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66,133 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Port Charlotte, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$63,844
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
$46,603 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.5%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
13.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
14.3%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
19.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.6%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
83.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
83.2%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
75.8% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.0%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
6.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Port Charlotte, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
11.8%
2020-24
▲ 481%
relative change
2.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.5%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
12.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
20.8%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
18.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
33.9%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
33.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.3%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
8.4% 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
13.8%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
15.2% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$181,828
Jun 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
$199,788 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$268,380
Jun 2026
▼ 8%
relative change
$290,864 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
66,133
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
62,327 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,794
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$1,830 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $46,603 to $63,844 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,758). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 62% from 2014 to 2024 ($39,387 to $63,844).
$63,844
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%
Malden, MA $100,606 12th +52% 1st 12% above peers
Brentwood, NY $111,572 10th +51% 2nd 24% above peers
St. Cloud, FL $83,174 18th +50% 3rd 8% below peers
Caldwell, ID $73,058 21st +49% 4th 19% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 2nd +46% 5th 157% above peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 9th +45% 6th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 7th 166% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 26th +37% 8th 29% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 29th +35% 9th 37% below peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 17th +32% 10th 7% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $142,779 5th +32% 11th 59% above peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 25th +31% 12th 29% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 6th +31% 13th 58% above peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 15th +31% 14th 6% above peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 20th +30% 15th 18% below peers
Davis, CA $90,045 16th +30% 16th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 4th +30% 17th 64% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 14th +29% 18th 7% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 31st +29% 19th 48% below peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 22nd +27% 20th 19% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 30th +27% 21st 46% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 7th +26% 22nd 31% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 23rd +24% 23rd 25% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 27th +22% 24th 31% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 19th +22% 25th 12% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 13th +21% 26th 9% above peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 28th +21% 27th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 28th 75% above peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 24th +16% 29th 28% below peers
Novi, MI $110,723 11th +13% 30th 23% above peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 8th +11% 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,043 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.7% to 9.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 6 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.6% to 9.5%).
9.5%
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%
Brentwood, NY 6.5% 8th -5.5pp 1st 27% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 9.5% 17th -4.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Caldwell, ID 11.7% 22nd -4.4pp 3rd 30% above peers
Malden, MA 11.3% 21st -4.1pp 4th 27% above peers
Commerce City, CO 8.6% 14th -2.9pp 5th 4% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 10.0% 19th -3.1pp 6th 12% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 20th -3.3pp 7th 17% above peers
Janesville, WI 8.9% 16th -2.3pp 8th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.3% 11th -1.6pp 9th 18% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.1% 12th -1.6pp 10th 9% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.6% 15th -1.5pp 11th 3% below peers
Davis, CA 25.8% 30th -3.2pp 12th 188% above peers
Albany, GA 26.2% 31st -3.1pp 13th 193% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.3% 24th -0.9pp 14th 82% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 7th -0.2pp 15th 32% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 5th -0.1pp 16th 34% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 6.7% 9th -0.1pp 17th 26% below peers
Lorain, OH 24.9% 29th +0.1pp 18th 178% above peers
Skokie, IL 9.6% 18th +0.2pp 19th 7% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 3rd +0.2pp 20th 38% below peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 10th +0.2pp 21st 19% below peers
Ocala, FL 20.2% 27th +0.8pp 22nd 126% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.9% 26th +0.8pp 23rd 100% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 15.9% 23rd +0.8pp 24th 78% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.9% 28th +3.4pp 25th 156% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.3% 25th +2.8pp 26th 94% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.0% 6th +1.0pp 27th 32% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 28th 36% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 2nd +1.4pp 29th 40% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 13th +2.5pp 30th 7% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 1st +1.9pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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▸ 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 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.9% to 14.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.0pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 11.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.1% to 14.3%).
14.3%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 8th -9.9pp 1st 39% below peers
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 22nd -8.0pp 2nd 32% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 13.1% 18th -6.6pp 3rd 12% above peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 19th -5.7pp 4th 13% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 13th -3.7pp 5th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 17th -5.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 16th -4.6pp 7th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 21st -5.5pp 8th 22% above peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 4th -2.1pp 9th 46% below peers
Caldwell, ID 15.6% 23rd -5.1pp 10th 33% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.8% 2nd -1.7pp 11th 51% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 12th -2.3pp 12th 27% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 6th -1.6pp 13th 40% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 3rd -1.2pp 14th 47% below peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 25th -3.2pp 15th 92% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 31st -5.1pp 16th 231% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 11th -0.9pp 17th 31% below peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 15th -0.8pp 18th 3% below peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 20th -0.4pp 19th 19% above peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 30th -0.9pp 20th 231% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 26th +0.2pp 21st 103% above peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 29th +1.4pp 22nd 166% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 9th +0.5pp 23rd 37% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 28th +2.9pp 24th 160% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 5th +0.7pp 25th 41% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 24th +2.9pp 26th 78% above peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 14th +1.5pp 27th 17% below peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 27th +5.7pp 28th 130% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 7th +2.1pp 29th 39% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 1st +2.0pp 30th 58% below peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 10th +4.7pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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5 of 14 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.6pp 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 8.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.3% to 91.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 27 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (79.2% to 91.6%).
91.6%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 91.7% +8.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lorain, OH 83.4% 28th +14.2pp 1st 12% below peers
Ocala, FL 91.3% 24th +14.0pp 2nd 3% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 29th +9.5pp 3rd 13% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 13th +11.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Caldwell, ID 92.4% 18th +10.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 26th +8.8pp 6th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 25th +8.8pp 7th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 23rd +8.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 16th +8.7pp 10th on par with peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 15th +8.6pp 11th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 21st +8.3pp 12th 3% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 20th +8.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 19th +7.6pp 14th 3% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 95.2% 12th +7.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 17th +7.1pp 16th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 22nd +6.0pp 17th 3% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 96.7% 8th +5.9pp 18th 3% above peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 10th +5.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 27th +4.1pp 20th 10% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 7th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 6th +3.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 4th +3.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 9th +2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 5th +2.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 3rd +2.3pp 27th 3% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 28th 18% below peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 14th +1.0pp 29th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 11th -0.0pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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5 of 14 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 (0.43 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.41).
0.41
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
Ocala, FL 0.48 28th -0.055 1st 12% above peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 19th -0.044 2nd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 0.43 17th -0.040 3rd on par with peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 9th -0.036 4th 7% below peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 6th -0.028 5th 10% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 3rd -0.023 6th 15% below peers
Caldwell, ID 0.37 4th -0.023 7th 13% below peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 21st -0.024 8th 4% above peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 8th -0.019 9th 8% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 10th 19% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 13th -0.019 11th 3% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 2nd -0.016 12th 18% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 13th 16% above peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 23rd -0.018 14th 5% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 18th -0.016 15th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 15th -0.016 16th 1% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.39 7th -0.011 17th 9% below peers
Albany, GA 0.47 27th -0.010 18th 10% above peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 26th -0.004 19th 10% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 20th 24% above peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 20th +0.005 21st 3% above peers
Novi, MI 0.45 24th +0.007 22nd 6% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 12th +0.010 23rd 3% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 0.43 16th +0.012 24th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 25th +0.015 25th 9% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 26th 14% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 22nd +0.017 27th 5% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 11th +0.016 28th 4% below peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 5th +0.022 29th 11% below peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 10th +0.035 30th 5% below peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 14th +0.054 31st 1% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (12.7% then, 11.8% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (14.6% to 11.8%).
11.8%
20102023
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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 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
Caldwell, ID 12.5% 19th -8.3pp 1st 21% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 5th -2.2pp 2nd 54% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 14th -2.3pp 3rd 14% below peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 21st -3.1pp 4th 22% above peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 22nd -2.4pp 5th 24% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 26th -2.1pp 6th 55% above peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 27th -1.8pp 7th 75% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 11th -0.7pp 8th 32% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 18th -1.0pp 9th 14% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 17th -0.7pp 10th 5% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 30th -1.1pp 11th 142% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 15.1% 24th -0.7pp 12th 46% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 13th 121% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 9th +0.1pp 14th 38% below peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 16th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 12th +0.2pp 16th 30% below peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 29th +1.6pp 17th 126% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 18th 209% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 23rd +1.1pp 19th 42% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 8th +0.6pp 20th 42% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 13th +1.1pp 21st 21% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 25th +2.3pp 22nd 54% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 20th +2.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.7% 7th +1.6pp 24th 45% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 3rd +0.9pp 25th 69% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 6th +1.5pp 26th 50% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 10th +2.1pp 27th 36% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 4th +1.4pp 28th 60% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 75% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 1st +1.1pp 30th 76% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 15th +5.8pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 8% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $268,380 in June 2026, down from $290,864 a year earlier.
$268,380
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%
Skokie, IL $435,880 (Jun 26) 13th +6.6% 1st 10% above peers
Janesville, WI $300,089 (Jun 26) 21st +6.1% 2nd 24% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $262,782 (Jun 26) 24th +5.6% 3rd 34% below peers
Palatine, IL $396,075 (Jun 26) 15th +5.5% 4th on par with peers
Union City, NJ $569,523 (Jun 26) 10th +5.0% 5th 44% above peers
Lorain, OH $158,944 (Jun 26) 27th +4.1% 6th 60% below peers
Brentwood, NY $633,120 (Jun 26) 9th +4.0% 7th 60% above peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,604,398 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 8th 810% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $391,685 (Jun 26) 16th +3.5% 9th 1% below peers
Novi, MI $478,638 (Jun 26) 12th +3.0% 10th 21% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,420,519 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 11th 259% above peers
Malden, MA $694,637 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 12th 75% above peers
Greenwood, IN $331,142 (Jun 26) 20th +1.4% 13th 16% below peers
Victoria, TX $217,561 (Jun 26) 26th +0.5% 14th 45% below peers
Waterloo, IA $149,410 (Jun 26) 28th +0.5% 15th 62% below peers
Caldwell, ID $402,988 (Jun 26) 14th +0.3% 16th 2% above peers
Albany, GA $134,986 (Jun 26) 29th -0.2% 17th 66% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $730,793 (Jun 26) 7th -0.5% 18th 85% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $1,118,381 (Jun 26) 4th -1.0% 19th 182% above peers
Dundalk, MD $227,014 (Jun 26) 25th -1.1% 20th 43% below peers
Davis, CA $854,071 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 21st 116% above peers
Brentwood, CA $799,857 (Jun 26) 6th -2.5% 22nd 102% above peers
Ocala, FL $268,867 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.9% 23rd 32% below peers
Rowlett, TX $371,639 (Jun 26) 18th -3.3% 24th 6% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $345,384 (Jun 26) 19th -3.8% 25th 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO $489,357 (Jun 26) 11th -4.0% 26th 24% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $375,312 (Jun 26) 17th -5.3% 27th 5% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,591,920 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.7% 28th 302% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $268,380 (Jun 26) 23rd -7.7% 29th 32% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 9% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $181,828 in June 2026, down from $199,788 a year earlier.
$181,828
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%
Brentwood, NY $585,859 (Jun 26) 7th +11.3% 1st 93% above peers
Lorain, OH $111,370 (Jun 26) 27th +9.2% 2nd 63% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $192,148 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.4% 3rd 37% below peers
Janesville, WI $222,465 (Jun 26) 21st +6.5% 4th 27% below peers
Skokie, IL $306,804 (Jun 26) 14th +5.9% 5th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $301,669 (Jun 26) 16th +5.4% 6th 1% below peers
Palatine, IL $244,680 (Jun 26) 20th +4.1% 7th 19% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,227,681 (Jun 26) 1st +3.3% 8th 634% above peers
Novi, MI $300,843 (Jun 26) 17th +2.5% 9th 1% below peers
Albany, GA $62,478 (Jun 26) 29th +2.3% 10th 79% below peers
Greenwood, IN $249,037 (Jun 26) 19th +2.2% 11th 18% below peers
Union City, NJ $364,639 (Jun 26) 11th +1.7% 12th 20% above peers
Malden, MA $511,942 (Jun 26) 8th +1.3% 13th 69% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,001,817 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 230% above peers
Caldwell, ID $338,708 (Jun 26) 12th +0.9% 15th 12% above peers
Victoria, TX $118,549 (Jun 26) 26th -0.3% 16th 61% below peers
Waterloo, IA $82,231 (Jun 26) 28th -0.4% 17th 73% below peers
Davis, CA $641,969 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 18th 111% above peers
Dundalk, MD $188,100 (Jun 26) 24th -1.3% 19th 38% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $864,144 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 20th 185% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $483,817 (Jun 26) 9th -1.7% 21st 59% above peers
Brentwood, CA $643,588 (Jun 26) 5th -3.2% 22nd 112% above peers
Ocala, FL $195,336 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.4% 23rd 36% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $303,698 (Jun 26) 15th -4.1% 24th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX $299,498 (Jun 26) 18th -4.3% 25th 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO $387,464 (Jun 26) 10th -4.6% 26th 28% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $312,330 (Jun 26) 13th -5.3% 27th 3% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,089,579 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.8% 28th 259% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $181,828 (Jun 26) 25th -9.0% 29th 40% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 7.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 75.8% to 83.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (76.7% to 83.2%).
83.2%
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%
Caldwell, ID 73.0% 10th +9.7pp 1st 9% above peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 26th +6.0pp 2nd 22% below peers
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 6th +7.5pp 3rd 20% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 2nd +7.4pp 4th 24% above peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 5th +5.1pp 5th 23% above peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 9th +4.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 1st +4.0pp 7th 25% above peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 7th +3.2pp 8th 15% above peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 15th +1.3pp 9th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 20th +1.2pp 10th 7% below peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 21st +1.1pp 11th 12% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 72.5% 11th +1.3pp 12th 8% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 16th +1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 23rd +1.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 19th +0.8pp 15th 4% below peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 28th +0.4pp 16th 35% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 17th 38% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 3rd +0.4pp 18th 24% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 25th +0.1pp 19th 19% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 24th -0.0pp 20th 18% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 17th -0.4pp 21st 1% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 72.5% 12th -1.2pp 22nd 8% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 18th -1.3pp 23rd 3% below peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 14th -1.7pp 24th on par with peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 27th -1.3pp 25th 23% below peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 22nd -1.6pp 26th 14% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 4th -3.1pp 27th 23% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 13th -4.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 29th 44% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 30th 72% below peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 8th -10.7pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±2.2pp 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 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent fell about 1% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,794 in June 2026, down from $1,830 a year earlier.
$1,794
2022June 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%
Palo Alto, CA $4,299 (Jun 26) 1st +6.8% 1st 135% above peers
Janesville, WI $1,214 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.2% 2nd 34% below peers
Lorain, OH $1,075 (Jun 26) 26th +5.1% 3rd 41% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,208 (Jun 26) 25th +4.8% 4th 34% below peers
Waterloo, IA $898 (Jun 26) 28th +4.8% 5th 51% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $1,494 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.2% 6th 18% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,250 (Jun 26) 10th +4.0% 7th 23% above peers
Brentwood, CA $3,365 (Jun 26) 4th +4.0% 8th 84% above peers
Caldwell, ID $1,729 (Jun 26) 16th +3.9% 9th 6% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 10th 123% above peers
Victoria, TX $1,212 (Jun 26) 24th +3.1% 11th 34% below peers
Palatine, IL $1,990 (Jun 26) 12th +2.5% 12th 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD $1,614 (Jun 26) 19th +2.4% 13th 12% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,421 (Jun 26) 9th +2.4% 14th 32% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $2,767 (Jun 26) 6th +2.3% 15th 51% above peers
Commerce City, CO $2,484 (Jun 26) 8th +2.3% 16th 36% above peers
Greenwood, IN $1,609 (Jun 26) 20th +1.7% 17th 12% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,738 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 18th 104% above peers
Novi, MI $1,857 (Jun 26) 13th +1.5% 19th 1% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,831 (Jun 26) 14th +1.1% 20th on par with peers
Davis, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 7th +0.7% 21st 48% above peers
Albany, GA $937 (Jun 26) 27th +0.6% 22nd 49% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,116 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 23rd 16% above peers
Malden, MA $2,803 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 24th 53% above peers
Ocala, FL $1,582 (Jun 26) 21st -0.7% 25th 14% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,699 (Jun 26) 17th -1.4% 26th 7% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,794 (Jun 26) 15th -2.0% 27th 2% below peers
Rowlett, TX $1,668 (Jun 26) 18th -2.2% 28th 9% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.2% then, 33.9% now; margin ±4.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 33.9%).
33.9%
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
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 16th -14.5pp 1st on par with peers
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 2nd 51% above peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 27th -3.6pp 3rd 22% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 21st -3.0pp 4th 4% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 20th -2.6pp 5th 4% above peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 24th -2.6pp 6th 14% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 7th 23% below peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 6th -0.6pp 8th 16% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 8th -0.5pp 9th 15% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 26th -0.6pp 10th 19% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 19th -0.2pp 11th 4% above peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 18th +0.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 3rd +0.5pp 13th 24% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 17th +0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Caldwell, ID 32.0% 11th +0.7pp 15th 4% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 35.6% 22nd +1.1pp 16th 7% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 12th +1.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 14th +1.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 5th +1.1pp 19th 22% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 2nd +1.2pp 20th 24% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 7th +1.3pp 21st 16% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 9th +1.8pp 22nd 14% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 36.4% 23rd +2.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 15th +2.4pp 24th 1% below peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 25th 41% above peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 29th +3.8pp 26th 29% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 10th +3.0pp 27th 6% below peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 28th 30% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 28th +5.6pp 29th 27% above peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 25th +5.5pp 30th 14% above peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 13th +8.6pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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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 →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.4% then, 5.0% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 5.0%).
5.0%
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 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 10th -1.6pp 1st 31% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 22nd -3.1pp 2nd 34% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.6% 7th -1.3pp 3rd 38% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 26th -2.6pp 4th 58% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 13th -1.4pp 5th 14% below peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 25th -2.0pp 6th 54% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 8th -0.7pp 7th 38% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 8th 203% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 23rd -1.1pp 9th 43% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 10th 114% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 19th -0.9pp 11th 25% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 18th -0.7pp 12th 21% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 16th -0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 29th -0.8pp 14th 114% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 17th -0.2pp 15th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 16th 616% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 21st -0.0pp 17th 33% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 5th +0.0pp 18th 45% below peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 14th +0.2pp 19th 12% below peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 6th +0.1pp 20th 38% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 4th +0.1pp 21st 53% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.5% 15th +0.8pp 22nd 5% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 24th +1.5pp 23rd 47% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 11th +0.9pp 24th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 12th +1.0pp 25th 18% below peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 9th +0.9pp 26th 34% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 27th +2.9pp 27th 84% above peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 3rd +1.1pp 28th 58% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 1st +0.8pp 29th 72% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 59% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 20th +4.1pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 ±1.2pp 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 No measurable change
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Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.8% then, 12.5% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.2% to 12.5%).
12.5%
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 11.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Skokie, IL 5.1% 10th -3.1pp 1st 33% below peers
Greenwood, IN 5.4% 12th -3.2pp 2nd 29% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.2% 24th -3.8pp 3rd 47% above peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 16th -2.3pp 4th on par with peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 7th -0.9pp 5th 56% below peers
Albany, GA 13.3% 28th -3.1pp 6th 74% above peers
Commerce City, CO 7.4% 15th -1.4pp 7th 3% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 8.8% 19th -1.7pp 8th 16% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.3% 11th -1.0pp 9th 30% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 10th 61% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 4th -0.3pp 11th 67% below peers
Ocala, FL 11.8% 25th -1.4pp 12th 54% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 13th 75% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 2nd -0.2pp 14th 72% below peers
Victoria, TX 17.3% 30th -1.0pp 15th 127% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 21st -0.5pp 16th 23% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 17th -0.3pp 17th 3% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 18th 65% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.9% 8th -0.0pp 19th 36% below peers
Union City, NJ 23.9% 31st +0.6pp 20th 213% above peers
Rowlett, TX 12.3% 26th +0.6pp 21st 61% above peers
Caldwell, ID 14.6% 29th +0.7pp 22nd 92% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.3% 6th +0.2pp 23rd 57% below peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 13th +0.5pp 24th 27% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 14th +0.6pp 25th 9% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 9th +0.6pp 26th 36% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.1% 18th +1.1pp 27th 7% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.3% 23rd +2.3pp 28th 36% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 22nd +2.8pp 29th 32% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.1% 20th +2.7pp 30th 20% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 3rd +0.8pp 31st 70% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

35.6%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 1st 44% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 19.3% 2nd 42% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 3rd 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 4th 32% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 5th 30% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 6th 28% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 7th 25% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 8th 21% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 9th 21% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 10th 13% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 11th 13% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 12th 12% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 30.5% 13th 9% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 14th 5% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 15th 1% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 16th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 17th 2% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 18th 4% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 19th 6% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 20th 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 21st 10% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 22nd 10% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 23rd 13% above peers
Caldwell, ID 39.0% 24th 16% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 25th 18% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 26th 21% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 27th 22% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 28th 22% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 29th 23% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 30th 34% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 31st 35% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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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 (8.4% then, 7.3% now; margin ±3.5pp).

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 13.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.0% to 7.3%).
7.3%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 1st 80% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 16th -3.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 10th -2.3pp 3rd 30% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 8th -1.7pp 4th 40% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 3rd -0.8pp 5th 66% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 17th -1.9pp 6th 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 2nd -0.3pp 7th 79% below peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 18th -1.4pp 8th 6% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 4th -0.5pp 9th 62% below peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 26th -2.6pp 10th 127% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 14th -1.0pp 11th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 19th -0.8pp 12th 15% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 21st -1.1pp 13th 70% above peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 12th -0.4pp 14th 20% below peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 9th -0.1pp 15th 30% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 23rd -0.0pp 16th 95% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 13th +0.0pp 17th 20% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 5th +0.1pp 18th 54% below peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 20th +0.6pp 19th 18% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 20th 235% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 7th +0.5pp 21st 41% below peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 24th +2.1pp 22nd 100% above peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 25th +2.5pp 23rd 112% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.1% 11th +1.2pp 24th 28% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 22nd +3.2pp 25th 92% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 29th +5.8pp 26th 170% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 15th +2.3pp 27th 4% below peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 27th +5.6pp 28th 128% above peers
Caldwell, ID 13.3% 30th +9.3pp 29th 208% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 6th +1.5pp 30th 52% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 28th +8.1pp 31st 147% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±2.0pp 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 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 (18.7% then, 20.8% 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: college attainment rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.8% to 20.8%).
20.8%
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
St. Cloud, FL 31.6% 17th +13.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Caldwell, ID 19.5% 28th +5.9pp 2nd 41% below peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 29th +4.2pp 3rd 48% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 19th +6.8pp 4th 15% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 18th +7.0pp 5th 6% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 30th +2.8pp 6th 53% below peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 12th +6.2pp 7th 18% above peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 22nd +3.8pp 8th 23% below peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 31st +2.1pp 9th 56% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 21st +3.7pp 10th 18% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 9th +6.1pp 11th 35% above peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 14th +4.6pp 12th 5% above peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 7th +6.2pp 13th 61% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 26th +2.0pp 14th 38% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 15th +3.2pp 15th 1% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 11th +4.0pp 16th 29% above peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 16th +2.3pp 17th on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 20th +1.8pp 18th 18% below peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 13th +2.4pp 19th 14% above peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 25th +1.3pp 20th 36% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 5th +3.5pp 21st 92% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 3rd +2.9pp 22nd 130% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 6th +2.1pp 23rd 68% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 2nd +1.9pp 24th 131% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 8th +1.1pp 25th 53% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 4th +1.5pp 26th 112% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 27th 147% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 44.5% 10th -0.3pp 28th 33% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 27th -0.4pp 29th 39% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 23rd -1.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 24th -1.6pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.5% then, 44.8% now; margin ±17.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.1% to 44.8%).
44.8%
20112024
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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%
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 12th +18.5pp 1st 12% above peers
Victoria, TX 52.8% 11th +16.8pp 2nd 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 1st +20.2pp 3rd 63% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 6th +16.7pp 4th 45% above peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 18th +9.0pp 5th 6% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 15th +7.2pp 6th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 52.9% 10th +7.5pp 7th 19% above peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 9th +5.2pp 8th 26% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 34.5% 22nd +3.0pp 9th 23% below peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 3rd +4.1pp 10th 52% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 7th +3.6pp 11th 38% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 17th +0.8pp 12th 1% below peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 28th +0.4pp 13th 42% below peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 4th +0.3pp 14th 48% above peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 2nd -3.4pp 15th 56% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 23rd -3.0pp 16th 24% below peers
Caldwell, ID 26.2% 27th -2.5pp 17th 41% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 25th -4.4pp 18th 30% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 26th -4.3pp 19th 32% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 24th -4.9pp 20th 28% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 20th -7.6pp 21st 15% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 5th -15.5pp 22nd 47% above peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 21st -11.2pp 23rd 17% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 8th -18.6pp 24th 31% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 14th -15.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 19th -13.7pp 26th 11% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 13th -22.1pp 27th 10% above peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 16th -21.5pp 28th on par with peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 29th 55% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 29th -16.0pp 30th 44% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 30th -19.3pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±12.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth rose 9.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.0% to 11.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.0pp). 1 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; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.4% to 11.8%).
11.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 1st -6.6pp 1st 93% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.9% 2nd -12.3pp 2nd 84% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 4th -6.2pp 3rd 68% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 16th -7.1pp 4th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 17th -5.2pp 5th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 5th -1.6pp 6th 66% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 8th -0.8pp 7th 51% below peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 22nd -1.5pp 8th 39% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 21st -0.8pp 9th 28% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 20th -0.6pp 10th 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 10th -0.2pp 11th 30% below peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 13th +0.1pp 12th 25% below peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 15th +0.2pp 13th 1% below peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 25th +1.2pp 14th 63% above peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 18th +0.9pp 15th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 23rd +1.8pp 16th 58% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 19th +1.6pp 17th 7% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 18th 178% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 4.1% 9th +1.2pp 19th 31% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 27th +3.8pp 20th 73% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 7th +1.0pp 21st 54% below peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 12th +2.0pp 22nd 27% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 29th +6.2pp 23rd 122% above peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 3rd +0.9pp 24th 71% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 25th 57% below peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 24th +5.4pp 26th 61% above peers
Caldwell, ID 10.2% 26th +6.1pp 27th 73% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 11th +3.1pp 28th 27% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 14th +3.3pp 29th 24% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 28th +9.8pp 30th 98% above peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 30th +12.3pp 31st 144% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
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Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 62,327 to 66,133 - more than the combined survey margin (±2,675). 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; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 20% from 2014 to 2024 (55,206 to 66,133).
66,133
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 29th +54% 1st 2% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 4th +38% 2nd 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65,130 28th +27% 3rd 2% below peers
Caldwell, ID 66,516 11th +21% 4th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 66,445 14th +18% 5th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 19th +14% 6th on par with peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 10th +12% 7th 1% above peers
Novi, MI 66,717 9th +11% 8th 1% above peers
Malden, MA 65,906 22nd +8% 9th on par with peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 20th +7% 10th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 17th +6% 11th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 27th +5% 12th 2% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 21st +5% 13th on par with peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 16th +4% 14th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 65,001 31st +3% 15th 2% below peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 30th +3% 16th 2% below peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 18th +3% 17th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 12th +3% 18th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 24th +3% 19th 1% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 26th +3% 20th 1% below peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 25th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 7th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 1st +1% 23rd 2% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 8th -0% 24th 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 3rd -1% 25th 1% above peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 5th -1% 26th 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 23rd -2% 27th 1% below peers
Davis, CA 66,978 6th -2% 28th 1% above peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 13th -3% 29th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 15th -3% 30th on par with peers
Albany, GA 67,224 2nd -9% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.2% to 13.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 11 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (15.9% to 13.8%).
13.8%
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
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 10th +1.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 11th +1.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 19th +0.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 9th +0.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 7th +0.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 6th -0.2pp 6th 17% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 4th -0.2pp 7th 20% above peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 24th -0.5pp 8th 6% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 22nd -0.5pp 9th 2% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 29th -0.4pp 10th 23% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 17th -0.5pp 11th on par with peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 21st -0.6pp 12th 2% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 15th -0.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 20th -0.8pp 14th 2% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 8th -0.9pp 15th 11% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 20.8% 26th -0.8pp 16th 8% below peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 3rd -1.3pp 17th 27% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 26.5% 5th -1.3pp 18th 18% above peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 13th -1.3pp 19th 4% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 28th -1.2pp 20th 19% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 23rd -1.5pp 21st 6% below peers
Caldwell, ID 30.3% 1st -2.3pp 22nd 34% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 27th -1.7pp 23rd 8% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 30th -1.4pp 24th 39% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 31st -1.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 18th -2.5pp 26th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 12th -2.7pp 27th 6% above peers
Greenwood, IN 23.5% 14th -2.9pp 28th 4% above peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 25th -2.8pp 29th 7% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 2nd -4.4pp 30th 27% above peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 16th -3.9pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.6% then, 31.6% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.8% to 31.6%).
31.6%
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
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 19th +11.3pp 1st 10% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 18th +8.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 15th +8.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 32.5% 12th +9.6pp 4th 13% above peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 27th +2.8pp 5th 41% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 3rd +8.0pp 6th 75% above peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 20th +3.6pp 7th 19% below peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 4th +7.5pp 8th 74% above peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 2nd +5.2pp 9th 111% above peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 17th +1.5pp 10th 6% below peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 22nd +1.2pp 11th 27% below peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 5th +2.0pp 12th 54% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 13th +1.0pp 13th 10% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 1st +1.8pp 14th 150% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 7th +0.5pp 15th 28% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 9th +0.1pp 16th 18% above peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 6th -1.3pp 17th 42% above peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 26th -0.7pp 18th 38% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 11th -2.2pp 19th 16% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 10th -2.9pp 20th 16% above peers
Caldwell, ID 22.3% 21st -2.0pp 21st 22% below peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 8th -3.6pp 22nd 23% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 16th -2.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 29th -1.5pp 24th 52% below peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 23rd -2.4pp 25th 27% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 14th -3.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 30th -1.6pp 27th 57% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 18.8% 24th -2.6pp 28th 34% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 25th -3.4pp 29th 36% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 28th -4.5pp 30th 42% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 31st -2.7pp 31st 77% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 (59.8% then, 67.6% now; margin ±13.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.8% to 67.6%).
67.6%
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 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Castro Valley, CA 78.8% 1st +18.5pp 1st 13% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 13th +9.2pp 2nd 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 25th +7.9pp 3rd 10% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 19th +7.8pp 4th 3% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 26th +6.6pp 5th 13% below peers
Caldwell, ID 64.8% 24th +6.1pp 6th 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 17th +6.5pp 7th 1% below peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 14th +6.2pp 8th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 8th +5.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 2nd +5.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 4th +4.8pp 11th 5% above peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 11th +4.5pp 12th 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 20th +4.0pp 13th 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 15th +3.0pp 14th on par with peers
St. Cloud, FL 65.0% 22nd +1.5pp 15th 7% below peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 16th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 3rd +1.3pp 17th 6% above peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 21st +0.7pp 18th 3% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 23rd +0.6pp 19th 7% below peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 12th -1.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 6th -1.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 10th -1.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 30th -1.8pp 23rd 19% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 18th -2.7pp 24th 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 9th -3.6pp 25th 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 27th -3.3pp 26th 14% below peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 7th -6.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 5th -7.2pp 28th 5% above peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 28th -7.5pp 29th 15% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 31st -9.2pp 30th 21% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 29th -11.3pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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