 5% below peers
Plantation, FL 64.3% 13th +0.5pp 23rd 11% above peers
Yakima, WA 53.9% 20th -0.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 49.1% 25th -0.5pp 25th 15% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 5th -1.1pp 26th 40% above peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 27th -0.8pp 27th 23% below peers
Fall River, MA 35.3% 31st -1.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Lawrence, KS 43.6% 28th -1.3pp 29th 25% below peers
Orem, UT 57.8% 17th -2.2pp 30th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 7th -3.4pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,514 in June 2026, up from $2,491 a year earlier.
$2,514
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%
Lawrence, KS $1,288 (Jun 26) 28th +5.3% 1st 28% below peers
Roanoke, VA $1,394 (Jun 26) 26th +4.8% 2nd 22% below peers
Reading, PA $1,395 (Jun 26) 25th +4.4% 3rd 22% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $1,617 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.3% 4th 9% below peers
Kenosha, WI $1,637 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.3% 5th 8% below peers
Yakima, WA $1,369 (Jun 26) 27th +3.8% 6th 23% below peers
Orem, UT $1,520 (Jun 26) 24th +3.5% 7th 15% below peers
Deltona, FL $2,023 (Jun 26) 8th +3.3% 8th 14% above peers
Fall River, MA $1,811 (Jun 26) 14th +3.3% 9th 2% above peers
Suffolk, VA $1,993 (Jun 26) 9th +3.3% 10th 12% above peers
Erie, PA $1,036 (Jun 26) 29th +3.3% 11th 42% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,662 (Jun 26) 20th +3.2% 12th 7% below peers
Redding, CA $1,642 (Jun 26) 21st +2.9% 13th 8% below peers
Toms River, NJ $2,797 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.4% 14th 57% above peers
San Marcos, CA $3,258 (Jun 26) 1st +1.9% 15th 83% above peers
Vista, CA $2,682 (Jun 26) 4th +1.7% 16th 51% above peers
Fayetteville, AR $1,720 (Jun 26) 16th +1.6% 17th 3% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $2,425 (Jun 26) 7th +1.6% 18th 36% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $1,925 (Jun 26) 11th +1.5% 19th 8% above peers
Bellingham, WA $1,976 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 20th 11% above peers
Edmond, OK $1,701 (Jun 26) 17th +1.1% 21st 4% below peers
Plantation, FL $2,514 (Jun 26) 6th +0.9% 22nd 41% above peers
Asheville, NC $1,688 (Jun 26) 18th +0.5% 23rd 5% below peers
Sunrise, FL $2,566 (Jun 26) 5th +0.3% 24th 44% above peers
Tracy, CA $2,717 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.5% 25th 53% above peers
Beaverton, OR $1,871 (Jun 26) 12th -0.5% 26th 5% above peers
Sandy, UT $1,681 (Jun 26) 19th -0.9% 27th 5% below peers
Atascocita, TX $1,812 (Jun 26) 13th -1.4% 28th 2% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $1,779 (Jun 26) 15th -1.6% 29th on par with 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 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.8% to 44.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.3% to 44.7%).
44.7%
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 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Toms River, NJ 30.6% 7th -6.2pp 1st 14% below peers
Roanoke, VA 33.6% 12th -3.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 18th -3.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Deltona, FL 32.7% 11th -2.2pp 4th 7% below peers
Kenosha, WI 32.0% 9th -1.5pp 5th 9% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 44.8% 26th -1.7pp 6th 27% above peers
Tracy, CA 35.3% 15th -1.2pp 7th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 16th -0.9pp 8th on par with peers
Yakima, WA 33.8% 13th -0.5pp 9th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 21st -0.2pp 10th 12% above peers
Beaverton, OR 35.7% 17th -0.1pp 11th 1% above peers
Vista, CA 45.0% 28th -0.1pp 12th 28% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 10th -0.0pp 13th 9% below peers
Suffolk, VA 34.1% 14th +0.2pp 14th 4% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 22nd +0.6pp 15th 24% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.6% 20th +0.7pp 16th 4% above peers
Reading, PA 45.7% 29th +1.0pp 17th 30% above peers
Edmond, OK 27.7% 5th +0.6pp 18th 22% below peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 19th +1.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 3rd +1.1pp 20th 31% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 21st 42% below peers
Sunrise, FL 47.6% 31st +2.7pp 22nd 35% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 23rd 41% below peers
Orem, UT 30.0% 6th +1.8pp 24th 15% below peers
Fall River, MA 44.8% 27th +3.8pp 25th 27% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 31.2% 8th +2.8pp 26th 12% below peers
Atascocita, TX 25.7% 4th +2.4pp 27th 27% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 44.8% 25th +4.3pp 28th 27% above peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 30th +4.9pp 29th 33% above peers
Plantation, FL 44.7% 24th +4.9pp 30th 26% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 44.6% 23rd +5.7pp 31st 26% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.4% then, 5.3% now; margin ±1.5pp). 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, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 5.3%).
5.3%
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
Sandy, UT 2.5% 2nd -1.8pp 1st 56% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.6% 4th -1.6pp 2nd 54% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 13th -2.5pp 3rd 17% below peers
Kenosha, WI 5.7% 16th -2.7pp 4th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL 5.9% 17th -2.0pp 5th 3% above peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 8th -1.0pp 6th 39% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 25th -2.3pp 7th 67% above peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 5th -0.7pp 8th 44% below peers
Deltona, FL 2.6% 3rd -0.5pp 9th 54% below peers
Roanoke, VA 11.0% 27th -2.1pp 10th 92% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 10.2% 26th -1.7pp 11th 78% above peers
Suffolk, VA 5.0% 14th -0.8pp 12th 12% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.3% 6th -0.5pp 13th 43% below peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 21st -1.1pp 14th 34% above peers
Yakima, WA 7.3% 19th -0.9pp 15th 28% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 29th -2.0pp 16th 187% above peers
Reading, PA 23.4% 31st -2.2pp 17th 308% above peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 30th -1.4pp 18th 200% above peers
Toms River, NJ 6.1% 18th -0.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 8.4% 23rd -0.2pp 20th 48% above peers
Atascocita, TX 1.5% 1st -0.0pp 21st 73% below peers
Tracy, CA 3.4% 7th -0.0pp 22nd 41% below peers
Beaverton, OR 8.7% 24th -0.0pp 23rd 51% above peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 20th +0.0pp 24th 33% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.0% 28th +0.8pp 25th 110% above peers
Plantation, FL 5.3% 15th +0.9pp 26th 8% below peers
Orem, UT 3.7% 9th +0.7pp 27th 36% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 10th +1.1pp 28th 31% below peers
Vista, CA 4.6% 11th +1.4pp 29th 19% below peers
Lawrence, KS 8.4% 22nd +2.6pp 30th 47% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 12th +1.6pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.1% to 9.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 9.4%).
9.4%
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
Beaverton, OR 6.0% 11th -2.4pp 1st 15% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.3% 7th -1.9pp 2nd 24% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 7.0% 15th -2.4pp 3rd 1% below peers
Sunrise, FL 9.8% 23rd -3.2pp 4th 38% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 25th -3.1pp 5th 52% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.8% 4th -1.0pp 6th 32% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 16th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.0% 3rd -0.7pp 8th 43% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 21st -1.6pp 9th 33% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.1% 5th -0.9pp 10th 27% below peers
Kenosha, WI 6.1% 12th -1.0pp 11th 13% below peers
Tracy, CA 5.4% 8th -0.8pp 12th 23% below peers
Erie, PA 5.7% 9th -0.8pp 13th 20% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.0% 27th -1.3pp 14th 56% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 24th -1.1pp 15th 42% above peers
Roanoke, VA 9.7% 22nd -1.0pp 16th 37% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.2pp 17th 65% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 2nd -0.3pp 18th 45% below peers
Vista, CA 10.9% 26th -0.7pp 19th 55% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.2% 18th +0.0pp 20th 16% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.2% 13th +0.0pp 21st 12% below peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 6th +0.2pp 22nd 25% below peers
Atascocita, TX 8.8% 19th +0.7pp 23rd 24% above peers
Redding, CA 6.5% 14th +0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Edmond, OK 7.7% 17th +0.6pp 25th 9% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.6% 28th +1.0pp 26th 64% above peers
Deltona, FL 12.3% 29th +1.4pp 27th 74% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 17.3% 31st +2.1pp 28th 145% above peers
Lawrence, KS 8.8% 20th +1.1pp 29th 25% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.7% 10th +1.4pp 30th 20% below peers
Reading, PA 14.6% 30th +4.8pp 31st 107% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

29.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Mount Pleasant, SC 25.3% 1st 25% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 2nd 24% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 3rd 17% below peers
Vista, CA 28.1% 4th 17% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 5th 14% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 6th 14% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 7th 13% below peers
Plantation, FL 29.5% 8th 12% below peers
Toms River, NJ 31.1% 9th 8% below peers
Beaverton, OR 31.1% 10th 8% below peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 11th 8% below peers
Atascocita, TX 32.1% 12th 5% below peers
Sunrise, FL 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
Tracy, CA 32.4% 14th 4% below peers
Orem, UT 32.5% 15th 4% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 33.7% 16th on par with peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.9% 17th 1% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 34.2% 18th 1% above peers
Edmond, OK 34.7% 19th 3% above peers
Deltona, FL 35.2% 20th 4% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 21st 5% above peers
Fall River, MA 36.0% 22nd 7% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 36.3% 23rd 8% above peers
Roanoke, VA 36.3% 24th 8% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.5% 25th 8% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 26th 21% above peers
Suffolk, VA 41.7% 27th 24% above peers
Yakima, WA 41.8% 28th 24% above peers
Reading, PA 43.3% 29th 28% above peers
Kenosha, WI 43.7% 30th 30% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 45.6% 31st 35% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.6% then, 6.5% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 6.5%).
6.5%
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
Livonia, MI 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 1st 80% below peers
Beaverton, OR 3.0% 7th -1.7pp 2nd 36% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 3rd -1.2pp 3rd 54% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 9th -1.9pp 4th 24% below peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 5th -1.0pp 5th 49% below peers
Yakima, WA 3.8% 13th -1.4pp 6th 17% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 30th -3.8pp 7th 147% above peers
Plantation, FL 6.5% 23rd -2.1pp 8th 41% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 1.6% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 64% below peers
Tracy, CA 3.3% 8th -0.4pp 10th 28% below peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 14th -0.4pp 11th 15% below peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 6th -0.1pp 12th 44% below peers
Toms River, NJ 3.5% 10th -0.1pp 13th 23% below peers
Orem, UT 8.1% 28th +0.3pp 14th 75% above peers
Vista, CA 5.4% 19th +0.3pp 15th 16% above peers
Kenosha, WI 3.6% 12th +0.6pp 16th 22% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 16th +1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Fall River, MA 2.3% 4th +0.6pp 18th 50% below peers
Lawrence, KS 5.8% 21st +1.5pp 19th 27% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.2% 31st +4.2pp 20th 231% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 5.7% 20th +1.6pp 21st 23% above peers
Atascocita, TX 7.8% 26th +2.3pp 22nd 70% above peers
Edmond, OK 5.0% 18th +1.6pp 23rd 9% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.9% 17th +1.7pp 24th 7% above peers
Sunrise, FL 7.9% 27th +3.0pp 25th 70% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 11th +1.4pp 26th 23% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2% 15th +1.6pp 27th 10% below peers
Roanoke, VA 6.2% 22nd +3.1pp 28th 35% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 24th +3.8pp 29th 62% above peers
Reading, PA 7.8% 25th +4.2pp 30th 69% above peers
Deltona, FL 10.6% 29th +6.8pp 31st 129% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.3% then, 45.9% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.2% to 45.9%).
45.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Palm Coast, FL 29.7% 21st +6.8pp 1st 19% below peers
Tracy, CA 28.5% 24th +6.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Roanoke, VA 30.0% 20th +6.6pp 3rd 18% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.6% 17th +6.9pp 4th 8% below peers
Deltona, FL 19.9% 29th +3.7pp 5th 45% below peers
Vista, CA 29.3% 22nd +5.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Kenosha, WI 29.0% 23rd +4.6pp 7th 20% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 10th +6.8pp 8th 20% above peers
Toms River, NJ 36.4% 16th +4.8pp 9th on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 33.3% 18th +3.9pp 10th 8% below peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 13th +4.5pp 11th 15% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.3% 26th +2.4pp 12th 33% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 38.5% 15th +3.7pp 13th 6% above peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 8th +4.2pp 14th 26% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 7th +4.2pp 15th 33% above peers
Yakima, WA 20.8% 28th +1.8pp 16th 43% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 4th +4.5pp 17th 47% above peers
Orem, UT 43.6% 11th +3.6pp 18th 20% above peers
Edmond, OK 57.6% 2nd +4.2pp 19th 58% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 32.0% 19th +2.3pp 20th 12% below peers
Beaverton, OR 50.1% 5th +3.6pp 21st 37% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 68.4% 1st +4.5pp 22nd 88% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 27th +1.5pp 23rd 37% below peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 30th +1.0pp 24th 55% below peers
Plantation, FL 45.9% 9th +2.6pp 25th 26% above peers
Reading, PA 11.4% 31st +0.6pp 26th 69% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 25th +1.2pp 27th 26% below peers
Lawrence, KS 55.8% 3rd +2.5pp 28th 53% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 12th +1.8pp 29th 19% above peers
Atascocita, TX 38.9% 14th +1.2pp 30th 7% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 49.0% 6th -1.2pp 31st 34% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.7% then, 60.9% now; margin ±13.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.7% to 60.9%).
60.9%
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 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Reading, PA 36.1% 27th +14.0pp 1st 20% below peers
Toms River, NJ 70.6% 1st +11.2pp 2nd 57% above peers
Roanoke, VA 49.8% 11th +7.3pp 3rd 10% above peers
Beaverton, OR 46.7% 14th +4.9pp 4th 4% above peers
Kenosha, WI 44.3% 18th +4.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 2nd +5.2pp 6th 39% above peers
Edmond, OK 52.5% 7th +3.5pp 7th 17% above peers
Plantation, FL 60.9% 4th +2.2pp 8th 35% above peers
Deltona, FL 36.5% 24th +1.0pp 9th 19% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 43.5% 19th +1.2pp 10th 4% below peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 5th +1.1pp 11th 26% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 17th -1.2pp 12th on par with peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 10th -2.2pp 13th 11% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 6th -3.5pp 14th 24% above peers
Orem, UT 39.0% 21st -3.2pp 15th 13% below peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 8th -4.6pp 16th 14% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 62.6% 3rd -8.9pp 17th 39% above peers
Sunrise, FL 48.9% 12th -8.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Suffolk, VA 45.8% 15th -7.9pp 19th 2% above peers
Tracy, CA 37.7% 22nd -7.0pp 20th 16% below peers
Lawrence, KS 48.6% 13th -9.3pp 21st 8% above peers
Vista, CA 36.3% 25th -8.5pp 22nd 19% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 28th -8.3pp 23rd 22% below peers
Yakima, WA 26.9% 31st -6.5pp 24th 40% below peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 9th -14.5pp 25th 12% above peers
Atascocita, TX 45.1% 16th -13.6pp 26th on par with peers
Fall River, MA 37.1% 23rd -11.9pp 27th 18% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 29.8% 30th -11.5pp 28th 34% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 26th -20.9pp 29th 20% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.2% 29th -23.2pp 30th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 20th -29.2pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.7% then, 8.2% now; margin ±7.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.4% to 8.2%).
8.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 10th -3.2pp 1st 23% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.7% 3rd -2.0pp 2nd 44% below peers
Lawrence, KS 1.4% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 79% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 2nd -1.5pp 4th 47% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 5th -1.5pp 5th 36% below peers
Kenosha, WI 8.1% 20th -1.6pp 6th 21% above peers
Fall River, MA 7.2% 17th -1.4pp 7th 7% above peers
Beaverton, OR 4.5% 8th -0.6pp 8th 33% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 8.6% 23rd -0.5pp 9th 29% above peers
Sunrise, FL 6.6% 14th -0.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Toms River, NJ 4.5% 7th -0.0pp 11th 33% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.2% 21st +0.5pp 12th 23% above peers
Orem, UT 6.7% 16th +0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 6.7% 15th +1.1pp 14th on par with peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 25th +1.6pp 15th 45% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 22nd +1.4pp 16th 24% above peers
Roanoke, VA 13.0% 31st +2.7pp 17th 93% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 12th +1.4pp 18th 15% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.9% 29th +3.0pp 19th 76% above peers
Atascocita, TX 5.9% 13th +1.6pp 20th 12% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 9th +1.4pp 21st 25% below peers
Vista, CA 10.2% 27th +3.1pp 22nd 53% above peers
Reading, PA 8.9% 24th +2.8pp 23rd 33% above peers
Deltona, FL 7.3% 18th +2.4pp 24th 9% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 4th +1.5pp 25th 37% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.9% 19th +2.8pp 26th 17% above peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 6th +1.6pp 27th 33% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.1% 30th +6.2pp 28th 80% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 26th +5.8pp 29th 47% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 11th +3.7pp 30th 23% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 10.8% 28th +9.9pp 31st 61% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93,449 to 96,293 - more than the combined survey margin (±120). 18 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; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (88,486 to 96,293).
96,293
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Atascocita, TX 99,354 2nd +22% 1st 3% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 95,051 19th +19% 2nd 1% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 3rd +17% 3rd 3% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 7th +14% 4th 2% above peers
Suffolk, VA 98,796 5th +10% 5th 3% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 93,993 26th +8% 6th 2% below peers
Reading, PA 95,242 18th +8% 7th 1% below peers
Deltona, FL 97,334 10th +8% 8th 1% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 29th +8% 9th 3% below peers
Tracy, CA 96,966 13th +7% 10th 1% above peers
Toms River, NJ 94,956 21st +6% 11th 1% below peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 30th +5% 12th 3% below peers
Fall River, MA 94,082 25th +5% 13th 2% below peers
Edmond, OK 96,825 15th +5% 14th 1% above peers
Sunrise, FL 97,918 8th +4% 15th 2% above peers
Yakima, WA 96,961 14th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 23rd +3% 17th 2% below peers
Plantation, FL 96,293 16th +3% 18th on par with peers
Portsmouth, VA 97,190 11th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Redding, CA 93,409 31st +2% 20th 3% below peers
Orem, UT 97,182 12th +0% 21st 1% above peers
Beaverton, OR 97,812 9th -0% 22nd 2% above peers
Kenosha, WI 99,372 1st -0% 23rd 3% above peers
Lawrence, KS 96,051 17th -0% 24th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 27th -0% 25th 3% below peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 22nd -0% 26th 1% below peers
Roanoke, VA 98,355 6th -1% 27th 2% above peers
Vista, CA 99,114 4th -2% 28th 3% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 24th -2% 29th 2% below peers
Erie, PA 93,850 28th -4% 30th 3% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 94,994 20th -8% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±52 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.5% then, 20.9% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.7% to 20.9%).
20.9%
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
Beaverton, OR 20.5% 23rd +1.0pp 1st 10% below peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 5th +1.2pp 2nd 16% above peers
Roanoke, VA 22.6% 17th +0.8pp 3rd 1% below peers
Plantation, FL 20.9% 21st +0.5pp 4th 8% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 27th +0.3pp 5th 21% below peers
Toms River, NJ 22.3% 18th +0.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 26th +0.2pp 7th 18% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 19th +0.2pp 8th 2% below peers
Yakima, WA 27.8% 3rd +0.2pp 9th 22% above peers
Edmond, OK 25.4% 7th -0.1pp 10th 11% above peers
Atascocita, TX 28.7% 1st -0.3pp 11th 26% above peers
Deltona, FL 23.1% 13th -0.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Sunrise, FL 20.7% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 9% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 23.0% 14th -0.4pp 14th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 22.8% 15th -0.4pp 15th on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 23.6% 11th -0.7pp 16th 3% above peers
Reading, PA 28.4% 2nd -0.9pp 17th 25% above peers
Lawrence, KS 16.3% 29th -0.6pp 18th 28% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.9% 24th -0.8pp 19th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 8th -1.0pp 20th 11% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 22.8% 16th -1.0pp 21st on par with peers
Vista, CA 24.3% 9th -1.2pp 22nd 6% above peers
Kenosha, WI 23.3% 12th -1.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 28th -1.0pp 24th 25% below peers
Tracy, CA 26.5% 4th -1.6pp 25th 16% above peers
Orem, UT 26.4% 6th -1.9pp 26th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 20th -1.6pp 27th 6% below peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 28th 39% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 19.1% 25th -1.6pp 29th 16% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 10th -2.9pp 30th 6% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.8% 30th -3.0pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent fell 10.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.2% to 26.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. None 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; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.1% to 26.3%).
26.3%
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
Sandy, UT 20.5% 23rd +5.2pp 1st 34% below peers
Vista, CA 30.9% 16th +7.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 27th +3.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Orem, UT 15.1% 30th +2.3pp 4th 51% below peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 5th 102% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 55.0% 4th +4.8pp 6th 78% above peers
Reading, PA 66.1% 1st +5.1pp 7th 114% above peers
Tracy, CA 19.0% 29th +1.2pp 8th 38% below peers
Fall River, MA 57.9% 3rd +3.5pp 9th 88% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 12th +2.0pp 10th 4% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 9th +2.1pp 11th 14% above peers
Lawrence, KS 29.0% 19th +1.7pp 12th 6% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 18th +1.3pp 13th 6% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 24th +0.7pp 14th 34% below peers
Yakima, WA 42.6% 7th +0.1pp 15th 38% above peers
Suffolk, VA 32.0% 13th -0.2pp 16th 4% above peers
Deltona, FL 34.2% 10th -0.3pp 17th 11% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 13.9% 31st -0.3pp 18th 55% below peers
Roanoke, VA 51.7% 5th -1.4pp 19th 68% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 45.2% 6th -1.8pp 20th 46% above peers
Beaverton, OR 26.7% 20th -1.6pp 21st 13% below peers
Atascocita, TX 19.6% 25th -1.3pp 22nd 37% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 14th -2.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Kenosha, WI 41.2% 8th -4.4pp 24th 33% above peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 22nd -2.5pp 25th 33% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.7% 11th -4.3pp 26th 9% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 17th -4.5pp 27th 5% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 30.9% 15th -5.6pp 28th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 19.1% 28th -4.0pp 29th 38% below peers
Toms River, NJ 19.3% 26th -5.3pp 30th 37% below peers
Plantation, FL 26.3% 21st -10.9pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±5.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.0% then, 72.0% now; margin ±7.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.1% to 72.0%).
72.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3% 15th +14.3pp 1st on par with peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 2nd +15.2pp 2nd 15% above peers
Vista, CA 74.0% 8th +14.1pp 3rd 7% above peers
Deltona, FL 82.2% 1st +13.8pp 4th 19% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 25th +10.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Yakima, WA 72.9% 11th +7.6pp 6th 5% above peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 18th +6.8pp 7th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 9th +7.4pp 8th 7% above peers
Atascocita, TX 74.2% 7th +7.2pp 9th 7% above peers
Fall River, MA 75.5% 5th +7.1pp 10th 9% above peers
Orem, UT 49.8% 31st +4.3pp 11th 28% below peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 13th +5.5pp 12th 3% above peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 17th +5.1pp 13th on par with peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 4th +4.2pp 14th 9% above peers
Plantation, FL 72.0% 12th +4.0pp 15th 4% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 65.6% 22nd +3.4pp 16th 5% below peers
Toms River, NJ 76.0% 3rd +3.0pp 17th 10% above peers
Edmond, OK 64.3% 27th +2.5pp 18th 7% below peers
Tracy, CA 57.8% 30th +2.1pp 19th 16% below peers
Suffolk, VA 69.2% 16th +2.5pp 20th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 21st +2.3pp 21st 4% below peers
Beaverton, OR 66.7% 19th +1.2pp 22nd 4% below peers
Roanoke, VA 70.4% 14th +1.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Sunrise, FL 75.5% 6th -4.9pp 24th 9% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 20th -4.5pp 25th 4% below peers
Lawrence, KS 73.1% 10th -5.6pp 26th 6% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 64.4% 26th -6.0pp 27th 7% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 29th -6.0pp 28th 11% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 65.4% 24th -7.2pp 29th 5% below peers
Reading, PA 64.0% 28th -7.6pp 30th 7% below peers
Kenosha, WI 65.6% 23rd -12.8pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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