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Sanford, FL
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67,483 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Sanford, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Sanford, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 3 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 42% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $47,217 to $66,891 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,767).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Sanford started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 68% from 2014 to 2024 ($39,776 to $66,891).
Bright spot $66,891
20102024
▸ 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 16th +52% 1st on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 1st +46% 2nd 130% above peers
Port Orange, FL $74,426 21st +43% 3rd 26% below peers
Sanford, FL $66,891 24th +42% 4th 34% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $113,648 10th +36% 5th 13% above peers
Madison, AL $134,655 5th +36% 6th 34% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $150,245 2nd +32% 7th 49% above peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 25th +31% 8th 36% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 4th +31% 9th 42% above peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 11th +31% 10th 12% above peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 17th +31% 11th 5% below peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 22nd +30% 12th 27% below peers
Shoreline, WA $112,751 12th +30% 13th 12% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 3rd +30% 14th 47% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 15th 27% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 30th +29% 16th 53% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 19th +27% 17th 12% below peers
Ames, IA $60,991 27th +27% 18th 39% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 9th +26% 19th 17% above peers
Spring, TX $88,997 18th +25% 20th 12% below peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 23rd +24% 21st 33% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 26th +22% 22nd 38% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 20th +22% 23rd 22% below peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 28th +21% 24th 43% below peers
Gary, IN $38,731 31st +21% 25th 62% below peers
Decatur, IL $51,592 29th +21% 26th 49% below peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 27th 28% above peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 15th +20% 28th 8% above peers
Huntersville, NC $120,516 8th +18% 29th 20% above peers
Novi, MI $110,723 14th +13% 30th 10% above peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 13th +11% 31st 11% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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3 of 15 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 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 ±$2,764 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment rose 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.7% in July 2026, up from 4.2% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.7%
1990July 2026
▸ 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 4.6% (Jul 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Gary, IN 7.6% (Jul 26) 28th -1.6pp 1st 69% above peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -1.3pp 2nd 2% above peers
Decatur, IL 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th -1.2pp 3rd 27% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.8pp 4th on par with peers
Redondo Beach, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -0.7pp 5th 4% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.6pp 6th 7% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 7th 16% below peers
Brentwood, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 24th -0.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 9th 29% below peers
Malden, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.2pp 10th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 11th 13% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 12th 42% below peers
Ames, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 13th 18% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 2.6% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.2pp 14th 42% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA 5.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Victoria, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th +0.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th +0.2pp 18th 24% below peers
Novi, MI 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 19th 16% below peers
Janesville, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 20th 22% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.3pp 22nd 9% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 23rd 4% below peers
Port Orange, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.4pp 24th 4% above peers
Eagan, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 25th 9% below peers
Sanford, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st +0.5pp 26th 4% above peers
Madison, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.6pp 27th 36% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.0% (Jul 26) 26th +0.7pp 28th 11% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 7.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.1% to 11.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Sanford started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.9% to 11.9%).
Bright spot 11.9%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 2nd -3.8pp 1st 60% below peers
Sanford, FL 11.9% 23rd -7.2pp 2nd 35% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.1% 1st -1.2pp 3rd 65% below peers
Malden, MA 11.4% 22nd -4.1pp 4th 29% above peers
Port Orange, FL 11.0% 20th -3.9pp 5th 24% above peers
Madison, AL 4.3% 3rd -1.3pp 6th 52% below peers
Janesville, WI 9.0% 17th -2.5pp 7th 2% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.7% 15th -1.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 12th -1.1pp 9th 18% below peers
Decatur, IL 19.4% 27th -2.7pp 10th 119% above peers
Albany, GA 27.5% 30th -3.3pp 11th 211% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.3% 21st -1.2pp 12th 28% above peers
Ames, IA 25.4% 29th -2.6pp 13th 188% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.6% 24th -0.9pp 14th 87% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 10th -0.2pp 15th 31% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 8th -0.1pp 16th 32% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.5% 25th +0.4pp 17th 98% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 6th +0.2pp 18th 37% below peers
Skokie, IL 9.7% 18th +0.3pp 19th 10% above peers
Victoria, TX 18.4% 26th +0.9pp 20th 108% above peers
Spring, TX 10.4% 19th +0.5pp 21st 18% above peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 7th +0.3pp 22nd 33% below peers
Gary, IN 33.1% 31st +2.5pp 23rd 275% above peers
South Hill, WA 7.2% 11th +0.7pp 24th 19% below peers
Shoreline, WA 8.8% 16th +1.2pp 25th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 23.1% 28th +3.5pp 26th 161% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.1% 9th +1.0pp 27th 31% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.6% 13th +1.3pp 28th 14% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 4th +1.4pp 29th 39% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 5.4% 5th +1.5pp 30th 39% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 14th +2.5pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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3 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 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 down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perris, CA down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 15.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.9% to 14.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.1pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Sanford started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 15.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.6% to 14.8%).
Bright spot 14.8%
20132024
▸ 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%
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 4th -6.2pp 1st 63% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.0% 1st -2.8pp 2nd 80% below peers
Madison, AL 3.4% 3rd -4.6pp 3rd 65% below peers
Sanford, FL 14.8% 22nd -15.1pp 4th 52% above peers
Port Orange, FL 12.7% 19th -6.8pp 5th 31% above peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 20th -5.7pp 6th 36% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 14th -3.7pp 7th 8% below peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 23rd -5.9pp 8th 53% above peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 18th -4.6pp 9th 21% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 10th 25% below peers
Decatur, IL 28.1% 28th -5.7pp 11th 190% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 7th -1.2pp 12th 36% below peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 6th -1.0pp 13th 38% below peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 26th -3.2pp 14th 132% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 30th -5.1pp 15th 300% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 13th -0.9pp 16th 17% below peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 15th -0.8pp 17th 5% below peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 17th -0.8pp 18th 17% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 27th +0.2pp 19th 146% above peers
Gary, IN 53.1% 31st +3.6pp 20th 447% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 10th +0.5pp 21st 24% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.8% 2nd +0.3pp 22nd 71% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 29th +2.9pp 23rd 214% above peers
Spring, TX 17.4% 24th +2.0pp 24th 79% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 25th +2.9pp 25th 115% above peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 16th +1.5pp 26th on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 7.4% 11th +1.3pp 27th 24% below peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 5th +1.3pp 28th 40% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 29th 26% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 21st +4.7pp 30th 37% above peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 12th +4.7pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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3 of 15 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 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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.8% to 92.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Sanford started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 10.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.4% to 92.2%).
Bright spot 92.2%
20172024
▸ 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%
Gary, IN 82.3% 28th +17.4pp 1st 13% below peers
Decatur, IL 88.5% 25th +12.8pp 2nd 6% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 29th +9.5pp 3rd 13% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 19th +10.0pp 4th 1% below peers
Port Orange, FL 93.3% 20th +9.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Sanford, FL 92.2% 21st +9.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 26th +8.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 8th 15% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 24th +8.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 16th +8.6pp 10th on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 22nd +8.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 17th +7.1pp 12th on par with peers
Spring, TX 94.7% 15th +6.3pp 13th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 23rd +6.0pp 14th 3% below peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 27th +4.1pp 15th 10% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 8th +4.5pp 16th 3% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 98.4% 1st +4.5pp 17th 4% above peers
Huntersville, NC 96.8% 9th +4.4pp 18th 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 4th +4.3pp 19th 3% above peers
Shoreline, WA 93.8% 18th +3.8pp 20th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 7th +3.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 96.7% 10th +3.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Madison, AL 95.7% 12th +2.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 14th +2.8pp 24th 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 2nd +2.9pp 25th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 11th +2.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 5th +2.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 13th +2.3pp 28th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 6th +1.6pp 30th 3% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 31st -0.8pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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3 of 15 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality fell about 13% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.46 to 0.40 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.03). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.40).
Bright spot 0.40
20102024
▸ 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
Sanford, FL 0.40 8th -0.062 1st 6% below peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 19th -0.044 2nd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 0.43 16th -0.040 3rd on par with peers
Madison, AL 0.38 6th -0.030 4th 10% below peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 20th -0.024 5th 4% above peers
Spring, TX 0.35 3rd -0.019 6th 18% below peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 7th -0.019 7th 8% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 2nd -0.016 8th 18% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 9th 15% above peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 22nd -0.018 10th 5% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 14th -0.016 11th 1% below peers
Ames, IA 0.48 28th -0.013 12th 13% above peers
Decatur, IL 0.47 27th -0.011 13th 11% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 26th -0.010 14th 10% above peers
Port Orange, FL 0.42 13th -0.008 15th 2% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 12th -0.007 16th 3% below peers
Novi, MI 0.45 24th +0.007 17th 6% above peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 4th +0.006 18th 12% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 18th +0.007 19th 1% above peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 17th +0.007 20th 1% above peers
Huntersville, NC 0.41 9th +0.010 21st 5% below peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 15th +0.010 22nd on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 11th +0.010 23rd 3% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 25th +0.015 24th 9% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 25th 13% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 0.45 21st +0.016 26th 4% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 10th +0.016 27th 4% below peers
Gary, IN 0.51 31st +0.024 28th 20% above peers
Shoreline, WA 0.45 23rd +0.022 29th 6% above peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 5th +0.022 30th 12% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.33 1st +0.046 31st 23% 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 →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (17.0% then, 16.9% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (18.0% to 16.9%).
Needs attention 16.9%
20102023
▸ 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
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 72% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 9th -2.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 4th -1.4pp 3rd 57% below peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 7th -1.2pp 4th 45% below peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 22nd -2.4pp 5th 66% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.7% 16th -1.4pp 6th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 25th -2.1pp 7th 108% above peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 17th -0.7pp 8th 12% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 19th -0.7pp 9th 40% above peers
Gary, IN 29.1% 30th -1.4pp 10th 277% above peers
Madison, AL 4.6% 8th -0.2pp 11th 40% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 12th 195% above peers
Port Orange, FL 9.2% 18th -0.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Sanford, FL 16.9% 26th -0.1pp 14th 119% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 13th +0.1pp 15th 17% below peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 16th 314% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 23rd +1.1pp 17th 90% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 12th +0.6pp 18th 23% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 15th +0.7pp 19th 9% below peers
Decatur, IL 24.6% 29th +2.8pp 20th 219% above peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 24th +2.3pp 21st 106% above peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 27th +3.6pp 22nd 171% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 21st +2.6pp 23rd 63% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.8% 11th +1.2pp 24th 25% below peers
Spring, TX 12.0% 20th +2.6pp 25th 55% above peers
Huntersville, NC 2.9% 3rd +0.8pp 26th 62% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 10th +1.5pp 27th 33% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 14th +2.1pp 28th 14% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 6th +1.4pp 29th 47% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 66% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.6% 5th +2.0pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.4pp 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 →
What changed

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $340,196 in August 2026, down from $347,333 a year earlier.
$340,196
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $375,470 (Aug 26) -1.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Skokie, IL $433,130 (Aug 26) 13th +7.7% 1st 10% above peers
Janesville, WI $298,166 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 2nd 24% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $260,641 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 3rd 34% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,563,763 (Aug 26) 1st +5.5% 4th 809% above peers
Union City, NJ $563,754 (Aug 26) 8th +5.3% 5th 44% above peers
Decatur, IL $107,246 (Aug 26) 28th +4.9% 6th 73% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $392,134 (Aug 26) 15th +3.5% 7th on par with peers
Novi, MI $470,805 (Aug 26) 12th +3.0% 8th 20% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,473,182 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 9th 276% above peers
Ames, IA $303,902 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.8% 10th 23% below peers
Haverhill, MA $548,436 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 11th 40% above peers
Albany, GA $133,518 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 12th 66% below peers
Malden, MA $674,568 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 13th 72% above peers
Eagan, MN $401,493 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 14th 2% above peers
Victoria, TX $218,636 (Aug 26) 25th +0.9% 15th 44% below peers
Madison, AL $376,375 (Aug 26) 16th +0.9% 16th 4% below peers
Huntersville, NC $546,644 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 17th 39% above peers
Waterloo, IA $147,780 (Aug 26) 26th +0.2% 18th 62% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $504,093 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 19th 29% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $716,629 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 20th 83% above peers
Rockville, MD $608,002 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 21st 55% above peers
Spring, TX $363,173 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 22nd 7% below peers
Brentwood, CA $785,641 (Aug 26) 3rd -1.3% 23rd 100% above peers
Gary, IN $92,352 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 24th 76% below peers
Sanford, FL $340,196 (Aug 26) 20th -2.1% 25th 13% below peers
Port Orange, FL $337,510 (Aug 26) 21st -2.4% 26th 14% below peers
Shoreline, WA $785,498 (Aug 26) 4th -2.4% 27th 100% above peers
Rowlett, TX $364,063 (Aug 26) 18th -2.8% 28th 7% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $366,482 (Aug 26) 17th -4.9% 29th 7% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $237,760 in August 2026, down from $244,114 a year earlier.
$237,760
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $231,656 (Aug 26) -2.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Gary, IN $59,218 (Aug 26) 28th +10.2% 1st 80% below peers
Skokie, IL $308,412 (Aug 26) 12th +7.3% 2nd 4% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $191,451 (Aug 26) 24th +7.3% 3rd 35% below peers
Janesville, WI $222,300 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.4% 4th 25% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $303,416 (Aug 26) 14th +5.3% 5th 3% above peers
Albany, GA $61,850 (Aug 26) 27th +4.8% 6th 79% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,182,270 (Aug 26) 1st +4.7% 7th 639% above peers
Decatur, IL $45,966 (Aug 26) 29th +4.1% 8th 84% below peers
Ames, IA $205,525 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.3% 9th 30% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,075,662 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 10th 264% above peers
Union City, NJ $360,334 (Aug 26) 11th +2.4% 11th 22% above peers
Haverhill, MA $417,611 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 12th 41% above peers
Novi, MI $295,476 (Aug 26) 15th +2.0% 13th on par with peers
Malden, MA $499,623 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 14th 69% above peers
Madison, AL $271,231 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 15th 8% below peers
Victoria, TX $122,022 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 16th 59% below peers
Eagan, MN $265,753 (Aug 26) 18th +0.5% 17th 10% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $413,350 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 18th 40% above peers
Huntersville, NC $393,191 (Aug 26) 9th -0.3% 19th 33% above peers
Waterloo, IA $82,150 (Aug 26) 26th -0.5% 20th 72% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $474,353 (Aug 26) 6th -1.2% 21st 61% above peers
Shoreline, WA $600,193 (Aug 26) 4th -1.7% 22nd 103% above peers
Spring, TX $252,092 (Aug 26) 19th -1.8% 23rd 15% below peers
Brentwood, CA $632,015 (Aug 26) 3rd -2.0% 24th 114% above peers
Port Orange, FL $246,084 (Aug 26) 20th -2.1% 25th 17% below peers
Sanford, FL $237,760 (Aug 26) 21st -2.6% 26th 20% below peers
Rockville, MD $361,472 (Aug 26) 10th -2.6% 27th 22% above peers
Rowlett, TX $293,617 (Aug 26) 16th -3.5% 28th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $304,395 (Aug 26) 13th -5.1% 29th 3% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.0% then, 52.0% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.6% to 52.0%).
Needs attention 52.0%
20112024
▸ 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 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 19th +5.7pp 1st 4% below peers
Spring, TX 74.4% 6th +4.8pp 2nd 13% above peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 2nd +5.1pp 3rd 25% above peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 5th +4.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Port Orange, FL 75.6% 3rd +3.2pp 5th 15% above peers
Madison, AL 74.0% 7th +3.1pp 6th 13% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.0% 26th +2.1pp 7th 21% below peers
Shoreline, WA 66.3% 14th +2.6pp 8th 1% above peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 28th +1.4pp 9th 36% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 53.4% 24th +1.4pp 10th 19% below peers
Decatur, IL 62.9% 18th +1.5pp 11th 4% below peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 12th +1.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 20th +1.2pp 13th 6% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 13th +1.2pp 14th 2% above peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 15th 37% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 23rd +0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 22nd -0.0pp 17th 16% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 15th -0.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 17th -1.3pp 19th 1% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 16th -1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 21st -1.6pp 21st 12% below peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 11th -2.0pp 22nd 3% above peers
Gary, IN 49.0% 27th -1.5pp 23rd 25% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 84.7% 1st -2.8pp 24th 29% above peers
Huntersville, NC 71.7% 8th -3.0pp 25th 9% above peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 9th -3.6pp 26th 7% above peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 25th -2.8pp 27th 20% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 10th -4.6pp 28th 6% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 29th 43% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 30th 71% below peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 4th -10.7pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,836 in August 2026, up from $1,803 a year earlier.
$1,836
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Palo Alto, CA $4,678 (Aug 26) 1st +8.3% 1st 161% above peers
Janesville, WI $1,211 (Aug 26) 24th +6.4% 2nd 33% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,361 (Aug 26) 7th +6.0% 3rd 32% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $1,532 (Aug 26) 20th +5.8% 4th 15% below peers
Gary, IN $1,363 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.5% 5th 24% below peers
Waterloo, IA $945 (Aug 26) 29th +5.1% 6th 47% below peers
Victoria, TX $1,193 (Aug 26) 25th +4.8% 7th 34% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,396 (Aug 26) 6th +4.2% 8th 34% above peers
Brentwood, CA $3,406 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.0% 9th 90% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,246 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.2% 10th 31% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $2,236 (Aug 26) 9th +2.9% 11th 25% above peers
Albany, GA $1,008 (Aug 26) 28th +2.5% 12th 44% below peers
Decatur, IL $1,067 (Aug 26) 27th +2.4% 13th 41% below peers
Ames, IA $1,193 (Aug 26) 26th +2.3% 14th 34% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $3,521 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.1% 15th 96% above peers
Novi, MI $1,931 (Aug 26) 12th +2.1% 16th 8% above peers
Eagan, MN $1,702 (Aug 26) 17th +2.1% 17th 5% below peers
Shoreline, WA $2,003 (Aug 26) 11th +1.8% 18th 12% above peers
Sanford, FL $1,836 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 19th 2% above peers
Malden, MA $2,895 (Aug 26) 4th +1.8% 20th 61% above peers
Madison, AL $1,411 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 21st 21% below peers
Spring, TX $1,795 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 22nd on par with peers
Port Orange, FL $1,745 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 23rd 3% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,639 (Aug 26) 18th -0.1% 24th 9% below peers
Haverhill, MA $2,305 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 25th 28% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,137 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 26th 19% above peers
Huntersville, NC $1,863 (Aug 26) 13th -0.1% 27th 4% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,405 (Aug 26) 5th -0.4% 28th 34% above peers
Rowlett, TX $1,586 (Aug 26) 19th -1.9% 29th 12% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.3% then, 41.1% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.2% to 41.1%).
Needs attention 41.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 1st 53% above peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 22nd -4.2pp 2nd 8% above peers
Decatur, IL 26.2% 7th -3.0pp 3rd 21% below peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 28th -3.6pp 4th 24% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 21st -3.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Spring, TX 29.1% 12th -2.1pp 6th 12% below peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 25th -2.6pp 7th 15% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 5th -1.5pp 8th 22% below peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 8th -0.6pp 9th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 14th -0.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 11th -0.5pp 11th 13% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 26th -0.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 20th -0.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Huntersville, NC 22.1% 2nd +0.1pp 14th 33% below peers
Shoreline, WA 36.9% 24th +0.9pp 15th 12% above peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 27th +1.2pp 16th 22% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 15th +1.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 17th +1.3pp 18th on par with peers
Redondo Beach, CA 36.8% 23rd +1.6pp 19th 12% above peers
Port Orange, FL 33.9% 19th +1.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 6th +1.1pp 21st 21% below peers
Sanford, FL 41.1% 29th +1.8pp 22nd 25% above peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 4th +1.2pp 23rd 23% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 10th +1.3pp 24th 15% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 28.1% 9th +1.5pp 25th 15% below peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 3rd +2.1pp 26th 25% below peers
Gary, IN 42.8% 30th +3.7pp 27th 30% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 13th +3.0pp 28th 5% below peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 18th +3.5pp 29th 2% above peers
Madison, AL 18.9% 1st +2.9pp 30th 43% below peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 16th +8.6pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 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
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 6.7% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 6.7%).
6.7%
20102024
▸ 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 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Port Orange, FL 2.9% 8th -2.1pp 1st 56% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 23rd -3.1pp 2nd 15% above peers
Gary, IN 13.6% 29th -4.0pp 3rd 102% above peers
Sanford, FL 6.7% 16th -1.5pp 4th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 25th -1.8pp 5th 27% above peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 6th 160% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 7th 84% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 20th -0.9pp 8th 8% above peers
Madison, AL 2.0% 3rd -0.2pp 9th 70% below peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 17th -0.7pp 10th 4% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 14th -0.4pp 11th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 15th -0.2pp 12th 12% below peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 13th 516% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 22nd -0.0pp 14th 14% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 19th +0.0pp 15th 7% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.7% 1st +0.0pp 16th 90% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 9th +0.0pp 17th 53% below peers
Decatur, IL 12.1% 27th +0.2pp 18th 81% above peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 13th +0.2pp 19th 24% below peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 11th +0.1pp 20th 47% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 6th +0.2pp 21st 59% below peers
Shoreline, WA 7.1% 18th +0.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Spring, TX 2.0% 4th +0.1pp 23rd 70% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 12th +0.3pp 24th 45% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 24th +1.5pp 25th 26% above peers
Huntersville, NC 2.8% 7th +0.5pp 26th 58% below peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 26th +2.1pp 27th 65% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.4% 10th +0.8pp 28th 50% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 2nd +0.5pp 29th 76% below peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 5th +1.1pp 30th 64% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 21st +4.1pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.0% to 12.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Sanford started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 9.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.1% to 12.4%).
Bright spot 12.4%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.5% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 19th -4.9pp 1st 17% above peers
Skokie, IL 5.1% 14th -3.1pp 2nd 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 3.8% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 30% below peers
Gary, IN 8.2% 22nd -2.7pp 4th 52% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.7% 20th -2.0pp 5th 25% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 4th -0.9pp 6th 36% below peers
Albany, GA 13.6% 28th -3.2pp 7th 154% above peers
Port Orange, FL 8.3% 23rd -1.9pp 8th 55% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.3% 16th -1.2pp 9th on par with peers
Sanford, FL 12.4% 27th -2.6pp 10th 132% above peers
Huntersville, NC 4.9% 12th -0.9pp 11th 8% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.4% 17th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 9th -0.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Decatur, IL 4.7% 10th -0.7pp 14th 12% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 15th 64% below peers
Madison, AL 3.9% 8th -0.4pp 16th 27% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 2nd -0.2pp 17th 60% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 24th -0.5pp 18th 77% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.6% 30th -1.0pp 19th 229% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 5.1% 15th -0.1pp 20th 4% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.0pp 21st 38% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 6th +0.1pp 22nd 30% below peers
Union City, NJ 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 23rd 348% above peers
Rowlett, TX 12.4% 26th +0.6pp 24th 131% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 18th +0.4pp 25th 5% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 21st +0.6pp 26th 32% above peers
Spring, TX 16.5% 29th +1.7pp 27th 208% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 5th +0.4pp 28th 32% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 11th +0.6pp 29th 9% below peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 13th +1.0pp 30th 4% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.5% 25th +2.8pp 31st 77% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · 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 7.8pp 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 99% 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

34.5%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 1st 38% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 21.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 3rd 30% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 4th 27% below peers
Shoreline, WA 23.8% 5th 26% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 6th 25% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 7th 21% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 8th 17% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 9th 12% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 10th 9% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 11th 8% below peers
Huntersville, NC 29.9% 12th 7% below peers
Madison, AL 31.6% 13th 2% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 14th 1% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 31.8% 15th 1% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 16th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 17th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 32.5% 18th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 19th 4% above peers
Sanford, FL 34.5% 20th 7% above peers
Spring, TX 34.9% 21st 9% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 22nd 11% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 23rd 11% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 24th 14% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 25th 15% above peers
Decatur, IL 38.6% 26th 20% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 27th 26% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 28th 28% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 29th 28% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 30th 40% above peers
Gary, IN 49.8% 31st 55% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.2% then, 6.0% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.7% to 6.0%).
Needs attention 6.0%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 14th -7.3pp 1st 16% below peers
Port Orange, FL 2.4% 11th -4.3pp 2nd 21% below peers
Decatur, IL 1.7% 7th -1.7pp 3rd 42% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 17th -2.3pp 4th on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 1.6% 5th -0.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 52% below peers
Sanford, FL 6.0% 25th -3.2pp 7th 99% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 15th -1.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.6% 24th -2.1pp 9th 87% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 1st -0.3pp 10th 70% below peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 22nd -1.4pp 11th 51% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 6th -0.5pp 12th 45% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% 18th -1.0pp 13th 7% above peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 28th -2.6pp 14th 225% above peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 2nd -0.2pp 15th 68% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 4th -0.3pp 16th 51% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 23rd -0.8pp 17th 65% above peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 13th -0.4pp 18th 18% below peers
Gary, IN 3.8% 20th -0.1pp 19th 27% above peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 16th -0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 12th -0.0pp 21st 21% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 26th -0.0pp 22nd 180% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 19th +0.0pp 23rd 15% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 9th +0.1pp 24th 35% below peers
Madison, AL 1.8% 8th +0.1pp 25th 41% below peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 26th 381% above peers
Spring, TX 12.3% 30th +2.3pp 27th 308% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.3% 10th +0.4pp 28th 24% below peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 27th +2.5pp 29th 204% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 21st +2.3pp 30th 37% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 29th +8.1pp 31st 254% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 6.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.0% to 29.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Sanford started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.8% to 29.5%).
Bright spot 29.5%
20102024
▸ 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
Union City, NJ 28.4% 23rd +6.8pp 1st 25% below peers
Sanford, FL 29.5% 22nd +6.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Port Orange, FL 31.4% 21st +5.6pp 3rd 17% below peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 15th +6.2pp 4th 4% above peers
South Hill, WA 32.9% 19th +5.0pp 5th 13% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 25th +3.7pp 6th 28% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 13th +6.1pp 7th 19% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 37.8% 17th +4.9pp 8th on par with peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 11th +6.2pp 9th 42% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 18th +3.2pp 10th 12% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 14th +4.0pp 11th 13% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 67.0% 3rd +6.1pp 12th 77% above peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 20th +2.8pp 13th 14% below peers
Madison, AL 64.5% 6th +5.1pp 14th 70% above peers
Shoreline, WA 52.8% 12th +3.9pp 15th 39% above peers
Decatur, IL 21.6% 28th +1.5pp 16th 43% below peers
Spring, TX 25.6% 26th +1.7pp 17th 32% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 24th +1.8pp 18th 28% below peers
Gary, IN 14.8% 31st +0.9pp 19th 61% below peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 16th +2.4pp 20th on par with peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 29th +1.3pp 21st 44% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 7th +3.5pp 22nd 69% above peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 10th +2.9pp 23rd 44% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 4th +3.1pp 24th 73% above peers
Huntersville, NC 57.5% 9th +1.7pp 25th 52% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 2nd +1.5pp 26th 87% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 8th +1.2pp 27th 52% above peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 5th +0.7pp 28th 73% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 29th 117% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 30th -0.4pp 30th 47% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 27th -1.6pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.7% then, 52.3% now; margin ±17.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 17.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.6% to 52.3%).
52.3%
20112024
▸ 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%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 14th +18.6pp 1st 5% above peers
Victoria, TX 52.8% 15th +16.8pp 2nd 1% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 18th +13.1pp 3rd 14% below peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 2nd +20.2pp 4th 39% above peers
Spring, TX 36.8% 26th +8.0pp 5th 30% below peers
Madison, AL 62.4% 7th +13.5pp 6th 19% above peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 22nd +9.0pp 7th 20% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 5th +9.8pp 8th 25% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 4th +9.5pp 9th 29% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 42.6% 21st +4.7pp 10th 19% below peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 12th +5.2pp 11th 8% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 10th +3.7pp 12th 10% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 8th +3.6pp 13th 18% above peers
Port Orange, FL 28.5% 29th +0.7pp 14th 45% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 20th +0.8pp 15th 15% below peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 25th -0.7pp 16th 30% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 79.4% 1st -2.3pp 17th 52% above peers
Huntersville, NC 55.6% 13th -1.7pp 18th 6% above peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 3rd -3.4pp 19th 33% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.3% 16th -3.4pp 20th on par with peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 11th -4.7pp 21st 8% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 28th -4.4pp 22nd 40% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 27th -4.9pp 23rd 39% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 6th -15.5pp 24th 25% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 9th -18.6pp 25th 12% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 17th -15.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Decatur, IL 39.2% 23rd -17.6pp 27th 25% below peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 19th -21.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 29th 61% below peers
Gary, IN 37.0% 24th -19.5pp 30th 29% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 30th -19.3pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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 ±13.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.9% then, 3.7% now; margin ±7.4pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.8% to 3.7%).
Bright spot 3.7%
20102024
▸ 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
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 2nd -6.6pp 1st 90% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 2nd 93% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 6th -6.2pp 3rd 58% below peers
Sanford, FL 3.7% 12th -6.2pp 4th 18% below peers
Madison, AL 1.0% 4th -1.3pp 5th 79% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 85% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 10th -3.0pp 7th 35% below peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 19th -5.2pp 8th 34% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 8th -2.1pp 9th 41% below peers
Spring, TX 6.5% 21st -4.6pp 10th 44% above peers
Port Orange, FL 5.9% 18th -3.1pp 11th 31% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.6% 11th -1.0pp 12th 19% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 9th -0.8pp 13th 35% below peers
Decatur, IL 9.1% 25th -2.3pp 14th 102% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 1.2% 5th -0.2pp 15th 73% below peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 22nd -0.7pp 16th 45% above peers
Gary, IN 12.5% 30th -1.1pp 17th 178% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 24th -0.6pp 18th 64% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 13th -0.2pp 19th 8% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.7% 17th -0.2pp 20th 27% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 15th +0.1pp 21st 1% below peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 29th +0.3pp 22nd 136% above peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 27th +1.2pp 23rd 116% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 7.3% 23rd +1.2pp 24th 63% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 20th +1.6pp 25th 42% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 26th 267% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 28th +3.8pp 27th 129% above peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 14th +2.0pp 28th 3% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 7th +1.4pp 29th 44% below peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 26th +5.4pp 30th 113% above peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 16th +3.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59,700 to 63,730 - more than the combined survey margin (±136).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 15% from 2014 to 2024 (55,296 to 63,730).
Big move 63,730
20102024
▸ 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
Horizon West, FL 67,416 10th +73% 1st 1% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 53,290 31st +64% 2nd 20% below peers
Madison, AL 60,106 30th +22% 3rd 10% below peers
Huntersville, NC 63,969 27th +14% 4th 4% below peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 5th +13% 5th 2% above peers
Spring, TX 68,580 3rd +12% 6th 3% above peers
Novi, MI 66,717 16th +11% 7th on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 61,431 29th +9% 8th 8% below peers
Malden, MA 65,906 21st +8% 9th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 20th +7% 10th 1% below peers
Sanford, FL 63,730 28th +7% 11th 4% below peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 7th +7% 12th 1% above peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 25th +5% 13th 2% below peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 18th +4% 14th 1% below peers
Port Orange, FL 64,767 26th +3% 15th 3% below peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 19th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 69,291 2nd +3% 17th 4% above peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 23rd +3% 18th 2% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 24th +3% 19th 2% below peers
Ames, IA 67,669 9th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 6th +2% 21st 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 14th +2% 22nd on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 11th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 8th +0% 24th 1% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 15th -0% 25th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 13th -1% 26th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 22nd -2% 27th 2% below peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 17th -3% 28th on par with peers
Decatur, IL 69,815 1st -4% 29th 5% above peers
Albany, GA 67,224 12th -9% 30th 1% above peers
Gary, IN 68,113 4th -10% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±85 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children fell 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.5% to 20.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 5.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.6% to 20.4%).
Big move 20.4%
20172024
▸ 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 19.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Gary, IN 28.6% 3rd +4.7pp 1st 27% above peers
Madison, AL 27.9% 5th +2.7pp 2nd 25% above peers
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 11th +1.6pp 3rd 9% above peers
Spring, TX 27.8% 6th +1.8pp 4th 24% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 17th +0.6pp 5th 1% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 22.6% 15th +0.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 10th +0.6pp 7th 11% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 8th +0.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 2nd +0.1pp 9th 29% above peers
South Hill, WA 28.2% 4th +0.1pp 10th 26% above peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 7th -0.2pp 11th 17% above peers
Decatur, IL 21.0% 23rd -0.2pp 12th 6% below peers
Shoreline, WA 18.8% 27th -0.2pp 13th 16% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 20th -0.5pp 14th 2% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 29th -0.4pp 15th 23% below peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 18th -0.6pp 16th 1% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 14th -0.7pp 17th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 19th -0.8pp 18th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 9th -0.9pp 19th 11% above peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 26th -0.8pp 20th 10% below peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 28th -1.2pp 21st 19% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 22nd -1.5pp 22nd 5% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 43.4% 1st -3.4pp 23rd 93% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 24th -1.7pp 24th 8% below peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 21st -1.8pp 25th 5% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 26th 50% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 16th -2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 13th -2.7pp 28th 6% above peers
Port Orange, FL 16.5% 30th -2.1pp 29th 27% below peers
Huntersville, NC 24.2% 12th -3.7pp 30th 8% above peers
Sanford, FL 20.4% 25th -4.1pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren'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 →
What changed

Single-parent fell 15.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.5% to 32.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.6pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 17.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.7% to 32.4%).
Big move 32.4%
20102024
▸ 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 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 16th +11.3pp 1st on par with peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 15th +6.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Huntersville, NC 20.7% 21st +4.3pp 3rd 20% below peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 12th +5.8pp 4th 15% above peers
Port Orange, FL 34.0% 9th +6.0pp 5th 32% above peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 26th +2.8pp 6th 35% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 4th +8.0pp 7th 94% above peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 17th +3.6pp 8th 11% below peers
Madison, AL 20.4% 22nd +3.1pp 9th 21% below peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 5th +7.5pp 10th 93% above peers
Spring, TX 27.4% 14th +3.2pp 11th 6% above peers
Gary, IN 81.1% 1st +4.6pp 12th 214% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 2nd +1.8pp 13th 177% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 7th +0.5pp 14th 42% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 10th +0.1pp 15th 31% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 18th -0.3pp 16th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 30th -0.2pp 17th 51% below peers
Decatur, IL 51.1% 3rd -1.0pp 18th 98% above peers
Shoreline, WA 19.4% 23rd -0.4pp 19th 25% below peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 25th -0.7pp 20th 31% below peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 6th -2.7pp 21st 55% above peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 8th -3.6pp 22nd 37% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 29th -1.5pp 23rd 47% below peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 20th -2.4pp 24th 20% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 13th -3.4pp 25th 14% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 14.2% 28th -1.9pp 26th 45% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 24th -3.4pp 27th 30% below peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 19th -5.2pp 28th 16% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 27th -4.5pp 29th 36% below peers
Sanford, FL 32.4% 11th -15.1pp 30th 25% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.5% 31st -4.0pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.1% then, 66.4% now; margin ±15.2pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.8% to 66.4%).
66.4%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 69.2% +1.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Eagle Mountain, UT 49.8% 31st +8.6pp 1st 28% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 14th +9.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 23rd +7.7pp 3rd 12% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 22nd +7.9pp 4th 9% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 16th +6.5pp 5th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 15th +6.2pp 6th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 65.9% 20th +5.1pp 7th 4% below peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 26th +4.5pp 8th 13% below peers
Huntersville, NC 73.8% 4th +5.6pp 9th 7% above peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 10th +5.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 3rd +5.3pp 11th 7% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 6th +4.8pp 12th 7% above peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 2nd +4.5pp 13th 17% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 5th +1.3pp 14th 7% above peers
Madison, AL 59.3% 27th +1.0pp 15th 14% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 21st +0.6pp 16th 6% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 17th 19% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 72.8% 9th +0.4pp 18th 6% above peers
Sanford, FL 66.4% 19th +0.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 17th -1.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 13th -1.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 12th -2.2pp 22nd 3% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 30th -1.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 11th -3.6pp 24th 5% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 25th -3.3pp 25th 13% below peers
Gary, IN 60.6% 24th -4.7pp 26th 12% below peers
Spring, TX 58.7% 29th -5.0pp 27th 15% below peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 8th -6.4pp 28th 6% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 7th -7.2pp 29th 6% above peers
Decatur, IL 66.6% 18th -10.2pp 30th 3% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 28th -11.7pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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